Mission Statement

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 Tranfer creates a tranfer 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 studies 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, our department is committed to promote 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 the general education student or students who are pursuing theatre as a major.

Program Description

The Theatre Arts Department at Butte-Glenn Community College offers a variety of programs of study and experience suited to the needs of serious theatre students, as well as those students who wish to include theatre arts as part of their liberal arts education. Butte Community College offers a broad range of courses in both the theoretical and practical aspects of theatre production.  For most of its existence, the Drama Department was part of the Language Arts Department. When the Transfer and General Education Program reorganized in 2005, Drama was assigned to Communication Studies, Humanities, and Performing Arts Division. For the last 20 years, the Drama Department has operated on a marginal budget and with just one full-time faculty. The department presented amazing results despite the lack of a dedicated facility in which to teach courses, rehearse and perform productions, and house its equipment. At last, the new Theatre in the ARTS building has emerged and is indeed a wonderful “classroom” for students and visitors alike. The incredibly well received performances, such as Rent, Cabaret, and The Imaginary Invalid, combined with the outstanding press and public relations that the events prompt, is just the tip of the iceberg. Shakespeare in the Schools, a program directly aligned with the Chancellor’s Office Strategic Plan, and the Transfer Task Force, continues to not only be taking the show on the road to rural schools but is also now able to offer shows on the main campus for Butte College students. Thus, after years of working diligently for a place to call home, the department can now focus its limited human resources in other more critical areas. Indeed, the commitment toward strategic program development, curriculum alignment and articulation, and student success has never been stronger. Many of the courses now articulate with CSUC.  A certificate was developed in spring 2010, and a AA-T in Theatre in the fall 2012. In conjunction with  the focus on SB 1440 and Transfer Model Curriculum, the drama department is poised for realizing its great potential. The Drama Program offers several transferable academic courses that meet general education requirements. These are “Theatre Appreciation” (DRAM 2), “Principles of Acting I” (DRAM 8 and 9). Liberal Studies students can enroll in “Creative Drama for Children” (DRAM 4) for direct articulation with Chico State’s equivalent course. In addition to the academic courses, the department offers a variety of rehearsal and performance courses, "Musical Theatre" (DRAM 10) , "Youth and Outreach" (DRAM 11), "Rehearsal & Performance " (DRAM 12), "Musical Workshop" (DRAM 18), and "Choreography" (DRAM 19). In conjunction with each performance, technical courses in "Theatre Workshop" (DRAM 14), "Scenic Art" (DRAM 21) , and "Stage Lighting" (DRAM 22).  When enrolled in these classes students gain practical experience in technical production, stage crew, construction techniques, and lighting design. Courses in costuming (DRAM 15), playwriting (DRAM 18), are available, but under-staffing makes offering them to students at this time impossible.

Student Learning/Administrative Unit Outcomes

We need to be very clear, when we introduce each critique assignment, to make sure students pay attention to all the elements of theatre production and note specific examples to back up their opinions.  We also need to be sure that the students' critiques do not just summarize the plot but instead concentrate on the production elements.  With the current semester, Spring 2015, we will be certain to include the above guidelines when we introduce each play-critique assignment (for instance, when we assign critiques of our spring production, Moliere's comedy Tartuffe). 
The Drama Department has identified DRAMA 2 and DRAMA 8 as courses for SLOs this past year. For the DRAMA 2 course, we use the theatre critique rubric to score the essays. For DRAMA 8, we use an acting performance rubric.
For DRAMA 2, we found that 75% of students were able to understand the plots, character and theme to discuss the meaning of the play Tartuffe. 85% we able to understand the symbolic effects of the designer's work and another 80% were able to interpret and understand the playright's message. 
For the DRAMA 8 course, we found that 90% of the students were able to develop a character analysis and 88% were able to develop the character voice, 91% were able to develop the character's movement, 88% in preparation of the scene, and 90% were able to be focused during the performance.

Standards/Goals for Student Achievement (OSLED Departments)

			College			Program
Indicator	Source	2013-2014 Performance	Standard	Five Year Goal	Fall 2014 Performance	Standard	Five Year Goal
Course Success
-          Overall	PDR	71.1%	70%	73%
-          Transfer/GE	PDR	71.5%		73%	77.7%	75%	80%
-          CTE	PDR	75%		77%
-          Basic Skills	PDR	51.7%		55%
-          Distance Ed (all)	PDR	62.5%		64%
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	72.6%    (Three-Term) Scorecard	67% (Three-Term) Scorecard	75% (Three-Term) Scorecard	21.2%	15%	25%
Degrees	PDR	1,455		1,600	AA-T: 1	AA-T: 1	AA-T: 3
Certificates	PDR	366		475	CC: 7	CC: 5	CC: 10
Developmental Strand Completion
-          English	State	42%		45%
-          Math	State	30.7%		33%
-          ESL	State	25%		28%
Licensure Pass Rates
-          Registered Nursing	SC
-          Licensed Vocational Nursing	SC
-          Respiratory Therapy	SC
-          Paramedic	SC
-          Cosmetology	SC
-          Welding	SC
Job Placement Rates	PIV

                                            The Theatre Department is in compliance with the standard. Success rates for this program are at the mid-range of their levels over the past four years (mid-70s to mid-80s). Despite the reduction of course offerings over the past several years, the Theatre Department success rates remain high. We have developed new certificate programs and a new AA-T in Theatre. By developing these certificates, more students are enrolling into our program to earn certificates and a degree, but several students are transferring to four year institutions. The faculty are actively engages in counseling and advising students on academic and career paths. We are getting more high school students into our programs which also adds to our success. Having a state-of-the-art facility and quality productions has attracted more students to our program. The Drama Department will continue to offer the required Theatre courses for the AA-T degree each semester, without any future cancelations. We believe that by offering a consistent schedule, we will help students attain the AA-T degree and generate more certificates. Focused Persistence is now around 21.2%.  This is the highest rate in the past four years. We have seen an influx of new students coming into our program because we offer courses and productions that provide necessary experience to further their career pathways. Students are excited about the new AA-T degree in Theatre, and providing two main stage productions per year. To increase the numbers of students, we will continue to reach out to the local high school theatre programs, and provide a winter production during the winter session.

