Cabrillo College Faculty Senate
Tuesday, April 9th, 2013
3-5 P.M.
Sesnon House
In Attendance: Winnie Baer, Cheryl Barkey, Arturo Cantu, John Govsky, Steve Hodges, Calais
Ingel, Sheryl Kern-Jones, Brian Legakis, Jackie Logg, Michael Mangin, Robin McFarland,
Diego Navarro, Ekua Omosupe, Lenny Norton, Jo-Ann Panzardi, Yasmina Porter, Beth
Regardz, Dan Rothwell, Alex Taurke, Sylvia Winder, Eva Acosta, Marcy Alancraig, Rick
Fillman, Darwin Constantino, Kathy Welch
Guests: Rhea Leonard (CTC), John Graulty
Note Taker: Hillary Cleary
1. Call to Order
1. The meeting was called to order at 3:07 pm.
2. Minutes
1. February 19th, 2013
1. Revisions.
2. No revisions.
3. Standing Reports
1. President (Michael Mangin)
1. See 4.1-5.1.
2. Vice President (Steve Hodges)
1. Free speech issues on campus
1. There have been complaints from faculty and students that outside community
groups who come onto campus disrupt the college’s environment.
2. At the same time, many faculty members believe it is crucial that Cabrillo
remain completely open to free speech.
1. There are certain moral and legal precedents which are not the college’s
place to interfere with. Attempting to do so may result in lawsuits.
2. A new issue of the Senate Rostrum has been released, available at asccc.org.
3. New scorecards are available for the college. This was discussed in a recent
teleconference, in which our chancellor spoke with great eloquence.
4. The graduation party is fast approaching.
1. Who is in charge of this? (Steve!)
2. A caterer needs to be selected.
3. This will be discussed in greater detail at the next FS meeting. Let’s get folks
who have not volunteered for anything recently to do something a little out of
the ordinary for this.
3. Secretary (John Govsky)
1. Not much to report as secretary goes.
4. Treasurer (Lenny Norton)
1. Nothing new to report, yes we do have money.
5. CCFT (John Govsky)
1. Elections are coming up for reps, ballots will be in boxes on Friday the 12th, will
be counted on the 26th, last day of voting will be on the 25th, please vote for your
CCFT reps.
6. CCEU (Rick Fillman)
1. CC is enjoying better free flow of communication around employee transitions,
hats off to HR for this.
7. Watsonville (Eva Acosta)
1. Things are going well at WV.
2. March 29th was the cutoff petition date for graduating students to have their
names put in the program. Students can still petition to graduate and walk in the
ceremony, they don’t use the program to call your name!
3. Michael is hoping that we will have an extraordinary faculty turnout for
graduation.
8. Student Senate Rep (Darwin Constantino)
1. The SS is very busy this time of year.
2. April 9th was the first day of campaigning for student elections. Elections take
place May 6th through 10th.
3. The SS is prepping for the Social Justice Conference on April 20th and S4C,
where 3,000 4th graders will be visiting Cabrillo!
4. The FS is hosting open forum events held on Aptos and WV campuses where
students are encouraged to come with questions and concerns.
9. SLO (Marcy Alancraig)
1. SLOs are 100 percent written! A big thanks to everyone who worked on this.
2. Around 150 courses have not yet been assessed.
1. They must be completed by mid-May, hopefully they will push us up to the
low 70s percentagewise…a C is better than a D.
2. To help that effort a workbook will be posted on new SLO website on how to
assess SLOs and how to write a rubric in case anyone has forgotten.
3. Adjunct participation
1. Many adjuncts at Cabrillo teach at different schools as well. Perhaps
surveying adjuncts to see how they do SLOs at other schools could be a useful
tool in improving adjunct participation at Cabrillo.
1. Other community colleges like Foothill use Track Data where adjuncts
directly enter data into a system and meet every quarter with their
respective departments to talk about SLOs.
10. VPI (Kathie Welch)
1. Great CIO conference with lots of takeaways
1. One of the main focuses was the value of simple engagement from teachers to
students in the classroom which makes a world of difference for student
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success.
Pam Sanborn gave a wonderful presentation at the April 8th board meeting about
SS and creating pathways that lead our students from a to b to c, using the
example of an Medical Assisting program that used to take 13 semesters to
complete which is now down to 4.
1. It’s important to look at student success through the lens of not just access, but
also access and completion.
