California Code of Regulations › Title 5 - Education › Division 6 - California Community Colleges › Chapter 6 - Curriculum and Instruction › Subchapter 3 - Alternative Instructional Methodologies › Article 6 - Direct Assessment Competency-Based Education › Section 55270.2 - Approval of Direct Assessment Competency-Based Education Programs

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) All direct
					 assessment competency-based education programs must obtain the Chancellor's
					 approval prior to a district claiming state apportionment, pursuant to this
					 section and the Chancellor's Office Program and Course Approval Handbook
					 prepared, distributed, and maintained by the Chancellor consistent with section
					 55000.5(a).
(b) To obtain approval of a direct assessment
					 competency-based program, the college must submit to the Chancellor a Direct
					 Assessment Competency-Based Education Program Map. The program map shall
					 include the following components:
(1) The name
					 of the proposed program.
(2) The
					 catalog description of the proposed program.
(3) A list of all modules to be included in
					 the program, related competencies, and credit hour equivalencies, as referenced
					 in section 55270.7, inclusive of documentation
					 verifying use of the Chancellor's Office approved methodology to determine the
					 number of credit or clock hours to which the program is equivalent, consistent
					 with accrediting agency requirements.
(4) A description of each module within a
					 program that includes the discipline, subdiscipline, competency outcome
					 statements, competency description, learning objectives, topics of study,
					 learning activities, method for substantive faculty interaction, and
					 documentation of the method of assessment including any formative assessment
					 assignments and summative assessment rubrics.
(5) A description of faculty and staff roles
					 and responsibilities.
(6) The
					 methodology used to develop competencies.
(7) The educational outcomes and specific
					 objectives of the proposed program.
(8) An explanation of how the program is
					 appropriate to the objectives and conditions of community college education in
					 California and how it is consistent and aligns with system-wide
					 goals.
(9) The need for and
					 availability of the following resources shall be determined in relation to the
					 proposed program:
(A) Adequate or proposed
					 financial support, including a description of how student's eligible for Title
					 IV HEA program funds has been excluded from consideration when based on prior
					 learning;
(B) Qualified faculty
					 consistent with the published disciplines list;
(C) Library and media center resources;
					 and
(D) Access to technology and
					 low- to no-cost digital content.
(10) An explanation of how student support
					 services will be adapted and integrated within competencies and modules to be
					 delivered in-person or online.
(11)
					 An outreach strategy that demonstrates a commitment to enroll historically
					 underserved and minoritized students, particularly those identified in the
					 college or districts' Student Equity Plan as being disproportionately impacted
					 pursuant to Education Code Section
					 78220.
(12) An evaluation plan which includes
					 review, assessment, and evaluation of the outreach strategy required in
					 subparagraph (11), and of student outcomes that focuses on closing historical
					 equity gaps.
(13) A professional
					 development plan for faculty and staff designed to foster effective
					 implementation of competency-based education, in accordance with
					 equity-oriented and culturally responsive principles and practices determined
					 in consultation with equity practitioners; and
(14) All documentation submitted to the
					 institutional accrediting agency, and to the US Department of Education in
					 accordance with Section
					 668.10 of Title 34 of the Code of
					 Federal Regulations (where applicable).