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Academic Senate Executive Committee Meeting Minutes, 9/7/10

Attendance: Dave Angelovich, Stephanie Burns, Shawna Bynum, Stephanie Grohs, Ann Gross, Julie Hall, Fain Hancock, Rob Miller, Mary Shea, Erik Shearer, Nadine Wade‐Gravett . Absent: Steve Balassi, Sheryl Fernandez, Michelle Hobbs. 1. Welcome

2. Adoption of Agenda msp 3. Approval of Minutes from 5/4/10 msp 4. Public Comment

Senate discussed the idea of a one year memorial for Chris McCarthy. A card will be sent to the family. Shawna will discuss possibilities with the administration.

5. Discussion Items

5.1. Flex Day 20112012 PDC has been directed to develop plan and be ready to present 2011‐2012 flex day in October. The spring workshop format has been approved. Discussion on appropriate theme for flex day. Implementation of SB1440 is a possibility.

5.2. Statement of Support for ASNVC Diversity Initiative tabled.

It was determined that the September and October faculty hours will be dedicated to the discussion of academic priorities.

5.3. Faculty Ethics Advisors (FEA) Elections

Ballots will be available next week. Election process to be discussed at the full faculty senate meeting.

5.4. Faculty Involvement in Emergency Decisions Faculty have been assured by the administration that faculty will be included in hiring decisions. Faculty lacked information on hiring process for assigning summertime positions. Faculty expressed interest in more representation on interim positions and emphasized the importance of an informed hiring process with appropriate notification.

5.5. SB1440 (Padilla) The bill has been passed and is waiting for the Governor’s signature. Community colleges await UC/CSU to determine what 18 units will be used.

5.6. Scheduling Faculty Hour The September 23rd and October 28th Faculty Hours will be dedicated to setting priorities and implementation of SB1440.

5.7. BSI Coordinator


A bylaw change is needed, as the coordinator no longer holds a faculty position. It was agreed that the Co‐Chair should remain a faculty representative.

5.8. Course Repeatability

Changes in Title 5 to affect availability of non‐transfer courses and limit course repeatability. Erik gave a brief report on potential impact to NVC programs and population of students served.

5.9. Cultural Center Representative

Executive committee recommends nominations for Amanda Badgett and Eileen Tejada for appointment of faculty representative.

5.10. Meeting Locations

Due to classroom conflicts and a desire to showcase new rooms, location will change for scheduled Business meetings. Locations to be announced .

5.11. Process for Selecting Nominations

Shawna asked about setting a policy for how the Academic Senate President makes appointments to hiring committees. Executive Committee agrees no process needed, leave at discretion of President.

5.12. No Smoking Policy

Nadine Wade‐Gravett to chair policy development and coordinate support. 5.13. GE Review Project

Faculty will receive updated list via e‐mail for discussion at the next Full Senate meeting. Faculty are encouraged to carefully review.

5.14. Approval of Faculty Assignments for 10/11

Faculty to review AS Handbook for approval at next Full Senate meeting.

6. Reports

6.1. Officer Reports

6.1.1. President: Shawna Bynum notified Executive Committee of her upcoming resignation due to her pregnancy. A replacement will be elected to carry out the duration of her term and a nomination process is to be developed.

6.1.2. Vice President: no report. 6.1.3. 2nd Vice President: no report. 6.1.4. Secretary: Nadine Wade‐Gravett to move forward with AS no smoking policy

development. 6.1.5. Treasurer: Julie Hall reports current treasury balance at $728.70. Donations via Campus

Payroll Contribution Campaign are encouraged.


6.2. Committee Reports:

6.2.1. Academic Standards & Practices‐ no report.

6.2.2. Basic Skills Initiative‐ no report.

6.2.3. Curriculum‐ no report.

6.2.4. Faculty Standards & Practices ‐ Would like direction from full senate on how to proceed with emeritus requests for

continued email access. Listing emeritus recipients on the Faculty and Everyone distribution list would promote connection with college, but separate Emeritus group address may alleviate server load.

‐ Continued revisions to the faculty hiring procedures. ‐ Discussion to take place at next meeting as to approval procedures/policy for emeritus

request from 2001 retiree.

6.2.5. Learning Outcomes Assessment‐ no report.

6.2.6. Professional Development Committee‐ no report.

6.2.7. Social Committee‐ no report.

6.2.8. Student Standards & Practices During the 9/2/10 meeting, ASNVC President, Ben Quesada, expressed his concerns with the new NVC registration process. According to him, his position as ASNVC President seems to encourage students to approach him with their issues. Multiple students have complained that the new limitation of a 3‐day window, in which fees are to be paid, is too drastic a change. Ben commented that a lot of students were active duty military and were not informed properly, or given adequate time, to comply with the change. He says many students affected by this change were in a certain age group. Many felt they were unfairly targeted or discriminated against. The result for many of these students was that they were dropped from courses and not allowed to re‐enroll. Also dropped, were several students who were between paychecks and unable to allocate the money on such short notice. According to Ben and the students, several colleges allow a 2‐week payment period which coincides more closely with a 2‐week pay schedule instead of once a month. He adds that towards the end of the month, people have already run out of money, anyway. The Student Standards and Practices committee understands the 3‐day payment period was implemented this semester on a trial basis and that feedback would be collected on how best to process for future semesters. Committee members have also expressed their concerns with the new process as well. It is proposed that this issue be discussed at the next Executive Committee meeting.

