August 17, 2017 Meeting

Agenda

Taft College Academic Senate
Senate-of-the-Whole Meeting

Thursday, August 17, 2017

11:00am to 1:00pm, Cougar Room

Call to Order
Public Commentary
Approval of Minutes of the May 1, 2017 Meeting
Agenda

Information/Discussion Items
1. Accreditation Update—Dyer—5 Minutes

  1. Faculty Position Request Ranking Postponed—Dyer—10 Minutes
  2. Program Review Support—Oleg Bespalov & Brandy Young—15
    Minutes
    4. Integrated Plan Update—Primavera Arvizu—20 Minutes
  3. Distance Education Update—Hall—10 Minutes
    6. ISLO Assessment, Analysis, and Improvement—Jacobi—15 Minutes
    7. Zero-Textbook-Cost Degree Planning Grant Update—Hall—10

Minutes
8. ASCCC Curriculum Institute Highlights—Jacobi—15 Minutes

  1. General Overview
    b. Hours Required on COR
  2. Academic Senate Vice President and Curriculum Co-chair Roles—

Jacobi—10 Minutes
Other/Open Forum for Announcements
Adjournment

Minutes

Taft College Academic Senate Minutes

Thursday, August 17, 2017

Cougar Conference Room

 

Members Present: President, Geoffrey Dyer, Vice President Vicki Jacobi, Secretary, Candace Duron, Kamala Carlson, Danielle Kerr, David Mitchell, Lourdes Gonzalez, Rebecca Roth, Michelle Beasley, Sharyn Eveland, Paul Blake, Juana Escobedo, Joe’ll Chaidez, Kanoe Bandy, Bill Devine, Shelley Getty, Ruby Payne, Mariza Martinez, Julian Martinez, Diane Jones, Joy Reynolds, Jennifer Altenhofel, Tina Mendoza, Michelle Oja, Kelly Donovan, Anna Teeters, Diana Champion, Adam Bledsoe, Kelly Kulzer-Reyes, David Layne, John Eigenauer, Leigh Golling, Janis Mendenhall, Chris Chung-Wee, Debora Rodenhauser, Robin Polski, Tabitha Raber, Mike Jiles, Amar Abbott, Greg Golling, Lori Sundgren, Abbas Jarrahian, Steve Lytle, Dan Hall, Tony Thompson, Carly Flowers.

Guests: Oleg Bespalov, Brandy Young, Sandra Graham, Primavera Arvizu, and Jeff La Force.

 

The meeting was called to order at 11:14 A.M.

 

Public Commentary

None

 

Approval of May 1, 2017 Senate Minutes

  • No corrections, minutes approved.

 

Accreditation Update – Dyer

  • Taft College met the recommendations from ACCJC.
  • Thank you to Eric Berube, Brandy Young, and the IR office.
  • Thank you to Dan Hall for his work on the Distance Education Plan.
  • Thank you to Vicki Jacobi for her work on Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs).
  • The mid-term report is due fall 2018.
  • There is still work to be done with regards to institutional effectiveness, program review, and SLOs, specifically evaluating impact in the program review and aligning with allocation. When measuring goals and requesting funding, consider a rubric with the same indicators used by Governance Council.

 

Faculty Position Request Ranking Postponed – Dyer

  • The Resolution Requesting Annual FON Data and Projected Number of New and Replacement Faculty Positions was approved the end of last year.
  • The Resolution: New Faculty Positions Recommendations and Faculty Replacement Positions was sent back to the Senate Council after the first reading and will be discussed at the next meeting along with a new resolution.

 

Program Review Support – Oleg Bespalov & Brandy Young

  • Oleg and Brandy are here to help with any questions about the Annual Program Review Process.
  • They will continue to be good ambassadors of data and offer user friendly data and services.

 

Integrated Plan Update – Primavera Arvizu

  • Over the summer a team met to work on integrating goals, activities, and measurable outcomes of the Basic Skills Indicative, Student Success and Support Program, and Student Equity plans.
  • The team included: Geoffrey Dyer, Vicki Jacobi, Jennifer Altenhofel, Juana Escobedo, Candace Duron, Darcy Bogle, Lori Sundgren, Mike Jiles, Velda Pena, Myisha Cutrona, Breanna Payne, Amanda Bauer, Anthony Cordova, Severo Balason, Mark Williams, and Primavera Arvizu.
  • The goals target two-year-completion and work, graduation, and transfer readiness.
  • On-boarding, enrollment, and graduation outcomes will be measured and tracked to see where the gaps are.
  • Integration will take place using the Student Success Committee, Access Committee, and Academic Development Committee.
  • The 17/18 FY funds have not been released; the draft budget will use 16/17 FY numbers.

