Berta Cuaron, CIO, Palomar College Kathy O’Connor, Faculty, Santa Barbara City College Beth Smith, Faculty, Grossmont College Phil Smith, Faculty, Sacramento City College

Title 5, Chapter 6 has undergone many changes that impact curriculum planning, development, and approval. How is your college dealing with these changes? Please join us for this discussion that will explore ways to promote local implementation dialog prior to local implementation and will highlight those higher priority areas that Curriculum Committees and Senates need to address.

Hierarchy of Laws and Regs Education Code Title 5 and legal opinions Local Board Policies

What You Need to Know about Local Policy Development Policy vs Procedure Community College League of California (CCLC) Templates Academic Senate Purview Board of Trustees Approval

Effective Policy Development Why  Exchange of Philosophies  Buy-in Who  Stakeholders – students, faculty, administrators, etc.  Organizations – Academic Senate, Classified Senate, AS, Board of Trustees What  Legal Statement Reflecting Philosophy  Sets Tone and Direction

Effective Policy (cont.) How  Conversations, discussions, one-on-one  In Tandem with Procedures When  Soon!  Proactive  Effective Dates Where  Coming to a college and district near you!

Curriculum Committee in Policy Development Shared governance  Education Code §70902 and Title 5 §55002 – Authorize primary recommendatory power of academic senates in the area of curriculum  The Curriculum Committee shall be established by mutual agreement by the college and/or district administration and the Academic Senate

Examples of Policies Pre- and Co-requisites, Limitations of Enrollment Program Review Information Competency Associate Degree and Certificate requirements including: recency, residency, GPA, etc. Withdrawal, course repetition Program and Course Discontinuance

Who Needs to be involved? The Obvious  Curriculum Committee (local, district)  Academic Senate The Less Obvious  Other Senate Committees (Academic Policies, Teaching and Learning)  College-wide Committees (Matriculation)  Administration (Deans, VPs)  Board of Trustees

Title 5 changes effective August 16, 2007 – Prerequisites, Co-requisites, and Advisories §55003 – Policies for Prerequisites, Co-requisites and Advisories on Recommended Preparation  Definitions clarified  Minimum process for content review, level of scrutiny  Data collected using sound research practices  6-year cycle for academic, 2-year for vocational  Communication or computational requirement can only be established on a course-by-course basis  Challenge process for student

Title 5 changes effective August 16, 2007 – Philosophy and Criteria for AA Degree and General Ed §55060 – District Policy  The governing board of each community college shall adopt policy consistent with the provisions of this article. The policy shall be published in the college catalog under appropriate headings, and filed with the Chancellor’s Office as required by section §55061 – District Policy  The governing board of a community college district shall adopt a policy which states its specific philosophy on General Education.

Title 5 Changes effective June 16, 2008 – Course Repetition §55040 – District Policy for Course Repetition - The governing board of each community college district shall adopt and publish policies and procedures pertaining to the repetition of credit courses.  Repeatable courses  Repetition to alleviate substandard course work  Repetition due to significant lapse of time  Repetition of variable unit courses  Repetition due to extenuating circumstances  Academic renewal without course repetition

Title 5 changes effective June 16, Withdrawal §55024 – The governing board of a district, which decides to provide a withdrawal procedure, shall adopt a policy, which provides for withdrawal from credit courses consistent with the following... adoption implemented July 1, 2009  Withdrawal period through 75 percent of a term  Notation of “W”  Calculation of “W” in grade point averages  Number of times permitted for “W” symbol  Military withdrawal

References and Resources California Community College System Office  Title 5 Regulations: Part l Revisions to Chapter 6 and Related Provisions, July 9-10, 2007  Guidelines for Title 5 Regulations, Chapter 6, Part 1, February 29, 2008 and Addendum June 25, 2008  Title 5 Regulations: Part 2 Revisions to Chapter 6 regarding curriculum, June 13, 2008  Guidelines for Title 5 Regulations, Chapter 6, Part 2, June 16, 2008

Berta Cuaron, CIO, Palomar College Kathy O’Connor, Faculty, Santa Barbara City College Beth Smith, Faculty, Grossmont College Phil Smith, Faculty, Sacramento City College July 11, 200 8