Academic Senate Meeting 4-21-20 El Camino College
Officer Reports
President’s Report • Board approved P/NP procedure per our resolution at April meeting, more info for students coming soon • Accepted Invitation to represent Senate at Federation E-board meetings • Noncredit liaison position for fall 2020 • CARES Act funding coming, $11 mil, half directly to students • College council approved Faculty Diversification Resolution, will go to BoT in May • ASCCC elections will be held over the next 3 weeks, plenary canceled
Curriculum • Continuing with curriculum review • Developing DE addenda with Divisions to meet Chancellor's Office directives • Working with Dr. Shankweiler to complete required reports • Entering courses in Curriculog in preparation for fall Agendas, minutes, and meeting dates are posted on CCC website. Next meeting April 23rd at 2:30pm via Zoom www.elcamino.edu/academics/ccc
Educational Policies
Faculty Development
Finance • March & April meetings cancelled • Special meeting called for April 30 • Federal emergency funding available to colleges • Impacts of the Pandemic • Black Swan Event • Recession is likely, impact is unknown • Potential long-term economic impacts • "This time is different" • Substantial permenant change to the economy • LA Economic Development Corporation • Educational services & public administration in lowest risk category for job loss • Personal finances: pro-bono financial planning • XYPlanningNetwork.com
Academic Technology Academic Technology Committee College Technology Committee Need to identify courses with specific hardware/ Report from SIG Consulting re: Colleague System software needs for summer/fall and disseminate to students Email Move to Cloud- Ongoing. By division.
Instructional Effectiveness • SLO assessments are moving forward with only SLOs in courses that were online from the start of the semester. • ILO assessment will also move forward, but draw on only those courses that are aligned, being assessed this semester, and were online from the start of the semester. • Program Review is being pushed back one year. Stay tuned for details, but everything is going to be delayed by 1-2 semesters. No Program Review will be due for Fall 2020.
Special Committees
Academic Affairs • Summer and Fall online • Attendance Accounting
Student Services • Warrior Pantry is open Tuesday and Wednesday from 11am-2pm each week
Online and Digital Education
Unfinished Business
Making Decisions Guide
Resolution in support of limited semester extension • Now therefore be it resolved that the Academic Senate for El Camino College recommends that the Board of Trustees extend spring semester 2020 to a date no later than June 30, 2020, for programs that require in-person instructional hours for students to fulfill completion and/or licensing requirements.
AP 4300, Field Trips and Excursions
New Business
AP 5203, Lactation Accomodations
BP/AP 4025, Philosophy for Associate Degree and General Education
Officer Elections • 1) President • 2) VP Instructional Effectiveness
Information Items
Block Scheduling
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