Health and PE Program Review Summary

Submitted by Debra Secord, Ph.D.

Department Chair: Gerontology, Health and Physical Education

The Process

• • Prior to this review, Health was part of Social Sciences, & PE was a part of Performing Arts, both reviewed 1997.

Faculty members were • • sent a memo in Summer 2003, outlining the review process Faculty were asked to review their course outlines and think in terms of outcomes

Program Review Team

• • • • • Ed Decker, Discipline Dean Debbie Secord, Dept. Chair & FT Faculty Judy Aprile, Adjunct Faculty Connie Boehler, Adjunct Faculty Nancy Parent, Adjunct Faculty • • • • Suzie Hazard, Adjunct Faculty Brenda Ross, Student Representative Beth Grane, Classified Representatives Holly Piscopo, FT Faculty Outside Dept

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Program Review Highlights: Program Need

The American Academy of Family Physicians reports that 2/3 of office visits to family doctors are prompted by stress related symptoms. Medical expenses and lost productivity cost an estimated $50-75 billion. That is more than $750 for every worker in the U.S. Short format and semester length courses & lecture series on health, stress reduction, and fitness are a solution to this problem.

The “baby boomer” demographic is not only far more interested in issues of health and physical fitness than prior cohorts, they are also more highly educated. This group looks toward institutions of lifelong learning as a resource in their lives and are willing to continue their education. Cardiovascular health, diabetes rates and even rising cancer rates have been correlated with obesity. The public will be looking for ways to prevent these health problems.

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Program Review Highlights: Student Demographics

The program provides educational services to citizens of a variety of generations and ethnicities. About 57% were 18-30, 29% were 31 45 and 12% 45-60.

About 45% are non-white and this group is also very diverse.

Most state English is their first language.

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Program Review Highlights: Course Elements

Over the past 6 ½ years the combined average FTES for the health and physical education disciplines has been 27.83 FTES or an average of 1.7% of the college’s total over that time. In the past year (Fall 2002- Fall 2003) two Health courses, the telecourse and online versions of the Health 100, have accounted for about 1.5% of the college’s total enrollment and an average of 25.19 FTES. Average PE FTES before the move of 7.67 (Fall 1997-Spring 2001) had increased to an average after the move of 10.34 (Fall 2001 to Fall 2003).

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Program Review Highlights: Course Elements continued

Overall the attrition rates for the Health and PE disciplines over the past 6 ½ years are also below that of the college in general (Health 13.36%, PE 10.35% College average 17.1%). When overlaying credit courses and shadow ticket numbers are accounted for the Health discipline averaged 108 students per class from fall 2002- fall 2003. Physical Education courses averaged 31.6 students.

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Program Review Highlights: Student Elements

Students were satisfied or very satisfied with their own success and the quality of instruction Written comments indicated a need for a greater variety and number of PE courses to be offered each semester and better use of sites within the community Health Certificate: A large percentage of students responding (34%) did not know whether they would be interested in a certificate in this field. Of the remainder, 19.48% indicated an interest and 46.75% indicated that they were not interested

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Program Review Highlights: Community Elements

Developing an Advisory Board to create the new Health Certificate has been more of a challenge than anticipated. Dept. Chair has met w/ faculty, gathered potential members and sent an e-mail of questions to members.

Working to have a meeting and some direction for curriculum by the beginning of the fall 04 semester.

There have been requests for PE classes at new locations in the community, but budget has prevented the addition of these new sites.

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Program Review Highlights: Qualitative Questions

Level of Need-Very High SLOs- Stage 1 • Professional Development Faculty Very Active Student Satisfaction- Very Satisfied • Partnership Use Low Satisfaction w/ Program Resources Faculty- Somewhat Satisfied; Students Very Satisfied • Support of culturally diverse and non-traditional student- Very Supportive

HEALTH: Last Report’s Recommendations

• Develop online credit offerings in the field of health and overlay classes RESULTS: An online version of the Health 100 course has been developed and attracts over 100 students each semester. This is in addition to the existing Health 100 telecourse which also has enrollments over 100 students Created course overlays for health and gerontology Online course being introduced in the military program

PE: Last Report’s Recommendations #1

• Revitalize the curriculum and make the offerings more consistent in terms of hours and repeatability RESULTS: New courses developed included Intro, Hatha and Power Yoga; Snowboarding & Cardio-Kickboxing All courses reviewed for SLO’s and taken to curriculum council for revisions to make hours and repeatability consistent

PE: Last Report’s Recommendations #2

• Explore developing online PE courses and perhaps a certificate RESULTS: Exercise Physiology developed and an accompanying lab course was just approved by the Curriculum Council in Fall 2003 Certificate still under exploration

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Recommendations for Program Review 2003 04

Develop a plan to keep the momentum going. We need to use local marketing sources like, Ski Shops, REI, high schools etc. to publicize our programs. Locate sites in the community with a built in population of students and the space to accommodate them. Continue to develop cooperative ventures.

Develop a lecture series/multidiscipline health-fitness program.

Select two outcomes for evaluation.

Continue explorations of Health and PE certificates.