College Planning Council s3

College Planning Council

Minutes

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march 26, 2010

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8:00 am – 12:00 pm

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Attendees / Members: Jerry Patton, Jeff Place, Rick Rawnsley, Wendy Sanders, Doug MacIntire, PE Vacant, Victor Rios, Ty Thomas, Chris Nelson, Rey Ortiz, Daniel Kleinfelter, Lisa Soccio, Chuck Decker, Fergus Currie (Cathy Levitt), Ted Grofer, Mary Lisi, Terri Fleck, Aries Jaramillo, Michelle Price, Carlos Maldonado, Lee Ann Weaver, Leslie Young, Jim Berg, Adrian Gonzales, Juan Lujan, Bina Isaac, Pam LiCalsi, Farley Herzek, Diane Ramirez, Edwin Deas.
Non-Voting Members: Matthew Breindel, Amy DiBello.
In Attendance: Pam Chapman
Recorder: Linda Costagliola
J. Patton called the meeting to order at 8:15 a.m.

Agenda topics

1. budget task force report

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e. deas

Discussion / E. Deas reviewed the Budget Task Force Report that was sent out by email on Wednesday, March 24th, to the CPC members and it is posted on the portal.
There was a lengthy discussion about communicating this information campus wide. It was decided that E. Deas would present the report at the April 22nd Academic Senate forum, CPC members will work with their constituency groups to share the findings/information and report back to the next CPC meeting with any comments, CPC members can contact Dr. Deas and another member of the Budget Task Force to present the findings/information to their constituent group, and a list of the members of the Budget Task Force will be provided to the CPC members by email.
Conclusions / C. Nelson made a motion to accept the Budget Task Force Report as information, seconded by T. Thomas. All approved, One abstained.
Action items / Person responsible / Deadline
1.  Share Budget Task Force Report to constituent groups
2.  Report back comments from constituent groups / CPC Members
CPC Members / ASAP
April 9, 2010

