The Butte College Health, Kinesiology, and Athletics Department offers quality education within a student-centered environment that provides comprehensive instruction through various modalities. The curriculum incorporates innovative teaching methods and flexible scheduling that foster critical thinking and support the needs of our diverse student population. The uniqueness of our integrative discipline is that we work to empower students to develop healthy behaviors, engage in physical activity, and promote healthy lifelong modifications, which can enhance their quality of life.
The Health, Kinesiology, and Athletics Department offers a comprehensive two-year program leading to an Associate of Arts Degree as well as an Associates of Arts Transfer Degree (AA-T)in Kinesiology. This major is designed for students who will transfer to a four-year institution to pursue a degree in Kinesiology and related degrees. Additionally, the activity courses within the Kinesiology Department are a mandatory requirement in area "F" for all students working towards their respective Associates degree.
Replace gymnasium bleachers with ADA approved automatic bleachers
Boxing gloves and headgear
Air Conditioning for Men's Locker Room
Due to the high temperatures of our local environment there is a health and safety concern amongst our student population as noted by our team doctor in the program review.
The department will continue to administer the PLO one objective by sending out Instructor Reflections form to all the classes that meet the criteria in future semesters.
Once we have analysis PLO one results we will progress to PLO two. The department will continue this process until all five PLO's are covered through each class section.
Assessment ResultsThe initial discussion of SLO results and possible improvements took place during a Department Meeting at the Chico Center followed by Institute Night. Since our overall results demonstrated success in student knowledge, we decided to revisit the data surrounding the physical activity levels of students. During Institute Night, we put faculty members in groups based on courses they teach or have a history with course content. We wanted faculty that were familiar with course requirements to provide good feedback in order to try and gain additional ideas for improving our scores, with special attention to students understanding their physical activity level. After several minutes of discussion, all groups came back together to share ideas and findings. Several ideas were shared by the faculty along with teaching strategies that have been successful for specific lower activity courses. In future meetings, we will try to have specific instructors present on their activities and results. This will enhance our ability to close the loop on our Student Learning Outcomes.
The departments planned improvements or changes will consist of reviewing and discussing assessment result during each semesters Institute Day. The department will implement the necessary changes resulting from those discussions the next semester.
The Kinesiology and Health programs are in compliance with the standard. Success rates for Health are at the second to low end of the five-year range (61.3% - 70.7%). The success rate in face-to-face HLTH 2 has gone up by 5% in the past year. Due to personal topics for discussion (i.e. substance abuse, STDs, etc. ) face to face instruction renders higher outcomes because of the personal connection student receive. Success rates in Kinesiology are also at the second to low end of the three-year range (67.7% - 81.1%). What can be done to improve the success rates in KIN 7? The department needs to have a discussion on whether or not to implement possible prerequisites for KIN 7 to ensure the students has the necessary academic background to handle the academic rigor of KIN 7. For Kinesiology three AA-Ts were awarded in 2015-2016. There were no AAs awarded. From looking at the catalog the difference between the two degrees is the Chico State PE teacher’s option. Given that there were no degrees awarded last year is this still viable? According to our Academic Coounselor the department has eight AA-T applications for 2016-2017 which is over a one hundred percent increase. The department is continuing to put emphasis in increasing the numbers for both degrees. The road block the department is experiencing is the difficulty our students experience trying to task Anatomy and Physiology, especially with the Chemistry prerequisite in Physiology. Once the Guided Pathways are in place the department will put forward to take Physiology off the A.A. Degree with hopes to increase the numbers of drgrees. The focused persistence for Kinesiology is at the high end of the three years range (22.8% - 32.3%). The AA-T program may result in more students taking subsequent courses in this discipline. The focused persistence for Health is at the high end of its five-year range (3% - 6%). Since students take HLTH 2 to meet a GE requirement a low rate is expected in this area. It will be interesting to see the impact of HLTH 10 on this rate. The department feels that Health 10 will have very little impact because it is only offered in the Fall semester and has trouble getting the proper fill numbers. Approximately 354 students have chosen the Kinesiology AA-T as their academic program. Contact information for these students may be found in the Reports Server at the Institutional Research, Program Review, Students in an Academic Program tab. Suggest outreach to get these students and dialogue about increasing the number of degrees in this discipline. The department has had discussions about reaching out to the students to help keep them on focused on acheiving a KInesiology AA-T degree.
The Health and Kinesiology Department supports the college in meeting its Strategic Direction and Priorities by:
Collaborating effectively with K-12 to set appropriate student expectations, align curriculum, and prepare students for college success.
Placing students appropriately, advising them effectively, and ensuring that they have educational plans.
Evaluating standards and goals for course success, retention, degree achievement, certificate completion, transfer, and credentialing annually.
Using data, research and collaborative efforts among divisions and departments to develop:
a) Projections of student demand.
b) Appropriate course offerings, locations, and modalities.
Implementing the Degree Audit and Educational Planning modules
Providing effective electronically mediated communication (e.g. website, social media, marketing materials, wifi access).The Health and Kinesiology department had a thorough discusion about the above Stategic directions and all of us agreed that as a department we need to continue to move forward with our current direction while continually look for creative ideas to improve A.A. and AA-T degrees.
