Academic Senate
April 19, 2013
REDWOODS COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT
Meeting of the Academic Senate
 Eureka: 7351 Tompkins Hill Road, SS 202 (New Board Room)
 Del Norte: 883 West Washington Boulevard, Crescent City, Room E4
 Mendocino Coast: 1211 Del Mar Drive, Ft. Bragg, Room 106 B
 Smith River: 360 Bradford Avenue
Friday, April 19, 2013
AGENDA
1. Call to Order
2. Introductions and Public Comment: Members of the audience are invited to make comments
regarding any subject appropriate to the Academic Senate.
3. Approve the April 5, 2013 Meeting Minutes (Attachment)
4. Action Item
4.1. Approve April 12 Curriculum Committee Recommendations, Peter Blakemore
(Attachment)
4.2. Approve Round 3 Faculty Development Committee Recommendations, Kerry Mayer
(Attachment)
4.3. Approve Emeritus Status Recommendations, Mike Richards (Attachment)
5. Discussion
5.1. Curriculum Committee; “Multicultural Understanding”, Peter Blakemore (Attachment)
5.2. Online Faculty Evaluation Guidelines, Mark Winter (Attachment)
5.3. Prerequisites and Corequisites, Peter Blakemore
6. Reports
6.1. Writing Across the Curriculum Update, Peter Blakemore
6.2. Enrollment Management Committee Update, Keith Snow-Flamer
6.3. Marketing Task Force Update, Paul DeMark
6.4. ASCR Update, Solomon DeCamp
6.5. Office of Instruction Update, Utpal Goswami
6.6. IEC Planning Summit, Cindy Hooper (Attachment)
7. Announcements and Open forum
7.1. Eureka Faculty and Associate Faculty of the Year Support for Nominees and voting
Process, Mike Richards
7.2. Reminder: 2013-14 Senate Representation, Mike Richards (Attachment)
7.3. August 24 Academic Senate Retreat, Mike Richards
7.4. Math Festival, Kevin Yokoyama (Attachment)
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8. Adjournment
Public Notice—Nondiscrimination:
College of the Redwoods does not discriminate on the basis of ethnicity, religion, age, gender, sexual
orientation, color or disability in any of its programs or activities. College of the Redwoods is committed to
providing reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities. Upon request this publication will be
made available in alternate formats. Please contact Debbie Williams, Academic Senate Support, 7351
Tompkins Hill Road, Eureka, CA 95501, (707) 476-4259, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday, Tuesday,
Thursday, and Friday.
Next Regular Meeting:
Friday, May 3, 2013, 1 p.m.
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Academic Senate Meeting
April 5, 2013
REDWOODS COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT
Meeting of the Academic Senate
 Eureka: 7351 Tompkins Hill Road, SS 202 (New Board Room)
 Del Norte: 883 West Washington Boulevard, Crescent City, Room E4
 Mendocino Coast: 1211 Del Mar Drive, Ft. Bragg, Room 106 B
 Smith River: 360 Bradford Avenue
Friday, April 5, 2013
MINUTES
Members Present: Mike Richards, Bob Brown, Steve Brown, Brie Day, Solomon DeCamp, Kady
Dunleavy, Ryan Emenaker, Marcy Foster, Dave Gonsalves, Cindy Hooper,
Susan Nordlof, Kevin Yokoyama, and Maggie White.
Members Absent: Dave Bazard, Jennifer Gardner, Sandra Rowan, Utpal Goswami
1. Call to Order: Co-president Mike Richards called the meeting to order at 1:04 pm.
2. Introductions and Public Comment: Co-president Richards welcomed everyone to the
meeting. No public comments were forwarded.
3. Approve the March 1, 2013 Meeting Minutes: On motion by Kevin Yokoyama, seconded by
Ryan Emenaker, the minutes were approved without objection.
4. Action Item
4.1 Approve March 8 and March 22 Curriculum Committee Recommendations: On a motion
by Kady Dunleavy, seconded by Steve Brown, discussion commenced; a member remarked
that there were many inactivated courses - Peter Blakemore offered that many of those were
a change of name. Senator Hooper stated that for Art, they are following the model for
Transfer Model Curriculum (TMC) descriptors, cleaning up and streamlining the Art
curriculum.
Mark Winter then presented The Distance Education Regular Effective Contact document
endorsed by the Curriculum committee, which follows Title 5 and Distance Education
Guidelines for the California Community Colleges’ requirements. It would be used to
improve course proposals and online evaluations as well as help faculty prepare and evaluate
classes. It could be folded into the current DE form. There needs to be a regular evaluation of
DE courses. The process to evaluate online classes has problems, and the hope is to have a
cadre of faculty to volunteer to be evaluators. The intent is to inform students of the process,
and have a quality control process to provide successful classes and students. It is essential to
unify online courses across the board. Kudos to Mark Winter for all the work. The
curriculum recommendations were approved by the following roll call vote: Brown – y, Day
– y, Dunleavy – y, Emenaker – y, Foster – y, Gaines – y, Gonsalves – y, Hooper – y, Nordlof
– y, Yokoyama – y, White – y.
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4.2 Approve Faculty Qualifications Recommendations: On a motion by Steve Brown,
seconded by Maggie White, no discussion and the vote was taken: Brown – y, Day – y,
Dunleavy – y, Emenaker – y, Foster – y, Gaines – y, Gonsalves – y, Hooper – y, Nordlof – y,
Yokoyama – y, White – y.
4.3 Approve BP/AP 3100 Organizational Structure: On a motion by Kady Dunleavy,
seconded by Ryan Emenaker, discussion ensued. A Senator mentioned that making the
structure more readily available online would be very helpful to everyone, with ASCR
representative suggesting that DN, MC and EKA charts should be consistent. The vote was
taken: Brown – y, Day – y, Dunleavy – y, Emenaker – y, Foster – y, Gaines – y, Gonsalves –
y, Hooper – y, Nordlof – y, Yokoyama – y, White – y.
