Southeast Kentucky Community and Technical College Online Compliance Certification
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NARRATIVE/JUSTIFICATION FOR JUDGMENT OF COMPLIANCE
Southeast Kentucky Community and Technical College (SKCTC) gives primary responsibility for the curriculum to faculty through the processes for developing course syllabi, evaluating courses and instruction, proposing new or revised courses and programs, and informing departments of assessment outcomes of their students. Board of Regents Policy 1.4 identifies faculty as responsible for the content, quality, and effectiveness of its curriculum [1].
SKCTC faculty, through their education and professional training, their membership in appropriate organizations, their work with accrediting organizations, and their role in the Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS), have a strong sense of the elements that constitute appropriate curricula in the various educational programs. The faculty's responsibility for the content, quality, and effectiveness of the curriculum is demonstrated through course syllabi and through student evaluations of instruction. Syllabi are essential documents and are kept on file with the Division Chair and the Chief Academic Affairs Officer. They are commonly submitted as evidence of each faculty member’s effectiveness in academic assignment during reviews for retention, tenure, and promotion. Formal, anonymous student evaluations of instruction are conducted on all full- and part-time faculties. Students are asked to rate the quality of the course and the instructor, the course content, their perception of how much they have learned, and the relevance and usefulness of the course’s content. Completed student evaluation reports must be submitted as part of each full-time faculty member’s portfolio when retention, tenure, and promotion actions are taken. For further information regarding Faculty Evaluation, please see Comprehensive Standard 3.7.2.
The approval of new programs at the College originates with the faculty, specifically the Institution’s program development committee; once approval is given by the committee, its recommendations are brought before the Faculty (faculty assembly [2]) for review and approval [3] before being forwarded to the Senate of KCTCS. All changes in curricula must be approved by the faculty through this review process, as stated in Board of Regents Policy 4.11 [4].
In the near future, the process by which the approval of new programs and courses takes place will undergo some revision, with considerable study undertaken by a Senate workgroup appointed by the KCTCS President [5]. The changes will give even more responsibility to the SKCTC faculty with regards to the development of curricula that affect the local college. The major change at the local level will involve more involvement of the Chief Academic Affairs Officer in the SKCTC PDC, with continued checks and balances at the division, PDC, and SKCTC Faculty levels. However, the role of the KCTCS Senate CRC will become advisory in nature, as the CRC will function as a peer review body under the proposal [6].
Program reviews are conducted annually for all associate in applied science and diploma programs. During these review sessions, program coordinators and division chairs review relevant data prepared by the Office of Institutional Research, including information gleaned from the Technical Educational Database System (TEDS) and PeopleSoft, the data management system used by the Kentucky Community and Technical College System. These programs utilize advisory committees as part of the program review and Institutional effectiveness cycle [7] [8].
All degree programs may be found in the Kentucky Community and Technical College System Academic Catalog for 2005-06 [9].
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Board of Regents Policy 1.4 Internal Governance Structure KCTCS Senate |
http://www.kctcs.edu/employee/policies/volumeI/boardpolicies1-4.pdf |
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SKCTC Faculty (Rules of the Faculty) |
http://www.secc.kctcs.edu/Administration/docu/college_handbook.pdf#page=134 |
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SKCTC Faculty (Faculty Assembly) Minutes showing program approvals |
http://www.secc.kctcs.edu/sacs/supportingdocuments/fac0304.doc http://www.secc.kctcs.edu/sacs/supportingdocuments/facmeet042905.doc http://www.secc.kctcs.edu/sacs/supportingdocuments/feb2505facmeet.doc |
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Board of Regents Policy 4.11 Policy on Program Approval |
http://www.kctcs.edu/employee/policies/volumeI/boardpolicies4-11.pdf |
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SACS Ad-Hoc Committee-SACS System-Related Recommendation |
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Proposed Change-Rules of the Senate-Curriculum Approval Process |
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Administrative
Policy 4.3.4
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http://www.kctcs.edu/employee/policies/volumeII/volII4-3-4.pdf |
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2005 Program Review Report |
http://www.secc.kctcs.edu/sacs/supportingdocuments/programeffectreview.doc |
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KCTCS Catalog |
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