Academic Senate of MERCED COLLEGE

Academic Senate of MERCED COLLEGE 3600 M STREET, MERCED CALIFORNIA 95348-2898 TELEPHONE: (209) 381-6429 TO: Senate Members and Alternates Area 1, Cohort A Julie Kehoe Area 5, Cohort B Curtis Nelson Area 1, Cohort A Gabriel Cuarenta Area 5, Cohort C Travis Hicks Gallegos Area 1, Cohort B Carl Estrella Counseling Enrique Renteria Area 1, Cohort B Edward Modafferi Counseling Isabel Cambridge Area 2, Cohort A Sue Chappell Los Baños Scott Coahran Area 2, Cohort B Vince Piro Los Baños Mark Sutterfield Area 2, Cohort B Candace Taylor At Large Greg Soto Area 3, Cohort A James Thornburgh At Large Mai Meidinger Area 3, Cohort A Bryan Tassey At Large Megan Igo Area 3, Cohort B Chris Pedretti At Large Steve Clark Area 4, Cohort A Kitty Cazares Adjunct Kathleen Brantley- Gutierrez Area 4, Cohort A Gloria Provencio Adjunct Chris Gaugler Area 4, Cohort B/C Michelle Pecchenino IPRSLOAC Edward Modafferi (NV) Area 4, Cohort B/C Susan Kline LRC Lindsay Davis Area 5, Cohort A Ralph Morris Curriculum Chair Julie Clark Area 5, Cohort A Jodie Steeley Past President Dee Sigismond Alternates Area 1, Cohort A Caroline Dawson Area 7 Mark Sutterfield Area 1, Cohort A Marie Bruley Counseling Enrique Renteria Area 3, Cohort A Bill Walls Counseling Tony Lewis Area 3, Cohort B Nate Devine At Large Dan Smith Area 3, Cohort B Bob Casey At Large Vince Piro Area 4, Cohort B/C Ian Stapleton Adjunct Nicole Brown Area 5, Cohort C Mara Colomer-Flores CC: Ron Taylor Lou Ferguson Don Peterson Joanne Schultz Mario Cordova Doug Kain Chris Vitelli Patrick Mitchell Susan Walsh Mike McCandless John Albano Brenda Latham Angela Tos Bobby Anderson ASMC President Kevin Kistler Jim Andersen Tracie Green Shelly Conner Public Copy-Admin Building Display Case FROM: SUBJECT: Nancy Golz (x6703) Academic Senate Meeting DATE: Friday Sept. 18, 2015

ACADEMIC SENATE MEETING THURSDAY, Sept. 24, 2015 11:00 a.m. 12:15 p.m. Student Union Meeting Room--137 AGENDA: 1. CALL TO ORDER 2. ADOPTION OF AGENDA (An item may be pulled, but not added unless in compliance with Brown Act) Item 1: Approval of senators to proceed with the provided agenda 3. INTRODUCTION OF GUESTS 4. PUBLIC COMMENTS 5. RECORD OF PREVIOUS MEETING Item 1: Approval by senators for minutes from Sept. 10, 2015 6. REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES and TASK FORCES Item 1: Curriculum Committee- Julie Clark Item 2: IPRSLOAC- Edward Modafferi Item 3: FLEX- Gabriel Cuarenta Gallegos Item 4: Student Success-Carl Estrella 7. SENATE PRESIDENT S REPORT-Nancy Golz 8. ACTION AGENDA Item 1: For 2 nd reading Resolution 08-15 Course Objectives in Course Outline of Record. Item 2: For 2 nd reading Resolution 09-15 Cohort Assessment Trainer (CAT) duties Item 3: For 2 nd reading Resolution 10-15 Program Review/SLO forms https://mc4me.mccd.edu/academic_senate/resolutions/pending%20resolutions/program%20r eview%20version%202.2.pdf Item 4: Executive Committee Elections: Megan Igo 9. NEW BUSINESS Item 1: For discussion: identifying themes for the accreditation self-study 10. PRESIDENT S REPORT Ron Taylor 11. STUDENT S REPORT Cody Camacho 12. ANNOUNCEMENTS AND OPEN FORUM Item 1: Announcements Item 2: Call for items for the next agenda. The next senate meeting is Thursday October 8. Items are due October 1 by 11:00 am. 2

