Governing Council
Officers
2015-2016
Academic Senate
Kate Williams Browne
President
Stephen Fredricks
Vice President
Minutes
Thursday, 17 Sept,
2015
2:10pm – 4:00pm
rm. 6203
Leigh Anne Shaw
Secretary
Tiffany Schmierer
Treasurer
Leigh Anne Shaw
Past President
Mission: to empower and
transform a global
community of learners
Committee Chairs & Ex-Officio
Representatives
Dennis Wolbers
John Ulloa
Curriculum
Jacquie Escobar
Nick Kapp
Educational Policy
Shawna Whitney
Professional Personnel
vacant
Research
Rob Williams/Janice Sapigao
AFT Rep (non-voting)
Michelle Hagar/Alanna Utsumi
Classified Senate (non-voting)
Dennis Zheng/Miku Mendoza
ASSC Rep (non-voting)
Division Representatives
Dick Claire/Dan Ming
BEPP
Kent Gomez
Jacquie Escobar
Counseling
Jessica Hurless
Danielle Powell
Language Arts
Amber Steele
KAD
Zachary Bruno
SSCA
Terrance Chang
SMT
Dennis Wolbers
ASLT
vacant
SEEED [non-voting]
Opening Procedures
Item
Presenter
Time
Details
Call to order
Roll/Introductions
President
0
Secretary
1
Meeting was called to order at 2:16pm.
Kate Browne, Dan Ming, Kent Gomez, Jacqueline Escobar, Shawna
Whitney, Terrance Change, Leigh Anne Shaw, Stephen Fredricks,
Dennis Wolbers, Alana Utsumi (classified), Michele Hagar
(classified), Miku Mendoza (ASSC), Jessica Hurless, Danielle Powell,
Tiffany Schmierer
Consent agenda
Adoption of today’s agenda
President
0
President
1
Adoption previous minutes
Timekeeper
Public Comment
President
1
President
1
Public
3
TOTAL
7
Action/
Information
Procedure
Procedure
Guests: Bridget Fischer, Nina Floro, Jonathan Paver, Chris Gibson
Action
Agenda was reordered to take the Syllabus Checklist item before
reports and to swap MOT for BSI in order.
M: Shaw /S: Escobar/Motion carries
M: Hurless /S: Fredricks/Motion carries
Jessica Hurless.
No comment.
Action
Action/
Information
Information
Action
Information
Standing Agenda Items
Item
Presenter
Time
Details
Officer, Chairs, and
Division Reports
Reps and
officers
20
President’s/Vice President
 Strategic Planning & Resources Council [KWB & Jesse
materials
Raskin] -Discussion item
District-Title IX training schedule [see materials]
District Academic Senate met on 9/14: Shaw reported that
Interim Vice Chancellor of Educational Services and
Planning Jamilla Moore attended; Jing Luan's position has
been split and he will focus on International students,
Moore will focus on OEI, DE, and others. CCCCO created
Institutional Effectiveness Partnership Initiative (IEPI)
Partnership Resource Teams (PRTs) to help colleges who
are on probation or sanction. Karen Wong and Jesse
Raskin of Skyline and Dianna Bennett of CSM have been
appointed to serve.
 State- BA Task Force, Accreditation Legislation, ASCCC
Awards [see materials]
Treasurer’s Report – no report.
Standing Committee Reports
 Curriculum [Wolbers & Ulloa]


Other reports
Reps
10
5
Compendium of
Committees
TOTAL
35
Presenter
Time
Curriculum looked at upper division course evaluation criteria and
approved it.
 Ed Policy –[Escobar] Will meet 10/6. Will continue with
goals shared at last AcSen meeting. Will look at SSSP and
review Faculty Handbook.
 Professional Personnel –[Whitney]- Discussion item;
Waiting to see the update of the Compendium of
Committees. Looking at awards from ASCCC and
nominating.
 Research –vacant
Division News
 ASLT: has a new Director of Learning Commons;
Counseling: ASPIRE is the new combined SSP and Early
Alert program headed by K. Gomez. Is now approved and
will be developed;
 BEPP, Lang Arts, KAD, SSCA & SMT – no report
ASSC [Mendoza] - Constitution Day a success. September 30th – a
taste of Buenos Aires.
AFT [Williams/Sapigao] no report
Classified Senate [Haggar/Utsumi] – Working on code of ethics for
classified; looking for ways that classified can support the local
community such as volunteering – offers to learning communities
to be a part of their volunteer work. See's Candy fundraiser
coming up. Money mostly goes to scholarships.