5. Discussion
5.1 Review ASPC Draft of BP/AP 4260 Prerequisites and Corequisites: background
given by Chair Wolfsen; during revision she contacted Jane Wright of CCCL who
said the templates should be followed closely with few changes. Chair Wolfsen also
spoke with Peter Blakemore, who confirmed that though the verbiage is awkward and
redundant, he understood it all. The committee added Title 5 language but aside from
that, stuck with league language. A Senator asked WHO is responsible for deciding
about challenges and another Senator talked about past practices and that a faculty
member should not have to be the sole person approving. The 5 day resolve text
should be double-checked against Senate documents. Reference to a form could be
included. It was decided to take the BP/AP back to committee, and then bring the
changes to a future Senate Meeting for discussion. Attempts will be made to improve
the formatting while sticking to the core of the CCCL template.
5.2 Assessment Submission Timeline: Erik Kramer gave a little background; discussed
having deadlines so that work would be done; a big issue being that authority isn’t
really in place for adhering to timely assessments. Proposals for deadlines – try to
turn them in at the same deadline for grades in order keep to the software timeline
requirements for posting online. Fall assessment could maybe wait through spring
break, but spring assessments should not be held off until. If we waited till September
for Spring assessments, these late assessments wouldn’t be online. CR is too large to
have just one person responsible for assessment monitoring. Current MOU designates
area coordinator responsibility, but it is not clear enough. A lot of the data for
assessments comes from final exams, and through dialogue with peers. How do we
move forward from here – as an action item? Work with IEC? They have a Planning
Summit Saturday, April 6 - is that the right venue? There is a need to get something
in writing in order to be able to incorporate it into Strategic Planning. It may get an
endorsement (support) from Senate. Erik was asked to bring forward a synopsis of the
plan. Copresident Brown will be at the Planning Summit and may help come up with
ideas to make an Assessment Timeline work.
6. Reports
6.1 Committee Evaluation Task Force: Copresident Brown reported that Tami
Matsumoto did a ton of work in a short amount of time. Eight individuals comprised
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the committee that will make recommendations for opportunities to reduce
committees.
Assessment and Program Review will remain separate.
PR will work collaboratively with Administrative Services
BS to be subsumed by EMC
DE to be restructured as a subcommittee of EMC
Expanded Cabinet to merge with IEC
College Council still has much to do and for now will remain a separate entity.
AOC as a task force of IEC
SEC as a subcommittee of IEC
MDC should stay separate
BPC, FPC and TPC - merge with BPC/revise BPC to provide specific scopes of
the committees IT task forces as needed to revise Technical and Facility plans
Flex and Professional Development merged under HR with sub committees
EPSC remains stand alone with assistance and training through HR
Task force vs sub-committee? The distinction is that task forces are for short periods
of time only, meeting as needed; a committee is a standing entity with regular
meetings.
Contract obligations will be a negotiation process. This task force was more about the
need to consolidate and not to consider contractual boundaries. It’s become
increasingly difficult to populate the committees due to reduced personnel.
6.2 Budget Planning Committee Update: Copresident Brown: there is no major update
since the forum Thursday, March 28. The discussions included mandatory reporting
to ACCJC. There will be a revision from the Governor’s office in May, but it
shouldn’t change our bottom line projections. We will be going through Program
Review requests which comprise more than $10 M. The reality is there needs to be
funds for PR requests, but how much money is to be allocated is not known at this
time.
6.3 Basic Skills Committee: Erin Wall told the Senate that at the last meeting they were
made aware of a budget problem. Remedial courses vs. federal needs; in looking at
reading and math courses that do not reach high school levels, it was discovered that
students will no longer receive Federal financial aid for these courses. The BOG is
okay, so the units are okay but won’t count for Federal Financial Aid. BSC is
working with Julia Peterson, regarding moving to a non-credit course to serve
students. It’s an issue across the state with a move to start looking at noncredit
options. A Senator asked how they would pay faculty. CRFO is considering looking
at this but they have a full plate. Apportionment is available for noncredit courses at
[possibly] 75%. CCs in system have full-time tenure track faculty teaching classes
Lynn Thiesen informed Senate that classes for C/NC are totally separate. We offer
classes with the option but not a grade. Community Education is self-funded. For
noncredit you MAY charge students; we don’t have to but we may.
6.4 Senate Representation: Copresident Richards remarked that we have to find our
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representation for next year. Note that ALSS now has only 11 Full-time Faculty, so
they will only have one representative next year. Senate would like to know next
year’s representatives by April 19 meeting.
6.5 ASCR Update: Solomon DeCamp reported that April 9 &10 they will be holding
elections; the Spring GA is on April 26; the Presidential debate will be up on the
website soon.
6.6 March 28 College Council Report: Copresidents Brown & Richards. CC has stepped
it up a little and approved a number of policies. A lot of them were not Senate related.
BP 2520 Responsibilities of Senate is approved and on to Board for first reading. One
thing worth note is President Smith distributed a significantly revised version of AP
4021 Program Revitalization or Discontinuation Process for review and comment by
College Council members only. She indicated it was her intent to enact this revision
by authority granted her by AP 2411 as an emergency fiscal necessity. The policy
then would need to ratified within 6 months by College Council or revert to the
existing policy. Concerns about current “discontinuation” (via RIFs) were brought up,
and Copresidents are working with affected parties regarding the issue.
6.7 March 5 and April 2 Board Meeting Reports: Copresident Richards stated the April 2
BOT meeting was a very unique meeting in that it involved 22 speakers at outset; 9
for Athletics continuation, 6 for HPRT, and 9 for Music changeover to community ed.
Over one hour of comments. They then went through agenda fast; Board item 3.2
Athletics and Physical Education Information Report was about the deferred
maintenance agenda for athletics that involved discussion about ADA requirements.
One board member said the music department should go through the same process.
Discussion morphed into bonds project status and the money approved last January;
the projects came out more expensive than the money promised (because of ADA
needs). Reprioritization of the money is needed and other projects for approval need
to be going forward. Another important item was that during closed session the BOT
did not approve Sabbaticals, and everyone will be working through the issues with
CRFO and Administration.
