Non-Instructional Program Reviews

Non-Instructional Program Review 

 

A Non-Instructional Program Review (NIPR) is completed annually by each Student Services program. 

 

Program staff use data, student feedback, and other inputs to reflect on the results of the previous year's activities and develop objectives and resource requests for the following year.  The LASC Strategic Planning Handbook outlines the steps in this annual process.

 

 

2011-12 Non-Instructional Program Review

 

2011-12 Non-Intructional Program Review (NIPR) template

 

Completed 2011-12 Non-Instructional Program Reviews 

 

 

2010-11 Non-Instructional Program Review (NIPR)

 

2010-11 Non-Intructional Program Review (NIPR) template

 

Completed 2010-11 Non-Instructional Program Reviews 

 

 

Non-Instructional Program Review Steps

 

The LASC Strategic Planning Handbook outlines the following steps for completing the annual Non-Instructional Program Review (see: VII The Annual Planning Timeline, (e) Annual Non-Instruction Program Review (NIPR)). 

1. The dean responsible for the non-instruction program initiates the planning process, convenes the team, and remains involved. The non-instruction program manager (or manager’s designee) serves as co-convener of the team.
2. Each team evaluates the non-instruction program’s progress over the last year.
3. Using the evaluation, the non-instruction program-specific research reports (if any), and the planning inputs as starting points, each team discusses and analyzes in depth the non-instruction program’s characteristics, strengths, and weaknesses, as well as opportunities and challenges that exist for the non-instruction program.
4. Based on those discussions, each non-instructional program prepares by consensus (see Glossary) a non-instructional program review, which includes the following:
• A brief description of current non-instruction program characteristics and performance, including its relationship to other college entities (e.g., what would happen to other entities in its absence?), with supporting data appended as needed
• A summary of the non-instruction program’s internal strengths and weaknesses
• A summary of external opportunities and challenges that face the non-instruction program
• Its non-instruction program goals and objectives that are consistent with the mission, strategic directions, and goals of the college
• Annual
• Long-term (strategic)
• If needed, recommendations
• Items which merit further examination in the next non-instruction program review planning cycle or by other entities
• Ideas and issues for consideration in annual and strategic planning at higher levels
• Non-instruction program additions, enhancements, reductions, or discontinuance
• Resource allocations, tied to specific goals and objectives, using existing non-instruction program resources (these allocations require no further review in the planning process.)
• Resource allocation requests requiring external support, tied to specific goals and objectives and in priority order (these allocation requests must be reviewed at the next level in the planning process.

See Section VII The Annual Planning Timeline in the LASC Strategic Planning Handbook for complete details about NIPR and Instructional Program Review (IPR) steps.