Substantive Change Prospectus. Hillsborough Community College

Substantive Change Prospectus Hillsborough Community College Contact: Dr. Paul Nagy, (813) 253-7162; [email protected] Degrees: Hillsborough Community College is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges to award associate degrees, diplomas, and certificates. Contact the Commission on Colleges at 1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, Georgia 30033-4097 or call 404-679-4500 for questions about the accreditation of Hillsborough Community College. Degree Programs: Associate in Arts Degree Institutional Strengths: Hillsborough Community College partners with Hillsborough County high schools to offer dual enrollment courses to qualified students. The dual enrollment program and instructors meets the same criteria as HCC’s on-campus programs and instructors. The prospectus seeks to expand the offering of courses at the Leto location. List of Existing Approved Off-Campus Sites: Brandon Campus 10414 E. Columbus Dr. Tampa, FL 33619 Dale Mabry Campus 4001 W. Tampa Bay Blvd. Tampa, Florida 33614-7820 Dale Mabry Hwy. & Tampa Bay Blvd. Plant City Campus 1206 North Park Road Plant City, FL 33563 SouthShore Campus 551 24th Street North East Ruskin FL 33570 Ybor City Campus 2112 N. 15th Street Tampa, Florida 33605-3648 HCC-MacDill Center 8102 Condor Street MacDill AFB, FL 33621 1

Substantive Change Prospectus Leto High School ABSTRACT Hillsborough Community College (HCC) proposes to partner with Leto High School to offer dual enrollment coursework leading to an associate in arts degree at the Collegiate Academy at Leto High School. The Collegiate Academy will be a magnet school offered at the Leto site. Magnet schools have theme-based curricula, which in this case will be coursework in the liberal arts that leads to an associate in arts degree. The program to be offered at Leto is replicating an approved program already offered at three or more sites; i.e., HCC’s existing campuses. Leto High School is one of the Hillsborough County School District public schools participating in the dual enrollment articulation agreement with HCC, and it is located at 4409 West Sligh Avenue, Tampa, Florida, 33603. Leto’s vision to develop a Collegiate Academy aligns well with Hillsborough Community College’s completion agenda, which seeks to increase the number of Associate in Arts graduates by 50% by 2020. HCC will approve the hiring of and supervise the faculty teaching dual enrollment courses at Leto. Leto will fund the costs of instruction. The Hillsborough County School District fully supports this proposal, and plans are in place to enroll 150 students each year. All instructors and students in the program must meet the requirements established in the dual enrollment articulation agreement, which complies with SACS standards and state requirements.

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FACULTY ROSTER Faculty Roster Form Qualifications of Full-Time and Part-Time Faculty Name of Institution: Leto High School Name of Primary Department, Academic Program, or Discipline: Collegiate Academy at Leto High School Academic Term(s) Included: Proposed Fall 2013 Date Form Completed: April 24, 2013

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COURSES TAUGHT Including Term, Course Number & Title, Credit Hours (D, UN, UT, G)

ACADEMIC DEGREES& COURSEWORK Relevant to Courses Taught, Including Institution & Major List specific graduate coursework, if needed

OTHER QUALIFICATIONS & COMMENTS Related to Courses Taught

Burns, Christina (P)

Fall 2013 SLS 1501 – College Success (3.0 UT)

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Hensley, Sean (P) Morrow, Suzanne (P)

Fall 2013 SLS 1501 – College Success (3.0 UT)

Master of Library and Information Science University of South Florida Master of Education Florida State University Master of Arts in Teaching University of South Florida Graduate Hours in Applied Physics University of South Florida Master of Arts in History, Providence (R.I.) College

Master of Arts in English Literature, University of South Florida

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Notidis, Christos (P)

Van Pelt, Deborah (P)