7. Announcements and Open forum
7.1 2013-14 Faculty and Associate Faculty of the Year Support Deadline April 18
7.2 IEC Summit: Saturday, April 6 from 9 am to 1 pm in AT 103
7.3 The Copresidents have met with the Senate Copresident hiring ad-hoc committee;
Maggie White, chair; Ryan Emenaker and Kevin Yokoyama are members of the
committee.
7.4 Regarding California Online Education Resource council; Kevin Yokoyama is on the
council which will largely deal with SB520. It is a big honor.
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7.5 Per a question regarding an update on copyright and course packets, Copresident
Richards shared that the status is unknown.
7.6 Copresident Brown will attend the Senate Plenary session April 17-19 and will attend
a SB 520 breakout session on MOOCs.
8. Adjournment: On motion by Kevin Yokoyama, seconded by Kady Dunleavy, the
meeting was adjourned at 2:55 p.m.
Public Notice—Nondiscrimination:
College of the Redwoods does not discriminate on the basis of ethnicity, religion, age, gender, sexual
orientation, color or disability in any of its programs or activities. College of the Redwoods is committed to
providing reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities. Upon request this publication will be
made available in alternate formats. Please contact Debbie Williams, Academic Senate Support, 7351
Tompkins Hill Road, Eureka, CA 95501, (707) 476-4259, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday, Tuesday,
Thursday, and Friday.
Next Regular Meeting:
Friday, April 19, 2013, 1 p.m.
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College of the Redwoods Summary of Curricular Changes 04.12.13 DEGREES & CERTIFICATES NEW = New Program (form 501); SUB = Revised program that has undergone substantive changes (form 510); NONSUB = Revised program that has undergone non‐substantial changes (form 511); INA = Inactivated program (form 511); COMMENTS = nature of proposal Program Title Water and Wastewater Technology Associate of Science Water and Wastewater Technology Certificate of Achievement Wastewater Treatment & Collection Systems Technology Certificate of Recognition Water Treatment & Distribution Systems Technology Certificate of Recognition Curriculum Changes: 04.12.13 N O N S I N E U N S W
B A U B Comments/ Summary Changes Discipline Code/ Prerequisite Change X Program inactivation. X Program inactivation. X Program inactivation. X Program inactivation. Academic Senate Meeting
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College of the Redwoods Summary of Course Changes 04.12.13 LEGEND PREFIX = Course prefix; # = Course Number; TITLE = Course title or title change; NEW = New course or large format/distanced education proposal first submission; REV = Revised course; REP = Replaces existing course; INA = Inactivated course; UNITS = Total Units and hrs of new or revised course; UC = UC transferable – indicate UC transfer status by placing an A for approved courses and a P for courses pending; CSU = CSU transferable – indicate CSU transfer status by placing an A for approved courses and a P for courses pending; CR GE = credits apply to CR General Education. A for approved, underlined indicates new CR GE and R for removed from GE status; COMMENTS = Review of outline changes, including prerequisites. Prefix # RHM 3 RHM 17 DM DM 15 22 DM 63 AG 7 Bar and Beverage Management Sanitation ‐ ServSafe Certification Pre‐Production Electronic Publishing Desktop Publishing Applications Animal Feeding and Nutrition AG 17 Intro to Soil Science MATH CT Title/Title Change N R R I E E E N W V P A [ Units ] C U CR Lec/Lab S C GE
Hrs U Comments/ Summary Changes Discipline Code/ Prerequisite Change X P New modality: online. X P New modality: online. X X A A X A A A A New modality: online. New modality: online. Course update. Learning outcomes have been revised and streamlined. Course update includes revised learning outcomes. Course updates includes course title and catalog description. 50B Integral Calculus A R Course update includes revised catalog description, learning outcomes, skills and required assessments. Request for course to be removed from CRGE was approved. 57B Cabinetmaking and Millwork II A Course update includes catalog description, new learning outcomes and assessments. Curriculum Changes: 04.12.13 Academic Senate Meeting
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Prefix # DT 42 BT BT BT BT BT BT WAT 81 83 90 91 110 178 12 WAT 20 WAT 25 WAT 30 WAT 31 WAT 50 WAT 51 Title/Title Change Cooperative Education Work Experience in Drafting Technology Intro to Microsoft Office Internet and E‐mail Skills Intro to Microsoft Excel Intro to PowerPoint Intro to Keyboarding Intro to QuickBooks Water & Wastewater Science Mechanical & Electrical Systems in the Water & Wastewater Applied Fluid Mechanics for the Municipal Industry Operation of Drinking Water Treatment Systems Operation of Drinking Water Distribution Systems Operation of Wastewater Treatment Systems Operation and Maintenance of Wastewater Collection Systems Curriculum Changes: 04.12.13 N R R I E E E N W V P A C [ Units ] U CR Lec/Lab S GE
C Hrs U Comments/ Summary Changes Discipline Code/ Prerequisite Change X A New course designed to provide students with occupation‐specific cooperative work experience education in Drafting Technology. It will help ensure a smooth transition between student learning and achievement and successful employment. X X X X X X X X X X X X Course inactivation. Course inactivation. Course inactivation. Course inactivation. Course inactivation. Course inactivation. Course inactivation. X X Course inactivation. X X Course inactivation. X X Course inactivation. X X Course inactivation. X X Course inactivation. X X Course inactivation. Academic Senate Meeting
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Prefix MT # 52 Title/Title Change Intro to Metallurgy and Material Science N R R I E E E N W V P A X C [ Units ] U CR Lec/Lab S GE
C Hrs U A Comments/ Summary Changes Discipline Code/ Prerequisite Change Course updates includes new course title, revised catalog description, learning outcomes and course content. Grading standard has been changed to "Letter Grade only". MT 42 Cooperative Education Work Experience in Manufacturing X A New course designed to provide students with occupation‐specific cooperative work experience education in Manufacturing Technology. It will help ensure a smooth transition between student learning and achievement and successful employment. CIS 12 Programming Fundamentals X A Regularly schedule review to maintain online status. Curriculum Changes: 04.12.13 Academic Senate Meeting
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Presenter?
