Agenda 4-27-12 No Retiree

Cosumnes River College Academic Senate 2011-2012
Location: Sci 110 4/27/12, 12:30 -2:00
President .................... Kale Braden Vice President .............. B.J. Snowden Secretary .......................... Julie Oliver Past President ................... Marjorie Duffy
AGENDA
Preliminaries 10 Minutes 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Call to Order Approval of the Agenda Announcements Approval of the 4/13/12 Minutes Public Comment Period (3 minutes per speaker) Introduction of Guests Report from the CRC Academic Senate President
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1. Curriculum, including establishing prerequisites. 2. Degree and certificate requirements. 3. Grading policies. 4. Educational program development. 5. Standards or policies regarding student preparation and success. 6. College governance structures, as related to faculty roles. 7. Faculty roles and involvement in accreditation process. 8. Policies for faculty professional development activities. 9. Processes for program review. 10. Processes for institutional planning and budget development. 11. Other academic and professional matters as mutually agreed upon.
Presidents Report 10 Minutes Decision Items 15 minutes ( per item)
Discussion Items 15 minutes ( per item) Reports (if needed) 5 Minutes (Per Report) Future Agenda Items
8. Prerequisite Validation Process (2nd Reading) 9. Course Assessment Procedure (1st Reading) 10. Proposed changes to Senate Bylaws (Brought back from committee for 1st Reading) 11. Proposed Rules of Order (Brought back from committee for 1st Reading) 12. Retiree Resolutions (1st ReadingThe Senate will need to suspend the rules and approve at this meeting so that we can give them out on 5/10/12). 13. End of Year Reports: (a) Professional Standards 14. 15. 16. 17. Curriculum Committee (Cori Burns) DEIT (Greg Beyrer) Matriculation Committee (Lynn Fowler) LRCFT (Jason Newman)
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18. Course Assessment Procedure (2 Reading 5/11/12) 19. End-of-year committee reports (Due to Senate by 5/7/12)
***Committee Chairs: Please plan on attending or sending a designee to the 5/11/12 Senate Meeting to answer any questions about the end-of-year reports.
20. Bylaw revisions (2nd Reading 5/11/12) Items for Fall Retreat: 1) Discussion of responsibilities of Senators including Constitution, Bylaws, Rules of order, and Parliamentary Procedure. 2) Discussion of Faculty Leaders with Administrative Aspirations 3) Creating a procedure for how items are placed on the Senate Agenda from an area. 1|Page
ACADEMIC SENATE for CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES
Distributed: 4/24/2012
Contents
Item 8 Prerequisite approval process (2nd reading): ........................................................................................ 3 Item 9: Course Assessment Procedure (1st Reading) ....................................................................................... 5 Item 10: Bylaws Revision (First Reading) ...................................................................................................... 6 Item 11: Rules of Order proposal (First Reading) ......................................................................................... 13 Item 12: Retire Resolutions .......................................................................................................................... 15 Janis Caston .......................................................................................................................................... 15 Lon Davenport ......................................................................................................................................... 15 Christine Harris ........................................................................................................................................ 15 George Knott .......................................................................................................................................... 15 Item 13: End of Year Reports: ..................................................................................................................... 20 Professional Standards Committee ........................................................................................................... 20
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Supporting Documents
Item 8 Prerequisite approval process (2 nd reading):
Collaboration Plan for Implementation of the LRCCD Prerequisite/Corequisite Guidelines for nonsequential courses utilizing Math, English, Reading, and ESL that cannot be justified by transfer requirements, statute/regulations, or health and safety requirements. Current Draft as of 4/30/12 1. Each department prioritizes courses that will add prerequisites or corequisites. 2. Each college will create a collaboration team. a. Charge of the collaboration team prioritize and decide the number of courses that will be submitted to the curriculum committee. Timelines will be developed by the collaboration team. 3. Membership of the collaboration team will be determined by each college. a. Faculty Members will be appointed by the Senate President. Managers will be appointed by the Vice President of Instruction. b. To be considered: Curriculum Chair, VPI, Research Office representative, Prerequisite Subcommittee representative, Counselor, Articulation Officer, faculty/deans of Math, English, Reading, and/or ESL departments, and any other interested individuals. 4. Criteria to consider in determining the courses and the number of courses to be submitted to the curriculum committee. a. The method used to determine which courses might be the most compelling candidates for new prerequisites or corequisites b. The provision of appropriate numbers of prerequisite or corequisite course sections c. The assurance that other degree applicable courses are available such that student progress toward their educational goals is not unnecessarily impeded d. Training for the curriculum committee e. The use of research to evaluate the effect of new prerequisites or corequisites on student success with particular attention to disproportionate impact. f. Implications across the district i. Monitor same courses offered at two or more colleges when a college(s) adds a prerequisite or corequisite while the other college(s) do not. ii. Monitor disproportionate impact at the colleges with or without prerequisites or corequisite. iii. Graduation Requirements If course A at College A has a prerequisite or corequisite and course A at College B does not have a prerequisite or corequisite, it is possible that a student applying for graduation at College A may not meet the graduation requirements because course A taken at College B does not have a prerequisite or corequisite. iv. Articulation of courses with or without prerequisites or corequisites.
