Welcome to the discussion for program #109: SADDLBK / Water Management and Conservation
Welcome to the discussion for program #109: SADDLBK / Water Management and Conservation
As the closest college to you with a water program, we have the following questions/concerns and thought posting them would also benefit the other water programs in the region.
Thank you.
Hi Kari,
Thanks for the opportunity to provide you with information... Here is the responses to your questions.
Kari and Tony, Thank you for the questions and responses. Citrus College has been in this space for quite some time now (since 1970) and while our current program primarily serves an incumbent workforce specializing in DPH D1-D5 and T1-T5 certifications our Water program is very impacted. We too are expanding our conservation component (currently we align with AWWA grade 1 certification). Water conservation has now been added to our Public Works core as the industry is seeing it threaded through many occupations. We are also developing an advanced water conservation/recycling component using our Prop 39 funds to pair with our treatment and distribution certificate/degree. Good luck with your programs.
Hi Tony,
You’ll see that Santiago Canyon College is pulling this program for discussion due to unnecessary duplication.
We welcome collaboration and regionalization of curriculum, and would like our faculty an opportunity to work with your faculty to make this a successful alignment project.
Your team has been able to answer our initial questions as outlined above, which we appreciate. The next step is to provide an opportunity to work with your faculty. Our concerns, which we’ve discussed over the phone, include the ability for potential duplication in the future due to the vagueness of the catalog description, the general certification information, and possible duplication of curriculum as it will be posted in your catalog.
We understand your intent to set the program apart from ours, and we’d like to work with you towards that end.
Thank you and we look forward to working with you & your team.
Kari