Resources

LOWDL RESOURCES

Program Approval Process

Protocol and Procedures for Program Approval (rev 2/21/08)

Program Approval Checklist (rev 11/17/05)

Protocol for Approval of Existing Locally Approved Certificates of Achievement (Under 18 units) Not Previously approved by CCCCO

Two-Year Program Review Template

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

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

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

Defining Environment and Workforce Trends

Reports

Employment Trends & Cluster Opportunities, Fall 2006 Godbe Research

Public Sector Workforce Challenges and Opportunities, July 2007 bw Research Partnership

Clean Technology Workforce Challenges and Opportunity; February 2008 bw Research Partnership

Presentations

The Economic and Workforce Development Opportunities of Green Technology by bw Research Partnership

The Healthcare Initiative by Jim Comins (Presentation from the June 19, 2008 LOWDL meeting.)

Centers of Excellence by Audrey Reille, Lisa Lewenberg, & Ozzie Madrigal (Presentation from the December 18, 2008 LOWDL meeting).

Applied Competitive Technologies (CACT) by David Gonzales (Presentation from the December 18, 2008 LOWDL meeting).

Center for International Trade Development (CITD) & California-Mexico Trade Assistance Centers (CMTAC) by Gene Bohatch (Presentation from February 19, 2009 LOWDL meeting).

Core Indicators, Reports, Negotiated Performance Targets, & Perkins Funds Workshop - Spring 2009 by Chuck Wiseley (Presentation from the February 19, 2009 LOWDL meeting.

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