Academic Senate of Merced College MINUTES UNAPPROVED Thursday, September 10, 2015 11:00 a.m. 12:15 p.m., Student Union, Room 137 Area 1, Cohort A Julie Kehoe present Area 5, Cohort B Carin Heidelbach present Area 1, Cohort A Gabriel Cuarenta present Area 5, Cohort C Travis Hicks present Gallegos Area 1, Cohort B Carl Estrella present Counseling Enrique Renteria present Area 1, Cohort B Edward Modafferi present Counseling Isabel Cambridge present Area 2, Cohort A Sue Chappell Los Baños Scott Coahran present Area 2, Cohort B Vince Piro present Los Baños Mark Sutterfield Area 2, Cohort B Candace Taylor At Large Greg Soto present Area 3, Cohort A James Thornburgh At Large Mai Meidinger present Area 3, Cohort A Bryan Tassey present At Large Megan Igo present Area 3, Cohort B Chris Pedretti present At Large Steve Clark present Area 4, Cohort A Kitty Cazares present Adjunct Kathleen Brantley- Gutierrez Area 4, Cohort A Gloria Provencio Adjunct Chris Gaugler Area 4, Cohort B/C Michelle Pecchenino present IPRSLOAC Edward Modafferi (NV) present Area 4, Cohort B/C Susan Kline present LRC Lindsay Davis present Area 5, Cohort A Ralph Morris present Curriculum Chair Julie Clark present Area 5, Cohort A Jodie Steeley present Past President Dee Sigismond present Alternates Area 1, Cohort A Caroline Dawson Area 7 Mark Sutterfield Area 1, Cohort A Marie Bruley Counseling Enrique Renteria Area 3, Cohort A Bill Walls Counseling Tony Lewis Area 3, Cohort B Nate Devine At Large Dan Smith Area 3, Cohort B Bob Casey At Large Vince Piro Area 4, Cohort B/C Ian Stapleton Adjunct Nicole Brown Area 5, Cohort C Mara Colomer-Flores CC: Ron Taylor present Lou Ferguson Don Peterson Joanne Schultz Mario Cordova Doug Kain Chris Vitelli present Patrick Mitchell present Susan Walsh present Mike McCandless John Albano present Brenda Latham Angela Tos present Bobby Anderson ASMC President Kevin Kistler Jim Andersen Tracie Green Shelly Conner present Public Copy-Admin Building Display Case 1. CALL TO ORDER Nancy Golz called meeting to order at 11:03pm 3

2. ADOPTION OF AGENDA (An item may be pulled, but not added unless in compliance with Brown Act) Item 1: Approval of senators to proceed with the provided agenda Vince Piro moved and Scott Coahran seconded that the agenda be approved. The motion passed unanimously. 3. INTRODUCTION OF GUESTS Senate guests: Angela Tos, John Albano, Branden Tenn, Patrick Mitchell, Caren Col- Hamm, and Stacey Roduner were welcomed by Nancy Golz. 4. PUBLIC COMMENTS No public comments 5. RECORD OF PREVIOUS MEETING Item 1: Approval by senators for minutes from Aug. 27, 2015 Vince Piro moved and Scott Coahran seconded that the minutes from the previous meeting be adopted. The minutes passed with minor corrections like adding the start time of the previous meeting and noting that the meeting was called to order by Nancy Golz. 6. REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES and TASK FORCES Item 1: Curriculum Committee- Julie Clark There was an ongoing discussion about the possibility of changing the time when the curriculum committee meets. Chris Pedretti expressed concern about changing the time that curriculum meets to make sure his cohort is able to be present for all future curriculum meetings. The task force for course substitution would like to have representatives from the business and social sciences departments. It was noted that a Counselor has been added to any future program investigation committees. A mechatronics program investigation is being initiated. The CLDV Certificate for school age children is still in discussion. Changes to the English curriculum will be discussed at the next Curriculum committee meeting. Item 2: IPRSLOAC- Edward Modafferi The next IPRSLOAC meeting will be held on Friday Sept. 25th in the Board Room. At the last meeting, the group went over the new Program Review forms. These will be brought up soon as resolutions in Senate for a first reading. The GELO report is done and will be brought to IMPC. However, Edward Modafferi is not sure where else to bring the report. Dr. Susan Walsh indicated that the district would be moving to a process of robust annual reviews as opposed to comprehensive reviews every five years. Every Friday in September from 12-2:45, coordinators will be available to help update course SLOs at the LRC. Item 3: FLEX- Gabriel Cuarenta Gallegos There will be a Resolution soon on possible changes to the form. For example, new activities such as webinars will be added to the form. Full-time faculty will be completing 4

