Curriculum Development
Curriculum development is the responsibility of the faculty. Course
and program development is conducted through dynamic and collaborative
processes. The iterative processes include ongoing team activities culminating
in the review and approval of curriculum proposals. Well-defined processes
including a Curriculum Procedures Handbook and college and district resources
support curriculum development.
Curriculum Development and the Roles of the Faculty Instructional
Councils
The development of curriculum occurs in stages. During
the Consultation and Development Stage, "the proposal
is developed informally in consultation with appropriate
academic
and/or occupational instructional faculty, administrators
and advisory committees through an internal process that
emphasizes continuing feedback among all concerned instructional
personnel." The Recommendation and Approval Stage of
the curriculum development process is the formal part of
the
process that
is initiated when the Vice President for Academic Affairs
sends the recommended curriculum proposal to the appropriate
district-wide Instructional Council(s). The Instructional
Councils are responsible for evaluating the course proposals
and occupational programs. Program modifications and
deletion proposals are sent to the Instructional Councils
as informational items.
All involved Instructional Councils shall be given an opportunity to
make a recommendation on cross-referenced courses. The Instructional
Council:
- Evaluates course and new occupational program proposals
received from a college Vice President for Academic
Affairs.
- Receives from the initiating college, occupational program
modification proposals as informational items.
- Evaluates
the quality and appropriateness of the content of a curriculum
proposal and the impact of a proposal
on the disciplines which have been assigned to it.
- (Chair) receives evaluation of a curriculum proposal
from other Council members and submits to the initiating
college the written recommendation of the Council
based upon these evaluations.
- Submits recommendation
within ten (10) instructional days of the date of the
Curriculum Transmittal Memorandum.
If no recommendation is received from the Instructional
Council Chair by the due date, the
Vice President for Academic Affairs may proceed
with the proposed curriculum.
(Source: Curriculum
Procedures Handbook)
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