CHABOT COLLEGE
Curriculum Committee
November 6, 2012
Members Present:
Debbie Buti, Jane Church, Begoña Cirera-Perez, Luis Flores (ASCC), Dov
Hassan, Jay Mumford, Don Plondke, Ernesto Victoria, Linnea Wahamaki
Ex-Officio:
Edna Danaher, Kaaren Krueg
Guests:
Sergio Almodovar (Spectator), Sam Stringer (Spectator)
1.
Call to Order
The meeting was called to order at 2:08 by the chair, Jane Church.
2.
Minutes of October 16, 2012
MSC (Plondke/Victoria) to approve the minutes of October 16 as presented.
We were joined by Sergio Almodovar and Sam Stringer of the Spectator. Jane
summarized the charge of the committee for Sergio. She welcomed Luis Flores as the
ASCC representative, told him that as a voting representative he will be added to
CurricUNET, and asked those present to introduce themselves.
3.
Change in VPAS and Curriculum Liaison to Office of VPAS
Dale Wagoner has been appointed Interim VP of Academic Services. He has delegated
administrative oversight of the Curriculum Committee to Tram Vo-Kumamoto. Tram
was not able to attend today’s meeting. Jane will meet with her to bring her up to speed
on the committee’s recent activities. Jane noted that while curriculum is the purview of
the faculty, it is nice to have a uniform voice from administration.
4.
ESL 149O, Writing Workshop for Non-native Speakers, 0.5 units
This course was discussed at the October 16 meeting. We did not vote at that time,
because we wanted to allow the course to make its way through the queue. Jane opened
the proposal in CurricUNET and projected it on the screen. There was discussion on
how strictly we want to adhere to punctuation and formatting. Do we want consistency
within or across outlines. Consensus that all outlines should be consistent with each
other.
Dov asked for a template showing styles, such as beginning Expected Outcomes with a
lower case letter and ending all but the last Outcome with a semi-colon (which are
changes needed in the outline under discussion). Jane will provide a template.
It was decided that rather than sending this course back to the originator to make
punctuation/style changes, we will vote on it and Kaaren will make the edits as the
Curriculum Specialist and implement the course. In order to be offered in the Spring, the
course needs Board approval, and the deadline for the December Board meeting is
Thursday morning.
MSC (Cirera-Perez/Mumford) to approve ESL 149O contingent on punctuation/style
changes as discussed.
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5.
Charge of the Curriculum Committee
On Flex Day, Shared Governance Committees met to discuss their goals, their
charter/charge and the Strategic Plan. Jane distributed notes from that meeting,
including draft changes to our charter. She thanked members who attended the
workshop and commended them for their hard work. She also asked for further
recommendations from the committee.
There was discussion of the workings of the COOL (Committee on Online Learning) and
whether they are still a subcommittee of the Curriculum Committee. Do they consult
with or report to us? Are they approving by the course or by the instructor? Begoña had
one of her classes reviewed by them and was very complimentary about the process,
stating that it was thorough and a great learning opportunity.
6.
Blanket Approval to Remove Repeatability
Learning Skills Faculty Monica Munger and Jerry Egusa have requested that
repeatability statements be removed from the following courses:
English 117, Learning Skills—Reading, 4units
English 118A, Learning Skills: Reading/Writing, 3 units
English 118B, Learning Skills: Writing/Reading, 3 units
English 119, Learning Skills—Problem Solving, 3 units
English 120, Learning Skills—Study Strategies, 2 units
MSC (Buti/Hassan) to approve removing repeatability and changing the implementation
date to Fall 2013. Kaaren will make the changes.
There was discussion on open entry/open exit courses and whether they can be
repeatable. Probably not.
7.
LPC Worksheets
Clayton Theil wants to know how he should report families to the committee.
Jane reported that Jeremiah Bodnar, LPC’s Curriculum Chair has created a set of
worksheets to facilitate reporting repetition and repeatability, establishing families, and
correcting the equivalencies list. She distributed the sheets and said that if we find them
useful she will edit the timelines to match our meeting dates and agenda the topic for the
next meeting.
8.
Good of the Order
The committee agreed to meet next week instead of the Tuesday of Thanksgiving week.
9.
kk 11-8-12
The meeting was adjourned at 4:00 p.m.
Next meeting: November 13, 2012.
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