Faculty Senate Goals – Council Assigned

 

Goal 1:

Class notes need to be accurate for students. This means that part-time faculty must be assigned courses to ensure class notes can be included that align with their teaching practices. This is necessary to ensure students have the correct information when registering. Current practices negatively impact both PT faculty and students.

Deliverable:

Resolution because this affects students and we can’t communicate materials or testing details in class notes. Advocacy at relevant committees and 1:1s.

Status

• Discussed in Burden-Free Taskforce
• Discussed in CALM

Goal 2:

Understand what faculty senate is doing well to represent faculty interests and how can we improve on that goal.

Deliverable:

Produce a report (based on a survey) to the faculty senate that summarizes how the faculty body views the work of the faculty senate with recommendations for how the senate can better support the faculty. [note: this could potentially be an annual survey that allows faculty to provide the senate with feedback each year, survey could be used to set goals for the following years.

Status

•  Not started.  Need to develop a survey

Goal 3:

Advocate for a College Hour to increase faculty voice in shared governance.

Deliverable:

A College Hour

Status

• Goal of EESSC
• Recommendation from EESSC to College Council

Goal 4:

Explore how other community colleges assert their 10+1 purview in shared governance. How do they respond to actions and choices that infringe on their purview? Merge with #14?

Deliverable:

Produce a report to the Faculty Senate that explains how senates approach the 10+1 purview within shared governance with recommendations for the senate to implement to ensure clarity for all parties.

Status

• Not started.
• Example Alignment:  ASCCC F25 Resolution Faculty and Local Academic Senates Voice in Dual Enrollment:  “Resolved, The Academic Senate for California Community Colleges develop, in a paper and/or resources on dual enrollment that clarifies the alignment of dual enrollment with the 10+1, and provides implementation tools, promising practices, and policy support, to be presented at the Fall 2027 Plenary Session.”

Goal 5:

Develop and implement an agenda request form for the faculty senate.

Deliverable:

Microsoft Form linked from Faculty Senate website

Status

• DONE.

Goal 6:

Tighten the flow of information during senate meetings toward the goal of meeting efficiency. I really like how ASCCC does it and forces people to walk to the mic.

Deliverable:

Develop a system for limiting the amount of time spent on agenda items during senate meetings including but limited to the use of a timer.

Status

• In Progress. 
• Senate Secretary serving as time keeper
• Time allotments added to senate agenda

Goal 7:

Update the Faculty Senate Constitution and Bylaws to reflect the current practices and needs.

Deliverable:

Changes will be brought for a vote.

Status

• In Progress

Goal 8:

Develop a way to track the progress of senate goals.

Deliverable:

Excel tracking sheet available for public viewing and used in senate meetings to review goal progress.

Status

• Excel Sheet has been created but needs to be updated.
• Idea:  Senate goals as a standing agenda item at least once per month.

Goal 9:

Increase student voice in faculty senate goals, decisions and direction.

Deliverable:

Develop a set of directed questions for ASG for feedback on faculty senate goals and onboarding experience. Advocate for suggestions from ASG.

Status

• In Progress

Goal 10:

Make a decision in consultation with the PFF in regards to the DE Committee resolutions recommending the required use of Canvas for all courses including syllabi and grades at a minimum

Deliverable:

An action item is brought to Senate to support the recommendation for required use of Canvas for all classes and Senate either votes to support or does not vote to support.

Status

• Not started.