Academic Senate
2009-2010 |
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February 4,2010
Accreditation Team Pre-Visit
Along with Pres and VPs, met with visiting team leader
Francisco Rodriguez and assistant Richard Robertson on Friday January 29.
-Both are from Mira Costa College -- Pres and VP of Student
Services, respectively
-Extremely positive visit
-Complimented the ease at which information could be found in
the self study
-Complimented the addendum
-Found the MPC Planning and Resource Allocation poster to be
useful
-Liked the LTC
-Thought the Sam Karas room would work well as a team room
-Now a lucky 13 on the visiting team, with FIVE faculty
members. Woot-woot!
Visiting Team Roster
Academic Senate meeting March 9 (a second Tuesday)
for visiting team
-Regularly scheduled meetings March 4 and 18 (1st and 3rd)
-Francisco Rodriguez requested that this be a meeting where
the team could *observe* our meetings, rather than ask a lot of questions
-My preference is to schedule a one-hour meeting at either
2:30 or 3:30 on Tuesday March 9
-College Council will also be meeting this day
-My suggested topic is institutional goals and/or mission
-Should we shorten the 3/4 or 3/18 meetings? I'd rather not; I think we'll
have plenty to talk about, especially if we get into the mission/goals
Meeting Schedule for the Spring Semester
Feb 4
Feb 18
Mar 4
Mar 9 (special visiting team meeting)
Mar 18 (Officer elections, per bylaws; both old and new reps
attend to vote)
(Spring break Apr 1)
Apr 8 (2nd Th)
Apr 22 (4th Th)
May 6
May 20
June 3? (finals week) (maybe keep open for an emergency
meeting?)
Election of Academic Senate Representatives
This happens within each of the divisions with expiring
terms, by the election methods of their choice.
At-Large rep is elected by methods described in the bylaws
and led by the Academic Senate Secretary.
This should happen during February. New reps should be
established by March.
We should establish when the term ends for the at-large
adjunct rep.
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Division or Area
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Senate Representative
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Term Began
(Fall Semester)
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Term ends
(Spring Semester)
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Life Sciences
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Heather Faust
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F2009
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S2012
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Creative Arts
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Currently Vacant
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F2009
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S2012
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Social Sciences
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Steve Albert
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F2009
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S2012
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Physical Education
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Mark Clements
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F2009
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S2012
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At-Large
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Susan Joplin
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F2009
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S2012
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Nursing
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Laura Loop
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F2007 |
S2010 |
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Library
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Stephanie Tetter
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F2007 |
S2010 |
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Humanities
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Anita Johnson
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F2007 |
S2010 |
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Business/Technology
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Jean-Claude Prado
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F2007 |
S2010 |
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At-Large
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Mila MacBain Martínez
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F2007 |
S2010 |
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Physical Sciences
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Fred Hochstaedter
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F2008
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S2011
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Student Services
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Debbie Anthony
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F2008
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S2011
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Supportive Services
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Alexis Copeland
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F2008
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S2011
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College Readiness/TRIO
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Chris Calima
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F2008
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S2011
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At-Large
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Susan Walter
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F2008
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S2011
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At-Large Adjunct
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Marguerite Stark
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ASMPC
student rep
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Currently Vacant
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Kathleen Clark for the Faculty Hiring
Process Task Force
I’m not even sure we really even need to do
this. But in order to go “by the book” we probably should.
I’d like to nominate Kathleen Clark for the
Faculty Hiring process task force. This task force last convened
in spring 2007 to review and recommend revisions to the MPC
Faculty Hiring process. This task force did its work in 2007
with Kathleen Clark as the Human Resources representative.
Then life happened.
-Both of Kathleen’s parents died.
-MPC had about a dozen recruitments going at
the same time (pre crash).
-Kathleen applied for a new job (which
she eventually got).
-We all gained a myopic focus on the
accreditation self study.
-For these reasons, the hiring process sat on
desks for a couple of years.
In early 2010, Barb Lee wrote up the
processes that this task force came up with back in 2007. This
task force is currently in the process of reviewing what Barb
has written up. Because of her unique position, I’d like
Kathleen to participate as a faculty member. Hence my
nomination.
Flex Day Feedback
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Overall positive response
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No grammatical corrections.....yet.
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People really liked Patrick Perry
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Panel: good idea that didn't get off the
ground; perhaps if we asked, "briefly describe your
perspective...."
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Sustainability, Distance Ed, Poetry.... all
six thumbs up.
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Positive response for time for
divisions/departments to meet, especially Math
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I watched LOTS of people get up and leave
during my remarks.....a bit unsettling
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Felt like I connected with audience again
when I got to the place where we were not entirely satisfied
with everything.
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Could this be a place to continue the
conversation?
The College Council Report
Big switch for the library is being bought.
This will enable better wireless.
and ensure functionality farther into the future.
~$139K, being split between instructional equipment, tech
refresh, and a library fund.
College Council is evaluating progress on the Institutional
Goals.
Asked for our help in evaluating goal #1, Academic Excellence
We'll brainstorm on this a little later
College Council is also discussing the mission statement, but
is not ready to make any recommendations.