Building New Baccalaureate Programs Dr. Amy Brown Asst. Professor of Elementary Education Kay Burniston Assoc. VP for Baccalaureate Programs

ST. PETERSBURG COLLEGE SPC is the oldest 2-year college in Florida: 80 years Comprehensive Community College mission Fall enrollment: 26,165 Annual enrollment: 61,930

BACKGROUND Unique needs of Pinellas County: –Employer needs identified for IT managers, teachers, BSN trained nurses –Pinellas 67 of 67 counties in Baccalaureate access –Geographic uniqueness: a peninsula with heavy traffic volume –Need for AS graduates to have a smooth AS to BAS transfer option

STATE AND FEDERAL RESPONSE CCS strategic plan on Baccalaureate access solutions: branches; partnerships; distance learning; community colleges directly (Florida 47 th, Pinellas 67 th among counties) Two hundred AS programs statewide and only five AS to Bachelor’s articulation agreements AS success lowered Bachelor access if no AS to BAS route

STATE AND FEDERAL RESPONSE Legislature chose to also support a few niche Bachelor’s directly in high need areas: IT (22,000), Nursing (critical), Teacher Education (162,000 shortage in ten years)

SPC CHALLENGE How to implement Bachelor’s and be true to historical Community College Mission of workforce, 2+2, remedial and University Partnership missions How to expand the open-door and keep instruction as a top priority as niche bachelor degrees are added How to serve our “community” with 4-year bachelor’s in high demand areas

KEY TO IMPLEMENTATION Becoming 4-year across the College e.g. Institutional Effectiveness, faculty criteria, student services, library services SPC’s challenge: become one College, one faculty, one Curriculum and Instruction Committee, etc. Planning funds provided to develop a full upper division at SPC by the legislature; upper division to focus on teacher education, BSN nursing and AS to BAS articulation programs

DEGREE STANDARDS SUS academic policies for quality Time to degree: 120 hours Common pre-requisites Specialized accreditation Ability of graduates to transfer into state/private graduate programs

FINANCE FORMULA State University per student-research plus upper division SPC fees Fees less than SUS, more than fees in our 2- year programs. Special fees less than USF Began at 20% less than SUS, and will widen each year (37% in total fees in Fall 2006) CCS approach now at 85% of SUS upper division direct cost $3,872 per FTE

THREE AREAS OF INITIAL EMPHASIS Technology Management BSN Nursing Teacher Education –Elementary Education –Exceptional Education –Secondary Mathematics –Secondary Science

New Program Analysis Needs Assessment –Outline or describe the need –Student interest (survey), Employer interest (survey or other) –Job projections (local; statewide) Positions available for graduates, salary –Current and projected labor marker analysis (number of current and needed professionals in field)

Program Description –How does this fit into SPC’s mission –Why is this program distinctive –Quality measures that will be used to assess success of program –Identify tentative program goals/outcomes –Proposed curriculum

Cost of Program –Faculty –Equipment –Facilities/On-Line possibilities –Other expenses Proposed Campus Location Projected Enrollment –1 st year – headcount (unduplicated); FTE Subsequent years

Other private/public institutions offering program: Local; Statewide Differentiation between currently offered programs and SPC’s proposed program Potential Partners (UPC proposals) Narrative Rational (SPC direct offering)

New Bacc. Programs added to Existing Colleges… College of Education –Middle Grades Mathematics (5-9) –Middle Grades Science (5-9) –Educational Studies –E.P.I. programs now in 6 areas: Elementary, ESE, Secondary Math, Secondary Science, Middle School Math, Middle School Science –Future Additional Majors?: Foreign Language, Secondary English, Secondary Social Science, majors within Ed. Studies

Utilizing resources for new Education Programs… Undergraduate programs: –Core Courses –Sharing between secondary/middle school programs –Educational Studies courses within COE and other Bacc. Colleges –Then assess “new” courses to be developed and approved through C & I E.P.I. programs: –Approx. 27-credits –Took existing course syllabi to create “Topics” within courses with reduced credit hours –Similar structures/forms for Practicum experiences and e- portfolios for completion requirements (Livetext)

New Bacc. Programs added to Existing Colleges, cont… College of Dental Hygiene –Health and Human Services College of Technology Management –Managerial and Organizational Leadership

Once a program is approved… What are the other costs, processes, or issues? –Curriculum development –Admission/Graduation Requirements –Advising –New recruitment/Marketing Campaigns –Program added to state/internal reporting system –Communication with student commons –Outcome measures –Other Accreditation

Shared Resources FacultyCourses Baccalaureate Specialists/Advisor Existing Dean

Course Utilization Across Majors

New Programs Biotechnology Management Sustainability/Green Foreign Language Education Social Science Education English Education

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