Mission Statement

The mission of the Butte College Drama Department is to provide theatre classes and the production of plays and musicals to enhance student envelopment in the ancient and contemporary dramatic arts. Butte College drama students are trained to embody literature to share stories with the community of Butte and Glenn counties. Theatre majors and students who take theatre classes for their General Education requirements earn skills in acting, singing, dancing, set construction, props, costumes, lighting, sound and other areas of the theatre arts, in addition to collaboration, communication, interpretation, memorization, and other important academic skills. 

Program Description

The Butte College Drama Department offers a sequence of courses at the collegiate level designed to focus on the art of theatre as a dynamic medium of human expression. The AA-T in Theatre for Transfer creates a transfer pathway for students who plan to complete a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre at a California State University. With the completion of the AA-T in Theatre Arts, students will possess foundational knowledge and skill in the areas of acting, set design, costumes and lighting that comprise the core content of the first two years of many four-year programs in Theatre. For students fulfilling General Education requirements, the department offers a Theatre Arts Appreciation course designed to introduce students to concepts of theatre as an art form. The program also provides an intensive one-year Theatre Arts certificate for the Theatre Arts majors to find career choices in live theatre, film and television. Above all, the department is committed to promoting theatre as an in-depth study of the human condition whose purpose is to awaken sensitivity and consider a deeper understanding of oneself and others. Courses are designed for General Education students or students who are pursuing theatre as a major.

Accountability for Previously Funded Items

Student Learning/Administrative Unit Outcomes

By reviewing the Fall 2016 Drama Department faculty's SLOs, the faculty has found that nearly all of the students who took Drama classes successfully fulfilled their SLOs. The primary impediments to the fulfillment of the SLOs were students either not attending class, thus not earning the skills of the SLOs, or the students’ inability to attend required live theatre events and writing papers of the shows.  
For example, in Drama 8 (Acting 1), one faculty member reported that 27/29 students fulfilled the following SLOs by doing the theatre work in class and by doing the major assignments (vocabulary mid-term, scenes and monologues). The primary reason why 2/29 students did not fulfill their SLOs was due to missing class and/or missing assignments:
 

Demonstrate basic skills of acting, including physical, vocal, imaginative, analytical, and emotional elements. 27/29
Compose a character analysis. 27/29
Analyze dramatic textual components as they pertain to performance. 27/29
Critique a scene from an observer’s point of view, identifying the strengths and weaknesses of the presentation. 27/29
Utilize appropriate theatrical terminology and jargon. 23/29
Use and apply a basic craft of acting in performance. 27/29

Standards/Goals for Student Achievement (OSLED Departments)

Indicator	Source	College			Program
		2014-2015	Standard	Six Year Goal	Fall 2011	Fall 2012	Fall 2013	Fall 2014	Fall 2015	Standard	Six Year Goal
Access
-          Unduplicated Headcount	PDR	12,691			277	285	273	271	204
Course Success
-          Overall	PDR	70.6%	70.0%	73.0%
-          Transfer/GE	PDR	71.7%		73.0%	85.3%	76.9%	78.3%	77.7%	86.6%	75.0%	80.0%
-          CTE	PDR	75.3%		77.0%
-          Basic Skills	PDR	51.7%		55.0%
-          Distance Ed (all)	PDR	62.6%		64.0%
Persistence (Focused).  Note:  The Persistence (Focused) that is included in the PDR is a different indicator than the three-primary term persistence indicator, from the State Student Success Scorecard that is used to measure institutional persistence.  The Focused Persistence indicator measures the percentage of students that took a second course in a discipline within one year. There is no relationship between the college and program standards in this area.	PDR	71.8%	67.0%	75.0%	16.0%	17.9%	20.9%	21.2%	21.3%	15.0%	25.0%
		(Three-Term) Scorecard	(Three-Term) Scorecard	(Three-Term) Scorecard
Degrees - annual	PDR-AA-T/ AS-T	1,421		1,475			1	1	5	1	3
Certificate of Achievement (CA) - annual	PDR	814		475	1	5	11	7	-	5	10
Developmental Strand Completion
-          English	State	43.7%		45.0%
-          Math	State	33.8%		35.0%
-          ESL	State	42.9%		45.0%
Licensure Pass Rates
-          Registered Nursing	SC
-          Licensed Vocational Nursing	SC
-          Respiratory Therapy	SC
-          Paramedic	SC
-          Cosmetology	SC
-          Welding	SC
Job Placement Rates	PIV

