REDWOODS COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT
Minutes of the College Council Meeting
7351 Tompkins Hill Road, Eureka, CA, Board Room
Monday, June 4, 2012
MEMBERS
PRESENT
Mark Winter, John Johnston, Debbie Williams, Marcia Williams (Phone),
Mark Renner, Kathy Lehner, Keith Snow-Flamer, Utpal Goswami,
Roxanne Metz
MEMBERS ABSENT
Mike Richards, Isaac Cameron (ASCR), Kasey Merton (ASCR), Jose
Ramirez, Lee Lindsey, Melissa Ruiz
CALL TO ORDER
Kathy Lehner called the meeting to order at 3:05p.m.
MINUTES
The minutes dated May 7, 2012 were approved as presented.
OLD BUSINESS
BP and AP 4235
CREDIT BY
EXAMINATION
Council member suggested that this policy and procedure not be sent to
the board until the Academic Senate has an opportunity to add information
on Military Training.
A second council member suggested passing BP and AP 4235 with the
understanding that if revisions are necessary they can be addressed in the
Fall.
ACTION Motion made, seconded, and passed to send BP and AP 4235 to the
Board of Trustees for approval.
AP 3260
PARTICIPATORY
GOVERNANCE
Member noted that there is a small error on the second page. Council
member suggested the addition of the word ‘process’ at the end of the
section titled “Participatory Governance.”
“Participatory Governance: We value ethical behavior and strive to create
a culture where all students, staff, faculty and administrators engage in an
inclusive, ongoing and self-reflective decision making process.”
College Council discussed what a review of Participatory Governance
would look like.
Council discussed several possible options of how to most effectively
survey the campus community on their understanding of Participatory
Governance.
The council decided that the most effective way to survey the campus
community would be to create and distribute a short 5–10 question survey.
The intention is that this survey will give the Council an idea of the campus
community’s understanding of the policy. Roxanne Metz volunteered to
create the survey and bring it back to College Council at the July meeting.
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PLANNING AND
PROGRAM REVIEW
PROCESS
College Council reviewed the latest version of the Integrated Planning
model. Keith went over the changes made to the diagram and the
reasoning behind them.
Kathy briefly discussed how she plans on enhancing Expanded Cabinet.
IDENTIFICATION OF
POLICIES AND
PROCEDURES
REQUIRING
REVISION
College council reviewed the table of policies and procedures that are
directly related to accreditation.
Council discussed process for identifying and prioritizing the policies and
procedures which need to be revised.
Council discussed that if a policy is reviewed and no change is made there
should still be a note at the bottom of the policy of the review date.
Council discussed and later identified who would be responsible for
revision of each policy and procedure on the list. Revision responsibilities
were broken up by department
NEW BUSINESS
RE-NUMBERING
REMAINING THREE
DIGIT POLICY AND
PROCEDURE IN
SECTION 500
The council reviewed the re-numbering recommendation table for section
500 of the existing three digit CR policy and procedure.
Member suggested removal of BP and AR 526 Credit by Examination due
to the fact that it is being revised and the revision includes the number
change.
ACTION A motion was made, seconded, and passed unanimously to approve the
numerical classifications of the policy and procedure noted in the table
once BP and AR 526 is removed.
EDUCATION
MASTER PLAN
Roxanne reviewed Education Master Plan timeline and clarified some of
the dates.
Council member asked for clarification on the student education plan
discussed in sections 1.1 and 1.2. Roxanne clarified that by 2017 all full
time students will have a student education plan in place but the process
will start now.
Council member asked for clarification on how Goal 4: Technological
Relevance fits in with the Education Master Plan. Council then discussed
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why the decision was made to include Goal 4.
Council member clarified that this document is not static and will change in
the future as it is reviewed and revised.
Council member suggested looking at Humboldt State’s Campus Center
for Appropriate Technology for inspiration on another way to look at
technology.
ADJOURN
Kathy Lehner adjourned the meeting at 4:33p.m.