Cabrillo College Faculty Senate
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
3:06 PM – 5:01 PM
Sesnon House
In Attendance: Eva Acosta, Winnie Baer, Dave Balogh, Virginia Coe, Rick
Fillman (CCEU alternate), Becka Fortune, Jean Gallagher-Heil, John
Govsky, Steve Hodges, Calais Ingel, Renee Kilmer, Brian Legakis, Diego
Navarro, Francisco Ponce, Beth Regardz, Dave Reynolds, Georg Romero,
Dan Rothwell, Adrienne Saxton, Letitia Scott-Curtis, Topsy Smalley, Mary
Ellen Sullivan, Alex Taurke
Note Taker: Eric Barbour
1.0 Call to Order
1.1 – The meeting was called to order at 3:06 PM.
2.0 Minutes
2.1 – None
3.0 Reports
3.1 – President (Steve Hodges)
3.1.1 – Received announcements from Statewide Faculty Senate
Curriculum Chair about CB 21 (basic skills courses)
3.1.2 – Campus-wide updates are going around, many from Katie
Dowring. Swine Flu is a part of our ongoing discussion and though not
specifically on this agenda, it could be placed on the next agenda if anyone
is interested in discussing the issue in detail.
3.1.3 – Steve highlighted the concerns about AS/AA degree CCC
standardization to the Governing Board specifically with regard to
departments which offer two degree options for a single major who would
lose their current flexibility if the change was carried through
3.1.4 – Mary-Ellen Sullivan: Request that we revise our Advanced
Placement Policy to reflect the new CSU Policy received on 5/12/09.
Changes: Advanced Placement name changed to Advanced Placement ~
International Baccalaureate ~ CLEP. Waiting on how CSU handles
International Baccalaureate and whether they get GE for it; if they support
IB exam we could follow the same policy. See handout. Any IGETC
changes not addressed; UC is not in any way related to handout. If
someone passes an AP exam in math, they are allowed to skip Calculus 1
and begin in Calculus 2, for example. Minimum SCE is transfer-related.
CLEP = College Level Examination Program. Changes will be reflected
in catalog. IB is not just a test – they must pass a course which explains
why there are so many more units awarded for IB than AP. Faculty
Senate action item for 5/28.
3.2 – Vice President (Letitia Scott-Curtis)
3.2.1 – Met with caterers; decided to go with a former culinary arts
student. Food was fabulous. Need people to help clean up; it is more
important to be polite than to be capable of heavy lifting.
3.2.2 – Social justice conference was fabulous, wonderful and inspiring
3.3 – Secretary (Georg Romero)
3.3.1 – Georg attended his 1st Transportation committee meeting as a
Faculty Senate Rep. Main focus was on the bus pass program. Estimating
that revenue from the program is ~$180K but likely to spend a little over
$300k over the course of next year. Idea of separate bus passes Mon-Thur
versus Fri-Sat in order to cut down on expense. Presently every time a
person gets on the bus, Cabrillo is charged for their fares. Mon-Thur class
takers don’t necessarily need us to pay their non-school transportation
fares but they could acquire a Fri-Sat pass supplementally if they needed
it.
3.3.2 – Georg will be termed out of the Faculty Senate at the end of this
semester
3.4 – Treasurer (Dave Reynolds)
3.4.1 – The Check signing odyssey is over; all who are intended to have
check writing powers now do.
3.5 – CCFT (John Govsky)
3.5.1 – CCFT is still negotiating severance packages for tenured faculty
3.5.2 – Presently in a salary reopener (end of 3yr contract). No movement
currently because of budget crisis. Pay schedule will likely be the same for
next year as it was for this year.
3.6 – CCEU (Janus Blume)
3.7 – Watsonville (Eva Acosta)
3.7.1 – Very busy with students; medical terminology filled to capacity for
Fall which just opened for everybody yesterday. Waitlists full too.
3.7.2 – Tomorrow celebrating Maestro – teacher appreciation with cake
and other stuff, courtesy of Teachers for Tomorrow.
3.8 – ASCC (Becka Fortune)
3.8.1 – Elections going on right now all week for Aptos. Bagels in the
morning, pizza in the afternoon. Scotts Valley Monday and Tuesday,
Watsonville Wednesday and Thursday.
3.8.2 – $18200 stipend to Business office for accounting services just
passed as a budget amendment during last ASCC Senate meeting
3.8.3 – 28th of this month will be the last student senate meeting
3.9 – VPI (Renee Kilmer)
3.9.1 – Printed schedule of classes has old veteran’s day in it (11/11)
supposed to be 11/9; correct online. Printing far fewer schedules so
hopefully it won’t be a problem. Trying to move students to online
schedules. Also for the new schedules is the elimination of 10 minute
transfer time. All classes will now start & end precisely as printed on the
schedules. Times and durations of class will remain the same.
3.9.2 – Victoria Bañales from English will be the new ACES director after
Diane Putnam goes on sabbatical
3.9.3 – AB440 is a bill in consideration to award AA degrees for any 60
degree-applicable units received under the title “transfer studies;”
currently you either need a major or an 18-unit emphasis in order to get a
degree from Cabrillo. The idea is to encourage students who are
transferring to get degrees after getting the 60 units needed to move
smoothly on. The idea could also be to move people on from CC after 60
units because they have a degree and don’t need to stay for more.
