2011 Annual Report - Kankakee Community College

College and Career Readiness Committee
Selected achievements
Distributed KnowHow2Go [to college] campaign materials to 1,500+ students and their parents
Tested 190+ high school juniors with COMPASS (2009); 650 in 2010 and 800+ in 2011
Facilitated high school curriculum change (one school now requires a fourth year math class
for all students)
Convened steering committees composed of high school and college faculty (math and English)
to continue progress toward alignment of learning outcomes and assessments
Created a lesson script used by 14 middle high, high school, and college faculty members
Facilitated adoption of the Mathematics Instruction Support Program in three school districts
(300 students in 2011); two more will adopt it next year
Offered the Summer Bridge Program to 35 students in 2010; 83% completed
Process improvement recommendation for next year
1. Pending funding decisions by ICCB for continuation and/or expansion.
Retention Committee
Selected achievements
Organized with three sub-committees (Orientation, Class Structure, Learning Communities)
Developed an Action Plan for each sub-committee that will begin in Fall 2011
Process improvement recommendations for next year
1. Establish a process for an on-line orientation module required for all students
2. Improve processes for placement
3. Improve process to increase authority of advisors regarding student placement in courses
4. Establish a process to create a “Boot Camp” – an intensive course to refresh students‟ knowledge
before they take COMPASS
5. Establish a process to assess reading expectations of courses
6. Establish a process to determine faculty interest in Learning Communities (with Faculty Development
Committee)
Campus Sustainability Advisory Committee
Selected achievements
Offered an eight-hour “Green Your Curriculum” workshop to 13 KCC faculty; 62 courses in 32
program areas contain sustainability instruction
Reduced energy consumption by 4%
Saved 3.2% in energy cost
Acquired grants for: HVAC improvements, purchase and construction of a 50kW wind turbine
to offset purchased electricity, and upgrading gymnasium with 75% decrease in energy consumption
Instituted a mandatory summer four-day work week
Secured a new electrical contract rate
Surveyed first-year students on sustainability knowledge for baseline comparisons
Process improvement recommendations for next year
1. Continue to improve system upgrades
2. Establish a process to administer a second student sustainability quiz
3. Establish a plan to flag sustainability-related courses in the KCC catalog
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