Spring 2017 PHY 1053/L– General College Physics (4.0 UT) OR ESC 1000 – Earth/Space Science/L (4.0 UT) Spring 2015 WOH 1022 – World History Since 1500 (3.0 UT) Fall 2015 AMH 1010 – Early American History (3.0 UT) Spring 2016 AMH 1020 – Modern American History (3.0 UT) Fall 2014 LIN 1670 – English Grammar & Usage (3.0 UT) Spring 2015 MMC 2000 – Introduction to Mass Communication (3.0 UT) Fall 2015 ENC 1101 – English Comp. I (3.0 UT) Spring 2016 ENC 1102 – English Comp. II (3.0 UT) Fall 2016 ENL 2012 – British Literature to 1800 (3.0 UT) Spring 2017 ENL 2022 – British Literature 1800-Present (3.0 UT)

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F, P: Full-time or Part-time; D, UN, UT, G: Developmental, Undergraduate Nontransferable, Undergraduate Transferable, Graduate

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DESCRIPTION OF THE COURSES TO BE OFFERED AT THE SITE The proposed track appears below. Qualified faculty are available for year one. Additional faculty will be phased in as needed. Year 1: 6 Credits • SLS 1501 Student Success (3 credits): This interdisciplinary course empowers students by preparing them for a successful college experience and providing them with additional opportunities to develop intellectual potential and life skills. It enhances student understanding of library resources, student services, and other areas of academic support. Topics include goal assessment, time management, power reading, creative and critical thinking, test taking, memory, note taking, communication skills. • REA-2505 Vocabulary Improvement (3 credits): Focuses on improving vocabulary through contextual practice and word usage. Topics include word analysis, context clues, affixes, specialized vocabularies, connotation/denotation and analogies. Year 2: 14 Credits Term 1 • LIN1670 English Grammar & Usage (3 credits): Provides an intensive study of traditional grammar usage and mechanics for those students who desire to improve both their understanding and use of English. Provides an in-depth review of grammar to returning students. Complements English composition courses. • SPN1120 Elementary Spanish 1 (4 credits): Covers the fundamental of reading, writing, listening and speaking the Spanish language while developing an under understanding of the Spanish and Hispanic cultures. Native speakers of Spanish will be asked to seek credit by exam. Term 2 • SPN1121 Elementary Spanish 2 (4 credits): Enhances skills learned in SPN 1120. Native speakers of Spanish will be asked to seek credit by exam. • WOH1022 World History Since 1500 (3 credits): Examines the major political, economic, social, and cultural trends of the world since 1500. This material will be presented through a combination of lecture, reading the textbook, videos, internet research, and classroom discussion. Year 3: 15 Credits Term 1 • ENC 1101 Freshman English 1 (3 credits): Focuses on the writing process of various expository methods with consideration of the writer's purpose, limitations of time, and audience. Students must write unified, coherent essays that include theses and introduction, body, and conclusion paragraphs. Students must demonstrate effective sentence structure, and observe conventions of standard English grammar and usage. • AMH1010 Early American History (3 credits): Provides an overview of United States history including discovery, colonial foundations, movement for independence, and the early years of the republic through the Civil War and Reconstruction, with an emphasis on North American geography. Term 2 • ENC1102 Freshman English 2 (3 credits): A continuation of ENC 1101. Instruction is persuasive and literary based critical and evaluative skills in English composition. Documented research paper required. 4

