Long-Range Goal 1: The college will expand instruction and service to meet the needs of the entire district.
1.1: By the year 2004-05, the college will have an enrollment of approximately 5100 FTE, reflecting a projected 2% annual growth, serving an unduplicated head count of 20,400.
1.2: The growth in services and instructional delivery will accommodate an additional 100 FTE, serving an additional unduplicated headcount of 400, in the year 2001-02.
Instructional Services Goal 1.2.1: The Instructional Division will grow by an additional 100 FTE in services and instructional delivery in the year 2001-02.
1.2.1.1: The Instructional Division will further optimize the course offering schedule by 5% by reducing individual offerings, folding classes, and increasing class size. In doing so it will reduce part-time faculty costs by at least $200,000.
Accomplishment Extent: Objective Met
Instructional Division reduced its offerings by 200, but because of larger enrollments and use of telecourses increased FTE by 5.4% above 2000-2001 levels.
Assessment Tools Used:
FTE figures
Unexpected Results:
Although not entirely unexpected, there has been increased number of student complaints about the availability of courses needed to graduate.
This was a significant achievement
1.2.1.2: The Instructional Division will increase average class size by 10%, or from 18.13 to 20 students.
Accomplishment Extent: Objective Met
Average class size for the year increased from 18.87 to 21.10 in non-distributed learning courses.
Assessment Tools Used:
Class Average figures provided by Instructional Admin reports.
Unexpected Results:
Class average figures fluctuate considerably from term to term, ranging from a high of 22.3 in the fall to 19.69 in the spring.
This was a significant achievement
1.2.1.3: The Instructional Division will increase its distributed learning offerings by approximately 5% from the 2000-2001 baseline.
Accomplishment Extent: Objective Met
Distributed Learning increased by 45.8%, far surpassing the goal for this year.
Assessment Tools Used:
May FTE Report of the RCC Enrollment Management Committee
Unexpected Results:
Telecourses continue to be the primary delivery mode for distributed learning at RCC.
This was a significant achievement
Long-Range Goal 2: The college will pursue additional sources of funding.
2.1: The amount of funding coming from non-traditional sources such as grants, private sources and collaborative efforts, will increase over 1999-00’s baseline by 10% in 2001-02.
Instructional Services Goal 2.1.1: The Instructional Division will pursue other sources of funding from non- traditional sources.
2.1.1.1: The Instructional Services Division will participate with other areas of the campus in pursuing at least three (3) significant grant opportunities during the 2001-2002 year.
Accomplishment Extent: Objective Met
Division representative were active on the RCC Grants Committee. Major rewrite of the Title III Grant took place, along with an Instructional Technology Grant request, and various other grants in the Allied Health area.
Assessment Tools Used:
Grant requests prepared for the RCC Grants Committee
Extent of Accomplishments:
The goal did not have a pre-set measure of success, apart from indicating involvement in 3 (three) major grant activities for the year. A target amount of grant dollars to achieve would have been more appropriate.
Unexpected Results:
Grant awards for these major grants have yet to be announced.
This was a significant achievement
2.2: The college will develop a strategy for a successful bond levy for 2002-05.
2.3: The college will involve the RCC Board, students and college leadership committees in development of a legislative strategy for the 2003 session for enhanced funding of Rogue Community College.
Instructional Services Goal 2.3.1: The Instructional Division will work with others to find enhanced funding for Rogue Community College.
2.3.1.1: Faculty and staff of the Instructional Services Division will collaborate with other areas of the college in designing a strong legislative strategy for the 2003 session for enhanced funding of Rogue Community College.
Accomplishment Extent: Objective Not Met
The goal was poorly worded, and not such as to allow meaningful divisional participation.
Assessment Tools Used:
No measure of effectiveness was built into the goal.
Extent of Accomplishments:
Recommend that this be handled by the President’s Office for the coming year.
Unexpected Results:
No pursuit of this objective took place.
2.4: Through a collaborative effort among the RCC Foundation, volunteers, college faculty, staff and students, a community-wide capital campaign will be carried out throughout the district in 2001-04.
Long-Range Goal 3: The college will develop and maintain appropriate facilities throughout the district.
3.1: RCC will continue to develop RVC as a major urban campus in downtown Medford, with a library expansion effort implemented jointly with Jackson County by the end of the year 2002.
