Planning & Institutional Effectiveness

1.1. Continue to develop and strengthen programs and services for students in developmental education

• Improve the Developmental Education model

1.2. Systematically assess student learning and respond to results with actions to improve learning

• Use direct, indirect, and qualitative measures of student learning
• Use assessment results to make changes in teaching/learning process that improve student learning
• Implement a model for institutionalizing assessment
• Pursue methods in which the college can reinforce the use of assessment.
• Utilize professional activities that address student learning and assessment
• Incorporate assessment activities and training for all faculty and staff.
• Use direct, indirect and qualitative measures of student learning
• Research the effectiveness of various modes of instruction, including lab hours, on-line courses, distance learning, etc.

2.1. Improve the learning, success, and retention rate of students, especially African-American and Latino students

• Research and implement processes that improve student achievement
• Provide specific programs and services to targeted groups

2.2. Build a diverse and representative student body along with faculty, staff, and management.

• Target outreach to various groups in a variety of venues

2.3. Promote understanding and appreciation of diversity

• Provide professional development activities and training
• Develop and modify curriculum

2.4. Increase the number of transfers, degrees and certificates

• Increase counseling and advising
• Increase marketing for certificates
• Increase course offerings at various times of the day
• Expand curriculum

2.5. Improve persistence rates for all students with long-term educational goals

• Research persistence for various groups, including new, continuing and returning students
• Improve campus climate, i.e., student activities
• Enhance activities that promote student transfer

3.1. Provide adequate program resources

• Adequately staff programs with permanent employees
• Reassess operating and categorical funds allocated to programs and student services
• Reassess facility needs for programs and student services

3.2. Offer relevant and innovative curriculum

• Examine current curriculum
• Research new programs and curriculum at various institutions
• Write and offer new curricula

3.3. Ascertain the needs of the campus and outside community

• Create a “one-stop” student services organization and facility
• Pursue the use of focus groups

3.4. Develop and sustain a professional development program for all employees

• Redefine professional development and offer activities on campus

4.1. Grow enrollments productively

• Target outreach towards underrepresented groups
• Assess and improve marketing and outreach efforts
• Implement enrollment management strategies
• Focus on far-East County and Bay Point

4.2. Balance productivity of sections and comprehensive quality curriculum

• Analyze factors influencing enrollment and productivity.

4.3. Ensure the effective use of college funds

• Monitor and assess spending trends and needs
• Promote a more equitable budget allocation at the district level

5.1. Increase the participation rate of faculty, staff, managers, and students on committees, staff development, professional organizations and workforce partnerships

• Research activities that increase participation in student leadership, college activities, and events
• Provide information regarding East County demographics as well as make up of the student body
• Provide funding for professional development, including professional conferences

5.2. Increase professional development

• Offer training in new and emerging technologies
• Redesign the professional development program

5.3. Promote innovation

• Encourage professional development activities
• Promote the use of new technologies
• Promote membership and involvement with outside organizations

6.1. Increase our understanding of student and community needs

• Conduct specific research on questions raised by general data sources
• Use focus groups to conduct research
• Establish venues to discuss implications of pertinent research in education

6.2. Conduct effective and on-going program review and planning

• Improve and implement current program review model
• Tie results of review to resource allocation

6.3. Review and improve Institutional effectiveness

• Develop and improve indicators that measure our institutional effectiveness
• Improve the communication regarding results of Institutional review
• Improve institutional processes based on the data

6.4. Increase the use of research in decision- making

• Incorporate research component into various committees on campus, i.e., institution-level SLO assessment
• Establish a group that determines research priorities to meet college needs

6.5. Disseminate and implement action plans resulting from the assessment of institution-level SLO’s

• Establish an assessment review cycle for institutional level programs represented on TLP