Academic Senate Committee
Minutes
SEPTEMBER 29, 2015
NOTE TAKER
ATTENDEES
GUEST/S
11:45 AM - 1:00 PM
S 202
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED BY CAREE LESH & ANGIE ARIETTI
Arteaga, Elena
Hopkins, Kesa
Soto, Corina
Beach, Randy
Bloch, Maya
Brenner, April
Buehler, Lukas
Caschetta, Todd
Cliffe, Karen
Cuddy, Luke
Davis, J.D.
Detsch, Steven
Edwards, Diane
Fielding, Richard
Figueroa, Surian
Flores-Charter, Patti
Garibay, Adrianna
Superintendent/President Dr. Nish
Elisabeth Shapiro
Lee, Wilfred
Lesh, Caree
Lewis, John
Martinez-Sanabria, Maria E.
McDaniel, Cynthia
McGee, Tony
Mossadeghi, Yasmin
Olivas, Maria
Posey, Jessica
Post, Frank
Rempt, Andrew
Richison, Scott
Rocha, Lina
Salahuddin, Sheri
Angelica Suarez
Soto, Raul
Speyrer, Michael
Taffolla-Schreiber, Candice
Tolli, John
Tyahla, Sandy
Villegas, Val
Whitsett, Jessica
Williams, Janelle
Wolniewicz, Rebecca
Yoder, Leslie
Yonker, Susan
Zinola, Lauren
Kathy Tyner
NAMES IN RED INDICATE AS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
1. Call to order; Approval of Agenda
(Action Item)
PATRICIA FLORES-CHARTER
A motion was made to approve the agenda and was seconded.
Approval of agenda. M/S/C. Unanimous We are not going to discuss SLO’s today because Randy cannot come today. We will increase time
on re-org to 60 minutes. The motion passed.
DISCUSSION
2. Approval of Minutes from 09-22-15
(Action Item)
PATRICIA FLORES-CHARTER
(Information Item)
PATRICIA FLORES-CHARTER
(Report)
PATRICIA FLORES-CHARTER
(Report)
FRANK POST
A motion was made to approve the agenda and was seconded.
Approval of Minutes from 09-22-15. M/S/C. Unanimous
DISCUSSION
3. Public Comment
DISCUSSION
No comment.
4. Presidents Report
DISCUSSION
The President’s report link is imbedded at the end of the minutes.
5. SCEA Report
Please be thoughtful and professional when you share information to the visiting team.
DISCUSSON
From the unions perspective we are committed to one more year of compressed calendar. This will allow us to work the
kinks out. Please contact Frank if you have questions or concerns.
Please also call Frank if you have questions on the H&W deal.
6. Student Learning Outcomes
DISCUSSON
(Discussion)
RANDY BEACH
Removed from this agenda to the 10/13/15 meeting.
7. Reorganization: 8 Dean Reorg & 9 Dean Reorg
PATRICIA FLORES-CHARTER
(Discussion/Action)
Patti went over what disciplines would go into the new schools on the 8-dean plan.
Money that is generated by ES/A goes to the college auxiliary revenue.
DISCUSSION
100 FTES at Otay Mesa lost from moving AJ will be backfilled with GE classes.
Patti clarified that Caree, Andrew and she looked at the reorganization prototypes from the retreat and combined them by
commonalities into what is here today.
It was recommend that wherever workforce development and continuing educatio n land that those words are in the name
of the school. CTE faculty are meeting to improve ways of dispersing Perkins, but it is a workforce development function,
so Perkins should go with CTE and workforce development.
It was noted that San Ysidro and Otay Mesa have one dean.
The senate was asked to put together an 8 and 9 dean model. Patti wanted to make sure we had input on a 9 dean
model incase the district moves that direction.
The center for international trade should be at Otay Mesa. That will be fixed.
The School of Business is pretty much the same under the 8 or 9-dean model. That school wants to hire a new dean with
business savvy. Superintendent/President Nish noted we do not know all the vacancies and what movements will happen
and which dean may be hired. We will know more next week after we know who is retiring. In any of these models we
will have a dean of health, and Terry is retiring. We will start advertising for a dean of HESA, but it may be closed if we
move someone into the position.
We have directors and deans at the centers – is that necessary. Nish noted that there is one dean for OM and SY and one
dean at NC and the Crown Cove. If there is teaching going on you have to have an academic administrator so there are 2
directors, one at Crown Cove and one at San Ysidro.
Kathy Tyner had spread out the arts and humanities and now they are back together. Is there any thought about
breaking them up? Patti noted that the faculty in those areas were clear- they need to be kept together. It was
suggested we spread out those programs and move dance to exercise science and arts under humanities. Dance faculty
was clear, along with art faculty; dance is an art – it is an artistic expression so it does belong to Arts.
It seems like social science has moved in with Humanities.
There is concern that the social science and humanities area is too big.
A motion was made to extend by 5 minutes was seconded and passed.
It was suggested that Small Business Center and The Center for International Business Centers should be together.
A motion was made to support an 8 dean vs. a 9-dean model. The motion was seconded.
8-dean model as we approve it today, and not something totally new.
We would want to support an
A motion was made to extend 5 minutes was seconded and passed.
It was suggested that we need 9 deans to be academic sensible. HESA is small but they do have the oversight of the
athletic events and Art has all the performances.
Administration has been expanding and this is just another way for them to expand. We need to be more efficient with
the Deans we have. The question was called and we voted to vote. The motion was not approved.
Logistics will be at Otay Mesa.
A motion was made to extend for 3 minutes and was seconded. The motion passed.
A motion was made to approve the 8 dean model as brought forth today and was seconded.
It was suggested we go with an 8-dean model, and not a 9-dean model.
A motion was made to approve the 9-dean model Patti sent out to Senate, and was seconded.
On the 9 dean model it was suggested to keep ARCH, CAD, LNT, CI and design classes with Arts & Comm , including
landscape, and Culinary arts. It was then noted that Culinary Arts wants to stay with business.
The Senate can bring forth 2 models and say we prefer one to the other. This extra dean with support staff is expensive,
and we do have to spend 50% on instruction. If we go forward with 9 deans we are less capable of hiring faculty to
teach students.
We are voting on what we like on a 9 dean model incase they choose to do that.
If we move the arch etc. to art can we move CTE etc. back to business. Diane was accepting of this idea.
The 9-dean model with the suggested changes was approved.
A motion was made and seconded to recommend that of these two models, the Academic Senate prefer the 8 dean
model. The motion passed 19 to 2.
PATRICIA FLORES-CHARTER
Adjournment
The meeting was adjourned at 1:00
The next Academic Senate meeting: October 13, 2015 in L 246 from 11:45 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
DISCUSSION
President’s Report 09-29-15
Voting Record 09-29-15