N
N
Applicant
Michelle Cartier
Faculty Development Committee Recommendations
Round 3 Worksheet
Date
Status/
Location
AF/EKA
Michelle Haggerty FF/EKA
2011-12 2010-11
0
0
0
1523
N
Paul Hidy
FF/EKA
0
1294
organizer
Philip Mancus
FF/EKA
0
1270
Eli Naffah
AF/EKA &
DN
N
N
N
N
Y
Y
N
Wendy Riggs
Sally Urban
Laura Mays
Justine Shaw
Garth Johnson
Connie Wolfsen
AF/EKA
FF/EKA
FF/MC
FF/EKA
FF/EKA
FF/EKA
0
500
0
850
0
571
1424
0
0
0
0
Description & Location of Activity
Conference on college composition
and Communication; Las Vegas,
NV
35th National Institute on the
Teaching of Psychology
conference; St. Pete Beach, FL
California Automotive Teachers
Conference; Cupertino, CA
"If Not Us, Then Who?", MDC
Speaker to come to CR in
September
American Political Science Assoc.
Teaching and Learning
Conference; Long Beach, CA
Human Anatomy & Physiology
Society Annual Meeting; Las
California Organization of
Associate Degree Nursing
Program Directors Spring
Conference, Sacramento, CA
Furniture Society Symposium
2013; Los Angeles, CA
Society for American Archaeology
1514 Annual Meeting, Honolulu, HI
Nation Building Symposium at
1166 Smithsonian, Washington, D.C.
656
Crucial Conversations Training,
San Francisco, CA
Event
Date(s)
3/133/16/13
1/31/6/13
4/254/27/13
$20,485.00
Amount
Requested
Amt Recommended by
FDC
$405.00
$405.00
$1,691.00
$1,691.00
$750.00
$750.00
$2,000.00
$0.00
$500.00
$500.00
$500.00
$500.00
Notes
9/6/2013
2/82/10/13
5/255/30/13
2/202/22/13
$900.00
$900.00
6/206/23/13
$850.00
$850.00
4/3 4/7/13
$2,647.00
$2,000.00
11/8 11/9/12
$908.00
$500.00
6/186/19/13
Round 1
Round 2
Beginning Total This Year
4.2
$1,637.23
$500.00
$12,788.23
$8,596.00
$5,247.00 Actuals Round 1
$7,128.00 Actuals Round 2
Subtotal Rounds 1 & 2
Round 3 Recommended
Subtotal All Rounds
Remaining after all rounds
$5,467.69
$6,344.70
$11,812.39
$8,596.00
$20,408.39
$76.61
4.3
Academic Senate Meeting
April 19, 2013
EMERITUS FACULTY NOMINATION
Recommended by the Academic Senate and the President/Superintendent
SPRING 2013
Michael Woychak – Physical Education, 01/03/83 – 5/11/2013
Michael Thomas – Philosophy, 8/15/90 – 5/12/13
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5.1
Dear Curriculum Committee Colleagues,
At our last meeting, the Chair of the Multicultural and Diversity Committee (MDC), Philip
Mancus, requested that we consider the three options for including "Multicultural Understanding"
as an aspect of general education below. The MDC would like us to discuss, propose, and approve
a recommendation to the Academic Senate, with the MDC’s preference for a new General
Education area called “Multicultural Understanding” represented in item #1 below. Please
consider this request prior to this Friday’s meeting and come prepared to discuss and vote
regarding your approval of one of the three actions listed below. If you believe that some other
course of action should be taken, please come prepared with specific language describing it.
Though there is always the possibility of revising language during the committee’s meeting, for the
sake of efficiency, it would be better for each of us to carefully consider the path ahead individually
and then come together to discuss it. In addition, you will find Chair Mancus’ earlier
correspondence, with more detailed rationale behind the proposed choices, attached.
1.
Establish a specific A.A. / A.S. General Education requirement (e.g., a hypothetical “Area
E: Multicultural Understanding”) using existing, appropriate courses or by creating new ones that
would fulfill the requirement and that could double count towards other areas in the CSU transfer
pattern and/or the IGETC transfer patterns where appropriate. This level of action would change
the course outline of record for those courses alone and expand the GE requirements for
Associates Degrees and for Transfers at CR.
2.
Expand CR’s General Education outcomes to include meaningful language regarding
multicultural and diversity learning. To be used in course, program, and institutional review and
mapping.
3.
Establish a diversity, equity, and/or multicultural section in the course outline of record
where faculty can propose that a specific course qualifies as such. Combined with numbers 1 and 2
above, this would allow any faculty to propose that the course meets the requirement. On its own,
this would potentially allow any course to be defined as meeting diversity-related transfer credit,
depending on articulation.
PRB
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5.2
ONLINE FACULTY EVALUATION SUPPLEMENT F-2 FORM DRAFT 4/15/13
Instructions: Please describe in some detail the faculty member’s performance in the following
areas. Within each category, prompts are provided to help you in your evaluation. In addition to
your descriptive summary, include your analysis of strengths and limitations.
1. Is the syllabus well organized and comprehensive? In addition to standard CR information
(e.g., DSPS, LRC), there should be information regarding student expectations, online
etiquette, and instructor expectations to include a policy describing the frequency and
timeliness of instructor initiated contact and instructor feedback.
2. Is there sufficient content to cover the course learning outcomes? An online course must
meet the same student learning outcomes as a FTF course.
3. Does the course appear to be accessible? An accessible class will usually communicate
information with text. Audio and video files should have text transcripts or captioning.
Photos should have a text alternative describing the picture.
4. Dostudentsactivelyparticipate,anddoestheinstructorappropriately
participate,indiscussionforums?Thereshouldberegularstudent‐to‐student
discussionsgradedforquality.Gradingcriteriashouldbeexplicit.
