1998 Self-Study Report - Saddleback College

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Mnke fundamental revisions to the program review methodology to increase its objectivity
nnd provide o more rigorous and credible foundation for the assessment of quality and
effectiveness in program offerings.
The College has instituted a Master Planning Steering Committee to address College-wide
issues. One of the subcommittees, Balance of Programs and Education Plan, will define the existing
balance of instructional programs as related to transfer and general education, occupational
education, remedial (pre-college)/developmental education, and life-long learning/non-credit
education.The subcommittee will study the existing programs offered by the College and recommend
a three-year educational plan to the governance units of the College.The timeline for the
completion of the report in Spring, 1996.
Another subcommittee is the Program Review Committee. It has the specific function of designing
a data structure that will show the ranking of each of the institutional programs related to
multiple criteria, evaluating the programs against the College philosophy, and making recommendations
to the College governance groups.
Both of these subcommittees have submitted preliminary reports to the Steering Committee
during Spring, 1995 with a target date for completion sometime during Spring, 1996.The Board of
Trustees will eventually review all of the findings and authorize implementation upon its approval.The
full report should be complete and be included in the next accreditation self study
report.
Engage in on active, comprehensive evaluation of the effectiveness of instruction that indudes
student evaluations in oll progrums and surveys of employer satisfaction with
the performance of students from occupationol programs.
The Saddleback Community College District Academic Employee Master Agreement currently
does not require that student evaluations become a part of any faculty evaluation procedure
(Article XII: Faculty Evaluation Procedures, Section l-D). However, student evaluations are routinely
completed in classes taught by associate faculty and are reviewed by the home division
administration.The results of the evaluation are also made available to the associate faculty
member.
Other faculty a~d program evaluations are conducted individually by faculty or by departments.
For example, monitoring student satisfaction with respect to the quality of instruction, provided
by the more than 90 associate faculty in the Emeritus Institute is an important evaluation process.