Health and PE Program Review Summary

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Health and PE Program Review Summary

• Submitted by Debra Secord, Ph.D.
• Department Chair Gerontology, Health and
  Physical Education

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The Process

• Prior to this review, Health was part of Social
  Sciences, PE was a part of Performing Arts,
  both reviewed 1997.
• Faculty members were

• sent a memo in Summer 2003, outlining the review
  process
• Faculty were asked to review their course
  outlines and think in terms of outcomes

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Program Review Team

• Ed Decker, Discipline Dean
• Debbie Secord, Dept. Chair FT Faculty
• Judy Aprile, Adjunct Faculty
• Connie Boehler, Adjunct Faculty
• Nancy Parent, Adjunct Faculty

• Suzie Hazard, Adjunct Faculty
• Brenda Ross, Student Representative
• Beth Grane, Classified Representatives
• Holly Piscopo, FT Faculty Outside Dept

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Program Review Highlights Program Need

• The American Academy of Family Physicians reports
  that 2/3 of office visits to family doctors are
  prompted by stress related symptoms. Medical
  expenses and lost productivity cost an estimated
  50-75 billion. That is more than 750 for every
  worker in the U.S. Short format and semester
  length courses lecture series on health, stress
  reduction, and fitness are a solution to this
  problem.
• The baby boomer demographic is not only far
  more interested in issues of health and physical
  fitness than prior cohorts, they are also more
  highly educated. This group looks toward
  institutions of lifelong learning as a resource
  in their lives and are willing to continue their
  education.
• Cardiovascular health, diabetes rates and even
  rising cancer rates have been correlated with
  obesity. The public will be looking for ways to
  prevent these health problems.

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Program Review Highlights Student Demographics

• The program provides educational services to
  citizens of a variety of generations and
  ethnicities.
• About 57 were 18-30, 29 were 31-45 and 12
  45-60.
• About 45 are non-white and this group is also
  very diverse.
• Most state English is their first language.

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Program Review Highlights Course Elements

• Over the past 6 ½ years the combined average FTES
  for the health and physical education disciplines
  has been 27.83 FTES or an average of 1.7 of the
  colleges total over that time.
• In the past year (Fall 2002- Fall 2003) two
  Health courses, the telecourse and online
  versions of the Health 100, have accounted for
  about 1.5 of the colleges total enrollment and
  an average of 25.19 FTES.
• Average PE FTES before the move of 7.67 (Fall
  1997-Spring 2001) had increased to an average
  after the move of 10.34 (Fall 2001 to Fall 2003).

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Program Review Highlights Course Elements
continued

• Overall the attrition rates for the Health and PE
  disciplines over the past 6 ½ years are also
  below that of the college in general (Health
  13.36, PE 10.35 College average 17.1).
• When overlaying credit courses and shadow ticket
  numbers are accounted for the Health discipline
  averaged 108 students per class from fall 2002-
  fall 2003. Physical Education courses averaged
  31.6 students.

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Program Review Highlights Student Elements

• Students were satisfied or very satisfied with
  their own success and the quality of instruction
• Written comments indicated a need for a greater
  variety and number of PE courses to be offered
  each semester and better use of sites within the
  community
• Health Certificate A large percentage of
  students responding (34) did not know whether
  they would be interested in a certificate in this
  field. Of the remainder, 19.48 indicated an
  interest and 46.75 indicated that they were not
  interested

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Program Review Highlights Community Elements

• Developing an Advisory Board to create the new
  Health Certificate has been more of a challenge
  than anticipated. Dept. Chair has met w/
  faculty, gathered potential members and sent an
  e-mail of questions to members.
• Working to have a meeting and some direction for
  curriculum by the beginning of the fall 04
  semester.
• There have been requests for PE classes at new
  locations in the community, but budget has
  prevented the addition of these new sites.

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Program Review Highlights Qualitative Questions

• Level of Need-Very High
• SLOs- Stage 1
• Student Satisfaction- Very Satisfied
• Satisfaction w/ Program Resources- Faculty-
  Somewhat Satisfied Students- Very Satisfied

• Professional Development- Faculty Very Active
• Partnership Use- Low
• Support of culturally diverse and non-traditional
  student- Very Supportive

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HEALTH Last Reports Recommendations

• Develop online credit offerings in the field of
  health and overlay classes
• RESULTS An online version of the Health 100
  course has been developed and attracts over 100
  students each semester. This is in addition to
  the existing Health 100 telecourse which also has
  enrollments over 100 students
• Created course overlays for health and
  gerontology
• Online course being introduced in the military
  program

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PE Last Reports Recommendations 1

• Revitalize the curriculum and make the offerings
  more consistent in terms of hours and
  repeatability
• RESULTS New courses developed included Intro,
  Hatha and Power Yoga Snowboarding
  Cardio-Kickboxing
• All courses reviewed for SLOs and taken to
  curriculum council for revisions to make hours
  and repeatability consistent

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PE Last Reports Recommendations 2

• Explore developing online PE courses and perhaps
  a certificate
• RESULTS Exercise Physiology developed and an
  accompanying lab course was just approved by the
  Curriculum Council in Fall 2003
• Certificate still under exploration

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Recommendations for Program Review 2003-04

• Develop a plan to keep the momentum going. We
  need to use local marketing sources like, Ski
  Shops, REI, high schools etc. to publicize our
  programs.
• Locate sites in the community with a built in
  population of students and the space to
  accommodate them.
• Continue to develop cooperative ventures.
• Develop a lecture series/multidiscipline
  health-fitness program.
• Select two outcomes for evaluation.
• Continue explorations of Health and PE
  certificates.