5. Are students provided information on how to contact the instructor by email, messages,
discussion forum, or other methods? Students should have explicit methods for asking the
instructor questions.
6. Are there regular announcements? Are there clear instructions for the week’s
assignments?
7. Does the instructor provide timely feedback to the students’ work? The Gradebook
should be updated regularly.
8. Are there instructor-prepared materials (text-based, audio files, and/or video files) in
addition to publisher-created materials? The instructor should contribute to what the student
reads, hears, and/or watches rather than relying solely on published materials.
9. Does the instructor check in regularly into the course? Check course statistics, if you can,
for how often the instructor visits the course.
Enrollment Management Comments
Enrollment Update: Summer
We’ve put ourselves in a good position to reach our budgeted enrollment target by increasing the number of sections
38% over last year.
2009
270
2010
79
2011
80
2012
111
2013
153
300
250
200
150
100
50
0
1



2
3
4
5
Based on the current summer schedule, there is a good chance we’ll meet our budgeted FTES—300 FTES
We’re offering eight courses that align with their course blocks. The course list, all transfer, was developed
in cooperation with HSU criteria, benefits both HSU and CR students, and does not compete with HSU’s
summer schedule. That begins May 28th. Seven courses are targeted: Math 50A, Math 5, Math 120, HIST
4, ENGL 1b, ENGL 1a, SPAN1a, and ECE2.
We’re still trying to get a course offered in McKinleyville HS—June 24-August 2
Enrollment Update: Fall
 We’re targeting 52% TLU usage in the fall. To date, we haven’t used all the TLUs we’re allocated for fall
and therefore are below the number of sections needed to reach our fall FTES target.
 Based on the current schedule, resident FTES are at 2210. We'd like about 2,350 resident FTES, so we're
still short.
CALCULATED SECTIONS BY
LOCATION

2013F
2012F
2011F
DISTRICT WIDE
Del Norte
Mendocino
Virtual
Klamath Trinity
Southern Humboldt
758
73
55
60
26
1
787
75
54
56
27
1
814
77
64
61
25
2
Eureka - all of EKA (incl. 101 corridor)
543
544
585
We’re still adding sections for fall—looking at Garberville, and HSU as well as Arcata and McKinleyville
high schools.
College of the Redwoods
Marketing Task Force
Summary Notes
Short Term:
Summer/fall promotion --
A Lot of Positives at CR
The first marketing task force meeting took place on Tuesday, April 9.
Present: Paul DeMark, Sheila Hall, Bob Brown, Erin Jones, Jose Ramirez, Garth Johnson, Cindy
Hooper, Connie Carlson, Jeff Cummings, Mike Dennis, Julia Peterson, Dan Fiori, MaryGrace
McGovern, Crislyn Parker-notes. DN and Mendo reps were unable to participate due to technology
and communication flaws. These will be straightened out for the next meeting.
Others invited included: Chris Gaines, Clyde Johnson, Kerry Mayer, Joe Hash, Ryan Emenaker,
Connie Carlson, Karen Reiss, Brian Van Pelt, Ruth Rhodes, Toby Green, Anita Janis, Linda Turner.
We had an excellent brainstorming session and many good ideas emerged.
Discussion:
1) Short-term goals/strategies for increasing summer and fall enrollment.
2) Long-term goals/strategies for improving CR’s image.
Short-term goals/strategies for increasing summer and fall enrollment.
 Increase Facebook promotion – thanks to Art Professor Garth Johnson and Jesse Wiedel –
and link to Twitter. We have just passed 2,000 Facebook likes. Nearly 500 people looked out
page during the bomb threat. Message sent to all
 Facebook Promote paid advertising – Jesse’s trial run was successful. More to come, for $15
/ month.
 Posters for summer classes printed. Distributed on Eureka main campus and are available for
CR employees to distribute throughout the community. Handed out at two-day Eureka High
registration event this week. More will be distributed at other school visits this spring. (120
students enrolled.)
 Outreach to High schools: President Smith will be making visits to District
High Schools in the next month with Student Services personnel and faculty if available. I will
notify AS Co-Presidents when we have specific dates and times.
High schools interested Ferndale, Eureka, Fortuna, South Fork High and McKinleyville.
Contact has been made with DH High and next week I’ll work with CR on the high school
there.
 ¼ page ads in LJ running for 5 weeks for 8 summer classes.
 Web tiles to Summer & Fall classes link on CR website running on North coast Journal, Lost
Coast Outpost and Times-Standard.
 Targeted Radio campaign to begin next week emphasizing public and commercial.
 DN: a summer schedule newspaper insert for Sat., April 27 – 5,500 inserts.
 Mendo: Display ads for summer and fall will run shorty with radio on KOZT and KZYX.
 Outreach: Table at Eureka Mall for Math Festival Sat. April 27. Thanks Tami. I’ll be there
with some others passing out brochures, flyer on steps to apply and register and possibly
playing a playing a new student orientation video – “Getting Started.”
 Radio interviews will be booked starting next week promoting summer
Long-term goals/strategies for improving CR’s image.
New initiatives:
 Faculty profiles – Cindy Hooper is driving this. Thank you Cindy Hooper! Awesome start.
 Increase Facebook promotion – thanks Garth and Jesse Wiedel – and link to Twitter. Facebook
Promote paid adverting – Jesse’s trial run was successful. More to come, for $15 / month
 More positive news about faculty. President Smith and I agreed that external PR right now than
internal newsletter. The faculty professional activities that are sent in will be turned into press
releases, Facebook posts and web posts. I’ll work with Jesse Wiedel on that and possibly Cindy
Hooper.
 Video profiles of faculty – exploring that – will work with Cindy Hooper, possible Garth
Johnson and will invite Clyde Johnson
 Faculty to High Schools. Need help with this.
Prioritize:
 Short-term marketing strategies. Marketing Summer classes to maximize FTES for the 2012-13
Academic Year and increase our state funding, marketing Fall classes.
