Program Review & Annual Planning

Program Review & Annual Planning

Hartnell College implements a Program Planning and Assessment process (PPA) on an annual cycle. Each designated program, service, office, and/or program is required to submit a PPA report that includes an Annual Review and Action Plan. An additional comprehensive review is due at least once every five years.

Whereas the overriding purpose is to ensure that regular assessment leads to the continuous improvement of programs, services, offices, and campuses, integrated planning, budgeting, and resource allocation provides the critical mechanism for prioritizing and providing scarce resources that can assist in fueling improvement.

 

4-year cycle for Academic PPAs

  

Program Overview (Year 1)

  • Description of the program
  • Explanation of how the program meets its mission
  • Information on faculty, staff, and departmental resources
  • Information on facilities
  • Summary of equipment
  • Verification of the program's values, effectiveness, and mission
  • Advisory committees (CTE)

Budget Request (Annually)

  • Summary of program activities
    • Past activity summary
    • New activities
  • Needs assessment/budget request
    • Requests for additional funding
    • Current and projected staffing needs
    • Facilities needs
    • Requests must be tied to one or more of the following:
      • learning (SLOs/PLOs),
      • Strategic Plan,
      • other institutional priorities
      • effectiveness and efficiency

Initiatives (Future Unknowns)

  • Chancellor's Office initiatives
  • Accreditation
  • District-wide initiatives
  • Federal and state regulatory requirements

 

Student surveys

Employer surveys

Course Data (Year 2)

  • Course enrollment, success, and retention
    • Data disaggregated by student demographics (gender, race/ethnicity, and age)
    • Data disaggregated by course modality (in person, hybrid, fully online)
    

Program Data (Year 3)

  • Awards (certificates and degrees)
  • Time to completion and units accumulated
    

Year of the Program Learning Outcome (Year 4)

  • Course SLO data used to assess PLOs
    • Data disaggregated by student demographics and course modality
  • Assessment of PLOs and SLOs
  • Assessment of degree and certificate programs
  • Program action plans
    

 

 

PPA Cycle (2018-19AY to current Academic Year) 

2023-24AY 2023-24 PPA Timeline
   
2022-23AY 2022-23 PPA Reports
  2022-23 PPA Timeline
   
2021-22AY 2021 - 2022 PPA Reports
  2021 - 2022 PPA Timeline
   
2020-21AY 2020 - 2021 PPA Reports  
  2020 - 2021 PPA Timeline
    
2019-20AY 2019 - 2020 PPA Reports
  Fall 2019 PPA Timeline
    
2018-19AY  2018 - 2019 PPA Reports 
  Spring 2019 Program Planning Process
   

 

Reference Materials

 

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