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Los Rios Community College Guidelines for Prerequisite and Corequisite Validation for non-sequential courses utilizing Math, English, Reading, and ESL that cannot be justified by transfer requirements, statute/regulations, or health and safety requirements. 1) IDENTIFICATION: The discipline faculty will identify courses to which they might consider adding a prerequisite or corequisite. This identification, when feasible, should be based on several factors, including documented low course success rates, analysis of the outcomes of current students with and without the prerequisite or corequisite, or surveys of students and instructors regarding their perceptions about the need for the prerequisite or corequisite. Discipline faculty will engage in preliminary conversations with the Research Office and the Curriculum Chair about these factors, the required validation process, and disproportionate impact analysis. 2) IN-DEPTH CONTENT REVIEW: The content review of each course is completed by the discipline faculty. a) The content review must involve discipline faculty with appropriate expertise. b) The content review shall be based on the COR (Course Outline of Record) and any other available course materials (per state guidelines) with particular attention to Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) and course objectives. c) Entrance Skills (prerequisite) The discipline faculty shall specify the knowledge, skills, and abilities needed upon entry into the course. d) Concurrent Skills (corequisite) - The discipline faculty should specify the knowledge, skills, and abilities which must be developed concurrently with the target course.
e) The discipline faculty shall identify the appropriate course or courses that would develop entrance or concurrent skills needed for success in the target course.
3) Rationale The discipline faculty must match the exit skills (SLOs and objectives) of the prerequisite or corequisite course with the knowledge, skills, and abilities needed upon entering the target course or concurrent with the target course. When a course has been chosen as a possible prerequisite or corequisite, contact the research office and Curriculum Chair as data analysis may be needed before the requisite is proposed to the Curriculum Committee. This analysis may include comparisons of the success of students with and without the prerequisite/corequisite in the target course, analyses of students and/or instructor perception of the need for the prerequisite/corequisite, and disproportionate impact analysis. (NOTE: Analyses of the impact of the requisite are required, but in some cases, may be done after the requisite has been established.) DOCUMENTATION: Documentation of the content review process must be included in the COR using SOCRATES. a) After selecting the appropriate requisite choose Content Review and Other from the drop-down menu found by selecting the Justifications tab. b) Choose those SLOs and objectives of the prerequisite or corequisite course deemed necessary for success in the target course. c) In the textbox towards the bottom of the page, enter the following as referenced in #2 : i. Summary of method Summarize the process used to determine the prerequisite or corequisite. Include who performed the evaluation, their expertise, and what sources were used to make the 4|Page
determination (COR, course syllabi, related instructional materials, course format, type & number of exams, and/or grading criteria). ii. Entrance Skills (prerequisite) Type Upon entering this course the student must be able to followed by the entrance skills deemed necessary for success. iii. Concurrent Skills (corequisite) Type The following skills must be acquired concurrently with the target course in order for the student to be successful followed by the concurrent skills deemed necessary for success. iv. Rationale Explain the links between the entrance or concurrent skills needed for the target course and the SLOs and objectives of the prerequisite or corequisite course. For corequisites, also explain the sequencing of the concurrent skills with the target course. 4) SUBCOMMITTEE REVIEW: The Prerequisite/Corequisite/Advisory Subcommittee reviews the COR to ensure that the content review was completed and documented satisfactorily and makes a recommendation to the Curriculum Committee. 5) CURRICULUM COMMITTEE REVIEW: The Curriculum Committee will review the documentation of the in-depth content review. The Curriculum Committee may require more content review documentation. If a prerequisite or corequisite cannot be clearly established by this in-depth content review and initial analysis, and the discipline faculty still wants to implement the prerequisite or corequisite, then more-detailed research must be undertaken. The faculty will then contact the Research Office to develop a methodology and timeline to use research to determine the impact of the new prerequisite or corequisite. The Research Office will conduct the needed research. REVIEW CYCLE: The prerequisite or corequisite will need to be reviewed a minimum of every 6 years. Some courses may require more frequent reviews based upon other requirements.
Item 9: Course Assessment Procedure (1st Reading)

