AGENDA

May 19, 2011

2:30-4:15 in the Sam Karas Room

Agenda in printable form

I.  Opening Business

A.  Call to order and roll call

B. Approval of Draft Minutes from the May 5, 2011 meeting (2:30-2:35)

II. Reports

A. President/SLO Committee Report Notes (2:35-2:40)

B. COC (Possible ACTION item) (2:40-2:45)

College Council

Financial Aid Appeals (faculty other than student services)

C. Flex Day Committee Report (2:45-2:50)

D. ASCCC Report (2:50-2:55)

III Old Business

A.  Student Success  (3:05-3:25)

A draft table that shows pros and cons of a selection of student success metrics

Fred's presentation showing why this issue is important

Ideas  to address the student success issue New for May 19 (didn't go over on May 5)

B. 2010-2011 Goals and Objectives (3:25-3:40) ACTION ITEM?

In preparation for the 2010-11 annual report and thinking ahead to 2011-2012

Draft 2010-2011 Annual Report New for May 19

It would be nice to approve the Annual Report

C. FTES Prioritization (3:40-4:10) ACTION ITEM?

Possible Recommendations from the Academic Senate that we looked at on April 21

AAAG Handout for Div Chairs making more immediate and specific suggestions

IV New Business

A. Institutional Committee on Distance Education (2:55-3:05)

Response to Accreditation Recommendation #4 New for May 19

B. Faculty Handbook (4:10-4:15)

A section on SLOs New for May 19

AGENDA

May 5, 2011

2:30-4:15 in the Sam Karas Room

Agenda in printable form

I.  Opening Business

A.  Call to order and roll call

B. Approval of Draft Minutes from the April 21, 2011 meeting (2:30-2:35)

II. Reports

A. President/SLO Committee Report Notes (2:35-2:40)

B. COC (Possible ACTION item) (2:40-2:45)

College Council

Financial Aid Appeals (faculty other than student services)

C. Flex Day Committee Report (2:45-3:00)

D. ASCCC Report (3:00-3:15)

III Old Business

A. Board Policy 3110 Course Repetition 2nd reading (3:15-3:25) ACTION ITEM

Proposed Board Policy

Further revision to this policy New for May 5 and now recommended by Fred, Anita, Susan, and Mila

Administrative Policy (Information only)

All of the 3000 series of Board Policies -- Educational Programs

Just added: a very small change to BP 3010, Prog, Curric, Course Development

B. Student Success  (3:25-3:45) ACTION ITEM?

A draft table that shows pros and cons of a selection of student success metrics

Fred's presentation showing why this issue is important

Ideas on how to address the student success issue New for May 5

C. FTES Prioritization (3:45-4:10) ACTION ITEM?

Possible Recommendations from the Academic Senate that we looked at on April 21

AAAG Handout for Div Chairs making more immediate and specific suggestions

IV New Business

A. 2010-2011 Goals and Objectives (4:10-4:15)

In preparation for the 2010-11 annual report and thinking ahead to 2011-2012

 Draft 2010-2011 Annual Report New for May 5

AGENDA

April 21, 2011

2:30-4:15 in the Sam Karas Room

Agenda in printable form

I.  Opening Business

A.  Call to order and roll call

B. Approval of Draft Minutes from the April 7, 2011 meeting (2:30-2:35)

II. Reports

A. President/SLO Committee Report Notes (2:35-2:40)

B. COC (Possible ACTION item) (2:40-2:45)

C. Flex Day Committee Report (2:45-3:00)

E. Technology Committee Report (3:00-3:05)

D. ASCCC Report (3:05-3:20)

Resolutions

III Old Business

A. Student Success  (3:20-3:40)

A draft table that shows pros and cons of a selection of student success metrics

Fred's presentation showing why this issue is important

Who are John and Ken?

Community College League of CA CEO Scott Lay on the John and Ken show.

Community College League of CA CEO Scott Lay on the John and Ken show (mp3)

(Start at 5:30)

IV New Business

A. Prioritizing course sections offered in Fall 2011 and Beyond (3:40-4:05)

This could include a discussion of the role of the Academic Senate in MPC's shared governance process.