                         The Drama Department is in compliance with the standard. The hiring of a new Theatre Arts Instructor should have a positive impact on student outcomes and program recruiting/retention through an increased social media presence, improved publicity for shows, outreach to area high schools, and the utilization of Guided Pathways. With the AA-T degree and two Theatre Certificates, students have opportunities to increase the number of students we serve. The department’s statistics for Focused Persistence is largely connected to the percentage of students who take a single theatre class as a General Education course. The department’s Focused Persistence could be improve for Theatre Majors with adding additional levels to the current course offerings so that students can perform in multiple shows over their Butte College experience and for the students to be able to take a class for a second time to enhance their skills. 

Standards/Goals for Student Achievement (All Other Departments)

N/A

Strategic Direction

The Drama Department helps support the college in meetings its Strategic Direction and Priorities by:
 
Work has begun in the Drama Department to create Guided Pathways for the AA-T and Theatre Certificates to help students complete their program in a timely manner. (Initiative 1.a.1)
The Drama Department is actively collaborating with K-12 drama departments to provide future students with production opportunities so that they can continue developing their skills in acting, technical theatre, promotion, and other theatrical skill sets. Specifically, the Butte College Drama Department and Inspire School of the Arts have begun discussions on a more formalized collaboration. (Initiative 1.b.1)
The Drama Department has completed the implementation of Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs). (Initiative 1.d.1)
The Drama Department excels in student engagement through the hands-on process of rehearsing and performing theatrical events, which requires the faculty to personally interact with students throughout the rehearsal process. (Initiative 2.a.1)
The Drama Department provides effective electronically mediated communication, for example, the new www.ButteDrama.com website, an active Facebook community, and the use of email to communicate with students. (Initiative 2.a.3)
When casting shows, the department is committed to casting the best person for the role, regardless of ability, age, culture, education, ethnicity, gender identity, language, religious beliefs, sex, sexual orientation, or socio-economic status. (Initiative 6.a.1)
 

Program Review

The Drama Department is scheduled to write its next Self-Study in 2017-2018.  We hired a new fulltime instructor this year to replace Barry Piccinino.  He reviewed the previous Program Review Recommendations, and commented as follows:
RECOMMENDATIONS
1.  The self-study did a fine job in part III.1.C on analyzing the discipline’s current status in implementing student learning outcomes (SLO’s). While Drama students have been surveyed on how they feel they have progressed, we agree with the self-study that the next step must be that student achievement is more comprehensively assessed throughout the discipline. In order to meet accreditation standards, once this more sophisticated approach is applied, the faculty must also “close the loop” by analyzing the results of the approach and applying their findings to future practice.
        I don’t know much information on this piece. -JM
2.  Work with Speech department to articulate an interpersonal speech class that will satisfy the public speaking A.I. requirement for CSU.
?       I can imagine this positively impacting our enrollment numbers and would provide more teaching opportunities for our associate faculty. I’m in favor of exploring this, but I don’t believe that this has happened yet. -JM
 3.  Ensure that Drama courses articulate with both CSU/UC to maximize value of course offerings.

All courses are either CSU or CSU/UC transfer eligible, except Drama 95 and Drama 100. - JM

 4.  Articulate major specific lower division requirements with more 4 year colleges to provide students greater opportunities to develop and meet prerequisites upon matriculating.

An AA-T degree from Butte would not grant Junior status at CSU, to the best of my knowledge, because of the additional Freshman/Sophomore classes required at CSU Chico. We must explore expansion of our course offerings with our next Program Review. - JM

 5.  Theatre Boosters: Develop a “friends of the theatre” to assist in fundraising, and promotion of Drama productions.

Great idea. Hasn’t happened. JM.

