Mission College Academic Senate

Ext. 5413

Unapproved  Minutes

Thursday,  November 18, 2004 

 

I.       Call to Order/Roll Call

            The meeting was called to order by President Alex Braun at 2:10 p.m. 

Senators

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Senators

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Braun      (Ext. 5355) Pres/Tech

 

    X

Lavallo    (Ext. 5399)  Math

    

    X

Brichko    (Ext. 5222)  CATA

     

    X

Martin     (Ext. 5356)  Tech.

    X

 

Charland  (Ext. 5046)  Stud. Dev.

    

    X

McKay    (Ext. 5312)  Comm

 

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Cogswell (Ext. 5388)  AAS

    

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Musat      (Ext. 5331) Math

    

    X 

Cox        (Ext.5164)  CommSvc

 

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Perlas      (Ext. 5041)  Stud.Dev.

   

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Dooley    (Ext. 5379)   AAS

    

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Rath       (Ext. 5413)  AF/CIT

   

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Harris     (Ext. 5413)  AF/Comm

    

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Smebye   (Ext. 5305) CommServ

 

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Kashima  (Ext. 5319)  ESL

 

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Szabados  (Ext.5289)  CATA

 

    X

Laird      (Ext. 5186)  SocSci

 

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Zeisler     (Ext. 5426) Comm

 

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Division Chairs

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Division Chairs

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Chandler        (Social Science)

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Lam              (Math)

 

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Cowels          (AAS)

    

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Lowenberg     (ESL)

 

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Delongchamps  (CATA)   

   

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Patton           (Communications)

 

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Dinger   (Commercial Services)

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Robles          (VP of Instruction)

    X

 

 

 

 

Toppel          (LATC)

 

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Guests

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Guests

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J.DelFrate, P.Hudak,

    

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 C.Qazi, J.VanTassle

 

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II.     Approval of the Minutes

            The minutes for the meeting of November 4, 2004 were accepted and approved as submitted   (M/S/P).   Referring to Page 4, Item VII.E, second paragraph, first sentence, Alex advised that President Chong’s stated that his definition of shared governance is no different than the Chancellor’s definition of shared governance. 

            (Please Note the Following Clarification:  The original discussion on November 4, 2004, relative to this matter read, “Discussion ensued on the possibility of rescinding the resolution, and it was stated that the Chancellor and the President of this college seem to be operating under different definitions of shared governance.”   The true meaning of the above statement referred to the opinion that the Chancellor and the President are operating under a different definition of shared governance than the Senate’s definition.)

 

III.    Order of the Agenda

            There were no changes to today’s order of the agenda.

 

 IV.    Oral Communication from the Public

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

        

  V.    Information & Announcements 

         1.   Alex announced that Grace Hazán is out ill and the minutes for these meetings will be prepared upon Grace’s return.

 

VI.    Administrative Business/Actions/Appointments

 A.     Curriculum Committee  -  No report was presented at today’s meeting.

 B.     Staff Recognition -  No report was presented today.

 C.     Committee Appointments 

         1. Appoint Faculty to Hiring Committee for HR specialist to Support Faculty  -

              The Senators selected Thanh Nguyen to serve on this committee (M/S/U – Laird/Harris).

         2.  Appoint Faculty to Hiring Committee for Director, Human Resources – The Senators selected Rod Pavao and Chris Moyers to serve on this committee.  It was agreed that additional faculty should be solicited to serve on this committee to ensure there is ample faculty representation.  Edith Dooley volunteered at this time to serve on this committee. 

         3.  Appoint Faculty to Hiring Committee for MC Research Analyst – The Senators selected Anna Szabados and Steve Dinger to serve on this committee (M/S/U – Smebye/Charland).

 

VII.    New Business

 

  A.    Joint Meeting of Division Chair Council with the MC Academic Senate to Review

         Review Prioritized New Full-Time Faculty Hires

         Alex explained the process developed by the Academic Senate and the Division Chair Council (DCC) that has been used for a number of years to determine what faculty positions are viable and should be filled.  He emphasized that this task is one of the most important responsibilities of the Academic Senate.

 

            The Academic Senate members and the members of the DCC will evaluate the alphabetical list of 15 positions.  The appropriate Division Chair, or designee 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. Following today’s discussion, the Senate representatives and the Division Chairs will jointly review the approved list and consider ranking.  The individual prioritized lists will then be forwarded to the Office of Instruction, where the statistics will be compiled.  The results will be forwarded to the DCC and the Academic Senate, and the two groups will meet again to discuss the results on December 2, 2004.

 

            The appropriate Division Chair, or designee, made a presentation for each request, and the remaining meeting time was used for discussion.  The positions, listed in alphabetical order, are as follows:

 

            Biological Sciences                                         ESL

            Chemistry                                                        History

            Child Development                                          Instructional Technology & Services

            Computer Information Technology                 Library Services                                                   

            Counseling (1) Vietnamese                             Mathematics

            Counseling (2) Crisis                                      Physical Education

            Counseling (3) Matriculation                           Political Science

                                                                                    Reading

             

             

            After all presentations were made, Alex opened the floor to questions and discussion.  A discussion and question and answer session ensued regarding the positions with people offering support for various positions.  The number of positions to be filled is unknown at this time, but it is anticipated that the approximate number of positions to be filled is six.  It was clarified that replacement positions are not automatically filled. There were questions regarding a fund 120 position and its role in the allocation process.  A question was also raised regarding whether the ITS position should remain faculty or be moved to classified.  Pat Hudak and others spoke in support of the position remaining as a faculty position. 

 

            Discussion ensued regarding the viability and ranking of the positions.  There was also discussion relative to WSCH versus non-WSCH generating positions.  It was noted that last year the college filled seven non-WSCH generating faculty positions.  It was suggested that critical workload issues be used as a criteria, as well as the balance of curriculum and the viability of programs.

 

            Ultimately, it was agreed that all the positions were viable and should be ranked.  The Senators will meet with their respective Division Chairs to review the list of positions and rank them.  The Office of Instruction will compile the ranking and the results will be addressed at a joint meeting of the Academic Senate and the Division Chair Council on December 2, 2004.

             

   B.   Consider Curriculum Overlap Policy

            This item was postponed to the next meeting.

 

VIII.  Correspondence, Publications, & Announcements

         This item was postponed to the next meeting.

 

XI.    Future Agenda Items

No new items were introduced at today's meeting.

 

XII.   Adjournment

            The meeting was adjourned at 4:05  p.m. (M/S/U).  These minutes are respectfully submitted by Grace Hazán, Academic Senate Secretary.