Exemplary Program Award Winners

Please join us in celebrating the 2019 - 2020 Exemplary Program Award Winners and Honorable Mentions!

Winners:
Coastline Colleges Cybersecurity Program
College of the Redwoods' Pelican Bay Scholars Program

Honorable Mentions:
Mendocino College's Pomo Pathway Program
Reedley College's Math Study Center
Riverside City College's Career Closet Program
Santa Barbara City College's Faculty Mentor Program

More information from each program can be found here.

Career and Noncredit Institute - Call for Proposals

The ASCCC Career and Technical Education (CTE) Leadership and Noncredit Committees are pleased to announce the 2020 Career and Noncredit Education Institute designed for all faculty, ASCCC Liaisons, academic senates, student services professionals, administrators, and system partners. 

The Academic Senate for California Community Colleges is seeking proposals for breakout session presentations at the Career and Noncredit Education Institute, San Mateo Marriott - April 30th-May 2nd, 2020.

We need your expertise to make this a dynamic event! The ASCCC wants to collaborate to make systemwide progress and provide a comprehensive program for participants that prepares us for the future. We are requesting interactive breakout sessions that provide actionable steps for consideration at the local college and actively engage participants in focusing on the student experience.

Breakout Session Details:
Each breakout session will be 75 minutes in length 
Each breakout session may be considered to be repeated during the institute
Each breakout session should consider +/- 10 minutes for Q&A

Breakouts can be submitted on the form here. Submission information for consideration is due by February 7th, 2020,

Action Items

The Stanback-Stroud Diversity Award - Due February 14, 2020! 

The Academic Senate is pleased to announce the call for nominations for the Stanback-Stroud Diversity Award, sponsored again this year by the Foundation for California Community Colleges.  This award seeks to honor the cadre of committed faculty who consistently rise to meet the challenges our students face.  Serving the most diverse student population of any higher education system in the country, the California Community Colleges System is largely comprised of demographic groups that have traditionally faced barriers to education and are often underprepared when they reach the classroom.  It is the challenge and responsibility of California community college faculty to demonstrate the sustained attention and support necessary to fully engage and excite these students.  This prestigious award acknowledges an individual or group that is exceptional in contributing to the advancement of intercultural harmony, equity, and campus diversity at their college. 

Basic Information:

• Each college may nominate one faculty member or one group of faculty.
• The winner receives a cash award of $5,000. 
• All faculty are eligible: Full-time and part-time, classroom and non-classroom.
• The completed application must be received in the Academic Senate Office by 5:00 p.m. on February 14, 2020. 
• The award recipient will be honored at the 2020 Spring Plenary Session on April 17, 2020, in Oakland, California.

For more information and submission resources, please click here.

Completed applications must be received in the Academic Senate Office by 5:00 p.m. on due February 14, 2020. 

Due Soon: Scholarships: A2Mend 13th Annual African American Male Summit 

The Academic Senate Foundation is proud to offer scholarships for faculty to attend the A2Mend 13th Annual African American Male Summit on March 5-6 at the Hyatt Regency Los Angeles International Airport. The scholarship will cover the cost of registration, hotel, and up to $250 in travel costs.

To apply, fill out the application, found here, and submit to: foundation@asccc.org. The deadline to submit is January 24, 2020. Selected faculty will be notified via email two weeks after the submission deadline date.

Events

Spots Still Available: Accreditation Institute - February 21-22, 2020

Join us for a dynamic Accreditation Institute in La Jolla, CA on February 21 and 22, 2020, at the San Diego Marriott La Jolla. As all of our colleges navigate the implementation of Guided Pathways, this institute will focus on how the work of Guided Pathways, with a foundation in equity, aligns to the accreditation standards. Guided Pathways and Accreditation both focus on improving systems and systemic assessment. There are significant changes being made at our colleges and at ACCJC that reflect our shared intent to improve our systems.  We encourage ALOs, Accreditation and Guided Pathways leads and interested faculty, staff, administration and students to attend. Learn about how the outcomes and dialog produced through transformative Guided Pathways work can provide evidence of how colleges are meeting and/or exceeding the standards through evaluating and improving our institutions with a focus on student success.

For more information and to register, click HERE. 

Register Today: Transfer Webinars - ADT and UCTP Alignment 

The Academic Senate for California Community Colleges, in agreement with the Academic Senate of the California State University and the University of California Academic Senate, is proposing the alignment of seven existing Associate Degrees for Transfer (ADT) with existing UC Transfer Pathways. The seven proposed degrees are Anthropology, Business, Economics, History, Mathematics, Philosophy, and Sociology. During this webinar, the presenters will provide information about how each ADT aligns, or would align with a slight modification, to an existing UC Transfer Pathway. The goal is for these aligned degrees to be included with the recently approved UC Transfer Pathways pilot degrees in chemistry and physics, as well as the potential alignment of engineering degrees between the CCCs and the UC systems. The alignment of chemistry, physics and engineering requires legislative action to unite the two pathways at this time but input from discipline faculty across all systems clearly recommends the UCTP for chemistry, physics, and engineering. This would result in 10 aligned pathways clearly communicating to students the requirements for transfer to either of our intersegmental partners.

There will be two webinars: The January 22, 2020 webinar will provide initial information and serve as a venue for attendees to ask questions and provide feedback on the provided draft alignments. The February 4, 2020 webinar will be a follow-up to provide more information based on questions and feedback from the January 22 webinar.

