Mathematics Department Program Review Coastline Community College April 2005

Mathematics DepartmentProgram Review

Coastline Community College

April 2005

Review TeamFred Feldon, Department Chair

Shanon Christiansen, Dean of Instruction

Lisa Lee, Full-time Math Faculty Member

Gayle Noble, Instructor/Coordinator, StudentSuccess Center

Cheryl Stewart, Librarian

Keven Rewers, Instructional Associate, Computer Information Commons

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• Who/What Makes Up the Math Department?

• Last Program Review 2000

• Progress Since Last Program Review 2000

• Current Program Review 2005

• Recommendations

• 5-Year Goals

Who/What Makes Up the Math Department?

• Math Department Chair, Fred Feldon• Full-Time Instructor, Lisa Lee• 12 Adjunct Instructors• Discipline Dean, Dr. Shanon Christiansen• Facilities Managers

– Janice DeBattista, Sally Lund, Beth Grane

• Staff Support– Martha Pham, Irene Poush

• Student Success Center Staff– Gayle Noble, Margaret Hickey, Poomchai Chotima

• Math Tutors• 1,295 Students; 128 FTES (Fall 2004)• 3rd Largest Department in the College

Last Program Review 2000

• One full-time faculty member• 12 adjunct instructors• Ranked 6th in the College in FTES• First online course offered• Recommendations included:

– Add more online courses

– Add self-paced courses w/flexible start-dates

– Implement computerized Math Placement Test

– Update HW and CM Center facilities

– Increase faculty workspace and computer access within Distance Learning Department

Last Program Review 2000 (Cont’d)

• Goals included:– Update Math 100 course

– Improve retention

– Expand use of computer-based instruction

– Provide graphing calculators

– Continue and expand Math tutoring

– Create and offer self-paced flexible-start date courses

Progress Since Last Program Review 2000

• Added 2nd full-time Math faculty member, Lisa Lee• Established online Math 100 Quantitative Reasoning

– Enrolls 40-60 students six times per year!

• Created and implemented computerized, original Math Placement Test, approved by State

• Offered 3 self-paced, flexible start-date Math courses– Expanding to 4 courses in Fall 2005

• Provided 40 TI-83 Plus graphing calculators for loan to students– Additional 80 TI-84 Plus graphing calculators have been

ordered

• Implemented Math tutoring in Student Success Center

Progress Since Last Program Review (Cont’d)

• Math Department Chair and new faculty member Lisa Lee created instructional videos on how to use graphing calculator

• Incorporated online Homework into most online courses• Established MyMathLab, free to students, as Department

standard for online material and Course Management System

• Used free software Winplot and Winstats in Math 140• Offered two, new online courses in Spring ’05

– Math 115 College Algebra and Math 150 Finite Math

• Offered three, new online courses for TEACh3 Program– Math For Elementary Teachers 1, 2, and 3

• Expanded Phil Dietrich’s popular CABLE TV mode of instruction from Math 010 to Math 030


• Math Department Chair created new Coastline Minute currently airing on Cable TV

• Offering new Math 030 section in Fall 2005 based on applications and mathematical modeling

• Increased number of Math courses offered by Army, Navy, and PACE programs

• Partnered with Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and Newport Mesa USD to propose an Early College High School

• Partnered with Huntington Beach USD to deliver Math courses in ACCESS program

• Continued Summer Math Program for High School students, enrolling 200 plus students every summer


• Represented Coastline College by attending every California Mathematics Council of Community Colleges (CMC3) and every American Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges (AMATYC) annual conference

• Full-time faculty member Lisa Lee spoke at AMATYC Conference in Orlando, Florida, in November 2004 and at International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics (ICTCM) Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana, in October, 2004

• Math Department Chair spoke at two CMC3 Conferences in 2002 and 2005 and is scheduled to speak at AMATYC Conference in San Diego in November, 2005

Current Program Review 2005

• Student Survey

• Faculty Survey

• Recommendations

• Five-Year Goals

Current Program Review 2005 (Cont’d)

• 78% of Math Department students work full- or part-time


• There are twice as many female students as males in Math Department classes


• Half the students enrolled in Math classes are 30 years of age or older


• Coastline College is Orange County’s “best-kept secret”: 56% of Math Department students surveyed said this was their first Math class at Coastline


• Math students represent considerable ethnic diversity, with white students accounting for just over 50% of the total population, Vietnamese and other Asians for 23%, and Hispanics for 12%.


• More than 81% of student survey respondents indicated that their primary language is English while 14% said Vietnamese, and 3% said Spanish.


• 97% of students surveyed were satisfied/very satisfied with Math Department overall program quality. Also:– 87% were satisfied/very satisfied with variety of classes

– 91% were satisfied/very satisfied with instructional facilities

– 89% were satisfied/very satisfied with their own success


• 90% of Math Department Faculty surveyed were satisfied/very satisfied with:– Variety of Classes

– Adequacy of Instructional Facilities

– Quality of Specialized Equipment

– Staff Support

• Only 65% said they were satisfied/very satisfied with general instructional equipment, including computers, LCD projectors, speakers for sound, furniture, etc.

• 100% were satisfied/very satisfied with:– Overall Quality of the Program

– Their own success teaching in the Program


• 100% of Math Department Faculty who teach online said “The caliber of DL courses at Coastline is equivalent to or better than the quality of other DL courses

• But one-third to one-half of the Faculty who teach online said there is a “learning curve,” and the College should financially reimburse training and/or mentoring for online instruction, both on the giving and receiving end


• Recommendations– Develop consensus among Math Faculty on course-

specific and Math Department-wide Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs)

– Research effectiveness of large-enrollment (100+) online courses

– Department’s two full-time faculty members should participate in Coastline’s Student Learning Outcomes Peer Mentoring Training Program in April and May 2005


• Five-Year Goals– Update all course outlines to include expected SLOs

– Use SLO data to modify instruction to improve retention and success

– Bring adjunct faculty evaluation up-to-date by Fall 2006

– Acquire a new notebook computer capable of running complex math programs for use by the Math Department Chair

– Allocate sufficient number of classrooms for math hybrid courses with Internet access, ceiling-mounted projectors, and speakers for sound

– Increase faculty workspace and computer/Internet access within the Distance Learning Department

Mathematics DepartmentProgram Review

Coastline Community College

April 2005

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Mathematics Department Program Review Coastline Community College April 2005