Meetings
General Resources
- Meeting procedures:
- Meetings are open to all
- Voting members must be in person or comply with the Brown Act regulations on teleconference participation.
- Presenters and other visitors are welcome to join in person or virtually.
- ASCCC (State Academic Senate)
- 2024 Fall Plenary Session - Nov. 7-9 (Visalia, CA)
- 2025 Spring Plenary Session - April 24-26 (Irvine, CA)
Meeting Day: 2nd and 4th Thursdays of each month
Time: 1:00-2:50pm
Locations: Bldg. 9-154 and Zoom
Meeting Dates:
- Aug. 22
- Sept. 12 & Sept. 26
- Oct. 10 & Oct. 24
- Nov. 14
- Dec. 12 [first week of finals]
Winter Break
- Jan. 23
- Feb. 13 & Feb. 27
- Mar. 13 & 27
- Apr. 10
- May 8
2024-2025
Materials
Item 6.3: Middle College Update
Instructors/Advisors Jen Petroelje and Jen Buchanan
Middle College Program Informational Updates that may be useful for all faculty
Item 6.4: PIV Taskforce Committee Report - Funeral Services Program (FSE)
This agenda item will formally introduce the Funeral Services Education Program Improvement and Viability Task Force Report to Academic Senate
Key resources:
Funeral Service Education PIV Task Force Report
Instructional Planning Council feedback on the FSE PIV Report
Proposed action: Academic Senate will seek to provide feedback on the report at its next meeting (April 10).
Item 6.5: Review and feedback session ISER 4.1
Accreditation and ISER Website with Draft Documents
ISER Draft Documents for feedback
Specific section 4.1 to be discussed/reviewed
Item 6.8: Program Review Questions Updates
Workgroup’s draft revisions and feedback were taken through EAPC, Student Senate, and IPC.
Using the feedback gained from these governance bodies, the workgroup shared its latest draft with Academic Senate on 3/27: Academic Senate Review - Proposed Updates to Comprehensive Instructional Program Review Questions
[For comparison, here are the current program review questions.]
Proposed action: approved the changes to the program review questions.
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Materials
Item 6.3: PIV Taskforce Committee Report - Funeral Services Program (FSE)
- Key resources:
- Funeral Service Education PIV Task Force Report
- Instructional Planning Council feedback on the FSE PIV Report
Item 6.4: Resolution in Support of Undocumented Students
- Proposed action: pass the following draftResolution in Support of Undocumented Students
Item 6.5: OER/ZTC Transitions – Program Manager Position
- Presentation Materials: OER-ZTC_Transitions
Item 6.7: ILOs Adopted by IPC to align with ACCJC updates
Item 6.8: Academic Senate finances SPRING-2025 updates
Item 6.9: OERI Updates
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Materials
Item 6.2: Dual Enrollment Updates and recent developments- Spring-2025 Report
Item 6.3: Faculty Vacancy Replacement for Counselor Position
- Faculty Vacancy Process Form for this position
- If approved, take it forward to PBC per the Faculty Vacancy Request Process
Item 6.4: Process Updates by PIV Committee - Funeral Services Program (FSE)
- The Task Force Report: Funeral Service Education PIV Task Force Report
Item 6.5: Update on Common Course Numbering (CCN) Project
- Awaiting (mid-April?) UC articulation decisions on the Phase I COR submissions
- Phase II (A) templates have been released
- The list of Phase III courses has been released
Item 6.7: ILOs Adopted by IPC to align with ACCJC updates
Item 6.8: PRIE guidance for keeping student-level data secure
Item 6.9: Academic Senate finances SPRING-2025 updates
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Materials
Item 6.3: Undocumented Students – Check-In on Support and Resources
- Undocumented Community Resources and Red Know-Your-Rights Card
- College of San Mateo Academic Senate’s Resolution in Support of Undocumented Students
Item 6.4: Services Program (FSE) - Program Improvement and Viability (PIV) Committee – Process Updates
Item 6.5: Request to support a District Senate task group to evaluate the adoption of a software platform for faculty tenure and evaluation process
Item 6.6: Workforce Violence Prevention Plan
- As of July 2024, SMCCD now has a Workplace Violence Prevention Plan, which is now required California state regulation (SB553).
