Taft College Academic Senate Minutes<\/p>\n

January 9, 2012 (Special Meeting for Division Chairs to Present for Positions) 2:10pm<\/p>\n

T-13<\/p>\n

Attendance documented on sign-in sheet, in office of human resources.<\/p>\n

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• Call to Order. <\/strong>Vice-President Michelle Beasley, presiding in Bill Devine\u2019s absence, called the meeting to order at 2:10pm.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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  • Public Commentary. <\/strong>Sharyn Eveland said, \u201cI\u2019m so happy to be \u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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    • Review of January 6th Minutes. <\/strong>David Berry moved to approve the minutes, and David Layne seconded the motion. Minutes were approved with<\/li>\n
    • Business Instructor Position. <\/strong>Summary\u2014Kanoe Bandy presented the handout \u201cRequest for Faculty Position: Business Instructor\u201d and narrated its contents, which included the criteria approved at the January 6th<\/li>\n
    • Studio Art Instructor Position. <\/strong>Summary\u2014Sonja Swenson presented the handout \u201cStudio Art Instructor\u201d and spoke from the PowerPoint presentation \u201cStudio Art Instructor\u201d which addressed the criteria approved at the January 6th<\/li>\n
    • Counseling Position. <\/strong>Summary\u2014Jack Gallon, Darcy Bogle, Candace Duron, and Lourdes Gonzales addressed the need for counseling faculty, explaining that counseling affects all students, delineating unfilled positions, and using multiple handouts, including \u201cCounseling Position\u201d to address the criteria for ranking faculty<\/li>\n
    • Sociology Position. <\/strong>Summary\u2014Sharyn Eveland presented the handout \u201cSociology Position\u201d and narrated its contents, which addressed the criteria approved at the January 6th<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      After she presented, Darcy Bogle pointed out that students only declare their major once, on their application, and that the data regarding the number of majors for all of the presentations may have been inaccurate because students frequently change their majors during their studies at Taft College.<\/p>\n

      Sharyn Eveland explained that she got the data for her presentation, including the number of majors, from the program review CDs provided to program leads by the Office of Institutional Research, Assessment, and Planning.<\/p>\n

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      Darcy responded that she was suggesting that perhaps students might update their information on a regular basis to help generate better data and allow the college to better meet their needs.<\/p>\n

      Brian Jean said, \u201cHeck yeah on the admissions update,\u201d and explained that students in his online classes who had not updated their information had old email addresses and were missing information.<\/p>\n

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      • Adjournment<\/strong>\u2014 Before she adjourned the meeting, Michelle Beasley reminded all present to complete a faculty ranking form for each position and return it to Bill<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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        –Submitted by Geoffrey Dyer<\/p>\n

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