August 18, 2022 Meeting

Agenda

OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT OF INSTRUCTION

CURRICULUM AND GENERAL EDUCATION COMMITTEE

Memorandum

TO:                         Curriculum and General Education Committee

  1. Bandy, A. Bledsoe, B. Devine, M. Mayfield, T. Mendoza, M. Oja, J. Rangel-Escobedo, A. Rashvand, D. Vohnout, N. Woodall, B. Young, ASO Representative, and PTK Representative

FROM:                  Dr. Vicki Jacobi, Vice President Academic Senate, Co-Chairperson

Dr. Leslie Minor, Vice President of Instruction, Co-Chairperson

DATE:                   August 12, 2022

SUBJECT:             Next Meeting’s Agenda

A Curriculum and General Education Committee meeting will be held on

Thursday August 18, 2022, from 12:10 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. in the Cougar Room, Taft College,

29 Cougar Ct., Taft CA 93268

AGENDA

CALL TO ORDER

PUBLIC COMMENTARY

The Committee welcomes participation at Curriculum Committee Meetings. Members of the public may address the Committee. For everyone to be heard, please limit your comments to 5 minutes or less.

APPROVAL OF MINUTES: ACTION ITEM

  1. May 2022, Curriculum & General Education meeting
  2. 2022- 2023 C & GE Charter

ACTION ITEM

Items listed under the CONSENT ITEMS are considered routine and are acted on by the Committee in one motion. There is no discussion of these items before the Committee vote unless a member of the Committee, staff, or public requests specific items be discussed and/or removed from the Consent Agenda. Any person can pull items from the consent agenda and moved to new business, to be discussed and voted on individually. Items typically on consent are course outline of record under five-year review, renewal of distance learning modality or inactivation of course (removal from Chancellor Office Inventory of Courses).

Distance Learning Approval

  1. PSYC 2200        Elementary Statistics for the Behavioral and Social Sciences

DISCUSSION ITEMS:

  1. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Curriculum: Model Principles and Practices
  2. Board Policies – new policies in place
  3. Required Training for Certification
  4. Agendas for future meetings
  5. Parliamentary procedure update

AJOURNMENT

  • NEXT MEETING: TBD Fall 2022, in the Cougar Room.

*Program Status, please see the table below:

Program Tech Review Approved C & GE

 

Approved

 Board

 

Approved

 State

 

Approved

 Notes
*Law, Public Policy, and Society ADT Spring 2021 Spring 2021 Spring 2021 N/A Under Review @ C/O

* New Program

Minutes

OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT OF INSTRUCTION

CURRICULUM AND GENERAL EDUCATION COMMITTEE

Minutes of the Curriculum and General Education Committee Meeting

August 18, 2022, 12:10 am-2:00 in the Cougar Room

Present:           K. Bandy, A. Bledsoe, B. Devine, J. Farmer, V. Jacobi, L. Minor, M. Mayfield, T. Mendoza, M. Oja, C. Duron for J. Rangel-Escobedo, A. Rashvand, T. Payne, D. Vohnout

Guests:            N/A

Absent:            N. Woodall   

Recorder:         N. Lopez

MINUTES

CALL TO ORDER

Meeting called to order @ 12:18 p.m. Introductions were made.

PUBLIC COMMENTARY

The Committee welcomes participation at Curriculum Committee Meetings. Members of the public may address the Committee. For everyone to be heard, please limit your comments to 5 minutes or less.

No public commentary.

APPROVAL OF MINUTES: ACTION ITEM

  1. May 2022, Curriculum & General Education meeting

Corrections were made to the members present section. On a motion from M. Oja, seconded by M. Mayfield, Mays minutes were approved with corrections. B. Devine, K. Bandy, abstained.

  1. 2022- 2023 C & GE Charter

On a motion by M. Mayfield, seconded by M. Oja, and unanimously carried by all, the Charter was tabled for Septembers C & GE meeting.

ACTION ITEM

Items listed under the CONSENT ITEMS are considered routine and are acted on by the Committee in one motion. There is no discussion of these items before the Committee vote unless a member of the Committee, staff, or public requests specific items be discussed and/or removed from the Consent Agenda. Any person can pull items from the consent agenda and moved to new business, to be discussed and voted on individually. Items typically on consent are course outline of record under five-year review, renewal of distance learning modality or inactivation of course (removal from Chancellor Office Inventory of Courses).

Distance Learning Approval

  1. PSYC 2200        Elementary Statistics for the Behavioral and Social Sciences

The DE/L approval was tabled until the COR goes through review/approval process. COR will be reviewed at a future C & GE meeting.

DISCUSSION ITEMS:

  1. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Curriculum: Model Principles and Practices

The committee reviewed DEI in Curriculum: Model Principles and Practices handout from the Academic Senate. After reviewing the presentation, M. Mayfield outlined a few points. It is his understanding that the process is not intended to be an exhaustive project. He intends to review all his courses with a DEI lens. One way to ensure new Faculty include DEI in their coursework is by including specific textbooks, and Professional Development. The committee shared various ideas to implement this process. In some cases, it may be appropriate to add a DEI statement to the course description. Class discussions, scenarios, photographs, etc. are things that can be reviewed/updated to meet the DEI process. The committee also discussed updating Charters to reflect the implementation of a DEI process, where applicable. This item will be discussed as more information becomes available. 

  1. Board Policies – new policies in place
  2. Jacobi gave a brief update on our campus updating AP/BP’s. V. Jacobi will share new or updated policies with the committee when they apply to our group. The Presidents Office is working to finalize every revision they received at the end of Spring 2022.
  3. Required Training for Certification
  4. Jacobi went over the annual certification training from the curriculum Institute. This allows our campus to continue approving non-substantial curriculum changes.
  1. Agendas for future meetings

Instruction will review Division Chair schedules to find possible meeting days & times. A message will be sent in the following days.

  1. Parliamentary procedure update

Chairs of the Academic Senate, Sub-committees, will be getting together to compare charters. The goal is to be consistent with our processes. This item will come back when applicable.

AJOURNMENT

Meeting adjourned @ 2:02 p.m.

  • NEXT MEETING: TBD Fall 2022, in the Cougar Room.

*Program Status, please see the table below:

Program

Tech Review Approved

C & GE

Approved

Board

Approved

State

Approved

Notes

*Law, Public Policy, and Society ADT

Spring 2021

Spring 2021

Spring 2021

N/A

Under Review @ C/O

* New Program

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