[1] Norco Academic Senate Minutes November 7, 2011 1:30-3:30 IT ...

Norco Academic Senate Minutes
November 7, 2011
1:30-3:30 IT 218
I. Call to Order: Meeting called to order at 1:30 by Sharon Crasnow.
II. Attendees: Karin Skiba, Kevin Fleming, Bob Prior, Jason Rey, Jared Snyder (ASNC), Celia
Brockenbrough, Sharon Crasnow, Peggy Campo, Mark Lewis, Tom Wagner, Lyn Greene,
Diane Dieckmeyer, Cathy Brotherton, Sarah Burnett, Carol Farrar, Arend Flick, Dina
Humble, David Torres
III. Approval of Agenda: Motion by Karin Skiba, second by Peggy Campo to approve the
agenda. Motion unanimously approved.
IV. Approval of Minutes: Motion by Karin Skiba, second by Mark Lewis to approve the
minutes from the October 17, 2011 meeting. Motion approved with two abstentions.
V. Officer & Liaison Reports
A. President (Sharon Crasnow)
• Sharon attended the plenary session over the week-end. Several resolutions were
presented. Student Success Task Force recommendations were the main topic of
discussion.
• Sharon Welcomed Tom Wagner back to the Senate. He is representing the BEIT
department, replacing Jim Thomas.
B. Vice President (Jason Rey)
• Went to Early Assessment Program (EAP) session over the week-end. Moving
along slowly. Don’t expect the program to have a huge impact on our college.
Will affect only a small number of students. Norco College has approved the
EAP process.
C. Secretary/Treasurer (Cathy Brotherton)
• No report
D. Student Liaison – (Jared Snyder – ASNC)
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• ASNC members attended the CCCSAA conference and participated in several of
the workshops.
• The Harvest Festival was held on Friday, Oct 28 th . The ASNC would like to thank
everyone for their help. Approximately 5,000 pounds of candy was distributed.
The LPEC and Anthropology clubs collected the most candy. Approximately
2,800 attendees.
• The second Student District Consultation Council meeting was held. Topics of
discussion included reviewing some of the Administration and Board Policies and

student representation at the Board level. President Go will represent the ASNC
on the Teaching and Learning Committee.
• President Go and Senator Young participated in the Student Senate for California
Community Colleges Fall 2011 General Assembly last Friday. The main topic of
discussion was the Student Success Task Force recommendations. If you would
like more information about the meeting or how the ASNC voted please feel free
to contact President Go.
• The new ASNC administration reviewed all the past ASNC resolutions. Student
representatives will be reporting on the status of the resolutions in their shared
governance committees. The ASNC has agreed that their President will also
serve as the Student Trustee for Norco College.
• The ASNC is reviewing the Student Success Task Force Recommendations.
President Go will try to attend the Task Force Town Hall meeting at Saddleback
College tomorrow.
• The ASNC is currently working on scholarship advertisements. Workshop dates
are being worked on and classroom presentations are being made. The Inter-Club
Council will learn the scholarship process so they can help other students.
• A new basketball court system has been purchased by the ASNC. This will
replace the one currently located by the IT building. ASNC will regulate the use
of the basketball court along with other sports equipment.
• ASNC is organizing Town Hall Meetings and Open Forums in order to share
campus and statewide information that is relevant to all students.
• The ASNC is currently reviewing a Joint Resolution that was sent to them by Joe
Eckstein.
• The Inter-Club Council will be discussing the advertisement for the Day of
Inclusion that has been presented to them by The Legacy Committee.
• Currently working on an event for Veterans Day and discussing the possibility of
holding an Oxfam Hunger Banquet to raise awareness.
• The Circle K club has been officially approved and recognized by the ASNC.
• Clubs have been busy holding events and fundraisers.
E. RCCDFA/CCA/CTA/NEA – (Sarah Burnett)
VI. Information
• A Joint Resolution is being sent forward from the Faculty Association to the
Academic Senate asking to put in place preventative measures indicating no
further FTES cuts.
• Sarah encouraged Norco Senators to go to the meetings and represent Norco.
A. David Torres – ARCC report
• David Torres is the Dean of Institutional Research at District. He works with all
three colleges.