- Related: Cañada's Safety Committee Discussions in Sept-2024 Meeting
Item 6.7: Discussion on Academic Freedom
- BP 6.35 Academic Freedom and AP 6.35.1 Academic Freedom
- ASCCC Fall 2020 Position Paper on Academic Freedom: Protecting the Future of Academic Freedom During a Time of Significant Change
- Draft a resolution in support of the AFT union to make academic freedom part of the union contract
Item 6.8: OER/ZTC Transitions – Staffing for position
- Presentation Materials: OER-ZTC_Transitions
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Item 6.4: Appointment for Vacant Adjunct Faculty Representative position in Senate
- Updates on planning and approach for evening and College for Working Adults (CWA)
- This update is for the planned evening/CWA programs that are being viewed collectively as a possible new program
Item 6.5: First-level Hiring process for Tenure-Track Faculty Hiring
Senate recommendation
Committee members, please come ready for a recommendation to take action on this
Item 6.6: New Faculty Teaching and Learning (FTL) Website
Item 6.8: Discussion on Academic Freedom
- BP 6.35 Academic Freedom and AP 6.35.1 Academic Freedom
- ASCCC Fall 2020 Position Paper on Academic Freedom: Protecting the Future of Academic Freedom During a Time of Significant Change
Item 6.9: Education and Human Development (EHD)Faculty Vacancy Request
- Replacement position for EHD
- EHD Faculty Vacancy Request
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Materials
Item 6.2: Approved Faculty Positions
Item 6.4: First-level Hiring process for Tenure-Track Faculty Hiring
Document that was previously shared to help review possible pros and cons of the different modality options: Faculty Interview Process Options for Discussion
Item 6.5: Funeral Services Program (FSE) - Program Improvement and Viability (PIV) Committee – Request for Extension
Item 6.6: Applications open for Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) Adopters Program for Spring-2025 from Textbook Affordability Committe (TAS)
- Background: Please see website TAS: ZTC Adopter Program
- ZTC Adopter Program's cohort for Spr-2025
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- Item 6.2: Extension of replacement Psychology Faculty position
- Item 6.5: New Faculty Personnel Requests Prioritization
- PBC Personnel Request 2024-2025 Presentations
- Background and History:
• Minutes of Previous Year (2023-2024) discussion
• Prioritized List from Academic Senate 12-07-2023
• Before this meeting, please review the PBC presentation of each faculty position.
- Item 8.1: TAS Sub-Committee Report Dec-2024
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Materials
- Item 6.2: New Position Request Process (Updates)
- Item 6.3: One Early Childhood Education (ECE) Faculty Vacancy Replacement Request
- Item 6.4: New Regular Substantive Interaction (RSI) Rubric
for ACCJC Review of Online Courses
New Evaluation Tool for RSI in 2025 Online courses
Background Information:
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- ACCJC DE Initiative
- Also, please know that if you all have suggestions, the comments on the pilot are closing out in a few days, by 11/15/2024and it may really be worth taking a few moments to gather each of our thoughts and sending those over
- Item 6.5: One English Faculty Vacancy Replacement Request
- Item 6.8: ASCCC Fall Plenary Updates
- The resolutions that were adopted by the delegates at this past 2024 Fall Plenary Session have been posted on the ASCCC Resolutions Process Page.
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Materials
- Item 6.2: ASCCC application for OER-ZTC Exemplary Award
- online Exemplary Award application
- Signatures Page
- Supporting letter: Proposed Draft for submission
- Item 6.3: Participatory Governance Survey of Spring 2024 - Results
- Item 6.4: First-Level Faculty Screening Committee Modality Option
- Item 6.5: Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) Initiatives and updates
- District Teaching and Learning Committee DTLC Guidance on Plagiarism and Artificial Intelligence
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- Item 6.3: Textbook Affordability Subcommittee (TAS) Items
- October 10 TAS report
- CCCCO Memo on new Title 5 section “Burden-Free Access to Instructional Materials”
- Item 6.4 : Previously developed 2023 model for Compressed Calendar
- Item 6.5: Fall 2024 Enrollment Update
- Item 6.6: Santa Monica Bachelors program in Interaction Design
- Item 6.8: Updates from District Academic Senate and District Participatory Governing Council
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Materials
- Item 6.3: Change Resource Request forms
- Link to all the Resource Request forms
- Proposed name change to related to Personnel Request Form
- Item 6.6: Strong Workforce Updates Presentation
- Item 6.7: Personal Counselor Vacancy - Whether to Support a Third Search
- Link to general information about process for vacancies
- Item 6.11: Academic Senate annual goals
- Link to past Academic Senate Projects
- Link to last year's Academic Senate annual goals
Curriculum Report
Item 8.1: Tentatively scheduled first meeting for Funeral Services Program Improvement and Viability Committee, which is open to all: October 3, 1-2pm. Zoom link, meeting agenda, and other materials will become available on the following webpage at least three days in advance of the meeting: Funeral Services Program Improvement and Viability Committee
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Materials
- Agenda item 6.2: Academic Senate VP Position
- Agenda item 6.3: Academic Senate Adjunct Rep. Position
- Agenda item 6.4: Program Improvement and Viability Process
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- Agenda item 6.2: Academic Senate Membership
- Basics of our Parliamentary Procedure (How we work through agendas)
- General Senate Orientation (including the "10+1" purview of Academic Senate and Representative responsibilities)
- Agenda item 6.7: Funeral Services Presentation