ACADEMIC
SENATE
MINUTES
FEBRUARY 10, 2006
Members Present: Ray Hernandez, Kathleen Feinblum, Fermin Irigoyen, Christine Roumbanis, Arthur Takayama, Garrett Nicol, Shari Bookstaff, Jonathan Freedman, Dennis Eadus, Chip Chandler, Rick Hough, Peter Monrroy, Lynne Douglas, Shawn Chu, James Wong
Guest: Cathy Hasson
The meeting was called to order at 1:15
Minutes and Agenda were approved.
Ray Hernandez chaired the meeting in place of Carla Campillo. Lynne Douglas is a new member of the Governing Council, replacing Jonathan Ho.
Minutes of 1-27-06 were approved with minor changes
Agenda approved
EDUCATIONAL PLANNING PROJECT AND RESEARCH - Cathy Hasson
The Skyline College Educational Planning Project overview timeline was distributed. The Planning Project is designed to inform the Facilities Master Plan and to provide Skyline with information for strategic and operational planning. The project will begin February 1, 2006 and end May 1, 2006. The work will be structured around 20 general questions in regards to Skyline’s current and future needs for programs and services. The Educational and Facilities Master Plan Development Timeline will consist of four phases: 1) Logistics, Information Gathering and Analyses, 2) Feedback Sessions, Presentation of Draft Scan and Assumptions and Options Development 3) Development and Testing of Findings and Projections and Embedding Strategies, 4) Drafting and Finalizing Report, and Project Conclusion.
The Project is still looking for Task Force members.
As part of the Project, a Student Campus Climate Survey will be conducted. Participating instructors will be randomly selected.
MEYER EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING AWARD - Dennis Eadus
A proposal was put forth to refine the Meyer Award selection process. Many people are uncertain of who can nominate for the award. Those who can nominate may not know their roles, nor know who is eligible, nor know how to nominate. Refinements to the process were proposed to publish who is eligible to nominate, who is eligible to be nominated, and the process of nomination.
A subcommittee to look at the current Meyer Award selection process and integrate suggestions was approved. Members selected and approved were Shari Bookstaff, Nick Kapp, and Chip Chandler
SMOKING FORUM — Ray Hernandez
The Smoking Regulations which went into effect on Jan 31 regulations are not working because there is no way to enforce them. Suggestions were put forth for the Smoking Forum of March 15. 12:30-2:00. The major suggestion is to change the language of the forum to address the following question: Should we completely ban smoking on campus? The forum will be developed and moderated by Fermin Irigoyen.
MUSEUM OF TOLERANCE PARTICIPANTS - Ray Hernandez
Museum of Tolerance dates have been changed to April 2,3,4,5. Tony Jackson, Kathryn Brown, and Michael Moynihan were approved as MOT participants. Only two nominees can go, and the other serves as an alternate. Since there no direction on how to choose the two that will go to MOT, we will wait for Carla Campillo to return and give us parameters. The final vote will be through email.
OFFICER’S REPORT - Ray Hernandez
The Fresh Look Project is starting to look at logos and tag lines. The focus groups have developed the motto "excellent education" in which to base decisions. It was stated that the focus groups must bring suggestions to the AS before making any final decisions.
Language Arts is looking to hire a reading instructor. Rachel Bell, Linda Vogel, Nina Floro, Fermin Irigoyen and Connie Beringer were approved as the Reading Instructor screening committee.
Accreditation writing teams have been selected. Writing workshops will be held on February 15 and 16. The Accreditation team will try to solicit campus-wide enthusiasm with a month long kick-off. Student surveys are on track and the team will be sending out monthly updates on the surveys’ progress.
TREASURER - Fermin Irigoyen
College Budget Committee will meet on February 23. One of the ways Skyline may be able to gain FTES increases is through a proposed partnering between Skyline and San Francisco State University whereby some of Skyline’s basic math skills classes are taught at San Francisco State. This program may be implemented in Fall 2006.
A list of those who have paid their AS dues are now available. A letter will go out to people who haven’t paid their dues. To facilitate this, direct deposit forms need to be made accessible, especially to new hires.
The current balance is the same as last meeting - $1,862.40.
CURRICULUM COMMITTEE - Christine Roumbanis
The Curriculum Committee discussed holding program review workshops as part of a Fall flex day activity. Subjects covered could include presentation tips and modeling for effective presentations, and data collection of SLOs. To create effective workshops, a questionnaire could be distributed at the end of program review presentations in order to analyze the needs of the faculty.
The post-review discussion included shared concerns all departments had regarding student preparedness. Methods of evaluation were suggested, including looking into the effectiveness of the ASTEP and MESA programs, and a forum in which we share strategies to help our students. Perhaps this forum could be another flex day activity.
RESEARCH COMMITTEE - Jonathan Freeman
One project of the Research committee will be to study the ASTEP program and follow students’ success and retention rate.
Other projects include program review for the library, assisting the Education Master Plan consultant, launching a website, and piloting a faculty-driven assessment plan.
ED POLICY - Garrett Nicol
The Ed Policy had its first meeting as a matriculation advisory committee. We need to focus on being in compliance with matriculation mandates and enforcing pre prerequisites. It is important that we show that students are not only enrolling in the classes, but passing them as well. Ed Policy will have one more meeting this semester as a matriculation advisory committee.
PROFESSIONAL PERSONNEL - Shari Bookstaff
Professional Personnel is waiting for PFE deadline in March, then they will meet and make funding decisions.
SEEED - Jacquie Escobar (in absentia)
A handout was distributed with updates from the SEEED and District EEOAC Committees. These include 1) updating the Event Planning Guidelines and Checklist, 2) showing the video Silent Sacrifices: Voice of the Filipino American Family to students on campus and 3) reviewing the College Governance Model. As well, Amoury (WHAT IS HIS FULL NAME?) provided an update on the Multi-cultural Center of the new Student Center).
ASSC - did not report
AFT - Rick Hough
The AFT found a calculation error on the Tuesday-Thursday class increase in contact hours. The 10 extra minutes per class is against the Ed Code.
Negotiations are currently taking place. Their proposal is now a 1% increase in the total compensation package and a 1.5% increase for next year.
All faculty needs to get involved in dealing with the district’s truculence. One suggestion is to have informational forums on all three campuses. Also, a lot of people attending board meetings is also effective.
DISTRICT ACADEMIC SENATE GOVERNING COUNCIL - Ray Hernandez
District Academic Senate Governing Council will meet on Monday.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Next AS meeting will be March 10. Kathleen Feinblum will need someone to take minutes for next meeting as she will be at a conference.
FUTURE ITEMS
People/organizations to invite:
• Shelly Houseman, the new PIO
• Campus Change Network
• Kevin Chak and Tim Bauer from bookstore.
• Lori Adrien and Shari Hancock on how to prevent assault.
Issues to discuss:
• Further discussion on changing the Math requirement in compliance with Title regulations
• Peer evaluation drafts are online. (HELP: NOT SURE THIS IS CORRECT)
• Discuss a proposal for a Dedicated Testing Center
• Creating a Women’s Basketball League.
Meeting was adjourned at 3:00.
Respectfully submitted,
Kathleen Feinblum