 

Distance Education Update – Hall

  • Motto: “Going the Distance for Our Students.”
  • The transition to Canvas is complete. All full-time faculty and almost all adjunct faculty have moved into Canvas.
  • The Online Education Initiative (OEI) is piloting classes; if there are faculty who would like to participate in the online course exchange let Dan Hall know. Submission is open for spring 18 to have courses evaluated (currently only for CID approved courses).
    • Discussion:
      • Students may be able to get classes offered through this online exchange that are not offered at TC due to low enrollment numbers and the course being canceled.
      • Early Childhood Education already does something similar with the consortium listing all classes offered online in ECE at the participating community colleges and it works well.
      • A benefit to the students is that they will not have to log into a different account but use their same Canvas login.
      • The courses must meet the rubric requirements and be of high quality and accessible. The rubric has been described as intense.
      • About a decade ago there was an influx of student coming from Bakersfield College primarily focused on English courses. This caused a significant impact that we were blindsided by because students find loopholes.
      • Governor Brown has proposed a 114th California Community College that would be 100% online.
      • There are a number of students from out of the area who are coming to TC who cannot get classes, specifically athletes.
      • Other colleges may jump through the hoops and students may take their classes even if we do not participate which then could potentially mean we do not capture the enrollment need for additional sections of courses.
    • Cranium Café – Connect Ed in Canvas – is available. The tutoring center and counseling center will be piloting Cranium Café with online tutoring and online counseling.

 

ISLO Assessment, Analysis, and Improvement – Jacobi

  • The SLO guidebook on the website is up-to-date.
  • The conversation about ISLO-Computation will begin in spring.
  • John Eigenauer shared that during his session on critical thinking the faculty practiced with ideas to implement the ISLO-Critical Thinking rubric in their classroom.
  • Data was collected for the ISLO-Communication spring 2017
    • Should the ISLO of communication be separated into written communication and oral communication?
  • ISLO- Global Awareness data did not show any discrepancies in demographics.
  • Sharyn Eveland shared that during her community and global awareness session, the faculty selected an existing assignment and modified it to explicitly make the connection to the ISLO and determined an assessment.
  • When continuing through the cycle of assessment, all data will be evaluated to see the changes over time.

 

Zero-Textbook-Cost Degree Planning Grant Update – Hall

  • A team of faculty, Dan Hall, Mike Jiles, Joe Pilkington, Tabitha Raber, Candace Duron, Jill Brown, Michelle Oja, and Vicki Jacobi, looked at the possibility of offering a zero textbook option in the Administration of Justice (ADMJ) Transfer Degree program. The team found that there was sufficient OER curriculum already available in general education but insufficient already available OER curriculum in the specific ADMJ area but it could be possible with combining resources and/or in a collaborative curriculum development effort with other schools such as College of The Canyons.
  • There is an implementation grant available and the ADMJ faculty are willing to use their program if the college decides to apply for the grant.
    • Discussion:
      • There is a 5-7 year recency of textbooks on the COR, OEI is likely to have a review process to ensure recency but it hasn’t been established yet. OEI and ZTC is approved and supported by the Chancellor’s Office, the courses should transfer.
      • Maybe this is a grant the college should decide to pass on, it is difficult to be all things to all students being a small college.
      • With this grant there may be the possibility of release time, hiring of adjuncts, and/or consultants.
      • This would only be looking at ADMJ classes and the possible general education path (one class per required section) to offer the zero-textbook-cost.
      • The local CJA degree using the local general education pattern may make a better option than the ADMJ for transfer.

 

ASCCC Curriculum Institute Highlights – Jacobi

  • General Overview
    • Topics included: CTE – Strong workforce, Transfer, in demand occupations, four year degrees, online course design, OER, ZTC, non-credit programs, duel enrollment, and distance education.
  • Hours Required on COR
    • The time in-class and the time outside of class are to be written in hours and included on the COR.
    • Student Learning Outcomes are being re-named Student Learning Experience.
    • The COR also now must include the minimum qualifications to teach the discipline subject.
    • Credit courses will be approved at the local level (not ADTs) as part of the curriculum process. Vicki Jacobi and Mark Williams will forward to the TC Board for final approval/denial.

 

Academic Senate Vice President and Curriculum Co-chair Roles – Jacobi

  • The Academic Senate Vice President (ASVP) term will expire in May 2018.
  • The ASVP acts as the curriculum co-chair.
  • Vicki Jacobi proposes to change the ASVP to a president elect position to allow for a more successful transition to Academic Senate President, separating the Vice President and Curriculum Co-Chair. The suggestion is to make Curriculum Co-Chair an appointed position.
  • Discussion regarding the current Academic Senate release time structure in comparison with other campuses of similar size.
  • Faculty Association will add the topic to the list of items to be discussed during bargaining.

 

Other/Open Forum

None

 

Meeting adjourned at 1:03 PM.

Submitted by Candace Duron, Secretary.

Approved September 11, 2017

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