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Meeting Schedule

Meeting Day: 2nd and 4th Thursdays of each month

Time: 1:00-2:50pm 

Locations: Bldg. 9-154 and Zoom

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Meeting Dates:

  • Aug. 28
  • Sept. 11 & Sept. 25
  • Oct. 9 & Oct. 23
  • Nov. 13
  • Dec. 11 [first week of finals]

Winter Break

  • Jan. 22
  • Feb. 12 & Feb. 26
  • Mar. 12 & 26
  • April 23
  • May 14

2025-2026

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Materials

Item 6.2: Associated Students of Cañada College (ASCC) Request for Oversight Committee 

  • Student-Led Public Safety Oversight Committee (SPSOC) Proposal 
  • This is an ASCC ad-hoc committee seeking the support, collaboration and advice of both Classified and Academic Senates for their inputs. 
  • ASCC is forming an ad-hoc committee to review, revise and form a student-led oversight committee with non-voting advisory members of faculty, staff and public safety 

 

Item 6.3: Student Learning Outcome (SLO) Assessment Discussion 

  • Existing timelines for Curriculum Review, SLO Review, and Program Review, and how these timelines sometimes work at cross purposes. 
  •  What we might consider moving forward, including examples from other schools and insights from our own SLO work that suggest possible improvements in process and coordination. 
  • This discussion applies only to non-CTE programs, since CTE programs often have their own specific guidelines. 

 

Item 6.4: Student Equity and Achievement Plan (SEAP) - Review of Draft Plan  

 

Item 6.5: Participatory Governance Evaluation Survey Results (2024-25) 

 Materials: P.G.E. Survey Results 

 

Item 6.6 Honors Transfer Program – Sharing Updates and Some Recent Challenges 

  • Honors Transfer Program is expanding the number of students it serves, which creates challenges with enough sections.  
  • This agenda item will discuss some challenges and possible support from Academic Senate.   

 

Item 6.7: District AI Community of Practice  

  • Finalized DTLC plan for District AI Community of Practice 
  • SMCCD Community of Practice Launch (Flex Day Presentation) 
  • There are three communities of practice:  
  • Integrating curriculum changes (leads: Sarah Harmon and Pia Walawalkar)  
  • Technology Tools (leads: Nancy Somjit and Chris Smith [ITS]) 
  • Guidance and Ethics Group (leads: Jennifer Howze-Owens, Kevin Sinarle, and Anniqua Rana) 
  • If any Cañada faculty would like to participate, please let Academic Senate know, including which group you would like to participate in  
  • Interested Cañada faculty thus far: Prof.Ray Lapuz  

 

Item 6.8: Program Review Feedback at Instructional Planning Council 

  • There are 14 instructional programs submitting program review this semester.  
  • IPC will provide feedback on these programs at its November 21 IPC meeting.  
  • Please join an IPC review group to provide feedback on two of the programs.  
  • If interested, email Dave Eck (eckd@smccd.edu), including whether there is a specific program you were interested in providing feedback on.  

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Item 6.2: TAS October Report

  • Spring 2026 textbook orders are due on 10 October (tomorrow)! Please make sure you get them to Jai Kumar at the Bookstore (for publisher materials, Inclusive Access materials, readers and instructor printed packets) and Sarah Harmon (for all things OER and ZTC). 
  • TAS October-9-2025-Report

Item 6.3: Distance Education Handbook Updates (2025-2028) for ISER 

Item 6.4: Draft Rubric for Comprehensive Program Review 

 Item 6.6: Institutional Learning Outcomes (ILO) Survey Results from Graduating Students 

  Item 6.7: Enrollment Update 

  Item 6.8: Associated Students of Cañada College (ASCC) Request for Oversight Committee 

Item 6.9:Feedback on membership drive through Senate Members 

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Item 6.4: ISER Draft for ACCJC Standard 3 (Infrastructure & Resources) and Standard 4 (Governance and Decision-Making)  

