CHABOT COLLEGE
Curriculum Committee Minutes
September 1, 2009
Members Present:
Jaswinder Bhangal, Begoña Cirera-Perez, Barbara Ogman, Wayne Pitcher,
Patricia Shannon, Debbie, Soares, Ernesto Victoria, Christine Warda, Patricia
Wu
Ex-Officio
Members Present:
Jane Church, Edna Danaher, George Railey, Kaaren Krueg
Guests:
None
1.
Call to Order
The meeting was called to order at 2:10 p.m. by committee chair Wayne Pitcher.
2.
Minutes of August 25, 2009
MSC (Shannon/Bhangal) to approve the minutes of August 25, 2009, as presented.
3.
Curriculum approval workflow
Articulation Consult
Jane is concerned with the number of courses being brought through as revisions and
needing the Transfer-Baccalaureate consultation. Discussion included:
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Should the process be modified to include only new courses? Patricia Shannon
commented that she would like to retain the process as is because she has heard
nothing but positive feedback.
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Could Jane bring a laptop and create the forms during the meeting in “real
time”?
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There should be a deadline for each division’s faculty to meet with Jane so that
they don’t all come at once.
MSC (Shannon/Ogman) that the Articulation Officer continue to meet regarding all
courses, revised or new, and that she use her judgment to decide whether a form needs to
be produced.
Curriculum Presentations
Wayne reported that he and Jane have discussed the size of this year’s packets.
Jane has put the Counseling Division packet on a flash drive. She demonstrated that to
the committee. Various comments were made regarding this suggested solution:
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Posting the documents to the Intranet Curriculum web site would require editing
to be done on campus.
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Barbara finds it challenging to deal with multiple edits on a document.
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Kaaren suggested that one rationale could be filled out covering a number of
similar changes, such as textbook date. All of the courses would need to be
listed on the rationale.
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Jas commented that some Administrative Assistants are already putting together
packets. It is not fair to change the rules in mid-stream.
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Wayne or Jane will meet individually with the Administrative Assistants to
explain the new procedures.
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It was decided that Blackboard would be a better vehicle than the website.
George will talk with IT regarding the setup of a “class” for Curriculum.
Patricia Shannon will be the “teacher.”
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Send flash drive with packets to Wayne. Patricia Shannon will format the
Blackboard site and post packets.
MSC (Shannon/Cirera-Perez) that we accept using Blackboard as a vehicle for course
proposal evaluation and approval.
4.
Good of the Order
It was suggested that a link to the SLO forms be placed on the Forms List on the
Curriculum Website. Kaaren will do this.
Jas Bhangal suggested more SLO information on the Statement of Rationale, outlining
the type of course being responded to (new, revised and submitted, revised and needed).
Wayne reported that the Dean’s Checklist and Course Outline of Record template have
been revised and posted to the Curriculum Website
George reported that one of the reasons that packets are so large this year is that
Academic Services has requested revisions to all outlines that have not been updated in
the last five years so that we may demonstrate to the Accreditation Visiting Team that we
are in compliance with Title 5 regulations. The team chair will make a preliminary visit
on September 28 and the team will make their formal evaluation visit in October. They
will send a list of people they want to interview, and Kaaren will be doing the
scheduling.
5.
At 3:10, Wayne conducted training for those members who have not already had standalone course training.
6.
Next Meeting: September 8, 2009
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