Program Review Committee
About the Committee
Charge
In support of the College's mission, the Program Review Committee (PRC) facilitates an annual, systematic self-assessment of institutional effectiveness for instructional, student services, administrative, and operational areas. PRC provides training, feedback, commendations, and recommendations related to the program review process. The committee contributes to "Closing of the Loop" by disseminating resource allocation requests to responsible committees. The committee reports monthly to Academic Senate and annually to College Council and Administrative Council at their last meetings of the calendar year.
Role & Purpose
Act as a resource to administrative, instructional & student services programs to develop their assessment plan and program review. Makes recommendations based on program reviews to President, College Council, and Curriculum Committee.
Goals
- To review Annual Program Reviews and personnel requests ensuring that departments follow a data-informed needs assessment and have set measureable goals for improvement that align with College goals and budget criteria
- Create a review and reporting mechanism for personnel requests and report to College Council and the President whether requests were data-informed and embedded in APRs
- Analyze and adopt APR checklist to provide useable feedback to departments, the President and College Council
- Compile Recommendations, Commendations, and Trends and report to College Council and President
Members
Chairs
| Role | Name |
|---|---|
| Administrative Co-Chair | Stephen Waller |
| Faculty Co-Chair | Kimberly Nickell |
| Classified Co-Chair | Kristin Rabe |
Faculty
| Role | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Library | Mindy Wilmot | |
| Philosophy | Anna Collins | |
| Performing Arts | Brian Sivesind | |
| FACE | Brenda Nyagwachi | |
| Mathematics | Andrea Tumblin | |
| Agriculture | Heather Baltis | |
| Foreign Language | David Neville | |
| Fire Technology & EMS | Brent Burton | |
| Communication | Neeley Hatridge | |
| Biology | Katie Ganster | |
| Nursing | Nicole Hernandez | |
| English | Keri Wolf | |
| Curriculum Liaison | Jennifer Johnson | |
| Industrial Tech & Engineering | Klint Rigby/Jason Dixon | |
| Health & PE | Scott Dameron | |
|
Assessment Liaison Social Sceinces: History |
Brent Wilson F. Javier Llamas |
Administrators
| Role | Name |
|---|---|
| Dean, EIT | Michele Bresso |
Classified
| Role | Name |
|---|---|
| Rep | Meg Stidham |
| CTE Rep | Vacant |
Students
| Role | Name |
|---|---|
| SGA | Elisabeth Sampson |
Program Reviews
Each academic year, the Program Review Committee reviews the Program Review documents from the Administrative Units, the Instruction areas, Academic Affairs, Student Affairs, and other areas on campus. These can be found on the Program Reviews page.
Committee Resources
Kern Community College District: Program Review
Program Review Handbook, 08/01/17
Resources
| Attachment | Size |
|---|---|
 Program Review eLumen Quick Start Guide 2019-20.docx | 300.08 KB |
| 2019_20 PRC Timeline.docx | 13.96 KB |
 Completing Your Program Review 2019_20.pptx | 79.73 KB |
| Program Review Annual SummaryFall2017_12_05.docx | 32.64 KB |
| Program Review Annual Summary 2017finalac.pptx | 1.32 MB |
| Program Review and the Budget Connection2 (1) (1).docx | 21.44 KB |
Links
Media
A Better BC
Bakersfield College is improving the main Panorama campus through a series of projects resulting from the voter approved Measure J bond of 2016. Our website, A Better BC has all of the information to keep you updated.
This video is an aerial view of our campus, before Measure J construction updates.
Committee History
Contact Information
Please contact Stephen Waller (Program Review Administrative Co-Chair), Kimberly Nickell (Program Review Faculty Co-Chair), or Kristin Rabe (Program Review Classified Co-Chair) for more information.