1. “Planting the Seeds of Curriculum” DCCCD Curriculum: Verna Brazelton
Curriculum Manager, El Centro College
District Curriculum Workshop
August 16, 2017 – Richland College

3. CTE CURRICULUM CHAIR RESPONSIBILITIES
REVISES CTE AWARDS AND COMPLETES REQUIRED PAPERWORK IMPACTED BY CHANGES
MEETS WITH BUSINESS ADVISORY AND CHECKS WECM FOR ANY REVISIONS
COMPLETES CTE CURRICULUM MINUTES
MEETS WITH CTE CURRICULUM COMMITEE
S DISTRICT OFFICE OF WORKFORCE ED FINAL PAPERWORK TO PROCESS REVISION FOR WEB CATALOG POSTING
S DISTRICT OFFICE OF WORKFORCE ED OF PROPOSED CURRICLULUM CHANGES
COMPLETES FEASIBILITY INFORM IF ADDING NEW CERTIFICATE IN EXISTING PROGRAM, NEW AAS/PROGRAM, OR NEW CERTIFICATE/AWARD
PROVIDES UPDATES TO CTE CURRILCULUM MEMBERSHIP

4. Tools for Planting WECM ACGM GIPWE Most current curriculum patterns
Curriculum Forms
Advisory Committee meeting minutes

5. WHAT DO ACGM, CIP, GIPWE, THECB, SACSCOC, AND WECM STAND FOR?
(Guidelines for Instructional Programs in Workforce Education)
ACGM
(Academic Course Guide Manual)
CIP
(Classification of Instructional Programs)
Developed by the U.S. Department of Education's National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
SACSCOC
(Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges)
THECB
(Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board)
WECM
(Workforce Education Course Manual)

6. Why Program Change?
To keep in compliance with SACSCOC and THECB guidelines
To respond to industry/business trends
To provide industry certifications to students
To keep degrees and certificates updated with most current course content

7. What to Check for in a Program Revision (Cultivation)
Changes in courses: WECM and ACGM
Local Need Courses - check WECM for replacements
GIPWE – lecture/lab hour configurations, general education course hours (for AAS degrees)
Advisory Board Committee meeting minutes
Course Prerequisites in the Degree Plan
To cultivate or grow your program, check WECM and ACGM for course deletions, changes in course descriptions, contact hour ranges, course titles, learning outcomes.

8. WORKFORCE EDUCATION myPORTAL HOME PAGE
VISIT:
GIPWE LINK
WECM LINK

9. Pruning your Program
Archive Pending and Deletion Pending courses in WECM and ACGM
Overuse of elective options (CTE Charge #2b)
Cut away: courses that are expiring in the WECM and ACGM and numerous elective options in the degree plans

10. Example of Numerous Elective Options
SEMESTER III
ITSC 1425
Personal Computer Hardware 4
ITSC 1480
Cooperative Education - Computer and Information Sciences, General OR
Elective
Any four-credit ARTC, ARTV, COSC, GAME, IMED, INEW, ITSC, OR ITSE course
(4)
BCIS 1305
Business Computer Applications 3
++Elective
MATH Elective 14

11. Access to the GIPWE: http://www. thecb. state. tx. us/index. cfm

12. Access to the WECM: http://www. thecb. state. tx
NOTE: Recommend to use Google Chrome as the web browser.

13. WHERE TO ACCESS AND DOWNLOAD CURRENT CURRICULUM FOR CAREER/TECHNICAL AWARDS?
FOR CTE:
Do not copy and paste the web catalog version (see next slide).
Use MS Word document as base file to make changes/revisions.
AAS (60 SCH) - TSI required
C1 certificate (16-42 SCH) - TSI waived
C1 certificate (30-42 SCH) - TSI waived
C2 certificate (30-51 SCH) - TSI required
Advanced Technical Certificate (16-45 SCH) - TSI required
Enhanced Skills Certificate (6-12 SCH) - TSI required
CTE AWARD (appears on THECB program inventory)
Skills achievement award (5-14 SCH) – TSI waived
Occupational skills award (9-14 SCH) – TSI waived
INSTITUTIONAL AWARD (does not appear on THECB inventory)

14. Characteristics of an AAS Degree
Colleges in DCCCD offers over 300 CTE awards
75 are Associate of Applied Science Degrees
DCCCD AAS degrees are made of 15 SCH of General Education Core made up of courses in English, Speech, Humanities/Fine Arts, Social/Behavioral Science, Math/ Natural Science to meet SACSCOC requirements
45 SCH are required career technical content in the specialty area
Exception would be content specialty could include liberal arts content ( example: criminal justice)

