Notes - October 8th, 2007The De Anza Academic
Senate Approved Notes for the meeting of
October 8th, 2007
Senators and Officers present:, Argyriou, Bambhania, Chenoweth, Cole, Coleman, Dolen, Gallegos, Glapion,
Goodwin, Hanna, Hughes, Kessler, Kramer, LaManque, Lee-Klawender, Maynard,
Miller, Paicius, Schaffer, Setziol, Shively, Walton, White, and Winters
Senators and Officers absent: Lathers and Mitchell DASB: Classified Senate:
Administrative Liaison:
Guests:
Curriculum Co Chair: Anu Khanna [NOTE: Item numbers are reflective of agenda numbers in the order
they are actually taken up at the meeting.]
The meeting was called to order at a quorum being present.
I. Approval of Agenda and
Notes: The agenda was approved as distributed.
The notes were modified, adding language
clarifying statements made by Anu Khanna in the Certificate Changes item
II. Needs and
Confirmations: The latest update to the Tenure Review Committee Spreadsheet was
presented and approved. A classified
position for environmental Studies was considered and withdrawn pending more
information about non faculty members for the committee. Dolen was confirmed for service as the co
chair of the Technology Taskforce. Kramer reiterated the needs for Educational
Information System participation and the Professional Development Leave
committee.
III. Certificate
Changes: Anu
Khanna reported that the number of
responses to her request for feedback regarding the need for changes in
certificates was minimal. The Senators
were again asked to make sure that awareness was spreading. She also shared with the group the Curriculum
Committee’s intent to begin enforcement of a previously approved policy
eliminating from consideration curriculum submittals from divisions not
represented on the Curriculum Committee. IV. General Education Pattern: The principal purpose of the item was to
populate the Executive Committee’s half of the steering committee for the
review of general education at De Anza.
Kramer wrote on a wall board the names of those divisions already
represented by the Curriculum Committee’s half and Anu added Articulation
Officer Renee Augenstein to that list.
After presentation of the need and having heard several people stress
the very high priority and importance of the effort, the group made the
following appointments:
Special Education - Lathers
*
Applied Technology – Walton
Biological and Health Sciences – Hanna
Business /CIS – Lee-Klawender
Social Sciences – White
Creative Arts - Mitchell* The advisability of having Kessler continue last year’s Senate practice
of having Child Development represented separately from Social Sciences was,
for this appointment, put on hold pending an orientation for Kessler by Coleman
and then further consideration.
The Steering Committee is to be co chaired by Khanna and
Chenoweth. The fact that a number of
people present remembered very little of previous presentations and the framing
document for this effort was said to make clear the need for both the Executive
Committee and the individuals comprising it to take the initiative more
seriously. *unaware of being a chosen one.
[NOTE: After the
meeting, Khanna submitted the names of the Curriculum Committee participants on
the steering committee. In addition to
herself, there will be Randy Splitter (Language Arts), Marcia Peterson Maiero
(Physical Education), David Gray (Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and
Engineering), Constance Cole (International and Intercultural Studies), Patty
Guitron (Counseling), and Lena Chang (Library).
In addition, she clarified that Renee Augenstein and Karen Chow would
participate on an as needed basis. V. Basic Skills Initiative: Chenoweth talked
about a meeting on the topic and focused on funding and the status of the
initiative at De Anza. One portion of
funding is $400,000 for four years (from a Title III grant) and
another is $100,000 for three years. At
the meeting it was decided to form a single $500,000 fund from the two sources.
In as much as the entire
initiative is clearly within the Senate’s “Student Preparation and Success”
responsibilities, a question was raised as to the role of the Executive
Committee in the approval of spending plans etc. Chenoweth responded that the process is
still in its earliest stages. A real
first step will be to form a group specifically tasked with
implementation. At that point the
specific actions required of the Executive Committee should emerge.
VI. Textbook Adoption: The officers presented a plan for the creation
of implementing guidelines for the Course Materials Policy. As presented, the plan called for a very
small group comprised of Kramer and one Senator to draft language starting with
the section on Textbook Adoption. Discussion
resulted in approval of the plan and having both Schaffer and Mitchell join
Kramer as the drafting group pending Mitchell’s acceptance of the appointment.. VII. Senator Orientation: Chenoweth
devoted this particular session to electronic mail and the ramifications of its
use and non use by faculty. Discussion
revealed a mixed response in terms of how well it works and extent to which the
faculty might accept various things
being conducted exclusively through electronic mail using district provided
addresses exclusively.
VIII. Good of the Order: Chenoweth was asked to report on the status of
the planned temporary part time faculty office space.
The meeting was adjourned at 4:28
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