Academic Senate

Senate Committees

Executive Committee, Academic Standards and Policies Committee, Curriculum Committee, Faculty Development Committee, Faculty Qualifications Committee, CRFO/Academic Senate Liaison Committee, Professional Relations Committee, Tenure Review Committee, Associate Faculty Committee, and Multicultural and Diversity Committee.

Executive Committee - Agendas and Minutes

Duties and Purposes: 1. To assist the Copresidents in coordinating Senate activities; 2. To make recommendations to the full Senate regarding Senate business; 3. To assume other duties as designated from time to time by the Senate; and 4. To make decisions on behalf of the full Senate at times other than the fall and spring semesters subject to the following: a. The Executive Committee must inform the Senate of any decisions at the next scheduled Senate meeting. b. The Senate may override any Executive Committee decisions. c. The power of the Executive Committee in this capacity is intended to be a limited power exercised only when the Senate is not in session.

Academic Standards and Policies Committee - Agendas and Minutes
   

Duties and Purposes: 1. To accept assignments from the Senate on issues of academic standards and policies;2. To research, discuss, and make specific recommendations to the Senate regarding resolution of the above assignments; and 3. To develop, promote implementation of, and maintain policies that encourage: a. High standards of academic excellence and skills proficiency; b. Quality counseling and advising for students; c. Diagnostic skills testing, wherever appropriate; d. Developmental instruction, when necessary; and e. Long-range curriculum planning responsive to present and anticipated student needs.

Curriculum Committee - Agendas and Minutes
   

Duties and Purposes: The Curriculum Committee is concerned with the development of and continual improvement of educational programs and the curriculum. The major functions of the Committee are the following: 1. To make recommendations to the Senate regarding additions, modifications, or deletions to the curriculum; 2. To advise the Senate and the administration on issues related to curriculum and educational programs; 3. To maintain an on-going evaluation of the college curriculum; 4. To assist in the development and long-range planning of the overall educational program of the college; and 5. To advise faculty who are developing groupings of classes into cohorts or other linked units 6. The specific functions of the Curriculum Committee are to act on the following proposals: a. Creation, modification or deletion of programs, courses, or certificates; b. Revision of a catalog description to reflect changes in the nature of a course; c. Changes in hours and/or units of a course; d. Changes in the requirements of an existing certificate or degree program; e. Changes in prerequisites, corequisites, and recommended preparation; f. Assignment of courses to disciplines; and g. Significant changes in the course outline related to grading standards, method of evaluation, or instructional materials.

 

Faculty Development Committee - Agendas and Minutes
   

Duties and Purposes: 1. To oversee the distribution of faculty development funds to support the improvement of instructional skills or subject area expertise of faculty and associate faculty members; 2. To develop guidelines for funding requests; 3. To forward funding allocation recommendations to the Senate for approval; 4. To develop, implement, and coordinate the process for awarding funding; and 5. To evaluate faculty development activities district wide.

 

Faculty Qualifications Committee - Agendas and Minutes

Duties and Purposes: 1. To review and recommend changes to the Senate on policies related to minimum qualifications or other issues of faculty qualification 2. To consider and make recommendations to the Senate on all applications for equivalency, both full and associate; and 3. To make recommendations on minimum qualification applications referred by the Chief Academic Officer.

 

CRFO/Academic Senate Liaison Committee - Agendas and Minutes
  

Duties and Purposes: 1. To provide a forum for the collegial discussion of faculty issues. 2. Composition, duties, and purposes are subject to change pursuant to the CRFO Collective Bargaining Agreement.

Professional Relations Committee

Duties and Purposes: 1. To develop and to maintain cooperation and understanding among faculty, administrators, and trustees; an 2. To promote and to maintain professional and collegial relations. 3. The following procedures will be followed: a. Initial contact may be made to a Copresident; b. The Copresidents will appoint a Committee to mediate the issues raised; c. The Committee will forward its recommendations to the Academic Senate Executive Committee; and d. All matters brought before the Committee are considered personal and confidential.

Tenure Review Committee - Agendas and Minutes

Duties and Purposes: 1. To review documents provided by the Faculty Evaluation Committees; and 2. To issue an annual report and recommendations to the Senate and the President/Superintendent. This report will include recommendations on the reemployment and tenure of each tenure-track nontenured faculty member. 3. To perform other duties pursuant to the CRFO Collective Bargaining Agreement.

Associate Faculty Committee - Agendas and Minutes

Duties and Purposes: 1. To advise the Senate on issues of specific concern to associate faculty; and 2. To promote district-wide collegiality.

Multicultural and Diversity Committee - Agendas and Minutes

 

Duties and Purposes: 1. To encourage the educational, vocational, and social value of a rich variety of backgrounds and perspectives to the students and the campus community; 2. To work with the administration to review the Student Equity Plan; 3. To assist Human Resources in the development and implementation of equity and diversity training for search committee members; 4. To expand multicultural and diversity training for all faculty; 5. To promote the retention of students, faculty, and staff of underrepresented groups on campus; and 6. To assist in the development of strategies to create a campus community environment that promotes inclusiveness as an institutional community value districtwide.

Meetings are scheduled on the first and third Fridays each month from 11:15 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. in CA 100, except on holidays and during college breaks.