This is the third issue of the highlights for the Academic Senate meeting held on Tuesday March
9, 2004.
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Curriculum Committee
Daniel Perez, chair of the Curriculum Committee, informed the senate the new curriculum website will be tested with a new course; a sub committee has been formed to look closely at Title V &
Licensing boards such as programs within the Nursing, Animal Health Tech and Fire Science.
Matriculation
Representative Marylu Stenbit reported the committee’s work with Datatel on an Attendance Alert form that will be made available to faculty on PAWS. She is requesting feed back from constituents from each division be forwarded to the committee.
Language Task Force:
A Committee has been established. It is composed of the following members: Mike Foudy, Carol
King, Melissa Reeves, and Jose Luis Fernandez. Issues to be addressed are ESL, bilingual and language. Committee will form time lines and begin to prioritize these concerns.
Reprographics Resolution Subcommittee:
The committee will continue to meet with the Acting VP Mike Foudy. Definite plans for reprographics will be presented to senate for approval. Next meeting is on March 10 th at 2pm.
Shared Governance
Memo: Academic Senate letter was sent to the Office of Human Resources regarding the faculty appointment to five selection committees. It seems that these appointments were filled after the fact. We are hoping that proper procedures will be followed in a reasonable and timely manner.
Proposal: Second Vice President, Laura Perkins, proposed constitutional amendments increasing adjunct participation in shared governance. Ms. Perkins will form a committee that will poll the entire faculty. Full faculty participation in this action item is necessary when a proposal is made to amend the senate constitution. Item will return to the senate for more discussion.
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Faculty Appointments: None
Letter: A letter waiting approval by the senate will be sent to Dr. Valeau asking that he inform the entire faculty with the latest investigative updates concerning the Nursing Dept. This letter is in response to Dr. Valeau’s request for Senate perspective of a letter from David Beymer, president of HCFA to Dr. Valeau.
Informational
Dr. Ignacio Pando , returned to the senate to discuss “Distance Ed. Policy and Best Practices” for
Hartnell College. Questions were welcomed and addressed. He assured the senate that dialogue and a collaborative effort among faculty, staff and administration will only make this document stronger, reflecting the current and future steps Hartnell should undertake for distance education. Co-presenters were Wanda Guilbert, Cheryl ODonnell and Kathy Mendelsohn.

Dr. Chris Meyers presented an overview on Student Learning Outcomes explaining how these are written measurable terms about what students are expected to know. These new methods also fall under the new accreditation standards. This method seems to address a direct measure of learning. He also updated the senate about a SLO assessment work group that will facilitate the development of a college-wide SLO assessment plan.
Dr. Romero Jalmo presented information on the Collegiate Assessment of Academic Proficiency
(CAAP), a standardized instrument that will be used to assess general Ed. Skills. They will begin to sample this instrument with incoming freshman and a group of students that have completed their General Ed’s; the areas to assess will be reading writing and critical thinking. He assured us that this will not be used on faculty evaluations. Its main purpose is program review.
Action item for next meeting will be:
 Tenure review model to give to negotiations team.
 Approval of Chuck Beals and Ann Wright as Math/Science representatives to the Student
Learning Outcomes Committee.
 Reprographics Resolution