6.  The team supports the restoration of funding to increase offerings in Fall and Spring for productions on and off campus.

This is very important. Our program has been slashed over the past few years. For example, we no longer do our Shakespeare in the Schools program, nor do we do summer theatre. An increase in our budget could boost the community’s attendance in our program and increase our enrollment. JM.

7.  The validation team recommends institutional support for a full time technician to support areas of lighting, stage craft, and sound. As a secondary consideration the department should explore the cross training of the existing technical arts staff to support these needs.

This has not happened and needs to happen to keep our program intact, as well as to encourage expansion. This has not happened yet and we have requested this position. JM

8.  The department should explore receiving funding from the associated students, public events, and the foundation to provide funds in support of the productions, or to promote special theatrical events.

We have received $500 this year from AS. I have not looked into Public Events. We have a foundation account, but it has been on the decline the past decade (from over $30k to about $18k to start the year for 2016-17).

 

Department Goals

The Drama Department is committed to building its enrollment and working with local music and theatre high school programs to serve the needs of our students. We will continue to develop SLO measures and evaluate implementation strategies. We have committed to maintaining a yearly theatre production performance schedule and support for these performances.
We have identified our goals for the year in the following areas:

Expanding the Drama Department to accommodate student needs
Black Box Theatre Support
Promoting Drama Department’s Academic Programs
Stage Production Assistance
Shop and Maintenance Supplies
Advertising for Theatre Events in the Black Box Theatre
Support for props and sets
Outreach to K-12 Schools
Equipment

