Meeting Agendas and Minutes
DRAFT Minutes for May 16, 2024
Attendance:
- Quorum was reached at 17/25 voting members present.
- Members who were not in attendance are indicated by (not present).
Voting Members
Executive Officers
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- President: Lindsay Ayotte - votes in ties
- Vice President: Cassidy Ryan-White
- Secretary: Jessica Truglio
- Treasurer: Simi Karve
- Past President: Leigh Anne Shaw - non-voting
Senators
ASLT:
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- Andrea Fuentes
BEPP:
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- Herlene Grace Beltran
- Tammy Calderon
Counseling:
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- Joyce Lee
- Kenny Gonzalez
- Mandy Lucas (not present)
GLPS:
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- TBD
Language Arts:
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- Katie Hern (not present)
- Jarrod Feiner
- Janice Sapigao (not present)
KAD:
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- Amber Steele
STEM
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- Michael Song
- Miranda Wang
- TBD
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SPWD
- TBD
SSCA:
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- Kathy Zarur
- Rika Yonemura-Fabian
- Jennifer Merrill
CTE Senator
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- Soledad McCarthy
Part-Time Faculty
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- Teresa Campbell
- Sujatha (Suji) Venkataraman
- Maryam Khan
Non-voting Members
Governance Committee Chairs
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- Curriculum Co-Chairs: Jessica Hurless & Bianca Rowden-Quince
- Professional Personnel: Lynsey Hemstreet
Advisory Members
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- AFT: Marianne Kaletzky
- ASSC: Win Shwe Yee
- Classified Senate: Marisa Thigpen
- PD/CTTL: TBD
- SEEED: TBD
- Guided Pathways: TBD
- OER: Ame Maloney
Guests:
1.0 Opening Procedures
1.1 Call to Order/Establish Quorum
Presenter: President Ayotte
Time: 1
Notes:
1.2 Senate Networking
Presenter: President Ayotte
Time: 10
Notes:
1.3 Adoption of Agenda
Presenter: President Ayotte
Time: 1
Notes:
Senator Beltran motioned to adopt the agenda and Senator McCarthy seconded. A rollcall vote was taken with 17 voting members approving.
1.4 Adoption of Minutes
Presenter: President Ayotte
Time: 1
Notes:
Approval of minutes from May 02, 2024 meeting. A motion to adopt the minutes was made by Vice President Ryan and was seconded by Senator Moore. A roll call vote was taken with 12 votes in favor, 5 abstentions. The minutes were approved.
1.5 Adoption of Consent Agenda
Presenter: President Ayotte
Time: 0
Notes:
ASCCC Skyline College Common Course Numbering Delegates
Communication Studies - Lindsey Ayotte
Mathematics - Rick Hough
Psychology - Krista McClain
English-Lucia Lachmayr
Political Science- Jesse Raskin
STEM Tenure Track Committees
Simantini Karve (Year 4)--Biology
Shari Bookstaff, Chair, Discipline Expert
Yancy Aquino, Discipline Expert
Jon Freedman, Tenured Faculty, Years 3-4
Dean of STEM
Franco Deal (Year 2)--Surgical Tech
Brian Daniel, Discipline Expert+ Chair
Carina Anttila-Suarez, Tenured Faculty
Kenyatta Weathersby, Tenure Faculty Year 1-2
Heather Esparza, Allied Health Director
Sarah Guth (Year 2)
Shari Bookstaff, Discipline Expert +Chair
Yancy Aquino, Biology Tenured faculty
Cindy Moss, Tenured Math faculty, year 1-2
Dean of STEM
BEPP
Elias Lopez (Barbering) as the BEPP Division Senate rep for the 24-25 Academic year.
