Division Council

LOS ANGELES HARBOR COLLEGE

OFFICE OF ACADEMIC AFFAIRS

D I V I S I ON C O U N C I L

MINUTES

February 6, 2008

Present: Nabeel Barakat, Kristi Blackburn, King Carter, Ibtesam Dessouky, Joy Fisher,

Dr. David Humphreys, Evelyn Lum, Lauren McKenzie, Bobby McNeel, Joyce

Parker, Luis Rosas, Dr. Stan Sandell, Beverly Shue, June Smith, Mark Wood

Absent: Ivan Clarke, Carla Mussa-Muldoon, Dr. Robert Richards, Brad Young

MINUTES

The minutes for the meeting of December 12, 2007 were accepted as presented.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

The college mourns the recent deaths of Rosa Hoodye, Physical Education Facilities Assistant; Joan Dawson, former Communications Division Chair; and John Criscuolo, part-time Mathematics instructor.

Evelyn Lum was welcomed as the new Chairperson of the Nursing Department.

Nabeel Barakat will resign as Athletic Director effective in June. George Swade will take over the position.

Evelyn Portis remains on illness leave. The search has begun to replace her with a long-term substitute.

INSTRUCTION/CONSTRUCTION ISSUES

When fences were erected in the area where the Tech. II building will be demolished, they were put up over the handicapped parking spaces. One faculty member, in particular, has been affected by this. It was noted that this concern would be brought before the CORE group.

ENROLLMENT MANAGEMENT

Mr. Rosas stated that on Friday, February 9, he will make a presentation to the Chancellor’s Cabinet to justify asking for $289,000 for additional services and classes to be offered. Everything the college is asking for has to be itemized by what it is and how many FTES can be expected from each of the expenditures. The college is going to try to begin a PACE Program at Terminal Island Prison. It will be two tracks of four courses each and will yield at least 25 FTES. The Delores Huerta Institute as two tracks; one at Kaiser and the other at the Longshoreman’s Union Hall.

Kristi Blackburn announced that the Boys and Girls Club is asking for classes for both students and employees. They have 233 employees that do not have associate degrees. Because of this, they are having a hard time qualifying for grants to keep their programs running. By offering three to four classes that are late start this spring, we can capture roughly 35 students in each class. There are three sites involved and we will find out where their biggest draw is and make it the most convenient for them. Children will see adults going back to school so there is some role modeling going on as well.

Mrs. Blackburn went on to remind the chairs that Lori Minor will be giving them their final proof copy of the Fall/Summer Schedule of Classes and asked that they review it carefully to make sure there are no mystery sections. The deadline to return the proof is Tuesday, February 19.

There is an error in the current schedule of classes that states that late start classes will begin the week of March 24 which is the week of spring break. Late start classes will begin the following week. Because of this change, the chairs were asked to look at their own late start classes to make sure they will meet the minimum required amount of hours.

It was noted that there has been an extensive use of in-lieu grade cards lately. It is important that instructors be vigilant in verifying their rosters and getting students to complete the registration process within the first ten days of the semester.

PROGRAM REVIEW TIMELINE FOR REMAINING ISSUES

An update of the synopsis of the Educational Master Plan is in progress. Dr. Humphreys stated that he has submitted some things to the Senate one of which was a request to consider for program review to add in it specific requirements for a six-year plan. He also recommended that a validation team be formed that would be composed of people outside the discipline and outside the college. It not only provides a measure of validation but is also an excellent public relations device for the discipline in reaching out to schools such as CSULB and CSUDH and the local high schools giving them a good clear vision of who we are and what we do.

ACADEMIC SENATE REPORTS

Academic Senate – June Smith reported on the following items: the Senate will review the Accreditation Report at its next meeting on February 7; Dr. Bob Richards is in the process of preparing a 500 word update to the Accounting Report for Community Colleges (ARCC) which must be posted on the college website by February 29 at 5 p.m.; and Dr. Spink has received approval from the Chancellor to fill five faculty positions at Harbor in the areas of English, Speech, Developmental Communications, Math and Nursing.

Basic Skills – The committee has met and come forward with some recommendations for spending which will be discussed at the next Senate meeting.

Curriculum – Mr. McKenzie reported that one of the deadlines that has to be met by the end of June is to make sure that all of our transfer students have designated a focus transfer in order to give them an A.A. degree to choose with 18 units of emphasis. Brenda Guertin and the rest of the Curriculum Committee have been working on a template that will do that for all of the G.E. type subjects on campus. Once the committee has finished this process, the end product will be sent forward to the divisions for their approval.

FLEX – The next meeting of the FLEX Committee will be held on Tuesday, February 26 to review flex reports.

CPC/CPC COMMITTEE REPORTS

CPC – The next meeting of CPC will be held on Monday, February 25.

Budget – The Grant Allocation Task Force has requested a visit at the end of February.

Staff Development – A meeting of the Staff Development Committee will be held sometime soon to consider future Staff Development activities. June Smith noted that she would like the college to plan for a faculty retreat, possibly in April, that would concentrate mainly on teaching and classroom issues.

Facilities – After taking another tour of the new Tech. building, the concern arose that there might not be enough space to accommodate both the Administration of Justice and Fire Technology programs. Brad Young has drafted a plan to use the current south side of the Administration Building to resolve this issue.

Bobby McNeel reported that Brad Young was attending a training session on crisis management. He, in turn, will do some training on campus in the hopes of organizing a team of people well prepared in the event of an emergency. Mr. McNeel also reported that Marvin Martinez, the new Vice Chancellor of Economic Development, recently toured the campus and met with senior staff. Plans are in the works for a Teacher Preparation Career Lab. Through the efforts of Carmen Carrillo, Lauren McKenzie and Bob Richards working together with CSUDH, the college is hoping to get additional funding in the near future to develop it into a major program that prepares students out of the local area to go back and teach in their respective communities. The college put in for another $1.2 million grant that would give the Nursing Department an additional SIMS lab.

STUDENT SERVICES

Sheila Millman sent out an e-mail with a template that is going to be added to the bottom of a syllabus about the availability of financial aid. Scholarship applications are also available now. The last day to petition to graduate in June is March 3. The CSU’s closed their doors on lower division transfer as soon as the state announced they were having financial difficulties. CSUDH was accepting Harbor students with 60 transferable units, a 2.0 GPA and two of the golden four general eds. Now students have to have all four general education requirements of Math, Speech, English and Critical Thinking and 60 transferable units with a 2.0 GPA.

ITEMS FROM THE FLOOR

Concern was expressed over the calendar on the new college web page as well as the department descriptions.

Conference attendance for out of state has been frozen.

The Communications Division is now located in Office Village 4.

 ADJOURNMENT