Program of Events

Thursday, November 1, 2007
Please note the new format to this Fall Session Schedule.

7:30 a.m. Registration / Delegate Sign In

8:30 a.m. to 9:45 a.m. First Breakout Session
1. New Delegate Orientation
2. Disciplines List
3. Getting Involved at the State Level
4. Basic Skills Initiative — Where Do We Go From Here?
5. Proposed Title 5 Changes
Presentation :

• Proposed Changes to Title 5
• Index for Current and Pending Changes to Chapter 6 and Related Provisions
• Title 5 Review, Part 2-Proposed Revisions to Chapter 6
• Title 5 Review, Part 2-Proposed Revisions to Chapter 6 (Outline)
• Index of Title 5 Regulation Changes for Implementation of SB 361
• System Office Handout

9:45 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. Coffee Break

10:00 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. Second Breakout Session
1. The Evolution of Leadership: Transforming Faculty and Administrators
2. The Impact of Recent Changes to Title 5
3. Best Practices in Noncredit Program Evolution
4. Changes in Student Services Outcomes Addressing Basic Skills, Equity and Accreditation
5. Transforming our Classroom for our Changing Students
6. AP Exams — Local Policies and Practices

11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. First General Session/luncheon
Call to Order / Adoption of the Procedures

12:15 p.m. to 1:15 p.m. “State of the Senate”
Keynote Presentation: Community College Initiative

1:30 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. Third Breakout Session
1. Transforming Institutions Through the Accreditation Process
2. MQs, Equivalencies and Eminence, Oh My
3. College Conversations About Grade Data: What Should You Know and How Should You Use It?
4. Career Technical Education, Mathematics and English: Writing the Guidelines
5. Senates Taking the Lead — Institutional Practices that Facilitate Student Success
6. Recommendation on Assessment from the Consultation Task Force

3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Second General Session
Keynote Presentation — Nancy Shulock, Ph.D. Executive Director for the Institute for Higher Education Leadership and Policy and author of Rules of the Game and Beyond the Open Door: Increasing Student Success in the California Community Colleges. - Presentation

4:15 p.m. to 5:45 p.m. Resolution Writing
5:45 p.m. Resolutions and Amendments Due
6:15 p.m. to 8:15 p.m. Reception and Entertainment

Friday, November 2, 2007

7:30 a.m. Breakfast
8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. Area Meetings
10:00 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. Coffee Break

10:15 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Fourth Breakout Session
1. Nuts and Bolts
2. Noncredit 202: Definitions From the Conceptual to the Practical
3. Extreme Makeover: The Single Discipline List
4. Textbook Solutions: Changing the Cost of College
5. So Many SLOs, So Little Assessment
6. Statewide Changes in Career Technical Education

11:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Third General Session/luncheon
12:30 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. Keynote Presentation:
Diane Woodruff, Interim Chancellor
1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Presentation and Follow-up Discussion:
The Changing Demographics of the Community College Student - Presentation

3:15 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Fifth Breakout Session
1. Resolution Amendment Discussion Breakout
2. Recent Reports Focused on Community Colleges: What Do They Say? How Should We Respond?
3. Coordinating Basic Skills
4. Good Practices for Sabbaticals
5. Transfer Hot Topics
6. Examining African American and Hispanic College Student Persistence

4:45 p.m. Amendments and Urgent Resolutions Due
6:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Executive Committee Meeting

Saturday, November 3, 2007

7:30 a.m. to 8:15 a.m. Breakfast Buffet
7:45 a.m. to 8:15 a.m. Final Delegate Sign In
8:20 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. Fourth General Session
12:00 p.m. to 12:45 p.m. Fifth General Session/luncheon
1:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Resolution Voting (Resumes)
4:00 p.m. President’s Reception

Please note that this is only a preliminary schedule for the Fall Session events. The schedule and the breakout topics are subject to change. Check our website http://www.asccc.org for frequent updates and important announcements.