Fullerton College Faculty Senate

Approved Minutes

February 7, 2008

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Present
Business..............................................	Marcus Wilson, Nancy Woolridge
Counseling...........................................	Heather Halverson, Flor Huerta
Fine Arts..............................................	Chuck Ketter
Humanities...........................................	Robert Lundergan, Jeff Rodine
Library.................................................	Mike Fitzsimmons
Math/Computer Science........................	Robert Diaz, Scott Malloy, Greg Nguyen
Natural Sciences..................................	Jan Chadwick, Jeff Feaster, Rick Lozinsky
Part-Time Faculty.................................	Jim Book
Physical Education...............................	Scott Giles
Social Sciences....................................	Chris Lamm, Ricardo Salas
Student Services...................................	Sylvia Pimentel
Technology/Engineering.........................	Rosa Molina, Doris Wright
At-large................................................	Peg Berger
Associated Students.............................	Ethan Morse
President.............................................	Ken Collins
Interim Vice President...........................	Miguel Powers
Secretary.............................................	Jane Troop
Treasurer..............................................	Karen Markley
At-large, Curriculum Chair......................	Jennifer Combs
Guests: Adela Lopez, Claudia Stanger
Absent
At-large................................................	Paul McKinley, Deborah McQueen, Mike Moore
Fine Arts..............................................	Steve Pliska
Humanities...........................................	Rosa Arceo, Ruth Egigian
Physical Education...............................	Pam Lewin

I. CALL TO ORDER

The meeting was called to order at 3:03 p.m. by Dr. Collins.

II. APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING

M/S/P (Wilson/Powers) to approve the Minutes of the January 24, 2008 meeting

III. APPROVAL OF AGENDA

M/S/U (Wilson/Powers) to approve the agenda for this meeting

IV. PUBLIC COMMENTS

Take Me Out—Chuck Ketter announced that Take Me Out will be performed March 13.

Student Success Summit—Chris Lamm announced that last Friday’s Student Success Summit was a success, and she thanked all those involved.

Kinder Caminata—This will be held March 28. Not only is there buy-in from Fullerton School District but much interest from the Anaheim School District as well. The number of children will be limited to 1,200 this year, and a mailing will be going out announcing the associated book drive.

Clickers—Ricardo Salas expressed concern on behalf of DEAC (Distance Education Advisory Committee) at the variety of clickers currently being used. The committee would like to see uniformity among the clickers.

Five Years of War: A Reflection of the Human Cost—Karen Markley announced an event she is planning for March 12, "Five Years of War: A Reflection of the Human Cost." Anyone interested in participating by bringing posters, articles, art, poems, pictures etc. should contact her.

M/S/U (Wilson/Markley) that the Senate commend Sean Chamberlin for his efforts on the successful presentation of a global warming teach-in day.

V. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORTS

President’s Report

Sean Chamberlin—It was noted that Dr. Sean Chamberlin paid $2,000 of his own money for many of the things that took place on global warming teach-in day. It is, therefore, the sense of the Senate to request that the BDC (Budget Development Committee) find a way to reimburse Dr. Chamberlin.

Student Success Summit—Dr. Collins mentioned that this event was well attended; however, the real test of whether this was a successful enterprise is if we do something about it. Collectively we need to make a commitment following up from the Summit.

Faculty Hiring Policy—The Senate then examined Administrative Procedure 7120-1, Tenure Track Faculty Hiring. Although there was no need for the Senate to take immediate action on this item, Dr. Collins wanted faculty feedback. He drew the Senate’s attention to several “sticking points.” Relative to 4.1.1, the Senate would prefer a new section that reflects allocation of positions based on campus needs, replacement of faculty, growth of the college, and the FTFO (full-time faculty obligation). It is currently based on FTFO and replacement positions. Replacements are now made when people are lost.

A better model would be bottom-up wherein the Faculty tells the District how many new people are needed. Then this can be taken into consideration as well. This will probably be a hard sell because the District will claim poverty. However, a few years ago the Senates agreed to reduce the District’s full-time faculty obligation with the caveat that the District would never fall below a 65/35 ratio of full-time to part-time faculty. This saved the District about $2 million a year that could be used to meet the campus hiring needs.

