REDWOODS COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT
Minutes of the College Council
7351 Tompkins Hill Road, Eureka, CA, Board Room
Monday, October 4, 2010
MEMBERS
PRESENT
Mark Winter, Dave Holper, Ruth Moon, Ahron Cervania, Jose Ramirez, Martha
Racine (phone), Becky Blatnick (phone), Jeff Marsee, Keith Snow-Flamer, Utpal
Goswami, Zach DeLoach
MEMBERS
ABSENT
Ron McQueen, Mike Wells, KT (phone), ASCR rep (1), VP of Admin Service
(vacant)
CALL TO ORDER
President Marsee called the meeting to order at 3:04 pm.
MINUTES
The minutes of 09/20/2010 were approved as presented.
UNFINISHED
BUSINESS
BP/AP 4240
“ACADEMIC
RENEWAL”
Discussion postponed until 10/13/10 College Council meeting.
BP/AP’s
RECOMMENDED
FOR SUNSET
Support staff noted that the thirty-day constituent review of the policies and
procedures outlined in the ‘Sunset List’ ended October 2, 2010.
It was moved, seconded and passed unanimously to sunset the following
policies and procedures:
Policy or
Procedure
BP338
BP306
BP307
BP310
Description
ADMINISTRTOR RETREAT RIGHTS
FACULTY LOAD
ASSOCIATE FACULTY LOAD
Reason for Sunset
CRFO Contract Item
Conform to Title 5 Regulations
CRFO Contract Item
CRFO Contract Item
COMPENSATION FOR WORKSHOP
FACILITATOR AND/OR SEMINAR, RADIO
AND TELEVISION INSTRUCTORS
PAYMENT TO WORKSHOP FACILITATOR
AND/OR SEMINAR INSTRUCTOR
CRFO Contract Item
AP310.02
BP311
PAYMENT OF TV/RADIO INSTRUCTOR
COMPENSATION FOR FACULTY
COOPERATIVE EDUCATION
COORDINATION
CRFO Contract Item
CRFO Contract Item
BP315
TEACHING LOADS FOR DIVISION
CHAIRPERSON
CERTIFICATED FACULTY HANDBOOK
Obsolete
AP310.01
BP330
BP108
BP109
AR109.01
BP111
BP115
AR115.01
AR115.02
INSTRUCTION TIME
FACULTY ADVISING SYSTEM
FACULTY ADVISING SYSTEM
MINIMUM CLASS SIZE
PRE-SERVICE EDUCATIONAL TRAINING
PROGRAM
PRE-SERVICE EDUCATIONAL TRAINING
PROGRAMS
STUDENT SERVICES INTERNSHIP
PROGRAM
CRFO Contract Item
Not required, no CCLC
recommendation
CRFO Contract Item
Obsolete
Obsolete
Obsolete (title 5 regulation repealed)
Obsolete
Obsolete
Obsolete
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AP305.01 and
AP305.03
“FACULTY
PRIORITIZATION”
Dave Holper reported that he, Mark Winter, and Utpal Goswami were
collaborating to revise the faculty prioritization process. Dave estimated that the
revised process may be ready for presentation to College Council at the next
College Council meeting.
BP/AP4020
“PROGRAM AND
CURRICULUM
DEVELOPMENT”
Dr. Goswami reported that BP/AP4020 “Program and Curriculum Development”
was under review by the Academic Standards and Policy Committee (ASPC).
Dr. Goswami noted that BP/AP 4020 contained both “Rely Primarily” and
“Mutually Agree” topics.
AP4021
“PROGRAM
REVITALIZATION
OR
DINSCONTINUAT
ION PROCESS”
Dr. Goswami reported that AP4021 “Program Revitalization or Discontinuation
Process” was under review by the Academic Standards and Policy Committee
(ASPC).
BP/AP4231
Support staff noted that the ASPC forwarded a draft BP/AP4231 “Course Grade
“COURSE GRADE Challenge” to College Council in 2008 and that the Management Group had
CHALLENGE”
completed further work on BP/AP4231 “Grade Changes” over the summer
(2010). Support staff also noted that an ad-hoc committee consisting of Pat
Girczyc, Marla Gleave and Connie Wolfson was working to combine the two
drafts into a single document.
The ad-hoc will forward drafts to College Council when complete.
Dr. Goswami noted that “Grading Policies” is a “rely primarily” topic.
Dave Holper requested that College Council discuss a resolution mechanism to
implement when constituent groups disagree on language contained in BP and
AP proposals.
MISSION, VISION, Dave Holper reported that the Mission, Vision, and Core Values ad-hoc
CORE VALUES
committee had met and reviewed the District’s current mission statement and
mission statements of other California community colleges, and the output of the
4/29/10 mission statement workshop. Dave reported that the ad-hoc had
completed drafts of the mission and vision and was ready to begin work on the
core values statements.
Dave noted that the draft statements would be presented to College Council at
either the 10/13/10 or 10/25/10 meeting.
NEW BUSINESS
AD-HOC BOARD
RELATED
POLICY
COMMITTEE
Support Staff reviewed the BRPC 11 step policy and procedure revision process
created by the BRPC to revise policy and procedure contained in chapters one
and two.
Some members of College Council recommended that the Board of Trustees
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designate the BRPC as a standing committee. Dr. Goswami recommended the
Trustees adopt policy that specifies frequency of regular review of policies and
procedures.
Support staff presented the BRPC’s interactive electronic form that will be used
to collect constituent feedback regarding proposed policy and procedure
changes. The forms contain:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Current CR policy
CCLC template
Suggested revision with mark-up
Suggested revision w/o mark-up
Revision Discussion
Due date
Process description
Responses to the packet are submitted electronically and are automatically
tabulated into a single document.
Many members of College Council noted that if College Council adopted this
method of information distribution and collection, many more district constituents
may be able to participate in the policy and procedure revision process.
Many members of College Council repeated the request for all College Council
documents to be distributed to the Council at least 5 working days prior to any
meeting, and that no additional supporting documents or changes to the agenda
be sent out after the five working day deadline.
Support staff agreed to distribute all documents no later than five days before
any meeting. Support staff agreed to use the electronic PDF system for policy
and procedure revision.
FUTURE
AGENDA ITEMS
1. How does College council prioritize and organize which policies and
procedures will be reviewed/revised?
President Marsee requested that support staff propose a calendar of items
that will be presented over the next three months.
ADJOURN
DE
The meeting was adjourned at 4:20 pm.