Academic Senate
April 9, 2013
Present: Tony Anderson, Christopher Moss, Carol King, Carol Kimbrough, Theresa Carbajal,
Nancy Schur-Beymer, Melissa Stave, Mark Weber, Peggy Mayfield, Hetty Yelland
Absent: Melissa Hornstein, Steve Triano
Guests: Stephanie Low, Brian Lofman, Richard Prystowsky, Terri Pyer, Alma Arriga, Ann Wright,
Larry Adams, Jeanne Hori-Garcia, Andrea Zarate,
Call to Order 3:05 p.m.
1. Adopt Agenda MSA (Kimbrough/Moss)
2. Approval of Minutes from 3/19/13 MSA (Schur-Beymer/Kimbrough)
3. Public Comments: (1) Stephanie Low announced Summer 2013 schedule is available
online (only 200 hard copies printed.) New maps and signage will be put up on campus
during the break; building names will be replaced with letters, beginning with the library
which will be “A.” (2) Larry Adams has decided to return to the Senate as representative
for his division. (3) Richard Prystowsky expected discussion of the Discontinuance
Process to be on the agenda today. Since it is an accreditation issue, it must be done
before the end of the semester (and will be a discussion item 4/23/13.) (4) Chris Moss
asked that any comments regarding effects of upgrading office computers be forwarded
to him.
4. President’s Report: Tony Anderson would like more to report at Board meetings before
summer break. He feels more faculty voices should be heard in general. Tony
mentioned one member of the accreditation team asking how the Academic Senate had
allowed the closure of the reading/writing and math labs, and that we (faculty) needed
to stop acting like victims.
5. Reports
A. Terri Pyer and Alma Arriga from HR came to discuss selection committees and
procedures. Terri distributed three different selection procedures—one for
faculty, one for administrators, and one more general version that may have been
drafted by Dr. Flannigan but never brought through the Academic Senate.
Senators had questions as to how these were written and where faculty/staff
could access them. They are currently under Human Resources on the R-drive.
Terri explained how faculty were placed on selection committees—Senate
president forwards possible names to discuss with head of HR (currently Terri),
who adds members to those committees to comply with diversity laws. No
“mistakes” have been made in the past few years when Senate appointments of
faculty to selection committees have been ignored or changed, or completely
bypassed when time was an issue. Terri also asked for participation in reviewing
and revising the official selection procedure. Faculty job descriptions originate at
the Cabinet level and then include input from discipline faculty. Senators
expressed the importance of having tenured faculty serve on these committees.
B. Election –Nancy Schur-Beymer announced senators running for office: Tony
Anderson for President, Carol Kimbrough for 1st VP, Carol King for
Secretary/Treasurer. Still needed: 2nd VP and Member-at-large. The official slate
will be announced on 4/23/13; contact Nancy if you’re interested in running for an
office.
6. Action Items –MSA (Schur-Beymer/Moss) to add PE selection committee appointments
back on agenda. MSA (Moss/Schur-Beymer) to appoint Larry Adams, Matt Collins, and
Andy Vasher to the PE faculty selection committee.
7. Discussion Items
A. Accreditation—Brian Lofman brought the 5 commendations and 12
recommendations from the team’s exit report out. He stressed we need an
evaluation process for adjuncts.
MSA (Adams/Weber) to move ECE up in order on the agenda.
B. Early Childhood Education—Andrea Zarate (and Jeanne Hori-Garcia, who had to
leave) asked that Tony oppose the proposed new discipline “Teacher Education”
that will be voted on at the Spring Plenary because it excludes ECE faculty from
teaching those classes, even if they have a valid teaching credential. The ECE
discipline specifically addresses learning and teaching while many others do not
include this. Possession of content knowledge required for teacher preparation is
not dependent on possession of a K-12 teaching credential. This proposal has
been discussed at length in various meetings across the state, including the Area B
meeting in March, and it appears there is little opposition. It may be too late to act
on this. Tony will bring information from the plenary.
C. Resolution: Faculty Representation on Hartnell College Foundation MSA
(Adams/Moss) to bring this back as action item next meeting.
D. Resolution: Non-tenured faculty on Administration hiring committees—tabled
E. Follow–up on resolution on Management review--tabled
F. Should we form a subcommittee to discuss faculty participation on selection
committees –to be part of decisions made by new task force with HR/Terri Pyer
8. Announcements (Senators)--none
9. Adjournment 5:05 p.m.