See document Course-SLO-Assessment.pdf distributed with this agenda.
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Cosumnes River College Academic Senate 2011-2012 Item 10: Bylaws Revision (First Reading)
BYLAWS COSUMNES RIVER COLLEGE ACADEMIC SENATE

ARTICLE I Section 1 Elections a. The President of the Senate shall annually convene the Election Committee. It shall be the duty of this committee to set the dates for nominations and elections, to implement and monitor a confidential electronic balloting process, and to tally ballots. The committee shall count the ballots and deliver the ballots and the results of the election to the President of the Senate. b. Elections shall be held during the fourth week in March or in the third week of March if spring holidays fall in the fourth week. c. Elected Senate members and officers shall take office at the end of the last Senate meeting of the academic year. Section 2 Qualifications of officers of the Senate a. Applicants for office must be members of the full-time electorate eligible to serve on the Senate. Section 3 Nominations of Officers of the Senate: a. Officers of the Senate are to be nominated by a petition which is signed by ten percent of the membership of the electorate (full-time or part-time FTE equivalent) and which is submitted to the Election Committee. b. All petitions shall be in the hands of the Election Committee two weeks prior to the date of the election. The Election Committee shall within five working days make the nominations by petitions known to the electorate. c. For offices in which nominating petitions have not been filed by the deadline, nominations will be taken from the floor at the next regularly scheduled Senate meeting in March. If a Senate senate meeting is not scheduled between the petition deadline and the election, a special Senate senate meeting shall be called a minimum of one-week before the election for the purpose of taking nominations. Section 4 Nomination of Senators: a. Senators shall be nominated by members of each area. b. A member of an area shall be defined as a non-management fulltime employee with membership in the faculty and with at least one-half of his/her workload in the area/unit. 6|Page
c. Senators representing the part-time electorate shall be nominated by the part-time faculty. d. An area member may be nominated when a nomination petition is signed by a member of the area/unit and is submitted to the Election Committee. Section 5 Election Procedures: a. The officers of the Senate shall be elected by a confidential electronic vote from the members of the electorate. Over fifty percent of the votes cast are necessary for election. Any senator or officer may move to invoke an election by paper ballot. Approval of such a motion requires a majority vote of the Senate senate. Upon approval by the senate, the election committee will prepare and distribute secret ballots to the electorate, then collect and tally them. b. Senators representing full time faculty shall be elected by the full time faculty in that area. c. Each area shall elect one alternate Senator to serve when any of the duly-elected Senators of the area cannot attend Senate meetings. d. Chairs of shared governance committees who have membership in the faculty shall name a designee to assume all rights and responsibilities of participation in the Academic Senate, including voting, should the said chair be unable to regularly attend Senate meetings due to his or her regularly scheduled assignment.
e. In accordance with the above provisions, if a vacancy occurs, the Senate President shall proceed to fill the unexpired term within thirty instructional days. ARTICLE II Section 1 Duties of the President or Newly Elected President: a. The President shall preside at all meetings of the Academic Senate, Executive Committee, and Faculty, other than those called by groups other than the faculty or the President of the College. (1) The President shall, with the aid of the Senate Executive Committee, create the agendas and supporting documents for Senate meetings. The agenda shall be distributed to faculty and publically posted no later than 72 hours prior to the start of each scheduled Senate meeting. The President shall provide the Senate a Presidents Report at each Academic Senate meeting.
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b. The Newly Elected President shall, with the aid of the Senate Executive Committee select the membership of all standing and ad hoc Senate committees for the following academic year. c. The Newly Elected President shall with the aid of the Senate Executive Committee make faculty appointments to task forces, standing college, and shared governance and district committees. 7|Page
d. The President shall with the aid of the Senate Executive Committee propose district committee faculty appointments to the LRCCD District Academic Senate (appointments are made by the LRCCD Academic Senate President). e. The President shall with the aid of the Senate Executive Committee propose faculty appointments to the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges (ASCCC) for state-wide taskforces and committees (appointments are made by the ASCCC President). f. The President shall rely primarily upon the recommendations of Department Chairs make all for faculty appointments to any other committees with faculty participation such as hiring, and minimum qualifications equivalencies committees. , special task forces, etc. (1) If the President changes the recommendations of the a department spokesperson Department Chair for membership on a hiring committee, the department spokesperson Department Chair can may initiate a review by the Senate Executive Committee by providing a memo of explanation why the departments recommendation should stand. A consensus of the Executive Committee will prevail. In the absence of consensus, the Presidents appointments will stand.
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g. The President shall endeavor to promote the interest and purpose of the Senate. h. i. i. The President is empowered to suggest policies and plan for all Senate standing and ad hoc committees. The President shall be one of the faculty representatives to the Los Rios District Academic Senate. The President shall call a Senate Retreat before the first regular session of the Cosumnes River College Academic Senate each fall semester. At the Retreat the following shall be discussed: (1) The Rules of Order the Cosumnes River College Academic Senate shall be discussed, amended or changed as needed, and affirmed at the Senate Retreat prior to the first regular session of the Academic Senate in the Fall semester. Goals for the Academic Senate shall be discussed and set. Goals for Shared Governance committees shall be discussed and set.
