LEEWARD COMMUNITY COLLEGE

2003 – 2004  Faculty Senate

 

APPROVED Minutes of the March 10, 2004 Meeting

James Goodman, Chair

Nancy Buchanan, Vice Chair

Candace Hochstein, Secretary

 

 

SENATORS PRESENT:  N. Buchanan, J. Chernisky, L. Currivan, R. Flegal, C. Ganne, J. Goodman, K. Hill, C. Hochstein, W. Imada, P. Kennedy, P. Lococo, C. Martin, S. Palombo, R. Pfeiffer, M. Reese, D. Sakai, W. Teraoka, S. Wood

 

SENATORS EXCUSED:  M. Nakano, F. Sherry, L. Yamada

 

GUESTS:  Jay Espinosa (Student Government), Eli Tsukayama (Student Government), Daniel Chun (Student Government), DJ Danner (Student Government), Steven Broun (Student Government).

 

CALL T0 ORDER:  The meeting was called to order at 3:20 p.m. with a quorum.

 

APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES:  The minutes of the meeting were approved with minor corrections.

-Curriculum Committee – include “curriculum committee review of” after However in the second sentence.  It will then read, “However, curriculum committee review of such proposals would not be completed in time for the catalog, or by the end of this semester.”

 

 

COMMITTEE REPORTS: 

 

BUDGET AND PLANNING – No report at this time.

 

FACULTY COMMITTEE – Senator Wood reported that the committee would meet March 11, 2004 as 12:30 pm to discuss the “No Show” policy.  The committee would also be sharing the names of faculty who agreed to be on the Excellence in Teaching Award Committee.

 

Chair Goodman commended the Faculty committee on its work on the Chief Academic Officer Search Committee.

 

ELECTIONS COMMITTEE – No report at this time.

 

ACADEMIC/INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT – Senator Martin shared a handout that listed questions/concerns that the committee was working on and positive comments about the campus.

 

LEGISLATIVE RELATIONS – Senator Chernisky shared a proposed memo regarding the “Resolution for a Faculty Settlement.”  The Senate rearranged the order of the proposed memo, changing the order of item three with item one, and visa versa. 

 

The amended resolution is:

 

Whereas, an impasse between the Faculty union (UHPA), the University Administration and the State of Hawaii exists, The Faculty Senate of UH-Leeward Community College calls upon the University Of Hawaii Board Of Regents to:

 

1.  Call upon the respective parties of the Honorable Governor Linda Lingle, President Evan Dobelle and Executive Director UH Musto to negotiate a fair and just contract and settle as soon as possible before the faculty strike vote dates of March 30 and March 31, 2004.

2.  Affirm and immediately mandate the University of Hawaii System to commit resources to implementing the “UHCC Strategic Plan 2002-2010 Progress Review” (January 2004).  Specifically, Goad D: Develop Our Human Resources – slide #38 reference to bringing average salaries to the 80th percentile; reducing the annual credits taught to 24 credits by July 2005; budgeting 3% of personnel costs for professional development by 2010.

3.  Re-affirm and immediately mandate the University of Hawaii System to commit resources to implementing the “UH System Strategic Plan, 2002-2010, adopted by the Board of Regents on June 21, l2002, Goal 4:  Investment in Faculty, Staff, Students and Their Environment, Objective 1: Action Strategies to establish competitive and equitable faculty workloads; to improve employment and retirement benefits and raise faculty and staff salaries to competitive levels; ensure fair treatment of part-time employees.

 

Motion 04-06:  (Imada/Reese)  to accept the Resolution for Faculty Settlement as amended,  and send it to the Board of Regents, Faculty Senates, President Dobelle, LCC Administration, JN Musto, the Governor, and Patricia Lee (BOR Chair).

 

 

Motion Passed- Unanimous

 

 

Chair Goodman commended the work and initiative taken by the Legislative committee.

 

Senator Chernisky also presented a memo asking that the Student Committee study the effects of discontinuing the N grade and to present the findings to the Senate.

 

STUDENT COMMITTEE – Senator Flegal shared that he believed in the importance of the memo presented by Senator Chernisky, but stated that he could not undertake the important and enormous task of such a review at this time.  His current workload does not permit him the necessary time for this important task.

 

Chair Goodman suggested that perhaps this issue should be taken up by the Senate as a whole and asked for volunteers.  Senator Reese volunteered to begin work on this issue.

