CBE4CC Conference Presentation

1. Ins$tu$onal Buy-­‐In
Strategies
Mark
Cur(s-­‐Chavez,
Lone
Star
College
Carin
Gordon,
Valencia
College
Tom
Nielsen,
Bellevue
College

2. CBE4CC
Outline of Session
Se@ng
the
stage
-­‐
each
colleges’
culture
related
to
implemen(ng
new
ac(vi(es/
strategies?
How
CBE
was
implemented.
What
were
some
of
the
biggest
challenges?
What
would
you
have
differently?

3. • Inaugural winner of the Aspen Prize for Community College
Excellence.
• 69,000+ students on 5 campuses
• Orlando, Kissimmee, Lake Nona, and Winter Park,
Florida
• A.A. + 34 A.S. + 83 Certificate programs + 3 B.S.
• 60/40% PT/FT
• Ranked 4th among the nation’s colleges and universities in
the number of associate degrees awarded.
• Economic impact on the region over $1 billion/year.
• One out of four UCF graduates started at Valencia.
• 3rd largest of Florida’s 28 community colleges in student
headcount
12/13 data

4. CBE4CC
About Us
• Community
College
legisla(vely
authorized
in
1966
• Part
of
Washington’s
system
of
34
CTCs
• Mission
includes:
• Basic
Educa(on
for
Adults
• Transfer
Educa(on
• Professional-­‐Technical
including
BAS
degrees
• Con(nuing
Educa(on

5. CBE4CC
About Us
• Students
• 33000
headcount
in
all
programs
• 11000
FTES
in
credit
programs
• Faculty
• 200
full-­‐(me,
1100
total
headcount
• Collec(ve
Bargaining
Agreement,
nego(ated
locally
• Curriculum
Advisory
CommiYee
• No
Faculty
Senate
• Culture
of
self-­‐direc(on
and
ownership

6. CBE4CC
About Us
• Local
Board
of
Trustees
appointed
by
Governor
• New
Strategic
Plan
and
Academic
Master
Plan
• Founda(on
for
nontradi(onal
delivery
and
creden(aling
• Comple(ng
new
e-­‐Learning
Plan
• Improve
e-­‐learning
support
for
students
and
faculty
• “Reinven(ng
Governance”
underway
• Large
college
“trapped”
in
small
college
structure
• May
add
Cons(tuent
Councils

7. CBE4CC
CBE Implementa$on Stories

8. CBE4CC
Competency-­‐Based Projects
• Business
So*ware
Specialist
cer(ficate
• WGU
grant
for
development
and
implementa(on
• 32
quarter
credits,
nested
in
AA
Business
Technology
• Business
Technology
Systems
program
faculty
and
Navigator
• Web
Content
Management
cer(ficate
• Bellevue
College
Founda(on
grant
for
development
• BTS
faculty
ini(ated;
expands
ini(al
CBE
offering
• Start
date
fall
2015
• State-­‐wide
Business
Transfer
Degree
• System-­‐wide
“proof
of
concept”
• 8
par(cipa(ng
colleges
• High
School
21+
• competency-­‐based
high
school
diploma
for
adults

9. CBE4CC
Implemen$ng CBE
• Invita(on
from
WGU
• Strategic
selec(on
of
program
to
par(cipate
• Early
interest
and
buy-­‐in
from
faculty
• Engaged,
enthusias(c,
flexible,
crea(ve
• WGU
workshops
and
par(cipa(on
• Cross-­‐func(onal
team
builds
knowledge
and
strategies
• State-­‐wide
workgroup
• Analyzed
wide
range
of
opportuni(es
and
challenges
• Project
guided
by
Office
of
Instruc(on

10. CBE4CC
Implemen$ng CBE
• Overall
philosophy:
minimal
disrup(on
• Engage
exis(ng
systems
whenever
possible
• Exis(ng
creden(al
and
courses
• Credit
based,
quarter-­‐length
terms
• Exis(ng
faculty
• Tradi(onal
roles,
not
disaggregated
• Serendipity
–
mapping
program
and
course
competencies
and
assessments
• Faculty-­‐dean-­‐VPI
collabora(on,
generous
s(pends
• Navigator
posi(on
• PT
faculty
member
with
discipline
and
advising
exper(se

11. CBE4CC
Biggest Challenges?

12. CBE4CC
What to do Differently?