Planning, Review and
Budget Council
Regular Meeting
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Building 200, Board Room
3:00 – 5:00 PM
PRBC Membership
2010-11
CO-CHAIRS
George Railey
Kathy Kelly
Yvonne Wu Craig
ADMINISTRATORS
Celia Barberena, President
George Railey, VPAcad Services
Howard Irvin, VP Student Services
Yulian Ligioso, VP Admin Services
DEAN
Tram Vo-Kumamoto, Math & Science
COMMITTEE REPS
Academic Senate - Kathy Kelley
Budget - Tim DaveAcademic Policy - Ming-Lun Ho
Staff Development - Jennifer Lange
SLOAC - Carole Splendore
Basic Skills – Carolyn Arnold
Health & Safety – Ruben Pola
CEMC – Vacant
Technology – Vacant
Curriculum – Vacant
Facilities – Vacant
FACULTY ASSOCIATION
Carolyn Arnold
CLASSIFIED SENATE
Yvonne Wu Craig
Cheryl Sannebeck
Gordon Watt
CLASSIFIED UNION
Catherine Powell
ASSOCIATED STUDENTS
Don Bosco Hu – ASCC President
Rotating Reps
INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH
Carolyn Arnold
Rajinder Samra
GUESTS
Kirstin Land, Language Arts
Andrew Pierson, Social Sciences
Lani Wilson, Counseling
MINUTES
Present: Yvonne Wu Craig, Classified Senate; Kathy Kelley, Academic
Senate; Jennifer Lange, Staff Development; Carolyn Arnold, IR &
Grants; Carole Splendore, SLOAC; Cheryl Sannebeck, Classified Senate;
Gordon Watt, Classified Senate; Kristin Land, Language Arts; Celia
Barberena, President, Jane Vallely, Academic Policy Council; Don Bosco
Hu, ASCC; Bernadette Hu, ASCC, Ray Cornejo, ASCC
Guests: Dr. Joel Kinnamon, Chancellor; Andrew Pierson, Social Science
and Faculty Senator; Kristin Land, Language Arts
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Minutes of the prior meeting were approved
At every meeting of the PRBC there are opportunities for
committees chairs to give reports
The Chair of the Basic Skills Committee provided a written
report and the following oral report.
o 85% of new, first-time in college students who are
assessed are basic skills students; these students are
enrolled in all our courses so everyone teaches the basic
skills students.
o These students also are in need of Study Skills
o Best practices are being implemented, funded by Basic
Skills funds, Title III and other grants
o These best practices get students off to a good strong
start
o Best practices include good counseling, peer advising,
student support services
o Research shows that students do better by taking one
course to bring themselves up to college level English
than by taking the 2 course sequences, regardless of their
placement at the bottom 20% or at the top 20%
o However, right now we have a long sequences of Math to
get to college level
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Pilots successful in teaching English basic skills include reading and writing across the
curriculum – in the context of the discipline; contextualized basic skills instruction; reading
apprenticeship
There is a need for professional development for the faculty – faculty who can teach faculty. To
improve basic skills curriculum, English faculty will have a retreat which is BSI funded
Need to put into unit plans requests for: tutoring; faculty development, support for reading
apprenticeship; resources to train the trainers
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Staff Development Committee
o When WRAC Center was fully funded, there were various faculty doing one on one work,
adapting to contextualizing.
o Need to include counseling faculty in staff development;
o Need to make sure everybody knows what is happening in different areas; need to determine how
we can give all faculty the time to have the conversations that they need to have; need for on line
chats to share experiences
o Movies to see: The Race to Nowhere; Waiting for Superman – could be co-sponsored by
Associated Students, Faculty Senate and Classified Senate, or charging admission
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Chair of Student Learning Outcomes and Assessment Committee (SLOAC) reported the following:
o Levels of competency: “Awareness” met by April 2010; “Development” where we are now;
“Proficiency” – by 2010
o What works best: work with small groups; work with faculty members who are new to SLO’s in a
group; send e-mail to groups,
o The committee is in discussion about including SLO’s in syllabi
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The Chair of the Budget Committee presented this report
o There is a need for the following committee chairs to report to the Budget Committee: CEMC,
Faculty prioritization, classified prioritization
o Budget committee should have overall view of what the whole budget is. Knowledge of Budget
is very extensive. There is not enough time in sessions to talk about the whole breadth of the
budget at Budget Committee and make recommendations about the whole budget, including what
is being looked up for negotiations. At this time there is no one person who knows the whole of
it. We all specialize in little pieces.
o Members of PRBC said that there is a need to bring these reports to PRBC.
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At this time Dr. Barberena had to leave so she stopped taking minutes and another member continued.
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Representative from Academic Policy Council presented this report
o The Committee is reconsidering the policy on late registration and is considering not allowing to
students to register late
o A discussion was also had which also pertains to Curriculum Committee and the Faculty
Association about the possibility of establishing a standardized or sample syllabi that faculty
could use
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ASCC representatives stated that they had noticed instructors using a wide range of syllabi
formats
They also noted that they found it helpful when instructors would list the learning objectives or
outcomes on their syllabi
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The representative from Classified Senate presented this report
o Having finished their retreat, a change to the Senate Constitution will include the establishment of
“Coordinator” positions and working groups to complete work in fundraising, events,
elections/awards and staff development
o In addition, Senate was in the midst of reviewing the Classified Prioritization list and suggesting
refinements to the process
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Yvonne Wu Craig took notes of agenda items to be included on the PRBC agenda for 2010-11 and will
bring them to the next meeting