Committee Name: Faculty Senate
Date: 02/03/2015
Time: 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Facilitators/Location/Chair: Aptos – Sesnon House, Room 1804
Attending
Members:
Guests:
Marcy Alancraig, Toni Alderson, Dale Attias, Arturo Cantu, Vicki Fabbri, Timothy Frank, Skye Gentile, John Govsky, Meg
Gudgeirsson, Jay Jackson, Sheryl Kern-Jones, Drew Kelley, Michael Mangin, Robin McFarland, Dusty McKenzie, Ekua
Omosupe, Rudy Puente, Beth Regardz, Christopher Reinoldson, Dave Reynolds, Peter Shaw, Sylvia Winder, Kathie
Welch, Anna Zagorska.
Steve Blohm, Wanda Garner, Paul Harvell, Ian Haslam, Rhea Leonard, Rachel Mayo, Terra Morris, Isabel O’Connor, Georg
Romero, Terrence Willett
Topic,
Time on Topic
Discussion
1.0
Approval of Agenda
1 min.
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2.0
Approval of Minutes
3 min.
Meeting convened at 3:05 p.m.
Minutes (from 01-20-15 meeting)
Action:
 FS approved minutes of 01-20-2015
 Introductions
3.0
Standing Reports
25 min.
Call to Order
Standing Reports
President (Michael Mangin):
 Congrats again to John Govsky for his statewide advocacy award
 Dusty has agreed to be FS Chair of Repeatability Study Group
 Communication follow-up – Robin did a great job summarizing our Flex mtg.
 What do you want us to do to improve communications – what are some suggestions:
- Sending it to the division reps of should it just be sent to all faculty?
- Robin: If it gets sent out to ALL, afraid it’s not going to have impact
- Positive response to bullet points format
- Good idea to have someone within each division take charge, but for now we will send out to all faculty
 Assignment for meeting topics for FS this semester (to present a topic)
 New senator orientation – any senior senators who’d like to come, it will be it at Robin’s house Feb. 10
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If anyone would like to give new senators some input, comments, advise, etc.
Vice President (Robin McFarland):
 Reminder about CPC meetings:
- Feb 4 CPC mtg. topic = Enrollment Education – guest speaker, Pam Deegan in Room 450, 2-4 p.m.
- Feb 11 CPC mtg. topic = Budget Planning – SAC EAST, Room 225, 2-4 p.m.
- Feb 18 CPC mtg. topic = Strategic Plan Review - SAC EAST, Room 225, 2-4 p.m.
Secretary (John Govsky):
 Explanation to new senators of where to find things on the website or any questions to contact John
Treasurer (Sheryl Kern-Jones):
 No update
CCFT (Barbara Schultz-Perez):
 Workshop in Watsonville “Together We Dream” Feb 25th 6-8 p.m.
 CA Teacher’s Convention – contact Maya at CCFT office
 John Govsky was in D.C. last week at meeting
- College ratings for 2 yr. and 4 yr. colleges
- Ratings are all about outcomes, but the measurement processes are vague
- Non-specific about how they rank and rate colleges
CCEU (Dale Attias):
 Off to a good start
 Pleased that Alta spoke up about classified situation
 Mention of Blue Cross
Watsonville (Rudy Puente):
 Mention of FASFA filing date coming soon
ASCC (Christopher Reinoldson):
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$29,000 in grants awarded to faculty
MLK event in the quad February 12th - should be a big event
Moving towards digital
SAC East has extended hours now
There are still textbooks available
- “Borrow a Book” program
- Student may also obtain a voucher for one book
 Smoking ban update
- Sheriff may be giving 1st a warning and then giving a fine
- Not certain what the process is; need to find out the actual, defined process
SLO Coordinator (Marcy Alancraig):
 SLOs are quiet on this campus
 Mentions accreditation meeting
 ACCJC meeting in Northern CA
Vice President of Instruction (Kathie Welch):
 Faculty are wondering what to do on day of the Shooter Drill (in March)
 Instructions are forthcoming
 SP 15 is down at best 4.5%
 Just not getting students – clear that we cannot maintain our cap beyond this year
 Continue existing efforts to boost enrollment, but enrollment challenges are ongoing
Unfinished Business
12 min.
4.0
Unfinished Business
4.1
Introductions – Complete Topic Sign-up (5 minutes):
4.2
Improving Senate / Faculty Communication (continued) (5 minutes)
4.2
Senate Representative Training – February 10 (2 minutes):
 Covered in President’s Report
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Discussion
5.0
New Business
60 min.
New Business
5.1 Report on AB86 Planning in Santa Cruz County: Impact on Non-credit at Cabrillo – Rachel Perez and Rock
Pfotenhauer (60 minutes):
 Overview AB86
 Create more pathways for students who are non-English speaking
 Creating occupational pathways for adults (Adult Ed)
 Adult Ed suffered severe reductions after the recession
 Funding overview
 AB86 Program Areas
 Credit – Non-Credit and Not-for-Credit
 No fees associated w/non-credit courses
- Makes it easier for lower-income students and immigrants to take courses
 Enhanced non-credit – career development and college preparation courses
 Non-Credit courses are usually open exit – open entry
 Certificates are given out based on sequence, completion and number of total hours completed
 How were the non-credit courses measured?
- Testing and participation
 Workshop coming up in Room 506 on Feb 12th
AB86 Powerpoint presentation may be found at:
https://docs.google.com/a/cabrillo.edu/presentation/d/1op3SKvc2IP6qRf-pD-YWZDq75H5FNcsa2KI94dZ8Vqs/edit#slide=id.p
Noncredit at Cabrillo handout may be found at:
https://docs.google.com/a/cabrillo.edu/document/d/1h9FeTqp_p71BXlUxgIrW9FUi4PnECZt8_T7T70DQE9o/edit
5.2
PETL Report – Vicki Fabbri (15 minutes):
FS Members, Vicki, Michael – all discussed the following:
 Student Success and Equity Plan Chronology handout distributed – Michael reviewed
 SSA charge to “align course offerings with student needs” emphasized and discussed
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Agenda Building &
Summary
5 min.
Open Forum
- How can we better integrate instruction and student services?
Student Success Steering Committee created a number of working groups, including a faculty subcommittee (Best
Practices and Toolkit for Faculty)
Cabrillo administrators and faculty have attended numerous state meetings and conferences
Spring 2014 “Toolkit” committee changed its name to “O2” and in Fall 2014 CPC directed O2 to report to Faculty Senate
In Fall 2014 O2 helped develop part of the Equity Plan called the Pedagogy and Pathways Project to develop action plans
in Math, Reading, ESL, and English programs
Student equity is targeting some very specific student groups
Piloting a mentor program
Board approved Cabrillo’s Equity Plan in Jan. 2015
Governor Brown’s new funding sources are targeted towards student success and student equity
Strategic Plan
- Do more collaborating together rather than as separate groups
- PETL stands for that strategic goal
- Reports to CPC
- PRO will help to make sure we’re on track
Staff development committee is going to continue working on FLEX and FLEX activities
Create a type of Cabrillo professional portfolio that we can take with us
PETL is not going to be this independent committee; more of a coordinated effort
6.0
Agenda Setting and Items from the Floor (5 minutes):
7.0
Open Forum
 More diversity training is needed at the college
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Adjournment
Discussion
Meeting ended at 4:58 p.m.
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