| Initiative Title | Develop and offer Floriculture classes and certificate program |
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| Submitted in Previous Year(s) | No |
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| Critical Information, Notes, Justification, Rationale | To satisfy the requirement of the recent contribution to the College Foundation for Floriculture programming and scholarship, CAPE will develop and offer a Floriculture and Greenhouse Management certificate program, Floral Design program, and community floriculture and horticulture classes. |
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| Consequences of this initiative not being funded | Not meeting requirement of the contribution. |
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| Department Goals | Expand the education pipeline and seamless transition activities from non-credit to College academic programs or external partner to College, Collaborate internally with Academic Affairs, Student Services, and Institutional Advancement staff, College committees, Governance, and other internal entities to identify opportunities for supporting CAPE, it's students and businesses and industries., Build strong partnerships and collaborations with external organizations |
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| Programs | Programming and Business Solutions |
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| Locations | Main Campus, Newburgh Campus |
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| Estimated Completion Date | 08/31/2018 |
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| Will this initiative span multiple budget years? | No |
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| Importance | High |
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| Funding Source | Request for Prioritization |
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| Created | 11/30/2016 9:48 am |
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| Updated | 12/02/2016 11:56 am |
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Institutional Goals
| Goal |
How will the initiative support this institutional goal? |
- COLLEGE GOALS as of 2011
- 3. To establish public and private partnerships and provide programs and services that support and serve our county’s educational, economic, civic and cultural needs.
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This allows us to strengthen our relationships with external agencies aligned with horticulture including Cornell Cooperative Extensions, the City of Newburgh, Newburgh Community Land Bank - Downing Park Greenhouse, local employers, non-profit organizations, and other external entities. |
- MIDDLESTATES STANDARDS
- 13. Related Educational Activities
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Non-credit programming falls under this Middle States standard. |
- ACADEMIC MASTER PLAN 2016-2020
- Programming
- Objective #3: Establish strategic partnerships that assist in developing new programs as well as in improving existing credit programs.
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Connecting credit faculty to business and industry will assist with curriculum development and the further the potential for articulation into credit or to enhance existing academic program. |
- ACADEMIC MASTER PLAN 2016-2020
- Programming
- Objective #5: Offer noncredit education and workforce development opportunities that support the needs of public and private organizations in the community.
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With business and industry input coupled with governmental and local entities input, this program will support the needs of the community. |
Action Steps
| Action Step |
Responsible Party |
Order |
| Implement good program planning concepts including developing program objectives; designing instructional plans; formulating evaluation plans; selecting formats, schedules, and staff needs; preparing budgets and marketing plans; and coordinating facilities |
CAPE Programming Staff, Operating Staff |
1 |
| Identify subject matter experts including credit faculty and external partners |
CAPE |
2 |
| Utilize existing model for articulating non-credit into credit |
Academic Affairs |
3 |
| Collaborate with credit program to attend department or division meetings to survey faculty and staff and learn more about CE needs |
CAPE, Biology |
4 |
| Develop effective method for Floriculture promotion |
CAPE, Biology, Communications |
5 |
| Connect with business and industry to identify format of class to be meet employer and employee needs |
CAPE |
6 |
| Develop a plan to regularly communicate with partners and enhance working relationship |
CAPE |
7 |
Expected Outcomes
| Outcome |
Order |
| Creation of a certificate program that could potentially articulate into credit |
1 |
Assessment Methods
| Method |
Description |
Other Method |
Responsible Party |
| Institutional Data |
Review both program and student data that is collected at the institutional level. Data can include program enrollment, retention, transfer, student GPA, etc. |
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Resources
| INITIAL YEAR COST: |
$3,000.00 |
| RECURRING COST: |
$0.00 |
Equipment
| Need |
Cost (Initial/Recurring) |
Supporting Departments |
| Upgrade Newburgh Campus greenhouse |
$2500.00
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- Grants
- Biology
- Facilities
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| TOTAL: |
$2,500.00 / $0.00 |
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Facility
| Need |
Cost (Initial/Recurring) |
Supporting Departments |
| TOTAL: |
$0.00 / $0.00 |
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Supply
| Need |
Cost (Initial/Recurring) |
Supporting Departments |
| TOTAL: |
$0.00 / $0.00 |
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Staffing
| Need |
Cost (Initial/Recurring) |
Supporting Departments |
| TOTAL: |
$0.00 / $0.00 |
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Training
| Need |
Cost (Initial/Recurring) |
Supporting Departments |
| TOTAL: |
$0.00 / $0.00 |
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Marketing
| Need |
Cost (Initial/Recurring) |
Supporting Departments |
| Develop communication plan |
$500.00
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| TOTAL: |
$500.00 / $0.00 |
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Other
| Need |
Cost (Initial/Recurring) |
Supporting Departments |
| TOTAL: |
$0.00 / $0.00 |
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Prioritization
This is initiative is ready for prioritization.
Assessment
| Date | Department Name | Status | Cost to Date | Funding Source | |
| No results found. |