Fall Session 2003 Program and Presentations

Please note that we continue to post materials and presentations online for faculty who were not able to attend the session. Click on the name of the breakout to go to the list of session presentations available online. Click on the name indicated after each breakout to send an email to the facilitator of the breakout.

Thursday, October 30

7:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.

• Continental Breakfast
  
• Registration
• Delegate Sign in
  

7:45 a.m. - 8:10 a.m.

• New Delegate Orientation
  Leon Marzillier, Relations with Local Senates Committee Chair
  
• Information for Candidates
  Ken Snell, Elections Chair
  

8:30 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.
First General Session

• Call to Order
  Kate Clark, President
  
• Adoption of the Procedures
  Ian Walton, Vice President
  
• Welcome
  Alan Lamson, Senate President, Pasadena City College
  
• “State of the Senate”
  Kate Clark, President
• Keynote Speaker: Robert Weisbuch, Woodrow Wilson Foundation
  

10:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.
First Breakout Sessions

1. Reality Check of English and Math Requirements: What are the Needs of Vocational and Transfer Students? (Jane Patton, Curriculum Committee Chair)
   
   
2. Follow up Discussion with Robert Weisbuch (Kate Clark, Academic Senate President)
   
   
3. Faculty Development: Role in Faculty Preparation to Meet Today’s Student (Beverly Shue, Faculty Development Committee Chair)
   
   
4. A Realistic Plan of Action: Academic Senate Political Action (Ken Snell, Legislative and Governmental Relations Committee Chair)
   
   
5. Facing Reality: Promoting Equity and Diversity Through Becoming Truly Aware (Wanda Morris, Equity and Diversity Action Committee Chair )
   
   
6. A Discussion of Placement and Assessment for Basic Skills (Mark Lieu, Basic Skills Committee Chair)
   

12:00 noon to 1:30 p.m.
Second General Session Luncheon
Keynote Speaker: Tom Nussbaum, Chancellor, Community College System

2:00 p.m. to 3:15 p.m.
Second Breakout Session

1. Student Learning Outcomes: Miramar’s Faculty-Driven Perspective (Greg Gilbert, Research Committee Chair)
   
   
2. Empowering Local Senates in the New Realities (Leon Marzillier, Relations with Local Senates Committee Chair)
   
   
3. Follow-up Discussion with the Chancellor (Kate Clark, President, Academic Senate)
   
   
4. Fighting the Reality: High-Cost Program Reduction and Discontinuancem (Shaaron Vogel, Occupational Education Committee Chair)
   
   
5. Division Chairs: Faculty vs. Administrator—A Senate Perspective (Ian Walton, Educational Policies Committee Chair)
   
   
6. Principled Use of the Web for Counseling and Advising (Dan Crump, Counseling and Library Faculty Issues Committee Chair)
   

3:30 p.m. to 4:45 p.m.
Third Breakout Sessions

1. Library and Counseling Programs—First to Be Cut? (Dan Crump, Counseling and Library Faculty Issues Committee Chair)
   
   
2. The Academic Senate’s Response to the Chancellor’s Nursing Advisory (Shaaron Vogel, Occupational Education Committee Chair)
   
   
3. California Virtual Campus: To Be or Not to Be…(Bob Grill, Technology Committee Chair)
   
   
4. Student Fees and Access: Reality vs. Principle (Ian Walton, Educational Policies Committee Chair)

5. New Accreditation Standards: Been There, Done That (Greg Gilbert, Research Committee Chair)
   
   
6. Practical Principles: Senate/Union Partnership (Ken Snell, Legislative and Governmental Relations Committee Chair)
   

4:45 p.m. to 5:45 p.m.
Resolution Writing

Candidate Statements and Resolutions due
Candidate Information
Candidate Statements and Resolutions due

6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Reception and Networking Opportunity

Friday, October 31

7:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m.

• Continental Breakfast
• Delegate Sign in
  

7:45 a.m. to 8:10 a.m.
Getting Involved at the State Level

8:15 a.m. to 9:45 a.m.
Third General Session

• Election Speeches
• Keynote Presentation: University Center at Cañada College
  

10:00 a.m. to 11:15 a.m.
Fourth Breakout Sessions

1. Cañada College Follow up Breakout (Kate Clark, President, Academic Senate)
   
   
2. Effective Practices in Basic Skills: Real Models (Mark Lieu, Basic Skills Committee Chair)
   
   
3. Online Faculty Forum: Everything You Wanted to Know About What It’s Like to Teach Online But Were Afraid to Ask! (Bob Grill, Technology Committee Chair)
   
   
4. Transfer Alert: The Access Crunch (Mark Snowhite, Executive Committee Member)
   
   
5. Faculty Development: Quality Programs on a Shoestring (Beverly Shue, Faculty Development Committee Chair)
   
   
6. Curriculum Made Easy: Overcoming Curriculum Anxiety (Jane Patton, Curriculum Committee Chair)
   

11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.
Fifth Breakout Sessions

1. Who Gets to Teach What: The Disciplines List and its Complication (Mark Snowhite, Standards and Practices Committee Chair)
   
   
2. Vocational Programs: The Foundation of Our Economy (Shaaron Vogel, Occupational Education Committee Chair)
   
   
3. Budget Issues: A Prequel to the Sequel (Ian Walton, Vice President, Academic Senate)

4. Online Resources for Faculty (Bob Grill, Technology Committee Chair)

5. Grappling with Legislative Realities (Ken Snell, Legislative and Governmental Relations Committee Chair)

6. Principled Perspective: Multiculturalism Through Teaching and Learning (Wanda Morris, Equity and Diversity Action Committee Chair)

1:00 p.m. to 2:15 p.m.
Fourth General Session Luncheon

• Recognition: Dibakar Barua
  
• Panel Discussion on the Budget and Issues of Concern
  In the political reality and turmoil precipitated by the recall effort, panelists will engage in an encore discussion about the state's current fiscal woes, the likelihood of mid-year cuts, the pressures we face retaining our commitments to access, and future community college system budgets.
  

2:30 p.m. to 3:45 p.m.
Area Meetings

4:00 p.m.
Resolutions Due

4:15 p.m.
Executive Committee meeting

Saturday, November 1

7:30 a.m. to 8:15 a.m.
Breakfast Buffet

7:45 a.m. to 8:15 a.m.
Delegate Sign in

8:20 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.
Fifth General Session

8:20 a.m. Elections Begin
8:30 a.m. Announcements
8:40 a.m. Elections and Resolutions Voting Begins

12:00 noon to 12:45 p.m.

• Luncheon
• Secretary’s Report
  Mark Snowhite, Secretary
• Treasurer’s Report
  Mark Lieu, Treasurer

1:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Fifth General Session (resumes)

4:00 p.m.
President’s Reception