ORANGE COAST COLLEGE ACADEMIC SENATE Meeting Minutes

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1 ORANGE COAST COLLEGE ACADEMIC SENATE Meeting Minutes April 11, :00 1:00 PM Faculty House RECORDER & SENATE SECRETARY: Recorder, Allison Paine, Academic Senate Staff Aide: First draft and posting of final Senate-approved minutes (received from secretary) to OCC Senate website and portal sites. (Note: Due to today s Senate Staff Aide s absence, these minutes were written solely by the Senate Secretary). Senate Secretary, Senator Marilyn Kennedy: Revisions of Staff Aide s first draft and Senate-approved revisions. Distribution of final version to Chancellor, Board of Trustees members and secretary, union presidents, GWC and Coastline Academic Senate presidents, OCC College President, and faculty as per OCC Senate bylaws. DOCUMENT ACCESS ONLINE: For supporting documents and official minutes, please refer to the following sites: Orange Coast College Academic Senate Public Website: Orange Coast College Academic Senate Employee Portal Website: Members & Attendance A Arismendi-Pardi, Eduardo: Senator-at-Large Isaac, Darryl: Consumer & Health Sciences Senator Barnes, Carol: Counseling Senator Kennedy, Marilyn: Lit. & Lang. Senator, Secretary, PDI Chair (NV) Blair, Jamie: Senator-at-Large Kerins, Chris: Part-Time Senator Brown, Cameron: Athletics & Kinesiology Senator Neil, Jeanne: Business & Comp. Senator Cervantes, Al: Technology Senator A Nguyen, Gigi: ASOCC Representative (NV) Cuellar, Eric Phillips, Clyde: Student Services Senator A Dale, John: Library Senator Rickerson, Irini: Senator-at-Large Drew, Dr. Rendell: Senator-at-Large Rudmann, Brent: Social Behavioral Sciences Senator Ely, Cynthia: Part-time Senator A Sachs, Loren: Senator-at-Large, Vice President G bye Diogba: Part-Time Senator Gordon, Lee: Senator-at-Large, President Hanlon, Anna: Curriculum Chair (NV) Ibranossian, Agatha: Visual & Performing Arts Senator Vacant: Senator-at-Large Vacant: Senator-at-Large Vacant: Math & Sciences Division Senator Guests in Attendance: Julia Gallaer, Therese Grande Call to Order President Gordon President Gordon called the meeting to order at 12:00 pm. Approval of the 1: VP Sachs moved to approved the agenda; motion seconded; agenda approved unanimously. Approval of the Minutes for April 4, : VP Sachs moved to approve the minutes; motion seconded; minutes approved unanimously. Public Comments -Item Speakers: None. Non--Item Speakers: Eric Cuellar, Rendell Drew, Julia Gallaer, Irini Rickerson, Loren Sachs For the Good of the Order Senator Barnes make a statement/clarification that students with units are eligible for priority registration. Consent Calendar 3: VP Sachs moved that the Consent calendar be approved; motion seconded; consent items approved: MQ/EQ Coaching: OCC Reps Kevin Smith, Anthony Iacopetti Academic Senate Meeting Minutes, 1 of 4