Grace Beltran (Year 4)
Soledad McCarthy - Chair
Hui Pate - Discipline Expert
Lindsey Ayotte
Lynsey Hemstreet (Year 4)
Cassidy Ryan - Chair
Regina Mitchell - Discipline Expert
Tina Watts
Tony Viertel (Year 3)
Hellen Zhang - Chair
Soledad McCarthy - Discipline Expert
Regina Mitchell
Elias Lopez (Year 2)
Cassidy Ryan - Chair
Regina Mitchell - Discipline Expert
Jarrod Feiner
KAD Committee Membership
Kevin Corsiglia SPARC
Chris Waters SPARC
Tony Brunicardi Curriculum
Amber Steele Academic Senate
Gabe Saucedo Health and Safety
Justin Piergrossi FTE
Justin Piergrossi Scholarship
Mike Sharabi ICE
Tony Brunicardi Tenure Evaluation Committee
Chair Chris Waters
Evaluators: Justin Piergrossi
Evaluators: Kevin Corsiglia
Mike Sharabi Tenure Evaluation Committee
Chair: Kevin Corsiglia
Evaluators: Justin Piergrossi
Evaluators: Gabe Saucedo
Language Arts
Jarrod Feiner Academic Senate Rep
SSCA
Jennifer Merrill Academic Senate Rep
Additional Division Assignments
1.6 Public Comment
Presenter: President Ayotte
Time: 3
Notes:
Dee: Spoke on behalf of students in support of Palestine. There will be a meeting with Dr. Orante tomorrow, May 17th at 12pm in the quad.
Dean Kramer: We have 25 dual enrollment faculty who will be evaluated this coming bit.ly/sky-de-eval
Cassidy Ryan: BCE showcase will be this coming Monday, May 21st. Please stop by to support our students!
Soledad: Shared a shout out and thanks to President Ayotte for all of your leadership and friendship!
Kenny: Latinx graduation coming up on Thursday, May 16th from 5-8 in the Farallon room. Please consult flyers for registration info.
Bianca: Maria Norris will be retiring this year and we thank her for her years of leadership and expertise on curriculum committee.
2.0 New Senate Business
2.1 Academic Senate Election Results: Vice President
Procedure | Information | Discussion | Action
Presenters: Election Committee: President Ayotte
Time: 5 minutes
Notes:
Bianca Rowden-Quince was voted as our Vice President of Academic Senate for 2024-25. Congratulations Bianca!!!
2.2 Modification of Local Sequential Courses
Procedure | Information | Discussion | Action
Presenter: Jacquie Escobar
Time: 15 minutes
Notes:
President Ayotte motioned to adopt the changes to Skyline’s local sequential courses policy with Curriculum Co-Chair Rowden-Quince seconding. A discussion followed with some minor changes being suggested. The maker of the motion accepted these changes. 17 votes in favor, the motion passed.
2.3 Title IX Resolution Draft-Second Read
Procedure | Information | Discussion | Action
Presenters: Rika Yonemura-Fabian and Salumeh Islameh
Time: 15 minutes
Notes: The draft of the resolution can be found here. A motion to approve the resolution was made by Vice President Ryan and was seconded by Senator Calderon. A roll call vote was taken with all voting members voting to approve. This resolution will now go on to be approved by the District Academic Senate.
2.4 Senate Dues Conversation Continued
Procedure | Information | Discussion | Action
Presenters: Lynsey Hemstreet and Sima Karve
Time: 15 minutes
Notes: A roll call vote was taken with
- a scholarship for a Palestinian student: 5 votes
- scholarships for transfer student application fees: 4 votes
- Academic Senate Scholarship (for students impacted on a local and/or global scale: 9 votes
With the majority of votes in support of having an Academic Senate Scholarship to help those impacted on a local and global state, we will move forward with the Summer Exec to draft the details of the scholarship to share with senate in the fall.
2.5 Academic Senate Positions Reassign Time
Procedure | Information | Discussion | Action
Presenters: Vice President Ryan and President Ayotte
Time: 15 minutes
Notes:
A motion was made by President Ayotte to reallocate the .2 reassign time with the CTE Liaison receiving the .2 reassign time in the fall semester and the PPC chair will receive the reassign time in the spring semester and was seconded by Vice President Ryan. A discussion ensued which included some feelings of frustration regarding the lack of support for CTE as it should have its own reassign time. A roll call vote was taken with all voting members (20) voting to approve the change. The motion passed.
2.6 PD Funds End of Year Report
Procedure | Information | Discussion | Action
Presenters: President Ayotte
Time: 10 minutes
Notes: President Ayotte shared the final end of year report from PD Chair Luciana Castro.
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1BqxWRKpla1yxNJ7AW1PykAmY0BAYZ55uGwueLjblG1o/edit?usp=sharing
A motion to extend time was made by President Ayotte and was seconded by Vice President Ryan. A discussion ensued which included questions about first- and second-year tenure track and or adjunct faculty and the impact of these guidelines. In addition, questions were raised about conferences that have required attendance for program requirements, licensure etc. which should be funded by the institution rather than Title 13. Faculty also expressed frustration with the amount of time that it takes to be reimbursed for out of pocket PD expenses.
