Mentors

Your Mentors in Program Planning 

Departments doing program planning research and writing their plans receive mentoring support from their Division Dean and a second mentor appointed by the Council for Instructional Planning (CIP). Both CIP mentors will:

• Attend the Flex Instructional Planning workshop with their faculty
• Answer questions about the planning process, plan format, and possible funding sources
• Assist faculty in locating resources for data or other background information
• Advise department faculty, as needed, and help guide the development of the plan
• Help department chair and faculty adhere to the published timeline
• Answer questions about the planning process and plan format
• Read drafts and consult as appropriate
• Serve as a liaison and coach faculty as they prepare for the presentation at CIP
• Review plan for completeness, and consistency with internal and external demands (labor market, instructional methods, community needs, intersegmental (trends)

 SLO Coordinator 

The SLO Coordinator Links to an external site. advises department faculty and chairs in all aspects of SLO planning and reflection:

• writing course and program SLOs
• scheduling SLO assessment over the department’s program planning cycle
• conducting course-embedded assessments
• collecting data and completing faculty and department analysis forms in eLumen
• discussing department assessment results and new strategies in your program plan
• reflecting assessment findings and strategies in the “New Directions” and “Current Goals and Recommendations” sections of your program plan

CTE & Articulation

Additionally, CTE departments should work with the Career Technical Education Office Links to an external site. to obtain relevant labor market data reflecting current and anticipated demand. General Education departments should consult the Articulation Director Links to an external site. early on if they plan to revise or develop new transferable classes or change course prerequisites.