Min 11-01-05



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|Academic Senate |

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M I N U T ES

Academic Senate

1 November 2005

1:00 pm – 2:30 pm

E-305

Present:

Lynda Armbruster

Morrie Barembaum

Lynnette Beers

Odette Borrey

Cari Cannon

Shawn Cummins

Michael DeCarbo

Rosi Enriquez

Joe Geissler

Regina Lamourelle

Scott Sakamoto

Rosa Salazar de la Torre

Joyce Wagner

Absent:

Richard Adams (leave)

Nena Baldizon-Rios

Beth Clery

Narges Niedzwiecki

Guests

Linda Cucovatz

Patrick Francois

George Geyer

Mary Halvorson

Craig Rutan

John Smith

I. Call to Order: Senate President Rosi Enriquez called the meeting to order at 1:07 pm

II. Order of the Agenda

• VP AA Mary Halvorson will be given the floor at the beginning of the meeting.

III. Approval of Minutes:

• Minutes for 9/20/2005 were moved by Prof. Cannon and seconded by Prof. Geissler were approved as corrected.

• Minutes for 10/01/2005 were tabled.

• Minutes for 10/18/2005 were moved by Prof. Armbruster and seconded by DeCarbo were approved as presented.

IV. Reports:

A. President’s Report

• VP Halvorson reported that the Astronomy, Philosophy, Speech, Counselor, and Continuing Education requests have enough load.

• VP Halvorson expressed her gratitude to the faculty.

o VP Halvorson suggested that at this point, we could all take a breath before we start the revision to the Educational Master Plan (EMP).

o VP Halvorson stated that she will be working with the EMP Council to setup a timeline for revising the EMP.

• Prof. DeCarbo moved and Prof. Barembaum seconded a motion to approve the Faculty Hiring Request Ranking presented to the senate at the last meeting.

o Prof. Geyer presented his concern that Art History was not listed as having enough load. They have 7 Art History courses.

o Prof. DeCarbo stated that the response from the administration is that there are only 4 courses offered in the spring.

o Prof. Enriquez stated that the administration is looking at current class load – not what could be potentially offered.

o Prof. Smith presented what he believes should be a message from the senate to the administration.

➢ There is an attempt just to preserve the current numbers. There is no serious attempt by the district to improve the 75/25 numbers. We’ve stayed at 62% (full-time) for a long time.

➢ Either they’re committed to improving the FT/PT ratio or they’re not.

o Prof. DeCarbo moved to call the question.

➢ The motion to approve the ranking as presented passed unanimously.

o Prof. Cummins had a question about how this ranking took place. Why should we rank from 1 to 11 and yet only give points for the top four.

o Prof. Borrey asked if we know how many positions will be filled.

o Prof. DeCarbo expressed that it is good to see the administration backing a Cont. Ed. Position.

o Prof. de la Torre expressed her thanks for backing a Cont. Ed. Position.

o Prof. Cucovatz stated that the accreditation team commented on how well Cont. Ed. is treated.

B. Department Chairs

• Prof. Cannon reported that the department chairs have been discussing the new AHSS building.

o Discussions have included an Art Gallery as well as an Anthropology museum.

• Prof. Lamourelle asked where does Human Development and Education go in the Master Plan.

• Prof. Enriquez asked the senate to consider what is the senate’s role in the support and discontinuance of programs.

• Prof. Cannon stated that we don’t have Program Review on “one desk”

• Prof. Cucovatz reported that the accreditation team wants more narratives in the Program Review.

C. CPAC

• Consensus has been reached on the grading plan.

o The portables will be moved (for the most part) will be moved to the field where the U-90s are now. They will be arranged so that the faculty offices will be in the back with the classrooms up front.

• The Community Science Night will take place Friday night, 11/4/2005.

• Congratulations were expressed regarding the accreditation visitation.

D. ASB

• No Rep

E. Curriculum (Bev)

• The discipline expert or originator must be present at the first reading or the item may be tabled.

• There will be a district curriculum meeting that will take place 11/08.

• Speech and Communication will be renamed Communication.

• Every piece of new or revised curriculum must be on Irene’s desk by noon Monday for the catalog.

F. Technology

• Nothing Urgent

G. Accreditation

• Prof. Smith requested that the accreditation item be changed to Student Learning Outcomes (SLO).

V. Action Items

SLO Training Manual

• Prof. Geissler moved and Prof. Cummins seconded a motion to support the SLO manual as presented pending further updates.

o Motion passed unanimously.

• Prof. Cucovatz reported that the accreditation team was so pleased with SLOs that they wanted copies. Since they returned to their respective schools, they requested more copies and they want to steal Prof. Pimentel

VI. Discussion Items

Compressed Calendar

• Prof. Smith reported that the union is making a presentation to the Santa Ana College Academic Senate. Depending in the response, there may be a general meeting on the union called as early as 11/16.

• Prof. Barembaum reported that based on a brief analysis, it appears that the model presented to the faculty (10/18) will not increase FTES – and could even result in a decrease of FTES.

o At the union’s presentation, they focused solely on the number of minutes a class meets. However, the state compensates the college on the DHSC (daily student contact hour). While the DHSC is a function of the number of minutes taught, it is not a direct relationship: e.g., a 50-minute, 55-minute, and 60-minute class are all compensated as 1 DHSC.

Time Limits

• Prof. de la Torre stated that she likes to cross things off her list. She stated that the goal is to keep the senate moving on.

• Prof. Smith suggested that faculty should be allowed to make presentations to the senate.

• Prof. Barembaum expressed his concern about not allowing faculty guests to participate in discussions. The senate must regulate itself – hold fast to time limits – prior to “silencing the faculty”.

• Prof. Lamourelle reported that before becoming a senator, she came to the senate twice to make a comment and was not allowed to because of time constraints.

• Prof. Cannon suggested that guests could speak on behalf of senators.

• Prof. Armbruster expressed her concern that a senator may not want to represent a faculty member’s position.

• Prof. Smith suggested that faculty could write their name on the board if they wished to make a Public Comment.

• Prof. Enriquez stated that this would be an action item at the next meeting.

• Collegial Governance

• A draft revision of the new Governance structure was distributed.

VII. Public Comments

• None.

Meeting adjourned at 2:30.

Respectfully Submitted,

Morrie Barembaum

Santiago Canyon College

Academic Senate

Secretary Treasurer, 2004-2005

Barembaum_Morrie@sccollege.edu

(714) 628 – 4895

Approved 15 November 2005

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