2 Reordering of the 4: President Gordon moved to reorder the agenda, moving Officer/Senator Reports and OCC Senate, District, PGC Committee Reports prior to the President s Announcements/Reports; motion seconded, motion approved. Officer/Senator Reports & OCC Senate, District PGC Committee Reports District Budget Issues/Reports/Committees: VP Sachs stated that we should drive dialogue on the budget and propose solutions for budget problems. When there are proposed cuts by the administration, faculty become divisive and rather faculty should use discourse and unite, keeping solidarity on the budget battle. Other senators noted these concerns in response to budget concerns: OCC may not get the chemistry building with the budget cuts and other problems looming--that building project may get moved to the back burner Enrollment concerns should be the priority for us now Stabilization could reset us at a lower number and we could lose things important to our campus and classrooms What is the status of dual enrollment? We need visibility on high school campuses and this is on a piece-bypiece basis. However, in some high schools the high school teachers might be teaching those dual enrollment courses and we prefer that our faculty teach them. Senator Ely reported that in the Business Department a new faculty member here held his first Pirate s Plank last week and students from all areas of the campus were involved there was an article in the Daily Pilot about it students won two awards, Most Likely to Succeed and Most Innovative Idea. Senator Isaac reported that in the Cardiovascular Technology program will be undergoing a site visit from state accreditors. Senator Drew reported that Juani Funez-Gonzalez, a professor of Ethnic Studies and a member or the International Multicultural Committee, is retiring; they are planning a celebration for her. President Gordon noted that Professor or Art, Tom Dowling, with be retiring at the end of this year. Senate President s Report/Announcements President Gordon President Gordon reported on these items: Academic Freedom: The Irvine Valley College Senate reported to our OCC Senate that their Representative Council meeting adopted a resolution in support of academic freedom, free speech, and First Amendment rights. Public Records Request: At the Board of Trustee s meeting last week during the public comments, a speaker noted that a public records request would be filled for each person who selected the faculty member of the year so that they would be held accountable. Reordering of the 5: President Gordon moved to reorder the agenda, moving Unfinished Business, item 3, OER Update, and New Business, item 1, Curriculum Committee Update, before Unfinished Business; motion seconded, motion approved. Unfinished Business: Open Education Resources Update Lori Cassidy, OER Coordinator Open Resources Coordinator Lori Cassidy reported that for the January 2018 online schedule there should be in place a column added showing an icon for every course that is a no-cost textbook class and has free digital course materials (OER); this may help enrollment. She will bring the draft of this to the Senate in the future to explain the details. Additionally, some school with classes with no-cost textbooks raise their fees $5.00 per semester and have made more money for the campus that way. There will be a Flex workshop and open house on Flex day on OER, so that any interested faculty may learn more about the program and the process. A senator asked about the demographics of classes indicated as OER classes and Coordinator Cassidy noted that there are not any studies yet but based on the demographics of those students who do go to the library to use textbooks rather than purchasing them, those students represent a wide and varied student population. Academic Senate Meeting Minutes, 2 of 4

3 New Business: Curriculum Committee Update Curriculum Coordinator Anna Hanlon Curriculum Coordinator Anna Hanlon presented a year update on the work the Curriculum Committee has accomplished this year: d 229 courses 154 existing courses, 75 new courses (9 non-credit, CDCP courses) d 87 programs 79 existing programs, 9 new programs (2 non-credit) Audited programs requiring a minimum grade of C for a course 283 degrees/certificates active across the entire college, 154 degrees/certificates with minimum grade language, 129 degrees/certificates with no minimum grade language Completed a local AA Clean-Up 26 degrees not in compliance with Title 5, 20 have been revised or retired Refined and updated the discontinuance policy and requested an addition to the viability process language to include a statement addressing that programs with curricular changes that go through the viability process may face discontinuance Reviewed and clarified acceptable criteria for placement of a prerequisite on a course the determiner is that skills/knowledge gained in the requested prerequisite course must be essential for students to succeed in the target course Reaffirmed pre/co-requisites Section states that the Curriculum committee is responsible for verifying if a course is essential for student success. Reaffirmation must be done every six years for transfer courses, every two years for CTE courses. Section states that Prerequisites must be carefully scrutinized to assure they are essential and are not discriminatory. Responded to the changes in the approval processes at the state level that the state is to slow in approval, and so they are trying to streamline process and have granted greater local approval authority the VPI will certify courses and programs and comply with the law; the Chancellor s Office will rely on audits to ensure college comply with regulations. Acknowledged new responsibility, as the VPI and Curriculum Chair are held responsible for compliance; the state will randomly audit college curriculum inventories. Stated that we need to bring courses into compliance hours/units. OCC Student Code of Conduct Senator Marilyn Kennedy Senator Kennedy reviewed and presented suggestions for changes to the Student Code of Conduct, the areas that affect instruction and the classroom. Changes proposed from the Senate were the following ones: The entire Student Code of Conduct should be in the college catalog for reference Students should be required to sign or acknowledge it. Language should be added that prohibits assisting others in violating the Code of Conduct Posting of an unauthorized recording should be added as a violation Language needs to be added in the Harassment/Bullying area that matches the federal laws that prohibit unlawful harassment to protected classes no other items should be included. Item 38, Stalking, should have a reference to Calif. Penal Code that clarifies what stalking legally is. Items 43 and 44 should indicate that all persons must consent to being audio or video recorded. Items 44, language should be updated to include electronic course materials Item 46, language needs to be updated to clarify cell phones, and list other electronic devices, but not limit create an exclusive list Board Policies Input BP/AP 2410, AP 4110, & AP 6305 Senator Marilyn Kennedy Senator Kennedy went over the following polices and asked for input: BP 4110: Honorary Degrees: A brief discussion regarding a third party to recommend or approved honorary degrees was discussed, be it the Academic Senate or the BOT or both. AP 6305: Reserves: Senator Kennedy noted that she located in her budget research that the state requires a 5% Academic Senate Meeting Minutes, 3 of 4