SEEED- vacant
Completed Compendium; AS standing committee membership
discussed (See materials)
Information
Information
materials
New Senate Business
Item
Details
Action/
Information
Museum of Tolerance
President
5
Report and vote on MOT selection for Fall 2015: Danielle Powell &
John Ulloa, and alternate (Mary) Grace Burns (pending
confirmation).
M: Shaw/ S: Fredricks/motion carries
Action
Syllabus Ad-Hoc Task
Group
Wolbers,
Shaw
5
Recommendations and approval on Revised Syllabus Checklist
Action
Syllabus Checklist was approved at Curriculum 9/16 (see materials).
Substantial revisions were made by a task force of the Academic
Senate and submitted to Curriculum, who made additional
revisions.
Senators expressed questions as to whether the creation of a
syllabus checklist should have originated with the Curriculum
Committee or whether so doing may have put Curriculum and
Senate in an awkward position; if Senate doesn't approve, it puts
undue pressure on Curriculum. The Senate agreed that this was a
learning opportunity for how we can be a more engaged and
effective senate, and that future requests for policy changes related
to faculty should come first to Senate to be delegated after
appropriate deliberation. It was acknowledged that the
circumstances of this particular item had warranted a quick and
complete response, and this may have pushed it forward with less
deliberation. Dennis emphasized that the syllabus checklist
does not mean that all syllabi must include all items on the
checklist.
Faculty Focus for 2015-16,
Load, Professional
Development
Perkins &
Paver
15
Motion to adopt: Escobar /S: Whitney /Ab: Shaw / Motion carries.
Discussion about Areas of Interest for College and Faculty
Professional Development:
CTTL getting more traction; Skyline taking the lead in the district in
PD. CTTL has a steering committee - Advisory Committee for
Employee Development (ACED) and will be the hub for PD
information:
 Article 13/AFT contract money (1%) now called Faculty PD
– CTTL will facilitate it
 Working on a parallel process for classified PD
Equity planning also includes PD to increase student success.
Instructional Designer position was conceived in response to
citation from accreditation – when it gets funded, will work through
CTTL. Currently, Instructional Aide II for Accessibility Liesl Madrona
is hired to look at accessibility of our online materials. A faculty
education plan is being created to inform faculty on issues of
accessibility for online and hybrid materials.
Browne noted that it is important to be mindful that 70% of our
faculty are adjunct and are deserving of the same level of
professional development and access to it as full-time.
At Sept 24 SPARC meeting, budget projections and allocation will be
Information
Productivity/Efficiency
Report, Resource
Allocation, SPARC role
Basic Skills Initiative,
Online Education
Initiative, Professional
Development implications
McVean
Raskin
15
Paver &
Gibson
15
discussed, which will give light on number of positions that could be
filled.
Discussion about Enrollments and Budget implications, SPARC
This item was tabled for a future meeting.
Discussion about BSI /report approval
Note: At Skyline, this initiative is called CSI (College Success
Initiative), but the state funding is called BSI (Basic Skills Initiative).
Information
Action
Information
materials
BSI allocation has reduced according to state plan and regulation.
Carryover is allowed this year but will be eliminated going forward.
BSI funding can only be used for courses designated as Basic Skills.
Money has been removed from several categories and in some
cases reallocated into others or completely removed. Total:
$90,000/year.
Browne noted that on many statewide CCC campuses, BSI is a
standing committee of the Academic Senate, which is not the case
at Skyline.
Focus for 2015-2016: Evening course support, ESL-integration,
Supplemental Learning Assistance, a retention specialist, increased
tutoring and tutor embedding in basic skills classes. Looking to
focus more intently on Math and ESOL.
Paver shared that the BSI is very closely aligned with the equity
efforts and plan – more so than at many colleges.
Paver acknowledged the work of Chris Gibson in his leadership of
the CSI.
Motion to approve BSI expenditure: Fredricks/S: Schmierer/Motion
carries.
OEI plans, PD implications (Paver and Fischer)
Many points regarding PD were addressed in Perkins' address
above.
TOTAL
55
Final Announcements and Adjournment
Item
Presenter
Adjournment
TOTAL
Time
Details
1
Motion to adjourn at 4:15pm: Fredricks /S: Ming / motion carries
Minutes submitted by: Leigh Anne Shaw
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Information
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