 

PROGRAM REVIEW – Senator Hill reported that the Program Review Committee was having meetings every three weeks.  It was working on filling out templates which would be completed at their next meeting (3/11/2004).  The current goal was that the first four columns of the template would be filled out.  Outcomes will be determined by the Divisions because they are the experts in their own areas.

 

She stated that the Program Review Committee was being modeled after the Curriculum Committee.

 

CURRICULUM COMMITTEE – Senator Lococo presented the following items:

 

-ESL 20 Intermediate to High Grammar (3 credits) Course modification.  To make the following modifications:

“1. The Course Title is changed to reflect the level of student who will be permitted to take the course.

2. The Prerequisites are changed to permit students who have reached an intermediate (and above) level of proficiency in grammar to take ESL 20.

             3.  There are no longer Corequisites for this course.

             4.  There is no longer any Recommended Preparation.

             5.  The catalog Description has been changed to include intermediate students.

             6.  Student Learning Outcomes have replaced learning objectives.

             7.  The Content has been updated to reflect the student learning outcomes.

 8.  References to ESL 11C, 12C, 13C and 14C (Question 16) are changed respectively to ESL 18, 19, and 20.  There is already a proposal to delete ESL 11C.

9.  Information included in Method of Instruction, Method of Evaluation and Currently Available Textbook Option and Supplies (Questions 27, 28 and 30) has been updated.”

 

 

Motion 04-07: To accept ESL 20 course modification as proposed.

 

Motion Passed– Unanimously

 

 

-ICS 106 Database Fundamental (3 credits) New and ICS 110 Introduction to Programming (3 credits).

Upon discussion, it was discovered that the two courses being proposed were not new courses, but course modifications.  The course numbers were being modified from ICS 113 (to become ICS 106) and ICS 130 (to become ICS 110).  The content of the courses would be the same. 

 

Motion 04-08:  To accept ICS 106 (formerly ICS 113) and ICS 110 (formerly ICS 130) course modifications changing the course numbers only.  To add the former course number in the catalog course description.

 

Motion Passed as amended – Unanimously

 

 

-ICS 212 Program Structure (3 credits) New course

 

Motion 04-09 – To accept ICS 212 as a new course.

 

Motion Passed - Unanimously

 

 

 

 

CHAIR’S REPORT: Chair Goodman shared a chart that the Windward Community College Senate Chair, Floyd McCoy, put together and gave to the All Community College Faculty Senate Chairs (ACCFC) showing the different grades used within the UH System.  The ACCFC will be next looking at how the use of plus and minus grades affect students grade point averages, financial aid, job applications, etc.  Research indicates that quantitative assessment of plus and minus grades tends to lower grade point averages for campus who use them.

 

It was one year ago that the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) accredited the University of Hawaii System as a whole.  They will return in March to complete the evaluation of the UH System.  The ACCFC co-chairs, Mary Tiles and Neghin Modavi, will meet with WASC to give input.

 

Spouses of faculty members are eligible to obtain tuition waivers within system.  If this opportunity is used, the tuition waiver is considered taxable income for graduate students, but not taxable for undergraduate students.

 

The next Board of Regents meeting will be held at Leeward Community College on Friday, March 19, 2004.

 

Chair Goodman thanked Senator Ganne for his hard work as the Senate representative on the Board of Student Publication.  Senator Imada will become the new Senate Representative on the BOSP for the remainder of the year.

 

Announcement:  There will be two workshops on Work Place Violence this semester:  March 16, 2004 from 1:30 to 3:00 in BE 106, and March 25, 2004 from 9:30 to 10:30 in GT 105.

 

NEW BUSINESS:  Curriculum Committee Chair, Senator Lococo, brought forth a motion to have the Banner computer system change the Banner default pre-requisite grade from a “D” to a “C”.  He assured faculty that a pre-requisite could require a “D” grade if desired, but that if no grade was specified, that the default grade in Banner would be a “C” grade.

 

Motion 04-10 (Hochstein/Reese) To modify Banner so that the Default grade of “C” or higher is used for successful completion for pre-requisite purposes.  This does not preclude faculty from making a “D” grade acceptable as a pre-requisite when appropriate.

 

Motion Passed - Unanimously

 

 

 

ADJOURNMENT:  The meeting was adjourned at 5:10 PM.

 

RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED:  Candace Hochstein, Secretary