Dr. Collins asked the Senators to look over Section 4.2 and give him feedback. The Senate is attempting to keep the language generic enough that each college can develop its own policy. Dr. Collins pointed out several sections of AP 7120-1 where changes should be made.

PAC—This week’s PAC will be devoted to planning. Goals will have come back so that they can be evaluated. The Deans have independently developed the division goals, and some divisions’ faculty members have had the opportunity to give input. The goals are fairly generic, and the divisions will be held accountable.

Strategic Conversation—This will take place on February 24 at the Board of Trustees meeting which will be held at Cypress College. Dr. Collins encouraged Faculty members to attend. A microphone will be open, and the Trustees can answer questions.

Treasurer’s Report

The Senate account has a balance of $1,615. Treasurer Karen Markley thanked those who provided snacks for this meeting.

VI. CURRICULUM COMMITTEE REPORT

Technical Review Changes—Dr. Combs announced that the Curriculum Committee is reworking the technical review process in CurricUNET. 

Deadline for Fall 2009 Catalog—She reminded the Senate that March 26 is the deadline to pre-launch curriculum proposals in CurricUNET to be effective for the Fall 2009 catalog. 

CurricUNET Training—She will be offering a workshop for CurricUNET training on March 12, 2-5pm in Room 611.  Interested faculty should RSVP to Jennifer Combs and Rachel Chavez, and bring their material with them to the training session. 

Six-Year Reviews—Six-year reviews due this year should be pre-launched by February 13. 

Liberal Studies-Teacher Preparation Degree—The Liberal Studies-Teacher Preparation AA degree proposal approved by the Curriculum Committee on January 23, 2008 will be distributed to faculty with a request for feedback.

VII. EQUITY COMMITTEE REPORT

Chris Lamm reported that the committee determined its goals, objectives and mission. The committee members talked to faculty members as a part of their evaluations of the goals and outcomes based on their goals set in 2004.

They are also identifying other people who can provide input to help build a collaborative model of best practices to make sure that every student has access to services that should be offered. They would like more people to be a part of the committee process.

VIII. ELECTIONS

Senate Exec. openings are President-elect, Secretary, and Treasurer with nominations closing at the February 21 meeting. The President-elect position receives 60 percent reassigned time. The Secretary position receives 20 percent reassigned time. Both the Secretary and Treasurer positions are for one year.

The following were the results of the elections held at today’s Senate meeting:

Education Program Advisor Committee................................................................ Patricia Thomas

Hiring Committee for Instructional Assistant/Academic Support Center.......................... Jeff Rodine

Men and Women of Distinction Selection Committee.............................................. Miguel Powers

Men and Women of Distinction Selection Committee................................................... Scott Giles

Teacher of the Year, Level Two Selection Committee.............................................. Sunshine Vidal

Teacher of the Year, Level Two Selection Committee...................................................... Jim Book

Study Abroad Committee.................................................................................... Claudia Stanger

IX. OLD BUSINESS

Joint Senates/Unions Meeting Report—The presentations were very good and addressed collaboration. Many felt that it was well worth their time.

Midterm Accreditation Report—The Senate will go forward with the full survey, and Dr. Meehan will conduct it. There is about a week to get any commentary feedback to Ann Hovey and Dr. Portolan. Dr. Collins has a copy of the 1999 Master Plan, and he feels that it cannot be providing guidance because there are so few copies available. The plan is the same as our facilities plan.

X. NEW BUSINESS

District Academic Rank Procedures—Differences exist between Fullerton and Cypress College on how academic ranks are earned. The Senate will look into how the two can be reconciled; however, this does not have to be done now. Dr. Collins solicited input from the Senators. The District is indifferent because this does not involve money.

Chancellor Retirement/Hiring Committee Update—The Chancellor’s secretary is soliciting resolutions and gifts for the Chancellor for his retirement party.

M/S/P (Wilson/Powers) that the Senate present the Chancellor with a resolution and gift upon his retirement.

District/Campus Construction Projects—These are overrunning by about 32 percent.

