February 5, 2024

I. Call to Order

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Welcome

Erik Woodbury reminded members to complete their  report out

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Approval of Agenda and Minutes from  January 29, 2024

Shagun Kaur moved, Ravjeet Singh seconded to approve both minutes and agenda. No objection.

Agenda and minutes approved by unanimous consent.

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Public Comment 

Bob Kalpin: The first thing I did after reading the proposal for mandatory training for hybrid teaching is look for another job. I have several peers who will quit before being made to complete 36 hrs. of training for a job they have been doing (VERY WELL) for the last four years.

Cecilia Hui, Library: ​​Express sincere gratitude to Dean Debbie Lee from IIS division who donated 10 brand new TI-84 Plus Graphing Calculators last week. Thank you for thinking about the library and the students. A new section called Children’s Corner is now in the library, 2nd floor. It is a cute little corner with very cute furniture, tiny sofas, tiny desk, tiny chairs and cute bookshelves with 2 tree stumps. This area is for parents who study here but bring their kids to the library when studying. Come by and check it out.

Cheryl Balm: Math chair can get free TI calculators for instructional use. The library can email her for contacts with who can help them with getting more calculators.

Shagun Kaur asked about the request to update the Covid protocols.

Christina Espinosa-Pieb: The Covid protocols have all been updated. 

Christina Espinosa-Pieb: Communications will design and print the De Anza ICE Protocol posters to put in classrooms and meeting places. 

Shagun Kaur suggested sending an email to alert faculty about the update.

They will put the update in the Quick News.

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II. Consent Calendar

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Approval of Consent Calendar (Attachment)

Hiring Committee, Dean of Community Education

Confirm Marek Cichanski and Mike Appio to serve as Faculty Representatives 

Cheryl Balm moved to approve the consent calendar, James Tallent seconded. No objections. Committee approved.

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III. Needs and Confirmation

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District and College Needs (Attachment)

More EO Representatives.

AS Scholarship Committee members to assist with the process, especially the reading of scholarship applications.

The Academic Senate GE Committee still needs representatives from each division, specially those most impacted, to make recommendations about the college GE pattern. (See above attachment for structure and timeline.)

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Confirmations

No confirmationI

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V. New & Continuing Business

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Resolution Honoring Jeff Staudinger (1st Read)

Bill Roeder, Environmental Studies, presented the resolution to honor his friend and colleague, Jeff Staudinger. He and Jeff worked together for more than 13 years and oversaw 3 CTE programs. Jeff was his advisor and mentor, who served on his hiring and tenure committees. 

Bill and many in the room expressed their support and sent their condolences to Jeff’s wife Maria, daughter Sammy, and mother Alice.

Maria thanked everyone for everything. She was touched and appreciated the resolutions and support. 

Shagun Kaur moved to approve the resolution with acclamation and without a second read, Cheryl Balm seconded. All ayes. Approved with acclamation. 

Erik Woodbury printed copies of the resolution for Jeff’s family.

Anita Muthyala-Kandula, BHES, dean: Jeff will be sorely missed. He was a wonderful, passionate instructor. He cared for his students, his programs, and his department. Jeff was very dear to her, the department and the division. They plan to celebrate Jeff’s life with the support of the college and the school district.

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Academic Senate Membership Drive Update

The membership drive set the goal of getting 200 new members. LK, Rusty, Sherwin, and James have joined as paying members. He encouraged other members of the Senate to join and become a supporting member of the Academic Senate. He asked representatives to speak up about this at their department meetings, division meetings, and individual conversations. The Senate will be hosting outreach events as the next part of the drive.

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Curriculum Committee Update

Proposed: Course & Program Proposal Forms (third read)

New Course Proposal and Course Number Request Form

There were some changes based on suggestions from the last meeting. 

Erik added “ticking boxes” and new question 7.

Mary Pape moved to approve the New Course Proposal and Course Number Request Form, Catherina seconded. No objection. Form approved

Collegially Consult with Foothill College on new Courses and Programs

Intended to be part of a process to share information across the 2 campuses.

Mary Pape moved, LK seconded to approve the bilateral agreement.  No objection. Approved.

Both will take effect next year.  

General Education Update

Catherina: Nothing new with the GE pattern. The main important thing is to have a committee ready to start the conversation. The state is very slow with recommendation and additional memorandum. Therefore, the committee must act quickly. The college has until Fall 25 to comply and implement the changes. If the committee starts working now, they can be on time. A lot of the GE areas need to be updated. Therefore, the committee needs representation from different divisions.

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SLO Update

Mary Pape shared the following powerpoint https://www.deanza.edu/slo/workshops/Academic%20Senate%20February%202024.pptx

Mary Pape went over the redesigned Student Learning Outcome website. The landing page for the old website just talks about Instructional Learning Outcomes. The new site also includes Student Services Learning Outcomes and Administrative Units Outcomes. There are also links to previous presentations and workshops, including the current presentation.

