ACADEMIC AFFAIRS STANDING COMMITTEE OF THE CPC

ACADEMIC AFFAIRS

STANDING COMMITTEE OF THE CPC

MINUTES

FOR THE MEETING OF

October 12, 2005

1:30 p.m.

President’s Conference Room

Attending:      

Administration –Nancy Carson, Bobby McNeel, Luis Rosas, Linda Spink, Ann Tomlinson

Classified – Traci Liley

Faculty – Nabeel Barakat, King Carter, Trisha Wickers for Wendy Hollis, Lauren McKenzie, Susan McMurray,  Joyce Parker, Evelyn Portis, Pamela Watkins, Mark Wood, Jim Stanbery, Bradley Young

Absent:

Administration - Charlie Bossler, Bobby McNeel

Classified –Hovsep Kotelyan

Classified Manager - Carla Mussa-Muldoon

Faculty – King Carter, Joy Fisher, Bruce Lemon, Stanley Sandell

Students

Nabeel Barakat chaired the meeting.

I.          MINUTES

Minutes of the September 28, 2005 meeting were accepted as presented (M/S/A Young/Wood).

II.  UNIT PLANS AND THE ACCREDITATION PROCESS

Nursing (Trisha Wickers)

Faculty needs are a key element in the unit plans for Nursing.  A FT Psych instructor, in place of Evelyn Portis, is still needed.  Med-Surg is another high priority.  There is only one FT faculty member in that field, and she has been on a .5 FTE leave each year.  Pediatrics and Obstetrics have no shared instructors.  This year 78 students have been admitted.  Members were reminded that the College must conform to the Board of Registered Nursing standards.  Other division needs include computers, projectors, as well as an interactive white board for the Tegrity unit. Future plans call for a simulation lab to be created.  With new mannequins that can breathe, talk, cough and the ability to be given drugs, the next step is to develop real time case scenarios. 

A simulation lab funded by Little Company of Mary Hospital, at San Pedro and Peninsula Hospital, will provide an off site campus for lectures and labs, using our curriculum and credits.  This is fully funded by LCMH’s grant.  Extra students were admitted to prepare for this partnership.  An anticipated 30 students will benefit from this opportunity.

Library (Traci Liley)

Additional FT personnel are needed.  An unpaid intern from San Joe State is a big help, but not a permanent solution.  Teaching literacy classes takes time away from the desk.  Obviously, books are a real need.  Students do not want to use old reference books from the 1940’s and 50’s.  A wireless environment, where students can use their own laptops for internet and web access, is desired.  The internet service is very slow during the day.  Is this an IT problem?

Fire Tech (Trisha Wickers)

Fire Tech requests a FT position.  At this time the department operates with only adjunct faculty.  (VTEA has been contributing funds to pay for a person to develop curriculum.)  There is a need for equipment for a fire fighting simulation lab. 

The Fire Academy program, an eight week program for local high school students, is staffed by Fire Department teachers.  The Academy has been shown to bring about a higher high school retention rate, as a “leadership” academy.  Some students are recruited to become fire fighters. 

Mr. Young pointed out that individuals now need to be certified paramedics for Fire Technology.  Is Fire Tech any longer considered an emerging technology?  A discussion of the history of reporting lines for Fire Tech took place.

Business (Handout)

The Business Division was represented by a handout report in Mr. Sandell’s absence.  FT faculty is their number one request.  The division has some high enrollment statistics, despite FT faculty illnesses and having some departments operating with only adjunct faculty.  WSCH is very high:  Management - 686, Business – 703 and Real Estate - 765.  Enrollment is good in CAOT and Accounting classes are full. 

III.     ENROLLMENT MANAGEMENT

The college will have to present a clear view of how enrollment management happens at Harbor College for accreditation purposes.  A concept should be developed and forwarded to the Academic Senate.  At this point, we should be able to say here is how we want to grow, based on current data.  Unit plans are to show what the divisions are currently doing.  It is possible that the accreditation team will go back and look to see if the college hired in the areas of greatest need.  Was available data used? 

Q-Is Q-Builder no longer available as a resource?

A-Yes.  The system is no longer operational as it will not work with Windows XP.

At the next scheduled meeting, Wednesday, 10/26/05, AASCCPC will discuss enrollment growth by 5%, and any steps required to get there. 

Academic Senate has extended the deadline for submitting course outlines to 10/19/05.  We are now down to about 100.  Friday, 10/21/05 has been set aside to work on course outlines, in the Computer Lab.  Jim Stanbery, Mark Wood, Sally Fasteau and Susan McMurray will be available to assist.  The entire Curriculum Committee will be reviewing outlines with a focus on student learning outcomes. 

The District estimates it will be short approximately 1,000+ FTES with a possible penalty of having to return funds to the state.  Harbor is close to 100% right now.  For Spring 2006, a 9-week, mid-term session (much like the October 24 Late Start) will be offered.

Construction constraints were discussed as they relate to growth.  Q-Could we not prepare by having modular buildings available?  A-Modular units could be in place within two weeks.   AASCCPC recommends that modular units be secured through Prop A/AA funds, to accommodate enrollment management targets (M/S/P McKenzie/Barakat).

TENTATIVE SUMMER SCHOOL SCHEDULE

I           June 19-July 22                      5 week

II         June 26-August 18                 8 week

III        July 24-August 25                  5 week

IV.  ADJOURNMENT

Meeting calendar for fall 2005:

November 9 and *16

December 14

All meetings begin at 1:30 p.m., in the President’s Conference Room.  (*Meeting added after initial calendar was set.)