Rank Strategy Facebook-“like us” campaign (add to all media)
Twitter-Broadcasts
YouTube video
Facebook Paid Sharing
High School Student Outreach
High School Counselor Outreach
Radio Marketing
Lost Coast Outpost
Student Ambassador High School Visits
Bring High School Students to CR Campus
HSU-radio, counselors – contact for marketing
Flyer Campaign – include all staff and faculty, on campus and off
Faculty: “Have you Registered for Summer” campaign
Create Slogan-vote on slogan
 Long-term marketing strategies:
Rank Strategy Creating Faculty Achievements- Facebook and web linked
Creating Student Achievement profiles- Facebook and web linked
Facebook-“like us” campaign
Twitter-Broadcasts
Facebook – “50 Seconds for 50 Years” Student and Faculty interviews
Facebook Incentive Sharing
Facebook – “Help Us Reach…..” campaign
YouTube video
Booth at Fair
CR Faculty High School Visits/luncheons
Student Participation in Marketing
--------- Registration Fair –
Registration Fair – Eureka Downtown Site
Registration Fair – Bayshore Mall with Math Jam
Registration Fair – Other
Facebook Paid Sharing
High School Student Outreach
High School Counselor Outreach
Radio Marketing
Lost Coast Outpost
Student Ambassador High School Visits
Bring High School Students to CR Campus
HSU-radio, counselors – contact for marketing
Flyer Campaign – include all staff and faculty, on campus and off
Faculty: “Have you Registered for Summer” campaign
Classes are just
A LOT OF POSITIVES AT CR!
$46 / unit
the best
in the U.S.!
COLLEGE OF THE REDWOODS
Get a head start on your college career!
This summer CR offers excellent general education courses like
Art, Science, English Composition and Literature, Speech, Math,
Sociology, Native American Studies and much more.
 Approximately 40 start AFTER your high school graduation,
the week of June 17.
 CR also has fun physical education fitness classes.
 Eight CR general education classes at the HSU campus.
You want online classes? CR has them!
CR offers 44 this summer including Art, Business, Computer
Literacy, Accounting, Geology, Chemistry, History, Math, History,
Political Science, Sociology, Psychology and more.
CR features excellent faculty, friendly staff and affordable fees.
F U L LY ACC R E D I T E D
COLLEGE
OF THE
REDWOODS
For class and registration information, go to
www.redwoods.edu and look under hot topics for
Schedule of Classes for Summer and Fall 2013
For more info, call College of the Redwoods’
Counseling and Advising Center: 476-4150
A LOT OF POSITIVES AT CR!
COLLEGE OF THE REDWOODS
Classes are just
$46 / unit
the best
in the U.S.!
More summer classes for you
This summer the CR Eureka campus offers 71 excellent general education
courses in Art, Biology, English Composition and Literature, Astronomy,
Cinema, Speech, Math, Sociology, Native American Studies and much more.
 There are also some fun physical education fitness classes.
 A variety of class lengths – 4-week, 6-week, 8-week and 10-week.
 Eight CR general education classes at the HSU campus.
 Most start the weeks of May 20 or June 17.
You want online classes? CR has them!
CR offers 44 this summer including Art, Business, Computer Literacy,
Accounting, Geology, Chemistry, History, Math, History, Political Science,
Sociology, Psychology and more.
CR features excellent faculty, friendly staff and affordable fees.
F U L LY ACC R E D I T E D
COLLEGE
OF THE
REDWOODS
For class and registration information, go to
www.redwoods.edu and look under hot topics for
Schedule of Classes for Summer and Fall 2013
For more info, call College of the Redwoods’
Counseling and Advising Center: 476-4150
Integrated Planning Summit Summary (4/6/13)
(Submitted by Cindy Hooper)
• Unpredictable and untimely budget information from the state is endemic to all CCs right now, and this makes
planning difficult.
• Outcomes-based resource requests are still much more common than assessment-based resource requests—the
latter is what we need for planning.
• Program Review authors need more guidance on how to link resource requests to assessment results in the
Program Review template narrative.
• The concept of dedicated discretionary budgets for the Deans and Directors did not happen this year, and the
college must have a discretionary budget for regular maintenance and emergencies. The BPC knows that this is an
unresolved issue.
• We need to structure our planning so that we can be ready for when budget contingencies arise.
• If the BPC gets too prescriptive on how to manage the budget—problems will arise. Examining how the BPC deals
with negotiable items is an important issue.
• The Strategic Hiring Plan must be included in the calculations of the BPC (currently it is not).
• The Program Review template was more detailed and efficient this year—with planning and assessment
components included, as well as student equity data.
• Internal feedback on our own PRC process went well.
• More guidelines for interpretation of assessment results (as well as guidelines for how to link assessment results
and resource requests) are needed on the Program Review template.
• We need to continue documenting assessment-based institutional improvements.
• Most everything in the Program Review process was followed with the exception of the passing the assessment
information to the Assessment Committee, but this will be done by the end of this semester.
• The timing of the Planning cycle might need to be reviewed.
• The PRC should review the PR template prior to the end of the academic year, so that faculty can participate in
the review process before the end of Spring semester.
• The resource request data needs to be more easily extractable from the Program Review template.
• There is hope that the college president will oversee the new Institutional Effectiveness Committee structure.
• There is some concern about who will oversee the whole Integrated Planning structure and who will oversee the
plans.
• Angelina Hill will be the author of the annual Institutional Effectiveness Report this year.
• The PRC still needs to analyze the Program-level plans in each Program Review to see how well they are aligned
with the institutional plans.
• We should consider imbedding a few institutional themes right into the Program Review templates and ask
authors to respond to these themes as a part of their own planning processes.
• All committee meeting times and dates should be posted in advance of the start of the academic year.
• Because of the many emergency decisions of late, to some people the planning process might not seem very
deliberative or clear.