2. Review prioritization list

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p. licalsi

discussion / On March 12th, CPC prioritized the goals that are aligned with the College mission and the six College-wide goals that have been established. Each priority item was listed on the wall for all to view in the prioritized order.
P. LiCalsi reminded everyone that in the Planning and Institutional Effectiveness Process handbook it states, “Requests for changes or additions to resources will only be considered for units having a current and updated program review on file.” CPC has talked about items not being able to be on the priority list if the unit does not have a program review update (PRU) on file.
F. Herzek said that as the College moves forward with the educational master plan, the consultant found that there were 75 PRUs completed, but 45 had some missing information and only 30 of them were completed by faculty. The consultant felt that the College does not have enough information through our program review process to appropriately proceed with our educational master plan. What the consultant found was 75 PRUs in which M. Breindel had populated various fields but the fields in which folks were to respond to were left blank and those are the key to driving our educational master plan.
When COD gets to the step of resource allocation, the completion of a PRU is necessary and CPC is going to commit to that. To reiterate, as of today, if there is not a PRU for the program when resources are allocated that goal will not be approved for resources.
P. LiCalsi read from the Planning and Institutional Effectiveness Process Handbook, Page 28, VII. Appendix C – Allocation of Resources, the following:
“Our process incorporates these principles
·  Focuses on Student Learning
·  Relies on full campus evaluation to identify needed improvements
·  Relies on verifiable evidence rather than perception and anecdotes
·  Budgets the plan, not “plans the budget”
·  Provides for college improvement as well as on-going operations
·  Allows for urgent needs to be addressed
·  Requires the college to seek alternative resources to support objectives
·  Plans for the next year”
P. LiCalsi went on to say that CPC reviewed Student Affairs, Business Affairs and President’s Office priority items with respect to the order the items that were given to CPC but respectively made changes (order) to them. They did not give Academic Affairs priority items the same consideration. It was suggested to review the priority items from Academic Affairs because they were not treated the same when prioritizing took place on March 12th.
After CPC voted to either approve the priority list as presented today (7 votes) or review Academic Affairs priority items one by one (8 votes) in relation to all the other items on the priority list, the results were to review the Academic Affairs priority items one by one. Results are as follows:
CPC Priority #01 – AA-01 – Utilizing COD’s Educational Master Plan to identify programming for our East
Valley, West Valley and Palm Desert sites to meet the needs of our students and
Community. – There was no proposal made to move this priority item.
CPC Priority #10 – AA-02 (10a) – Implement an Academic Affairs Reorganization (that make students
and learning the highest priority). – There was no proposal made to move this priority
item.
CPC Priority #20 – AA-03 (18b) – Strengthen Mecca-Thermal campus services and connection to the east
valley communities – Consensus reached to move this priority item under CPC Priority
#11/SA-05.
Reason for move: L. Young said that they made a commitment to Mecca/Thermal but
have not completed that commitment and this item would help with that.
CPC Priority #19 – SA-12 (18a) – Provide efficient delivery of services to students in targeted growth
areas – Consensus reached to move this priority item with CPC Priority #20/AA-03.
Reason for move: This priority item is clustered with AA-03.
CPC Priority #21 – AA-04 – Ensure appropriate staff support is provided for EVC Indio facility – There was
no proposal made to move this priority item.
CPC Priority #22 – AA-05 – Support the Nursing Program with assistive personnel to comply with state
and national regulatory agency requirements: their approvals and accreditation –
There was no proposal made to move this priority item.
CPC Priority #23 – AA-06 – Strengthen skills and simulation lab for consistency, safety, student use and
student success in the Nursing programs curriculum – There was no proposal made to
move this priority item.
CPC Priority #29 – AA-07 – Improve the quality and efficiency of remedial math program @ EVC –
By a majority vote, this priority item move after AA-06.
Reason for move: D. MacIntire feels that this priority item should be before the data
related priority items.
CPC Priority #30 – AA-08 – Improve students placement in math courses – By a majority vote, this item
moved after AA-07.
Reason for move: This priority item should be before the data related priority items.
CPC Priority #31 – AA-09 – Raise success rate of Reading from 50% to 60% - By a majority vote, this
priority item moved after AA-08.
Reason for move: This priority item should be before the data related priority items.
CPC Priority #32 – AA-10 – Improve student learning in the writing lab and accurately identify student
placement in reading, English and ESL – By a majority vote, this priority item moved
after AA-09.
Reason for move: This priority item should be before the data related priority items.
CPC Priority #33 – AA-11 – Improve the quality, efficiency and capacity of the chemistry program – By a
majority vote, this priority item moved after AA-10.
Reason for move: This priority item should be before the data related priority items.
CPC Priority #34 – AA-12 – Strengthen Fine Arts programs – By a majority vote, this priority item moved
after AA-11.
Reason for move: This priority item should be before the data related priority items.
CPC Priority #35 – AA-13 – Engage faculty in assessment and improvement of General Education courses
By a majority vote, this priority item moved before PO-07.
Reason for move: J. Berg said that this is about engaging faculty through division
meetings and other special development types of activities to talk about teaching and
learning in general education courses.
CPC Priority #36 – AA-14 – Continue services for RN Nursing student success and retention, and expand
student success services to all nursing programs and pre-service nursing students –
There was no proposal made to move this priority item.
CPC Priority #37 – AA-15 – Provide theoretical and hands-on training in all automotive and alternative
fuels areas with end result of increasing the student’s employability through industry
recognized certification and training – There was not a majority vote to move this
priority item.
Reason for move: F. Herzek said that this priority item is an instructional program no
different than the other instructional programs that are in a cluster.
CPC Priority #38 – AA-16 – Provided theoretical and hands-on instruction on Energy Systems related
courses with end result of increasing the student’s employability through industry
recognized certification and training – There was not a majority vote to move this
priority item.
Reason for move: D. MacIntire said that he felt that this item should go under CPC
Priority #32.
CPC Priority #39 – AA-17 – Assess the opportunity and evaluate the need to ladder non-credit curriculum
to provide seamless transition of ESLN students to credit programs. Utilize similar
teams to partner with CTD for fee-based delivery of training - There was no proposal
made to move this priority item.
CPC Priority #42 – AA-18 – Design and implement enhanced Student Support services to Non-Credit
students to increase basic skills success rates – There was no proposal made to move
this priority item.
CPC Priority #47 – AA-19 – Provide professional development opportunities to enhance Non-Credit
instruction and to shape an inclusive and collaborative Non-Credit Learning Community
There was no proposal made to move this priority item.
CPC Priority #48 – AA-20 – Improve the laboratory learning experiences for students in Geology courses
Consensus reached not to move this priority item.
CPC Priority #49 – AA-21 – Strengthen delivery and quality of instruction at EVC Indio – There was no
proposal made to move this priority item.
CPC Priority #50 – AA-22 – Improve the laboratory learning experiences for students in Chemistry courses
There was no proposal made to move this priority item.
CPC Priority #51 – AA-23 – Improve the quality and effectiveness of the Geology program at COD –
There was no proposal made to move this priority item.
CPC Priority #52 – AA-24 – Improve the laboratory learning experiences for students in Biology courses –
There was no proposal made to move this priority item.
CPC Priority #53 – AA-25 – Improve the laboratory learning experiences for students in Physics and
Astronomy courses – There was no proposal made to move this priority item.
CPC Priority #54 – AA-26 – Provide theoretical and hands-on instruction in all Construction Technology
and Green Building areas with end result of increasing the student’s employability
through industry recognized certification and training – By a majority vote, this priority
item moved after AA-16.
Reason for move: F. Herzek said that Coachella Valley will grow by 150,000 people in
the next 10 years. Over the next 10 year period, regardless of the current housing
market, in order to keep up with that growth, we must continue to build no less than
10,000 homes per year. The most growth we’ve had in year.
CPC Priority #58 – AA-27 – Coordinate, facilitate or direct activities designed to create a seamless
transition for CTE students from K12 through COD to workplace or higher education –
There was no proposal made to move this priority item.
CPC Priority #59 – AA-28 – Enhance availability of student support services at EVC Indio & MTC – By a
majority vote, this priority item moved after SA-12.
Reason for move: for staff support in admissions and records, student services.
CPC Priority #60 – AA-29 – Strengthen interaction of ASCOD/Student Activities Office with EVC Indio &
MTC students – There was no proposal made to move this priority item.
CPC Priority #62 – AA-30 – Reduce District expenditures while maintaining the quality of student learning
in Physical Education & Athletics – There was no proposal made to move this priority
item.
CPC Priority #71 – AA-31 – Improve safety for students in Physical Education & Athletics program
Facilities – There was no proposal made to move this priority item.
CPC Priority #73 – AA-32 – Improve Communication between Student Affairs programs and Athletic staff
There was no proposal made to move this priority item.
CPC Priority #74 – AA-33 – Create an ESLN Reading/Writing Center to ensure ESLN student persistence
Through the program – There was no proposal made to move this priority item.
CPC Priority #75 – AA-34 – Improve the quality and accessibility of instructional materials – There was no
proposal made to move this priority item.
CPC Priority #76 – AA-35 – Improve the quality and efficiency of the Biology program – There was no
proposal made to move this priority item.
CPC Priority #77 – AA-36 – Provide the student with hands-on and theoretical training in Environmental
Horticulture and Turfgrass Management with an outcome expectation of employment in
the green industry with recognized certification and degree preparation – By a majority