A. The Academic Senate in California: A Brief
History
B. The Legal Basis: Education Code, Title 5,
and Local Implementation
1. Sections of Title 5 and Education
Code Affecting Academic Senates
2. Incorporating the Law at the Local Level:
Board Policy, Regulations, Delegation of Authority,
and Senate/Union Relations
A. Job Description for a Local Academic Senate
President
B. College/District Reports Requiring Senate
Sign-off, Review or Vigilance
C. Committee Appointments
A. Placement in the College's Governance Structure
B. Constitution and Bylaws
C. Effective Participatory Governance
1. Goal Setting, Status Reports
and Annual Reports
2. Meetings
a. Compliance with the
Open Meetings Acts
b. Setting and Posting Agendas
(1) The Order of Business
(2) Public Comments at Meetings
(3) Posting Agendas
c. Conducting Senate Meetings
(1) Standing Rules
(2) About Parliamentary Procedures
(3) A Strategy for Conducting Discussions of
Agenda Items
(4) Strategies for Voting on Agenda Items
d. Adapting the Resolution for
your Local Use
3. Keeping the Faculty Informed
4. Faculty Participation
a. Soliciting Faculty Participation
b. Maintaining Faculty Participation
