Governing Council
Officers
2015-2016
Academic Senate
Kate Williams Browne
President
Stephen Fredricks
Vice President
Minutes
Thursday, 3 Sept,
2014
2:10pm – 4:00pm
rm. 6203
Mission: to empower and
transform a global
community of learners
Leigh Anne Shaw
Secretary
Tiffany Schmierer
Treasurer
Leigh Anne Shaw
Past President
Committee Chairs & Ex-Officio
Representatives
Dennis Wolbers
John Ulloa
Curriculum
Jacquie Escobar
Nick Kapp
Educational Policy
Shawna Whitney
Professional Personnel
vacant
Research
Rob Williams/Janice Sapigao
AFT Rep (non-voting)
Division Representatives
Dick Claire/Dan Ming
Business
Kent Gomez
Jacquie Escobar
Counseling
Jessica Hurless
Danielle Powell
Language Arts
Amber Steele
KAD
Zachary Bruno
SSCA
Michelle Hagar/Alanna Utsumi
Classified Senate (non-voting)
Yancy Aquino
Terrance Chang
SMT
Dennis Zheng/Miku Mendoza
ASSC Rep (non-voting)
Dennis Wolbers
ASLT
vacant
SEEED [non-voting]
Opening Procedures
Item
Presenter
Time
Details
Call to order
Roll/Introductions
President
Secretary
0
1
Meeting was called to order at 2:13pm.
Dennis Wolbers, Dan Ming, Leigh Anne Shaw, Miku Mendoza
(ASSC), Jacqueline Escobar, Kate Williams Browne, Kent Gomez,
Dick Claire, Dennis Zheng (ASSC), Shawna Whitney, Stephen
Fredricks, Janice Sapigao (AFT), Jessica Hurless, Danielle Powell,
Zachary Bruno, Jesse Raskin, Tiffany Schmierer, Amber Steele,
Terrance Chang
Consent agenda
Adoption of today’s agenda
Adoption previous minutes
President
President
President
0
1
1
Timekeeper
Public Comment
President
Public
1
3
TOTAL
7
Guests: Albert Ramos
nothing on consent
M:Fredricks /S: Wolbers /Motion Carried
M:Claire /S: Fredricks / Abstention: Wolbers/Motion Carried with
amendment.
Amendment: to include Jackie Escobar as having agreed to co-chair
Ed Policy with Nick Kapp.
Dennis Zheng
Concern that new students have to go to CSM to get their
fingerprinting done for student work positions. Skyline will not
have a LiveScan machine until November. This is an inconvenience
to students as well as ECE teachers who need to be fingerprinted.
Kate talking to the VPI to arrange for a fix to get a local provider to
come on campus to provide fingerprinting. Kate will follow up.
Action/
Information
Procedure
Procedure
Action
Action
Action
Information
Standing Agenda Items
Item
Presenter
Time
Details
Officer, Chairs, and
Division Reports
Reps and
officers
15
President’s/Vice President
 State ASenate Plenary Session November 5-7/Irvine
Good opportunity for senators to learn more about
senate operations. Learn more at http://www.asccc.org
Concerns regarding whether professional development
money will be available. ASCCC piloting a
professional development college which offers
leadership mentorship.
 College Governance Council –W 9/23 [KWB & SF]
Has not met yet – is usually the last Wednesday of the
month.
 Strategic Planning & Resources Council –Th 9/10
[KWB & Jesse Raskin] Has not met yet – meets 2nd
Thursday/month, sometimes also last. Browne
highlighted the online survey that was sent out in
email on August 31, and asked members to encourage
people to fill it out.
 District (DPGC, DSPC, DAS, DBC) – 1st Monday, 2nd
Monday, 2nd Monday, 3rd Tuesday [Kate attends all,
Stephen @ DAS & DPGC]
-District ASenate upcoming Issues:
- Curriculum-collegial consultation on new
course/programs [eg Digital Media, Engineering];
o District Curriculum Committee is trying
to develop a means of districtwide policy
for districtwide oversight and
coordination of curriculum development
o Coordination not at the course level, but
to determine whether a college can create
a new program that a sister college
already has
o Comments pro/con and clarification;
concerns that we are still living under the
Prop-13-era idea that the colleges are to
be divided and have their own specialities
- Faculty Workload [joint AS & AFT study
session/group];
- “Fall Friday” Local Senate retreat date to meet
with State Senate to discuss best practices.
-DSPC upcoming Issue: Employee Badge program
Treasurer’s Report
Standing Committee Reports
 Curriculum [Wolbers & Ulloa] Met on 9/2/15.
Discussed goals for 2015-2016 including the new
Action/
Information
Information
materials
Respiratory Therapy upper division courses –
challenge to establish a process for reviewing upper
division courses. There currently is no formal method
of recognizing criteria that determine upper division
status. There will also be upper division G.E. courses.