AMH1020 Modern American History (3 credits): Provides a study of United States development from the period of Reconstruction to the present. Topics include politics, economics, geography, social issues and reforms as related to contemporary society. • SYG2000 Intro to Sociology (3 credits): Emphasizes the scientific method in examining society. Topics include group structure, roles, social stratification, socialization, deviance, collective behavior, ethnic diversity and globalism. Year 4: 16 Credits Term 1 • ENL2012 British Literature to 1800 (3 Credits): Focuses on selected British writers, with an emphasis on major periods and trends, such as Anglo Saxon, Middle Ages, neoclassicism and pre-romanticism. • BSC 1025C Nutrition and Drugs with Lab (3 credits): Primarily intended for non-science majors. Focuses on basic nutrients and their roles in human nutrition. Topics include the problems and possible solutions of deficiency diseases, world food shortages, obesity, commonly used drugs, drug effects on the body and drug addiction. Combined and integrated with a hands-on laboratory component. • SPC 1608 Public Speaking (3 credits): Focuses on practical methods of speech composition organizational pattern and presentation; addresses the individual needs of students. Meets speech component of the general education communication requirement. Term 2 • ENL2022 British Literature: 1800 to Present (3 Credits): Focuses on 19th and 20th century writers from the romantics to the present. • PHY1053/L General Physics I (3 Credits): Focuses on the fundamental concepts of natural physical laws as they apply to mechanics and thermodynamics. Topics include kinematics and dynamics, energy and momentum, properties of matter, rotational motion of rigid bodies, vibration motion, kinetic theory and thermal physics. The lab (1 Credit) provides students with physical experiments to enable them to strengthen understanding developed in PHY 1053. Students will perform experiments, record data, perform assigned calculations and interpret results in terms of the principles and concepts developed in PHY 1053. •

Enrollment in the Collegiate Academy by the fourth year is anticipated to be 150 in each cohort for a total of 600 students in the program.

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LIBRARY AND LEARNING RESOURCES HCC Library at Dale Mabry Campus Hillsborough Community College provides its students, faculty, and staff access and user privileges to both traditional and technological library collections and learning/information resources. The HCC libraries provide facilities, services, and resources that support the College’s mission. Each campus has a Library/LRC that provides materials to support the college curriculum. Collegiate Academy students will primarily use the Dale Mabry Campus location. Relative to electronic resources, access to library resources is available for HCC students who attend offcampus sites and for HCC distance learners. The HCC Library website identifies both HCC and all statewide community college holdings and also serves as a gateway to subscription databases containing both full-text and bibliographic information. These databases are available to HCC students with a valid student identification card. The Library website links to e-mail and synchronous, online reference assistance and to a variety of printed guides designed for student use. HCC students also have access to library resources college-wide through intercampus loan and interlibrary loan; the LINCC system provides for an intercampus loan process that allows resources to be shared, tracked, and returned. Additionally, students have the capability to search Florida’s public community college libraries and request materials through the state-wide interlibrary loan processes. Librarians provide training for faculty and students in the use of online resources, and a special guide has been developed for distance learners and is available at this link: http://libguides.hccfl.edu/distancelearning. Tutorials are located at this link: http://libguides.hccfl.edu/content.php?pid=103818&sid=1404927. HCC librarians also participate in the statewide “Ask a Librarian” program, which is a service of the Florida Electronic Library. The Tampa Bay Library Consortium (TBLC) at http://tblc.org/ administers the program, which gives Florida residents virtual reference services at designated time periods. With regard to the Dale Mabry Campus library, full-time staff includes two reference librarians, one LRC Coordinator, three LRC technicians, and one staff assistant. Part-time staff includes three adjunct librarians, one part-time library technician, and a minimum of two student workers. Qualifications of library staff are determined through the College’s screening and credentialing procedures (College’s Recruitment and Interviewing Handbook at http://www.hccfl.edu/media/13542/recruitment_interviewing_handbook.pdf). Library staff applicants must meet classification specifications for the staff positions (sample Learning Resources Coordinator Classification Specification at http://www.hccfl.edu/dao/hr/classification/files/AF1195A5E713420ABABB7478BF510E29.pdf), and library faculty must meet the credential requirements outlined in the Faculty Credentials Operations Manual p. 28 at http://www.hccfl.edu/media/799992/20122013%20faculty%20credentials%20operations%20manual.pdf. The campus presidents work in concert with the deans who supervise the libraries to determine appropriate staffing for the campus libraries. These determinations include consideration of recommendations from campus librarians and library staff and library program reviews. The sufficiency of the numbers of current staff is supported by the fact that students are being adequately served.