the FLEX form through a completely digital process. Part-time faculty will need to submit paper forms which are due by Dec. 18th. The committee is thinking about having one date to submit forms, rather than having separate due dates for the initial and final FLEX plans. Mid-semester FLEX workshops are available for faculty to attend. (Denise Butler just sent out an email with Fri., Sept. 11th workshops on grants and Swivl.) Item 4: Student Success-Carl Estrella The committee hasn t met yet this semester. 7. SENATE PRESIDENT S REPORT-Nancy Golz The hiring prioritization process has started and will be more focused on replacement positions. The Standing Accreditation committee is gathering evidence to respond to the letter sent by the ACCJC. The letter is due Oct. 15th, but a draft is due for review on Oct. 6 th. 8. NEW BUSINESS Item 1: For first reading Resolution 08-15 Course Objectives in Course Outline of Record To be in compliance with Title 5 and the ACCJC, course objectives and student learning outcomes need to be included on the course outline of record. Vince Piro stated that in the English Department he found that it is better to have them. Objectives do not have to be in the syllabus just in the Course Outline of Record. Item 2: For first reading Resolution 09-15 Cohort Assessment Trainer (CAT) duties There was a healthy debate about this resolution. Patrick expressed concern that job description language belongs in the contract. Julie Kehoe mentioned that this is a quality control issue. IPRSLOAC and MCFA will be meeting to develop mutually agreeable language. Item 3: For first reading Resolution 10-15 Program Review/SLO forms https://mc4me.mccd.edu/academic_senate/resolutions/pending%20resolutions/progra m%20review%20version%202.2.pdf Julie Kehoe briefly explained the new form. Please discuss among your cohort and we will discuss during the next meeting. Item 5: Executive Committee Nominations: Megan Igo We need nominations for the executive committee. Please send nominations to Megan Igo before the next meeting. Elections for the part-time representative will also be taking place to replace the former representative who received a full-time position. Item 6: For information: Academy for Excellence- Brandon Tenn and Sabrina Frias Brandon reported on the Academy for Excellence which he said was very beneficial experience for all of the faculty involved. He showed a video showcasing two faculty members who spoke about the Academy for Excellence. 5

9. PRESIDENT S REPORT Ron Taylor Faculty hiring prioritization will focus on replacements and current temporary full-time slots. For accreditation purposes, the district is required to add a sonography instructor. We need to show proof that we are working to do this. The position is being finalized and will have an open recruitment soon. 10. STUDENT S REPORT Cody Camacho There was no student report. 11. ANNOUNCEMENTS AND OPEN FORUM Item 1: Announcements Formal training through @One for how to teach in the online environment is being offered to the first 30 faculty members who reply to Jodie Steeley. She will be one of the instructors for the @One training. This is a 40-hour time commitment. After the initial cohort completes the training, the plan is to have the training available to all faculty members through a Creative Commons licensing. Item 2: Call for items for the next agenda. The next senate meeting is Thursday September 24. Items are due September 17 by 11:00 am. 12. ADJOURNMENT- Nancy Golz The meeting was adjourned at 12:00pm. 6