Future Development Strategies

Requested Non-Financial Resources

Current Financial Resources

Augmentation Requests

Original Priority	Program, Unit, Area	Resource Type	Account Number	Object Code	One Time Augment	Ongoing Augment
Description	Supporting Rationale		Potential Alternative Funding Sources		Prioritization Criteria
1	Drama	Personnel	11-000-611-1-100700	52210	$0.00	$60,000.00
Theatre Technician-Paraprofessional	Focusing on Student Success, the Theatre Technician Paraprofessional is critical, on a continual basis, to educate and assist students in the successful, safe use of theatre tools and equipment so they are prepared to enter into four year university programs and/or industry employment. In addition to assisting with the sets, props, costumes, lighting and sound for the Butte College productions, the Theatre Technician would also support campus-wide use of the Black Box Theatre, summer theatre programs, as well as potential outside groups who could rent the facility.				Maintaining core programs and services Addressing a shortfall identified during Student Learning (or administrative unit) Outcomes Assessment Directly supporting meeting department standards/goals for student achievement and/or supporting the college in meeting its student achievement standards and/or goals Supports Previous Program Review Recommendations Resolving health, life, and safety issues Collaborating effectively with K-12 to set appropriate student expectations, align curriculum, and prepare students for college success Meeting standards and working to achieve goals for course success, retention, degree achievement, certificate completion, transfer, and credentialing Recruiting, hiring, and retaining a diverse workforce
2	Drama	Equipment	11-000-611-1-100700	56410	$6,300.00	$0.00
Outdoor Marquee (Solar model)	Modeling Sustainability, Reduce the paper banners and flyers and promote campus events. An Outdoor Marquee (solar) would positively impact attendance at Butte College Drama productions, which would increase enrollment, and other events on campus would see increased attendance.		Instructional Equipment		Supports Previous Program Review Recommendations Maintaining core programs and services Providing effective electronically mediated communication (e.g. website, social media, marketing materials, wifi access)
3	Drama	Operating Expenses	11-000-611-1-100700	55820	$0.00	$2,500.00
Marketing and Advertising	Valuing a Culture of Learning, Focus on rural and high school populations to attend performances.		Student Support Services Program (SSSP)		Collaborating effectively with K-12 to set appropriate student expectations, align curriculum, and prepare students for college success Maintaining core programs and services
4	Drama	Personnel	11-000-611-1-100700	52210	$0.00	$3,000.00
Music Director for Musical	With a focus on Student Success, Butte College's Drama Department needs to hire a music director to teach the music of the musical to the students and to coordinate and conduct the orchestra.				Maintaining core programs and services Directly supporting meeting department standards/goals for student achievement and/or supporting the college in meeting its student achievement standards and/or goals Supports Previous Program Review Recommendations
5	Drama	Operating Expenses	11-000-611-1-100700	55000	$0.00	$7,500.00
Performance and events budget	Each year, the Drama Department would contract outside groups to perform in the Black Box Theatre and enhance our sets, props, costumes, lighting, sound, music, and projections for the Butte Drama season of plays and musicals.				Maintaining core programs and services Supports Previous Program Review Recommendations Collaborating effectively with K-12 to set appropriate student expectations, align curriculum, and prepare students for college success
6	Drama	Equipment	11-00-611-1-100700	56411	$1,950.00	$0.00
MacBook Pro 13-inch: 2.9GHz	The new full-time faculty member in the Drama Department inherited a 2008 Mac Pro and a 2012 MacBook Pro. Neither have the speed or capacity for efficient video editing, which is required for the promotion of theatre productions		Instructional Equipment		Maintaining core programs and services
7	Drama	Personnel	11-000-611-1-100700	51240	$0.00	$5,000.00
Theatre Production Coordinator	Enhancing an Innovative, Flexible, Responsive, and Accountable Culture, Opportunities for revenue generating special performances and guest artists and cost savings with streamlining processes.				Directly supporting meeting department standards/goals for student achievement and/or supporting the college in meeting its student achievement standards and/or goals Supports Previous Program Review Recommendations Maintaining core programs and services Providing effective electronically mediated communication (e.g. website, social media, marketing materials, wifi access)
8	Drama	Personnel	11-000-611-1-100700	52368	$0.00	$2,000.00
Student Assistant	Modeling Sustainability, Needed to support shows in fall and spring.		Student Support Services Program (SSSP)		Maintaining core programs and services Directly supporting meeting department standards/goals for student achievement and/or supporting the college in meeting its student achievement standards and/or goals
9	Drama	Operating Expenses	11-000-611-1-100700	54500	$0.00	$1,300.00
Supply budget for shop and maintenance	Focusing on Student Success, Tools and supplies are needed to enhance student learning during productions in shop classes. Also, safety issues need maintenance.		Instructional Equipment		Maintaining core programs and services Directly supporting meeting department standards/goals for student achievement and/or supporting the college in meeting its student achievement standards and/or goals Supports Previous Program Review Recommendations Collaborating effectively with K-12 to set appropriate student expectations, align curriculum, and prepare students for college success
10	Drama	Operating Expenses	11-000-611-1-100700	55200	$0.00	$1,500.00
Travel budget for Shakespeare in Schools	Focusing on Student Success, Currently the associate faculty and students must use their own vehicles to travel to rural locations.		Transportation Fee		Collaborating effectively with K-12 to set appropriate student expectations, align curriculum, and prepare students for college success
11	Drama	Equipment	11-000-611-1-1007c	55000	$14,000.00	$0.00
Altman spectra LED par lights	LED theatre lights allow for color changes, movement of the lights and more sustainable use of electricity. Students and staff would also have to climb the ladders less often.		Scheduled Maintenance (Facilities)		Directly supporting meeting department standards/goals for student achievement and/or supporting the college in meeting its student achievement standards and/or goals Maintaining core programs and services Resolving health, life, and safety issues
12	Drama	Equipment	11-000-611-1007c	55000	$420.00	$0.00
DMX Control Cables	Cables that are needed for the new and old lights		Scheduled Maintenance (Facilities)		Maintaining core programs and services
13	Drama	Equipment	11-000-611-1-1007c	55000	$1,680.00	$0.00
Rosco Haze Machine	To create special effects with needing a fog machine		Instructional Equipment		Directly supporting meeting department standards/goals for student achievement and/or supporting the college in meeting its student achievement standards and/or goals
14	Drama	Equipment	11-000-611-1-1007c	55000	$4,940.00	$0.00
lycian midget model followspot with dimmer	The current followspots we use for the productions are very old and need to be replaced for more efficient ones.		Scheduled Maintenance (Facilities)		Maintaining core programs and services