Evaluation of Senate Responses and Direction—The Senate appears to be more reactive than proactive. Dr. Collins posed the question of whether or not the Senate wishes to be more proactive on distance education, teach-ins, and these types of activities. An agenda could be developed to do this. Possibly a discussion at the next meeting would be beneficial. The Senators were asked to think about this. Additionally, items that have never reached resolution, such as the president’s role in curriculum, could be included. The suggestion was made that at the next Senate meeting an agenda should be set prioritizing items of interest, such as how money is distributed and faculty hiring.

XI. LIAISON REPORTS

Associated Students—The results of the A.S. survey from last spring were distributed. The A.S. President raised the issue of enforcing the ban on smoking on this campus.

United Faculty——United Faculty reported that salary negotiations for this year are about to start. Initial input from the Trustees indicates that they are concerned about increasing the ongoing expenses, such as COLA, this year given the uncertain nature of the State economy. Because of the suspension of various State budget mandates, regular funding of community colleges may be put in jeopardy.

United Faculty believes that, since the District has already received COLA on the amount of approximately $148 million and each 1 percent increase in salary for Faculty only costs the District about $500,000, there is adequate money for COLA already in the budget and using the already-received ongoing money would not be an undue hardship on the District.

Given the already-announced shortfall in bond funding, it is believed by United Faculty that the Trustees are attempting to hoard ongoing funds so that at the end of this fiscal year the unspent ongoing money becomes carryover funds and can then be spent on Bond projects.

Adjunct Faculty United—No report.

The meeting was adjourned at 5:20 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

Jane Troop, Secretary

Index

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65/35 ratio

of full-time to part-time faculty, 2

A.S. survey, 4

Academic Rank Procedures. See District Academic Rank Procedures

Adjunct Faculty United, 5

Administrative Procedure 7120-1, Tenure Track Faculty Hiring, 2

Anaheim School District, 2

Associated Students, 4

bond funding

shortfall in, 5

Trustees attempting to hoard ongoing funds, 5

book drive

associated with Kinder Caminata, 2

Budget Development Committee, 2

Campus Construction Projects. See District/Campus Construction Projects

Chamberlin, Dr. Sean

and Global Warming Teach-in, 2

Chancellor Retirement/Hiring Committee Update, 4

clickers, 2

COLA, 4

collaborative model of best practices

re: Equity Committee, 3

Collins, Dr. Kenneth, 1, 2, 3, 4

construction project cost overruns, 4

Curriculum Committee, 3

Curriculum Committee Report, 3

CurricUNET, 3

CurricUNET Training, 3

Cypress College, 3

DEAC, 2

Deadline for Fall 2009 Catalog, 3

distance education, 4

District Academic Rank Procedures, 4

District/Campus Construction Projects, 4

Education Program Advisor Committee. See Elections

Elections, 3

Equity Committee, 3

Faculty Hiring Policy, 2

Five Years of War,

A Reflection of the Human Cost, 2

FTFO, 2

Fullerton School District, 2

Hiring Committee for Instructional Assistant/Academic Support Center. See Elections

Hovey, Ann

Midterm Accreditation Report Coauthor, 4

Joint Senates/Unions Meeting Report, 4

Kinder Caminata, 2

Liberal Studies-Teacher Preparation AA degree, 3

Master Plan for 1999, 4

Meehan, Dr. Kenneth, 4

Men and Women of Distinction Selection Committee. See Elections

Midterm Accreditation Report, 4

PAC, 3

Portolan, Dr. Janet. See Midterm Accreditation Report

President’s Report, 2

president’s role in curriculum, 4

President-elect

of Faculty Senate, 3

salary negotiations, 4

Secretary

of the Faculty Senate, 3

Senate Responses and Direction

evaluation of, 4

Six-Year Reviews, 3

smoking ban on campus

enforcing it, 4

State budget mandates, 4

State economy, 4

Strategic Conversation, 3

Student Success Summit, 2

Study Abroad Committee. See Elections

Take Me Out

theater production, 2

Teacher of the Year, Level Two Selection Committee. See Elections

teach-ins, 4

Technical Review Changes

Curriculum Committee, 3

Treasurer

of the Faculty Senate, 3

Treasurer’s Report, 3

Trustees

can answer questions at Strategic Conversation, 3

United Faculty, 4

unspent ongoing money

becoming carryover funds to be spent on bond projects, 5