Relations with Local Senates Committee

The Relations with Local Senates (RwLS) Committee serves to augment the work of the Executive Committee. The committee is interested in cultivating and maintaining a climate where equity and mutual respect are both intrinsic and explicit by valuing individuals and groups from all backgrounds, demographics, and experiences. Its overall purpose is to provide an opportunity to share local and state challenges, exemplary practices, and other information with the Executive Committee. In order to accomplish its overall mission, the RwLS members are conversant with and promote pertinent statutes and strategies for effective and inclusive academic senates. The RwLS will assess the needs of local leaders in order to provide resources needed to participate effectively in governance at the local level.  

Notes
Members represent specific area as defined in the directory, may perform local senates visits, and provide input in the planning of the Faculty Leadership Institute.
Current Members
Member Term
Christopher Howerton 2023-24 Chair
Maria-José Zeledón-Pérez 2023-24
Kathy Osburn 2023-24
Patricia Gomez 2023-24
Ronald Slabbinck 2023-24
Luke Lara 2023-24
Felipe Agredano 2023-24
Academic Year Meetings

Fall 2023

  • September 6, 2023 1:00pm - 2:30pm  ZOOM 
  • September 27, 2023 1:00pm - 2:30pm ZOOM
  • October 25, 2023 1:00pm - 2:30pm ZOOM
  • November 8, 2023 1:00pm - 2:30pm ZOOM
  • December 13, 2023 1:00pm -2:30pm ZOOM

Spring 2024 

  • January 10, 2024 1:00pm-2:30pm ZOOM
  • February 28, 2024 1:00pm - 2:30pm ZOOM (Moved to Thursday 2/22/2024)
  • March 27, 2024 1:00pm - 2:30pm ZOOM
  • April 24, 2024 1:00pm - 2:30pm ZOOM
  • May 22, 2024 1:00pm -2:30pm ZOOM

 

Current Agendas/minutes

Resolutions

Title Sort descending Session Year Category Status
Academic and Professional Matters Purview Fall 2010 Professional Standards Completed
Academic Freedom and Lecture Recordings Spring 2006 General Concerns Completed
Academic Freedom: ASCCC and Local Senate Recommendations Fall 2018 Academic Senate Assigned
Academic Senate Role in Appointing Faculty for Guided Pathways Framework Design and Implementation Fall 2017 Local Senates Assigned
Academic Senate Support for Increasing Faculty Diversity and Advancing Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility in Evaluation and Tenure Review Processes Fall 2023 Diversity and Equity Assigned
Adopt the Paper The Local Senates Handbook Spring 2015 Local Senates Completed
Advancing IDEAA in Guided Pathways Fall 2022 Diversity and Equity
Alternative Calendars Spring 2001 General Concerns Completed
Appointment of Faculty Representatives Spring 2007 Academic Senate Completed
Asserting Faculty Primacy with Respect to Establishing Low-Cost Definitions and Instructional Materials Cost-Reduction Goals Spring 2023 General Concerns Assigned
Assistance for Local Senates Spring 2006 Academic Senate Completed
Blocking of Faculty Use of Internet Sites Spring 2005 General Concerns Completed
Brown Act Local Senate Elections Spring 1997 Local Senates Completed
CalWORKs Spring 2000 Career Technical Education Completed
CalWORKs -AB 1233 Spring 2000 Career Technical Education Completed
Chancellor's E-mail Spring 1997 Consultation with the Chancellor's Office Completed
Clerical Support Fall 1996 Local Senates Completed
Collegial Consultation with Local Senates on Student Learning Outcomes Policies and Procedures Spring 2015 Local Senates Completed
Communication with Local Senates Spring 1995 Academic Senate Completed
Community College Initiative Spring 2006 State and Legislative Issues Completed
Consulting Collegially with Local Senates on Participation in Statewide Initiatives Fall 2014 Local Senates Completed
Database of Policies and Procedures Spring 2006 Academic Senate Found Not Feasible
Defining Collegiality in the Workplace Spring 2018 Professional Standards Assigned
Develop and Publish an Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Anti-Racism, and Accessibility (IDEAA) Liaison Handbook Spring 2022 Diversity and Equity
Developing Academic Senates at New California Community Colleges Spring 2000 Local Senates Completed

Rostrums

Publications

Past members

Past Members
Term: 2020-21
Member Term
Stephanie Curry 2020-21 Chair
Robert Stewart 2020-21
Katherine Krolikowski 2020-21
Cheri Fortin 2020-21
Nickawanna Shaw 2020-21
Howard Eskew 2020-21
Hossna Sadat Ahadi 2020-21
Term: 2021-22
Member Term
Amber Gillis 2021-22 Chair
Manuel Vélez 2021-22
Eric Wada 2021-22
Howard Eskew 2021-22
Katie Krolikowski 2021-22
Anna Nicholas 2021-22
Term: 2022-23
Member Term
Karen Chow 2022-23 Chair
Cheryl Aschenbach 2022-23
Katie Krolikowski 2022-23
Felipe Agredano 2022-23
Davena Burns-Peters 2022-23
Kandace Knudson 2022-23
Lisa Cox Romain 2022-23
Howard Eskew 2022-23

Past Agenda/minutes

Resources