Peralta Community College District
District Education Committee
Date of Meeting:
December 12, 2014
Present:
Chair/Co-Chair: Mike Orkin/Joseph Bielanski
Guests:
Facilitator/Recorder: Linda Sanford/ MaryBeth Benvenutti
Absent:
Agenda Item
Committee
Goal
PCCD
2014-2015
Strategic
Planning
Goal and/or
Institutional
Objective
Meeting Called
to Order
1. Agenda Review
Time: starting at 8:53 am
Facilitator
2. Review of
Minutes
Facilitator
3. CPT Grant,
AB86 Adult
Education
Regional
Planning, and
CTE Committee
updates
Discussion
7. Monitor, analyze
and make
recommendations
regarding the Career
Pathways Trust
Grant and AB86
Adult Education
B.2.
Partnerships
A.2. Student
Success
Additions to the agenda:
Memorandum- Recommendations from
the District Academic senate to DEC.
To be added to item #3.
Motion to adopt the agenda as
amended. Approved.
Not available. They will be reviewed
and voted on for acceptance at the next
meeting in February 27, 2015 (start
time 8:30 am).
Report from Karen Engel about CPT
Grant, AB86 Adult Education Regional
Planning, and CTE Committee.
There was much discussion on various
topics regarding this initiative and
Karen will keep the DEC informed and
the work moves forward.
Follow-up
Action
Decisions
(Shared Agreement/
Resolved or
Unresolved}
Regional Planning
Director Karen
Engel
2. Monitor, analyze
and make
recommendations
regarding student
success in
completion of
degrees and
certificates
Presentation from Rebecca Lacocque.
Updates about the Career Pathways
Trust.
The main focus on the second regional
meeting held on December 4 was on
improved placement (Long Beach
model) and duel enrollment strategies
(Santa Barbara model).
BCC has an agreements with High
Schools. High schools have an
agreement with the district, they can go
to any of the four colleges, therefore
there is disagreement that BCC has an
agreement with specific High Schools;
ex. Berkeley High. This is an equity
issue that affects everyone.
There needs to be a larger counseling
discussion.
The Career Pathways team has made
the decision to have information outside
of their website through Connected
Studios; a resource space where people
can get information.
Importance of using the same strategy
for multiple measures at the four
colleges.
Memorandum from the District
Academic Senate
The discussion began by noting the it is
essential that instructional and student
services faculty are involved in this
process. There was a discussion about
faculty choosing stipends over release
time.
4. College Equity
plans – Goals &
Objective
VPs of Student
Services
5. Equity Plans
Funding
8. Monitor, analyze
and make
recommendations
regarding the PASS
achievement Gap
programs and
services and College
Equity Plans.
A.2. Student
Success
8. Monitor, analyze
and make
recommendations
A.2. Student
Success
A.4. Student
Equity
Planning
When they select to receive stipends
rather than release time, they may have
to miss meetings.
The intention of each of the colleges’
budget for CPT is for faculty to be
given time to have a role in these
activities.
Motion to have adjuncts with expertise,
increase the pool of faculty.
Suggestion to change the word “nonstipends” in the memo.
Amendment to the memo; changing the
word release to re-assigned time.
Where do they want the memo to go? It
can’t go directly to the Chancellor. It
will be sent to the four College
Presidents and Vice Presidents.
4 abstentions.
Presentation from VPs of Student
Services from each college on the
Equity Plan Goals and Objectives.
Merritt College- It was suggested to set
the goal for African Americans higher
than 2%. (Merritt had a handout and
reviewed activities aligned with each
goal.)
CTE will be added in front of
certificates.
Berkeley City College- They are
looking at the gaps in their 5 target
groups. (PPT presentation.)
COA- Data driven and faculty driven
plan.
Laney College- Campus based
research.
VC Rinne could not attend the meeting.
AVC Linda Sanford distributed the
2014-15 Student Equity Distribution
6. Formation of
Distance Ed
Committee
(charge and
composition)
regarding the PASS
achievement Gap
programs and
services and College
Equity Plans.
A.4. Student
Equity
Planning
2. Monitor, analyze
and make
recommendations
regarding student
success in
completion of
degrees and
certificates
A.2. Student
Success
A.3. Student
Success
C.2 Student
Success
document.
AVC Linda Sanford was not in the
position to give details about the
distribution, but she will take the
questions back to the people who made
the decisions.
The money from SSSP goes directly to
the colleges. The money for the Equity
Plans comes to the district for
allocation to the colleges. It was noted
that the District was taking 25% which
became a major question as to why??
What are the deliverables?
Motion to the Chancellor- A memo will
be sent to the chancellor and will
include the following questions: Who
made the decision? What was the
process by which this percentage was
determined? What are the expected
deliverables? And how is this aligned
with the process initiated by the state
Chancellor’s Office where the funding
goes to the college based on their own
Equity Plan. The memo will be
distributed to members for their review.
1 opposition.
Details were provided about the
formation of a Distance Education
Committee. The distributed document
was only a draft; it was brought to the
committee for approval.
Suggestion to change the second to the
last bullet “to be appointed by the
DAS”.
This document does not include
information about the chair position.
Suggestion to change the word
“Transparency” to “Communication”
AVC Calvin Madlock suggested that
7. FTES Update
8. Adjournment
1. Review
progress in
meeting the
District-wide
FTES target
and make
recommendat
ions for
improvement
in meeting
the target.
Review
progress
three times a
year.
A.1. Student
Access
the membership should include
Information Technology.
Motion to accept this document as a
preliminary chart of the membership of
the committee so it can begin. When
the committee convenes they can
review the chart and bring a more solid
document in the next DEC meeting.
In Favor- 12
Opposed- 3
Abstain- 3
Not discussed at this meeting
E.1. FTES
Target
Prior to adjournment it was
recommended as a future meeting to
address the process and guidelines to
form sub-committees.
Time: 10:45 am (meeting time was
extended)
Minutes taken by:
Attachments: All documents and/or handouts for this meeting can be found at: