Mission College Academic Senate

Ext. 5413

Unapproved Minutes

Thursday, November 29, 2001

 

I.       Call to Order/Roll Call

            The meeting was called to order by President Jane Patton at 2:12 p.m. 

Senators

   A

   P

Senators

   A

   P

Bell-Cheung  (Ext.5385) AAS

    

    X

Mancini   (Ext. 5855) AF/HM

 

   X

Brennan    (Ext. 5313)  Comm

    

    X

Martin     (Ext. 5349) Tech

    

   X

Cochran    (Ext. 5176)  Stud Dev

   

    X

McGee     (Ext. 5042) Stud Dev

   

   X

Estrada      (Ext.5164) CommSvc

 

    X

McKean   (Ext. 5326)  Math

 

   X

Guich       (Ext. 5270) SocSci

 

    X 

Myint      (Ext. 5316) ESL

    

   X

Jackins      (Ext.5322 )  Math

 

    X

Patton    (Ext. 5296) Comm Stud

 

   X

Johnson    (Ext.5277) CATA

    

    X

Sippel      (Ext. 5118) Comm

 

   X

Light       (Ext. 5413) AF/CIT

 

    X

VanTassel (Ext. 5334) Tech

    X

   

Lynne      (Ext. 5248) CommSvc

    

    X

ASB:  C.Vincenz. Phuc Le

    

   X

Other:  B.Grayson (Staff Dev)

 

    X

Guests:  W.S.Chiang, D.Cordero,

 

   X

M.Jahan,  D.McKay,

 

    X     

H.Stephens, C.Toppel, S.Zeisler

 

   X

 

Division Chairs

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   P

Division Chairs

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   P

Akers-Martin      (Comm)

 

   X

Cowels            (AAS)

 

    X

Burrell         (Natural Science)

    X

    

Delongchamps  (CATA)   

   

    X  

Callaway (VP Instruction)

 

   X

Dinger   (Commercial Services)

    

    X

Chandler      (Social Science)

    

   X

Hacker -Sub for Lowenberg(ESL)

    

    X

Chan, R.     (Student Services)

 

 

Xiques       (Technology)

 

    X

Chiang        (Math)

 

    X

 

 

 

             

 II.    Oral Communication from the Public

             

III.    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 three or four years. She emphasized that this task is the most important responsibility of the Senate, and the process is unique to Mission College among most community colleges throughout the state.  Today, the members of the Academic Senate and the Division Chair Council (DCC) will review 21 requests that have been submitted for new faculty positions.  They will listen to the Division Chairs’ supporting arguments for each position in three-minute blocks, and have a one-minute block to pose questions to the presenter.  After today’s discussion, the Senate representatives and the Division Chairs will jointly review the list and consider ranking.  Each division chair will submit the division’s rankings to Lee by Monday at 10:00 a.m., and the Office of Instruction will tally the results.  The results will then be discussed at the Division Chair Council meeting on Monday, December 3rd, and a recommendation will be forwarded to the Senate at its next meeting on December 6th. 

 

            There was some discussion on how to proceed in light of the fact that Jody Hacker was substituting for Rachel Lowenberg, who was unable to attend today’s meeting due to illness.   There was a question as to whether or not it would be appropriate to deviate from the normal process and allow a substitute for the DC or the Senator from the division to present the supporting argument.  After a brief discussion, the following motion was passed unanimously (M/S/U – Johnson/Jackins):

 

            “that the MCAS and the DCC agree to make an exception to the process, allowing either representative from the ESL Department to speak to the request and adhere to the process for the remaining positions.”

 

            The process continued, with presentations made in alphabetical order of the requests.  To accommodate Steve Dinger, who was not feeling well, the following motion was passed unanimously (M/S/U – Jackins/McGee):

 

            “that the MCAS and DCC agree to suspend the alphabetical process and permit Mr. Dinger to present all three of his division’s requests and then return to the alphabetical process.”

 

            The presentations for each request continued and were made by the appropriate division chair and followed by a brief question and answer period.  The requests for positions are listed below in alphabetical order:

 

            Child Development                                                      Foreign Language

            Communication Studies                                              General Business

            Computer Applications                                                Health Occupations #1

            Counseling #1 (On-Line-Web)                                    Health Occupations #2

            Counseling#2  (Spanish Literate)                                Instructional Tech & DL

            Counseling #3 (Special Programs)                              LATC

            English #1                                                                   Library

            English #2                                                                   Manufacturing                        

            ESL #1                                                                        Mathematics #1

            ESL #2                                                                        Mathematics #2          

            ESL #3                                                                                               

                                                                                     

            Lee advised that unless the current status of the state’s budget changes, it appears that the college will only be able to fill eight retired positions and two unfilled positions. The college will only be able to fill ten of the 21 positions requested under the current circumstances. She asked, however, that everyone prioritize all the viable positions in the event that the state budget report changes.                                                            

 .          The above positions will be ranked by the Division Chairs with their Senators, with #1 being the highest priority. Jane reminded everyone that results of the selections will impact the future direction of the college and must be considered in the rankings.  The completed ranked list will be tallied by the Office of Instruction on Monday, December 3rd, and brought to the Academic Senate meeting of December 6, 2001, for further discussion and approval.  

 

IV.    Adjournment

            The meeting was adjourned at 4:31 p.m. (M/S/U – Jackins/Brennan). 

 

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