Fullerton College Faculty Senate

Approved Minutes

 

 February 21, 2008

 

 

Present
Business..............................................	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.................................
Physical Education...............................	Pamela Lewin
Social Sciences...................................	Chris Lamm, Ricardo Salas
Student Services..................................	Sylvia Pimentel
Technology/Engineering.......................	Rosa Molina, Doris Wright
At-large................................................	Peg Berger, Paul McKinley, Deborah McQueen
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, Danielle Fouquette, Jeremy LaDebauche
Absent
Business..............................................	Marcus Wilson
Fine Arts..............................................	Steve Pliska
Humanities...........................................	Rosa Arceo, Ruth Egigian
Part-Time.............................................	Jim Book
Physical Education...............................	Scott Giles

 

 

I.         CALL TO ORDER

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

II.        APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING

        M/S/P (McQueen/Lozinsky) to approve the Minutes of the February 7, 2008 meeting.

 

III.       APPROVAL OF AGENDA

 

        M/S/U (Lundergan/Feaster) to approve the agenda for this meeting.

 

 

 

 

IV.      PUBLIC COMMENTS

 

Dynamic Fund—Adela Lopez would like the Senate to reexamine the Dynamic Fund . 

 

KinderCaminata—Chris Lamm again encouraged Senators to participate in KinderCaminata  on March 26 either in their classrooms or in the Quad .  About 60 classrooms of children are expected.  She also asked faculty to donate children’s books for use in kindergartens.

 

Ken Collins clarified that the recommendations of the Accreditation Commission have been addressed rather than adopted; there is no choice involved.

 

V.    EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORTS

President’s Report

                                           

       DPC/Chancellor’s Cabinet —A subcommittee of DPC is looking at the District’s funding model .  Members on DPC from Cypress  felt that Cypress was not being given enough money when allocation is made only on FTES. It was argued that various vocational programs at Cypress, such as the Mortuary Science  and Nursing  programs, are very expensive.  The subcommittee, consisting of the financial officers, institutional researchers, and vice presidents from each campus, is looking at these issues. This committee is still gathering information. Changes to the funding model may not happen this year because DPC is very slow. The Chancellor agreed that a new funding model may result in more funding going to either college.

 

       Faculty Hiring —The Faculty Ethics Administrative Procedure  was presented. This proposed procedure contains language from the AAUP (American Association of University Professors)  web site. It was pointed out by the Senate President that the AP being proposed is better classified as a Board Policy and that such a change in focus was proposed at DPC. Preliminary discussions on this change were held with the Vice Chancellor of Human Resources , and it was decided that perhaps this should be a board policy. 

 

       Board of Trustees  Meeting —The Cypress  College accreditation midterm report , along with many supporting documents, was presented to the Trustees last week.  The Trustees approved the Academic Freedom Policy  as well as the Administrative Hiring Policy . 

 

       PAC—Last week the Fullerton accreditation midterm report  was discussed.  Much of it has been rewritten. It will be presented to the Board of Trustees  in March.

      
Classroom/Office Building—The new target date for finishing the Classroom/Office Building  is August 12.  Classes are scheduled to be taught in this building in the fall semester, but Social Sciences may not be ready then.  If the C.O.B. offices are not ready by the beginning of fall semester, then the Social Sciences  and Natural Sciences divisions  may have to be moved during the fall semester.  The Natural Sciences Building will be taken down in August or September. 

 

       Dry wall and plaster contractors—The Board of Trustees  approved terminating the dry wall and plaster contractors  working on the Classroom Office Building. The Senate President indicated that he was assured at the Board of Trustees meeting that this would not affect the construction schedule for this building.

 

       Dynamic Fund—Procedures for the Dynamic Fund were approved in PAC.  There will be six weeks to get the proposals ready, which is much more time than last year. 

 

      

 

 

 

       Increase in ongoing budget—The campus was given an increase in ongoing budget to support new construction . This allowed the campus to use the money for additional maintenance support  for the new building.  PAC reviewed two lists of how the new classified money is being spent—classification levels  for current employees and hiring new employees. There is still a very long list representing classified needs which has been forwarded by the Deans.

 

       Senate Exec . —Since there is still enough ongoing money to hire two more full-time classified positions , the Senate Exec. requested that the PAC be given some justification and reasoning when it is decided by the president’s staff how they will fill the positions.  Faculty have enquired about the status of the four 12-passenger vans  that the college will be purchasing.  Dr. Portolan responded that the requisitions are being processed and felt that the college would not have them until the end of the semester.

 

       Faculty Survey—Dr. Collins will be meeting with Dr. Meehan  about creating and implementing the faculty climate survey .

 

       Growth beyond extended day—The growth beyond extended day spending model  was approved by PAC. Dr. Hodge is still pondering parts of this model and has not yet announced how it will be implemented.

 

       Treasurer’s Report

 

       The Senate has had no changes since the last report.  Treasurer Karen Markley thanked those who provided snacks for this meeting.

 

VI.    CURRICULUM COMMITTEE REPORT

No report.

 

VIII.     ELECTIONS

 

         Interim Vice President Powers announced that Senator Mike Moore  has resigned due to health concerns.  He also notified the Senators that calls will be going out for division Senators. In the absence of nominations for President-elect, he explained that the year spent as President-elect is the first of a four-year commitment to the Senate.  Reassigned time is 60 percent the year served in that position.   It is 80 percent each year as Senate President, and 60 percent as Past President.  He announced that the call for nominations for President-elect will now be sent out to all full-time faculty.  There were no nominations for Senate Treasurer.

