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Present: President: Michele Hester-Reyes
Faculty Senators: Linda Amaral, Craig Arnold, Joanne Barkhurst, Adrian Beltran, Matt Bourez, Janice Brown, Glena Crumal, Gina Haycock, Steven Howland, David Hurst, Belen Kersten, Chris Mangels, James McDonell, Marla Prochnow, Frank Tebeau, Jane Thomas, Stephen Tootle, Greg Turner
Guests: Stan Carrizosa, Greg Keen
Absent: Jeff Basham, John Davis, Amy Dwelle, Joni Jordan, Josh Muller, Deborah Nolan, Kevin Picciuto,
Catherine Rodarte, Thea Trimble, Tiffany Wainwright.
Summary
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
4:10-5:30 pm, Room 1
1. Call to Order
The meeting was called to order by Michele Hester-Reyes at approximately 4:10 p.m.
2. Public Comment
A. Regarding items not on the Agenda: Greg Keen requested that we postpone the review and modification of the new/revised (proposed) policy (AP/BP 4260) on prerequisites. After looking at the policy, he has noticed missing elements and inconsistencies with the new Title V guidelines.
Chris Mangels moved that the Curriculum Committee bring this back to Senate to review it. 2nd/Steve Howland. MSA.
Michele Hester-Reyes referenced Steve Natoli’s email with the proposed language about SLOs to be inserted into the Self Evaluations and Syllabi. Frank Tebeau moved that Senate go on record as being in favor of the two statements. 2nd/Stephen Tootle. Stephen Tootle explained that the outcomes/assessments is used to evaluate courses not instructors. The data entered won’t distinguish between instructors. Marla Prochnow stated that it could be as simple as a checkbox inserted into the evaluation. This has been looked at by two of the standards groups. MSA.
B. Regarding items on the Agenda:
3. Approval of Minutes M/Chris Mangels. 2nd/Stephen Tootle. MSA.
4. Action Items
A. Curriculum: M/Gina Haycock with stated corrections: revise document to place correct description on dance and specify that the ECT certificate is a new skills certificate. 2nd/Linda Amaral. MSA.
B. BP/AP 2510: Chris Mangels made revisions to the language under “C” based on discussions in last week’s meeting. Jane Thomas requested that we switch the order of 1 and 2 under C. Marla suggested deleting the “to” under C because it’s redundant. M/Marla Prochnow adopt the BP as is and the AP with changes. 2nd/Frank Tebeau. Michele Hester-Reyes requested that the date on the BP be included there. MSA.
5. Discussion
A. BP on Outcomes and Assessment: Michele Hester-Reyes would like to send this and our 2007 Statement of Ethics to the RTF Outcomes and Assessment Committee. M/Marla Prochnow. Steven Howland/2nd. MSA.
B. Michele Hester-Reyes showcased a working draft of our Participatory Governance Structure plan.
C. RTF Reports: Marla Prochnow complimented Eva Conrad, one of our new accreditation consultants. Stephen Tootle has seen our new data tracking software and thinks it will prove to be very effective; it is intuitive. Michele Hester-Reyes stated that it could be online as soon as the week after break.
D. AP/BP 3721: This is a first read. It was decided that senators would take this back to the divisions for more discussion. M/Steve Howland. 2nd/Chris Mangels. MSA.
E. AP 3720 Computer and Network Use. Because 3.3.3 of this document is currently being grieved, it was decided to take these back to the divisions for discussion. M/Greg Turner. 2nd/Gina Haycock. MSA.
F. AAUP Statement of Professional Ethics: the senate adopted it several years ago. Chris Mangels suggested
that this statement should be highlighted and read at the April board meeting. This was reaffirmed as our philosophy. M/Greg Turner. 2nd/Belen Kersten. MSA.
G. Michele distributed a packet of examples of operating agreements from other colleges. Please read these for next time and highlight what you consider might be useful.
6. Reports from Standing Committees
7. New Business
8. Old Business
9. Adjournment
Submitted by Sondra Bergen