Area C Meeting

Saturday, October 30, 2010

Pierce College

10 a.m. – 3 p.m.

Present: Lesley Kawaguchi (Area C Representative, ASCCC, Santa Monica), Kevin Bontenbal (At-Large Representative, ASCCC, Cuesta), Michelle Pilati (VP, ASCCC, Rio Hondo), Beth Smith (Treasurer, ASCCC, Grossmont), Dave DeGroot (Allan Hancock), Estela Narrie (Santa Monica), Saul Panski (Compton Center), Edel Alonso (College of the Canyons), Chris Wells (El Camino), Chris Gold (El Camino), Ahni Armstrong (Pasadena City), Edward Martinez (Pasadena City), Patricia Lynn (Pasadena City), Dustin Hanvey (Pasadena City), Adrienne Foster (West Los Angeles), Antoine Thomas (Mount San Antonio), Julius B. Thomas (Rio Hondo), Liesel Reinhart (Mount San Antonio), Eric Kaljumagi (Mount San Antonio), Lourdes M. Brent (LA Trade-Technical), Michael Scott (Glendale), Rex Edwards (Moorpark), Riley Dwyer (Moorpark), Roberta Eisel (Citrus), Janet Harclerode (Santa Monica), Eric Oifer (Santa Monica), David Beaulieu (LACCD), Peter Dill (Cuesta), Steve Leone (Cuesta), Ignacio Alarcon (Santa Barbara City), Debra Moore (Cerritos), Alex Immerblum (East LA), Darwin Smith (Compton Center), Angela Echeverri (LA Mission), Tom Rosdahl (Pierce), Ken Sherwood (LA City), Don Gauthier (LA Valley), Sheri Berger (LA Valley), Elizabeth Atondo (Pierce).

1. The Spring 2011 Area C Meeting will be held at Moorpark College.

2. What’s New in the State?

  • SB 1440 (Padilla) – The implementation team will be meeting on Tuesday, November 2.
  • Content Review for cross discipline purposes is being discussed and everyone should read the paper for session.
  • Assessment for Placement and the use of multiple measures are also important.
  • SB 1143 (Liu) – This legislation creates a task force that will look into student success in the community colleges.

3. Michelle Pilati did a presentation on SB 1440 and C-ID, mentioning the next webinar for Nov. 3. She showed an overview of the process, presented some possible model degrees, and mentioned the need to be aware of catalogue deadlines.

4. Area C attendees then worked through, discussed, and wordsmithed the resolutions. Area C also drafted one new resolution:

CCLC Board Policy Templates, Steve Leone, Cuesta College, Area C

Whereas, Local senates and boards must consult collegially for board policy development with regard to academic and professional matters;

Whereas, Some districts subscribe to the board policy templates offered by the Community College League of California (CCLC) which are intended to be a starting point for local policy development; and

Whereas, The CCLC templates provide technical assistance for the development of local board policies but creation of these policy templates without Academic Senate input can make local policy development more challenging and can lead to policies out of compliance with local senate purview; and

Whereas, Many if not all of the current CCLC board policy templates do not reflect the primary and mutual agreement responsibilities of the senate;

Resolved, That the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges ask CCLC to involve the state Academic Senate in the development and updating of board policy templates regarding academic and professional matters;

Resolved, That the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges review the content of the current CCLC board policy templates that are focused on topics within the purview of the academic senates as established by Ed Code and Title 5 and make recommendations for changes to the templates to reflect the responsibilities of local senates; and

Resolved, That the Academic Senate of California Community Colleges encourage local senates to be actively involved in adapting the CCLC board policy templates to local community needs and culture.