Cosumnes River College Academic Senate Minutes: May 12, 2017 1. The meeting was called to order at 12:02 PM Present: Greg Chapman Dave Andrews Nathan Miller Monica Cranston Yolanda Garcia-Gomez Sandra Carter Constance Carter Bud Hannan Ben Wingard Hiram Jackson Min Zeng Brandon Saller Lance Kolleda Amy Kaufmann Sarma Karsiere Gail Dartez Naomi Bahm Cherrelle Holden Brandon Muranaka Brian Noel Greg Beyrer Sarah Pollock Julie Oliver Shannon Mills Scott Crosier Georgine Hodgkinson 2. Approval of the Agenda: Approved by consensus 3. Announcements: None 4. Approval of the Minutes: Minutes of April 28, 2017 meeting approved Lance Kolleda, Ben Wingard, and Scott Crosier abstain 5. Guests: Ron Breitenbach, Eli Carlisle 6. Public Comment 7. President s Report Strategic Planning o Participatory Governance Council PG Council has been formed o Faculty leads Institutional Effectiveness, Lisa Marchand Resources, Dave Andrews Student Learning, Brian Noel Student Services, Kathy Degn New charge and membership are being reviewed by the group CA Guided Pathways
o Faculty Lead Dana Wassmer Rick Schubert-Clarifying the Path Howard Lewis-Entering the Path Michael Carney-Staying on the Path Rhonda Farley-Learning on the Path Faculty Hiring Prioritization Process o All changes proposed by CRC AS were accepted by Administration and will be in effect for our fall process except The Novel Position section was not yet approved, there is a desire for more discussion early in the fall. District Academic Senate (DAS) o DO Technology Audit State Auditor s Office was asked by teachers union of LACCD to conduct technology audit of LACCD; state is using LRCCD and two other districts as a baseline to compare; auditors visited ARC; audit will continue for 7 months; taking a lot of time by DO employees to address audit requests o DAS Constitution approved o Faculty Diversity Internship Program (FDIP) faculty may be needed for work over the summer, contact AS President if interested District Hiring o Vice Chancellor of Education and Technology Current impressions group CRC has 6 representatives o Folsom Lake College President If Whitney gets position, then we will see shifts in our leadership o Sacramento City College President College Hiring Faculty o Biology Jason Patterson o Math Linda Huong, Nam Lam o Communication Studies reference checking o Culinary Arts Michael Frigm o Theater Arts reference checking College Hiring Management o Business and Family Science (BFS) Position closes next week; interviews most likely in June o Humanities and Social Science (HSS) - interim posting soon, impressions in June Technically, Alex Casareno is the dean of that area. He has been appointed to other assignments. o Director of College Advancement should post in the summer, hiring in the fall SSSP/SEP/BSI o PowerPoint emailed o Integrated plan will be brought to the Senate in September o Faculty should be participating over the summer on the integration work group State Budget o May revise overall beneficial for community colleges o Pathways $150 million LRCCD Budget
o Increase in STRS/PERS contributions still a concern o Stability Funding summer swing cycle; two thirds of CCs in the state are in stability funding CASSL/PD Coordinator o Great response, multiple applicants o Interviews two afternoons this past week Impressed with support from Pres. Bush Support with reassigned time o Georgine Hodgkinson awarded position Grades due May 23rd Schedule for next academic year at the end of today s agenda. o Fall Retreat Tues Aug 15th (Location & Time TBD) o First Meeting Sept 8th 12-2pm (Room change to WINN 252) 8. Discussion Item 1: DEIT Lecture/Lab Statement (Beyrer) How to distinguish between laboratory and lecture for a distance education setting? Considered Ed code and material from the ASCCC website Based on findings, sole recommendation that the laboratory activities be synchronous Discussed at District Ed Tech meeting. Stimulated significant discussion. Questions: o Can you define synchronous? Synchronous means at the same time Allows the instructor to provide immediate feedback o Specific to CRC? Yes, it begins here o Would the course outlines represent this change? Yes, it is anticipated. o These are currently listed in the schedule as TBA. How would this change this? Faculty would arrange a time for the students and faculty to meet. o With a hybrid, where there is a lab component on campus, then this would not apply. This would only apply if the lab instruction time were taking place through away from campus. 9. Discussion Item 2: DAS Min Quals / Equivalencies SB 1359 (Oliver) Ryan Cox and several others shared concerns recently at DAS regarding the titles of degrees recognized by the state senate. The ASCCC provides a book of acceptable degree titles. If the degree title is not listed, HR would need to send it to the faculty to check minimum qualifications. DAS asked that HR continue to ask faculty to review minimum qualifications If we have concerns, we can request through the ASCCC to adjust the book. Questions: o Emergency hires and minimum qualifications.