Statewide Academic Senate strongly opposing. Cabrillo Faculty Senate
also opposed
3.10 – Mary Gaukel Forster (Principal, Delta High School)
3.10.1 – Delta is in process of becoming an Early College and Middle
College (ECMC) High School on the state & national level; mission is to
bring opportunities to students who had difficulties with the structure of
ordinary public high school. Delta concurrently enrolls its students at
Cabrillo. Delta is in 15th year of existence; 5th oldest charter high school
in California. 110 students total. Delta was excited to receive WASC
accreditation - second from top. Received grant from Helen & William
Webster foundation for a full-time academic counselor. Presenting a
workshop during Flex Week to dialogue and brainstorm about preparing
students in such a way they cannot be distinguished from other students of
Cabrillo College. $250 toward staff party presented as a gift.
4.0 Unfinished or Ongoing Business
4.1 – None
5.0 New Business
5.1 – ITEC Update
5.1.1 – The labor force has drastically changed from 1960-2000 –
unskilled workers reduced from 60% of the labor force to 15%.
Employers are very concerned about the boomers leaving the workforce
en masse. Many projected shortages in Career Technical Education
5.1.2 – Cabrillo CTE graduate wages average over twice after leaving
Cabrillo what they earned prior. Statistics based on alumni responses (4050% response rate). High School surveys indicate that there is a renewed
appreciation for CTE among parents and students
5.1.3 – Focused on mechanical and industrial trades when first developing
the ITEC center. Started working with SolarTech when they realized how
important solar power was going to be for the future. Classes have been
well over-enrolled. Low cost loans for solar equipment to attach to homes
may be in the pipeline. Decided to have a green building since a Green
Tech Program was being put into place. Didn’t originally have the money
to make that leap but found the LEED certification standard. Determined
to go LEED platinum but designing for platinum LEED certification cost
~$800k more than the original plan. College decided to proceed with the
design and attempt to find more money over the coming year to pay for it.
The money came; EDA was looking for a green project and we happened
to be there. $860k is coming down the line though it has not yet been
officially announced.
5.1.4 – Building designed for flexibility in order to adapt to evolving
technologies. Photovoltaics were a big part of the expense. Wiring will
be available for photovoltaic expansion over parking lots. Wind turbines
will also be utilized, as well as a Hydronic Heating System. The
alternative energy production probably will not be able to generate all of
the electricity required with the computers in the building; the power
savings will probably not be sufficient to cover the added expense of the
building but it will be good for a learning tool for students. Plexiglass is
used over a lot of the inner workings so that students can see how
everything functions. The building is designed with passive solar
construction & natural ventilation, energy efficient air conditioning and
LED lighting. Many surfaces will be lighter colored to avoid heat buildup
of dark colors. Nano-tech self cleaning materials where water beads up
and drips off, carrying dirt with it, will be used for outdoor paneling.
There will be showers so people can bike in, solar tubes carrying light in
and fans to distribute heat & air. Trombe Wall passive solar heating
orients walls in such a way that they are protected from excessive sun in
the summer. Opening bids begin in early spring & totally open in fall of
’11, if everything goes according to plan.
5.1.5 – The CEM program will move to ITEC and a new full time director
of ITEC will be hired. Welding will not move because they are well
established and well equipped in lower Aptos Campus. The Alternative
Energy program will be a new program to Cabrillo.
5.2 – Academic Council Report
5.2.1 – WS 1 added to Area E for AA/AS GE. ES 10L added to GE
pattern. Art Photo 28 & 32 added to IB pattern. HS 22 put under area E.
5.2.2 – Revised our AP Policy which will likely again be revised under the
proposition brought forth by Mary Ellen Sullivan
5.2.3 – Nursing students who already have a Baccalaureate degree from a
regionally accredited institution will no longer have to take any classes
beyond those which are nursing-specific, starting Fall ‘09
5.2.4 – Need division reps. Last BELA rep to Academic Council was 2
years ago.
5.3 – Flex Calendar
5.3.1 – Staff development committee has been working w/ 50th
anniversary & all-college-day task force. A good chunk of the all-collegeday program has been taken out in favor of celebrating Cabrillo’s 50
years.
5.3.2 – Some flex activities include: walking past Horticulture to discuss
sustainability & the curriculum, Culinary Arts cook-off (2 teams of six -
get a box of secret ingredients & go to work), Grapes of Wrath – teach
concepts of the book and apply to the humanities, Giving Our Past a
Future presentation (Cabrillo Archives Project), Integrating Senior
Concerns into our Curriculum, “Excuse me while I Teach This Class,”
Lowering Textbook Costs & Textbook Alternatives, gang trip to the
lighthouse
5.3.3 – Alex: when looking at his own classes, he feels crunched with
trying to go through his entire curriculum throughout the semester.
Forwarded a common concern from NAS that conversation should
develop regarding removing some flex days from the calendar in favor of
more days in the classroom.
5.3.4 – Motion: approve the flex calendar
Passed without opposition
5.4 – Counseling and Student Services
5.4.1 – Counseling has been neglected of a director or position of
leadership. With VPSS leaving, they are especially in a ruckus. Division
Chairs keep on getting fried and no one wants to step up to fill the
position. Chairs feel given responsibility with no authority to fulfill it.
The division has been asking for support for a long time and things have
not improved. Need Faculty Senate support and awareness. Those who
pay from the lack of counseling structure are the students and faculty. It is
important to not mix up that the need is for a position to fulfill
administrative responsibilities rather than faculty ones. Need someone in
charge of job reviews, budget, etc.
5.5 – Repetitions and Withdrawals
5.5.1 – Item postponed
6.0 Open Forum and Agenda Building
6.1 – No items
7.0 Adjourn
7.1 – The meeting was adjourned at 5:01 PM.