Curriculum PreSession NewNewer Curriculum Administrators Karen Daar Vice

Curriculum Pre-Session: New/Newer Curriculum Administrators Karen Daar, Vice President of Academic Affairs, Los Angeles Valley College Jennifer Taylor-Mendoza, Vice President of Instruction, Skyline College David Williams, Vice President of Academic Affairs, Solano College

Student Learning Outcomes: By the end of this session, participants will be able to: • Visualize internal curriculum processes as an administrator and a campus leader. • View curriculum as an equity issue on campus. • Explore the impact of Guided Pathways on curriculum processes. • Navigate through the Curriculum World. • Appreciate the ambiguity inherent in curriculum rules and processes while gaining confidence in local decision making. 2

Poll – Who’s Here? CIO Curriculum Chair Curriculum Specialist Articulation Officer Curriculum Committee Faculty Member Counselor Chancellor’s Office Staff CTE Dean Instructional Dean Other 3

Scenario 1: Alignment with CSU The CSU system is proposing to add an ethnic studies requirement to its lower division general education requirements. Currently, your college does not have a similar requirement in its GE pattern. • What do you ask? • What do you do? • Who should be included in the discussion? 4

Scenario 2: Program Development Your College’s Photography program has yielded very little completions over the past ten years, and low enrollment has made it difficult to provide complete loads to full-time faculty. The program is costly and the labor market data is not clear. • What do you ask? • What do you do? • Who should be included in the discussion? 5

Scenario 3: English Composition In response to AB 705 implementation recommendations, credit ESL faculty want to create an ESL 1 A course that would be equivalent to ENGL 1 A. The English department faculty are not supportive of the proposal as they believe ESL students are best served by taking a Freshman Composition course taught by faculty with English minimum qualifications. Faculty in both departments have reached out to their deans and to Curriculum Committee co-chairs for help in settling this dispute. • What do you ask? • What do you do? • Who should be included in the discussion? 6

Scenario 4: Hidden Prerequisites In mapping programs to your College’s meta-majors, it appears that many required courses within programs contain prerequisites that are not clearly outlined in the map. • What do you ask? • What do you do? • Who should be included in the discussion? 7

Scenario 5: Flexible GE Patterns The local general education pattern has not been changed in years beyond adding recently approved courses and deleting archived courses. In light of the principles of the Guided Pathways initiatives and Student Success Funding Formula… • What do you ask? • What do you do? • Who should be included in the discussion? 8

Scenario 6: Rethinking Curriculum The Academic Senate is entrenched in discussions related to the purpose and objectives of anti-racist curriculum. • What is your role? • What do you do? • Who else should be included in the discussion? 9

Scenario 7: Steps in the Curriculum Process A new CIO suggests that deans be included in the curriculum process at the start and participate in discussions on identifying SLOs (including ensuring at least one SLO speaks to equity and/or multiculturalism). Faculty are questioning the appropriateness of this type of administrative involvement and whether it is even allowable. • What do you ask? • What do you do? • Who should be included in the discussion? 10

Scenario 8: Multi-campus Districts and Regions A college within your district/region wants to create a noncredit CTE certificate that parallels a credit program offered at your college for many years. Your faculty are concerned that the proposed program will take students away from their existing program. • What do you ask? • What do you do? • Who should be included in the discussion? 11

I did not see that coming!! Describe a recent experience from your home college, related to curriculum, that surprised (flabbergasted, stupefied, shocked, stunned, traumatized, mystified, baffled, bewildered) you. 12

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