Approved Minutes
May 4, 2006
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Business......................................... |
Joel Willenbring |
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Counseling...................................... |
Inez Bielke, Elias Dominguez |
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Fine Arts......................................... |
Chuck Ketter |
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Humanities...................................... |
Danielle Fouquette, John Ison, Robert Lundergan, Miguel Powers, Jeff
Rodine |
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Library............................................. |
Michele Fitzsimmons |
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Math/Computer Science................... |
Kelly Klassen, Deborah McQueen |
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Natural Sciences.............................. |
Jeff Feaster, Jacob Sapiro |
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Part-Time Faculty............................. |
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Physical Education.......................... |
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Social Sciences............................... |
Diana Kyle, Arienne Turner |
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Student Services.............................. |
Paul McKinley |
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Technology/Engineering.................... |
Gayle Cebrian, Dennis Howey |
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At-large........................................... |
Callista Lee, Mike Moore, Marcus Wilson |
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Associated Students........................ |
Alejandra Goodrich |
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President......................................... |
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Past President................................. |
Rolando Sanabria |
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Secretary........................................ |
Jane Troop |
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Treasurer......................................... |
Ken Collins |
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At-large, Curriculum Chair................. |
Doug Eisner |
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Guests: Jessie Blank, Adela Lopez, Rebecca Morgan,
Greg Nguyen, Daniel Pope |
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Absent |
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Business/CIS................................... |
Dale Craig |
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At-large........................................... |
Sally Moore,
Elise Donley |
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Fine Arts......................................... |
Bill Hayner |
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Part-time......................................... |
Jim Book |
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Physical Education.......................... |
Jim Kiefer, Pete
Snyder |
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Senate Exec.................................... |
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Social Sciences............................... |
Susan Grabiel |
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Technology...................................... |
Kevin Sampson |
I.
CALL TO
ORDER
The meeting was called to order at 3 p.m. by Past President Rolando Sanabria.
II.
APPROVAL
OF MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING
M/S/U (Eisner/M.Moore) to approve the Minutes of the April 20, 2006
meeting.
III.
APPROVAL
OF AGENDA
M/S/U (M.Moore/McQueen) to approve the agenda for this meeting.
PUBLIC COMMENTS
IV.
Chuck
Ketter mentioned the currently-running play House and Garden. This is two
plays with the same cast. Alejandra
Goodrich introduced the incoming A.S. officers.
Danielle Fouquette announced the
V. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
REPORTS
Past President’s Report
Rolando brought to the attention of the
Senate a Certificate of Recognition from the Board of Trustees. This certificate recognized that May 7 – 13
is Teacher Appreciation Week.
DPC— The District is attempting to meet the accreditation
team’s July deadline concerning planning. This is consuming most of the time in
DPC. It was also announced in DPC that because of declining enrollments,
replacement positions for faculty are being reduced. The declining FTES numbers
were discussed at DPC, but there were no resolutions. A suggestion was made
that District entities not meeting FTES goals have their resources reduced. No
firm resolution on this matter was made, but it was indicated that some kind of
policy will be forthcoming.
President’s Advisory Council (PAC)—A handout
of the dynamic funding proposals was distributed. The proposal approval process
was much easier this year than last year. It was announced that the unspent money
from last year would be carried over for this year.
The District budget was also discussed at
It was also announced that the District will
be receiving about $9.5 million additional ongoing dollars next year, which
represents COLA and additional equalization funds.
The Senate discussed that PAC will evaluate
its own effectiveness and structure next year.
A question was asked about how the Dynamic
Fund is being used. An issue was raised about why postage for Admissions and
Records is being paid from this fund and is not a part of the A&R ongoing
budget. This question was raised at PAC but it was reported that there was just
no money for A & R. It is the sense of the Senate that this question be put
to President Hodge at the next meeting.
Treasurer’s Report
Treasurer Collins reported that he was sent
to the State Academic Senate meeting last week.
VI.
CURRICULUM
COMMITTEE REPORT
Dr. Eisner spoke about the student learning outcomes website that he has put
together. He invited comments on the
site. He will be asking department
coordinators for any other SLOs they have as he continues to build the site.
M/S/U (Eisner/Powers) that a
one-semester replacement be elected as Curriculum Committee Chairperson, and
another be nominated in the fall to serve from fall, 2007 to spring, 2009.
