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
19, 2007
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
9:00 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. First General Session
10:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. First Breakout Session
1. Tale of Two Papers: Academic Integrity and
Sabbatical Rights
2. Counseling Standards: Confusing and Challenging
to both Administrators and Faculty
3. Textbook Prices — Ouch! What to do?
4. Collaboration Essential: Honors Programs and
Student Equity
5. Hot Topics in Curriculum at the State Level:
Collaboration is Paying Off - Presentation
6. The Perkins They Be a Changing: VTEA Funding
Changes
12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. Second General Session
Luncheon
2:00 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. Second Breakout Session
1. Basic Skills Initiative: A Follow-up Conversation
about the Research
2. Disciplines List Structure: Exploring New Approaches
3. Bringing Faculty Face-to-Face with Diversity
4. How Colleges Measure Reading Competency-a Panel
Discussion
5. Distance Learning Workshop – Basic to
Advanced Techniques for Utilizing Learning Management
6. Proposed Changes to the Curriculum Regulations
in Title 5 Regulations - Presentation, Handout
3:30 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. Third Breakout Session
1. Who Owns the SLOs? Accreditation, Administration,
Students, Faculty
2. Exemplary Award Showcase: Examples in Noncredit
to Emulate
3. Distance Learning Workshop: Compare and Contrast
Several Learning Management Systems
4. Basic Skills Initiative: Research, Assessment
and Regional Training
5. Implementing the Academic Senate Resolutions
on the Associate Degree: Next Steps
6. Hot Topics in Articulation and Transfer
Friday, April 20, 2007
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. – 11:15
a.m. Fourth Breakout Session
1. Information Competency: The Invisible Basic
Skill
2. How to Collaborate and Play Well with Others:
It’s Not Just for Vocational Faculty Anymore
3. Confronting and Creating New Career Pathways:
Counselor Certification
4. Have you Reached Joint Agreement Yet? Faculty
and the Model EEO Plan - Presentation, Handout
5. Playing Nice? Benefits & Challenges of
Governance in Multi-College Districts
6. Clarifying and Choosing Course Types: Demystifying
Degree-Applicable Credit, Nondegree-Applicable
Credit, Noncredit, and Not-for-Credit (Community
Service) - Presentation, Handout
11:30
a.m. – 12:45 p.m. Fifth Breakout
Session
1. Legislation Update: What’s Happening
in Sacramento and DC—Issues and Bills Being
Discussed
2. Four Issues in Distance Education and Curriculum:
Hybrids, Separate Approval, Noncredit DE, and
Instructor Qualifications
3. Accessibility for All: Making Courses and
Services Accessible for Our Students
4. Basic Skills Initiative: Alternative Paths
and Courses
5. Confronting Challenges in Diversity Hiring
6. Hiring and Educating New Administrators -
Presentation
1:00 p.m. to
2:30 p.m. Fourth General Session
2:45 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Area Meetings
4:00 p.m. Resolutions Due
5:15 p.m. Executive Committee Meeting
Saturday, April 21, 2007
7:30 a.m. to 8:15 a.m. Buffet Breakfast
7:45 a.m. to 8:15 a.m. Delegate Sign in
8:20 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. Fifth General Session
12:00 p.m. to 12:45 p.m. Luncheon
1:00 p.m. to
3:30 p.m. Fifth General Session (Resumes)
