One
of the responsibilities of the
Occupational Education Committee
is to organize the Vocational
Institute. This year’s
Vocation
Education Institute was
held at the Hayes Mansion in
San Jose. Over 120 faculty attended
this event and participated
in a number of informative breakouts.Click
hereto access
the schedule of events, the
presentations, handouts and
other resources.
Committee
Charge
The Occupation Education Committee provides a
forum for discussion of current vocational education
issues, develops consensus on those issues and
recommends policy and positions to the Executive
Committee and the General session. The Committee
develops and implements strategies to increase
the number of occupational education faculty
on their local Senates.
Membership
2007-2008
Berta Harris, Child Development, San Diego City
College
Scott Rosen, Computer and Information Science,
Santa Rosa Junior College
Jose Velasquez, Building Construction Trade,
Imperial Valley College
Shaaron Vogel, Nursing, Butte College
Breck Withers, Business Office Technology, Santa
Rosa Junior College
Goal 1: The
Academic Senate will increase and make more
visible our service to local senates
Outcomes: Increased visibility
of the Academic Senate and local academic
senate to all faculty on the 109 California
Community Colleges
Objectives:
1.1
Examine and improve services to member
senates
Res. No.
Status and
Priority
1.2
Increase personal contacts with each
campus
1.3
Reach out to new faculty and new faculty
leaders
1.4
Affirm the
importance of strong local senates
Goal
2: Strengthen our Leadership in Academic
and Professional Matters on behalf of the
Faculty of California's Community Colleges
Outcomes: Increased external
recognition
Objectives:
2.1
Serve faculty
who serve students
Status and
Priority
Collaborate
with faculty and local senates to ascertain
the following: the level of faculty awareness
of the 10 EDPAC initiatives and the level
of integration of those initiatives with
college programs, departments, senates and
faculty.
F06
21.01
Ongoing. Started
a list of ideas to put in a survey to faculty.
Plan to attempt a survey of faculty in Fall
2007 session and Spring 2008 at Vocational
Leadership. Priority: Medium
Work with local
senates and vocational programs to help students
achieve the needed levels of competency for
their educational and occupational goals.
Work with professional occupational organizations
to oppose any push from individuals or
groups to lower the educational expectations
or standards for occupational programs.
F06 21.02
Ongoing. Not
much work on this one this year but new focus
in new Perkins and state CTE plan so will
need new focus next year. Work with local
senates and curriculum on development of
SLO and discussion of to achieve this and
hold breakouts at session.
Shared with the Statewide Health Advisory
Committee (radiology/dental), CCCAOE, and
EDPAC groups. Continue to monitor for new
legislation that weakens standards in curriculum
set by faculty. Priority: Low
Work with local senates
and occupational faculty to help inform them
about the new funding options and requirements
with VTEA/Perkins funding and oppose any
changes that circumvent agreed-upon local
budgetary processes for the local distribution
of VTEA funding.
F06 21.03
Ongoing. Shared
new Perkins plan at Spring session breakout,
Voc Leadership
and in Rostrum article. Continue to share
information about new Perkins funding at
Fall session 2007, encourage faculty to attend
Fall forums offered by system office on this
and do a Rostrum article. Priority: High
Integrate occ Ed issues
and perspectives at plenary and other senate
events and seek out Occ Ed faculty to address
the BOG regarding occ ed at CC and consider
publishing at least one Rostrum a year devoted
to Occ Ed
Use findings of a faculty survey on EDPAC
and initiatives to inform EDWPAC and the
system office.
S07
21.01
To be Addressed. Work with
other committee chairs to find ways to integrate
occ ed topics into their breakouts at session.
Work with committee members to produce one
Rostrum article each issue. Discuss with
President the feasibility of one issue a
year with Occ Ed
Plan a survey for fall 2007 and one at
Vocational Leadership sp 2008. Priority: High
Research new legislation,
laws and funding issues that affect Occ Ed
and review previous papers on Occ Ed and
update or rewrite paper with new information.
S07 21.02
To be addressed.
Will review with committee. Revising occ
ed papers a focus of other resolutions. Priority: High
Develop a survey that students
can do that provides information regarding
Occ Ed programs and work with local senates,
vocational faculty and the Student Senate
for CCC to disseminate this survey to students.
S07
21.03
To be addressed. Will discuss
with committee the feasibility of developing
and disseminating a survey of this nature.
Discuss with Student Senate leadership how
they might help. Concerned about return rate
and mechanism of such a survey. Priority: Medium
Affirm our leadership role
as the largest provider of occupational education
for workforce development programs, and reaffirm
our position that education rather than just
training is needed to ensure California its
leadership position in the global marketplace.
