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ADULT BASIC EDUCATION PROGRAM - CONT’

The committee further assumed that Douglas College activities in the three
major areas of preparation for employment, preparation for further learning,
and community educacion, would continue to provide the focus for instructional
activities. Conseuuently, Adulc Basic Education was assumed to be one of the
major components of the activicy "Preparation for Further Learning”.

A third assumption of the committee was that administrators must be respon-
sible and accouncable, through the line structure of the organization, to

the College Board. In the view of the committee, there is 4 clear difference
in the ultimate accouncability between a teacher who administers and an
administratot who teaches.

A final assumption of che committee was that the current structure (a quarter
rime release for an elected convenor) is dearly adequate to maintain existing
ptogramming. Therefore, it would not be possible to encourage growth and
development in this area with the present “administrative” release time.

 

 

Suggested Obiectives

A) Long Term

Tt is the view of the commictee chat a long term objective should be to create
an instructional umit that includes all adult basic, social aducation and
perhaps some aspects of learning assistance, along with English language
training. Such an Adult Basic Education unit should be equivalent in stature

to any other departmenc and, therefore, should be under the administracive
leadership of a Director.

B) Short Term

Based on the pocential for growch and dev

elopmenct of Adule Basic Education
programs and the need to provide EE

administrative leadership with sufficient
release time for community liaison program planning and development and
program evaluation, it is suggesced that, in the short

.Su

run, che present
"STSD ctype" programs be retained as an organizacion unit.

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As a result of the above assumptions and suggested short term and long term
objectives, the following racommendations are made:

Ll. The administrative head of the Adult Basic

Educ
should be an appointed scesicion, excluded fro

ation (8TSD) orogram

m ali sargaining units.

2. Given the aresenc size of this program, the administrative head should
mot teach more than half time.

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my Functions, this orogram should be
2 udent Services Division under the
Co ant Placemenc.
“4. That liaison between “the Educational and Studenc Services Divisicn
and the Community Programs and Services Division, necessary to support
the activities of this program, be one of the responsibilities of the
jointly appointed community programmer, and of the respective deans.