Ed Policy – 2nd & 4th Thursday; Chair attends
Institutional Effectiveness Council [Jacquie
Escobar/ Fall, Nick Kapp/Spr] Has not met as a
committee, but co-chairs met.
Charge of Ed Policy:
1. Considers for recommendation all matters of
educational policy including academic standards,
probation, disqualification, re-admissions
policies, grading procedures, matriculation,
student behavior and student grievances.
2. Considers for recommendation all matters of
administrative policy concerning educational
policy, including policies of the Instruction Office
and the Office of Student Services.
Counseling faculty end up creating responses to
situations where policies are unclear – Ed Policy isn't
always aware how policies are impacting faculty in
the classroom. We no longer have Matriculation
(SSSP has replaced it); the Ed Policy's chief job was
to update the annual Matric plan; now SSSP is in the
area of the SSSP Task Force, and Ed Policy will
connect with them.
 Professional Personnel –[Whitney] – no report
 Research –vacant
Division News
 ASLT, BEPP, Counseling, Lang Arts, KAD, SSCA & SMT
 Counseling: Early Alert and SSSP both support at-risk
students. Carla Campillo coordinated EA; retired in Sp15;
Kent Gomez now coordinates both EA and Student Success
Program (SSP), now rolled into one entity called ASPIRE:
Academic Success and Personal Improvement for
Responsible Education.
 BEPP: Looked at TBA hours and whether to keep them.
The reason for adopting them years ago is now outdated.
Other reports
Reps
10
ASSC [Zheng] – starting Latino Heritage Month, setting
calendar of events – focusing on 3. Kickoff Sept 15 with
dance event (Yucatan), Dance Festival (feat. Salsa, hip-hop)
and catering on Sept 19, and dancers from the Andes Mtns.
Event focusing on the citizenship exam.
AFT [Williams/Sapigao] – Have not met yet – 1st meeting is
Wednesday at CSM – look for email from Rob Williams. Still
Information
15
Compendium of
Committees
pushing for part-timer medical benefits.
Classified Senate [Haggar/Utsumi] No report
SEEED- vacant
Division Lists will be shown. Openings will be discussed; see
Resources/ ASenate Pre-Election Planning ppt.
http://skylinecollege.edu/academicsenate/resources.php
TOTAL
40
Item
Presenter
Time
Details
Goals for 2015-2016
President
30
Review of suggested goals from previous meeting; discussion and
prioritizing.
1. Bring to AcSenate major players in College Leadership
2. Collaborate with AFT on Faculty Workload assessment
3. Review & Revitalize Local Senate [procedures, etc.]
4. Finish By-laws Revision & possible implications for the
revision of the Faculty Handbook [including Syllabus
checklist]
5. Greater transparency & budget awareness; establish closer
connection with SPARC
6. Have Senate take role in breaking down silos with
awareness about initiatives & keep them faculty driven
[Center for Global Learning/International, Adult
Learning/Deputy Sector Navigator, Learning Communities,
Teacher Prep, CSI, Middle College, implications of SSSP,
etc]
7. Understand College Hiring priorities, including balance of
teaching & nonteaching faculty, unreplaced faculty
position, FT/PT ratio.
8. Concern over Professional Development being developed
without purview of faculty senate throughout the district.
Information
materials
New Senate Business
Action/
Information
Information
materials
Interest in prioritizing #5, Greater transparency & budget awareness,
which also connects to #7. Concerns that the information that faculty
is given is not always rich and nuanced enough to understand the
decisions we see being made (i.e. when hiring notices go out from
HR).
Also interest/need in prioritizing #4. We are a Senate of the whole,
which severely limits our ability to respond to changes in a nimble,
effective manner.
Also #6 is critical and of great interest. There are initiatives,
instructional and otherwise, proceeding on campus without faculty
involvement or awareness.
#8 is important, as there still exists much confusion over
Professional Development, its authority, and how to access and
engage in PD appropriately and be supported/compensated.
Museum of Tolerance
President
10
Goals 1,2,&3 moved to the bottom.
Review of MOT program and selection process; action to follow
next meeting.
Information
materials
Disciplinary hearing
representation
President
5
There are many applicants. Senate discussed the challenge with
choosing attendees among several, and there is no official
application process. Kate will discuss with other two presidents to
inquire how they handle this process.
Representation [1 plus alternate] from Faculty, Classified, &
Students in case of disciplinary hearings
Action
Kent Gomez volunteered to be the faculty rep.
M: Hurless / S: Steele / Motion carries
Alternate – to be selected from the Ed Policy committee
M: Steele/S: Hurless/Motion carries
TOTAL
45
Final Announcements and Adjournment
Item
Presenter
Adjournment
Time
Details
1
Meeting adjourned at 3:45pm
M:Hurless /S: Whitney/ Motion carries
Minutes submitted by: Leigh Anne Shaw
TOTAL
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