FINAL
EL CAMINO COLLEGE
Office of the President
Minutes of the College Council Meeting March 10, 2008
Present: Sean Donnell, Thomas Fallo, Ann Garten, Pete Marcoux, Leo Middleton, Jeanie
Nishime, Barbara Perez, Susan Pickens, Gary Robertson, Luukia Smith, and Arvid Spor.
1. All apportionments for community colleges may be cut by a small amount.
2. We are looking into getting free parking for students off campus. We need more
parking spaces.
3. It would be nice to show high school principals the new Humanities building. We
may change the Principles’ Breakfast to only occur yearly rather than bi-yearly, and
then have a breakfast for high school counselors.
4. Tonight the local K-12 superintendents are at the Legislature making a statement
about the budget cuts.
5. We need to have a Compton Center representative sitting on College Council.
6. Board Agenda
a. We are having a presentation of the Citizens’ Bond Oversight Annual Report
by Mr. Chris Powell.
b. Francisco will give a 7 minute presentation on Student Learning Outcomes.
c. Page 44 – Fund 15 Total Income – “excluding beginning balance” means that
any unused funds from last year are not included in this calculation. Fund 15
will be reported on a quarterly basis with the other financial reports.
7. We may have another Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) presentation at the fall flex
day. Part-time faculty need to get involved in SLOs.
Agenda for the March 17, 2008 Meeting:
1. Minutes of March 10, 2008
2. Report on College Council Goal G – Incorporate the spirit of Accreditation in every
day college operations (Francisco & Arvid)
3. College Council Goal Status Reports
4. Board Policy Status Reports – VP’s
5. College Council Composition
1. 2007-2008 College Council Goals and timelines
a. Review Board Policy and Administrative Procedure 2510 and Define
Collegial Consultation and Shared Governance. Dr. Arce and Mr. Marcoux
will head a sub committee for this goal. The first meeting will be at the end
of February 2008.
b. Resolve how to get information out and responses back to College Council
(process). The sub committee for this goal will include Dr. Arce, Dr.
Dever, and Ms. Garten. This will be completed by the end of February
2008.
c. Review annually – El Camino Community College District – Vision
Statement, Mission Statement, Statement of Philosophy, Statement of
Values, Guiding Principles & Strategic Goals for 2007-2010. This will be
done in early February 2008.
d. Build a sense of (campus) community. This has been assigned to a sub
committee consisting of Ms. Casper and Ms. Smith. They will report back
in January 2008.
e. Increase awareness on campus of College Council function. This will be
included in the sub committee discussion with item “a.”
f. Complete seven policies. A “score card” will be developed listing
completed policies. See below for listing.
g. Incorporate the spirit of Accreditation in every day college operations.
There was a suggestion to use the term “culture of evidence and
assessment.” A sub committee consisting of Dr. Arce, Dr. Dever, and Dr.
Spor will rephrase this goal. This will be completed in February 2008.
2. Policies completed by College Council in 2007-2008 time frame:
1. 2510 – Participation in Local Decision Making – reviewed by College
Council – second reading & adoption by Board on November 19, 2007.
2. 4231 – Grade Change – reviewed by College Council – second reading &
adoption by Board on December 17, 2007.
3. 4100.1 – Catalog Rights – first reading by Board on March 10, 2008.
4. 4045 – Textbooks – reviewed by College Council – needs to be presented
to Board once students have approved.
5. 1200 – The El Camino College Mission, Philosophy, Values and Guiding
Principles – updated and posted to web.
6. 5138 – Standards of Student Conduct – distributed on March 3, 2008. The
direction is to send through as a procedure and glean a policy from that.
7. 5137 – Distribution and Exhibition of Posters, Bulletins, Newspapers,
Pamphlets, Circulars, Handbills, Broadcast and Electronic Media, and any
Promotional Materials on Campus – distributed on March 3, 2008. This
will be sent through area councils and the Senate and will be brought back
here on March 24th