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The President shall be one of the Cosumnes River College faculty representatives to the LRCCD Academic Senate.
k. The President shall be one of the faculty representatives to the LRCCD Budget meetings.
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The President shall be the faculty representative to the Cosumnes River College Presidents Executive Council meetings.
m. The President shall be the Cosumnes River College faculty representative to standing meetings with the LRCCD Vice Chancellor of Education and Technology. n. The President shall be the Cosumnes River College faculty representative to the standing meetings with the LRCCD Chancellor. o. The President shall be the Cosumnes River College faculty representative to the Los Rios Community College Board of Trustees meetings. p. If the Past President and Vice President are unavailable for Senate meeting the Senate President will appoint a pro tem parliamentarian from the body of the Senate. q. The President shall be one of Cosumnes River Colleges representatives to the ASCCC Area A resolutions meetings held before the Fall and the Spring ASCCC Plenary sessions. r. The President shall be Cosumnes River Colleges voting delegate to the ASCCC Plenary sessions. s. The President may vote during Senate meetings only in cases of ties. Section 2 Duties of the Vice President: a. The Vice-President shall serve as assistant to the President in all duties of the President. b. In the absence of the President, the Vice President shall preside at meetings, and assume the responsibilities of the office. c. , and in In the case of resignation or removal of the President, the Vice President shall succeed to the office of the President. The Vice President shall then serve as President for the remainder of that term. Upon assuming office for the unexpired term of a President, the Vice President shall then call for the election of a new Vice President according to Article I, Section 1 of the Bylaws. d. The Vice President is a voting member of the Senate. e. The Vice President is the chair of the Senates Awards committee and oversees the nomination, voting, and awarding of ASCCC Senate based awards including: (1) (2) (3) (4) 9|Page
The Hayward/Crystal Apple Award (December) The Excellent Program Award (November) The Regina Stanbeck-Stroud Diversity Award (February) Board of Governor Faculty Position nomination (when called) Distributed: 4/24/2012
f. The Vice President shall be one of the faculty representatives to the Los Rios District LRCCD Academic Senate. g. If the Past President is unavailable, the Vice President will serve as Senate Parliamentarian. h. The Vice President may be one of Cosumnes River Colleges representatives to the ASCCC Area A resolutions meetings held before the Fall and Spring ASCCC Plenary sessions. i. The Vice President may be one of the faculty representatives to the ASCCC Senate plenary sessions. If the President is unable to serve as a delegate, the Vice President will serve as the voting delegate to the ASCCC Plenary sessions.
Section 3
Duties of the Secretary: a. The Secretary shall keep the minutes of the Senate, act as Secretary to the Executive Committee, and keep an accurate list of officers, senators and committee chairs and keep a master copy of the Constitution, Bylaws, and Standing Rules of Order. b. The Secretary is responsible for maintaining the public documents available on the Academic Senates website. c. The Secretary is responsible for updating and maintaining the Shared Governance committee list on the Los Rios intranet system. d. The Secretary will keep track of the status of senators and committee chairs terms of office. e. The Secretary is a voting member of the Senate. f. The Secretary is one of the faculty representatives to the Los Rios District LRCCD Academic Senate. g. The Secretary may be one of Cosumnes River Colleges representatives to the ASCCC Area A resolutions meetings held before the Fall and the Spring ASCCC Plenary sessions. h. The Secretary may be one of the faculty representatives to the State Academic Senate plenary sessions. If the President and Vice President are unable to serve as a delegate, the Secretary will serve as the voting delegate to the ASCCC Plenary session.
Section 4
Duties of the Past President a. The primary role of the Past President is to assist the President. b. The Past President will serve on the Executive Committee. c. The Past President will serve as Chair of the Shared Governance Committee. d. The Past President will serve as Chair of the Elections Committee.
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e. The Past President will serve as the Presidents designee in overseeing and approving appointments of faculty members to Faculty Performance Review Teams. f. The Past President shall be a faculty representative to the Los Rios District LRCCD Academic Senate. g. The Past President will serve as Senate Parliamentarian. h. The Past President may be one of Cosumnes River Colleges representatives to the ASCCC Area A resolutions meetings held before the Fall and the Spring ASCCC Plenary sessions. i. The Past President may be one of the faculty representatives to the ASCCC Plenary Sessions. If the President, Vice President, and Secretary are unable to serve as a delegate, the Past President will serve as the voting delegate to the Plenary meeting. Upon resignation of the Past President, the most recent available Past President shall serve.
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ARTICLE III PROCEDURES Section 1 Any employee of Cosumnes River College with membership in the faculty may place an item on the agenda of the Executive Committee by submitting a written notice to the President. Section 2 All Senate meetings shall be open to visitors with the exception of executive sessions. Section 3 The Secretary of the Senate shall publish the approved minutes of its meetings and they will be made available to the Faculty within seven instructional days following their approval. The agenda for the Academic Senate meetings shall be distributed to the faculty no later than 72 hours prior to the meeting. three days prior to the meeting. The Senate shall call meetings of the Faculty as needed or as requested by ten percent of the Faculty electorate. The Senate shall call meetings of the Faculty as needed or as requested by ten percent of the Faculty electorate. The Senate shall meet at least once a month during the school year; such meetings shall be included in the official College Calendar. Special meetings of the Senate may be called by the President at his/her discretion or when requested in writing by a majority of the Senate members. A simple majority of the Senate will be considered a quorum at special meetings. The members present at an Academic Senate meeting will be considered a quorum. Senators who notify the Senate President in writing may designate another faculty member from their area or committee to vote for them at Senate senate meetings. In all matters of internal functioning, not covered by the Constitution and Bylaws, the Senate shall be governed by rules of order Rules of Order as designated by the Academic Senate. Distributed: 4/24/2012