Recommendations:
Examples of facilities in dire need of the college's support include a deterioration of the tennis courts, the lack of proper area for the golf program. The press box at the football stadium presents an immediate hazard to coaches, game management personnel and others due to deteriorating structure, a lack of ventilation and exposed wiring.
These represent first and foremost safety issues. Students, staff and visitors deserve access to—and use of—facilities and fields that are not dangerous to their health and that are ADA compliant.
In addition, the district should cover the costs of ongoing maintenance for the all Athletic/Kinesiology facilities, both indoor and out. This includes seeding, fertilizing, aerating and pest control on all practice/game fields.
These are liabilities that must be immediately addressed. They have been mentioned in previous program reviews and in many unit plans.
At the very least, one more full-time instructor should be hired. This was recommended during the previous validation self-study. Since then, the retirement of Carol Stanley- Hall has placed even more of a burden on department members. So, an optimum increase in full-time staff is two new faculty positions. The department's needs would be best served by adding two instructors who can also teach men's and women's sports.
The Validation Team also recommends that a full-time Health 2 instructor receive a stipend for coordinating *e Health classes. The responsibilities of the current area chair make it impractical for him to fulfill these extra duties.
Gain district support for major projects ontinue to pursue grant funding, including for the study of topics such as obesity, diabetes, and AIDS. Explore revenue potential from the four academies currently using Butte's athletic facilities (including contributions for ongoing maintenance) - or pursue a bigger operational budget to offset costs associated with the academies' use of athletic facilities.
The departments main goal for the 2017-2018 academic year is to implement our Guided Pathways Model as soon as possible. Once everything gets worked out in Curriculum we will move forward with our plan immediately. Our plan allows the students to be aligned with the instructional schedule available.
Strategy 1 - Course Startegy
The Health, Kinesiology, and Athletics Department will continue to refine its schedule and explore ways to offer courses that will be conducive with student needs (block, short term, and distance learning). The department will strive to offer courses and programs that reflect current trends, professional career needs, and student interests.
This strategy mirrors the recommendations of our Program Review Validation Team as well as Butte College’s Educational Master Plan Priorities #2- “Increase the Capacity and Capability of Faculty and Staff,” #3- “More Flexible Schedules/Alternative Delivery."
Strategy 2 - Facilities Strategy
The Health, Kinesiology, and Athletics Department will continue to explore new revenue streams to enhance our current facilities. The current state of the facilities limits our course offerings mentioned in strategy #1 due to out dated and dilapidated instructional areas which pose health and safety concerns.
This strategy mirrors the recommendations of our Program Review Validation Team as well as Butte College’s Educational Master Plan Priority #4- “Build New and Update Existing Facilities.”
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| Original Priority | Program, Unit, Area | Resource Type | Account Number | Object Code | One Time Augment | Ongoing Augment |
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| 1 | Health and Kinesiology | Facilities | $64,000.00 | $0.00 | ||
| GYM 110 & 111 Updated Smart Classrooms | The GYM Smart Classrooms consist of antiquated and non-standard equipment, and are often rendered non-functional due to this equipment breaking. IT has done what they can to upgrade these rooms in piecemeal fashion with leftover equipment, but these rooms must be totally upgraded to bring them to standard and allow us to have a consistently functioning and positive student learning environment. IT estimates a cost of $32,000 per classroom ($25K for IT, and $7K for electrical contracting and facilities work) for all smart classrooms. |
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| 2 | Kinesiology | Personnel | $0.00 | $9,000.00 | ||
| Elevating an Adminstrative Assitant I position to Adminstrative Assistant III position | By elevating this position it would expand the job description in order to perform duties that would enable the position to stay within their scope of duties. It would also allow this position to elevate duties from an already over burdened Administrative assistant to the the Associate Dean in our department. |
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| 3 | Golf Facility-Kinesiology | Facilities | 11.000.618.1.696001. | 55890 | $50,000.00 | $0.00 |
| Relocate and develop new golf facility | Golf needs an area that is allocated for golf only so classes can be taught without the worry of hitting someone in another class. Also, with the recent addition of the solar panels adjacent to the lower tennis courts, the golf classes no longer have a dedicated instructional area. |
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| 4 | Tennis Court (Lower)-Kinesiology | Facilities | 11.000.618.1.696001. | 55890 | $250,000.00 | $0.00 |
| Cover lower tennis courts with artificial turf and redesign the area for kinesiology and athletic fields | Health and safety issue. |
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| 5 | Tennis Courts (Upper)-Kinesiology | Facilities | 11.000.618.1.696001. | 55890 | $150,000.00 | $0.00 |
| Convert upper 4 tennis courts into Beach Volleyball courts | Health and safety issue. |
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| 6 | Health and Kinesiology | Equipment | $15,000.00 | $0.00 | ||
| Exercise Mat Packs | All the KIN activity course held in GYM 113 and Fitness Center have requested to replace the old mats that are at least 15 years old. The new mats will provide a safe and comfortable environment for the students. |
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| 7 | Kinesiology | Equipment | 11.000.618.1.696001. | 55890 | $22,000.00 | $0.00 |
| Rowing Machine, Assist Pull-up/Bar Dip Machine, and 4 Life Cycles | The staff feels these are a necessity to maintain the integrity of the Fitness Center. Both these machines are highly requested by the students to continue to achieve their fitness goals. |
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