January 09, 2012 Meeting
Agenda
Academic Senate Meeting
Taft College
Monday, January 9, 2012
2:10-3:00pm
Cougar Conference Room
Call to Order
Public Commentary Approval of Minutes
Agenda
Presentations for New Positions
Unfinished Business
Special Admit High School Students Program Elimination Policy
Announcements Adjournment
Minutes
Taft College Academic Senate Minutes
January 9, 2012 (Special Meeting for Division Chairs to Present for Positions) 2:10pm
T-13
Attendance documented on sign-in sheet, in office of human resources.
- Call to Order. Vice-President Michelle Beasley, presiding in Bill Devine’s absence, called the meeting to order at 2:10pm.
- Public Commentary. Sharyn Eveland said, “I’m so happy to be ”
- Review of January 6th Minutes. David Berry moved to approve the minutes, and David Layne seconded the motion. Minutes were approved with
- Business Instructor Position. Summary—Kanoe Bandy presented the handout “Request for Faculty Position: Business Instructor” and narrated its contents, which included the criteria approved at the January 6th
- Studio Art Instructor Position. Summary—Sonja Swenson presented the handout “Studio Art Instructor” and spoke from the PowerPoint presentation “Studio Art Instructor” which addressed the criteria approved at the January 6th
- Counseling Position. Summary—Jack Gallon, Darcy Bogle, Candace Duron, and Lourdes Gonzales addressed the need for counseling faculty, explaining that counseling affects all students, delineating unfilled positions, and using multiple handouts, including “Counseling Position” to address the criteria for ranking faculty
- Sociology Position. Summary—Sharyn Eveland presented the handout “Sociology Position” and narrated its contents, which addressed the criteria approved at the January 6th
After she presented, Darcy Bogle pointed out that students only declare their major once, on their application, and that the data regarding the number of majors for all of the presentations may have been inaccurate because students frequently change their majors during their studies at Taft College.
Sharyn Eveland explained that she got the data for her presentation, including the number of majors, from the program review CDs provided to program leads by the Office of Institutional Research, Assessment, and Planning.
Darcy responded that she was suggesting that perhaps students might update their information on a regular basis to help generate better data and allow the college to better meet their needs.
Brian Jean said, “Heck yeah on the admissions update,” and explained that students in his online classes who had not updated their information had old email addresses and were missing information.
- Adjournment— Before she adjourned the meeting, Michelle Beasley reminded all present to complete a faculty ranking form for each position and return it to Bill
–Submitted by Geoffrey Dyer