2.7 Summer Executive Committee Appointment
Procedure | Information | Discussion | Action
Presenters: President Ayotte
Time: 5 minutes
Notes: We will appoint two senate members to serve on the summer executive committee. The summer executive committee meets as needed.
Summer Exec Agenda will include:
- Creating Academic Senate Scholarship
- Working on transparency of reassign time
Tammy Calderon and Lindsey Ayotte nominated themselves to serve on summer executive committee. A roll call vote was taken with all voting members (19) voting to approve the membership.
3.0 Standing Agenda Items
3.1 Committee Reports
Procedure | Information | Discussion | Action
Presenter: Curriculum, IEC tri-chair, FTEFAC, SPARC, Professional Personnel, CTE
Time: 10 minutes
Notes:
Curriculum: thank you to Bianca Rowden-Quince and Jessica Hurless for all of your time and dedication to the curriculum committee!!
IEC: Thank you, AS, for allowing me to serve as the AS Rep & Tri-Chair of the IEC! It has been a fantastic learning experience! I am looking forward to participating in IEC from the perspective of a program engaging in CPR and I am so excited that Sima is stepping into the Tri-Chair role - she will be magnificent!
OER/ZTC: The majority of ZTC & LTC classes are tagged in WebSchedule for Summer & Fall; course that do not have reported course materials, please share those to Kevin Chak so we can appropriately tag your class sections. Please contact Ame or Kevin if you have questions.
- The CCCCO has released new ZTC/OER grant opportunities (see attached 5/13/24 memo)
- The CCCCO Burden Free Instructional Materials Task Group released guidance earlier this month that addresses how the state, institutions, and instructors can reduce and eliminate financial, administrative, and psychological burdens to students(see attached)
- Looking for an ASCCC OERI Liaison to Skyline College AS for AY2024-2025. I have served in this capacity for four years and it would be great to have a new voice in this area! Contact Ame for any questions or check out the ASCCC OERI Liaison webpage
- A big shout out to all our ZTC, OER, & LTC faculty! Thank you for all you do on behalf of Skyline students. You all are the bees knees!
PPC: Thanks to everyone who contributed to the raffle and made our party a success!!
AFT: Elections results can be found here.
Vice President Ryan: called for a point of privilege to share the following NON resolution:
Whereas Lindsey Ayotte has served as our fearless, passionate, kind and intelligent leader for the last 3 years
Whereas she has infused our meetings with laughter, surprises, costumes, and good-natured fun, all while guiding our work with a genuine and authentic approach.
Whereas she has shown us that things can be done different, showing emotion is appreciated, and the occasional cuss truly conveys the vibe.
Whereas she continues to be an advocate for students, faculty and humans in general.
Whereas, you didn’t hear this from me but she may be involved in a wine smuggling operation with the Admin team.
Whereas she has told me multiple times to NOT write a resolution and read it during our last meeting.
Resolved, this is not a resolution honoring Lindsey Ayotte
Resolved, we are not writing an official appreciation of her work we are simply stating
things we like about her.
Resolved, we will miss her greatly, her humor, her authenticity, her leadership and most of all her friendship.
Resolved, we wish her the best
Thank you for everything Lindsey
4.0 Announcement and Closing Procedures
4.1. Final Announcements
Presenter: President Ayotte
Time: 5 minutes
Notes:
4.2. Motion to Adjourn
Presenter: President Ayotte
Time: 1 minute
Notes: The first meeting of the Fall 2024 semester is on Thursday August 15, 2024. If you would like to request an item be put on the agenda (Consent, discussion, action or information) please submit your request for the next meeting by Thursday August 08, 2024 by 12:00pm. You can request an agenda item here
Academic and Professional Matters, AB 1725 “10 + 1”
- Curriculum, including establishing prerequisites and placing courses within disciplines
- Degree and certificate requirements
- Grading policies
- Educational program development
- Standards or policies regarding student preparation and success
- District and college governance structures, as related to faculty roles
- Faculty roles and involvement in accreditation processes, including self-study and annual reports
- Policies for faculty professional development activities
- Processes for program review
- Processes for institutional planning and budget development
- Other academic and professional matters as are mutually agreed upon between the governing board and the academic senate