1. Articulation 101 Or, How Articulation Officers Can Help Strengthen Your Curriculum 2008 Curriculum Institute Berta Cuaron, Palomar College Pam Deegan, Mira Costa College Kate Clark, Irvine Valley College Dave DeGroot, Allan Hancock College

2. Today’s Objectives What articulation means and how it’s achieved How AOs serve your students How AOs can broaden curriculum perspectives How AOs can serve your curriculum process and promote its integrity How AOs can further curriculum development How AOs promote the quality, comparability, and currency of Course Outlines of Record (CORs) How the institution can support AOs

3. Articulation Defined High School to College CTE Early College Basis for Transfer General Education: IGETC or CSU GE-Breadth Transferable Major Preparation Courses 4-2-4 Transfers Intrasegmental Transfer (CC to CC) Bilateral Agreements between CCC and baccalaureate granting institutions (public and private): C-to-C Course-to-Course College-by-College Contact-by-Contact

4. Tools of the Articulation Trade CIAC (California Intersegmental Articulation Council) http://ciac.csusb.edu/ciac/ http://ciac.csusb.edu/ciac/ List-serv http://ciac.csusb.edu/ciac/mailinglist.html http://ciac.csusb.edu/ciac/mailinglist.html Handbook http://ciac.csusb.edu/ciac/handbook.html http://ciac.csusb.edu/ciac/handbook.html Mentors Regional and State Meetings http://ciac.csusb.edu/ciac/calendar.html http://ciac.csusb.edu/ciac/calendar.html ASSIST: www.assist.orgwww.assist.org OSCAR Transfer Center Website: www.cacctcw.orgwww.cacctcw.org Local or Regional Memberships

5. Access to current information needed for smooth transfer Changes in major preparation requirements impacting readiness Advisement information Connections to counseling faculty Advocacy for students’ best interests Articulation Officers Assist Students

6. AOs Bring Another Perspective to Local Curricular Decisions Emergent Trends Broadened Intersegmental Contacts Catalogue Contents External Deadlines ASSIST Updates UC Transfer Course Agreements (TCA) IGETC/CSU GE-Breadth System Office Curriculum Summaries Multi-College District Restrictions

7. AOs Promote the Integrity of the Curriculum Process Contributions to a Technical Review Expectations of UC, CSU Responses to IGETC (Intersegmental Major Preparation Articulated Curriculum) Guidelines Compliance Issues and Appropriateness as a Lower Division Course Awareness of other published expectations LDTP www.calstate.edu/acadaff/ldtp/index.shtml UC Transfer Pathways www.uctransfer.orgwww.uctransfer.org C-ID Professional organizations

8. Suggest new courses or programs Negotiate with university AOs on behalf of departmental faculty Identify similar courses at other colleges (OSCAR) and provide models Work one-on-one with faculty Encourage interdepartmental collaboration Assist in development of curriculum management systems Articulation Officers Can Promote Curriculum Development

9. Elements of Quality Papers and Handbooks in Binder Rigor Integrated Outline Accurate Reflection of Actual Course Special information Honors, dated texts Course Outlines of Record (CORs): Quality

10. Need for Comparability Comparable lower division UC/CSU Courses Units Prerequisites Content Currency and nature of books Comparability to other CCC courses Assignments and Methods of evaluation Learning outcomes/Course objectives Explicit lab components and lab manual Course Outlines of Record (CORs): Comparability and Currency

11. Need for Currency of CORs Student Right-to-Know Accreditation Stipulation for Articulation Institutional Support and Enforcement Course Outlines of Record (CORs): Comparability and Currency

12. Institutional Support for Articulation Articulation Assistance: Human and spatial resources Replacement of Lost Grant $5000 Memberships Travel CIAC Meetings, Counselor Conferences (UC,CSU, USC) Regional Meetings (2-7 times each year) ASCCC Institutes and Plenary Sessions Training Duplication and Training of Faculty/Flex Supplies and Equipment

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