Possible Recommendations from the Academic Senate

AAAG Handout for Div Chairs making more immediate and specific suggestions

B. Board Policy 3110 Course Repetition (4:05-4:10)

Proposed Board Policy

Academic Senate proposed revision to this policy

Administrative Policy (Information only)

C. Review of 2010-2011 Academic Senate Goals (4:10-4:15)

In preparation for the 2010-11 annual report and thinking ahead to 2011-2012

AGENDA

April 7, 2011

2:30-4:15 in the Sam Karas Room

Agenda in printable form

I.  Opening Business

A.  Call to order and roll call

B. Approval of Draft Minutes from the March 17, 2011 meeting (2:30-2:35)

II. Reports

A. President/SLO Committee Report Notes (2:30-2:40)

Report from the Accreditation Institute

B. COC (Possible ACTION item) (2:40-2:45)

C. Flex Day Committee Report (2:45-3:05)

D. ASCCC Report (3:05-3:25)

 Resolutions

III Old Business

A.  The College Council Resolution on Hiring in times of Economic Uncertainty (3:25-3:45)

How should Fred vote on this resolution? Amended Resolution added 4-3-11.

And amended again 4-5-11.

B. Student Success  (3:45-4:00)

A draft table that shows pros and cons of a selection of student success metrics

Fred's presentation showing why this issue is important

C. Plus-minus Grading System -- Do we want it? (4:00-4:12)

Summary of +/- Grading at CCC's, UC's, and CSU's

IV New Business

A. Faculty Handbook (4:12-4:15)

Who wants to help?

AGENDA

March 17, 2011

2:30-4:15 in the Sam Karas Room

Agenda in printable form

I.  Opening Business

A.  Call to order and roll call

B. Approval of Draft Minutes from the March 3, 2011 meeting (2:30-2:35)

C. Election of Academic Senate Executive Committee Members (2:35-2:50)

II. Reports

A. President/SLO Committee Report Notes (2:50-3:00)

B. COC (Possible ACTION item) (3:00-3:10)

Faculty member for College Council and Flex Day Committee?

C. Flex Day Committee Report (3:10-3:25)

D. ASCCC Report (3:25-3:40)

III Old Business

A.  Plus-minus Grading System -- Do we want it? (3:40-3:45)

Summary of +/- Grading at CCC's, UC's, and CSU's

B. Student Success  (3:45-3:55)

Perhaps develop a table that shows pros and cons of all metrics of student success

Grades

Retention

SLOs

Attainment of Benchmarks

What others are there???? There must be more.

IV New Business

A. Program Discontinuance (3:55-4:15)

Policy developed by the Academic Senate and adopted by the Board in 2007

AGENDA

March 3, 2011

2:30-4:15 in the Sam Karas Room

Agenda in printable form

I.  Opening Business

A.  Call to order and roll call

B. Approval of Draft Minutes from the Feb 17, 2011 meeting (2:30-2:35)

II. Reports

A. President/SLO Committee Report Notes (2:35-2:45)

B. COC (Possible ACTION item) (2:45-2:55)

Categorically funded Counseling position

C. Flex Day Committee Report (2:55-3:15)

D. ASCCC Report (3:15-3:30)

III Old Business

 A. SLOs -- What's Next? (3:30-3:45)

“Quality” of Program Reflections?

“Enforcement” of SLO-related issues?

Institutional SLOs?

Background from the Accreditation Team Report in the President Notes

B. Institutional Goals (3:45-3:50)

Report on what the Executive Committee recommended to College Council

See President Notes

IV New Business

A.  Plus-minus Grading System -- Do we want it? (3:50-4:00)

Background info in President Notes

B. Student Success – latest LAO report (4:00-4:15)

Perhaps develop a table that shows pros and cons of all metrics of student success

Grades

Retention

SLOs

Attainment of Benchmarks

What others are there???? There must be more.

