Academic Senate
Fall 2009
Flex Days
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Thank You
Senate Flex Day Scheduling Committee
Laura Loop
Heather Faust
Jon Osburg
Debbie Anthoney
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Two Stories
For their contributions in promoting student success,
Please acknowledge….
Kelly Fletes -- EOPS
Grace Anongchanya-Calima -- TRIO
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9:45
GENERAL SESSION—ACCREDITATION KICKOFF “What to Expect”
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In this session, members of the Academic Senate will participate in an “open forum”
that could be requested by our accreditation visiting team. The goal is to communicate
major themes of the accreditation standards to the MPC community and how the MPC
self study responds to them.
10:15
BREAK
10:30
KEYNOTE SPEECH Dr. Todd Bernard Weber
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Author of the paper Human Dignity, Dr. Weber earned his BA from California State
University, Fullerton, and his MA, PhD from the University of California, Riverside. He
has taught Philosophy at Monterey Peninsula College since 2000.
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12:30
AN OPEN DISCUSSION: ON THE ECONOMY
STEVE ALBERT
SAM KARAS ROOM
After hearing about the changes that MPC must make in response to the budget
situation, you may be interested in Steve's bigger picture perspective on how we got
here in the first place.
ACCREDITATION BREAKOUT:
STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES
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Accreditation standards require participation in the SLO-assessment cycle. Does
MPC meet these standards? Please come see how the MPC self study has
responded to these standards. Tell us if the self study matches reality from your
perspective.
TECH TUTORING:
MPC IT staff
LTC 203-204
Drop in “Help” sessions for MPCsites
Need some help with MyMPC, MySite, ClassSites, Moodle (iLearn)…anything??
Drop in with your questions and ask the experts!
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1:30
LET’S TALK ABOUT TEACHING AND LEARNING
IMPROVING STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC WRITING
SAM KARAS ROOM
Join this “greatest hit” roundtable originally held during the Spring ‘09 ”Let’s Talk…”
series, featuring Louann Baker, California Writing Project Teacher Leader and Nancy
Harray, English instructor and reader of UC system entrance essays. You won’t want to
miss this candid and empowering discussion—“they can do it, and you can help!”
ACCREDITATION BREAKOUT:
PROGRAM REVIEW AND PLANNING
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Accreditation standards require participation in clear institutional processes for program
review and planning. Does MPC meet these standards? Please come see how the MPC
self study has responded to these standards. Tell us if the self study matches reality
from your perspective.
TECH TUTORING:
MPC IT STAFF
LTC 203-204
Drop in “Help” sessions for MPCsites
Need some help with MyMPC, MySite, ClassSites, Moodle (iLearn)…anything??
Drop in with your questions and ask the experts!
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2:30
BOOK DISCUSSION
KARAS ROOM
Join the Social Sciences faculty in
discussing Destiny Disrupted: A
History of the World through Islamic
Eyes by Tamin Ansary. Copies of the
book are on reserve at the MPC library
thorough out the summer.
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Where we’ve been: Mega-Theme from 2008-09
Accreditation
Co-Chair: John Gonzalez
Editor: Diane Boynton
Components now ready for final review
Flex Day breakouts
Shared Governance Committees
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Accreditation
Planning
MPC Planning and Resource Allocation Process
Multiple planning documents
Educational Master Plan, Facilities Plans, EAC, Basic
Skills, Financial Stability, Student Success, etc…
Program Review
New Process for Academic Affairs
Emphasizes missions, goals, objectives, standardized data
Incorporates SLO evaluation and related planning
Recent or on-going revisions in Student Services and Administrative Services
All Summaries reviewed at Advisory Groups and College Council
Student Learning Outcomes
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Student Learning Outcomes
Now incorporated into Program Review
Two-part process
Instructor Reflections on Student Learning
-Completed by individual faculty members
-Focus on a single SLO per semester
-Summarize evaluation results
-How will evaluation results be used to improve student learning
-Form stays with instructor
Program Reflections on Student Learning
-Summarizes Department or Group Dialog on SLOs
-Describes action plans resulting from evaluation of student attainment of SLOs
-Form is included in Program Review package
Emphasizes professionals talking to professionals about
teaching and student learning
Provides opportunity to connect student learning and institutional planning
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Student Learning Outcomes
Whereas, the ultimate goal of the SLO-assessment process is to
prompt dialog that leads to improvement of student learning,
Whereas, the MPC Academic Senate wants to encourage widespread participation in the SLO-assessment process by broadening
the kind and range of student skills and abilities that faculty
members may choose to investigate when engaging in the SLOassessment process,
Resolved, that the MPC Academic Senate recommends that faculty
members use broadly defined SLOs and/or specifically defined
objectives, as they deem appropriate, when engaging in the SLOAssessment process to improve student learning.
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Student Learning Outcomes
General Education Outcomes (GEOs)
Now have draft outcomes for each of the GE areas
Need vetting from faculty teaching in each of these areas
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Accreditation Visit – March 2010
Conversations
“Triangulation”
Evidence
Self Study
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Shared Governance Committees
Faculty vacancy on the College Council
-Recommendations to the President to take to the Board
-Resource allocation
-Board Policy
Please contact me or our COC if interested
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By suggestion from Stephanie Perkins…..
Encouraging the Use of Student E-Mail
If we don’t start requiring/encouraging use of MPC student email, it will never happen.
Students can forward mail from MPC student e-mail to their own
accounts.
To find out how, go to www.mympc.edu.......
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Personal e-mail address
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Finally, brought to you by the Basic Skills
and Student Success groups……
….A pilot program based on the Lobo Teaching and
Learning Community (LOBO-TLC) …….
PASS
(Partnering for Academic SuccesS)
Learning Community
Focusing on the retention and success of our students
through collaborative instruction and counseling
Recruitment begins in Fall 2009
Basic Skills
Counseling
Support
Integrated
Curriculum
Spring
2010
MATH 351
(Pre-Algebra)
Tracie Catania
Jamie Gerard
FACS 56
(Life Management)
Kim Shirley
Fall 2010 will link:
oMATH 261
oENGL 111
oPERS 50
Continued counseling
support and integrated
curriculum
For more information,
contact: Kim Shirley
([email protected]) or
Marilyn Wilcox- 646-4176
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Thank You
Have a Successful Semester