CFCC PLANNING RETREAT

VOCATIONAL and

TECHNICAL PROGRAMS

Vocational and Technical Programs

Six Departments• Business • Allied Health• Engineering • Public Service• Marine Tech • Vocational

• Other Voc Tech Responsibilities:- High School and prison programs- Grant management (Perkins, Golden Leaf, MATE, Reynolds)

Business Department Enrollment

Accounting - 89 Business Admin - 212 Culinary Tech - 99 Hotel/Restaurant - 49 Information Syst - 76 698 total Interior Design - 52 Medical Trans - 53 Office Syst Tech - 48 Real Estate - 20

Business Department Other Facts

19 full-time and 35-40 adjunct instructors

10 computer labs, 2 design labs, “Our Place” lab & 3-4 classrooms

CIS serves almost 2,000 students per year.

ACC, BUS and ECO are also popular electives for College Transfer and other Voc/Tech programs.

Business Department Planning

Within the Business Department, planning is an on-going dialog rather than a one time event.

Each lead instructor prepares unit plan and discusses with department chair and other affected planning units.

Plan is then entered into SPOL.

Business Department

Major Initiatives 2001-02

• Plan and execute move to North Campus.• Study initiation of International Business, E-commerce and other concentrations.

• Continue expanding Internet offerings.• Convert CIS instruction to Windows and Office 2000.

• Strengthen Co-op Program.• Assist in revising Request for Proficiency process.

Allied Health DepartmentEnrollment

ADN - 78 LPN - 18 SLP Asst - 5 Dental Hygiene - 12 OTA - 18 282 total Pharm Tech - 5 Phlebotomy - 8 Rad Tech - 17 Early Childhood - 12

Allied Health DepartmentOther Facts

Programs in Allied Health typically have 100% pass rate on board examinations

Nursing expansion will result in day, afternoon and evening sections. Enrollment will triple.

Early Childhood enrollment figure does not include over 100 students acquiring early childhood credentials each year.

Allied Health DepartmentPlanning

The Allied Health Department adopts the CFCC Goals that are pertinent to their programs as their overall planning goals. Planning starts at unit level and is finalized through discussion with Department Chair.

Allied Health DepartmentMajor Initiatives 2001-02

• Plan and execute move to the new Allied Health wing.

• Increase faculty and enrollment in the ADN program.

• Put in place Radiation Therapy.• Put in place Medical Sonography.• Complete accreditation recommendations

for Dental Hygiene.• Maintain high pass rates on licensure exams

for all programs.

Engineering DepartmentEnrollment

Architectural Tech - 54 Chemical Tech - 16 Computer Eng - 278 Electronics Eng - 41 514 total Instrumentation - 30 Machining Tech - 31 Mech Eng (D&D) - 64

Engineering DepartmentOther Facts

Completed plans to combine Drafting and Mechanical Engineering curriculums to improve quality and gain efficiencies. Effective Fall 2001.

CFCC’s powered submarine begins in water testing summer 2001.

Engineering DepartmentPlanning

Planning at the Program level.- Annual Programs/Objectives- Five year Equipment Plans

Planning at the Departmental level- Shared Facilities- Recruiting- Future growth and space needs

Engineering DepartmentMajor Initiatives 2001-02

Ensure skill levels of graduates.- Certification testing

Ensure skill level of faculty.- Professional development

Ensure adequate resources- State-of-the-art hardware and software

- Faculty staffing

Public Service DepartmentEnrollment

Paralegal Tech - 43 Criminal Justice - 86 BLET - 20 207 total Cosmetology - 45 Manicuring - 13

Public Service DepartmentOther Facts

Criminal Justice courses are popular electives across the college.

Cosmetology will add Huskins classes for qualified high school students on our campus this year.

Esthetics program should begin Fall 2001.

Public Service DepartmentPlanning

Departmental planning meeting at the beginning of each semester. - Aligning departmental objectives with college objectives. Wide scope of planning units (Cosmetology to BLET) makes departmental planning difficult.

- All strive for student retention and preparation.

Public Service DepartmentMajor Initiatives 2001-02

Begin Esthetics - Fall 2001 Film and Video Production - delayed due to budget Preparation for passage of licensure exams (BLET, Cosmetology and Manicuring).

Marine Technology DepartmentEnrollment

Marine Technology - 93 Environmental Science - 8

(ES Program under review - not accepting students.)

Marine Technology DepartmentOther Facts

Research Vessel “Dan Moore” participated in recovery of artifacts from the sunken shipwreck thought to be the “Queen Anne’s Revenge” - Blackbeard’s pirate ship. R/V MARTECH invited to 2001 hydrographic conference to demonstrate state of art geophysical survey instrumentation.

Marine Technology DepartmentPlanning

Lead Instructor drafts annual program objectives.

- Gets input from co-workers and chair

Lead Instructor finalizes objectives.

- Enters into SPOL and Departmental IE Notebook

Lead Instructor closes the SPOL loop at the end of the year

- Documents results and uses.

Marine Technology DepartmentMajor Initiatives 2001-02

Begin $1 million bond funded pier replacement for Marine Technology vessels.

Develop “career track” within program - Hydrographic survey, fisheries, geophysical surveying

Begin planning to develop specifications for R/V Dan Moore replacement.

Vocational DepartmentEnrollment

AC, Heating & Refrig - 23 Auto Body Repair - 18 Automotive Syst - 36 Boat Building - 22 Carpentry - 23 Electrical/Electronics - 35 253 Heavy Equip and Transp - 32 total Industrial Maint - 6 Landscape Gardening - 11 Marine Propulsion - 4 Truck Driver Training - 31 Welding Tech - 12

Vocational DepartmentOther Facts

Vocational program classes are taught at 9 locations: Pender Prison NHC Prison Topsail High North Campus Pender Truck Body Repair facility Workforce Training Center State Ports Auto Body Repair Building Burnett and Emmart Buildings

Vocational DepartmentPlanning

Each Lead Instructor develops program plans including:

Budgets for supplies, equipment repair, travel etc.

Five Year Equipment Plan Plans approved by Department Chair All then entered in SPOL system

Vocational DepartmentMajor initiatives 2001-02

Start Marine Propulsion diploma program (on hold due to budget situation).

Carpentry students built the classroom/office building for Landscape Gardening. To be located on North campus site summer 2001.

Completed the Truck Body paint and repair facility in cooperation with Pender County Schools. First year full operation starts fall 2001.

Hold second annual CFCC Wooden Boat Show… August 2001.

Voc/Tech - Summary

1417 students enrolled in Voc/Tech Programs.

Programs stay current in rapidly changing fields.

Classes/ programs taught at 11 locations

in 3 counties. Students are getting

excellent jobs!

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