Academic Senate

Grossmont College

Minutes of the Meeting – December 5th, 2005

PRESENT:Beth Smith (President); Bonnie Schmiege (VicePresident); Victoria Howitt (Senate Officer at Large); Craig Milgrim (Senate Officer at Large); P.J.Ortmeier, (Administration of Justice); Jennifer Carmean (ASL); Suda House, Paul Turounet (Art); (Behavioral Sciences); Dave Wertlieb, Virgina Dudley, Michael Golden (Biological Sciences); Brian Keliher (Business Administration); Linda Snider (Business Office Technology); Rick Kirby (Cardovascular Technology); Jeff Lehman (Chemistry); Mary Courtney, Sheridan Dewolf (Child Development); Sheri Guseman (Communication); Clifton Quinn (Computer Science); Mary Rider, Debbie Lim, Renee Tuller (Counseling); (Cross Cultural Studies); Evan Enowitz (Culinary Arts); Jane Nolan, Scott Barr (Disabled Student Services); (Dance); Mark Goodman, Chris Hill (Earth Sciences); Gary Phillips, Linda Mitchell, Stephanie Mood, Qais Sako (English); Virginia Berger, Nancy Herzfeld-Pipkin, Chuck Passentino (ESL); Sylvia Montejano (EOPS); Jim Symington, Laura Burger (Exercise Science and Wellness); Ruth F. Konopka (Foreign Language); Carlos Contreras, Devon Hansen (History); (International Business); Michelle Blackman (Library); Peg Hovde, Nemie Capacia (Math); Evan Wirig (Media Communications); (Music); (Nursing); Valerie Plummer (Occupational Therapy); David Milroy, Raul Sandelin (PartTime Representatives); Zoe Close, Bill Hoaglin (Philosophy, Humanities & Religious Studies); Ross Cohen (Physics, Astronomy, & Physical Sciences); Brian Jennings (Political Economy); Lorenda Seibold- Phalan (Respiratory Therapy); (Theatre Arts).

ABSENT: Lance Parr, Tina Young (Administration of Justice); Jim Wilsterman (Art); Israel Cardona, Teresa Jacob, Gregg Robinson (Behavioral Sciences); Judith Zander (Business Administration); Mark Pressnall (Business Office Technology); Don Ridgeway (Cardovascular Technology); Tom Olmstead (Chemistry); Joel Castellaw (Communication); Diane Mayne-Stafford (Computer Science); Tom Gamboa (Cross Cultural Studies);Joe Orate (Culinary Arts); Kathy Meyer (Dance); Tim Cliffe (Earth Sciences); Julie Cardenas, (English); Karen Caires (Exercise Science and Wellness); Carmen Hernandez (Foreign Language); Priscilla Rogers (International Business); Jeff Waller, Susan Working (Math); William Snead (Media Communications); Steve Baker, Fred Benedetti, Derek Cannon (Music); Nancy Tendall (Nursing); Dennis Collins (Physics, Astronomy, & Physical Sciences); Will Cummings (Political Economy); Beth Mallette, Craig Everett (Theatre Arts).

GUESTS: Joan Ahrens, Faculty - English

Janet Castanos, Dean – Hum/Soc & Behv Sci/English

Dean Colli, Vice President, Academic Affairs

Bonnie Price, Coordinator – Title III Grant

RECORDER: Tasa Campos

I. CALL TO ORDER

A. Approval of Agenda

A motion was made to approve the agenda.

M/S/U Milgrim/Kirby

B. Approval of Minutes from November 21st, 2005

A motion was made to approve the November 21st meeting minutes.

M/S/U Wirig/Milgrim

 

ll. ACTION ITEMS

None.

III. INFORMATION ITEMS

Scheduling Senate Meeting for Fall 2006

Beth brought forward the issue of possibly changing the Academic Senate meetings from Mondays to Fridays. A hand-out showing a list of some pros and cons regarding the change had been distributed. The tentative implementation date would be Fall 2006. The group discussed the suggested change and gave some alternate ideas. The following was discussed:

· Friday meetings.

· Six day work weeks.

· Division meeting conflicts.

· Staying the same and adding an additional Friday.

· Additional meetings on the occasional fifth Monday of the month.

· Change of times.

· Change of day during the week.

· Bringing College Hour back.

· Adding an extra day for Informational Items only.

· To be more efficient in time management of the meetings.

After much discussion the group agreed to start the meetings at 11:00 a.m. sharp and to include the occasional fifth Monday of a month. The two agreed upon changes will go into action starting in the upcoming Spring 2006 semester.

Part Time Faculty Resolution on Union/Senate Cooperation – Attachment #1

David Milroy and Raul Sandelin, Part Time Academic Senate Representatives, gave an overhead presentation on the Part Time Faculty Resolution on Union/Senate Cooperation. The groups took a few minutes to review the attachment. There was concern regarding the "Resolved" section of the resolution. The group discussed the issues of United Faculty duties compared to the Academic Senate duties and the vested authority the resolution was stating. David shared that the resolution contained statements from the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges. David also expressed his concern stating that the United Faculty Part Time Representatives has refused to meet with the Part Time Committee on campus. Zoe Close stated there seemed to be some confusion regarding that situation. Beth stated that there had been a meeting last week with the part time representatives including the United Faculty representative to discuss issues. This item will return for discussion as an Action Item in the spring semester.

Status of Transfer

Due to lack of time, this item was not discussed.

Syllabus Statement of Referral to Supervised Tutoring – Attachment #2

Beth informed the group to disregard the version attached to the agenda packet and the version that had been distributed at the being of the meeting because the information had been changed an additional time and Dave Wertlieb would be presenting the final version of the Syllabus Statement of Referral to Supervised Tutoring. Dave gave an overhead presentation of the document. Dave asked for a motion to move the item from Information to an Action Item due to time constraints and the desire to have this implemented prior to the Spring ’06 semester.

A motion was made to move the item from Information to Action.

A hand count was requested.

M/S/Passed Dewolf/Kirby

Dave stated the district is currently not in compliant with regulation regarding this issue. The group expressed concern of having to add this information to their syllabi. The group discussed the language and the responsibility of this information. Dave gave instruction on how the information would be used by the different disciplines.

A motion was made to approve the item noting that the item would come back for discussion and more thorough review in the spring. A hand count was taken

M/S/Passed

 

IV. PRESIDENT’S REPORT

Due to lack of time, there was no President’s Report.

 

V. COMMITTEE REPORT

Planning & Budget Council

Due to lack of time this item was not discussed.

Meeting adjourned at 12:25 p.m.

 

*The next meeting will be January 30th, in the Grossmont College Griffin Gate.

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