WestEd helps California Community Colleges analyze and change their reporting codes, thereby gaining more funding and financial aid for their students. WestEd has facilitated code review workshops for dozens of Community Colleges throughout the state of California. Our partners include the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges (ASCCC), local labor experts from the Centers of Excellence, and curriculum experts from nearby community colleges.
We put faculty in the driver’s seat, working with Community College administrators and researchers to help the team review their reporting codes (TOP, CIP, SOC, and SAM) that have been assigned to courses and program awards. When codes are accurately assigned, colleges are better able to implement degree audit systems, can avoid inconsistencies in federal reporting, and see data that are consistent with similar programs in tools like Salary Surfer, Data Mart, and the LaunchBoard.
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What You Will Learn
- Better understand your college’s reporting codes, what they mean for students and programs the faculty teach, and how to review reporting codes for accuracy
- Engage in hands-on review of program codes and their associated descriptors facilitated by WestEd curriculum and data experts
- Learn how codes can impact funding for CTE programs
- Gain information to support cross-discipline and cross-college alignment and collaboration efforts
- Access experts in curriculum, data, and labor who will help faculty accurately align courses during the code review
Service Details
- 1 hour kick-off call
- 30-minute course verification
- 1-2 hour recorded explanatory webinar
- 1-2 hour code alignment workshop (on campus or virtual) for each program under review; physical and electronic code binders will be provided
- Complete list of code changes and notes after the review has been completed
Cost
Cost depends on the number of programs selected for code review by the college or community college district.
Learn More
To learn more about this service, please contact Mansi Master at mmaster@wested.org or 510-861-0204.
Thank you so much for all the work and support you and your team provided to us in this process. It was a great experience and all faculty who participated were satisfied with how the workshop went. Hope we will get another chance to work with your team in the future.