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To determine student satisfaction with service, the library satisfaction survey to faculty and students is administered on a biennial basis. For the past several years, the majority of respondents have been satisfied to highly satisfied with the libraries and services, which can be seen by clicking on any campus and viewing the survey results (http://www.hccfl.edu/libraries/cluster14/reports/surveys.aspx). Professional development opportunities are available both internally and externally for all library staff. All library staff may benefit from the College’s Faculty, Staff, and Program Development funds, which serve to finance travel to professional development workshops and training. Additionally, the College is a member of The Tampa Bay Library Consortium (TBLC) (http://tblc.org/), which is a non-profit, multilibrary cooperative that assists libraries by leading and encouraging collaboration, resource sharing, staff development, and innovations. TBLC provides training opportunities throughout the year for all library staff. The College is also a member of Florida’s Florida Virtual Campus (FLVC) consortium (http://www.flvc.org), which coordinates the twenty-eight community colleges’ and eleven state universities’ collections through a common library collections management system (LINCC), and which provides professional training on the system to all library staff. The Dale Mabry Campus Library is housed in a 59,959 square foot building that was built in 1975. The library is on the second and third floors of the three-story Learning Resources Center Building. • • •

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The Library Office (1,034 square feet) is located at the end of the hallway, to the left of the main library entrance and includes an open staff area and two enclosed offices. The Circulation & Reserve area (1,358 square feet) area is located just to the left of the main entry and includes three ALEPH computers stations for checking out materials, and a staff area. The Reference & Information Services area (6,509 square feet) is located just to the right of the main entry and contains 33 Internet access computers with two networked printers (one of these computers is designated for students with disabilities and has a large monitor/mouse and keyboard), an additional reference desk computer with internet access, a closed-caption television, 26 study tables and seating for 102 persons. A reference book collection and three offices (Art Gallery Office, AV Office and the other as a Librarian Office) are accessible from within the Reference area. Periodicals are located on three large shelving units in the center of the mall area. Casual seating with sofas and chairs line both sides of the mall area. There is a stand-up computer with LINCC catalog access to the left of the first Periodical Shelving unit. A Photocopy room with four copiers and a paper shredder is located to the right of the periodical shelves. The FUTURE WRITING COMMONS (2,662 square feet) is located to the left of the mall area. (Back issues of periodicals, one ALEPH computer station for checkout, DVD shelves, 8 TV/DVD workstations and a library staff area are housed here). The Tutoring Commons (2,276 square feet) is located in the back of the mall area. It contains three smaller rooms for one-to-one tutoring, a reception area, student sign in area, two large work tables, 8 conference tables, 20 student computers with Internet access, 2 mobile Smart boards, 2 stationary Smart boards and 4 Apple flat screens. Ipads are used by tutors to display notes on the flat screens. The Main Art Gallery (1,158 square feet) is located just off the Reference area and contains four display walls as permanent fixtures which accommodate varying exhibits. The Art Gallery Office (734 square feet). 7

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The Current Writing Commons (2,220 square feet), which houses three enclosed rooms, contains a reception area, student sign in area, 5 conference tables, 30 student computers with Internet access (3 of which are adjustable to accommodate students with disabilities: including JAWS, Zoomtext, SARA and a magnifying screen for visually impaired students) The Main Reading Room/Quiet Study Area (5,977 square feet) contains 29 study tables, 33 individual study carrels and seating for 149 persons. This area also includes two stand-up computers with LINCC catalog access.