AGENDA

Feb 17, 2011

2:30-4:15 in the Sam Karas Room

Agenda in printable form

I.  Opening Business

A.  Call to order and roll call

B. Approval of Draft Minutes from the Feb 3, 2011 meeting (2:30-2:35)

II. Reports

A. President/SLO Committee Report Notes (2:35-2:45)

B. COC (Possible ACTION item) (2:45-3:05)

This will include a discussion of the charge of the Technology Sustainability Task Force

Draft Charge of this task force

Technology Assessment and Plan, January 2010

Be sure to see Appendix T for the bylaws of the Technology Committee

C. Flex Day Committee Report (3:05-3:25)

D. ASCCC Report (3:25-3:30)

III Old Business

 A. SLOs -- What's Next? (3:30-3:45)

“Quality” of Program Reflections?

“Enforcement” of SLO-related issues?

Institutional SLOs?

Background from the Accreditation Team Report in the President Notes

IV New Business

A. Community College League of California Resolution Supporting

Expeditious Approval of 1440 Transfer Degrees (3:45-3:50)

See the Notes for resolution text and background

B. Plus-minus Grading System -- Do we want it? (3:50-4:03)

C. Student Success – latest LAO report (4:03-4:15)

The Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO)

LAO Report: Prioritizing Course Enrollment at the Community Colleges

Should we recommend that a student drop a class?

AGENDA

Feb 3, 2011

2:30-4:15 in the Sam Karas Room

Agenda in printable form

I.  Opening Business

A.  Call to order and roll call

B. Approval of Draft Minutes from the Dec 2, 2010 meeting (2:30-2:35)

II. Reports

A. President/SLO Committee Report Notes (2:35-2:45)

The PASS report will be inserted here to accommodate the schedules of those involved.

(2:45-3:10)

B. COC (Possible ACTION item) (3:10-3:15)

C. Flex Day Committee Report (3:15-3:25)

See Notes

D. ASCCC Report (3:25-3:35)

Request for "problematic" statewide regulations

Should we respond? How should we respond?

III New Business

 
A. PASS update (2:45-3:10)

Spring 2010 Evaluation Results

Powerpoint Presentation for this meeting

B. SLOs -- What's Next? (3:35-3:50)

“Quality” of Program Reflections?

“Enforcement” of SLO-related issues?

Institutional SLOs?

Background from the Accreditation Team Report in the President Notes

C. 2011-2013 Institutional Goals (3:50 - 4:00) 

Draft institutional goals

D. Legal Opinions (4:00 - 4:05)

Failing grades for cheating/plagiarism

Limits on enrollment related to cohorts

(We agreed to revisit these back in December)

E. Student Success – latest LAO report (4:05-4:10)

The Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO)

LAO Report: Prioritizing Course Enrollment at the Community Colleges

Should we recommend that a student drop a class?

F. Plus-minus Grading System -- Do we want it? (4:10-4:15)

AGENDA

Dec 2, 2010

2:30-4:15 in the Sam Karas Room

Agenda in printable form

I.  Opening Business

A.  Call to order and roll call

B. Approval of Draft Minutes from the November 18, 2010 meeting (2:30-2:35)

II. Reports

A. President/SLO committee Report Notes (2:35-2:40)

B. COC (Possible ACTION item) (2:40-2:50)

C. Flex Day Committee Report (2:50-3:10)

Wednesday Jan 26 Schedule

Thursday Jan 27 Schedule

(Note that we'll insert the DE recommendations here to accommodate schedules)