VII. ELECTIONS
Professional Growth and Development Committee
Term 2006-2008
Bruce Henderson
Callista Lee
Steve Credidio
President’s Advisory Committee, Term
2006-2008
Diana Kyle
Senate Constitution Committee, Term
2006-2008
Mike Moore
Danielle Fouquette
Representative At-large to Faculty Senate,
2006-2008
Deborah McQueen
Marcus Wilson
Representative At-large to Faculty Senate,
2006-2007
Gayle Cebrian
VIII. LIAISON REPORTS
Associated Students
Alejandra Goodrich announced the Festival of
Diversity today.
United Faculty
No report.
Adjunct Faculty United
No report.
IX. UNFINISHED
BUSINESS
None.
X. OLD BUSINESS
Issues with the Title V Steering Committee
were discussed. Concerns centered on whether the Title V grant has reached its
goals and a report on budget expenditures. A budget report was distributed outlining the
Title V expenditures. Information was pulled from Banner and used to create the
report. The interpretation of Banner
information is not accurate, but the report is accompanied by an explanation.
For this year’s budget, an effort is being
made to try to remain within the original categories. The main expenditures have
been for “smart classrooms” and a
A question was raised about the initial
grant-based projections concerning student success rates. This information is
not easily available and may not reflect actual grant-based activities.
The prior years of the Title V grant were
discussed. It was pointed out that there are few if any processes in place to
effectively track grant performances and budgets. This is one of the reasons
that the Title V grant is in such poor shape.
According to the Title V grant, the
following was to be done:
Year 1 T.E.C.
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Year 2 Smart
classrooms for Math and Developmental English
Year 3 Smart
classroom for Development English
Year 4 Smart
classrooms for Natural and Social Sciences
Year 5 Revitalization
of the T.E.C. from Year 1
It was pointed out that this grant allows
some discretion on how the money was spent.
M/S/P (Eisner/McQueen) that the Senate
encourage members of the Steering Committee to prioritize the tracking system
under the expectation of the grant.
Proposed Changes to the Senate By-laws
A tabled motion from the last meeting was
again brought forward by Danielle Fouquette. The motion was that the Faculty
Senate amend its By-laws, Article IX “For Senate Officers” from By
the first Senate meeting in January, the Immediate Past President or President
Elect, as applicable, will announce the Senate terms to be filled.. to At
the first Senate meeting in January the Immediate Past President or President
Elect, as applicable, will announce the Senate officer terms to be filled. One week before the second meeting in
January, a written nomination form will be sent to all full-time faculty for
nominates to fill Senate offices.
M/S/P (M.Moore/Kyle) to table the issue until
we can get more of the principals in the Senate meeting.
The following was introduced to the Senate
by Mike Moore as a substitute motion:
It is proposed that the following amendment
be made to the By-laws of the Faculty Senate in order to incorporate language
that
a. Clarifies
the long-standing practice of the Senate.
b. Reflects
the intent of the Senate at the time of the adoption of the By-laws.
c. Adds
specificity to the election process when no current member of the Senate is willing to serve in a Senate officer
position for a forthcoming term.
Proposed added language is in italics and underlined.
By-laws
Article IX
1. By the first Senate meeting in January, the Immediate Past
President or President elect, as applicable, will announce to the Senate
the Senate officer terms to be filled and the election procedures, as listed
below.
2. The first call for and acceptance of nominations of current Senate members from
the floor for the Senate officer terms to be filled will take place by the
first Senate meeting in February.
3. By the second Senate meeting in February, the Immediate Past
President or President elect, as applicable, will make the second call for nominations,
starting with President elect.
a. Should no nominations for President-Elect be received or accepted
by members of the Senate, acceptance of nominations from current Senators for
faculty who have served on the Senate during the past five (5) years or as
President of the Senate during the past seven (7) years be solicited and
submitted at the first meeting of the Senate in March when that election will
take place.
b. The election of the Senate
officers will proceed as scheduled. If
no nominations of current Senate members are received or accepted of an office,
acceptance of nominations from current Senators of faculty who have served on
the Senate during the past (5) five years will be solicited and submitted at
the first meeting of the Senate in March when that election will take place.
XI. NEW BUSINESS
Jessie Blank, Director of the International
Students Program, presented a summary of this program to the Senate. This
program now has about 300 to 350 students participating in the program. Faculty
get regular progress reports on their students. Sometimes students prefer to
get an F rather than be withdrawn from the class because a withdrawal affects
their immigration status. This program closely works with students on their
progress and status.
Ms. Blank indicated that the goal is to more closely integrate the
International Students Program with campus activities. She distributed a survey
form to the Faculty Senate asking for input about how foreign students can
better be integrated with campus activities. She also announced the upcoming
International Film festival and encouraged faculty to become mentors to foreign
students.
The meeting was adjourned at 4:40 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
/s/
Jane Troop, Secretary