Cabrillo is hiring a 9th contract position in CIS.
Kathie appeals to you all to respond to emails regarding meritorious service. The
committee says they don’t get a wealth of input, everyone has people who are
worthy of these awards.
The Core Four
1. The posters are here! Please volunteer to post them across the campus and
within your divisions.
Cabrillo College is considering using an exclusively online-based schedule of
classes with a downloadable PDF available to print.
1. Many colleges have already moved in this direction.
2. An online archive of course listings from previous semesters should be made
available.
3. What about paper class schedules as marketing tools for the college? They
used to get sent out all over the county.
1. A supplemental postcard will be sent out reminding people the course
listings are available online and that they should register.
4. A large portion of the community Cabrillo serves does not have a computer,
so would discontinuing the paper schedule have negative implications for
them?
1. Maybe Cabrillo should be focusing on how to get better tech in the hands
of those students to remedy this problem.
2. Cabrillo cannot lose sight of access. Access is one of the fundamental
pillars of the community college, we shall always have the poor as a part
of our learning community, how do we make every effort that they
continue to have access?
5. There are usually stacks left over in library, perhaps it would be more
beneficial to simply print fewer copies.
1. Sometimes printing 100 costs just as much as printing 5000.
6. Web advisor should be updated to include more detailed descriptions of
courses for learning communities and classes with special emphases so it is
easier to access that information.
7. Moving to all-online course listings is better for the environment.
4. Unfinished Business
1. VAPA (Visual Applied and Performing Arts) Update
1. Facts about VAPA
1. The VAPA Division serves the 5th most artistically active city in the US, just
behind New York City, LA, San Francisco, and Santa Fe!
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2. Starting Spring 2013, Cabrillo students with current SAC cards will receive
discounts of at least $3 off all VAPA-produced events, and 25% off all outside
events taking place in the Crocker Theater, Samper Recital Hall, and Black Box
Theater.
3. VAPA and outside events are now supported by a full-service, self-supporting
box office, allowing ticket purchase in-person and online, and a patron data base
management system that is designed for enhanced marketing purposes.
4. The performance venues have implemented venue use fees and policies for
outside users to create revenue streams to support Performing Arts Complex
programming.
Art History
1. Rigorous academic standards, interdisciplinary, 1 full time member, 5 adjuncts,
13 different courses, 3 online, every global and cultural area covered except for
Africa and Oceania.
2. Art History contributes one Honors course, Ancient Art, currently offered this
semester.
3. Lately Cabrillo Art History majors have had considerable success in transferring
to the best Art History programs in the state – Berkeley, UCLA, and Santa
Barbara.
4. Art History faculty give public lectures on a variety of topics and lead field trips
to northern California museums.
Art Studio
1. Currently down 3 faculty members.
2. Courses offered from drawing, 2 & 3D design, painting, printmaking, sculpture,
jewelry and small scale metals, ceramics, weaving and furniture design.
3. Major overhaul of curriculum, updating SLOs, leveling courses 3, dealing with
restrictions of repeatability.
4. Working on aligning curriculum for the AA-T degree in Studio Arts to be starting
in fall 2014.
5. New student clubs including The Cabrillo Student Art Association and Ceramics
Student Art Club.
Art Photography
1. Offers courses in B&W, color, alternative processes, digital photography, basic
studio lighting and a survey of contemporary trends in photography.
2. Grown to include digital video, 2-D and 3-D media and performance.
3. Submitted 3 new skills certificates this semester: digital photography, traditional
B&W photography and historical/alternative process photography.
4. History of Photography now offered as a course.
5. Photography, New Media and Social change, submitted as a course.
6. Repeatability issues have necessitated leveling of Alternative Photographic
Processes and Lighting for Photography course.
Music
1. Largest program in VAPA.
2. The music program serves students who wish to (1) pursue an advanced degree in
music, (2) become a professional musician, (3) prepare for a career in public
school teaching, (4) broaden a general knowledge of music, or (5) develop
performance skills.
3. Music has spent time on repeatability course issues writing new courses through
leveling.
4. Music Technology & Recording Arts AS Degree in Certificate of Achievement is
in the final stages of approval by the Chancellor’s Office.
5. Annual Scholarship auditions are due April 16, awarding more than $11,000.00.
6. Some of Cabrillo’s performing Music groups include Cabrillo Chorus, Cabrillo
Youth Chorus, Cabrillo Youth Strings, and Cantiamo.
