GLENDALECOMMUNITY COLLEGE
SOCIAL SCIENCES DIVISION
MINUTES
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2007- 12 NOON
LB 225
The Social Sciences Division Meeting was called to order at 12:00 pm
Present: Gordon Alexandre, Beth Kronbeck, Cameron Hastings, John Queen, Randal Parker, Levon Marashlian, Dan Considine, Lina Gupta, Daphne Dionisio, Wendy Fonarow, Mike Reed, Hazel Ramos, Fabiola Torres, Kerry Riley, Inger Thompson, Michelle Kim, Mark Maier, Richard Kamei, Mona Field, Victoria Buersch, JC Moore, Mike Dulay, Ramona Barrio-Sotillo, Peggy Renner, Darren Leaver, Andra Verstraete, Eric Johnston, Denise Leong
INFORMATION ITEMS- Roger Bowerman
- Division Retreat: Feb 2 at the PacificPark community center, great location, lunch provided!
- Campus is up 5.5 % in FTE’s from this time last year. The campus has a 79% fill rate for winter and the division is at 85%.
- JC Moore has paid back the division in full from the calendar loan.
- Kerry Riley is the new cultural diversity coordinator – congrats!
- Thanks to Tom Hogue also for acting as interim cultural diversity program coordinator.
- SLO assessment cycle- we are working todevelopaccurate ways to evaluate student learning outcomes by the end of spring. This is extremely important for accreditation.
- Roger will be in charge of accreditation starting in the spring, which also coincides with his last term as division chair. Please speak with Roger if you are interested in possibly running for the position.
SENATE REPORT- Randal Parker, John Queen & Peggy Renner
- It was decided that every departmental SLO should be included in every course syllabus, rather than on the course outline.
- Instructors are also going to be required to put a statement on their syllabiregarding students with disabilities.
- Current issues in the Senate include whether or not there should be plusses and minuses on the grades, the f and wf, and student repeats (students can take a class for a 3rd time and we’d get money for it).
- There are other changes coming in Title V but none that really affect our division.
. GUILD REPORT- Gordon Alexandre and Richard Kamei
- Prop 92 has been high on the radar. They have more than exceeded their goal of 35k for the state.
- January 15 from 12-1:30, there is an event- a rally and media event for prop 92. They have instituted a policy of meeting with new faculty on the 4th Tuesday of every month.
- The Guild is currently developing relations with the GTA (Glendale teachers assn), which is a good thing.
- We have had a number of campus safety issues- they are working to make the process more clear.
- The Guild is currently working on the following: stipends in lieu of release time (3500 per term), calendars- they signed off on a 2 year calendar, healthcare for adjuncts- they are trying to stretch out the funds.
GEOGRAPHY 114- Mike Reed
Outcomes- It was MSCU (Dulay, Renner) that the Social Sciences division approves Mike Reed to teach Geog 114 at the Baja Field Station.
DIVISION RETREAT- Roger Bowerman
- Winter Retreat Issues:
- How social sciences goes about the assessment (submit your rubrics) (everyone should at least look at and know what the SLO is before the retreat),
- look at the mission statement and see what it means for us, how to reconfigure and who gets it when Kreider,
- enrollment management and what it means,
- things that social scientists do in class that work/ teaching strategies,
- what does faculty need to do with SLO’s for accreditation,
- cultural diversity,
- If you have other items for the agenda, please contact Roger or Cori
OTHER- Roger Bowerman
- Grades are due: Wednesday January 2! Please be timely about this matter.
- There has traditionally been no money for field studies and people don’t get funded nor paid for their time. The guild has an ad hoc task force out looking at this situation in a more meaningful way.
- PARTY this Sunday!! You can still RSVP. Please help clean up or set up.
NEXT MEETING
The next meeting is scheduled for 12:00 p.m. on March 11, 2008
ADJOURNMENT: The meeting was adjourned at 1:00 pm