15. WORKFORCE EDUCATION myPORTAL HOME PAGE (cont’d)
VISIT:
Core Options for AAS Awards
CTE Department Codes
New Program Development Process
(updated 2017)

16. Refer to the Core Options for AAS Awards
AAS DEGREES
What requirements need to be included in an AAS degree?
ENGL 1301
Mathematics/
Natural Science
Refer to the Core Options for AAS Awards
SPCH 1311, 1315,
or 1321
Social/Behavioral
Science
Humanities/
Fine Arts

17. WHERE TO ACCESS AND DOWNLOAD CURRENT CURRICULUM FOR CONTINUING EDUCATION UNIT?
FOR CEU:
contact hours
CONTINUING ED UNITS (CEU) AWARD (appears on THECB program inventory)

18. WHEN ARE PROGRAM REVISIONS REQUIRED?
THECB REVISION CHANGES (require THECB submission/approval) - APPEAR ON THECB PROGRAM INVENTORY
- Change in CIP Code, change in Award Name Change in credit hours in award.
- Length of award changed by 1 Sem or more Close award (requires SACSCOC approval).
- Change status of award from C1 to C2 or vice versa Reactivate award (within three years of deactivation).
- Addition of new local need course not in colleague Deactivate award (suspend new-student enrollment).
- Addition of new special topics course not in colleague - Addition of Advanced Technical Certificate.
- Change in credit hours in an award Close an award (requires SACSCOC approval).
- Length of award changed by 1 Sem or more Change status of award from C1 to C2 or vice versa.
- Change in CIP Code, Change in Award Name Reactivate award (within 3 yrs of deactivation).
- Addition of new special topics course not currently setup in colleague. - Addition of new local need course not currently setup in colleague.
NEW PROGRAM (require THECB submission/approval) - APPEAR ON THECB PROGRAM INVENTORY
- Create certificate, AAS, or Advanced Technical Certificate that is new to college inventory or has been deactivated for over 3 yrs.
- Create certificate, AAS, or Advanced Technical Certificate in a program for which the college has no current offerings on inventory.
- Create an AAS in a program in which the college currently only offers certificates.
LOCAL REVISION CHANGES (DO NOT require THECB submission/approval) - APPEAR ON THECB PROGRAM INVENTORY
- Substitute WECM courses for other WECM courses Substitute ACGM courses for other ACGM courses.
- Automatic THECB closure (within 3 yrs of deactivation) No change to the credit hours in award.
LOCAL REVISION CHANGES TO INSTITUTIONAL AWARDS (not recognized by THECB) - DO NOT APPEAR ON THECB PROGRAM INVENTORY
- Occupational skills awards (CEU contact hours; credit SCH).
- Skills achievement awards (credit SCH).

19. WHAT FORMS MIGHT BE REQUIRED FOR CTE REVISIONS?
NOTE: These forms are initiated by the CTE Curriculum Chair.
Descriptive Paragraph Form (to revise/add an award’s description on web catalog)
Program Revision Form (for local submissions). Cover page for local revisions.
CTE Course Description Form (to add and/or revise a course description)
Local Need Course Form (identified by the 3 digit as “7”). Must be approved by THECB unless course is setup in colleague.
Special Topics Course Form (identified by the 3 digit as “9”). Approved by THECB.
Colleague Form (to add new course or update/revise course in colleague)
Remove Colleague Form (to remove course from course description section of web catalog). Does not expire course in colleague.

20. WHERE ARE THE FORMS LOCATED?
VISIT:

21. PROGRAM REVISION PROCESS
What occurs after curriculum chair and/or continuing education dean submits a revision to District Office of Workforce Education?
STEP 3:
District Office of Workforce Education (DOWE) submits revision to curriculum chair for first review
STEP 1:
Teresa’s review
STEP 2:
Joyce’s review
First review
Second review (if needed)
Checks all resources (web catalog, THECB program inventory, THECB course inventory, DCCCD certificate guidelines, GIPWE, etc.) are in compliance.
Checks each WECM course and academic course is consistent with WECM, ACGM, web catalog, and colleague.
Determines if revision requires THECB submission.
First review
Second review (if needed)
Checks state guidelines, SACSCOC (the accrediting agency for DCCCD), and other agencies to confirm DCCCD is in compliance to regulations.
Each DCCCD is separately accredited.
Curriculum chair reviews 1st revision draft before finalized.
Second and third revision drafts might occur at this point.

