Instructional Program and Learning Outcomes Review Charter
| Group Name | Instructional Program and Learning Outcomes Review (IPLOR) |
| Type of Group | Representative Body |
| Description/Purpose/Charge | The IPLOR works under the purview of the Academic Senate to review instructional programs and ensure outcomes assessment through the instructional program review process and make recommendations as needed to Cypress College and to the North Orange County Community College District. |
| Reporting Relationships | The IPLOR is a subcommittee of the Academic Senate and makes regular reports to the Academic Senate. The IPLOR provides an annual report to Academic Senate, PBC, and PAC. |
| Decision-Making Authority | The IPLOR has the authority to determine an instructional program’s compliance status based on a review of the program’s program review form and presentation. The IPLOR has the authority to make recommendations to the college or district through the annual report. The IPLOR has the authority to create, update, and maintain instructional program review forms. The IPLOR has the authority to make SLO-related recommendations to the Curriculum Committee. |
| Membership Composition | Chair, Faculty Co-Chair or Assistant Chair, Faculty (if applicable) Division Faculty Representatives (1 per Division) An Instructional Dean Representative An Institutional Research and Planning (IRP) Representative SLO Coordinator (or designee) Liaison Accreditation Faculty Chair (or designee) Liaison Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Liaison Student Services Program Review Liaison |
| Terms of Membership | Division representatives and faculty liaisons serve three-year terms. Chairs serve a three-year term. IRP and instructional dean, student services program review liaison representatives have no term limits per individual. |
| Membership Process | The Academic Senate appoints the chair(s) and the diversity, equity, and inclusion liaison, SLO Coordinator, and Accreditation Faculty Chair. Each division is responsible for selecting its representative. The Academic Senate appoints the Adjunct Faculty representative. The administration (Vice President of Instruction) is responsible for selecting the instructional dean. The Institutional Research and Planning (IRP office selects the IRP representatives. The Student Service Program Review Committee is responsible for selecting its liaison. |
| Meeting Dates/Times | The IPLOR meets on Mondays from 3 to 5 p.m. as needed. The committee will meet every Monday in November for instructional program review presentations. The committee will have planning and review meetings (not to exceed two meetings per month) as needed during other months. IPLOR meeting dates are to be determined by the chair(s) before the start of the semester and communicated to the committee via email prior to the first meeting. |
| Meeting Procedures | The IPLOR chair(s) shall set agendas for meetings and conduct them in accordance with the rules outlined in the IPLOR Meeting Bylaws. |
| Consensus Process, Decision-Making, and Documentation | IPLOR will use consensus as its voting method. When there is dissension, IPLOR members will make all attempts to work out their differences and discussion should continue until consensus is achieved. Consensus shall mean that everyone should show thumbs up, but consensus may also mean thumbs sideways provided all IPLOR members agree to move forward with the issue despite the lack of full consensus. |
| Communication and Distribution of Materials | The group will provide timely and accessible documentation (i.e., agendas and minutes) of its activity and outputs that reflect key discussion points and action items. The group will distribute this documentation to their constituency via email or posting to the group’s SharePoint or on the Cypress College website. |
| Charter Established/Revised Dates | Charter established in: September 2023 Charter last reviewed on: October 19, 2023 Charter last revised/approved on: September 17, 2024 |
| Website | www.cypresscollege.edu/institutional-research-and-planning/program-review/instructional-program-and-learning-outcomes-review/ |
| Current Roster | Jill Bauer, Co-Chair Myev Rees, Co-Chair Bryan Ventura, Accreditation Liaison (Designee) Kristina Oganesian, Institutional Research & Planning Representative AnnMarie Ruelas, Student Services Program Review Liaison Vacant, Instructional Dean Representative Jennifer Coopman, SLO Coordinator Liaison Regina Rhymes, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Liaison Andres Carrillo, SEM Peter Molnar, Business/CIS Margaret Mohr, Kinesiology/Athletics Ernesto Heredia, Counseling Vacant, Library Vacant, CTE Hilary Reuter, Social Science Anna Cherie Gentry, Health Science Bret Kaufman, Language Arts Grant Speich, Visual and Performing Arts Shaina Rawal, Adjunct Faculty Representative |
| Constitution/Bylaws Reference | The IPLOR operates under the Instructional Program Review Handbook, which includes the IPLOR Meeting Bylaws (Appendix A), approved by Academic Senate. Student Learning Outcomes Handbook Resources for Student Learning Outcomes Canvas Site |
| Brown Act | No |
| Notes | This is a revision of the Instructional Program Review Committee Charter. |