Academic Senate of MERCED COLLEGE 3600 M Street Merced, CA 95348-2898 Telephone (209) 384-6095 RESOLUTION First Reading: September 10, 2015 Second Reading/Action (Date): September 24, 2015 Pass/Fail RESOLUTION NO. 08-15 Subject: Course Objectives in Course Outline of Record Mover: Julie Clark Division/Area: Area 1/ Mathematics Seconder: Vince Piro Division/Area: Area 2/ English Whereas, historically the Merced College Curriculum Committee replaced Course Objectives with Student Learning Outcomes for courses; Whereas, Senate Resolution 5-08 SLO/ESO Assessment Model Adoption passed on October 9, 2008 states starting in Fall 2008: Increase the rigor associated with the curriculum process whereby all courses set for Title 5 review must have no greater than 5 SLO/ESOs and address the method(s) by which each is evaluated. Whereas, Course Objectives describe what students will learn; Whereas, Student Learning Outcomes demonstrate the specific observable and measurable product of that learning the higher order application of knowledge and skills; Whereas, Title 5 55002(a)(3) states: Course Outline of Record. The course is described in a course outline of record that shall be maintained in the official college files and made available to each instructor. The course outline of record shall specify the unit value the expected number of contact hours for the course as a whole, the prerequisites, corequisites or advisories on recommended preparation (if any) for the course, the catalog description, objectives, and content in terms of a specific body of knowledge. The course outline shall also specify types or provide examples of required reading and writing assignments, other outside-of-class assignments, instructional methodology, and methods of evaluation for determining whether the stated objectives have been met by students. 7

Whereas, 2014 Accreditation Standard 2A.3 states: The institution identifies and regularly assesses learning outcomes for courses, programs, certificates and degrees using established institutional procedures. The institution has officially approved and current course outlines that include student learning outcomes. In every class section students receive a course syllabus that includes learning outcomes from the institution s officially approved course outline. Therefore be it resolved that all courses coming through the Curriculum Committee for the 6- year comprehensive review will be required to contain Student Learning Outcomes and Course Objectives. 8

Academic Senate of MERCED COLLEGE 3600 M Street Merced, CA 95348-2898 Telephone (209) 384-6095 RESOLUTION First Reading: September 10, 2015 Second Reading/Action (Date): September 24, 2015 Pass/Fail RESOLUTION NO. 09-15 Subject: Cohort Assessment Trainer (CAT) duties Mover: Valerie Albano Division/Area: Biology/ Area 1 Seconder: Edward Modafferi Division/Area: Biology/ Area 1 Whereas, the professional duties of full-time faculty include development and assessment of student learning outcomes and contribution to program reviews, and Whereas, the proficiency level of implementation outlined in the ACCJC rubric for student learning outcomes and program review is 100% of courses and programs assessing learning outcomes, and Whereas, faculty who assume the duties of assisting other faculty with program review, student learning outcomes, learning assessment documentation and related matters, are compensated one hour per week at their overload/part-time rate, Therefore, be it resolved that the Merced College Academic Senate suggests that activities performed by CATs as part of their 18-hour assignment may include: 1. Attending scheduled IPRSLOAC meetings 2. Maintain and update records related to the submission of assessment reports, 3. Provide biannual updates to their cohorts and Area Deans, 4. Maintain a list of faculty responsible for leading course assessments and program reviews 5. Offer training to faculty in assessment procedures 6. Evaluate course assessment reports 7. Evaluate program reviews for extra compensation, as described in the MCFA Collective Bargaining Agreement 9

Academic Senate of MERCED COLLEGE 3600 M Street Merced, CA 95348-2898 Telephone (209) 384-6095 RESOLUTION First Reading: September 10, 2015 Second Reading/Action (Date): September 24, 2015 Pass/Fail RESOLUTION NO. 10-15 Subject: Program Review/SLO forms Mover: Valerie Albano Division/Area: Biology/ Area 1 Seconder: Julie Kehoe Division/Area: Math/ Area 1 Whereas, assessment is done first and foremost to improve student success, educational quality and institutional effectiveness, and Whereas, faculty and others assure currency, improve teaching and learning strategies to continuously improve instructional courses through systematic evaluation, and Whereas, the Accreditation Standards adopted by the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges (ACCJC) in June 2014 instructs institutions to assess educational quality through methods accepted in higher education, Therefore be it resolved, that the Merced College Academic Senate adopt the new simplified forms for SLO assessment (Assessment Form Version 2.1 and the intermittent course offering form). Therefore be it also resolved, that the Merced College Academic Senate adopt the new simplified Program Review Form 2015-16 Version 2.2 Therefore be it further resolved, that the Merced College Academic Senate support the plan that faculty perform a self-evaluation of their course assessments and Program Review reports prior to submission. This self-evaluation will help IPRSLOAC and the Assessment Review Committee improve the process and determine where to direct future training. 10