April 21, 2021 Meeting

Agenda

TAFT COLLEGE SENATE COUNCIL

AGENDA

WEDNESDAY, April 21, 2021

12:10PM TO 1:00PM

https://cccconfer.zoom.us/j/95316737125?pwd=Q2x1a3k1dTljazlWQk5RREZCVDR3Zz09

 

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State your name when making motions and seconds as those speaking may not be seen on all attendees’ monitors. Remember this is a public forum meeting under the Brown Act.

 

Call to Order

Public Commentary

Approval of the Minutes

  1. Approval March 17, 2020 Minutes (3 minutes) ACTION

Informational Items:

  1. Required activities associated with Standing Committees of the Academic Senate INFORMATION

Standing committees fall under the Brown Act: Agendas posted publicly at least 72-hours before meeting (on Standing Committee webpage & front window of Admin building); Opportunity for public comment on agenda items

Minutes of past meetings posted on standing committee webpage following approval

Recommendations to Senate-of-the-Whole

Reports/requests to Senate-of-the-Whole on topics, issues, and concerns associated with 10+1 and/or effective functioning of the standing committee

 

Updates:

  1. ASCCC 2021 Spring Plenary – Virtual, April 15-17 (5 minutes) DISCUSSION

 

Work Session:

  1. Ensuring faculty pools for hiring committees, grievance hearing committees, and other limited term work requiring faculty representation (i.e. review of RFPs) (10 minutes) WORK SESSION

Senate and Faculty responsibility… but difficult to get faculty to serve.  Have been relying on a few who will serve if no one else volunteers. So those faculty are ‘over it’. How do we make this happen?

 

Old Business: Assignment of Responsibility for Development and/or Recommendation to Senate of the Whole for Action

  1. Ensuring faculty pools for hiring committees, grievance hearing committees, and other limited term work requiring faculty representation (i.e. review of RFPs) (3 minutes) ACTION

Requesting recommendations/directions for ensuring on-going, broad-based representation for service on limited-term work groups/committees. (non-faculty screening committees; Grievance Hearing Committees; other committees as identified in APs or operational processes)

 

New Business: Assignment of Responsibility for Development and/or Recommendation to Senate of the Whole

  1. Recommendation of Dual Enrollment Course Offerings for TC/TUHS 2021-22 MOU (3 minutes) ACTION

Forward to Academic Senate of the Whole with recommendation to approve.

  1. AP 7211 – Faculty Service Areas, Minimum Qualifications, and Equivalencies (5 minutes) ACTION

Forward to Academic Senate of the Whole with recommendation to approve.

  1. Distance Education Accessibility Plan (A. Bledsoe, 10 minutes) ACTION/DISCUSSION?

The Distance Learning and Education committee brings forward this agenda item for discussion and recommendation to forward to Senate-or-the-Whole for adoption.

  1. Professional Development/Training/Orientation for Committee Members (5 minutes) DISCUSSION

 

Other Announcements

Adjournment

Minutes

 

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