Peralta Community College District
DEC Summit
August 23, 2013
2:00
Agenda Item
Discussion
Meeting Called to
Order
Meeting called to order by Dr. Orkin. Pass out sheet that Dr. Thompson prepared. Denise Richardson
got promoted to dean at Laney. We need a new co-chair. Wait until the first meeting in September to
appoint.
I. Introductions
Mark Wilson, Mike Orkin, Stacey Thompson, Elmer Bugg, Rochelle Olive, Romeo O. Garcia, Inger
Stark, Ranell Holmes, Fatima Shah, Paula Armstead, Alexis Montevirgen, Doris Hankins, Bill Love.
II. Rules
Meeting dates, first meeting September 20, 9-12. The rule is you have to attend meetings, no
substitutes in PBIM. Miss 3 meetings in a year you are off committee. Committee meeting
guidelines. Try harder to get agendas out earlier. Sent out by email and post on website. This is not a
policy making committee, it advises the Chancellor.
Access to Dropbox to new members. Go over guidelines in binder. Arrive on time. Over a 3 hour
meeting have coffee and food. Make recommendation exactly how the intent is.
Give access to
Dropbox to
new members.
Go over
guidelines in
binder. Arrive
on time. For
meetings that
are more than
three hours
have coffee
and food.
III. Results of
Survey
We will attempt to tie the results in some way to our goals for the year.
Topics that the Chancellor has mentioned today:
 Having more structure to the committees.
 The Student Success Task Force.
No longer a task force, now a committee. This was started by the Ed Committee, and reports to Ed
Committee. There is another committee called Matriculation. Chancellor has requested that it be
merged in the Student Success Task Force. BLove- Matric was largely counselors. If we are going to
talk about student success, need teaching faculty involved. They have to champion the changes.
MOrkin- That suggest that these two committees be merged. A component is teaching and student
services. Orientation, assessment. Enrollment all the way through placement. BLove- Counseling
don’t have the impact as teachers do. SThompson- We have to work harder on getting student
success. MOrkin- Last we had year two chairs Paula and Cleavon. PArmstead- We need more
faculty, there are classified and administrators. MOrkin- Try to get as much put together as possible
Dr. Orkin
will write up
a rough draft
and send it
out for input,
about the
SSSP and the
importance of
student
success.
Refer to the
new SSSP
guidelines to
the state.
Follow-up
Action
DECISIONS
(Shared
Agreement
/Resolved or
Unresolved?)
Wait until the first
meeting in
September to
appoint a new cochair.
The Ed
Committee
requests that the
Academic Senate
president identify
a teaching faculty
rep and have it
by September 12.
And notify Dr.
Orkin who it is.
When nobody
responds then
they appoint
DECISIONS
Agenda Item
Discussion
and then bring them to this group. PArmstead- The last two meetings were successful.
DBudd- Can we decide to ask the faculty senate to appoint today? MOrkin- Let academic senate
decide who will be on the committee. PArmstead- Each campus is supposed to have their own
student success initiative. MOrkin- That is another four members. We should have a teaching faculty
member from each college. DBudd-Please ensure that a faculty member is on the student success
committee and comes to the District Ed committee. MOrkin- Merging the committees is a brand new
idea. BLove- It was not an item that we discussed. ROlive- Student Services has been more involved
in forming this task force. MOrkin- The academic senate president at each college is to select a
faculty member.
EBugg- One of the biggest problems is a lack of delimitation. Initiative stated on the student services
side. Integration of instruction faculty was never done. This idea is what does student success mean
at Peralta and at the various colleges? DBudd- The Ed Committee requests that the Academic Senate
president identify a teaching faculty rep and have it by September 12. And notify Dr. Orkin who it is.
When nobody responds then they appoint. BLove- Send out to body of faculty. Motion passed.
BLove- On Flex day, everybody is there for the president’s message and chancellor’s message. This
is the driving force for the system. The chancellor should send a note to the faculty senate president.
MOrkin- I would like your input on this announcement. I could write up a rough draft, Bill could
write a rough draft. This announcement about the SSSP, importance of student success. Refer to the
new SSSP guidelines to the state. I could write a rough draft and send it out for input. IStark- Here is
an update of what our colleges and district are doing?
ROlive- Accreditation, even though we made it, we still have to look at it and consider it. MOrkinAlexis made the suggestion that this announcement should wait until after the Student Success
Summit. IStark- Send it out now and say watch for the announcement. It is on the 23 in Sacramento,
three from each college. The email can identify the people who are attending and if you have
questions you can ask them. MOrkin-SSSP that will be merged, call for participation. Ebugg- It is
connected to the initiative, responsive to a state and federal initiative. IStark- Raise awareness and
increase participation. SThompson- Encourage SSSP and support you. Get faculty involved. IStark- I
recommend adopting that this committee one of the goals for the year is to raise awareness and
increase participation in student success initiatives. Ebugg, seconded. Passed.
VI. Next Steps/Next
Meeting
Follow-up
Action
(Shared
Agreement
/Resolved or
Unresolved?)
Recommend
adopting that this
committee one of
the goals for the
year is to raise
awareness and
increase
participation in
student success
initiatives.
Meeting ended at 3:00.
Next meeting September 20, 2013.
Minutes taken by Laura Leon-Maurice
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