The document outlines an implementation plan and timeline for redesigning developmental education courses and sequences at a community college from 2013-2014. It discusses introducing new courses and scaling up existing courses in the fall of 2013 while continuing to phase out the past sequence. The full implementation would be complete by fall of 2014. It also addresses several aspects of the redesign process including how to involve faculty, students, and address implications for student services, resources, training needs, and evaluation.

1. Redesign
Decision
Making
Implementation Planning

2. Proposed Implementation
Timeline
 Fall 2013
Scale up existing courses
 Spring 2014
Introduce new courses
Continue to scale up
Stop offering past sequence
 Fall 2014
Full implementation
Existing sequence gone from CCNS

3. Culture
 How will the college introduce the
redesign and the work that will be done
on the campus?
Faculty
Staff
 How will the college involve students in
the process?

4. Choices
 Soft landing?
Credit or non credit?
 Which models?
 Testing
Diagnostic/Secondary assessments?
 Current to scale
New ways to approach new curriculum?

5. Staffing
 How will the college staff the new
models?
Resources
Space
Time
 Who will work with the CITs to develop the
new curriculum?

6. Student Services
 What are the implications for
Advising/Educational Planning
Admissions and Records
Financial Aid
Supplemental services
 Who will need to be involved in the
planning and implementation?

7. Testing
 What involvement will your Testing Center
personnel have in the State Accuplacer
rollout process?
 What are the policy and financial
implications?
 How will your Director work with the rest of the
State Directors to support the new system?

8. What is your timeline?
Introduction to the campus
Catalog and schedule changes
Curricular development
Training
Steps to full implementation

9. What are the barriers?
 Identify roadblocks
State statute
CCCS
Institution
 Banner issues and planning

10. Faculty
 How will Developmental Education
faculty be involved in the planning and
implementation?
 How will the college involve transfer
faculty?
 Are there any credentialing issues?
Institutional decision making

11. Resources
 What resources does the college need to
allocate for implementation?
 How will TAA funds be used for the
process?
 How will the college plan for the fiscal
changes in the first three years of
implementation?

12. Training
 What are the immediate training needs?
Faculty
Staff
Students
 What needs to be developed for ongoing
training and orientation?

13. Partnerships
 How will the redesign influence your
relationships with
K-12
Workforce Center
Four year institutions
Adult Education/Literacy programs

14. Evaluation
 How will the college assess the redesign
on their campus?
Student outcomes
Staffing and resource allocations
Qualitative feedback
 How will the college use data to continue
to improve student outcomes?

15. Training Plan
 Online course
 Visits to colleges
 Facilitate/deliver PD
 State
 Region
 Campus

16. Creative Commons
Attribution
Unless otherwise specified, this work by the Colorado Community College System http://www.cccs.edu is licensed
under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States License. The material was
created with funds from the Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training (TAACCCT)
Grant awarded to the Colorado Online Energy Training Consortium (COETC).