Instructional Services Goal 3.1.1: The Instructional Division will continue to develop RVC as a major urban campus in downtown Medford, and work with Jackson County on a library expansion effort.
3.1.1.1: The Instructional Division will lead a joint library expansion effort with Jackson County scheduled for completion by the end of 2003.
Accomplishment Extent: Objective Met
Groundbreaking took place in May 2002. RCC should be in the new building by the end of summer 2003.
Assessment Tools Used:
Signed agreement with Jackson County. The fact that construction is underway.
Unexpected Results:
No.
This was a significant achievement
3.2: Facilities in Josephine County will be enhanced. A master planning effort for facilities in Josephine County, including a high-quality downtown facility and improvements to the Redwood Campus will be initiated by Spring 2002.
3.3: A third campus will be developed by 2004-2005, offering an emphasis on technical programs, full service to students, and extensive support to business and workforce development including sufficient facilities to accommodate 1000 FTE.
Instructional Services Goal 3.3.1: A third campus will be developed in White City by 2004-2005, as per the Enhanced Use Agreement with the Department of Veteran’s Affairs, offering an emphasis on technical programs, full service to students, and extensive support to business and workforce development, including sufficient facilities to accommodate 1000 FTE.
3.3.1.1: The Instructional Division leadership will work with other areas of campus to plan for expansion that will emphasize technical programs, full service to students, and extensive support to business and workforce development including sufficient facilities to accommodate 1000 FTE.
Accomplishment Extent: Objective Met
Planning took place in the summer/fall internally, and again in May/June with RCC architect of record.
Assessment Tools Used:
Published planning reports
Unexpected Results:
No. This has been one or RCC’s most successful collaborative planning efforts to date.
This was a significant achievement
Long-Range Goal 4: Beyond campus-based programs, the college will expand learning services to meet a variety of expressed needs to help build, strengthen, enrich, and diversify the communities of the district.
4.1: The college will provide or seek means to expand business development support services in both counties.
Instructional Services Goal 4.1.1: The Instructional Division will work with others to seek means to expand business development support in both counties.
4.1.1.1: The Instructional Division will implement its operating partnership agreement designed to utilize instructional division assets to expand business development support services in both counties, including distance learning.
Accomplishment Extent: Objective Met
Major accomplishment was the implementation of the “Business and Learning Services and Instructional Services Framework for Collaborative Efforts” in a joint entrepreneurial course in June, 2002.
Assessment Tools Used:
Number of joint ventures. The pilot course described above paves the way for more of this activity in the future.
Extent of Accomplishments:
Growth in understanding the complexity of self-support funding.
This was a significant achievement
4.2: The college will collaboratively support planning and development of services to implement the Workforce Investment Act regionally and statewide.
Instructional Services Goal 4.2.1: The Instructional Division will support planning and development of services to implement the Workforce Investment Act.
4.2.1.1: The Instructional Division will continue its collaboration with the regional Workforce Investment Activities by increasing the number of registered WIA programs by 10% above the 2000-2001 baseline.
Accomplishment Extent: Objective Met
A change in state administrative rules made all approved RCC technical programs fall under the category of “registered Workforce Investment Act programs.
Assessment Tools Used:
Number of programs that qualified. Because of the change in statute, this figure is now 100%.
Unexpected Results:
No.
This was a significant achievement
4.3: The college will provide or seek means to expand workforce-training services throughout the district.
4.4: The college will maintain and expand community-learning centers providing opportunities for basic skills and other learning services throughout the district at strategic locations.
Instructional Services Goal 4.4.1: The Instructional Division will work to provide opportunities for basic skills and other learning services throughout the district.
4.4.1.1: The Instructional Division will work collaboratively with other areas of the college using grant funding to begin implementing four (4) multi-modal Teaching Learning and Support Centers throughout our two-county district across the next five years.
Accomplishment Extent: Objective Partially Met
Foundations of multi-model centers are now in place at Redwood and Riverside. Funding for centers at Kirby and Table Rock are included in two major grants now under review.
Assessment Tools Used:
Number of centers and degree in which conceptual design as outlined in TItle III grant request is implemented.
Extent of Accomplishments:
Number of centers and degree in which conceptual design as outlined in Title III grant request is implemented.
This was a significant achievement
Long-Range Goal 5: A distinctive program base will be defined and developed at each college campus.
5.1: The college will begin implementation of a distinct program location strategy, in fall 2001, to strengthen vocational training and program identities at the Redwood Campus, Riverside Campus and the third campus to be developed in Jackson County.