7. Over 3,000 high school players participated on campus Santa Cruz Jazz Festival
(March 15 and 16).
8. Cabrillo Stage this summer: Oklahoma, La Cage Aux Folles, and bringing back
Joe Ortiz' Escaping Queens.
6. Theatre Arts
1. Assessed SLOs for 9 courses in fall 2012, doing more this spring.
2. Built two Skills Certificates (in Technical Theatre and in Musical Theatre).
3. Cabrillo Theatre Festival, 2013. Close to 100 students have enrolled in
production classes to participate in a collaboration between the Cabrillo Theatre
Arts Dept and the Santa Cruz area theatres. Opening April 19 and runs for a
month with nine shows in repertory in the Black Box Theater. Designed by award
winning faculty member, Skip Epperson and student Theo Boyden.
4. 6th Annual Stage Door - about 50 high school students and their teachers attended
a day of theatre workshops in September. There were ten different workshops
taught by 9 members of Theatre Faculty and Staff.
5. Congratulations to Theatre Arts Program Chair Skip Epperson for being
recognized as a Gail Rich Award recipient at the 17th annual awards ceremony on
January 23, 2013, at the Rio Theater!
7. Dance
1. Courses offered include Modern Dance, Jazz Dance, Ballet, Dance Appreciation,
Dance Improvisation, Choreography, Hip Hop and Street, Latin Dance, Salsa
Dance, Conditioning/Pilates, African Dance, World Dance Techniques, Creative
Movement, Body Mind Techniques, and Swing Dance.
2. Dance Department has been writing new curriculum dealing with renumbering of
courses related to repeatability.
3. Casandra Owen will be teaching a Hip Hop Master class on March 27th at 1 PM.
in the dance Studio.
4. David King is on a Fullbright to Estonia. Dance misses him and wish him well.
8. Digital Media
1. First begun at Cabrillo in 1992, DM arose from a whole variety of departments.
2. In 2000 two programs were formed in digital publishing and in print and web
media for the web and screen media, there are now also very successful video
courses active.
3. In 2006 almost half of our courses became transferable courses, as of three weeks
ago ALL courses offered are now transferable.
9. Cabrillo’s DM has been working with high schools, CSUs, and several other colleges
by sharing curriculum and making a brave attempt at an AST.
10. Check out www.cabrillo.vapa.com and the VAPA Cabrillo Facebook page, also the
Dean’s Dish blog complements of Wendy Norris, deansdish.edublogs.org.
2. Social Justice Conference Update
1. Thank you for your financial support.
2. The poster is out, the programs are here, and the event is less than 2 weeks away!
3. We need help with facility tech support; we have IT students in library which
could also be valuable resources for this event. Ask your tech savvy students to
volunteer! Also looking for faculty volunteers.
4. Free lunch is included.
5. There will be a community fair during lunch at which different organizations in
the community are coming to Cabrillo to table and talk.
1. Barrios Unidos will have a portable cell with them at their table so attendees
can get an idea of what it’s like to be incarcerated.
6. Please encourage students to come, perhaps offer them extra credit as an
incentive.
2. Accreditation Report
1. There is a consolidated version of all chapters up on the web.
2. The final first draft will go to the board in May.
3. There will be an addition to 1B institutional goals within the institutional
standards in which concrete numbers must be used.
1. This change is coming out of the DOE, and is related directly to Title IV and
our ability to grant financial aid.
1. Rick came up with the idea of examining the past 5 year average and
saying that we are going to either meet or exceed them.
2. We are free to set the bar wherever we want.
3. Course competition, retention, degree completion, transfer, certificate
completion are the achievement standards that we are measuring as part of
institutional effectiveness.
4. As soon as the final version is completed and ready for board by April 22nd it
will be posted online.
5. Perhaps expressing these numbers as a proportion of FTES would be better.
1. We aren’t growing and were not expecting to grow but were hoping to
regain what we lost, we are restoring where we were, it might be good to
put in with these numbers as FTES numbers as well to show that our
FTES is going down because it provides more context.
2. A sentence can be added that FTES has been decreasing because defining
a rate is more complicated in these measures, we are going to be held to
whether we meet them or not.
6. It is not necessarily detrimental if we do not meet these goals, just as we did
not meet certain goals relating to SLOs, the important thing is that we have
the ability to create a plan around them. It is not addressing it that’s the big
issue when there are changes.