The front walls above the tiled area of the Main Reading Room are used throughout the semester for additional Art Gallery displays or special events. Library Resources at the Collegiate Academy at Leto The Library houses a collection of more than 20,000 books, and it also has its own website to assist students with research databases, e-books, and all student technological needs. Leto’s student services include a Guidance Department that consists of six counselors, including a college and career counselor; the Guidance Department also has a full-time school psychologist, a full-time social worker, a registrar, and support staff. The school also has a full-time ESE specialist. Additionally, Leto has three assistant principals of student affairs, an attendance specialist, and a full-time Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office resource deputy. A staff of ELL aides assists students in both ELL classrooms and in the general education population. The school offers both lunch and after-school tutoring for students throughout the year, and it has five academic coaches (math, science, writing, and two reading) who work with teachers as well as students to boost skills and improve performance. Students and staff have access to two dining rooms that serve breakfast and lunch and that also offer salad bars. An outdoor common area with a stage and perimeter seating is adjacent to the dining rooms. The Leto High School media center provides facilities, services, and resources that support Leto’s teaching and learning vision. The media center also provides materials to support all curriculums offered at Leto High School, including the new Collegiate Academy. The media center and all the resources it provides are available to all Leto High School students. Leto High School has a sufficient number of qualified staff. Full-time staff includes teachers, administration, media specialist, technology specialist, curriculum resource coaches and teachers, food manager, and guidance staff. The Leto media center is located at the center of campus on the first floor of the main building. The media center consists of a main room, two classrooms, an audio-visual studio, and an office. The media center’s main room contains forty internet access computers that are networked to a central printer. The main room also contains study areas, tables and chairs, lounge chairs and side tables. The 8

classrooms accommodate approximately 25 students and one teacher. The audio-visual studio accommodates approximately 25 students, one teacher, and contains a working television production studio.

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STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES Student Support Services at HCC HCC provides various student support services and programs, all of which will be accessible to Armwood Collegiate Academy students. Academic Advisement HCC has advising offices on all campuses. Academic Advisors provide assistance and a variety of resources and activities to help students develop academic skills, broaden educational experiences and overcome problems that could interfere with academic success. Students who participate in the Armwood Academy will choose from a designated course list to earn their associate’s degree. A designated HCC academic advisor will provide additional support in the areas sited above. To provide additional academic advising for students, Advising Guides (http://www.hccfl.edu/ssem/advising-guides.aspx) have been developed to assist students in course selection. Advising guides are available to all students via the College website making them accessible to distance learners as well as students attending courses on campus. Additionally, all students have access to the State-sponsored www.FLVC.org that provides academic advising via electronic advising guides to assist with the selection of prerequisite courses leading to admission to their chosen State University System upper-division program major. This service is available to both distance learners and students attending courses on-campus. Recently, HCC provided Datatel e-Advising for students. E-Advising is an online advising system that serves as a supplement to on campus advising that makes self-advising easier for all students. Students can produce enrollment plans by creating and modifying course targeted for various academic programs. Career Resource Centers Each HCC campus houses a Career Resource Center (CRC) staffed by professionals who are trained to assist in selecting a career and mapping an educational pathway. The Centers have tools and services to help students assess their skills and interests, explore various occupations, and to job search the online Career Resource Centers (http://www.hccfl.edu/ssem/career-center.aspx) available on the College's website. College Registrar (Admission, Records and Registration) The College Registrar provides leadership for Admissions, Registration and Records (AR&R) Office on each campus to answer students' questions about admission, assist with registration, help complete College forms, respond to requests for transcripts, and provide information required by outside individuals and organizations. The Registrar is responsible for all College student records and provides supervision for the College transcript evaluation, graduation, and other related functions of the Admissions, Registration and Records offices. The registrar is also responsible for mass communications with students via the website and the College call center, HCC Live.

