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Program of Events

Please note that this is only a preliminary schedule for the Spring Session events. The schedule and the breakout topics are subject to change.

Thursday, April 27, 2006

7:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast
7:30 a.m. Registration
7:45 a.m. to 8:15 a.m. Delegate Sign in

7:45 a.m. to 8:45 a.m. Discipline Hearings
A discussion about the new Discipline List Revision process and recently received proposals.

9:00 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. First General Session
State Of The Senate, Ian Walton, President
Keynote Speaker: Brian Murphy, President, DeAnza College

10:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. First Breakout Session
1. Effective Senates: Are We There Yet?
2. Online Counseling: Counseling or Advising
3. A Snapshot of Noncredit in the California Community Colleges
4. Faculty Participation: Key to the Model Equal Employment Opportunity Plan
5. Legislative Update
6. The Ballot Initiative—You Decide

12:00 noon to 1:30 p.m. Second General Session Luncheon
Keynote: Should we go there? The 80% Question

2:00 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. Second Breakout Session
1. Providing the Road Map: The Faculty Role in DE Program Development
2. Shouldn’t Pre-requisites be an Academic and Professional Matter?
3. Okay, Now That We’re Here, What Happens? Student Orientation Breakout
4. Career Counseling: Support to Instructor
5. Should We Go There? Continuing the Discussion of the 80% Proposal
6. We are There and We’d Like you to Join Us: The Perils and Triumphs of Adopting +/- Grading

3:30 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. Third Breakout Session
1. Are we Ready Yet? Readiness Standards for DE Faculty
2. Compressed Calendars: Are We Glad We’re There?
3. Outside Pressures: Changing Public Perceptions of the Faculty
4. R We Ready for a Reading Requirement?
5. Math/English—Together We Can Make This Fly
6. Minors on Campus

4:45 p.m. to 5:45 p.m. Resolution Writing
6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Reception, Student Entertainment

Friday, April 28, 2006

7:30 a.m. to 8:15 a.m. Continental Breakfast
7:45 a.m. to 8:15 a.m. 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

10:00 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. Fourth Breakout Session
1. Where You’re Going Is Where You’ve Been: Part II of Getting Basic Skills Students Started Early and Often, Pretty Good Practices
2. Equal ≈ Equal: Making Equivalency as Simple as Quantum Mechanics
3. Dialog of Interdisciplinary Studies
4. Now What?—Implementing the System Strategic Plan
5. Matriculation Assessment/Placement: A Discussion
6. Ensuring Regular Effective Contact: Curriculum Processes for Preventing Instructors from Going MIA

11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. Fifth Breakout Session
1. Fishing for Outcomes
2. Noncredit Curriculum: Defining and Approving Noncredit Courses
3. Program Showcases
4. Getting Us There: Mentoring for Diversity
5. Legislative Advocacy
6. Articulation with Universities and High Schools: New CCC Course Numbering and Alignment with High School Vocational Programs

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

2:30 p.m. to 3:45 p.m. Area Meetings
4:00 p.m. Resolutions Due
5:15 p.m. Executive Committee Meeting
The purpose of this meeting is to entertain any “urgent” resolutions. (See resolution procedures included in the Session Packet.)

Saturday, April 29, 2006

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
Elections and Resolution Voting Begin

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

1:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Fifth General Session (resumes)
4:00 p.m. President’s Reception