COLLEGE OF THE SISKIYOUS
INSTRUCTION COUNCIL MINUTES – MEETING #5
Monday, October 3, 2005
Board Room
Present: Toni Bray, Cheryl Coppin, Dennis DeRoss, Vickie Donaldson, Dennis
Freeman, Jim Hatton, Steve Reynolds, Robin Richards, Dennis Roberts, Barry
Russell
Absent: Eden Dahlstrom, Student Rep
Item 1.
Approval of Minutes from Meeting No. 2 (8/29/05 and Meeting No. 3
(9/12/05)
It was MSP (Reynolds/DeRoss) to approve the minutes from meetings
2 and 3. The motion passed unanimously.
Item 2.
Instructional Equipment Ranking
Each council member ranked the instructional equipment requests.
The requests that received four or more votes were ranked. The top
10 will be funded and are equivalent to approximately $57,000. Dr.
Russell will check to see if we can start spending the funds now. Dr.
Richards will check to see if Pepsi will purchase the indoor batting
cage for HPER. If they can, we can take it off of our list. The following
items are approved to be purchased:
A&L-Media
Comms
A&L-Ceramics
HPER –
Equipment Room
C&TE – Welding
Video Cameras (3), Wireless
Mic (3), Computer, Vegas 6.0
software (2), Dynatran Century
stand (4), Lighting Kit (2),
Digital Video Camera (1)
Gas Kiln
Gym Floor Covering
Wire Welders, Belt Sanders,
Angle Grinders
A&L-Media
Flash Recorder Kits (2),
Comms
Shotgun Condenser Mic (2),
Computer, SAW Studio Basic
Software (2), Condenser Mic
(2)
HPER –
Indoor Retractable
Baseball/Softball Baseball/Softball Batting Cage
C&TE – Business Chairs for G5 (13)
$9,226
1
$20,910
2
$3,443.15
3
4
$11,864
$3,358
5
$5,274.00
$1037.49
NASS –
Chemistry
NASS – Physics
Analytic Balance
$915
Electronic Digital Balances (2)
$364
Counseling –
Guidance
Eureka Software
$250
6
7
8
9
10
Remove
computer
Broke down
last year,
safety issue
High
priority
Remove
computer
Instruction Council Minutes Meeting No. 4
October 3, 2005
Page 2 of 2
Item 3.
Review Faculty Position Requests for 2006-07
Each Area Director submitted requests for new or replacement faculty
positions for next year. Ten positions were requested: English-Basic
Skills, Music-Instrumental, English-Composition, Speech, EMT
/Paramedic, Fire, Nursing, Biology, Math, Football Coach/Other. Dr.
Russell would like to go out for the positions with the stipulation that hiring
will be dependent upon funding. By the time the application period closes,
we will have a better idea what the budget will be for next year. Each
council member will rank the positions and we will discuss the ranking at
the next meeting. The positions will go to Academic Senate and PAC for
approval. Job descriptions will need to be developed for each position
and we will go out for the positions this fall. Dr. Russell will send out an email to faculty asking them to notify us early if they plan to retire. If we are
notified of any retirements these may be added to the list.
Item 4.
Three-Year Curriculum Review Cycle
Curriculum that needs to be reviewed this year was distributed to each
Area Director. Each packet was approximately one-third of the courses
that need to be reviewed. Next year another one-third will be distributed
for review. Changes may be made on the course outline in red pen. All
curriculum needs to be reviewed and turned back in by February 1, 2006.
Item 5.
P&L Safety Report for Yreka Campus
This is only a partial list. We need some clarification on items that are
labeled Yreka Campus.
Item 6.
Spring 2006 Schedule
The spring schedule is still being worked on. Community service classes
will be printed in the Life Long Learning schedule as well as the regular
class schedule, and fall under the same deadlines as other classes in
order to be listed in the schedule of classes.
Item 7.
Strategic Master Plan Update – How to Provide Feedback
Item tabled. Will discuss at the next meeting.
Item 8. Other
Mount Shasta International Film Festival – Dr. Russell needs people to
welcome moviegoers to COS. Let him know if you can help out.
Valencia Visit – Dr. Russell and Dr. Richards reported that the conference
at Valencia was very good. Valencia has identified four core
competencies (think, value, communicate, act), which are built into all of
their courses. This process took them 3-4 years to accomplish and began
with a grant. They really focus on first and second semester students and
teach them LifeMap. Valencia has increased student retention with their
program.
The meeting adjourned at 3:04 p.m.