Section 4 Section 5 Section 6
Section 7 Section 8 Section 9
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ARTICLE IV STANDING COMMITTEES Academic Senate Committees are composed of faculty. Members for the following academic year are selected by the Newly Elected President with the aid of the Senate Executive Committee. Persons designated to participate who are outside the membership of the faculty serve as ex-officio, non-voting members. The faculty shall be ensured its right to participate effectively in district and college governance. Senate Committees will develop and adopt their internal rules and procedures as needed for their operation and these rules and procedures will be approved by the Senate. Section 1 Executive Committee: This committee consists of all elected officers and the immediate past president and may include standing committee chairs. It assists the President in preparing the agenda for Academic Senate meetings and general faculty meetings not called by the administration. It serves as the steering committee for the Senate and the Faculty. Section 2 Election Committee This committee shall conduct the annual elections of the Academic Senate as set forth in Article I of these Bylaws. Section 3 Constitution Committee This committee shall make certain that Senate actions are within constitution limits. It shall also review all proposed changes in the Constitution and Bylaws and make recommendations on such proposals to the Senate. This committee shall be- chaired by the Vice-President of the Academic Senate and shall convene annually. Section 4 Collegial Shared Governance Committee This committee shall represent the Academic Senate at meetings of the college-wide Shared Governance Committee as noted in the Staff Handbook. The president, vice-president and the pastpresident shall be appointed. The committee shall be chaired by the past-president. Section 5 The Awards Committee This Committee shall publicize and coordinate the nomination process by which Cosumnes River College faculty may be nominated for any and all appropriate awards which require sign off by the Cosumnes River College Academic Senate President. This committee shall also seek faculty input regarding the creation of local awards which would correspond with state-wide awards. Section 6 Ad Hoc Committees The Academic Senate reserves the right to convene ad hoc committees to consider issues related to academic and professional matters. 12 | P a g e
ARTICLE V CHANGES TO THE BYLAWS The Bylaws may be changed by a simple majority of those voting at regular Senate senate meetings provided that the changes have been published and circulated among the faculty at two weeks prior to the time of voting. RULES OF ORDER STANDING RULES Rules shall be adopted by the Senate as needed for its operation.
Item 11: Rules of Order proposal (First Reading)
Rules of Order
This proposal for Rules of Order was adapted from Los Angeles Mission College Academic Senates Standing Rules (http://lamission.edu/senate/STANDINGRULES.htm) and the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges Local Senate Handbook (http://asccc.org/communities/local-senates/handbook/partIII). The intent with these proposed rules is to codify and clarify the Academic Senates operations. I. 1. Operations The Rules of order for the Cosumnes River College Academic Senate shall be discussed; amended or changed as needed; and affirmed annually at the Senate Retreat prior to the first regular session of the Academic Senate in the Fall semester. The Senate Parliamentarian will serve as a consultant to the President to help ensure that meetings follow the Constitution and Bylaws of the Cosumnes River College and correct Parliamentary procedure. a. The role of parliamentarian is purely an advisory and consultative one since parliamentary law gives the chair alone the power to rule on questions of order or to answer parliamentary inquires. b. On parliamentary issues, the Parliamentarian may only speak to the assembly if the President makes such a request. c. If the Past President is unavailable, the Vice President will serve as Parliamentarian. d. If the Past President and Vice President are unavailable the Senate President will appoint a pro tem parliamentarian from the body of the Senate. 3. 4. 5. 6. A standing rule may be established, amended, rescinded, or suspended by a two-thirds (2/3) majority vote at any Senate meeting. The agenda shall be distributed to the faculty not less than 72 hours prior to a session of the Senate. Minutes of previous meetings shall be provided to senators not less than 24 hours before the meeting at which they are to be approved and/or amended. Committee reports shall be provided to senators no more than 24 hours before the meeting at which they are to be presented. 13 | P a g e
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a. Reports shall be presented with a motion that the Senate receives the report. The report, or parts of it, may later be referred back to the committee for further consideration. b. Specific recommendations made in connection with the committee report may be acted upon with a motion that the Senate adopts the proposal. 7. 8. Motions from the floor, if acted upon, shall be put in writing by the author of the motion and given to the secretary at the end of the meeting. The order of precedence in privilege to speak shall be a. Senators who have not spoken on the matter; b. Other senators; c. Faculty; d. Invited guests. The time given to each item on the agenda is as follows: a. Call to order, Announcements, Approval of the Agenda, Approval of past Minutes, Public Comment, and Introduction of Guests: 10 minutes in total b. Guests to the senate: 3 minutes per speaker c. Presidents Report: 10 minutes d. Decision Items: 15 minutes each item e. Presentations: 15 minutes each item f. Discussion Items: 15 minutes each item g. Reports: 5 minutes each item A motion from the floor may be used to extend the time for: a. The Presidents Report, an additional 5 minutes may be added b. A Decision item, an additional 5 minutes may be added c. A Presentation, an additional 5 minutes may be added d. A Discussion item, an additional 5 minutes may be added e. A Report, an additional 3 minutes may be added
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II. Decision/Action Items