Instructional Services Goal 5.1.1: The Instructional Division will implement a distinct program location strategy to strengthen vocational training and program identities at RWC, RVC, and at a third campus.
5.1.1.1: The Instructional Division’s PN program will complete a successful accreditation process with the Oregon State Board of Nursing.
Accomplishment Extent: Objective Met
Practical Nursing accreditation approved by Oregon State Board of Nursing in February, 2002.
Assessment Tools Used:
Accreditation approval
Unexpected Results:
No, thanks to the exemplary work of our Allied Health faculty and staff.
This was a significant achievement
5.1.1.2: The Instructional Division will begin development of a degree in Horticultural Science with an appropriate career ladder and options
Accomplishment Extent: Objective Not Met
Because of budget curtailment work on this project was suspended for 2001-2002.
Assessment Tools Used:
Program approval is the final standard of achievement. This standard was not met.
Extent of Accomplishments:
Investment in developing this program has been held off again for 2002-2003. If possibility of appropriate staffing dollars becomes more likely, this will be resumed as a Perkins project in 2003-2004. It remains our number one new technical program planned for Redwood Campus.
5.1.1.3: The Instructional Division’s Early Childhood Education program will pilot an on- line delivery of its entry-level CDA curriculum.
Accomplishment Extent: Objective Not Met
Because of budget curtailment work on this project was delayed during 2001-2002.
Assessment Tools Used:
Program approval is the implementation of on-line courses.
Extent of Accomplishments:
The development of these courses now has assured Perkins funding for 2002-2003. Courses should be on-line by the end of the year.
5.1.1.4: The Instructional Division will begin development of E-Commerce curriculum.
Accomplishment Extent: Objective Met
E-Commerce development team formed with regulary scheduled meetings.
Assessment Tools Used:
Planning meetings, as verified by meeting minutes.
Extent of Accomplishments:
This is a multi-year effort. Program will be implemented in phases.
Unexpected Results:
No.
This was a significant achievement
Long-Range Goal 6: The college will maintain quality programs, services and affordable access.
6.1: The college will manage processes necessary to achieve increased effectiveness of service delivery while maintaining or improving efficiency and cost savings. President’s Council will select two to six critical processes annually and implement appropriate improvement efforts with progress reports to PC at designated intervals.
6.2: Rogue will maintain interdivisional planning efforts to improve student satisfaction rating regarding access to information about RCC to achieve a 4% improvement between the Riverside and Redwood campuses by winter of 2001, and parity by winter 2002.
6.3: The college will implement a review of issues identified in the Student Satisfaction Survey related to the RCC Riverside Campus with a report to President’s Council by fall 2001.
Instructional Services Goal 6.3.1: The Instructional Division will review issues identified in the Student Satisfaction Survey related to RVC with President's Council.
6.3.1.1: The Instructional Division will work with Student Services and others areas of the college to review issues identified in the Student Satisfaction Survey related to the RCC Riverside Campus with a report to President’s Council by fall 2001.
Accomplishment Extent: Objective Partially Met
Working through the Institutional Effectiveness Committee, the division implemented a new survey instrument, the Noel-Levitt Student Satisfaction Survey. There was however no articulated response made to the 2000-2001 survey. This shortcoming has now been corrected.
Assessment Tools Used:
A reporting calendar has been put into place for the 2001-2002 survey with written results requested from divisions by the end of August.
Unexpected Results:
Technical problems in interpreting the 2000-2001 survey.
This was a significant achievement
6.4: The result of the 2000-01 institutional self-study will be a favorable and successful accreditation outcome in fall 2001.
Instructional Services Goal 6.4.1: The Instructional Division, with the Accreditation Liaison Officer, will work towards a favorable and successful accreditation outcome.
6.4.1.1: The Instructional Division will work with other areas of the college to assure that the result of the 2000-01 institutional self-study will be a favorable and successful accreditation outcome in Fall 2001.
Accomplishment Extent: Objective Met
College received an extremely favorable report from the Northwest Association of Schools and Colleges in December 2001.
Assessment Tools Used:
The formal accreditation report.
Extent of Accomplishments:
Committee work now underway to address issues raised by accreditation team.
Unexpected Results:
The process taught us how good we really are.
This was a significant achievement
Long-Range Goal 7: The college will increase its efforts to recognize and serve a more diverse community.
