Meeting of
Approved Minutes
(Please note: General
interest issues or meeting and notifications are listed below in bold to allow them to be located more
easily.)
I.
General
A. Call
to Order: A quorum being present,
President Carmela Arnoldt called the meeting to order at 2:35 P.M. in the
Council Chambers, Senators present included President Carmela Arnoldt, Vice
President Jim Reed, Treasurer Jim Daugherty, Secretary Laura Avila, and
Senators Doug Brenner, Fernando Garcia, Robert Hubbard, David Jenkins, Steve
Kadel, Johnnie Clemens May, Carlos V. Nuñez,
Alicia Ottenberg, Robert Reavis, David M. Rodriguez, and Joy Wingersky.
B. Introduction
of Guests- Including, but not limited to, Jane Camp, Doug DeSanti, Dianna
Dwyer, Gay Garesche, Char Howey, and Lyle Walcott.
C. The
proposed meeting agenda was adopted as amended.
D. Jane
Camp and Char Howey requested a donation from Senate for this year’s
Readfest. Jane asked if Senate could
make their traditional annual contribution of $1500 to support Readfest.
Jane and Char also informed Senate this MIGHT BE the last year Readfest
would take place. Senate thanked both
Char and Jane for their hard work and success in putting on such a huge event
every year.
E. The
minutes from the September 22nd meeting, distributed via email, were
unanimously approved.
F. Treasurer
Daugherty reported a balance of $5910.98
for all accounts. He reported
checks during the month in the amount of $558.93 for GCC Faculty Recognition
Plaques and $1000.00 for Hurricane Relief donated to the
G. President’s
Report-
President Arnoldt informed Senate Chancellor
Glasper is NOT considering contracting WITH a new search firm for the next
presidential search. The budget process
is underway and PBAC will begin
meeting the week of November 1st.
H. FEC
Report-
Vice President Reed was unable to
attend the last FEC meeting. Senator Rodriguez mentioned discussions of
RFP, DIFFERENT grading system THAT WOULD MIRROR ASU’S, virtual college proposal
from MCC, and support of online services for distance students.
Senator Reed informed Senate of a
transfer student whose GPA was affected due to this type of grading scale. Senator May stated she would be interested in
adopting this type of grading system
which is similar to ASU. A short discussion
ensued and Senate came to the consensus that universities do not accept half
grades.
I.
Governing Board Report-
President Arnoldt reported that
the Governing Board voted to MCCCDs support for diversity and inclusion.
II.
Old Business
A. A
motion was made by Senator Daugherty to approve a donation of $1500 in support
of Readfest 2005. Senator May seconded
the motion and the motion was carried.
B. Gay
Garesche, full time residential faculty, made a presentation to Senate
regarding dual enrollment at the
behest of Senator Hubbard. Ms. Garesche suggested
we are all aware of high school students who are ready to do college work. With that said, faculty should consider some
rules that may be put in place to ensure that dual enrollment courses are
taught at the college level. Ms.
Garesche recommends that if a high school teacher wants to teach a dual
enrollment course then the high school teacher should teach the course
on-campus prior to teaching it at the high school. This would ensure the high school teacher has
the same required qualifications as an on-campus adjunct.
Her concerns were that students in
a high school setting lack the maturity to take a college course. She also stated some students who have taken
dual enrollment courses need remediation.
There is also a concern for students who try and transfer “major
courses” to a University. In one
instance a student did not receive credit for a dual enrollment course and had
to re-take the course at the University.
Senator Reed then mentioned if we
do not endorse dual enrollment some other college will step in and provide this
service for the high schools. President
Arnoldt also mentioned parents attend governing board meetings and have asked
for more dual enrollment courses.
Parents and Legislators believe these courses help keep students in high
school.
Ms. Garesche
also stated half of students in dual enrollment classes must be enrolled for
college credit. A District Dual Enrollment Ad Hoc Committee on Quality,
of which she was a member, met numerous times during the Spring
of 2000. The final document included a statement under "Student
Placement" that indicated that "a majority of students in dual
enrollment classes will be enrolled for college credit. The data which was
distributed at the GCC Chairs meeting and at the Senate meeting showed a number
of GCC dual enrollment classes with as few as one student taking the course for
college credit. Ms. Garesche stated that
it would appear to violate rules established at the District-level for dual
enrollment. Furthermore, it suggests these dual enrollment classes
are at times no more than enriched high school classes. If GCC is going
to offer dual enrollment courses, they should abide by District rules.
Ms. Garesche’s last two recommendations regarding dual enrollment were the following: First, the campus dual enrollment committee that is required by law should have more faculty than department chairs serving. Second, efforts should be made to enroll concurrent high school students on campus in the afternoons in place of some dual enrollment.
Ms. Garesche raised concerns about
the language of the RFP involving Probationary
Faculty-Nonrenewal mentioned in section 3.12. She stated FEC should consider allowing the
probationary faculty the opportunity to choose a tenured full time residential
faculty to be part of the process.
Currently the appropriate Vice
President or the Department Chair are responsible for
listing deficiencies which, if uncorrected, could result in a non-renewal of
contract. The VP or Department Chair
will inform the Chancellor if these deficiencies were corrected by the end of
the academic year.
President Arnoldt asked Ms.
Garesche if a faculty member at GCC had ever been fired for crossing a
department chair. Ms. Garesche responded
yes and Senator Hubbard confirmed Ms. Garesche’s
affirmative response. President Arnoldt
stated our faculty lawyer, Mike Napier, has indicated that the new policy
should be good for faculty.
C. President
Arnoldt stated that in the future Committee Assignments might be posted and
selected online.
D. Senator
Daugherty had no information to report regarding the Administrators’ Feedback
subcommittee.
E. Senator
Daugherty had no information to report regarding the FEP Committee.
III.
New Business
A. President
Arnoldt informed senate that discussion was taking place regarding what should
be done with leftover FPG money.
B. Please
refer to General Business section H regarding new grading scale.
C. President
Arnoldt stated
D. Senator
Daugherty informed Senate of a typo in the College Plan regarding the timing of
nominations and distribution of ballots. The College Plan currently reads “week
prior to Thanksgiving” which causes confusion.
Senator Daugherty stated it should be changed to “the week of.” Senate approved this change.
IV.
Information
A. Senate
discussed potential changes to the RFP regarding reassigned time and Department
chair term limits.
B. President
Arnoldt reminded Senate of the need to generate questions regarding the
opportunity for community colleges to grant baccalaureate degrees.
V.
Adjournment
Meeting was adjourned at