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CURRICULUM UPDATES AND HOT TOPICS

CURRICULUM UPDATES AND HOT TOPICS. ASCCC 2012 Spring Curriculum Regionals May 5—Woodland College May 12—Long Beach City College. Transfer Degree Progress. 347 local degrees approved as of April 24 Pasadena leads with 10 approved degrees

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CURRICULUM UPDATES AND HOT TOPICS

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  1. CURRICULUM UPDATES AND HOT TOPICS ASCCC 2012 Spring Curriculum Regionals May 5—Woodland College May 12—Long Beach City College

  2. Transfer Degree Progress • 347 local degrees approved as of April 24 • Pasadena leads with 10 approved degrees • All CCCs compliant (minimum two approved degrees) as of May 2 • 18 TMCs finalized and active; seven more in preparation (chemistry, journalism, geography, computer science, anthropology, Spanish, philosophy), two more in queue (TV/radio/film, social work) • CSU participation: 9 TMCs accepted as similar by 18 or more CSUs, 14 accepted by 16 or more, numbers growing regularly

  3. Repetition Guidelines New Title 5 regulations on repetition active in summer Three total attempts, including Ws, to pass a class Courses tied to a parent course (honors courses, modularized courses, accelerated courses) will count with parent course for repetition Guidelines from Chancellor’s Office being worked on and due out soon

  4. SSTF Recommendations • 1.1 Develop college readiness standards with K-12 • Under discussion but not moving forward quickly • 2.1 Common Diagnostic Assessment • Under development. ASCCC is working to ensure that the right to supplement the common assessment with local instruments is retained

  5. SSTF Recommendations • 3.4 Students who test below college level must begin remediation early. • ASCCC encouraging the use or prerequisites to fulfill this recommendation. • 5.1 Encourage Innovation in Basic Skills Instruction • Chancellor’s Office organizing workgroup to explore options this summer.

  6. Curricular Decisions Forced by Budget Concerns • Is your college having issues in this area? • Courses put on hiatus or removing from catalog • Program discontinuance initiated for budgetary reasons rather than program viability • Need to have established procedures in place for program review, program discontinuance, and program suspension or hiatus • Important for faculty/staff/administrators to collaborate to articulate overall vision/values/priorities for the college

  7. PCAH Update • The new version of the PCAH will be released this summer • Coming online version will hot link to forms • Forms will have drop down menus • New section on Non-Credit • Other sections updated, including changes to prerequisites • Section on units-to-hours clarified

  8. FAQ Document 09.01 F 10 DEVELOPING A REFERENCE DOCUMENT FOR CURRICULUM Resolved, That the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges develop a reference document or tool designed expressly for curriculum chairs and curriculum committees that offers information and advice regarding commonly posed questions on curricular regulations and procedures and make that reference tool available through the Academic Senate Curriculum Website and other appropriate methods. Initial version has been written and approved and should be available soon.

  9. Additional Resources Chancellor’s Office developing webinars on topics such as noncredit approval, CTE program approval, high school diploma programs, and community education Questions for the Chancellor’s Office staff can be sent to curriculum@cccco.edu

  10. Curriculum Institute ASCCC biggest event of the year Release of new edition of the PCAH and the Online Curriculum Inventory 2 Breakouts for both new and experienced curriculum committee chairs and members Participation from Chancellor’s Office Staff July 12-14 at the SFO Hyatt Space available!

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