Curriculum Committee Orientation

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Curriculum Committee Orientation
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Official Charge

• Coordinate curriculum changes, additions, and
  revisions
• Communicate these changes to the college through
  faculty members and staff representing CCC
  departments and divisions

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Other Responsibilities of Committee

• Give initial approval to new/changed
  courses/programs
• Address requirements for transfer/non-transfer
  degrees/certificates
• Promote articulation and career pathways between
  CCC and K-12, other CCs, and 4 year institutions
• Reflect policies of the Northwest Commission on
  Colleges and Universities and other relevant
  agencies
• NOTE The catalog reflects the colleges
  curriculum activities on campus.

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Membership

• Six permanent members
• RecorderLynda Graf
• Dean of Transfer programs--Bill Briare
• Dean of Enrollment Services--Diane Drebin
• Dean of Technical Career Programs--Scott Giltz
• VP of Instructional Services--Jan Godfrey
  (interim)
• Registrar--Tara Sprehe
• Four no-fixed-term members 
• Academic Advising--Ariane Amstutz
• Catalog Subcommittee--Lenda Black
• Evaluations--Lori Eckhout
• ASG Student Rep

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Membership, 2

• Remainder three year terms
• Note Faculty agreement, Article 17B The
  college therefore agrees to offer a majority
  membership of faculty on committees whose primary
  role involves course content and instruction
  including the Curriculum Committee

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Member Responsibilities

• Helping areas of representation prepare and
  submit forms and course/program outlines to the
  committee.
• Communicating with their areas of representation
  concerning upcoming topics, questions, and items
  to be addressed, as well as special concerns of
  the areas of representation.
• Maintaining the Related Instruction pages in
  catalog - CCC must stay in compliance with state
  regulations.

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More Member Responsibilities

• Ensuring that proposed certificate and degree
  programs meet state and Northwest Accreditation
  standards, as well as CCC regulations concerning
  Computation, Communication, Human Relations,
  PE/Health.
• Keeping in compliance with all degrees,
  certificates and/or credentials.
• Examining proposed programs and checking that all
  Related Instruction and other requirements are
  included.
• Being aware of catalog production timelines
  regarding changes in programs and course catalog
  copy.

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Members Communication Responsibilities

• Reporting to the committee all catalog and course
  equivalency updates from areas of representation.
• Reporting initial approval of new
  programs/courses to areas of representation.
• Communicating between our committee, Presidents
  Council, College Council, Faculty Senate, and any
  other relevant groups.

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More Communication Responsibilities

• Regularly distributing curriculum committee
  meeting minutes to all department chairs and
  instructional administrators.
• Submitting memos as needed to appropriate
  persons.
• Making regular requests for input from
  appropriate staff.
• Providing opportunities for staff members to
  address the committee at their request.

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What should you bring to Curriculum Committee?

• Requests to include a course in the AAOT and ASOT
  requirements.
• Requests to include a course or remove a course
  from the Related Instruction page in the catalog.
• New Technical Career certificate and degree
  programs.
• Changes to existing Technical Career certificate
  and degree programs.

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More What Should Be Brought?

• New courses
• All course changes, including changes in title,
  number, or credits, will be brought forward to
  the committee as a Consent Calendar item for
  approval.
• Changes in prerequisites to courses which are
  required in other programs.
• Changes to courses which other departments use in
  their degrees or certificates.
• Articulation Agreements

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When should you bring it to Curriculum Committee?

• Any documents to be presented to curriculum
  committee should be submitted to Lynda no later
  than the Friday before the next regularly
  scheduled meeting.
• To be included in next years catalog, new
  courses/programs must be approved by Curriculum
  Committee by the end of FALL term.

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How does the course approval process work?

• Department e-mails the new course forms and
  outlines to Lynda
• Lynda adds the documents to the website
• Alice adds the courses, programs, etc. to the
  agenda
• Presenters bring them to CC meetings
• A presenter is someone who signs the form and
  understands the class being presented.

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What does Lynda do?

• Records the activity of the Curriculum Committee
  (meeting minutes)
• Maintains and implements the instructional
  approval process as required by the state
• Interfaces with the state for those approvals and
  changes.
• Lynda is the point of contact for the college
  with the state.

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What should the Curriculum Committee Chair do?

• Communicate with the college
• Send draft and final agendas to Curriculum
  Committee members
• Send out meeting reminders
• Run the meetings

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How should members carry out their duties?

• Read the Handbook for Committee Members at
  http//www2.clackamas.edu/committees/cc/meetings/A
  dditionalDocuments/Handbook.Sept202008-09.doc
• Read the agenda before each meeting
• Read the documents before the meeting
• Inform the people in the areas you represent of
  changes in processes, procedures, forms, and/or
  deadlines, and assist them with timely submission
  of forms