Curricular Activism:

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Curricular Activism

• New Ways to Help Students Succeed with
  Noncredit
• Marsha Elliott, North Orange County CCD-Noncredit
• Shaaron Vogel, Butte College
• ASCCC Curriculum Institute Friday, July 10th

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Session content

• A general overview of Noncredit
• Noncredit curriculum approval process
• Linkages and Connections
• Noncredits role on your campus
• State issues
• Noncredit out of the box
• Q A

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Noncredit Pathway Bridge
to

• Work
• College
• A Better Life

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What Is noncredit?

• Flexible, accessible
• Meets local vocational needs
• Meets local community needs
• Meets articulation needs with credit programs

• In CCC Mission
• No units earned
• No official grades
• No student fees
• Open entry-Open Exit
• Repeatable

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Growing State Needs

• Changing demographics
• English language proficiency needs
• Need for educated and skilled workforce
• Need more options for education and work skills
  for adults of ALL ages

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Noncredit Basic Skills/ESL A comprehensive
curriculum

• ALL levels of basic skills beginning literacy
  thru secondary education
• Elementary level education
• Secondary level education Adult High School
  Diploma/GED Programs
• ALL levels of ESL
• beginning literacy
• advanced

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Ten Areas of Instruction

• Parent Education
• Elementary and Secondary Basic Skills
• English as a Second Language
• Citizenship Education for Immigrants
• Education Program for Persons with Substantial
  Disabilities

• Short-term Vocational Programs
• Education Programs for Older Adults
• Family and Consumer Sciences (Home Economics)
• Health and Safety Education
• Workforce Preparation (CDCP) (Ed. Code 84760.5)

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Credit students use Noncredit

• Statewide (Since 1992)
• 1 out of 6
• credit students
• have enrolled in Noncredit
• Source Patrick Perry, Vice Chancellor
  Technology, Research Information Systems,
  System Office.

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Total Enrollment for Basic Skills ESL
2006-2007 headcount
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Noncredit curriculum

• Responsive
• Articulation with college courses
• Career Development and College Preparation CDCP
  (SB 361)

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SB 361 Enhanced Noncredit Fundingfor CDCP courses

• Career Development and College Preparation
• Enhanced funding 3,092 per noncredit FTES
• CDCP includes basic skills, ESL, CTE and
  workforce preparation courses
• Leads to
• Certificate of Completion OR
• Certificate of Competency

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Noncredit Curriculum Development
CurricUNET.com

Workflow automation program articulates courses
with colleges
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Components of Course Outline

• Number of Instructional Hours
• College Catalog Description
• Course Objectives
• Content
• Instructional Methodology
• Assignments/Activities
• Methods of Evaluation (Title 5, Section
  55002(c))

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Noncredit Programs and Articulation of Curriculum

• Samples of noncredit programs
• How do we articulate our curriculum to ensure
  student success and flow of key concepts?
• How does noncredit do program review?

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Local Review and Approval

• Curriculum Committee established by mutual
  agreement between the college and/or district and
  the Academic Senate
• Standards same general procedures as those
  followed when reviewing credit courses
• Local Approval subject matter, resource
  materials, teaching methods, and standards of
  attendance and achievement that the committee
  deems appropriate
• (Title 5, Sections 55002 and 55002(c))

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Title 5 Citations

• Section 55000 Definitions
• Section 55002(c) Standards for Approval Course
  Outline of Record
• Section 55150 Approval of Non Credit Courses
  and Programs
• Section 55151 Career Development and College
  Placement Conditions
  for Enhanced Funding
• Section 55152 Short-term Vocational Programs
  Providing 288 Hours of
  Instruction
• Section 55153 Other Non Credit Programs
  Providing 288 Hours or more of
  Instruction
• Section 55155 Non Credit Certificates that are
  less than 288 Hours
• Reference Materials Noncredit At A Glance
• Contact People
• Juan Cruz, Specialist, Academic Planning and
  Development (ESL/VESL Basic Skills)
• Joanne Vorhies, Specialist, Academic Planning
  and Development (Non Credit Distance Education)
• Cynthia McFarland, AGPA, Operational/Annual
  Course Inventory/Data Management
• LeBaron Woodyard, Dean

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Noncredit On Your Local Campus

• How much noncredit do you have?
• In what disciplines is the noncredit?
• Do you have noncredit faculty on your curriculum
  committee?
• Do you have noncredit faculty on your senate?
• How do noncredit faculty interact with credit
  faculty?

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Statewide Discussion Items and Issues

• PCAH
• 10 1
• Accreditation and SLO
• 30 unit limit
• Funding
• Work conditions and minimum qualifications (ASCCC
  papers)

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Non Credit Outside the Box

• Student Success courses
• Center for Academic Success
• Library courses
• Orientation

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Thank you!