Foundational Documentation & Collaboration
There are several foundational steps that are essential to your new program’s fiscal, legal, and curricular vitality. Work with your program faculty, department head, and dean to accomplish the following.
Departmental and Intra-Departmental Consensus
- You should be able to provide documentation that your department has thoroughly discussed the program’s creation.
- Be sure that your documentation provides evidence that you have consulted with other departments if your program proposal impacts other disciplines, such as impacting courses from another department. Provide evidence that they are aware of the proposal’s impact and their concerns or insights.
Labor Market Information (LMI) Data
LMI data is foundational to your curriculum design. It provides insight into the viability of CTE courses and programs, and is required to submit to the Regional Consortia and Chancellor’s Office for CTE programs.
- Request a LightCast report to explore job market trends for your CTE Program by TOP Code.
- Request a Centers of Excellence report to make official reports to the Advisory explore job market trends for your CTE Program by TOP Code.
Please Note the Following for LMI requests:
The Office of IE uses your form submission to submit your request
for LMI data to the Chancellor’s Office Center of Excellence,
which is an organization that prepares the official LMI reports.
It is an external organization and they do not provide us with a
specific timeline for their preparation of the requested
reports. The Center estimates that the report
will take between 4 – 6 weeks to prepare, but it may take longer
depending on their capacity since they support the entire
California Community College System. As soon as the
Office of IE receives your LMI Report from the Centers of
Excellence, we will share this report with you via email.
Program Student Learning Outcomes
If there is a need to create, modify or inactivate Program Student Learning Outcomes as part of your program creation or modification, please work with your department’s SLO Facilitator to submit your requests to the Assessment of Student Learning Outcomes (ASLO) Subcommittee.
Articulation
Coordinate with the Articulation Officer for consideration of courses within the program that may or should articulate to CSU, UC, IGETC, or be C-ID eligible.
Approval Sheets
The dean’s signature indicates their awareness of the program proposal. The dean should be involved in conversations regarding program proposal and is responsible for assessing and communicating the impact on resources, scheduling, facilities, etc.