Closer-to-final draft of our college’s answers to Standard 2 for our Institutional Self Evaluation Report (ISER) 

  • As Academic Senate members, please take a close look at: 
    • 3.3 – focus on the “faculty evaluations” section on pg. 48 
    • 4.1 – Please be prepared to review your comments  
    • 4.3 – Please be prepared to review your comments, especially the part highlighted in yellow. i.e. Is this true? 
  • This agenda item is an opportunity to review the nearly final draft that is being prepared for Board Review on 11/19

Item 6.5: Proposed Resolution related to Regular and Substantive Interaction (RSI) 

Item 6.6: Draft Rubric for Comprehensive Program Review 

Item 6.7: Senate Goals for 25-26 

  • Follow-up on September 11 discussion of Academic Senate annual goals.  
  • How we can align with EMP Initiatives for 25-26
  • Close the loop P.I.V. Process with learnings from last year’s F.S.E. implementation of the process 
  • Initiate a New Program Development workgroup with the goal of completion by end of Spring-2026.  
  • Explore possibility of a Spring Program Review option for disciplines that only have tenure-track faculty.  

Item 6.8: Program Improvement and Viability Process – Work Group 

  • In September 2024, Academic Senate approved a Program Improvement and Viability (PIV) Process. 
  • Based on the experience of Funeral Services Education going through the PIV process, there are some possible revisions that could be made to the process.  
  • This agenda item would form a workgroup that would develop possible revisions that Academic Senate would consider and vote on in a future meeting.  
  • Individuals interested in serving on the workgroup: Doug Hirzel, David Eck, Gampi Shankar, Hyla Lacefield

Item 6.9: EAPC Request for Listening Session on Experiences with Public Safety 

Item 6.10: Draft Resolution Related Request for Proposal (RFP) to Replace CurricUNET 

  • The CurricUNET management system is obsolete and is due to be replaced by Fall 2027. This resolution relates to the process of how the new system will be selected.  
  • Draft resolution from the District Curriculum chair, Rick Hough 
  • The draft resolution will be discussed and possibly up for action at the October 13 District Academic Senate meeting.  

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Item 6.2: Ethnic Studies Faculty Vacancy Request  

 Item 6.5: Proposed Resolution related to Regular and Substantive Interaction (RSI) 

  • This agenda item follows up on the Distance Education (DE) team’s August 28 presentation to Academic Senate: RSI Presentation Materials
  • The Distance Education team would like Academic Senate to consider passing a resolution related to RSI 
  • Draft Resolution on RSI from the Distance Education team proposed by DE. 

 Item 6.8: Senate Goals for 25-26 

  • Close the loop P.I.V. Process with learnings from last year’s F.S.E. implementation of the process 
  • Initiate a New Program Development workgroup with the goal of completion by end of Spring-2026 
  • How we can align with EMP Initiatives for 25-26

Item 6.8: Senate Goals for 25-26 

  • Close the loop P.I.V. Process with learnings from last year’s F.S.E. implementation of the process 
  • Initiate a New Program Development workgroup with the goal of completion by end of Spring-2026 
  • How we can align with EMP Initiatives for 25-26

Item 6.9: Explore the possibility of a District-wide Institutional Review Board (IRB)

  • From Prof. Jennifer Merril (Psychology) at Skyline and Pia Walawalkar (Librarian)

  • IRB Fall-2025 Presentation (Link to file to added)

 Item 6.10: Draft Rubric for Comprehensive Program Review 

 

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Item 6.2: Academic Senate Membership 

  • Process (10+1) 
  • Expectations of Senate members 
  • Voting Procedures 

Item 6.5: Regular and Substantive Interaction (RSI) 

  • Updates about our college’s RSI efforts for Distance Education courses 
  • Potential Academic Senate resolution on the topic 
  • RSI Presentation Materials 

 

Item 6.6: Senate Goals for 25-26