FINAL
EL CAMINO COLLEGE
Office of the President
Minutes of the College Council Meeting February 22, 2010
Present: Francisco Arce, Bree Bond, Thomas Fallo, Ann Garten, Irene Graff, Jo Ann
Higdon, Jeanie Nishime, Susan Pickens, Elizabeth Shadish, Luukia Smith, Lynn Solomita,
and David Vakil.
1. Accountability Reporting for the Community Colleges (ARCC) Draft Report. This
report is a small subset that includes all colleges. This is a Legislative mandated
accountability report. This is the fourth year of ARCC. Irene is looking for feedback on
how we can explain some of our information in a local context. Feedback is due on
Thursday, February 25th. The report will go to Jeanie on Friday, February 26th and to
Cabinet on Monday, March 1st.
In terms of ARCC performance indicators, the most recent year shows increases across
five measures and modest declines on two measures. However, ECC remains below the
peer group average on four rates.
a. Compton Center
Table 1.1: Student Progress and Achievement Rate. Irene wants feedback as to
why rates are shifting at this time. These numbers are based on student
behavior, not goals.
Table 1.2: Persistence Rate. This is the best news for Compton.
Table 1.4: Annual Successful Course Completion Rate for Credit Basic Skills
Courses. This is the main focus of ARCC. Compton is the peer group low.
Table 1.5: Improvement Rates for ESL and Credit Basic Skills Courses. These
rates were affected by coding issues that will be corrected for the next report.
Compton is no longer the peer group low.
Table 1.11: Peer Grouping. The State mandated some sort of comparison. We
need to respond how we are compared to peer groups.
b. El Camino College
Table 1.1: Student Progress and Achievement Rate. Our rate is stable.
Table 1.1a: Percent of Students Who Earned at Least 30 Units. Our rate is
stable.
Table 1.2: Persistence Rate. We are often the peer group high, this year we are
close to it.
Table 1.3: Annual Successful Course Completion Rate for Credit Vocational
Courses. We had about a 2 point rise. Stephanie Rodriguez had some input as
to why this occurred.
Table 1.4: Annual Successful Course Completion Rate for Credit Basic Skills
Courses. We are above average.
Table 1.5: Improvement Rates for ESL and Credit Basic Skills Courses. We
are below average. These rates were affected by coding issues that will be
corrected for the next report.
Agenda for the March 1, 2010 Meeting:
1. Minutes of February 22, 2010
2. Team Reports
3. Faculty/Staff Opinion/Climate Survey
Policies completed 2009-10
3430 – Prohibition of Sexual and Other Forms of Harassment Adopted 11/16/09
4050 – Articulation – First Reading – 2/16/10
4250 – Probation, Dismissal and Readmission – Adopted 2/16/10
5310 – Student Grievance deleted 1/19/10
5500 – Academic Honesty & Standards of Conduct Adopted 12/21/09
AP 5520 – Student Discipline & Due Process Procedure 11/16/09
AP 5530 – Student Rights and Grievances 1/19/10
College Council Goals 2009-2010
1. Improve internal college communications.
2. Communicate fiscal issues facing the College and Center throughout the year.
3. Review – El Camino Community College District – Vision Statement, Mission
Statement, Statement of Values. Recommend revisions, as appropriate, to Guiding
Principles & Strategic Goals for new 2010-2013 document.
4. Support, review, and discuss results of a Campus Climate survey.
5. Complete 10 + 1 policies and accompanying procedures.
6. Continue to build a sense of community.
7. Increase the amount of recognition for work well done.
8. Incorporate evidence-based decision making.