Mission College Academic Senate

Ext. 5413

Approved Minutes

Thursday, October 24, 2002

 

I.       Call to Order/Roll Call

            The meeting was called to order by President Jane Patton at 2:10   p.m. 

Senators

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Senators

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Brennan    (Ext. 5313)  Comm

     

    X

McAlister (Ext. 5087)  Stud.Dev.

    

   X

Charland  (Ext. 5046)  Stud. Dev.

 

    X

Mancini    (Ext. 5855) AF/HM

 

   X

Dooley    (Ext. 5379)  AAS

 

    X

Martin      (Ext. 5356)  Tech.

    

   X

Estrada     (Ext.5164) CommSvc

 

    X

Musat       (Ext. 5331) Math

 

   X

Guich      (Ext. 5270) Social Sci.

 

    X

Oliver       (Ext. 5427)  AAS

 

   X

Johnson   (Ext.5277) CATA

    X

 

Patton    (Ext. 5296) Comm Stud

 

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Lavallo    (Ext. 5399)  Math

 

    X

Rivas       (Ext. 5282)  CATA

    

   X

Light       (Ext. 5717) AF/CIT

     

    X

Rosner     (Ext. 5317) ESL

    

   X

Lynne      (Ext. 5248) CommSvc

 

    X

Sippel      (Ext. 5118) Comm

 

   X

 

 

 

VanTassel (Ext. 5334) Tech

 

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Other:   A.Braun (CRC),

   

    X

Other:  B.Grayson (Staff Dev)

    X  

   

 S. Hanna (ASB Rep.) 

 

    X

S. Ghiya (ASB Rep)

    X

 

 

Division Chairs

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Division Chairs

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Chandler        (Social Science)

    

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Dinger   (Commercial Services)

    

    X

Chan, R.       (Student Services)

 

   X

Hacker   (ESL)

    

    X

Chiang          (Math)

 

   X

McKay (VP of Instruction)

 

    X

Cowels            (AAS)

 

    X

Messerschmidt (Communctns)

 

    X

Delongchamps  (CATA)   

   

    X  

Poe     (Natural Science)

 

    X

 

Guests

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Guests

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 W.S.Chiang, C. Cox, L.Harris

    

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 M.Jahan, S.Kinsella, B. Miller, C.Monroe

    

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    X

             

 II.    Oral Communication from the Public

            There was no oral communication from the public at today’s meeting.

             

III.    Approval of Minutes

            The minutes for the October 17, 2002, meeting were accepted and approved as submitted (M/S/P - VanTassel/Charland).

 

IV.    Joint Meeting w Division Chair Council to Review Applications for New Faculty

         Positions

         Jane explained the process developed by the Senate and the Division Chair Council (DCC) that has been used for the last few years. It was emphasized that this task is one of the most important responsibilities of the Senate, and the process is unique to Mission College compared to most community colleges throughout the state. 

 

            The Academic Senate and the Division Chair Council (DCC) will review the 36 requests submitted.  The appropriate Division Chair will present a supporting argument for each position in two-minute blocks, and a question and answer period will be held after all presentations have been made.  After today’s discussion, the Senate representatives and the Division Chairs will jointly review the list and consider ranking.

 

            Dianne emphasized that faculty hiring is the most important and serious task undertaken by faculty because the quality and distribution of faculty most directly influences the teaching and learning that takes place at Mission College.  She explained that there are 36 requests: five of them are carried over from last year, and five are positions in which faculty have retired. Five of the   positions are brand new allocations for this year.  Dianne also explained that of the positions listed below, the five positions in bold are positions that will be automatically filled in accordance with past policy and are not to be included in the ranking.  Those positions have already been approved, and either recruitment efforts failed or, if the position was filled, the person left before completing two years in the position.

 

            Dianne advised that because of the state budget's exigency situation, the state Board of Governors is considering authorizing a relief of obligation for districts to hire new faculty. AB 1725 and the growth of the college dictate that obligation.  AB 1725 relates to the full-time/part -time faculty ratio and the number of new faculty positions is based on the growth of the college. She explained that if the state grants relief of the obligation, the college would be able to delay hiring.  In that event, it will only affect the five new positions, which would be reduced by half.  If that does not occur, the college will need to hire to the appropriate level or the district is penalized $55,000 for each position under goal. 

 

            Several criteria for considering ranking were presented and discussed.  It was determined that there were no requests that were considered "not viable," which was defined as a position that did not necessarily reflect the direction of the college at this time.  Other criteria to be considered are: 1) the generation of WSCH, 2) additional costs relative to the position, 3) the Accreditation Report, 4) the E&FMP, 5) State mandates and/or regulations, and 6) data from Jim Burrell's report.  It was pointed out that even though a position may not directly generate WSCH, the position may impact the retention of students, thus affecting WSCH throughout the college.  

 

            The appropriate division chair made a presentation for each request, and the remaining time was taken up with a question and answer period. 

 

            The positions requested are listed below in alphabetical order.  Please note that the five (5) positions listed in bold are the positions that have already been allotted, and they will not be included in the ranking.

                                                                                   

            Art  #1                                                             Health Occupations #1

            Art  #2                                                             Health Occupations #2

            Articulation & Transfer Director                      Health Occupations #3

            Assessment Coordinator                                 Health Occupations #4

            Child Development #1                              Health Occupations #5

            Child Development #2                                     Health Occupations #6

            CIT                                                                  Instructional Tech-1-Tech Center Coordinator

            Communication Studies                                  Instructional Tech-2-Distance Learning

            Counseling #1-Retention/Lrng Comm            Library Services #1

            Counseling #2-Outreach                                  Library Services #2

            Counseling  #3-General Counselor                 Manufacturing

            ESL #1                                                            Mathematics #1                                 

            ESL #2                                                            Mathematics #2

            ESL #3                                                            Music 

            Fire Science                                                     Physical Education

            Foreign Language-French                                 Political Science

            Graphic Arts                                       Reading #1

            Graphic & Multimedia Design                Reading #2

                                                                    

            Each division chair will submit the ranked list, with #1 being the highest priority, to the Office of Instruction by 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, October 30th. The Office of Instruction will tally the results, which will be presented at the Division Chair Council meeting on the following Monday.  The DCC will prepare its recommendation, which will be brought to the Senate at its next meeting on November 7, 2002, for further discussion, if necessary, and approval. 

 

IV.    Adjournment

            The meeting was adjourned at 4:07 p.m. (M/S/U - Sippel/Lynne). 

 

            These minutes are respectfully submitted by Grace Hazán, Academic Senate Secretary.