Additional information and how to register for each webinar can be accessed via the links below:

Jan 22, 2020 2:00 PM - Register Now
Feb 4, 2020 2:00 PM - Register Now

Register Now: The Faculty and Staff Diversification Symposium

The Faculty and Staff Diversification Symposium will be held on March 19-20, 2020 in Sacramento. This event will bring tools as well as a framework to accelerate our progress on diversification efforts. The symposium will feature segments on pre-hiring best practices, minimum hiring qualifications with an equity lens, and promising practices to retain and support a diverse workforce. We invite you to attend the symposium and implore your local HR Manager and Superintendent/President. We have reserved space for up to three attendees per college. Please visit the registration site to learn more and to register for the event.

Latest Updates

Proposed changes to BOG title 5 regulations: AB 705, English as a Second Language 

Please find here a notice of proposed rulemaking and text from the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office titled ”AB 705, English as a Second Language.”  Comments must be received by the Regulations Coordinator prior to 4:00 p.m. on February 25, 2020.  If you have any questions, please contact the regulation coordinator at regcomments@cccco.edu.  As stated in the notice, please email any comments to the regulations email account, regcomments@cccco.edu.

The Board of Governors’ agenda referenced in the notice is now posted on our main website under the Board of Governors’ tab.  The attached documents will also be available on the Office of General Counsel page of the Chancellor’s website at Office of General Counsel - Pending Regulatory Action.

Event Survey Feedback

At the December Executive Committee meeting, the Executive Committee reviewed the feedback from the 2019 Fall Plenary. Thank you to all who completed the survey! Your valuable feedback was greatly appreciated. The committee discussed ideas such as making a concerted effort to utilize faculty expertise in breakout sessions, including descriptions of the session type in the program, and altering the number and timing of sessions. Be on the lookout for the implementation of new ideas based on your feedback at institutes this Spring!

Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Ygnacio “Nash” Flores, Rio Hondo College

Rio Hondo College Faculty leads the way for the newest Academic Discipline

Dr. Ygnacio “Nash” Flores is an amazing colleague, who is deserving of recognition for his many contributions to the Rio Hondo College campus community and the community college system at large.  He is an innovative faculty member in Administration of Justice and Homeland Security, who has led a combined effort resulting in the California Community College Board of Governors recently approving Homeland Security as the newest academic discipline in the California Community College Disciplines Handbook. He has worked tirelessly to build and promote Rio Hondo College's Homeland Security program, along with supporting students in Rio Hondo’s other nationally recognized public safety programs.

Using his decades of military experience, administrative experience in community college, and a strong equity-minded framework for teaching, Nash has shaped the new Homeland Security program at Rio Hondo to meet the demands of a growing field.  A new labor market report from the Los Angeles/Orange County Center of Excellence indicates that in the region about 2,900 jobs will be created annually in homeland security related career fields, making it a high-demand field of study, and Nash has been instrumental in the building of a successful program at Rio Hondo, which offers a Certificate of Achievement and an Associate of Science in Homeland Security.

Nash has also written The Pedagogy of Violent Extremism, been a co-columnist with PA Times, contributed chapters to three books on homeland security, and has two additional book chapters pending publication. 

Nash also makes strong connections with his students and encourages them to have fun while discovering their potential.  Thank you, Nash, for all you do for our students!   

Take a Brain Break!

As the semester gets underway, treat yourself to a good chuckle! Share them with your students! 

The past, the present and the future all walked into a bar. It was tense.

What’s the difference between a cat and a comma?
One has claws at the end of its paws. The other is a pause at the end of a clause.

Why is the corner always the hottest part of the room?
Because it’s 90 degrees

What do you call a ruler, protractor and a compass all hanging out together?
Weapons of math instruction.

Never trust an atom.. they make up everything.

Upcoming Events

January 2020

• Jan. 24-25, 2020 Part-Time Faculty Institute, Napa

February 2020

• Feb. 7-8, Executive Committee Meeting, San Jose
• Feb. 21-22, 2020 Accreditation Institute, La Jolla

 March 2020

• Mar. 6-7, Executive Committee Meeting, North Orange Continuing Education/Irvine
• Mar. 13, Guided Pathways Workshop, Fresno City College
• Mar. 19-20, Faculty and Staff Diversity Summit, Sacramento
• Mar. 20, Guided Pathways Workshop, Santiago Canyon College
• Mar. 27, Area A Meeting, Madera College, Madera
• Mar. 27, Area B Meeting, Foothill College, Los Altos Hills
• Mar. 28, Area C Meeting, LA Southwest College, Los Angeles
• Mar. 28, Area D Meeting, Long Beach City College, Long Beach

April 2020

• April 15, Executive Committee Meeting, Oakland
• April 16-18, 2020 Spring Plenary Session, Oakland
• April 24, Guided Pathways Workshop, Merritt College
• April 30-May 2, 2020 Career and Noncredit Education Institute, San Mateo

May 2020

• May 8, Executive Committee Meeting, Sacramento

June 2020

• June 5-7, Executive Committee Meeting and Orientation, South Lake Tahoe
• June 18-20, 2020 Faculty Leadership Institute, Newport Beach 

July 2020

• July 8-11, 2020 Curriculum Institute, Riverside

Upcoming Webinars

January 2020

• Jan. 22, Transfer Webinar

February 2020

• Feb. 4, Transfer Webinar

*Note: More events will be posted as soon as they are confirmed.

The ASCCC is always happy to provide assistance or guidance on any senate-related topic. We also make visits to local colleges to connect directly with academic senates or other faculty bodies when appropriate.  Please feel free to contact us if you are interested in these services. More information may be found at www.asccc.org. To signup for our ASCCC listservs please click here.