6.3. Shared Governance Reports

6.3.1. Budget Committee‐ no report. 6.3.2. Planning Committee


The planning committee is working on the 2012‐2012 Planning Priorities. These planning priorities are taken from the strategic plan.

7. Next Meeting Items 8. Adjourned

1:20 PM

Respectfully submitted by Nadine Wade-Gravett.

NVC Flex Day Planning Guide

The Academic Senate’s purview includes professional development activities for faculty. As such, at NVC the planning body is the Professional Development Committee which selects topics and speakers for Instructional Excellence days. As such, all topics, breakouts, speaker selection/approval are vetted by the PDC and approved by the Senate. Parties Involved and their Responsibilities PDC Work with faculty to select topics or themes for flex day Bring suggestions to AS for approval Pass suggestions along to TLC for implementation OI Provide Funding Propose speakers and workshop topics as needed Collect flex day evaluations and forward to PDC and TLC TLC Propose speakers and workshop topics as needed Co-ordinate with speakers and OI for funding Contact and schedule speakers Distribute agenda Organize food, equipment, and facility needs Collect, store, and compile topic suggestions and forward to the PDC Vetting Process- Use subject matter experts to verify qualifications not censor ideas. Speaker candidates will submit a topical outline along with a resume and/or vita. PDC, OI, and TLC will identify subject matter experts. Timeline Preceding Fall PDC solicits theme and/or topic suggestions from faculty and TLC, then

makes recommendations to AS (AS votes) for following year TLC works with PDC to contact individual speakers and make arrangements (speakers are booked only after PDC has successfully vetted).

Preceding Spring TLC confirms with Fall presenters Preceding Summer TLC distributes Fall agenda Fall TLC confirms with Spring presenters TLC distributes Spring agenda In case of last minute cancellations or changes in schedule the OI will work with the TLC and the PDC chair to come up with a mutually agreed upon solution and fast track the vetting process. PDC members understand this means they may be contacted during summer or winter breaks.

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BALLOT FOR FACULTY ETHICS ADVISORS 2010-2015 Please select five, including at least one from counseling:

Bauer, Lauralyn COUN

Fernandez, Sheryl COUN

Guerrero, Alejandro COUN

Hopperstad, Betty COUN

Hurtado, Jose COUN

Kell, Gwen COUN

Monger, Lynda COUN

Moore, Angela COUN

Salceda-Nunez, Mary COUN

Amato, Jessica SOCS

Angelovich, David BCS

Ankenmann, Janice HEOC

Ball, Steve PHYE

Bell, Glen SOCS

Bewick, Andrea LADS

Biddenback, Maria HEOC

Bruggeman, Rhue ARAH

Buckley, Sandy HEOC

Burns, Stephanie SME

Bynum, Shawna SME

Carlin, Jennifer SOCS

Chiabotti, Dianna CTE

Clemens, Daniel SME

Conroy, Michael LADS

Cosby, Emily LADS

DellaValle, Richard SME

Derby, Michael HEOC

DiFranco, Aaron LADS

Donohoe, Rick SOCS

Dow, Michael LADS

Duffey, Janet HEOC

Ehlen, Dean CTE

Ellingson, David SME

Fawl, Steven SME

Fortier, Wayne HEOC

Freschi, Bob PHYE

Fried, Bill SME

Geiger, Donna HEOC

Gillis, Cathy LADS

Gocke, Sharon ARAH

Gonzalez, Roberto ARAH

Goze, Stephen CTE

Grohs, Stephanie LEARN

Gross, Ann LADS

Hall, Julie BCS

Hancock, Fain ARAH

Hobbs, Michelle PHYE

King, Jennifer ARAH

Kling, Christy PHYE

Kraig, Barbara LADS

Krebs, Steve CTE

Liscano, John SOCS

Madison, Tia LADS

Martin, Noreen HEOC

Millay, Robert HEOC

Miller, Rob BCS

Moore, Bonnie SME

Napholz, Linda HEOC

Rose, Scott SME

Rosselli, Denise LADS

Saunders, Debra BCS

Shea, Mary LADS

Shearer, Erik ARAH

Skinner, Alan CTE

Smeltzer, Tom CTE

Stickmon, Janet ARAH

Tejada, Eileene LADS

Van Deusen, Diane SME

Villa, Randy SME

Villagomez, Maria LADS

Wachsmuth, Jeff SOCS

Wade-Gravett, Nadine PHYE

Whitmer, Jan HEOC

Wilkes, Eve-Anne ARAH

Yanover, Lisa LADS

Zyskowski, Cliff HEOC

August 20, 2010

TO: Chief Executive Officers

Chief Instructional Officers Chief Student Services Officers Academic Senate Presidents

