Strategies Implemented to Achieve
the Mission, Goals, and Vision of the District
as Outlined in the Educational Master Plan

Goal 1: Integrating Technologies Campus-wide
 

• Developed key implementation strategies related to incorporating Student Learning Outcomes
  
   
• Established and institutionalized new vocational programs that are industry-focused and responsive to market demands
  
   
• Established new CIS certificates that feature emerging software applications
  
   
• Established VVC Tech Prep Website
  
   
• Expanded CISCO to meet Regional Academy status
  
   
• Increased transfer and certificate online course offerings, including emerging technologies
  
   
• Initiated developmental plans for maintaining updated Web pages, including posting of key instruction-related information and reports (i.e., fill rates, evening sections data) on the Web
  
   
• Initiated integration of Datatel into classroom-based and administrative support functions
  
   
• Instituted providing course information (including text requirements and syllabi) on the Web
  
   
• Provided increased ease and flexibility for students in accessing relevant course information and content by encouraging full-time and part-time faculty as well as departments to develop and post their Web pages
  
   
• Responded to the 1999 accreditation self-study recommendation to create a technology training plan by hiring a faculty Technology Facilitator
  
   

Goal 2: Linking Curricula and Services to Needs

• Collaborated with faculty and department chairpersons in developing year-round, coordinated offerings within and between divisions and disciplines, including the opportunity and capability to evaluate course offerings
  
   
• Consolidated division and departmental budgets for tutoring, followed by expansion of the tutoring program
  
   
• Co-sponsored energy seminars with the Construction Technology department and Southern California Edison
  
   
• Developed additional internship opportunities for Biotechnology program students with local businesses and industry
  
   
• Developed an innovative model for ESL courses utilizing credit, non-credit, and fee-based offerings
  
   
• Developed Career Education guide for counselors and high school partners
  
   
• Developed curriculum and established instructional opportunities to present courses to diverse populations
  
   
• Developed innovative instructional delivery modalities in Biotechnology, Forensics, GIS, and Paralegal
  
   
• Established and developed internships and partnerships through Agriculture and Natural Resources curriculum initiatives
  
   
• Established contracts with the local federal correctional facility to delivery ASE certified automotive training
  
   
• Hosted regional VICA competition
  
   
• Implemented and retained Supplemental Instruction
  
   
• Increased high school articulation agreements and promotions (i.e., Tech X)
  
   
• Initiated development of an overall working plan with identified benchmarks for utilization and cost containment
  
   
• Initiated development of guidelines for objectively deciding appropriateness of curriculum development for credit, non-credit, and fee-based/Contract Education offerings and opportunities
  
   
• Offered “Home Improvement Day” to local residents through the Construction Technology department
  
   
• Offered core certificate in Construction Technology
  
   
• Refined certificates in Digital Animation and Graphics
  
   
• Reorganized the instructional divisions into three areas, each with a supervising administrator
  
   
• Revised Phlebotomy curriculum to meet new state requirements
  
   

Goal 3: Exploring Delivery of Instruction and Services

• Continued planning for expansion of the French language program, instituting a foreign language club, increased outreach to local high schools, and establishing certificate programs in foreign languages
  
   
• Converted many of the youth-oriented music performance classes from concurrent enrollment to fee-based classes
  
   
• Developed and utilized critical research Web skills for inclusion in identified disciplines
  
  Developed and utilized PowerPoint presentations in identified disciplines
  
   
• Developed and utilized Web-based instruction for identified disciplines and courses
  
   
• Established and institutionalized an online Help Desk
  
   
• Established and institutionalized the Honors Program, including identifying a faculty facilitator
  
   
• Established and institutionalized the Teaching Learning Center as an instructional department
  
   
• Hosted the 28th annual High Desert Christmas Choralfest for 22 area high school and middle school choirs
  
   
• Identified the need to institute productivity and cost effectiveness measures in academic and vocational departments
  
   
• Incorporated student learning outcome standards (as identified in current accreditation guidelines and other resources) into campus-wide discussions and curriculum
  
   
• Increased public relations and music program ticket sales which increased concert attendance
  
   
• Instituted classes for native Spanish speakers and classes in medical Spanish, including proposed curriculum for classes in Japanese and a Spanish language telecourse
  
   
• Integrated college-wide planning into the master planning process, including incorporating Program Review and VTEA Core Indicators
  
   
• Maintained an active performance schedule in the community of the College Singers, including the Singers having been invited to assist in two performances of Orf's "Carmina Burana" with the San Diego Symphony (April 3, 2004), which represents the fifth major performance with a professional orchestra in the past 10 years for one of VVC's choirs
  
   
• Placed music graduates in top university programs, where they consistently achieved in the top 15% of their classes
  
   
• Provided access to computer-aided instruction in the Academic Commons for Allied Health, Biology, nd Nursing students
  
   

Goal 4: Upgrading and Renovating for Quality

• Addressed the need for systematic updating of campus-wide institutional and administrative technology
  
   
• Developed and utilized an instruction improvement model
  
   
• Explored and sought alternative funding sources for classroom technology needs
  
   
• Explored development of support planning that places student learning as the highest priority, including establishing faculty and department chairpersons as the primary users and evaluators of information technology support
  
   
• Explored the viability and feasibility of establishing a Westside center
  
   
• Hired additional support staff to promote technology integration into the classroom
  
   
• Implemented ‘clustering’ of disciplines within identified divisions
  
   
• Improved online delivery software, “moodle,” in prototype use, including open-source, cost-effective software acquisition
  
   
• Incorporated GIS software into Natural Resources curriculum and certificate offerings
  
   
• Offered CIS certificates and courses using open-source, cost-effective software
  
   
• Purchased software programs and hardware for Animation; Basic Skills; CIS; Construction Technology; Electronics and Computer Technology; the Language Lab; the Teaching Learning Center; and the Writing Center
  
   
• Reassigned Basic Skills to a larger facility in the Humanities Complex
  
   
• Utilized categorical and other funds (i.e., TTIP; General Funds) to focus on infrastructure and student learning upgrades
  
   

Goal 5: Responding to Diverse Populations

• Developed a marketing plan to increase international student population attendance
  
   
• Established Study Abroad programs (England and Spain) and international field study programs (Central America)
  
   
• Identified strategies to increase globalization in the general curriculum
  
   
• Implemented planning for designated areas in the proposed technology building that will extend advanced technology access globally and economically to diverse populations
  
   
• Promoted department, division, program, and services connections to local diverse populations
  
   
• Promoted science courses with the opportunity for hands-on, direct student experience in selected international areas known for bio-diversity
  
   

Goal 6: Promoting Area Economic Development

• Established and maintained on-going, strong relationships with local service clubs and organizations (i.e., Rotary; Kiwanis; Toastmasters; United Way)
  
   
• Established collaborations with the High Desert Regional Economic Development Authority and the Inland Empire Economic Partnership
  
   
• Initiated and responded to partnering opportunities with local businesses and agencies for Contract Education and fee-based instruction and targeted workforce development training
  
   
• Institutionalized relationships through the High Desert Education Center, with programs and courses offered on campus by Azusa Pacific, CSU San Bernardino, University of LaVerne, and California Baptist University
  
   

Goal 7: Acquiring Dependable Resources

• Established and institutionalized a grants facilitator
  
   
• Established automotive training contracts with Federal Corrections Center at the Southern California Logistics Airport
  
   
• Established contracts with the California Bureau of Automotive Repair
  
   
• Increased community partnership opportunities between departments and local businesses and agencies (i.e., Agriculture and Natural Resources)
  
   
• Increased local, state, and federal grant opportunities
  
   
• Revised Contract Education opportunities