7. The FS has a responsibility to sign off on accreditation when it is ready.
8. Senate considered approving the accreditation self study.
1. Move to approve.
1. Second.
9. The posters came in!
3. VAPA Disciplines List/Mapping Proposal
1. Any changes, concerns or motions?
2. Move to approve.
1. Second.
4. Faculty Senate By-laws proposed changes
1. By-law changes reflected the conversation about WV center, O off of ARC.
2. We can’t vote today.
1. Several of you had concerns and challenges including a suggestion regarding
officer appointments in Article V, Sections 9 and 10 in which a sentence
should be added regarding appointment of officers in order to publicize the
openness of the appointment.
3. We discussed last meeting about how the president appointing the entire
executive committee might not be creating a very democratic environment.
1. The intent of changes implemented was to allow the addition of people who
are interested in executive positions to solicit nominations from senators in
order to become candidates to serve on the executive committee.
4. Should the Vice President need to be a member of the FS before they can
assume that role?
1. The VP needs to be informed of what the FS has been up to. It’s not fair to
that person and it’s such a big learning curve.
2. We’ve never had a requirement, should we have one? It’s worth discussing.
5. The Secretary and Treasurer have to be on the Senate because they are an at
large rep or a division rep, but the VP is just the VP.
6. Interest in making sure that at least two election officials are in place to verify
the vote count.
7. The FS needs to take small steps when making alterations to the constitution
because of the unintended consequences of large-scale changes.
3. New Business
1. State Academic Senate Plenary Issues (and President’s Report - Michael)
1. The FS salutes John Hendrickson for publicizing an update from Human
Resources.
1. A comprehensive listing – the first in a long time - of all open Cabrillo
jobs, showing those departments that are in the process of hiring. Loree
McCauley gave the report, in the Board book from last night.
2. Kathie, Dennis, Margery and myself are part of a student success steering
committee that is moving forward with 4 or 5 task forces which encompass
many different routes Cabrillo is using to improve student success. Faculty
engagement with students remains the essential component of student success.
3. It appears the governor is backing off of adult education plan, everyone is
running away from that.
4. Steinberg senate bill 520
1. Intended to develop 50 courses for most impacted classes.
2. CC, UC, Cal State, UC faculty just burned down the proposal.
1. Colleges want faculty control over their courses. There is fear of
farming out online courses to MOOCs or whoever will make money
on those ideas.
5. MOOCs will be an ongoing part of the future of Cabrillo.
1. Cabrillo needs to have its act together in terms of credit by exam, not all
programs are up to date on this. MOOCs can be a useful tool for learning;
we want our students to come to our classes better prepared.
2. Safety Committee Report – Jason Camera, Joe Nugent, Oscar Guillen
1. Huge multi-layered issue.
2. The SC Meets once a month.
3. Jason, Joe, and Oscar head the emergency preparedness program leg of the
Safety Committee.
4. Faculty training occurs two times a year during flex week.
1. More training opportunities are being implemented.
5. The SC deals with many different campus related safety issues.
1. A major part of the EPP relates to analyzing accident reports on campus in
order to determine if there is anything that could be modified so accidents
can be prevented in the future.
2. The EPP also heads all safety training on campus and attempts to
determine what faculty needs in terms of training for SEMS and NIMS in
case there is a disaster.
6. Sheriff is available on campus, Monday through Friday from 7 in the morning
to 11 PM and Saturday from 8 AM until 6 PM. Sunday a deputy sheriff from
the surrounding Aptos area is available.
1. Contact 911 in the case of an emergency and not the sheriff’s office on
campus.
7. Observation that it feels as if there is no police presence here on campus,
recent thefts in the 400 building support this.
8. Need for a possible drill, been a contentious issue in years past.
9. VAPA is unable to lock their doors properly.
1. In class training of what to do in the event of emergency would be helpful.
2. Double swipe capability on your card to lock the VAPA buildings.
1. This can be just as destructive a tool as it can be a helpful one if
faculty are not properly trained using the technology.
10. Burglary system is being updated.
1. Only enter buildings you have access codes to, do not open the door and
wait for cavalry, because the cavalry will stop showing up eventually.
11. The incident command team is stationed in SAC 225.
12. Go to the EPP website under the Safety Committee to view the PowerPoint
and the EPP’s notes from the 4/9 FS meeting.
13. If you do have suggestions please email Oscar Guillen at
osguille@cabrillo.edu.