Student-Centered Instruction and Services
Enhance Curriculum Processes to Expand Noncredit

This action plan has been developed in an effort to create conditions whereby the college can better partner with local employers in the rapid development and curricular iteration cycles that are required for effective modern workforce training. The rate of business and associated workforce needs far outpace the curricular development requirements of traditional academic courses. Because of that external reality, the college is interested in expediting the curriculum process for CTE courses in an effort to serve that local constituency and fill a gap in our existing service to the community at large. In addition, the college seeks to reach nontraditional students via the range of potential noncredit offerings.

Plan Lead: Sam Bliss

Plan Timeline

Winter 2024

Begin meetings with the Dean of CTE, the Curriculum Advisory Team, the Academic Senate and the Curriculum Committee to develop proposals that might expedite CTE curriculum review.

Status: Completed

Spring 2024

Pilot a process for the CTE Committee to confirm that new mirrored non-credit CDCP curriculum does, in fact, exactly mirror existing approved credit courses/programs in order to remove those courses/programs from the standard new-course/program process and expedite their entry in COCI (Chancellor's Office Curriculum Inventory System).


*The process with the CTE committee was piloted, but unsuccessful. The team has now switched gears to try to implement a variant of the process in Curriculum Committee (approved in meeting March 18, 2025)

Status: Completed

Fall 2024

  1. Hire and train an additional Academic Services Technician using CTE funding to expedite CTE curriculum and scheduling processes.
  2. Begin discussing processes for the CTE Committee to review entirely new CTE curriculum, and not just those that are mirrored non-credit CDCP.


*The process with the CTE committee was piloted, but unsuccessful. The team has now switched gears to try to implement a variant of the process in Curriculum Committee (approved in meeting March 18, 2025)

Status: Completed

Winter 2025

  1. Eliminate local rules restricting noncredit curriculum development.
  2. Discuss ways to integrate CTE curriculum work flows from the CTE Committee back to the Curriculum Committee.
  3. Formulate a plan for the Curriculum Committee scope and structure to handle increased noncredit volume.


*The process with the CTE committee was piloted, but unsuccessful. The team has now switched gears to try to implement a variant of the process in Curriculum Committee (approved in meeting March 18, 2025)

Status: Completed

Spring 2025

  1. Enhance current process to accept new CTE course proposals out of cycle.
  2. Begin recruiting and orienting expanded Curriculum Committee members, pending Academic Senate review.
  3. Evaluate the effectiveness of reallocating the new Academic Services Technician's work duties.
Status: Completed

Fall 2025

  1. Enhance current process to accept new CTE course proposals out of cycle, for an additional addendum (Fall/Winter)
  2. Continue recruiting, orienting, and training expanded Curriculum Committee members, pending Academic Senate review.
  3. Participate in the IEPI PRT process specifically focused on enhancing non-credit offerings and infrastructure.
  4. Begin Analyzing the effectiveness of current processes and estimate volume of noncredit courses impacting the system.
  5. Continue discussion of expanding the addenda process to include non-transferable, non-mirrored credit courses.
Status: Completed

Winter 2026

  1. Analyze the effectiveness of current processes and estimate volume of noncredit courses impacting the system.
  2. Enhance current process to accept new CTE course proposals out of cycle.
  3. First recent addenda will be in production with Scheduling and Communications offices and published during the quarter.
  4. Process Fall 26/ Winter 27 addendum.
  5. Participate in the IEPI PRT process specifically focused on enhancing non-credit offerings and infrastructure. IEPI PRT Team visit #2 took place.
  6. Track new credit and non-credit courses and programs in order to assess volume and structures.
Status: Completed

Spring 2026

  1. First addenda will be effective in Spring schedule, to include out of cycle curricula and their scheduled classes.
  2. Pause and evaluate the addenda process. CourseDog transition forces an 18-month curriculum pause where addenda cannot be published; this is a perfect opportunity to reflect.
  3. Gather feedback from curriculum committee and CTE members, and report on first addenda process to Curriculum Committee/CAT.
  4. Track new credit and non-credit courses and programs in order to assess volume and structures.
  5. Submitted the IEPI PRT proposal in partnership with the Academic Senate; direction shifted to support contract and continuing education frameworks, rather than noncredit.
Status: In Progress

Fall 2026

  1. Begin training faculty in CourseDog so that faculty can begin writing curriculum for fall 2028, after which a regular addendum cycle can be initiated.
  2. Survey faculty on CourseDog for training, process improvements and other related factors.
  3. Evaluate impacts of annual scheduling on the curriculum process and discuss adjusting dates as needed.
  4. Analyze the effectiveness of current processes and estimate volume of noncredit courses impacting the system for 2028. Will the pause in curriculum create a backlog that the committee cannot handle as structured?
  5. Track new credit and non-credit courses and programs in order to assess volume and structures.
  6. Continue discussion of expanding the addenda process to include non-transferable, non-mirrored credit courses.
Status:

Winter 2027

  1. Revise new course / program process forms in Adobe workflow (mindfulness to feedback from Faculty and CourseDog implementation).
  2. Continue training faculty and other constituents in CourseDog.
  3. Begin initiating new courses and programs in CourseDog.
  4. Enhance current process to accept new CTE course proposals out of cycle with respect to CourseDog.
  5. Analyze the effectiveness of current processes and estimate volume of noncredit courses impacting the system.
  6. Track new credit and non-credit courses and programs in order to assess volume and structures.
  7. Discuss and determine addendum plans moving forward.
Status: In Progress

Spring 2027


  1. Continue training faculty and other constituents in CourseDog.
  2. Continue initiating new courses and programs in CourseDog.
  3. Enhance current process to accept new CTE course proposals out of cycle with respect to CourseDog.
  4. Track new credit and non-credit courses and programs in order to assess volume and structures.
  5. Begin planning for Fall 2029 courses, programs and processes.


Status:

Fall 2027

  1. Evaluate new ongoing system of biannual addenda accompanying the catalog.
  2. Track new credit and non-credit courses and programs in order to assess volume and structures.
  3. Evaluate and enhance addenda process.
  4. Evaluate impacts of annual scheduling on the curriculum process and discuss adjusting dates as needed.
  5. Evaluate and implement IEPI PRT recommendations.
  6. Analyze the effectiveness of current processes and estimate volume of noncredit courses impacting the system.
  7. Report plan results to Academic Senate.
Status:
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