D. ASCCC Report (3:25-3:45)

Fall10 Plenary Report

II. Old Business

A. Recommendations from the Distance Ed Task Force (2nd reading) (3:10-3:25)

ICDE Recommendations

Picture

B. Institutional Goals for 2011-2013 (3:45-4:05)

Newly revised goals from Fred and Mila

Some ideas from Steve Albert

A different look at some ideas

Explanatory powerpoint

C. Board Policy Review nth reading (4:05-4:10)

Board Policies 3010 and 3105 in one document

Board Policy 3105 Prerequisites and Co-requisites

Administrative Procedure 3010 Prerequisites and Co-requisites

Board Policy 3010 Program, Curriculum, and Course Development

Administrative Procedure 3010 Program, Curriculum, and Course Development

Information regarding our discussion of these documents on May 6 and May 20, 2010 is

on our agenda and minutes archive page

III New Business

A. SLO Updates and Flex Day Prep (4:10-4:15)

Program Reflections and AA Program Review Annual Report

AGENDA

Nov 18, 2010

2:30-4:15 in the Sam Karas Room

Agenda in printable form

I.  Opening Business

A.  Call to order and roll call

B. Approval of Draft Minutes from the November 4, 2010 meeting (2:30-2:35)

II. Reports

A. President/SLO committee Report Notes (2:35-2:40)

B. COC (Possible ACTION item) (2:40-2:45)

C. Flex Day Committee Report (2:45-3:00)

D. ASCCC Report (3:00-3:15)

II. Old Business

A. Institutional Goals for 2011-2013 (3:15-3:45)

Some ideas from Steve Albert

A different look at some ideas

Explanatory powerpoint

B. Board Policy Review (3:45-4:00)

Board Policy 3105 Prerequisites and Co-requisites

Administrative Procedure 3010 Prerequisites and Co-requisites

Board Policy 3010 Program, Curriculum, and Course Development

Administrative Procedure 3010 Program, Curriculum, and Course Development

Information regarding our discussion of these documents on May 6 and May 20, 2010 is

on our agenda and minutes archive page

III New Business

A. Recommendations from the Institutional Committee on Distance Ed  (3:45-4:15)

ICDE Recommendations

III New Business

AGENDA

Nov 4, 2010

2:30-4:15 in the Sam Karas Room

Agenda in printable form

I.  Opening Business

A.  Call to order and roll call

B. Approval of Draft Minutes from the October 28, 2010 meeting

and the Draft Minutes from the October 21, 2010 meeting (2:30-2:35)

II. Reports

A. President/SLO committee Report Notes (2:35-2:40)

B. COC (Possible ACTION item) (2:40-2:45)

C. Flex Day Committee Report (2:45-2:50)

D. ASCCC Report (2:50-3:10)

II. Old Business

A. Process for Faculty Hiring nth reading (3:10-3:25)

We've invited Barbara Lee to talk about the "monitored groups" and the use of demographic data, and Doug to talk about how the Hiring Procedure fits into the scheme of Board Policy, Administrative Procedures, etc...

B. Institutional Goals for 2011-2013 (3:25-3:45)

Some ideas from Steve Albert

A different look at some ideas

Explanatory powerpoint

III New Business

A. Review and Possible Revision of Academic Senate Bylaws (3:45-3:55)
Is internet posting of agenda and minutes sufficient?
Should the Bylaws say this?
Proposed Changes to Bylaws
Title 5 background for this issue

C. Board Policy Review (4:10-4:15)

Board Policy 3105 Prerequisites and Co-requisites

Administrative Procedure 3010 Prerequisites and Co-requisites

Board Policy 3010 Program, Curriculum, and Course Development

Administrative Procedure 3010 Program, Curriculum, and Course Development

Information regarding our discussion of these documents on May 6 and May 20, 2010 is

on our agenda and minutes archive page

GENDA

Oct 28, 2010

2:30-4:15 in the Sam Karas Room

Agenda in printable form

I.  Opening Business

A.  Call to order and roll call

B. Approval of Draft Minutes from the October 21, 2010 meeting (2:30-2:35)

II. Reports

A. President/SLO committee Report Notes (2:35-2:40)

B. COC (Possible ACTION item) (2:40-2:45)

C. ASCCC Report (2:45-~2:55)

III New Business
 

A. ASCCC President Jane Patton (~2:55-4:15)

AGENDA

Oct 21, 2010

2:30-4:15 in the Sam Karas Room

Agenda in printable form

I.  Opening Business

A.  Call to order and roll call

B. Approval of Draft Minutes from the October 7, 2010 meeting

and the Draft Minutes from the September 16, 2010 meeting (2:30-2:35)

