LOWDL Resources

Program Approval Process

• Protocol and Procedures for Program Approval (Revised December 2011)
• Program Approval Checklist (Revised December 2011) 
• Protocol for Approval of Existing Locally Approved Certificates of Achievement (Under 18 units) Not Previously approved by CCCCO (Revised December 2011)
• Two-Year Program Review Template

Program Approval Forms

• New Application for Credit & Certificate Program
• Application for Non-Substantial Changes to Approved Program or Change of Active-Inactive Status
• Application for Substantial Changes to an Approved Credit Program

Examples:

• Announcement of Intent
• New Application for Approval – New Credit Program & Appendix
• New Application for Approval - New Credit Program - Previously offered certificate
• Application for Substantial Changes to an Approved Credit Program

*Please note the absolute DEADLINE for program applications to be submitted for the agenda is TWO weeks prior to the meeting date. It is preferred they be sent prior to this deadline to ensure sufficient review time but they can be sent on that deadline date at the latest. Once applications are submitted electronically they are reviewed by the Chair of the LA/OC Regional Consortium and then forwarded to the LOWDL Deans for review. The LOWDL Deans requested they have at least two weeks to review the applications prior to voting on them.

For other forms not included above, or for detailed instructions, please see the Chancellors Office Program Approval Handbook.

Program and Course Approval Handbook

New CTE Program Development

The following is a tool that can be adopted and/or adapted when developing new CTE Programs at your college. This information was developed by Dr. Lyla Eddington and the VTEA Advisory Committee at Rio Hondo College (2002).

• New CTE Program Development Checklist
• New Certificate Program Workplan and Instructions
• Copy of New Program Implementation Budget Sheets
• New Program Development PowerPoint Presentation

California Community Colleges

Chancellor's Office - California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office - Vocational Education/Career Technical Education -

http://www.cccco.edu/SystemOffice/Divisions/EconDevWorkPrep/CTE/tabid/415/Default.aspx  

Chancellor's Office - California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office - Economic and Workforce Development - http://www.cccco.edu/divisions/esed/voced/voced.htm

Program and Course Approval Handbook

Taxonomy of Programs, Sixth Edition - Effective August 15, 2005 (file size 1.12 mb)

Meeting Documentation

Gender & Ethnicity Form

Presentations

All presentations from the LOWDL Group Meetings can be obtained at the link below

 http://laocrc.sectorpoint.com/Resources/Pages/Presentations.aspx