1. Resolutions shall be in the hands of each senator not less than 72 hours prior to a session at which they are to be voted upon. a. Resolutions of the Senate must be presented for a first and second reading at separate meetings. b. Technical corrections, grammatical, and spelling corrections may be made from the floor. c. Amendments to the resolutions shall be provided to each senator not less than 72 hours prior to a session at which they are to be voted upon. d. Resolutions are voted upon in the following order: i. Amendments ii. Perfected Resolution e. The Executive committee will determine the order in which amendments are considered.
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2. 3. 4. 5.
Decision or Action items must be provided to each senator 72 hours before any action is taken on them. All Decision or Action items must undergo a first and second reading at separate Senate meetings. Amendments and corrections from the floor, if acted upon, shall be put in writing by the author of the motion and given to the Secretary at the end of the meeting. Voting on action items must take place publicly, (see Brown Act 54953 (c)), but the methods used will depend upon the issues being discussed and the need to determine which side has achieved a majority. a. Decision items will be decided with a simple voice vote unless one (or more) of the following conditions are met: i. In cases where the voice vote is perhaps too close to call without controversy, the President or any member of the Senate may request a show of hands or a division of the house vote. ii. If the president rules on a simple voice vote when it appears to be close, any Senator shall have the right to request a show of hands or a division of the house vote. iii. Any Senator shall have the right to request a roll call vote on an action item; the minutes will then record, by name, each aye, nay or abstention. iv. In the case of a close vote, the Secretary and Vice President will conduct the count of hands or votes.
Item 12: Retire Resolutions

