TO: Dr. Joe Scarcella
FROM: Phil Fournier
DATE: 12/23/2004
RE: 502, WA6, Fournier
The purpose of EVOC 502 WA6 was to
prepare a proposal for the establishment of a vocational advisory committee in
support of the course I teach in Automotive Engine Performance. The following
six criteria were specified:
The following sources of
information were used relative to this assignment:
I believe that the attached
proposal meets all six of above listed criteria and respectfully request full
credit: one point for meeting each of the above listed criteria.
TO: Mr. Richard Collins, Dean
of Instruction, Mt. San Jacinto College
FROM: Phil Fournier, Automotive
Technology Instructor
DATE: Thursday,
December 23, 2004
RE: Establishment
of an Advisory Committee for Automotive Engine Performance
Course
Description: Automotive Engine Performance is a series of courses
including Level 1, Level 2, and Advanced Engine Performance. These courses are 102 hours respectively, or
six hours per week for seventeen weeks.
The courses are split up evenly, with fifty one hours spent in the
classroom (lecture, video tape/DVD, demonstration) and fifty one hours spent in
the shop (demonstration, guided practice.)
The purpose of the courses is to instruct and train perspective
automotive technicians in the foundational skills they will require to become
entry level engine performance technicians in the auto repair industry. The courses have a heavy emphasis on
emissions control maintenance and repair. Maximum enrollment is 25 students per
class.
Purpose
of the Advisory Committee: The members of the advisory committee will be
recruited from the ranks of local automotive technicians and repair shop
owners. The committee will make
recommendations to the automotive technology department regarding the relevancy
of the curriculum to the real-world needs of repair shop owners. This committee is of greater importance to
the Automotive Engine Performance series of courses because of the continual
change and advancement in this area of the automobile. We cannot afford to retain obsolete
technology as part of our curriculum if we want to stay relevant as a source of
employable and trained entry level technicians for the auto repair industry.
Steps
to be taken:
·
Proposal
submitted to Dean of Instruction.
·
Obtain
copy of committee bylaws from ROP instructor Tony Asebedo.
·
List of
potential members developed.
·
Potential
members contacted by telephone.
·
Date,
time, and place for first meeting determined.
·
Agenda
for first meeting planned.
·
Interested
potential members sent formal invitation by mail.
·
Remind
members with a phone call two days before meeting.
·
First
meeting held.
·
Minutes
of first meeting sent to all members.
·
Review
recommendations of advisory committee and make plans for curriculum adjustments
if needed.