7.1: Baseline data, such as regional demographics, current staffing levels and service will be developed.
7.2: The college will assign appropriate staff support to the development of the multi-cultural community at RCC.
Instructional Services Goal 7.2.1: The Instructional Division will participate in the development of a multi- cultural community at RCC.
7.2.1.1: The Instructional Division will continue to work projects such as La Puerta De Su Futuro, the International Education Committee and other campus efforts to encourage the development of the multicultural community at RCC.
Accomplishment Extent: Objective Met
Faculty and staff remained active with the programs named above.
Assessment Tools Used:
student involvement in program activities
Extent of Accomplishments:
Goal was met, although measurement standard was very generically written.
Unexpected Results:
No
This was a significant achievement
7.3: The college will increase the number of multi-cultural students recruited and retained to more adequately reflect the needs of our region.
Long-Range Goal 8: The college will develop and maintain strong collaborative partnerships within our internal and external communities.
8.1: The college will encourage collaborative ventures and will annually compile a public report on such efforts.
Instructional Services Goal 8.1.1: The Instructional Division will participate in collaborative ventures and compile a public report on such efforts.
8.1.1.1: The Instructional Division will compile in February 2002 the annual advisory committee master report as a contribution to the college public review of collaborative partnerships within our region.
Accomplishment Extent: Objective Met
Annual master report was compiled and shared with Workforce Quality Council and the RCC Board of Education.
Assessment Tools Used:
The annual master report
Unexpected Results:
No
This was a significant achievement
8.2: An inter-divisional task force will pilot a regional Joint Certificate of Advance Mastery (CAM) project with all interested school districts with a progress report to RCC Board.
Instructional Services Goal 8.2.1: The Instructional Division will participate in piloting a regional Joint Certificate of Advanced Mastery (CAM) project with school districts.
8.2.1.1: The Instructional Division through its Outreach Office will work to develop a regional Certificate of Advance Mastery (CAM) project with all interested school districts with a progress report to the RCC Board.
Accomplishment Extent: Objective Not Met
Because of conflicting needs, no work was done on this project.
Assessment Tools Used:
Completion of a regional CAM certificate. This goal was not achieved.
Extent of Accomplishments:
There is no immediate timeline in place to begin work on this project.
Unexpected Results:
No
8.3: The college will expand/increase collaborative new training and other ventures across departments/divisions to the community at large.
Long-Range Goal 9: The college will strengthen its communication and participatory decision-making processes.
9.1: Deliberative bodies such as President’s Council, Executive Team, and/or Divisional Councils will develop three new mechanisms for college-wide communications in 2001-02.
9.2: President’s Council will annually review the effectiveness and appropriate role of the various college committees.
Long-Range Goal 10: The college will increase efforts to enrich student life, the learning environment, and foster individual responsibility and mutual respect.
10.1: A thorough Student Life Development Plan, developed in 2000-01, will be implemented as appropriate beginning in fall of 2001. The plan will include program development, cultural activities, representation, budget, staffing, and campus safety for a two-county college operation. The plan will be reviewed annually and measured against the student satisfaction survey results.
10.2: The current student rights and responsibilities statement will be more widely incorporated into all college processes and will be reviewed annually and updated as needed.
10.3: Appropriate campus committees and council will be encouraged to seek student input or representation and establish a baseline for future use.
10.4: Student-administrative focus groups will meet quarterly to encourage student, staff, management, and faculty collaboration.
10.5: Additional measurements of student involvement and satisfaction will be developed to complement the student satisfaction survey as measurement tools.
Instructional Services Goal 10.5.1: The Instructional Division will collaboratively develop additional measurements of student involvement and satisfaction to complement the student satisfaction survey.
10.5.1.1: The Instructional Division will work with the college’s Institutional Effectiveness Task Force and other areas of the college to create an additional measurement of student involvement and satisfaction to complement the student satisfaction survey as measurement tools.
Accomplishment Extent: Objective Partially Met
Working through the Institutional Effectiveness Committee, the division implemented a new survey instrument, the Noel-Levitt Student Satisfaction Survey. This replaced an early survey format developed by college staff.
Assessment Tools Used:
The implementation of a new survey.
Extent of Accomplishments:
No plans at this time to develop a survey beyond those now in use.
Unexpected Results:
No
This was a significant achievement
Long-Range Goal 11: The college will increase efforts in alternative access and learning opportunities.