4 reserve, not the 10% our District is proposing. If this is 10% locked in, faculty will lose their ability to request or negotiate for funds needed if they are automatically tied up with this artificial bottom. Discussion will continue next week. Adjournment President Gordon adjourned the meeting at 1:00 PM Approval of Minutes April 18, : 2: Minutes 3: Consent Calendar 4: Reorder 5: Reorder Voting Tallies Senate Membership Absent Absent Absent Absent Absent Arismendi-Pardi, Eduardo: Senator-at-Large ( ) Aye Aye Aye Aye Aye Barnes, Carol: Counseling Senator ( ) Absent Absent Aye Aye Aye Blair, Jamie: Senator-at-Large ( ) late arrival Aye Aye Aye Aye Aye Cervantes: Al: Technology Senator ( ) Aye Aye Aye Aye Aye Cuellar, Eric: Senator-at-Large ( ) Absent Absent Absent Absent Absent Dale, John: Library Senator ( ) Aye Aye Aye Aye Aye Drew, Rendell: Senator-at-Large ( ) Aye Aye Aye Aye Aye Ely, Cynthia: Part-Time Senator ( ) Aye Aye Aye Aye Aye G bye, Digoba: Part-Time Senator ( ) Aye Aye Aye Aye Aye Gordon, Lee: Senator-at-Large ( ) Hanlon, Anna: Curriculum Chair (Non-Voting) Aye Aye Aye Aye Aye Ibranossian, Agatha: Visual & Performing Arts Senator ( ) Aye Aye Aye Aye Aye Isaac, Darryl: Consumer & Health Sciences Senator Aye Aye Aye Aye Aye Kennedy, Marilyn: Literature & Languages Senator, PDI Chair ( ) Aye Aye Aye Aye Aye Kerins, Chris (John): Part-Time Senator ( ) Aye Aye Aye Aye Aye Neil, Jeanne: Business & Computing Senator ( ) Nguyen, Gigi: Assoc. Student Rep.(Non-Voting) Aye Aye Aye Aye Aye Phillips, Clyde: Student Services Senator ( ) Aye Aye Aye Aye Aye Rickerson, Irini: Senator-at-Large ( ) Aye Aye Aye Aye Aye Rudmann, Brent: Social & Behavioral Sciences Senator ( ) Aye Aye Aye Aye Aye Sachs, Loren: Senator-at-Large ( ) Math Division Senator: Vacant ( ) Senator-at-Large: Vacant ( ) Senator-at-Large: Vacant ( ) Academic Senate Meeting Minutes, 4 of 4

5 OCC Academic Senate Executive Board Meeting Minutes Tuesday, April 11, :00 2:00 pm Faculty House E-Board Members in Attendance: Lee Gordon, Anna Hanlon, Marilyn Kennedy, Loren Sachs E-Board Members Absent: None Guests: None 1. Call to Order: President Gordon called the meeting to order at 1:00 PM 2. /Non- Item Public Comments: None 3. Approval of the : d unanimously. 4. Reports from Members of the Executive Board: President Gordon noted that due to his attendance at a conference in Sacramento next Tuesday, VP Loren Sachs would chair the Senate meeting next week. 5. Committee Appointments and Election Processes: Secretary Kennedy noted the process of the senator elections over the next few weeks, from division senators, to senators-at-large, to part-time senators, and the E-Board election. The Senate Staff Aide will be running the department chairs elections, and President Gordon will contact her about those elections. 6. Future Discussion/Setting the : The agenda was set for the next meeting. 7. Senate Budget Discussion: No discussion of the budget. Minutes Approval: April 18, 2017