August 17, 2020 Meeting
Agenda
TAFT COLLEGE SENATE COUNCIL
AGENDA
MONDAY, AUGUST 17, 2020
10:10AM TO 11:00AM
Via ZOOM
https://cccconfer.zoom.us/j/93266228133
Roll call voting is required in meetings conducting through Zoom.
Zoom etiquette for this meeting: Raise hand and wait for acknowledgement to avoid talking over others.
State your name when making motions and seconds as those speaking may not be seen on all attendees monitors. Remember this is a public forum meeting under the Brown Act.
Call to Order
Public Commentary on Action Items
Approval of the Minutes
- Approval April 22, 2020 Minutes (3 minutes) ACTION
Informational Items:
- Role/Responsibilities of Academic Senate Council Representatives (3 minutes) DISCUSSION
- BP/AP/Catalog Language Consistency INFORMATION
Updates:
- Equity, Anti-Racism, Inclusivity INFORMATION
- Guided Pathways Progress, Institutionalization, and Academic Senate INFORMATION
- Committee Charter Reviews INFORMATION
- Committee Assignments (3 minutes) DISCUSSION
Old Business: Assignment of Responsibility for Development and/or Recommendation to Senate of the Whole for Action
- NONE
New Business: Assignment of Responsibility for Development and/or Recommendation to Senate of the Whole for Action
- Recommendation to Academic Senate: Creation of Professional Development Committee ACTION
- Recommendation to Academic Senate: Form Ad Hoc Committee in Response to ASCCC/CCCCO Call for Action on Institutionalized Racism ACTION
Public Comment on Non-Agendized Items (Limitation of 1 minute per speaker.)
Adjournment
Minutes
TAFT COLLEGE SENATE COUNCIL
MINUTES
MONDAY, AUGUST 17, 2020 10:10AM TO 11:00AM
Via ZOOM
https://cccconfer.zoom.us/j/93266228133
Roll call voting is required in meetings conducting through Zoom.
Zoom etiquette for this meeting: Raise hand and wait for acknowledgement to avoid talking over others.
State your name when making motions and seconds as those speaking may not be seen on all attendees monitors. Remember this is a public forum meeting under the Brown Act.
Call to Order
Public Commentary on Action Items
Approval of the Minutes
- Approval April 22, 2020 Minutes (3 minutes) ACTION Motion to approve the April 22, 2020 minutes: B. Devine
Second: M. Jiles
Roll call vote: motion passed unanimously.
Informational Items:
- Role/Responsibilities of Academic Senate Council Representatives (3 minutes) DISCUSSION
President Eveland wants to ensure ASC members speak up in subcommittee meetings to remind the group of the role of the Academic Senate. Comment from Jacobi and Dyer: The Taft College Academic Senate Constitution has specific information about the role of the ASC.
Per Taft College Academic Senate Constitution:
Section 3. Functions of the Academic Senate Council
The Academic Senate Council meets in advance of the Senate-of-the-whole to initiate and review proposals, recommendations, policies, resolutions, and other potential action items of the Academic Senate. Officers and representatives bring requests for such action to the Academic Senate Council and relay information from Academic Senate Council meetings back to their areas in advance of Senate-of-the-whole meetings. Members of the Academic Senate Council are charged with staying apprised of actions of the Chancellor’s Office, legislature, California Community Colleges Board of Governors, accrediting agency for California community colleges, and the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges (ASCCC).Eveland requesting shared perspective to ensure AS speaks with one voice.
Council members questions:
Q: Are we missing representation from divisions?
Q: Are we missing representation from subcommittees?
SLOASC? ADC? DLEC? DE? Professional Development (PDC)? And so on.
Discussion of shifted to divisions
President Eveland requests that all Academic Senate Council members remind participants of the Academic Senate
responsibilities in subcommittees. Suggested language for this could include: “This sounds like a topic that falls within the 10+1. I’d like to take this back to the Academic Senate to weigh in.” Eveland expressed concern that as we are working remotely, 10+1 issues need additional attention from senators.
- BP/AP/Catalog Language Consistency INFORMATION
Reminder that there are BPs and APs that are not currently consistent in their language. Aligning the BPs and APs is an on-going area of emphasis for the Taft College Academic Senate.
Updates:
- Equity, Anti-Racism, Inclusivity INFORMATION
Faculty and students can be involved in actively becoming an anti-racist institution. This is an active process, not a passive one.
- Guided Pathways Progress, Institutionalization, and Academic Senate INFORMATION
Eveland recognized Vicki Jacobi for her hard work on Guided Pathways and its institutionalization. Jacobi will be giving a presentation on Guided Pathways at Faculty Reports on Tuesday, August 18th.
- Committee Charter Reviews INFORMATION
Request to encourage subcommittees of the Academic Senate to lead discussions of the 10+1 in committee charter reviews.
- Committee Assignments (3 minutes) DISCUSSION
Committee assignments are the responsibility of the Academic Senate and the CIO. In the past, most faculty requests have been honored. This year, the committee charters were examined to ensure that all required participants were accounted for on committees per the committee charter.
Old Business: Assignment of Responsibility for Development and/or Recommendation to Senate of the Whole for Action
- NONE
New Business: Assignment of Responsibility for Development and/or Recommendation to Senate of the Whole for Action
- Recommendation to Academic Senate: Creation of Professional Development Committee ACTION
In the discussion about the PDC, Eveland stated that Professional Development is an area where the Academic Senate is “relied upon”. Having a professional development committee focused on the 10+1 seems reasonable. Discussion included funding and
Motion The Academic Senate Council recommends the Academic Senate to create a Professional Development Committee if the current PDC is dissolved: G. Dyer
Second: B. Devine
Roll call vote: Passed unanimously.
- Recommendation to Academic Senate: Form Ad Hoc Committee in Response to ASCCC/CCCCO Call for Action on Institutionalized Racism ACTION
Motion The Academic Senate Council recommends the Taft College Academic Senate form an Ad Hoc Committee in Response to ASCCC/CCCCO Call for Action on Institutionalized Racism: B. Devine
Second: M. Jiles.
Roll call vote: Passed unanimously.
Public Comment on Non-Agendized Items (Limitation of 1 minute per speaker.) Adjournment