 

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

 

 

Student Equity Committee .................................................................................... Carolyn Facer

Teacher of the Year, Level II ................................................................................... Chuck Ketter

Senate Secretary ..................................................................................................... Jane Troop

 

 

IX.    OLD BUSINESS

 

Resolution for Sean Chamberlin—The proposed resolution for Sean Chamberlin  was presented to the Senate for its approval.

 

M/S/U (Powers/Ketter) to accept the proposed resolution for Dr. Chamberlin.

 

 

 

WHEREAS, global climate change  is a growing concern that threatens to have a negative impact on the biosphere and the lives of millions of people; and

 

WHEREAS, Focus the Nation  is an organization that supports the use of campus teach-ins  to educate communities about the issues of global warming; and

 

WHEREAS, Dr. Sean Chamberlin took the initiative to organize Fullerton College’s contribution to the Focus the Nation National Global Warming Teach-in on January 31, 2008. And

 

WHEREAS, the Fullerton College event was a resounding success with a variety of outstanding speakers and activities; and

 

WHEREAS, the Fullerton College teach-in provided a unique opportunity for students to experience active participation in a real-world application of classroom material; and

 

WHEREAS, the Fullerton College teach-in reached beyond the campus to involve community members from the North Orange County Community College District and surrounding cities;

 

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Fullerton College Faculty Senate expresses sincere appreciation and acclamation to Dr. Sean Chamberlin for demonstrating superior leadership and vision in educating the Fullerton College community on issues of global climate change and resource conservation .

 

  X.   NEW BUSINESS

 

        Student Learning Outcomes—Danielle Fouquette , the SLO  coordinator, addressed the Senate concerning the status of SLOs.  The completion of Student Learning Outcomes  was mandated by the accreditation report. The college president requested that the SLOs  be completed last semester. This was not done. Fouquette announced that she had done less working with Faculty to create SLOs and more “maintenance” and SLO cataloging. We currently don’t have all the SLOs done, and the current percentage is closer to 75.

 

It was announced that the college researcher is currently working on assessment model guidelines . It was pointed out by the United Faculty representative that SLOs and assessments should be done by faculty, and that allowing administrators to design either or both is dangerous since there have been proposals that SLOs be tied to formal faculty evaluations.

 

Dr. Collins  indicated that the college president has told the Deans to get the SLOs done, and the actual timelines have never been discussed with Faculty. An example of the SLO  timeline adopted by Cypress  College was distributed to the Senate.  It follows:

 

                                                                                                                 “Complete

                             Year                              SLOs Written                            the Loop”

 

                        2007-2008                           25%   of courses                          10%

                        2008-2009                           50%   of courses                          25%

                        2009-2010                           75%   of courses                          37%

                        2010-2011                         100%   of courses                          50%

 

                       

 

 

 

 

M/S/U (Powers/Markley) that the reassigned time for SLO  Coordinator be continued into next semester, the SLO coordinator serve as chair of the new SLO Committee, and that one of the initial tasks of the new committee be to develop a reasonable timeline and process for SLOs.

 

Evaluation of Senate Responses and Direction —At the previous Senate meeting, Senators were asked to give thought to directions the Senate should take.  As a guide, Dr. Collins distributed an excerpt from Title V  that defines the role of the Academic Senate.

 

 

Section 53200 DEFINITIONS

 

Academic Sena te means an organization whose primary function is to take recommendations with respect to academic and professional matters.  Academic and Professional matters means the following policy development and implementation matters:

 

1.      Curriculum, including establishing prerequisites.

2.     Degree and certificate requirements.

3.     Grading policies.

4.     Educational program development.

5.     Standards or policies regarding student preparation and success.

6.     College governance structures, as related to faculty roles.

7.     Faculty roles and involvement in accreditation processes.

8.     Policies for faculty professional development activities.

9.     Processes for program review.

10.  Processes for institutional planning and budget development.

11.  Other academic and professional matters as mutually agreed upon.

 

Consult collegially means that the district governing board shall develop policies on academic and professional matters through either or both of the following: 

 

1.     Rely primarily upon the advice and judgment of the academic senate, OR

2.     The governing board, or its designees, and the academic senate shall reach mutual agreement by written resolution, regulation, or policy of the governing board effectuating such recommendations.

 

 

AP 2510 , Participation in Local Decision-making—This is the agreement that the constituent groups have with the District about how we will come to decisions.  Section 2.1 lists those matters for which the Board of Trustees  elects to reply primarily on the recommendations of the Senate(s), and Section 2.2 treats matters for which the Board of Trustees elects to seek mutual agreement with the Senate(s).  Discussion ensued regarding where the Senate should be proactive.  Dr. Collins recorded the suggestions made and will be putting together some proposals for the consideration.

 

XI.    LIAISON REPORTS

Associated Students —The men’s basketball team is the Orange Empire Basketball Champ.  The regional play-offs will be at our college.  Eiko Tsumato, (Phi Beta Kappa, all-American awards program) is being sent by the college to Sacramento.  Latino Leadership collected donations for fire victims.  It was asked that the Scheduling Committee be reactivated.

 

United Faculty—Regarding class size changed by the College President , United Faculty will provide legal resources if the Senate decides to proceed in  this area.  UF reported that there are issues at Cypress  College, and possibly at Fullerton College as well, concerning coordinator duties . A general

 

 

 

list of required coordinator duties different from the list in the contract  is not valid, and each list of

actual duties must be negotiated between the dean and the coordinator. It was also announced that based on last year’s increase to ongoing budget, the District received an additional $8 million in ongoing funds for COLA  and growth. The District has of yet not agreed to COLA for this year (coming out of this $8 million). UF is continuing to negotiate.

 

Adjunct Faculty United —No report.

 

The meeting was adjourned at 5 p.m.

 

Respectfully submitted, 

 

 

 

Jane Troop, Secretary