Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Mayock House
MINUTES
In Attendance: N. Andrade, A. Arid, R. Beede, M. Bumgarner, E. Cervantes, G. Cribb, D. Ellis, D. Klein,
S. Lawrence, B. Lawn, J. Lawton-Haehl, J. Nari, J. Stewart, L. Stubblefield. Guests: R. Brown, M. Garcia (ASB),
S. Kinsella, F. Lozano, J. Pruitt, M. Ratliff, K. Rose.
- Opening Items
- Call to order at 3:01 pm
- Welcome and Roll Call
- Agenda Adjustments - none
- Approval of Minutes from 9/7/10 - no additions or corrections.
MSC (D. Ellis/J. Lawton-Haehl). Vote: unanimous.
- Comments from the Public
A. Steve Kinsella - the discussion on the Golf course was raised at the last Board
meeting, concerning the long-term use. A decision needs to be made quickly
(by the end of the semester). The existing management company agreement
ends at the end of October.
B. Mellina Garcia - (ASB representative)has recommendations from ASB on the
proposed temporary Hollister site. Will hold for this discussion item.
- Information Items - none.
- Discussion Items
a.Recommendation to board on criteria for selecting site for Hollister expansion -
ASB agreed that the K&S (or Fortino) site would be best for students; it has
access to services (transportation, food, etc) that would also bring business to
local merchants. She will write up the proposal. The K&S site was also the choice
of many other faculty members. Please send any written recommendations to
Debbie so they can be compiled into one formal recommendation.
b.Recommendation on how to grow FTE’s at Hollister site - the new version of this
document is more positive in tone. The Vision Committee would appreciate any
feedback. Counseling Department generated a list of services and programs that
should be available to students. There is a concern that the growing to 500 FTES
in Hollister will necessitate cuts here on the Gilroy campus and the document
should address this issue. The morale of our P/T Faculty is being affected - cuts in
classes generally affect them first. Funding for growth by the state could solve
some problems. Distance Ed will propose some video conferencing. Schedule of
classes should include early morning, evening and weekend classes.
c. Recommendation on development of the golf course - document is still a work in
progress. It does not address many of the possible grants that could fund
academics programs, which in turn could provide income opportunities for the
college. Don DeLorenzo, of the Gilroy Golf Course, has proposed a 5-year
management agreement. We need data on the costs of some of these programs, as
grant money comes and goes, which would leave the college looking for ways to
continue funding them. Programs need incremental development; partner
relationships can be developed. A community incubation center was suggested:
low-rent work spaces for new businesses at which students could work to help get
them off the ground, learning about that industry and helping establish businesses
that would be unique to the community.
d.Learning Council & Student Success Board Policy drafts - discussion on the need
for these to be Board Policies and/or Administrative Policies; why were they
numbered as they were? Basic Skills Initiative needs a clearly stated policy of
supporting student success.The CLASS Initiative wants it. A Board Policy is the
formal process by which the Board shows their support for various initiatives; and
by strength of statement, they institutionalize student success. The Learning
Council wants to go forward and be collaborative across all stakeholder groups on
campus. Senate believes that the Learning Council should be a sub-committee of
the Senate. Would this be a barrier for some groups? Are we all invested in and
responsible for student success? Faculty feels that much of student success is
based on assessment in the classroom and they perform this function daily. The
mission statement acknowledges multiple definitions of student success.
e.SLO Progress - handout provided by Randy Brown. Data from 09-10 is due by
October 15th. Stipends (voted on by GCFA) are available to P/T faculty who are
the sole instructors of a course and who complete the SLO work, with the
recommendation of a F/T faculty. Training is available - please contact Randy.
We need to develop a framework for ongoing assessment and revisiting SLOs.
The ILOs also need to be assessed.
f.Senator topics - none
- Reports
- Distance Education Committee - Sabrina provided a handout on EduStream.
Training will be offered. There are 3600 students in iLearn this semester in
online and hybrid classes.
- Basic Skills Committee - no report.
- Budget Committee - no report.
- Technology Committee - Banner changes are coming. The committee wants to
set-up a blog for Banner problems. Roll sheets continue to be a costly effort for
instructors - it takes away from student contact time, which is a great contributor
to student success. Please contact Bob Beede with how you are using Excel or
any other program to do roll sheets; working on a template in Excel.
- PTCOC (Part-time College of Choice) Committee - no report.
- Vision Committee - no report.
- Learning Council - met last Friday - finalized the mission statement. The next
meeting is October 1st, 12 - 1:30 pm.
- Senate President - no report.
- Action Items
- Closing Items
a.Items for next agenda (send employee of month nominations to: )
b.Next meeting: October 5, 2010
c.Adjournment at 4:40 pm.
Submitted by Diane Stone