• The ARCC (Accountability Reporting for the Community College) report is a
statewide mandated report that comes out every spring. The District responds to
this report for each of the colleges.
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• Norco will not be able to have complete comparisons in several of the report
sections until 2019 when all cohort based data will be available.
• Greg Aycock is Norco College’s ARCC representative. He will be working on
Norco’s response to this report. The completion deadline is January. When the
response is uploaded that will indicate that the college president accepts the
report.
• Contact David Torres at ext-8075 if you have any questions.
B. Kevin Fleming 2+2 Grants
VII. New Business
• Overview of 2+2 programs at Norco.
• 15 career clusters have been identified. Norco offers 10 of clusters.
• Cal State San Bernardino has created a Bachelor of Science Degree in Career and
Technical Studies. Any student that completes our CTE Program along with either
the IGETC or Gen Ed requirements can transfer to San Bernardino as a junior.
• Kevin reviewed what steps Norco College should take in order to help our
students.
A. Change to Annual Program Review Timeline
Motion by Cathy Brotherton, second by Lyn Greene to approve changes to the
Annual Program Review Timeline. Motion unanimously approved.
• Sharon reviewed the timeline with additional explanations.
• David Torres has indicated that providing the necessary information for the
program reviews is one of his priorities.
• New timeline includes an opportunity for NAC to provide feedback prior to final
due date.
B. Recommendations on rubric from NAC
• Arend reviewed what the NAC rubric will include.
• Will be asking a sub-committee of NAC to work on the rubric.
• This is in line with what the accreditation standards ask for.
• There will be program review training available in late November.
• The final version of the rubric will be available to approve soon.
C. Business and Facilities Committee faculty appointment
Motion by Lyn Greene, second by Cathy Brotherton to reaffirm the appointment of
Jim Thomas and Phu Tran on the Business and Facilities Committee. Motion
approved with one abstention.
• This committee was previously named the Administrative Planning Council.
• This committee will be meeting more often than it did last year.
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• Last year this committee had three faculty members. The members were Karin
Skiba, Phu Tran and Jim Thomas. Karin Skiba will be retiring and her position
needs to be filled.
• Khalil Andacheh was recommended as the third faculty member.
Motion by Karin Skiba, second by Peggy Campo to appoint, with his acceptance,
Khalil Andacheh as the third faculty member on the Business and Facilities
Committee. Motion approved with one abstention.
D. Completeness of prioritization list for ISPC
• Request to add Art Gallery to the list.
• Suggestion to include Faculty Flex on the list.
• Question on the intent of the list. This list will be part of an exercise that will be
done by the ISPC on November 16 in order to determine the priority of the items.
• Instructional programs are not on this list. If there is a need to reduce
instructional programs there is a Board Policy covering that type of cut.
• If you think of any other additions or revisions between now and Friday let
Sharon know.
E. Academic Standards – new business
• Meets twice per month.
• Discussion regarding timeline for drops and financial aid payments to students.
Committee felt that 65% of class would be the best deadline for dropping. Week
10 ½ instead of week 12.
• Request that a Financial Aid representative attend the next meeting in order to
answer questions.
F. Student Success Task Force recommendations – report from plenary and possible
action
• More than half of the Resolutions voted on at the Plenary session were part of the
Student Success Task Force Report.
• Several recommendations had to do with academic status and funding.
• The general feeling is that the Academic Senate is trying very hard to work with
the task force.
G. College and district senate constitutions
• Sharon shared a situation that occurred at the last Board Committee meeting.
• AP 4000 (Administrative Rank) that was passed by Norco and Moreno Valley
triggered a change to the Board Policy.
• A faculty member from Riverside protested that the board should not agree to the
policy because Riverside is in disagreement.
• Article III of the District Constitution does not require that all three senates have
to approve.
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• Article VIII. Effective Date (District Academic Senate Constitution) - indicates
that the District Academic Senate Constitution shall be re-authorized by each of
the Academic Senates upon the Re-Accreditation of the Riverside Community
College District as a multi-college district. This needs to be done.
VIII. Committee Reports
The committee reports for Items a-c will be given at the next meeting.
a. Curriculum
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b. Program Review
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c. Library Advisory
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IX. Open Hearing
• Question on use of social media in classroom.
X. Adjournment – 3:40 (Jason Rey)
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