Even if it is an emergency hire process, we still need to run an equivalency check. Requires three faculty o Have there been concerns if one college provides equivalency and another college disagrees? Are there any district solutions? There have been concerns, which is why we need to be very careful with the process. Granting equivalency from one Los Rios college means the person is granted equivalency for all Los Rios colleges. There has been talk of a central district-level equivalency granting committee, but logistically seemed very impractical so no movement to implement such a group. o Min quals are discipline wide? Correct, they are based on the official degree list from ASCCC. SB 1359 o If you are offering a class with 100% no cost materials, it needs to be noted in the class schedule. o Question: Are we confident that this will be easy for our district to implement? No but this has been discussed One issue or concern is that at times, faculty is not assigned to a classes. Will there be an exception for the timeline for requirement? Yes. This is an issue. What will the consequence be if we are not in compliance? We are unsure at this time. 10. Discussion Item 3: Additional Items from Senate Body Concerns over the attendance/participation on Participatory Governance Committees, especially in comparison to the Academic Senate subcommittees. o This is a legitimate concern and should be discussed in the future. 11. Participatory Governance Committee Reports Many have been included with the agenda Budget o As you are wrapping up, keep in mind that PROF update will take place in the fall. Consider costs; equipment replacement that will be needed. Curriculum o Some deletion proposals have been beginning to come through. o Program discontinuance process is being converted to a degree and certificate deletion process. Distance Ed & Info Technology o This year s focus was to consider how the OEI are filling the gaps that we see in our current offerings in distant education. We will need to be mindful of our responsibility if we want to continue to offer distant education. 12. Senate Subcommittee Reports Honors o This year has been a success
o o Please consider writing curriculum for an honors course Encourage your students to participate. 13. Other Taskforce or Workgroup Reports Course Scheduling Software (R. Simpson) o Timeline has been adjusted due to the state tech audit o RFI s will be distributed in the fall Student Experience Software (M. Cranston & C. Moreno) o Implementation might be delayed to better vet software availability District Assessment Taskforce o Recently met o Excited for several projects in the fall. 14. Classified Senate Report Recognition breakfast held in their honor this morning Elections underway now for new leadership 15. Student Senate Report None 16. LRCFT Report Ballots for the contract renewal have been distributed. 17. Concluding Presidential Report (Oliver) Reflections over past two years o What have we done? SSSP/SEP/BSI, Accreditation, Faculty Hiring Manual, Critical Hire Process, Canvas, Constitution & Bylaws, Strategic Plan (DO & CRC), Dual Enrollment, Student Placement/Multiple Measures, CA Guide Pathways Project, IEPI (Goals & PRT), College Promise, Mental Health, Fortune Schools, CASSL-PD Coordinator o What should the future be? Continued work on many of these topics and many new topics. Continued consultation on 10+1 academic and professional matters. Collegial Consultation o What should the future not be? Continued unprofessional and disrespectful behavior toward faculty leaders on a personal level. Distribution of printed article Common Courtesy and Professionalism: Do We Expect Less from Each Other than We Expect of Our Students? http://www.asccc.org/content/common-courtesy-and-professionalismdo-we-expect-less-each-other-we-expect-our-students Many thanks to: o Biology Department o Science, Mathematics, and Engineering (SME) Faculty
o Deans Robert, Brandon, Michael, Kathy, o Support in SME Cindy, Julie, Miguel, Alexa, Steven, Ahmad, Bani o Committee Chairs o Area & Adjunct Senators o Classified Employees Special appreciation for April Robinson, Classified Senate President o Managers/Administration o District Academic Senate o AS Executive Team o Shannon, Scott, and Greg (F16) o Past Presidents BJ, Kale, Marjorie, Jamey, Georgine, Lisa, Gary Welcome the New Team! o President Shannon Mills o Vice President Constance Carter o Secretary Donnisha Lugo The meeting was adjourned at 1:18 PM Next meeting: Friday, Sept 8, 2017, 12-2 PM, Winn 252 Topics to consider in the fall: Boosting committee attendance PrOF will need to be discussed Distance Ed class caps Minutes respectfully submitted by Scott Crosier, Secretary