FROM: Linda Michalowski, Vice Chancellor of Student Services Jane Patton, Academic Senate of the California Community Colleges Barry Russell, Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs

SUBJECT: SB 1440 Update As many of you know, SB 1440 (Padilla), is important legislation that will give students who earn an associate degree for transfer a direct route to upper division coursework at the CSU. In the process, it will increase the number of degrees granted and will directly affect college curriculum. The legislation has broad bipartisan support and is in the final stages of gaining approval by the legislature and the Governor. Given the likelihood of the bill’s enactment, we felt it important to give some interim information about implementation and next steps. We appreciate the enthusiasm of colleges to take advantage of the opportunities we will have to strengthen what we do for students through SB 1440. However, at this time, there is no need for you to take any action until further guidance is provided by the Chancellor’s Office. There are academic and implementation questions that need to be worked out first. Our aim is to provide you with clear guidelines by early fall to ensure that all colleges are in compliance of the law by the required implementation date. The Chancellor’s Office and the Academic Senate will work together to keep you posted and provide you with updates and guidelines as they become available. The following are key issues that are currently being addressed in preparation for implementation of SB 1440:

1. This legislation provides us with an opportunity to clarify the most appropriate preparation for students who seek an associate degree while preparing for transfer. Our goal is to involve discipline faculty from the California State Universities (CSU) and California community colleges (CCC) to inform the development of CCC degrees that will appropriately prepare a student for a given major, regardless of their intended CSU destination. UC faculty will also be invited to participate as, ideally, these would be degrees that would meet the needs of all CSU-bound students and, if possible, UC campuses as well. (Education Code cannot mandate UC to make changes, unlike the state universities and community colleges).

STATE OF CALIFORNIA JACK SCOTT, CHANCELLOR

CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES CHANCELLOR’S OFFICE 1102 Q STREET SACRAMENTO, CA 95811-6549 (916) 445-8752 http://www.cccco.edu

SB 1440 August 20, 2010 Page 2 We intend that changes will be made expeditiously, yet thoughtfully, to ensure that our students have the best preparation for success in upper division coursework. We suggest that local curriculum committees not make degree changes now but wait for clarifying guidelines from the Chancellor’s Office.

2. SB 1440 Implementation Task Force

a. We expect the bill will be signed in September.

b. In anticipation, this month the Chancellor’s Office will begin to identify members for an implementation committee. There will likely be various tasks, each requiring

specialized experts at both the community colleges and the CSUs (e.g., discipline faculty, articulation officers, administrators, admissions officers and others.).

c. As implementing guidelines and policies are developed, the Chancellor’s Office will provide webinars, conference presentations, and disseminate this information through a variety of venues.

Future Questions In an effort to provide as much support as possible, the Chancellor’s Office and the Academic Senate will be working together to prepare a “Frequently Asked Questions” web page on the implementation of SB 1440. Please direct questions concerning any facet of this legislation to [email protected] to help us gather all the questions in one place. This is a very exciting moment in the history of the California community colleges. We will all work together to take advantage of this opportunity to create a better system of transfer for all students.

NVC GE Cleanup Project (updated 91410)

A. Natural Sciences

Courses to be added:

Biol 219, 220, 240, and 241 Chem 121, 240, 241, and 242

B. Humanities

Courses to be removed:

Art 118 Arth 150 and 215 Dart 120 Hum 188 Phil 130 Phot 120 All Drama (now Thea or Film)


ARTH 110, 150, 180, 210 MUSI 121, 122, 221, 222 PHIL 126 PHOT 121, 150 ENGL 221, 222 SPAN 120 (or 110 & 111) THEA 105, 100, 110, 210, 220 FILM 105, 106, 110, 115, 125A‐D

C. Social Science


Engi 110


ADMJ 120, 154 GEOG 114 HIST 153

POLI 145 PSYC 127, 175, 200 SOCI 154

D. Language and Rationality

3. Communication and Analytical Thinking:


ANTH 150 ASL 120 ASTR 111 BIOL 103, 110, 112, 120, 219, 220, 240, 241 BUSI 103,110, 111, 143

CFS 123, 135, 140, 155, 160* CHEM 110, 111, 120, 121 COUN 100 DRAM 114, 116, 150, 170, 203, 244 EART 110 ECON 100, 101 GEOG 121 HUMA 100 thru 188 PHYS 105 thru 240 POLI 125, 135, 140 PSYC 124, 135 RESP 120 SOCI 122, 135 MATH 220, 221, 222


ADMJ 124 ASL 121 ANTH 200 BUSI 90 A B & C COMS 120, 215, 234 ENGI 124 FREN 121, 240, 241 MATH 90 SPAN 121, 282 GEOG 120 ITAL 121, 241 PHIL 126

E. Multicultural and Gender Studies:


Thea 105 Dram 110 Admj 123

“*” in yellow = being contested

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