To keep these resolutions a surprise for our retirees when they are presented at the Awards ceremony on May 10th, the text of the resolutions has been removed from the generally distributed agenda. If you would like an opportunity to edit, comment on, or read the text please contact your division Senator.
Janis Caston Lon Davenport Christine Harris George Knott

Item 13: End of Year Reports:
Professional Standards Committee Committee members: Patty Felkner (Chair), Christine Wagner, Marlo McClurg-Mackinnon, Ray Mapeso, Norman Hom, Mike Yarbrough, Charles Deneke, Kerstin Feindert, Janis Caston, Michelle Barkley, Jason Newman and Travis Parker The Professional Standards Committees primary goal is to attract applications and grant leaves to faculty members who want to make important contributions to the college through research and creative activities. I am pleased to say that the committee awarded the following: 15 | P a g e
Fall 2011 Type A Georgine Hodkinson, "Exploring the Consciousness and the Construction of Self: From an Indian Ashram to a Maximum Security Prison" was unanimously approved. The committee thought the proposal was "well thought out and ambitious." We agreed that it provided "rejuvenation as well as scholarship opportunities based on her prior work for the college and district". Type B Dan Dubray,"Camtasia to Post on D2L" was approved for a 20% leave. Dan's interview was prerecorded and we were able to view his presentation via camtasia. We conducted questions over the phone. The Committee saw a "tremendous value to both other Professors and his students to enhance lecture materials in his content area". David Weinshilboum, "Creation of an English Summer Bridge Program for the Learning Community" was approved for a 20% leave. While the committee had reservations about the ambitious scope and timeline of the project, we overwhelmingly agreed that David "would produce something of value for the College, even if that was a pilot program". We commend David's commitment to his students and the Basic Skills Initiative. Spring 2012 Type A Kim Codella: Museum travel, study and publication This solid type A proposal combines travel with academics and rejuvenation. The committee believes this leave is well deserved, will greatly enrich the campus community and enhance college visibility. Heather Hutchenson : Code Switching: Spanish Immersion, English Instruction, and Social Service The committee was impressed with the candidates humility and commitment to excellence. In her duties on campus, she exceeds expectations. This project ties together three passions for language and teaching, travel and micro financing. Type B Jorge Baca, Mary Martin and Camille Moreno: Statway: Creating an Alternative and Accelerated Pathway from Math Remediation to Transfer-level Mathematics was approved for a 40% leave. The Committee believes this proposal streamlines the college experience in a challenging subject with an exciting pedagogical approach. It also addresses national standards, critical thinking skills, and will impact many students. Minet Gunther: Revitalization and Improvement of Instruction was approved for a 50% leave. The committee thought this candidate was amazing and had underestimated her time to complete courses and get a break from coaching. The project is a response to her last peer evaluation and is also in the departments program review Julie Oliver: Development of Online Lab Prepartion and Study Materials for Bio 440 was approved for a 20% leave.The committee saw this project as big bang for the buck. The candidates enthusiasm 16 | P a g e Distributed: 4/24/2012 ACADEMIC SENATE
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to appeal to different learning styles was infectious. This is a core course in Allied Health and prepares students for regional jobs. Because the committee had so many applicants this past semester, we were unable to fund all the proposals we approved. These included: Type B for .4 FTE Scott Crosier: Revision and Modernization of Physical Geography Lab Manual The committee supported this project and saw its importance, but had a concern that the original project had been funded 5 years ago and that updates might be completed by someone other than Faculty. Type B for .4 FTE Edwin Fagin: Mini-lectures: Creating Opportunities for Student Success The committee was impressed with the candidates efforts, data and hard work. We believe in the efficacy of the mini lecture and hope the candidate will return when the committee has more time to give. Type B for .5 FTE Travis Parker: Mentor to the Freshman Class at Valley High School The committee believes this candidate has a vision of success for the community and sees this project as an investment in future CRC students. We have one type A and a relatively small amount of type B (.6FTE) to award in the Fall. After meeting with the President and Vice President of Instruction, we have decided to conduct both interviews at the same time, rank the approved proposals, and convert the type A to B leave if necessary. Respectfully submitted, Patty Felkner
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Location: Sci 110 4/27/12, 12:30 -2:00