Most Frequently Asked Question: 

How often outcomes for a course need to be assessed?

Once every five years. That is at least once before the next time it is revised. Assess more often if it is one of the most frequently taught courses in your department.

Crafting an Outcome Statement 

Use Bloom’s Taxonomy

Make the outcome pleasant to read. 

Examples:Apply fundamental constructs as they apply to coding solutions for introductory level programming problems. 

Apply fundamental constructs to coding solutions for introductory level programming problems.

Mary also pointed out a column (currently labeled ‘Midterm’ on the eLumen form that could be used to indicate “Student met SLO Outcomes”, “Student did not meet outcomes”, “N/A” 

FHDA Faculty Association and both Foothill Academic Senate and De Anza Academic Senate would need to agree to use it. Faculty would need to use it on a quarterly basis.

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Measure G Update: Discussion of Event Center Funds and potential redistribution 

Board Meeting 2/12/2024

What is developing? 

Foothill and De Anza will need to come up with a plan and a proposal for allocation of the funds, $81 million, originally designated for the Megaproject that included the Events Center, Student Services, the Arts Quad, and other projects to replace the Flint Center.

A year ago, the Board agreed with President Holmes that the Megaproject approach to planning for a new events center and other college projects needed a reset. In May, a Measure G Task Force was appointed to study and work on a proposal that was presented at the August Board Meeting. The proposal was met with enthusiastic support.

Since then, questions have arisen around the final disposition of the $80 million previously identified for the Megaproject. Foothill College, as requested by the chancellor,  is currently putting together a proposal for some to all of those dollars.

Discussion 

Shagun Kaur: The Measure G Task Force did a lot of work to come up with a proposal in accordance with all the asks and needs from all involved parties.

Lloyd Holmes: The Task Force did exactly what the board asked for. Since then, something has changed.

This appeared to be another reset. Proposals will be considered by the Board of Trustees, likely at their meeting in March. The February Board meeting is scheduled for next Monday evening.

De Anza has developed a facility master plan with a list of needs. President Holmes has taken Trustees Peter Landsberger and Pearl Cheng on a tour of the facilities. Chancellor Lambert toured the campus last week. All were appalled by the condition of the Arts Quad.

There were discussions and concerns regarding the Arts facilities and the Affording Housing project and funding.

People may advocate their concerns by communication to the Senate and to the Board. Board meetings can be viewed online and public comment can be submitted via email or in person at the start of the meeting.

Erik introduced Sam Bliss, the new AVPI and the administrative liaison to the Academic Senate.

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Training and Support for RSI/Online Teaching: Developing a model

There were some responses and feedback from the 36-hour training proposed as a requirement on online teaching presented last week. It would be important to have the discussion and get opinions before it is finalized for FA negotiation.

There was support for the robust training. Be lifelong learners with all the rapid changes. Also, to demonstrate academic excellence,  by being the best version of ourselves.

Someone suggested having not just one course, but several different modules for specific faculty needs. The goal is to make sure those teaching online have the necessary skill and resources. 

Shagun Kaur: It is better to do something well than doing something under panic.

There was discussion about credit for prior learning as well as “testing out” of the requirement. Also, who will be responsible for the evaluation.

James Capurso: They are working on some options like peer reviews. They can be accommodating, but still need to uphold the standards

Shagun requested clarification from FA if this may automatically trigger J1 for adjunct faculty.

February 26, Joint meeting with Foothill to discuss this matter.

James will come back with more for discussion next week. 

James suggested the use of the popetech guideline for the test out. Also how to identify evaluators.

Gabby mentioned an advisor board for equivalency assessment. 

Christina: credit for prior learning assessment require disciplineexpertise; she emphasized the importance of discipline- specific evaluators.

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Good of the Order

Please review all  report outs

Mary Pape: Shoutout to Juan Diaz for developing the helpful and student friendly Chat Cat box on the website.

Congrats to Mark Landefeld and the De Anza badminton team - another 3C2A Scholar Team Award for the state champs!

Shagun Kaur: Governor Newsom has declared a State of Emergency in Southern California.

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Adjournment

Mary Pape motioned, Cheryl Balm seconded, to adjourn, no objection.

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Attendance

In person

Erik Woodbury, Patty Guitron, So Kam Lee

Cheryl Balm, Catie Cadge-Moore, Vernon Gallegos, Elsa Jimenez-Samayoa, Rusty Johnson, Shagun Kaur, Sherwin Mendoza, Anna Nguyen, Liliana Rivera, Mary Pape, Christian Rodriguez, Jayanti Roy, Lakshmikanta "LK" Sengupta, Ravjeet Singh, James Tallent, Felisa Vilaubi, Glynn Wallis, Catherina Wong, *Lydia Wong

Online

Mirsaeid Abolghasemi, Cecilia Hui, Mark Landefeld

Absent

*Deborah Armstrong, Mary Donahue, Sheldon Fields, Kevin Glapion, Lauren Gordon, Lisa Mesh, Li Wei Sun