II. Reports

A. President/SLO committee Report Notes (2:35-2:40)

B. COC (Possible ACTION item) (2:40-2:45)

C. Flex Day Committee Report (2:45-2:55)

D. ASCCC Report (2:55-3:05)

Fall Plenary resolutions and other materials

II. Old Business

A. Process for Faculty Hiring 1st reading (3:05-3:35)

B. Institutional Goals for 2011-2013 (3:35-3:55)

A different look at some ideas

Explanatory powerpoint

AGENDA

Oct 7, 2010

2:30-4:15 in the Sam Karas Room

Agenda in printable form

I.  Opening Business

A.  Call to order and roll call

B. Approval of Draft Minutes from the September 16, 2010 meeting (2:30-2:35)

II. Reports

A. President/SLO committee Report Notes (2:35-2:40)

B. COC (Possible ACTION item) (2:40-2:45)

C. Flex Day Committee Report (2:45-2:50)

D. ASCCC Report (2:50-2:55)

II. Old Business

A. Process for Faculty Hiring 1st reading (2:55-3:25)

We've invited Barbara Lee to talk about the "monitored groups" and the use of demographic data, and Doug to talk about how the Hiring Procedure fits into the scheme of Board Policy, Administrative Procedures, etc...

III New Business
 

A. Institutional Goals for 2011-2013 (3:25-3:40)

A draft rougher than 80 grit sandpaper

This is merely suggesting a direction to go in

AGENDA

Sept 16, 2010

2:45-4:30 in the Sam Karas Room

Agenda in printable form

I.  Opening Business

A.  Call to order and roll call

B. Approval of Draft Minutes from the September 2, 2010 meeting (2:45-2:50)

II. Reports

A. President/SLO committee Report Notes (2:50-2:55)

B. COC (Possible ACTION item) (2:55-3:00)

C. Flex Day Committee Report (3:00-3:05)

D. ASCCC Report (3:05-3:10)

What is C-ID?

II. Old Business

A. Academic Senate Goals for 2010-2011 (3:10-3:30)

The goals, approved May 20, 2010

Defining Academic Quality or Excellence

III New Business

A. Board Policy (3:30-3:50)
Members of the Governing Board will join us to talk about the Academic Senate's role in recommending Board Policy.

A Powerpoint from Doug

We will also consider the following proposed board policy:
BP 1040, Closed Sessions of the Governing Board

Existing BP 1040

B. Process for Faculty Hiring 1st reading (3:50-4:10)

AGENDA

Sept 2, 2010

2:45-4:30 in the Sam Karas Room

Agenda in printable form

I.  Opening Business

A.  Call to order and roll call

B. Approval of Draft Minutes from the May 20, 2010 meeting (2:45-2:50)

II. Reports

A. President/SLO committee Report Notes (3:00-3:05)

B. COC (Possible ACTION item) (3:05-3:10)

C. Flex Day Committee Report (3:10-3:35)

II. New Business

A. Distance Education Task Force (3:35-3:55)

John Gonzalez will join us with a proposal for a Distance Education Task Force to address DE issues, including those referred to in Accreditation recommendation #4.

Background reading:

John Gonzalez' DE Task Force Plan (coming soon)

ACCJC Recommendations, especially #4

The Accreditation Team Report, March 8-11, 2010, especially pages 24-25 &27.

ACCJC Distance Learning Manual, especially pages 1-14, which includes the ACCJC Policy on Distance Learning

MPC Task Force on Distance Learning proposal

B. SLO Issues (3:55-4:10)

SLOs on the Syllabus--This is referred to in accreditation recommendation # 2.

GEOs -- The implementation begins -- help spread the word

Background reading:

ACCJC Recommendations, especially #1 and #2

The Accreditation Team Report, March 8-11, 2010, especially pages 21-27.

The GEOs

GEOs with General Ed Patterns

Implementation Plan

C. Academic Senate Goals for 2010-2011 (4:10-4:30)

The goals, approved May 20, 2010