California Title V 53200 10+1

Presidents Report 10 Minutes Decision Items 15 minutes ( per item)

Cosumnes River College Academic Senate 2011-2012

Cosumnes River College Academic Senate 2011-2012

Cosumnes River College Academic Senate 2011-2012

Cosumnes River College Academic Senate 2011-2012

Item 9: Course Assessment Procedure (1st Reading)

BYLAWS COSUMNES RIVER COLLEGE ACADEMIC SENATE

Cosumnes River College Academic Senate 2011-2012

Cosumnes River College Academic Senate 2011-2012

Cosumnes River College Academic Senate 2011-2012

Cosumnes River College Academic Senate 2011-2012

Cosumnes River College Academic Senate 2011-2012

Section 4 Section 5 Section 6

Section 7 Section 8 Section 9

Cosumnes River College Academic Senate 2011-2012

Cosumnes River College Academic Senate 2011-2012

Item 11: Rules of Order proposal (First Reading)

Cosumnes River College Academic Senate 2011-2012

II. Decision/Action Items

Cosumnes River College Academic Senate 2011-2012

Item 12: Retire Resolutions

Janis Caston Lon Davenport Christine Harris George Knott

Cosumnes River College Academic Senate 2011-2012

Cosumnes River College Academic Senate 2011-2012

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