22. PROGRAM REVISION PROCESS (cont’d)
What occurs after curriculum chair and/or continuing education dean submits a revision to District Office of Workforce Education?
STEP 4: (local submissions)
1A: District Office of Workforce Education (DOWE) receives final approval from Curriculum Chair to process revision
STEP 5: (THECB submissions)
1B: District Office of Workforce Education (DOWE) receives final approval from Curriculum Chair to process revision
REVISIONS REQUIRING THECB APPROVAL
DOWE submits revisions to THECB for approval and checks periodically on THECB approval notice.
Once DOWE receives THECB approval, DOWE verifies all required paperwork received from curriculum chair is correct and is then processed (includes course description(s), revised award(s), descriptive paragraph(s), etc.)
DOWE inputs revised courses/new courses into Colleague.
DOWE verifies Collegiate Academy Information is correct.
DOWE verifies and prepares report for Financial Aid for the Department of Education (DOE).
LOCAL REVISIONS NOT REQUIRING THECB APPROVAL
DOWE verifies all required paperwork received from curriculum chair is correct and is then processed (includes course description(s), revised award(s), descriptive paragraph(s), etc.)
DOWE inputs revised courses/new courses into Colleague.
DOWE verifies Collegiate Academy Information is correct.
DOWE verifies and prepares report for Financial Aid for the Department of Education (DOE).

23. PROGRAM REVISION PROCESS (cont’d)
What occurs after curriculum chair and/or continuing education dean submits a revision to District Office of Workforce Education?
STEP 7:
District Office of Workforce Education (DOWE) submits revision (includes awards, course descriptions, revised descriptive paragraph) to Online Catalog Production Team (OCPT) for web catalog posting.
STEP 6:
District Office of Workforce Education (DOWE) submits revised/new award(s)/courses to District Degree Audit to code in colleague.
REVISION CYCLE STARTS AGAIN

24. WHAT ARE THE FICE CODES FOR THE DCCCD COLLEGES
AND WHAT DOES “FICE” STAND FOR?
021002
Brookhaven College
003561
FICE
Federal Interagency Committee on Education
Cedar Valley College
008510
Eastfield College
004453
El Centro College
008503
Mountain View College
North Lake College
020774
008504
Richland College

25. WECM CHANGE
Changes to CE courses will no longer be based upon CIP Cycles ( 3- 4 years)
Adding new WECM Courses or updating content can be “triggered” by WECM Comments
Change from grant funded process to a legislative mandate and THECB policy
Change for WECM Leadership group to a WECM Advisory Committee under the Board of THECB authority
20 Members representing credit CTE faculty, CE administrators, CTE administrators, and TACE, TACTE representatives

26. Submitted by: Title: Organization: E-Mail:
Comments Page
Instructions: The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board appreciates your willingness to contribute comments about the WECM. Please be sure to fill in all of the contact information below. When you're finished, click on Submit Comments button. You should receive a response within 5-7 business days.
Contact Information:
Submitted by: Title:               Organization:            
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Comments are related to:
WECM Course Structure    Accreditation/Licensure         Emerging Industry                Changing Technology         Skill Standards                    Other        
Comments: Describe the required changes below. Include links to relevant websites and the effective date of the changes, if applicable.

27. Program Review- Additional Funding
College Process
Network Process
Labor Market Responsiveness
Enrollment
Graduates
Cost Effectiveness
Contact hours
Gainful Employment
Enrollment
Graduates
Cost Effectiveness
Contact hours
Student Success

30. Growing New Degrees and Certificates

34. Ground Covering for the Pathway

38. LIVE WELL, NO DEGREE NECESSARY Gail Maksjarvis, DMN 8/14/2017
You don’t have to get a four –year degree to make a good living.
There are 30 million jobs that don’t require a bachelor’s degree – average earning is 55K
16 million of these jobs pay more than 55K
Georgetown study- 28% of people with Associate Degrees from Community Colleges have better jobs

39. New Blooming Partnerships

40. WORKFORCE EDUCATION CONTACTS
Joyce Williams
Associate Vice Chancellor
Workforce and Community Initiatives
Phone:
Debra Turner
Administrative Assistant
Phone:
Teresa Moomaw
Curriculum Specialist II
Phone: