Administration 101 Course Outline
Management Development Commission
ADMINISTRATION 101
Course Outline
- California Community College Governance
- Mission and goals of the California Community Colleges
- Governance structure at the State level
- The role of the Legislature in community college governance
- Financing higher education
- State regulations: Education Code/Title 5
- Minimum qualifications and equivalency
- Equal Employment hiring regulations
- Discrimination complaint regulations
- Minimum standards required by Title 5
- Board of Governors structure and role
- State Chancellor’s role vis-à-vis the legislature and local districts
- Community college governmental relations role vis-à-vis the legislature
- Governance structure at the local levels
- The role of the Board of Trustees in college governance
- Consultation/Participatory Governance
- AB 1725 Requirements, history, and intent
- State and local level
- Instruction and Student Services
- Mission and goals
- How we address the mission
- The curriculum development process
- Distance education
- Special regulations
- Training
- Relationship to budget and facilities
- Enrollment management
- Elements of enrollment management systems
- Interdependence between Instruction and Student Services
- Managing growth
- Matriculation/assessment
- Categorical programs and compliance
- Full time equivalent students (FTES)
- Credit hours vs. non credit
- Supervised Tutoring
- Admissions and Records
- Drop policies
- 320 Report (How you get that number)
- Positive attendance
- Pertinent legislation
- Title IX
- Commission on Athletics, rules and regulations
- Student discipline
- Institutional Dynamics/Strategic Planning and Administrative Roles” The culture and politics of institutions
- Multi college vs. single college structures
- Multi college district managers and managing
- Technology
- Implications to budget, facilities, human resources (recruiting and retaining IT personnel)
- Community partnerships
- Research and Planning
- Using research effectively for planning
- Strategic Planning
- Research, assessment, and outcomes
- Program Review
- IPEDS/MIS reporting: When, what, why, and where?
- Student Right to Know/Freedom of Information Act
- External agency reporting
- WASC
- Board of Registered Nursing
- Police academies,
- Etc.
- Accreditation
- Overview of process and cycle
- Student Learning Outcomes
- Budget
- History of funding in the California Community Colleges
- Proposition 98
- Hard vs. soft money/Restricted vs. Non restricted
- Program Based funding
- VATEA
- Chancellor’s Office grants
- Categories of operation
- Instruction (Credit)
- Instructional Services (Credit)
- Student Services (Credit)
- Maintenance and Operations
- Institutional Support
- Facilities building Process
- Scheduled maintenance
- Capital Outlay projects
- Workload measures
- 50% Law
- Computing FTES/WSCH
- Positive attendance
- Census week
- Daily census
- Independent study/work experience
- Non credit funding and computation
- AB 1725: 75/25 full time/part time faculty ratio
- Plan requirement per Title 5
- Budget development/strategic planning and management
- Budget/finance glossary
- Budget and accounting manual overview
- Audits (internal and external)
- Human Resources
- The recruitment and selection process
- Faculty and Staff Diversity
- Post 209
- Creating diversity: Model programs
- Hiring limitations
- Part time faculty: 60% rule
- Classified: 195 day rule
- Education Code tenure review regulations: Regular and contract
- Education Code retreat rights for administrators
- The evaluation process
- The progressive discipline process
- The grievance process: How to approach
- Conflict resolution: The necessary skills
- Contract administration
- Your role in collective bargaining
- Traditional vs. interest based bargaining
- Discrimination/sexual harassment
- Complaint handling
- ADA
- Staff development
- Leadership and Skills Implementation
- Defining the roles and responsibilities of leaders and managers
- Your role in participatory governance
- Your role as a manager in the accreditation process
- Compliance and accountability
- Communication skills within your institution
- Meeting and planning technique
- Communicating organizational goals
- Ethics
- Leading through change
- The process
- Balancing Your Life
