SystemWide Curriculum Committee Proposal Process

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System-Wide Curriculum Committee Proposal Process

• KCTCS Faculty Senate Orientation
• August 2006

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Stage 1 Program Curriculum Committee

• Membership
• Representative from each college offering a
  program
• CAO volunteer or Chancellors Office staff as ad
  hoc member who serves as a facilitator, resource,
  and liaison for CAO Peer Team
• Guests from associated programs may also attend

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Stage 1.A.Committee Meetings

• May be convened by
• Committee chair, or
• Chancellors office
• May be convened when curriculum changes are
  needed due to
• Curriculum changes that affect all areas (general
  education)
• Industry changes

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Stage 1.B.Committee Positions

• Chair
• Elected by members
• Recorder
• Selected by members

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Stage 1.C.Agenda

• Establishing the agenda
• Committee members may contribute agenda items
• Agenda items may also come from external groups
• Determining relative importance

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Stage 1.D.Conducting the Meeting

• Members roles
• Respect and collegiality
• Time management
• Conflict resolution
• Finding agreement
• Voting or consensus

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Stage 1.E.Communication and Next Steps

• Chair forwards curriculum recommendations to the
  Chancellors Office
• Chancellors Office forwards to each college CAO
• College representatives share results with
  college peers
• Ad hoc member reports to CAO Peer Team

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Alternative Proposal

• Use local adaptation of up to 25 differentiation
  from core competencies (75) to resolve
  differences
• Local faculty and college CAO design an alternate
  proposal to be submitted to the Chancellors
  Office for CRC and Council Peer Review concurrent
  with Program Curriculum Committee proposal

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Stage 2. College Curriculum Review

• College CRC membership
• College CRC meetings
• College communication

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Stage 3.Feedback to Curriculum Committee

• College CRC chair forwards summary of discussion
  and decision/recommendation to college CAO
• CAO forwards to Chancellors Office
• Chancellors Office forwards to curriculum
  committee chair

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Stage 4.Peer Review and Feedback

• System CRC
• Council

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Stage 4.A.System CRC and Council

• Peer Review and Feedback
• Learning Objectives
• Curriculum Alignment
• Student interests
• Transferability

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Stage 5.Chancellors Office

• Finalizes course numbers and prefixes
• Reviews core competencies for consistency
• Verifies accuracy of proposal

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Stage 6.Local College Final Approval

• Chancellors Office to CAO
• CAO initiates local college curriculum approval
  process
• CAO informs Chancellors Office of college
  decision

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Stage 7.Chancellors Office

• Enters data into PeopleSoft
• Communicates outcome to all colleges
• Engages in routine curriculum management