Standards/Goals for Student Achievement (All Other Departments)

Strategic Direction

The Theatre Department helps support the college in meetings its Strategic Direction and Priorities by:
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 skill sets. We see ourselves as providing the bridge between the high school musical and theatre programs to the four-year colleges and universities. (Intiative 1.2)
Placing students appropriately, advising them effectively, and ensuring that they have educational plans. We ALL take time in Theatre Arts to make sure the students are enrolling in the appropriate course. We make sure the students take the appropriate prerequisites to each course before entering the advance theatre courses. (Initiative 2)
We provide effective electronically mediated communication (e.g. website, social media, marketing materials, wifi access). The Drama Department uses its website is a tool we use to communicate with current and future students about our productions. We will also be adding course offerings to the website to help current and future students with their academic schedule planning. We will need to further develop the current website, including past productions, auditions for the year, and fall and spring productions. We plan to include faculty and staff names and contacts on the site. In addition, the Drama Department actively maintains a Facebook page to publicize productions, rehearsal scheduling, and general outreach to our students - past, current and future. (Initiative 2.3)
The Drama Department is developing an online course for Drama 2 This is effort aligns with Strategic Initiative 1.e.4 - Improving support services to meet student demands for online students and students attending at off-campus centers.  

Program Review

The program should continue and expand coordinating its curriculum with California State University, Chico.  We suggest establish an associate's degree...
Completed course sequence for AA-T in Theatre Arts
Completed Certification Process for Theatre Arts Theatre Arts- Acting
Completed Certification Process for Theatre Arts- Technician
We support the hiring of a second full-time faculty member in addition to a single full-time instructor currently working in the program.
With only one full-time faculty in Drama Department struggles to compete with other community college programs in terms of course sections offered for the new AA-T degree, and technical needs.
When the Arts facility was completed the need for a trained technician became crucial.  In the yearly Unit Plan process and the department has repeatedly requested that a technician position be added. 
The program should coordinate courses with other areas and disciplines.
The Theatre Department is now part of the "art" community at Butte College, which includes Art, Music and Digital Arts and Design Departments.  As part of this multi-department group the Drama Department looks forward to collaboration and continue to look for opportunities for students engaged in related disciplines to collaborate.  The Drama Department has collaborated with PE Department (dance), and Chico Beauty College (hair and makeup) in producing fall and spring plays.
We strongly recommend that the drama program more aggressively market itself to increase enrollment.
The Drama Department has used a variety of campus-wide and community level promotion tactics. The offers support through the Public Relations Department and the Drama Department utilizes those services for campus announcements and banner display on the college's main website.  In addition, the program advertises events through PSA's on the local radio, print display ads, facebook, and other social media.

Department Goals

The Theatre Arts Department is committed to building its enrollment and working with local music and theatre high school progams 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 performance schedule and support for these performances.
We have identified our goals for the year in the following areas:

Expanding the Theatre Dept. to accommodate student needs
Black Box Theatre Support
Promoting Theatre Arts Programs
Stage Production Assistance
Shop and Maintenance Supplies
Advertising for events in the Black Box Theatre
Support for props
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	51110	$0.00	$99,187.00
Full Time Faculty	Focusing on Student Success, We have one drama faculty and he is nearing retirement.				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 Placing students appropriately, advising them effectively, and ensuring that they have educational plans Evaluating standards and goals for course success, retention, degree achievement, certificate completion, transfer, and credentialing annually Improving support services to meet demands for online students and students attending at off-campus centers
2	Drama	Equipment	11-00-611-1-100700	56411	$1,199.00	$0.00
MacBook Pro 13-inch: 2.5GHz	The laptop I had previously been using is not functioning and can't be repaired. It is essential that I be able to use a computer to access campus email, create classroom presentations, assignments, Drama budgets, rehearsal schedules, and so forth.		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 Maintaining core programs and services
3	Drama	Personnel	11-000-611-1-100700	52210	$0.00	$55,000.00
Theatre technician-paraprofessional	Focusing on Student Success, The Theatre Technician 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.				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
4	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 Using data, research and collaborative efforts among divisions and departments to develop projections of student demand, or appropriate course offerings, locations, and modalities Maintaining core programs and services
5	Drama	Personnel	11-000-611-1-100700	52368	$0.00	$7,000.00
Student Assistant	Modeling Sustainability, Needed to support shows in fall and spring as demands on staff and faculty are unhealthy.		Student Support Services Program (SSSP)		Maintaining core programs and services
6	Drama	Equipment	11-000-611-1-100700	56410	$4,600.00	$0.00
Outdoor Marquis (Solar model)	Modeling Sustainability, Reduce the paper banners and flyers and promote campus events.		Instructional Equipment		Supports Previous Program Review Recommendations
7	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
8	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
9	Drama	Operating Expenses	11-000-611-1-100700	55000	$0.00	$7,500.00
Performance and events budget needed.	Bring in a few key performances and generate revenue for sustaining other performances and revenue.				Maintaining core programs and services Supports Previous Program Review Recommendations
10	Drama	Operating Expenses	11-000-611-1-100700	54500	$0.00	$750.00
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 Placing students appropriately, advising them effectively, and ensuring that they have educational plans 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	Leds allow for color and more sustainable		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
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