Flint Hills Technical College

INFORMATION REGARDING BOARD AGENDA ITEM

TO:	Board of Trustees
DATE:	January 25, 2023
PREPARED & SUBMITTED BY:	Steve Loewen, Monica Graves & Nancy Robinson
SUBJECT:	New Early Childhood Education Program

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:

FHTC’s Academic Affairs/Instructional Administration, Health and Human Services Division Chair, and the Early Childhood Education Director/Faculty are seeking approval from the FHTC Board of Trustees (BOT) to submit a new Early Childhood Education (ECE) program application to the Kansas Board of Regents (KBOR). This new program will be for a total of 34 course credit hours for the Technical Certificate B and 65 course credit hours for the Associate of Applied Science degree.

The attached course list/degree plan shows all of the general and technical education courses for the program and their sequence within the program. The anticipated initiation of the program will be in the 2023 fall semester, with the first technical certificate graduates potentially completing at the end of the spring 2024 semester, and the first AAS ECE graduates at the end of the spring 2025 semester. The attached program profile displays the program mission statement, program-level learning outcomes, course-level learning outcomes, and course descriptions.

The internal approvals for the ECE program have been completed (ECE Program Advisory Committee on Jan. 12; Curriculum Subcommittee on Jan. 19; Instructional Services Committee on Jan. 23; and the Leadership Team on Jan. 24). After action by the Board of Trustees, the new program application will be submitted to the TEA and KBOR, with anticipated state approval by April 20. Thank you for your action on the ECE new program.

RECOMMENDATION:

Approve to submit the new Early Childhood Education Program application to the Kansas Board of Regents.

January 25, 2023 Special Voting Meeting

Meeting Information