11.1: The college will increase alternative delivery of services and courses at a growth rate of 10% per year, if warranted by market demand, for the period 2002- 2005 measured against 1999-2000 baselines.
Instructional Services Goal 11.1.1: The Instructional Division will increase alternative delivery of services and courses.
11.1.1.1: The Instructional Services Division, through its Instructional Media Department, will initiate steps in conjunction with grant dollars to increase alternative delivery of services and courses at a growth rate of 10% per year, if warranted by market demand, for the period 2002-2005 measured against 1999- 2000 baselines.
Accomplishment Extent: Objective Met
Distributed Learning increased by 45.8%, far surpassing the goal for this year.
Assessment Tools Used:
May, 2002 FTE Report of the RCC Enrollment Management Committee
Unexpected Results:
Increased growth in student use of distributed learning modalities despite the imposition of a distance learning fee.
This was a significant achievement
11.2: The college will determine the needs of, and increase opportunities for, those with learning disabilities and other special needs.
Long-Range Goal 12: The college will improve the quality of its staff and faculty as well as foster a safe, humane, and supportive working and learning environment.
Instructional Services Goal 12.0.1: The Instructional Division will strengthen its training processes for new faculty.
12.0.1.1: The Instructional Division will pilot a para-professional part-time training program in the areas where there are regular part-time shortages. (Since we are significantly impacting some instructor workloads by increasing class sizes additional resources may be necessary to maintain quality and reasonable workloads. Graders, tutors, CWE students, L&E students, aides, etc., can be used to help fill this need).
Accomplishment Extent: Objective Not Met
The need remains but classroom needs and our inability to fund development times prevented work on this project.
Assessment Tools Used:
An established para-professional training program. This was not accomplished.
Extent of Accomplishments:
Project has not be rescheduled for 2002-2003.
Unexpected Results:
No
12.0.1.2: The Instructional Division will develop an orientation for part-time instructors that will ultimately be produced on video tape.
Accomplishment Extent: Objective Met
CD-Rom for new teacher training developed and trial tested.
Assessment Tools Used:
the existence of the training tool
Extent of Accomplishments:
project will be refined and in place for fall 2002.
Unexpected Results:
No
This was a significant achievement
12.0.1.3: The instructional division will refine the faculty evaluation process by updating the peer evaluation process and the administrative evaluation tool.
Accomplishment Extent: Objective Not Met
The need remains but classroom needs and our inability to fund development times prevented work on this project.
Assessment Tools Used:
An improved faculty evaluation process. This was not accomplished.
Extent of Accomplishments:
Project has been rescheduled for 2002-2003 as part of a response to accrediation needs.
Unexpected Results:
No
12.1: An annual review of the use of professional growth funds will be carried out under the auspices of President’s Council.
Instructional Services Goal 12.1.1: The Instructional Division will review the use of professional growth funds.
12.1.1.1: The Instructional Division will conduct an annual review of the use of professional growth funds carried out under the auspices of President’s Council.
Accomplishment Extent: Objective Not Met
No work was done on this process because all professional development dollars were used to fund additional faculty during the current year..
Assessment Tools Used:
A divisional review of the use of professional development funds.
Extent of Accomplishments:
Project has not been rescheduled for 2002-2003.
Unexpected Results:
No
12.2: At least three new policies, procedures and/or programs will be implemented in 2001-2004 to make RCC a more "family friendly" employer.
12.3: College-sponsored training activity will include training on the use of technology in such areas as: communications and collaboration in decision- making; application computer systems to various office procedures; and increased effectiveness and productivity of college management, faculty and staff.
Instructional Services Goal 12.3.1: The Instructional Division will offer appropriate training activities on the use of technology.
12.3.1.1: Assuming receipt of the Title III Grant, the Instructional Division through its Instructional Media Department and the Teaching and Learning Center will sponsor two (2) training workshops during the year 2001-2002 on the use of technology to increase educational delivery.
Accomplishment Extent: Objective Met
A series of WEB-CT training courses offered to faculty during 2001-2002.
Assessment Tools Used:
Courses offered.
Unexpected Results:
No
This was a significant achievement
12.4: Supervisors will annually review and update professional development plans for both full-time employees and those part-time employees at 35% or greater.
12.5: The college will maintain and strengthen the collaborative collective- bargaining processes through communications at regularly scheduled meetings.