Meetings
General Resources
- Information about: Brown Act, Brown Act synopsis, Roberts' Rules of Order - Cheat Sheet, Consent Agendas
- Meeting Modality
- For voting members of Senate, a zoom option will continue so long permits AB 361 loosening of Brown Act virtual meeting requirements. AB 361 will apply as long as California maintains a state of emergency related to Covid-19.
- For non-voting members, Senate plans to continue offering zoom attendance options regardless of any State of Emergency.
- ASCCC (State Academic Senate) Plenary: Nov. 3-5 (Hybrid Event), Spring Plenary - TBD
Meeting Day: 2nd and 4th Thursdays of each month
Time: 1:00-3:00pm (NEW MEETING TIME FOR SPRING 2023 SEMESTER)
Locations: Zoom and Bldg. 9-154
Meeting Dates:
- Aug. 25
- Sept. 8 & Sept. 22
- Oct. 13 & Oct. 27
- Nov. 10
- Dec. 8
Winter Break
- Jan. 26
- Feb. 9 & Feb. 23
- Mar. 9 & Mar. 23
- Apr. 13 & Apr. 27
- May 11
Class Scheduling Related Goals
- Help inform College and District decisions on teaching modalities
- Help inform District revision of class minimums policy
- Improve transparency around how classes get added or not added
- Discuss process for when to open a new section of a course
- Late Start Classes
- Improve transparency and understanding of which class sections are offered as late state courses
- Discuss general college approach to late state courses
Goals Related to Teaching Challenges
- Host discussions of class attendance and participation
- Better understand and discuss current experiences with multi-modal teaching
- Explore setting standards for multi-modal teaching
- Identify resources needed, such as professional development and technology resources
Textbook Affordability Subcommittee (TAS) Related Goals
- Work with TAS to increase use of Open Educational Resources (OER)/Zero Textbook Cost courses
- Work with TAS to ensure that OER/ZTC resources increases diversity, equity, inclusion, accessibility, and anti-racism
- Work with TAS to develop other methods of reducing/eliminating textbook costs besides online material/ebooks
Other Goals
- Identify professional development needs for counseling faculty related to offering counseling services in new modalities
- Guide and promote roll out of Peer Online Course Review Workgroup
- Discuss Renewal Process for Reassign Time positions, especially as program-level positions that currently require renewal every two years.
- Finish creation of a Program Improvement and Viability Process
- Improve process for printing requests
Goals that Academic Senate Should Monitor
- Work with District Teaching and Learning (DTL) and District Academic Senate (DAS) to update Academic Honesty policies in order to better address current learning environments
- Monitor and discuss District Academic Senate’s workgroup on class maximums policy
- Monitor and discuss efforts to make student registration process easier and to get students registered earlier
- Monitor AB (Assembly Bill) 1111 and 928. Keep regular communications on developments related to these measures.
- Help ensure there all services are available for evening students
- Identify primary methods and criteria by which students discover and differentiate between Cañada classes and similar classes in other colleges (especially classes that are program entry points).
Notable Ongoing Responsibilities
- Prioritize new faculty position proposals
- Nominations for Academic Senate for California Community Colleges (ASCCC) awards
- Nominations for local college awards
Direct links to archives of past years' meetings
- Archive of 2021-2022
- Archive of 2020-2021
- Archive of 2019-2020
- Archive of 2018-2019
- Archive of 2017-2018
- Archive of 2016-2017
- Archive of 2015-2016
- Archive of 2014-2015
- Archive of 2013-2014
- Archive of 2011-2013
- Archive of 2010-2011
- Archive of 2009-2010
- Archive of 2008-2009
- Archive of 2007-2008
- Archive of 2006-2007
- Archive of 2005-2006
- Archive of 2004-2005
If you don't see the most recent past year listed above, please go to directly to the meetings archive webpage and let the Senate President know to update the above list.
Fall 2022 - Spring 2023
Date (and Clickable Zoom Link) | Agenda | Minutes | Materials |
Letter of Support for Non-Instructional Faculty Item August Flex Day Item Textbook Affordability Subcommittee (TAS) Item ASCCC Resolutions Item (Statewide Academic Senate)
President Report Items
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Minutes |
District Senate Bylaws Item
Strategic Enrollment Management Plan Item President's Report Items |
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Minutes |
Mid-Cylce CTE Program Review Questions New Faculty Position Proposal Application Letter of Support for Non-Instructional Faculty Textbook Affordability Sub-committee District Class Size Policy Item
President's Report Items
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[Meeting cancelled due to campus closure] |
Agenda |
[Meeting did not occur] |
New Faculty Position Proposal Application
District Academic Senate Bylaws Item
District Class Size Policy Item
President's Report Items Resolutions up for discussion at State Academic Senate Area Meetings (Area B – tomorrow, Friday March 24) |
Minutes |
ACCJC Midterm Report Items
Textbook Affordability Item Professional Needs Assessment Item SB 893 Item
Enrollment Management Plant Item
President's Report Item |
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Minutes |
Fall 2022 student survey data on Low-Cost Textbooks and Zero-Cost Textbooks Draft of Change to Program Review Question 11 Current draft of the Professional Development Needs Assessment Survey Resharing of the Course Scheduling Presentation from last meeting
President's Report Items
Upcoming Events, Matters of Interest
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Minutes |
Draft of Program Improvement and Viability Process
Course Scheduling Presentation Senate Poll Results to Give Initial Priorization of Faculty Representatives for the Equity and Antiracism Planning Council |
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Minutes |
Presentation on Training Recertification Options for Faculty Teaching Online New Faculty Position Proposal Form Material
Draft of Program Improvement and Viability Process Program Review Reflection - December 2022 Collected Feedback Curriculum Committee Material |
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Faculty Position Request Items
ASCCC 2020 Paper on Academic Freedom Upcoming Brown Act Changes in March 2023 Textbook Affordability Subcommittee: December Report President's Report Items
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November 10, 2022 |
Minutes |
Consent Agenda Item Public Comment on Non-Agenda Items Proposed Resolution on Enrollment Data
Draft Reassignment Application for Dual Enrollment Instructional Support Position(s) Strong Workforce Updates
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Minutes |
ASCCC (State Academic Senate) Fall 2022 Plenary Resolutions Packet
Draft Academic Senate goals for 2022-23 Student Equity and Acheivement Plan (SEAP) in a Nutshell Draft Academic Senate resolution on Pandemic-Impacted Enrollment Data |
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Minutes |
Academic Senate Orientation Possible Academic Senate Goals for 2022-23
Update on Equity and Antiracism Council (EAPC) Efforts Textbook Affordability Subcommittee October 10 Report AB 928 Related Items
President's Report Items
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Minutes |
Discussions Notes on Dual Enrollment from Previous Years
Notes on Dual Enrollment - September 22, 2022 Notes Academic Senate Orientation Possible Academic Senate Goals for 2022-23
Material Related to the Strong Workforce Outcomes and Support for instructional Programs
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Minutes |
Textbook Affordability Subcommittee September 8 Report Librarian Replacement Position Proposal Current draft of CalGETC Single Transfer Pathway (this is to satisfy the AB 928 legislation) Academic Senate Orientation (delayed to September 22nd meeting) |
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Minutes |
AB 361 Resolution - Allowing Continued Remote Meetings Under the Brown Act Timeline for the SMCCD Chancellor Search Committee Peer Online Course Review (POCR) Workgroup Presentation Possible Academic Senate Goals for 2022-23
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