S99 21.03
Ongoing. Communicated ASCCC
positions with outside groups such as EDPAC,
CCCAOE, Advisory committees Etc. Need to
continue with this push. Assist ASCCC in
assigning Occ. Ed. Faculty to leadership
roles as appropriate such as CCCCO Regional
Consortia. Priority: High
Work with Local Senates
committee to ensure that local senates communicate
and work with vocational faculty and get
their input regarding compressed calendars
and its impact on vocational programs.
S06 20.03
Ongoing—Discuss with
local senates chair the best way to accomplish
this action. Priority: Medium
2.2
Generate
resources for local faculty
Ensure that
Perkins funding for community college vocational
programs be continued; urge the Board of
Governors to undertake advocacy with California
congressional representatives and collaborate
with congressional representatives from other
states whose community college programs rely
on this funding to ensure the continuance
of the Perkins funding for community college
vocational programs.
F02 21.02
Ongoing. The
Board of Governors supports and advocates
for continued Perkins funding for community
college vocational programs. Legislative
Committee will work with System Office and
other ASCCC committees to advocate Perkins
funding for community colleges. Priority: Medium
Continue
to document the need for funding for occupational
educational programs and work with the Chancellor’s
Office and legislation to develop a stable,
substantial and ongoing funding mechanism
to address equipment needed to ensure the
currency and adequacy of community college
occupational programs.
S99 21.02
F02
21.01
Ongoing—
The Committee will continue to advocate when opportunities arise. Committee discussed
areas of old papers that needed updating and gathered information that needed
to be added to new paper(s). Start to work on a new paper on vocational issues.
Perkins funding was reauthorized after a fight and will continue to 2012. A
special system committee was formed to do a 5-year CTE plan and Perkins plan.
This is due out Fall 2007. Priority: High
Work
with the System Office and Legislation to
reduce vocational students unit load to qualify
for CalWorks from 12 units to 9 units.
F02 20.01
In
progress. Will discuss with committee feasibility
of such action. Will discuss with President
how to undertake such action. Priority: Low Priority
Develop a listing
of resources for occupational faculty on
the Academic Senate website and promote the
availability of such resources widely.
S05 21.02
In progress.
Will work with committee members to figure
out best way to accomplish this task. Perhaps
a detailed survey for voc ed leadership
institute designed to find out exactly
what information is most needed by voc
ed faculty. Priority: High
Research and
disseminate best practices regarding the
impact of matriculation, placement efforts
and course registration practices on Occ.
Ed. students.
F05 21.01
In progress.
Will discuss with committee the possibility
of surveying matriculation officers about
the impact on voc ed students. Coordinate
w/Counseling and Library Committee—perhaps
work with SB 70 Grant funding on Career
Pathways Project to work on this resolution. Priority: Medium
Survey occupational
faculty and summarize their issues, concerns
and recommendations for the future of vocational
programs.
F05 21.02
In progress.
Will discuss with committee how this task
might be accomplishes though the work on
other resolutions. Priority: Low
2.3
Confirm
our focus on students in our decision-making
2.4
Build
relationships with other groups
Reaffirm
its support of career ladders in general
and encourage vocational faculty to participate
in the Statewide Career Pathways SB 70 Project
to build career pathways for our students.
F06 7.02
Ongoing—Continue
to Work with SB 70 team who will take the
lead on this but share at Vocational Leadership
Institute and by e-mail. Priority: Medium
Support
public and private partnerships in which
educators are recognized for their expertise
in learning methods and knowledge needed
to obtain and hold employment, and
promote expansion of methods to provide significant
private sector participation on all appropriate
state and local advisory groups, and
assist in the development of criteria, methods
and guidelines for establishing, operating
and evaluating the effectiveness of public
and private partnerships.
S99 21.04
Ongoing
Continue to express the Senate’s positions
in all communications with outside groups
on this topic.
Continue to maintain relationships with
outside groups such as EDPAC, CCCAOE, Regional
Consortia, and various industry groups. Priority: Medium
Goal
3: The Academic Senate will provide
leadership and professional development
opportunities to faculty and other constituent
groups
Outcomes: Increased number
of informed faculty
Objectives:
3.1
Enhance
professional development opportunities
Status and
Priority
Facilitate
the collaboration of all faculty to provide
students with the support and alternative
practical application courses needed to achieve
the higher requirements for the associate
degree.
F06 21.04
Ongoing—
Will continue to update faculty through voc
ed leadership institute and Rostrum articles.
Will work with basic skill initiative chair
to discuss ways this issue might be incorporated
into the BSI. Priority: Medium
