DRAFT DRAFT
SADDLEBACK COLLEGE – ACADEMIC SENATE
MINUTES
March 2, 2005
2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
AGB Conference Room – AGB 107
1. CALL TO ORDER
President Dominguez called the meeting to order at 2:08 p.m.
2. INTRODUCE AND WELCOME GUESTS
3. ADOPTION OF AGENDA
Wendy Gordon, (LALR), moved, it was seconded and passed by voice vote to adopt the agenda.
4. ADOPTION OF MINUTES FROM PREVIOUS MEETING
Gary Stakan, (CSSP), moved, it was seconded and passed by voice vote to adopt the minutes from the February 16, 2005 meeting.
5. PUBLIC COMMENTS
Wendy Gordon commented there have been some frustrations with Human Resources surrounding the faculty hiring process and that it is taking too long for faculty hiring committees to move forward.
Jean Smith expressed concern about the adoption of the Faculty Performance Evaluation Review being adopted as part of the new faculty contract.
ASG is sponsoring a community garage sale at Shepherd of the Hills Church in Laguna Niguel on Saturday March 12, 2005 from 7:00 am – 1:00 pm to support Tsunami Relief. See ASG to donate.
Susan Nawa commented that the Student Nursing Association is accepting donations of children’s films in the Nursing Department offices.
6. PRESIDENT’S REPORT
President Dominguez reported the following:
A. College Meetings – President’s Council
B. Board Meetings
· Board Agenda Item #10, Spanish Language Studies in Santander, Spain – Summer 2005
The following points were reported regarding the Board of Trustee’s discussion of Agenda Item #10
o The cost of the trip was misrepresented. The trip to Santander, Spain is the least expensive of all the study abroad programs at Saddleback College.
o One Board member expressed concern about the safety of Saddleback College students in Spain. If this was a concern, students should not have been approved to go to Spain for the Spring 2005 semester. The Board is disregarding the Status section of Board Agenda Item #10 which states “The current travel warnings list, Exhibit D, which is issued by the U.S. Department of State does not include Spain.”
C. District Meetings
No Report
7. APPROVAL OF CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS
A. Approval of Faculty to Sit on Committees
Claire Cesareo-Silva, (SBS), moved, it was seconded and passed by voice vote to approve of consent calendar items (Handout 7.A.1).
8. OLD BUSINESS
A. SLO Task Force
Jo Ann Alford, (CSSP), moved it was seconded and passed by voice vote to adopt the “Proposal for the Establishment of a Student Learning Outcomes Team and Implementation Process,” it was seconded and passed by voice vote.
B. College Reorganization “CPC”
Wendy Gordon, (LALR), moved it was seconded and passed by voice vote to support separating the FA Division from FAPEA. This separation would constitute a new Division with a Dean, and Director of Performing Arts who is more closely aligned with Fine Arts Division. The Fine Arts Division would remain as it’s currently constituted with five departments of Art, Music, Speech, Photography and Theatre Arts.
Wendy Gordon, (LALR), moved it was seconded and passed by voice vote to support separating the PEA Division from FAPEA. This separation would constitute a new Division with a Dean, an Athletic Director and Department Chair as three separate positions for the Physical Education and Athletics Division.
The history of Saddleback College organization was discussed and the following points were made by President McCullough:
· President’s council and Senior Staff meetings were created over twenty years ago and are no longer meetings the needs of the institution.
· The Governance/Decision Making Structure Flow Chart Draft was reviewed (Handout 8.B.1). The College Budget Planning Council would replace President’s Council and Senior Staff meetings in order to provide greater representation and decision making efficacy.
C. Alternative Calendars
Postponed
9. NEW BUSINESS
A. Teacher/Professor of the Year
Roslinde Wilcox, (FAPEA), moved it was seconded and passed by voice vote to endorse the two faculty members put forth by ASG for professor of the year:
Full time - Bob Parsons, Physics
Part time - Susan Hecht, English
B. Community Education
Community Education Classes which overlap in content with Saddleback College courses were discussed with Susan Gordon, Director of Community Education. Business and English classes with overlapping content were withdrawn by Community Education for the summer 2005 term.
It was suggested that annual donations could be made by Community Education for faculty development and student.
Wendy Gordon, (LALR), moved it was seconded and passed by voice vote to approve the “Revised Resolution RE: Community Education Class Offerings.”
C. Chancellors Executive Committee: Strategies to Accomplish WASC Goals
Postponed
10. COMMITTEE REPORTS
A. Executive
No Report
B. Senate Standing Committee
Margot Lovett, (SBS), reported the following on Women’s Gender Studies:
· March is Women’s history month.
· A panel on “Women and War” will be held on Wednesday, March 23, 2005 from 12:00 – 2:00 in the SSC lounge.
· “The Women of Juarez,” a talk about the murder of hundreds of young women in Mexico, will be held on Tuesday, March 8th, from 12:00 – 1:00 pm in SSC 212.
· The Women’s Studies club is being reactivated.
· The Women’s Conference will be held this Friday, March 4, 2005 and it is sold out.
C. College, Division and District Committees
No Report
11. DIVISION REPORTS
No Reports
12. CONSITUENCY REPORTS
A. Faculty Association
No report
B. Student Government
No report
C. Classified Staff
No report
13. ADJOURNMENT – The meeting was adjourned at 4:10 p.m.
HANDOUTS DISTRIBUTED WITH AGENDA
- Minutes from the February 16, 2005 Academic Senate meeting
- Saddleback College Education Abroad Programs (Handout 6.B.1)
- Committee Approvals (Handout 7.A.1)
- Proposal for the Establishment of a Student Learning Outcomes Team and Implementation Process - DRAFT (Handout (8.A.1)
- Saddleback College Governance/Decision Making Flow Chart Draft (Handout 8.B.1)
- Goals Task Force Oversight Committee Meeting (Handout 8.B.2)
- Saddleback College Academic Senate Revised Resolution Re: Community Education Classes (Handout 9.B.1)
- SOCCCD Board Agenda Item #36 Educational and Facilities Master Plan (Handout 9.C.1)
- SOCCD Accreditation Goals (Handout 9.C.2)
KEYWORDS
Teacher/Professor of the Year
Study Abroad
Women’s and Gender Studies
College Reorganization
Community Education Classes
SLO Task Force