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HCC Live The College launched a college wide call center effective July 2010 to assist students and the community with more efficient access to college information as well as provide additional services to distance learners in partnership with Presidium Inc., currently known as Blackboard Student Services. The Call Center, officially called “HCC Live” includes initial student services in the area of Admissions, Financial Aid and Bursar. The Call Center also provides A 24-hour computer technology help desk as well as distance learning services via online Blackboard support. All of the services include phones, live chat and email and the HCC Live website at http://hcclive.hccfl.edu/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=8283. Distance learning students, as well as students attending courses on campus, use the service for assistance with password resets, resolution of technology issues, problem resolution with regard to admission, financial aid and general student issues. Students’ issues that are beyond the scope and expertise of call center staff are escalated to College personnel for resolution via an electronic ticketing system. Issues are responded to within 24 hours for resolution by College personnel. The HCC Live website provides students with real-time live chat services, return call and ticket submission services to assist all students. Counseling Academic counselors are available to help students with career decision-making, academic planning, and personal growth. Counselors help provide direction to and monitor the progress of students who are on academic probation and those who have been academically suspended or dismissed. In addition to short-term individual and group counseling, counselors offer seminars and workshops on study skills, time management, interpersonal skills, test anxiety reduction, and career exploration. All counseling services are free to students. Students who would like to meet with a counselor may call or stop by any HCC counseling office. Students will either be seen on a walk-in basis or given an appointment for a time in the immediate future. In Spring 2012, the College contracted with Corporate Care Works Inc. to provide additional mental health and other personal services to students. Students have 24-hour access to mental health services via crisis line and/or face-to-face mental health counseling when appropriate. This service is available to distance learners and students who attend classes on campus. Services for Students with Disabilities Hillsborough Community College enjoys a very diverse student population which includes students with disabilities. HCC makes every effort to help students with disabilities get the most out of attending college by providing reasonable accommodations to ensure access to all academic programs, campus organizations, services and activities, in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990. All HCC activities, organizations, courses, as well as academic and technical programs are open to all students. HCC facilities are, as a whole, accessible to persons with physical disabilities via ramps, automatic entrances, and elevators. Accessible restroom facilities, parking spaces, telephones and water fountains are also available 11

Testing Services College Test Centers administer the Computerized Placement Test (CPT) now known as the Postsecondary Educational Readiness Test (PERT) which is required, in some cases, for registration in HCC courses. In 2010-11, the Florida Department of Education adopted the PERT as the standard college placement exam for the Florida College System, thus replacing the previous requirement of Accuplacer. Although Accuplacer is still used in some situations, the PERT is the recognized placement test for enrollment in developmental studies courses. The Test Centers also administer faculty "make-up" and professional examinations. All campus Test Centers provide testing to distance learning students. Collectively, Student Support Services provide a comprehensive approach toward the promotion of student goal completion, as well as student diversity and development. Student Support Services at the Collegiate Academy at Armwood Leto’s student services include a Guidance Department that consists of six counselors, including a college and career counselor; the Guidance Department also has a full-time school psychologist, a full-time social worker, a registrar, and support staff. The school also has a full-time ESE specialist. Additionally, Leto has three assistant principals of student affairs, an attendance specialist, and a full-time Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office resource deputy. A staff of ELL aides assists students in both ELL classrooms and in the general education population. The school offers both lunch and after-school tutoring for students throughout the year, and it has five academic coaches (math, science, writing, and two reading) who work with teachers as well as students to boost skills and improve performance.

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PHYSICAL RESOURCES Situated on a 46-acre campus, Leto High is a 287,000 square foot facility that serves 9th -12th grade. It houses 104 classrooms, six of which will be Collegiate Academy classrooms; more will be added as the Academy grows with each year’s incoming cohort. These classrooms are equipped with media that include laptops, ELMOs, and projectors as well as instructor computers. In addition, Leto has nine computer labs that are available to Academy students. Three labs with 70 computers are located in Leto’s Library; these computers are available to students before, during, and after school. Students and staff have access to two dining rooms that serve breakfast and lunch and that also offer salad bars. An outdoor common area with a stage and perimeter seating is adjacent to the dining rooms. The Collegiate Academy at Leto High School aspires to increase graduation rates for the Associates in Arts Degree by expanding student access through the Academy program. The impact of the Academy on HCC’s graduation rates overall is anticipated to be positive.

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