Approved Minutes
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Present |
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Business........................................... |
Marcus Wilson |
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Counseling........................................ |
Flor Huerta |
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Fine Arts........................................... |
Michelle Coletta |
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Humanities........................................ |
Robert Lundergan |
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Library............................................... |
Mike Fitzsimmons |
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Math/Computer Science..................... |
Robert Diaz, Scott Malloy, Greg
Nguyen |
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Natural Sciences................................ |
Jan Chadwick, Jeff Feaster, Rick
Lozinsky |
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Part-Time Faculty............................... |
Jim Book |
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Physical Education............................ |
Scott Giles, Pam Lewin |
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Social Sciences................................. |
Chris Lamm, Ricardo Salas |
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Student Services................................ |
Sylvia Pimentel |
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Technology/Engineering...................... |
Rosa Molina, Doris Wright |
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At-large............................................. |
Peg Berger, Paul McKinley |
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Associated Students.......................... |
Ethan Morse |
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President........................................... |
Kenneth Collins |
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Interim Vice President........................ |
Miguel Powers |
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Secretary.......................................... |
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Treasurer........................................... |
Karen
Markley |
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At-large, Curriculum Chair................... |
Jennifer Combs |
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Guests
Darlene Jensen |
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Absent |
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At-large............................................. |
Gayle
Cebrian, Paul McKinley, Debbie McQueen, Mike Moore |
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Business........................................... |
Marcus Wilson, Nancy Woolridge |
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Counseling........................................ |
Heather Halverson |
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Fine Arts........................................... |
Chuck Ketter, Steven Pliska |
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Humanities........................................ |
Rosa Arceo, Ruth Egigian, Jeff
Rodine |
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Senate Exec...................................... |
Jane Troop |
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Social Sciences................................. |
Leonore Monreal |
I.
CALL
TO ORDER
The meeting was called to order at
II.
APPROVAL
OF MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING
M/S/P (Wilson/Book) to approve the Minutes of the
III.
APPROVAL
OF AGENDA
M/S/U (Wilson/Book) to approve the agenda for this
meeting with one change.
IV.
PUBLIC
COMMENTS
Study Abroad Coordinator—Marcus Wilson reported that the Study Abroad Committee had advertised for a
replacement Study Abroad Coordinator after the misunderstanding
about proposed changes to the position over the summer lead to a
resignation. The position will continue
with the duties as written in the previous job description except for an
increased role for management to work with the Faculty Coordinator in
negotiating contracts. This change will
reduce legal liability for the college. The new Coordinator should be selected in the
first week of October.
Electric Carts on Campus—Ricardo Salas raised safety concerns about electric carts on campus and suggested that these carts
should be clearly numbered for accountability.
The ensuing conversation revealed that
V. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORTS
President’s Report
My Gateway Portal and Fall Semester Grades—President Collins reported on the My Gateway, a portal to online services for faculty, students, and
staff. Faculty will log onto the My
Gateway portal to enter fall semester grades.
From My Gateway, faculty will follow web links to WebStar and enter grades there. My Gateway training sessions are available at
College Center Update—President Collins reported that the opening of the new
Key Return Policy—President Collins indicated that Dr. Hodge wishes to create a
committee to develop a key return policy. The faculty is invited to
contact Dr. Collins with suggestions about either the composition of the
committee or specific issues to consider while preparing the policy.
New Instructional Material Allocation Model—Because Instructional Materials money comes mainly from lottery
funding, the allocation has often been uncertain in the past. This uncertainty makes budget decisions
difficult. The Budget Development
Committee proposed a new allocation model to prevent this uncertainty.
Instructional Materials Money—This year
October 4 Senate Meeting Cancelled due to
Campus Leadership Retreat—President Collins announced that since the
Senate Executive Committee will be attending the campus leadership retreat from October 4 through
October 6, the Senate meeting scheduled for October 4 will be cancelled. Therefore, the next Senate meeting will be
held October 18.