• Each Integrated Planning Committee Chair should have the responsibility to communicate to the whole college
the outcome of that committee’s decisions.
• We should make communication more consistent throughout the district, and use technology for this
communication as well.
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Academic Senate Members
And Standing Committee Chairs
2012 – 2013
Division
Name
CR
Phone
Term
Exp.
Copresident
Copresident
Mike Richards
Bob Brown
4345
4239
6/13
6/13
4306
4320
6/13
6/13
6/14
6/13
6/14
6/13
6/14
6/14
6/13
6/14
6/13
6/13
6/13
6/14
Ryan Emenaker
Cindy Hooper
Jennifer Gardner
Associate Faculty
Sandra Rowan
Maggie White
Athletics/Physical Ed.
Chris Gaines
Career & Tech Ed
Steve Brown
Brie Day
Del Norte
Susan Nordlof
Hum/Communications
Dave Bazard
Math /Sci/Engineering
Kevin Yokoyama
Dave Gonsalves
Mendocino
Health/EmRespOccupations Kady Dunleavy
Marcy Foster
Eureka Nonteaching
Arts/Lang/Soc. Sciences
4246
4564
4347
2379
4336
4224
4233
2605
4355
4157
Student Representative
Solomon DeCamp
6/13
VP Instruction
Administrative Support
Utpal Goswami
Debbie Williams
4109
4259
Connie Wolfsen
4254
6/13
Committee Chairs
Academic Standards and
Policies
Associate Faculty
Curriculum
Faculty Development
Jennifer Gardner
Peter Blakemore
Kerry Mayer
4314
6/14
6/13
6/14
Faculty Qualifications
Multicultural & Diversity
Tenure Review
Michelle Haggerty
Philip Mancus
Connie Wolfsen
4319
2362
4254
6/13
6/14
6/13
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CONSTITUTION
OF THE
ACADEMIC SENATE
OF THE
COLLEGE OF THE REDWOODS
Preamble
Fulfilling the Mission of College of the Redwoods (College) is the joint responsibility of
its Faculty, Associate Faculty, Administration, Classified Employees, and Board of
Trustees. The Faculty and Associate Faculty, who perform the primary tasks for which
the College is organized, recognize and accept this responsibility as essential participants
in making and implementing decisions that affect and enhance educational policy and
process. To discharge fully and effectively this responsibility, the following Constitution
is adopted.
ARTICLEI
SenateName
The organization’s name is Academic Senate of the College of the Redwoods (Senate).
ARTICLEII
Senate Purpose
Section 1.
The Senate’s primary purpose is to provide the Faculty and Associate
Faculty of the College with a representative body that addresses, in a timely manner,
academic and professional matters.
Section 2.
To carry out its primary purpose, the Senate:
a. promotes communication and understanding among the Faculty,
Associate Faculty, Administrators, Classified Employees, Board, and
Students;
b. makes appropriate recommendations to and forwards resolutions to the
College of the Redwoods Board of Trustees (Board).
ARTICLEIII
SenateElectorate
The Senate electorate is composed only of Faculty and Associate Faculty of the
Redwoods Community College District (District) where over half of their salary is paid
from either the full-time or associate salary scales.
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ARTICLEIV
SenateMembership,Election,andTermsofOffice
Section 1.
Senate.
All District Faculty and Associate Faculty are eligible for election to the
Section 2.
Each College Division shall elect one (1) Senator from the Faculty with an
assignment in that Division for every six Faculty in that Division. The number of
Senators shall not exceed one for every six Faculty, but each Division shall have at least
one Senator. For the purpose of representation, the Mendocino Campus, the Del Norte
Campus, and Eureka Campus non-teaching Faculty shall each be considered Divisions.
The time, place, and manner of holding elections for Senators shall be determined by
each Division. The Senate shall be reapportioned each spring for the following academic
year based upon the number of Faculty in each Division on April 15 of the current
academic year.
Section 3.
Associate Faculty shall elect two Senators. The time, place, and manner
of holding elections for Associate Faculty Senators shall be determined by the Associate
Faculty.
Section 4.
Senators are expected to serve a minimum of one two-year term. All
terms end upon leaving College employment, and successor Senators may be elected to
serve the unexpired terms. Senate elections are held, as necessary, during April each
year.
Section 5.
election.
Newly elected Senators assume their duties effective July 1 following their
Section 6.
In the event of a temporary vacancy, the affected Division elects a
substitute Senator who serves until the originally elected Senator resumes her/his duties.
If a Senate position is shared, only one of the Senators sharing the position may
participate at each meeting.
Section 7.
Senate.
The Chief Academic Officer is an ex-officio, nonvoting member of the
Section 8.
The Associated Students of College of the Redwoods Senate Board may
appoint one student representative to serve as an ex-officio, nonvoting member of the
Senate. The student representative shall serve for one academic year and be given a
training by at least one of the Senate Copresidents prior to participating on the Senate.
The student representative shall serve no more than two one-year terms.
ARTICLE V
Senate Officers and Election of Officers
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Section 1.
The officers of the Senate are Copresidents, elected annually by a majority
of the members eligible to vote, excluding the Copresidents and ex-officio, nonvoting
members.
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a.
Senate Copresidents are elected from among tenured Senators past
or present only. Upon the election of a Copresident, a new Senator
may be elected to represent the Copresident’s Division.
b.
The Senate Copresidents annually name a Senate Copresidents
Nominations Committee (Committee). The Committee must
announce Senate Copresident nominations no later than the second
meeting in April each year.
Section 2.
Copresidents serve one-year terms (July 1 to June 30) and may seek
reelection. Copresidents serve no more than three (3) consecutive terms.
Section 3.
Either Copresident may be removed by a majority of the members eligible
to vote, excluding the Copresidents and ex-officio, nonvoting members. Removal (recall)
vote is initiated by a removal (recall) petition signed by no fewer than one fifth of the
Senate membership. Upon removal, the Copresident is no longer a member of the
Senate.
Section 4.
A Copresident vacancy is filled by majority Senate vote at the next
regularly scheduled Senate meeting following the effective date of the vacancy.