Further,
the Staff Development Committee has asked that the faculty representatives to
the President’s Advisory Council and the "Teacher of the Year" nominees
from the past two years be invited to the retreat in
addition to the Senate Executive Committee
Treasurer’s Report
Since
the position is vacant, there was no report.
VI. CURRICULUM COMMITTEE REPORT
Jennifer
Combs,
Curriculum Chair, reported that due to the diligence of the Curriculum
Committee approximately one hundred proposals were in progress and on track to
meet the December deadline for the Course Catalog. However, the District Board of Trustees’ decision to table all
VII. ELECTIONS
The following are the results of the elections held in the
Senate:
Position.................................................................................................... Successful Candidate
Distance Education Advisory Committee ................................................................. Ricardo Salas
Education Program Advisory Committee..................................................................... Elise Donley
Education Program Advisory Committee.................................................................. Patricia
Green
Faculty Senate Treasurer....................................................................................... Karen Markley
General Education Advisory Subcommittee ............................................................ Susan Vincent
General Education Advisory Subcommittee................................................................ Greg
Nguyen
Hiring Committee for
Hiring Committee for
Honors Program Advisory Committee ................................................................... Claudia Stanger
Honors Program Advisory Committee....................................................................... Ricardo
Salas
Honors Program Advisory Committee......................................................................... Scott
Malloy
Matriculation Committee............................................................................................. Flor Aguilar
Matriculation Committee......................................................................................... Kathi
Johnson
Matriculation Committee................................................................................................. John
Orr
Staff
Development Committee.................................................................................... Doris
Wright
Transfer Advisory Committee.............................................................................................. Jo Wu
VIII. OLD BUSINESS
DEAC Report—President
Collins announced that he would forward the DEAC report prepared by Callista
Lee.
Academic Freedom—The Senate President indicated that this policy has been under
consideration for three years. The only section under disagreement is 4.0. The President proposed to the Senate
that
it be moved that this policy be placed before Chancellor’s Cabinet so that the final sections
in contention can be resolved in open session.
It is requested of the Senate members that they read the final sections
of the Academic Freedom document and that any concerns be e-mailed to the
Senate President.
IX. NEW BUSINESS
Allocation Model for Growth beyond Extended Day—President Collins gave a brief history of the recent proposals
from BDC/PAC. Because the Senate has not
accepted the recent proposals, the ongoing money has been allocated on a
one-time basis. Dr. Hodge has
agreed to work collegially to develop a new model. Therefore, the PAC would like to develop a
new model for the allocation of ongoing growth money. The merits and
limitations of previous proposals were discussed. The faculty representatives to BDC and PAC
were instructed to continue working on new models.
Basic Skills Initiative—Last year a Basic Skills Taskforce allocated $253,000 one-time
state funds to 17 projects. This year,
proposed state legislation awaiting the Governor’s signature would allocate $33
million for a Basic Skills Initiative.
These funds would be distributed to community college districts
throughout the state. Initially, to
qualify for these funds, a district would have been required to have a basic skills
proposal on how the money would be used.
However, due to time constraints, the current proposal would allocate
the money first, and then a basic skills proposal would be submitted to the
state by the March deadline.
Therefore,
the campus is forming a Basic Skills Committee. Faculty members are invited to
e-mail Dr. Collins with suggestions about the
composition of this committee, specific activities, and the committee’s
purpose. Furthermore, faculty members
are encouraged to e-mail Dr. Collins with feedback on last year’s basic skills
allocations and the subsequent projects.
Curriculum Impasse—It was reported that Fullerton Senate President Ken Collins,
Fullerton Curriculum Chair Jennifer Combs, Fullerton Curriculum Committee Member Cindy Zarske, and Cypress College Past Senate President Steve Gold all spoke at the most
recent Board of Trustees meeting about the current
curriculum impasse. At this time, the Board is not acting upon
It was
reported that after the faculty spoke at the Board meeting, the Chancellor read a prepared
statement. The prepared statement
indicated a desire to change the contract regarding the current curriculum
process. Copies of the original
statement and the subsequent revisions will be provided to Senators. During the ensuing discussion about the
current impasse,
it was noted that