Section 5.
A Copresident elected to fill a vacancy assumes her/his duties immediately
upon election.
Section 6.
Of the Copresidents, only the presiding Copresident shall vote, and then
only when the vote will change the outcome.
ARTICLE VI
Senate Duties and Responsibilities
Section 1.
The Senate is the primary voice of Faculty and Associate Faculty in
academic and professional matters for the College, and is empowered to present its
views, resolutions, and recommendations directly to the Administration, Classified
Employees, Board, State, and national organizations. According to California state law
(Title 5), the Board and/or its designee must rely primarily upon the advice and judgment
of the Senate or reach mutual agreement with the Senate when developing policies on the
following academic and professional matters:
a. Curriculum, including establishing prerequisites and placing courses within
disciplines
b. Degree and certificate requirements
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c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
h.
i.
j.
k.
Grading policies
Educational program development
Standards or policies regarding student preparation and success
College governance structures, as related to Faculty roles
Faculty roles and involvement in accreditation processes
Policies for Faculty professional development activities
Processes for program review
Processes for institutional planning and budget development
Other academic and professional matters as mutually agreed upon between the
governing Board and the Senate
Section 2.
Requests for discussion of the issues set forth in Section 1 may be initiated
by Senators, the College President, Administrators, Board members, Divisions, legitimate
student organizations, Classified Employees, Associate Faculty, or any Faculty.
Section 3.
Senate resolutions, recommendations, views, and decisions are included in
the appropriate Senate minutes. The Senate forwards resolutions and recommendations
to the Board and expects a response within thirty (30) days of receipt. The Senate
expects a written communication explaining any rejection or amendment of Senate
resolutions and recommendations.
Section 4.
The Senate expects that any resolution and/or recommendation not
responded to within thirty (30) days of receipt by the Board be forwarded in a timely
manner to a joint committee composed of three (3) Board members selected by the Board
President and three (3) Senators selected by the Senate Copresidents for interest-based
principled mediation of differences.
Section 5.
Except in an emergency, agenda items submitted to the Senate must be
received at least one (1) week prior to the next regularly scheduled Senate meeting. The
Senate agenda is the responsibility of the Senate Copresidents.
Section 6.
The official minutes of Senate meetings will be posted and distributed as
required by law.
ARTICLE VII
Senate Meetings
Section 1.
The Senate shall meet at times designated in the Bylaws or when called by
the Copresidents.
Section 2.
Written notice of each Senate meeting and its agenda shall be posted and
distributed at least 72 hours prior to a regular meeting or at least 24 hours prior to a
special meeting.
Section 3.
All meetings are open to the public except closed sessions as permitted by
law for personnel matters.
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Section 4.
For purposes of the tenure review process, the Senate will close its
meetings to all but tenured Senators in order to make tenure recommendations to the
Board. The tenured Senators may invite by vote individuals to aid them in their
deliberations. A quorum for this meeting must consist of a majority of the tenured
members of the Senate.
Section 5.
Unless otherwise stated in this Constitution, a quorum consists of a
majority of the Senate membership, excluding ex-officio, nonvoting members. No
Senate meetings may be conducted without a quorum.
Section 6.
Non-members may speak when recognized by the presiding Senate
Copresident during the public comment section of the meeting on non-agenda matters or
at the time an agenda item is taken up by the Senate.
Section 7.
Senate meetings shall be conducted pursuant to Roberts Rules of Order.
ARTICLE VIII
Senate Constitutional Amendments
Section 1.
Amendments to the Constitution of the Academic Senate of the College of
the Redwoods may be proposed by any Senator.
Section 2.
A proposed amendment must be in writing and must be presented to the
Senate at least one (1) week before a vote is scheduled on the amendment.
Section 3.
An amendment is adopted when approved by two thirds of the Senate
membership eligible to vote, including the presiding Copresident and excluding exofficio, nonvoting members. The adopted amendment shall take effect at the next Senate
meeting.
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Academic Senate Constitution Approved April 5, 2002
Amended March 19, 2004
Amended May 2, 2008
Amended February 5, 2010
APPENDIX I
TO CONSTITUTION
OF THE ACADEMIC SENATE
DEFINITIONS

Ad Hoc Committee – A committee created for a specific task or purpose, whose
existence ceases with the attainment of its goal.

Associate Faculty – The individual is paid on the Associate Faculty salary scale.

At Large – An election in which one or more candidates are chosen by all the
voters.

Contract Responsibility in an Administrative Position – The individual is paid
on the administrative salary scale.

Ex Officio – “by virtue of the office.”

Faculty – The individual is paid on the full-time Faculty salary scale.

Quorum – The number of members who must be in attendance to make valid the
votes and other actions of the Academic Senate.

Senate Electorate – Faculty and Associate Faculty who elect the Senators.

Student – The individual meets the Associated Students of College of the
Redwoods Senate Board’s criteria for an eligible student representative.

Temporary Vacancy – The absence of a Senator from one or more meetings.

Division – A unit defined by the Senate with consideration given to the
organizational structure of Divisions currently recognized by the District.
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Academic Senate Constitution Approved April 5, 2002
Amended March 19, 2004
Amended May 2, 2008
Amended February 5, 2010
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HUMBOLDT
Math Festival
April 27, 2013
10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Bayshore Mall • Eureka
A Community Celebration of Mathematics
Fun for All Ages – Activities, Games, Contests, Puzzles,
Career Information, Computers & Calculators,
Displays of Student Art, and Math History
For more information visit
www.humboldtmathfestival.org
or call 725-6980
SPONSORED BY
Bayshore Mall • Eureka City Schools, Zane Middle School • Discovery Museum
Indian Tribe of the Trinidad Rancheria • Bear River Band of the Rohnerville Rancheria • Hunter, Hunter, & Hunt, CPA
101 Things to Do • Host GIS • Humboldt County Office of Education • Humboldt Science & Math Center, HSU