Sacramento City College Academic Senate Meeting - Official Minutes - 2014-12-02

Sep 14, 2026

Uploaded by Riley

Official minutes from a Sacramento City College Academic Senate meeting held on Tuesday, December 2, 2014. The record covers meeting preliminaries, announcements, and committee reporting, including an update from the Student Equity Committee on the Student Equity Plan, staffing plans, and the creation of a “community of practice” focused on reviewing literature and recommending next steps. The agenda also includes information items such as faculty hiring ranking and a decision item for the Student Equity Coordinator’s first reading.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryLetters

FormatPDF

Pages6

Reading Time2 min

AccessFree to download

Preliminaries

Announcements

Reports

Student Equity Committee Report

Information Items

Decision Items

Student Equity Coordinator - 1st reading

Sacramento City College Academic Senate Meeting Tuesday, December 2, 2014 OFFICIAL MINUTES President: Ginni May Vice-President: Troy Myers Secretary: Steve Cirrone Past-President: Connie Zuercher Senators Present: Michelle Beuttel, Debbie Blair, Dominic Cerri, Dena Chubbic, Bonnie Clark, Gioia Fonda, Judy Howe, Nadine Kirkpatrick, Laura Leek, Duane Leonard, Jason Logan, Nicholas Miller, Brian Mom, Ken Naganuma, Joseph Phillips, Maria Regalado, Michael Richardson, Irma Rodriguez, Jaime Sarte, Chris Seddon, Barbara Toupadakis Senators Absent: Deskaheh Bomberry, Kimberly Church, Tara DuVernay, Daniel Gilbert-Valencia, Kris Janssen, Barry Kalar, Shane Logan, Renee Medina, Norma Olivarez, Zach O’Neill, Makeba Rangel, Josh Roberts, Jonathan Segal, Tim Taylor Preliminaries President May (PM) called the meeting to order at 12:02pm Today’s agenda was approved by consensus The draft minutes from 11-25-2014 were approved by consensus Announcements a. Meet and Greet Bill Miller today 12:30-1:30 in LRC 105 b. SSSP and Student Equity Plans are part of Institutional Plans c. The Capital AIDS Fund will donate a gold cart to hand out condoms on campus for AIDS Awareness Day, December 10 d. We will no longer have Windows XP as of 1/2/15 e. High School Counselor’s Conference on Friday 12/5 will meet at 7:30am by Student Center which opens at 8am and runs until 2pm; Sac Unified and SCC will meet afterwards to discuss Pathways Reports 1. Student Equity Committee Report: Michelle Beuttel Note: The following report was not delivered in its entirety on the senate floor. The committee was delighted to meet Aiden Ely, our new Interim Dean overseeing implementation of the SSSP and the Student Equity Plan. Dean Ely comes to SCC with a wealth of experience. In addition to working at Mira Costa College for 20 years, Dean Ely has worked for charter schools, Folsom Lake College, and the Chancellor’s office. He has extensive experience in grant funding and in running programs for disadvantaged populations. Dean Ely reported that SCC’s Student Equity Plan was unusually focused when it was presented to the Board for approval. SCC’s plan was particularly impressive in how it outlined specific goals and identified parties responsible for execution of those goals. While a number of people were responsible for putting the Student Equity Plan together, the Student Equity Committee is especially grateful for Dean Jim Collins who headed efforts in completing the plan. The Student Equity Committee will be forming a “community of practice,” also known as the Student Equity Academy. This group of educators will review the literature and make recommendations for future action. They will talk to other groups and, as Dean Collins describes it, be a “seed for organic change.” In accordance with the plan, SCC will be hiring 4 case workers who will be involved in student support. Committee members are working on the description for the case worker position. Also, SCC will be hiring Faculty Coordinator(s) . This position will include working on a particular piece of the plan and bringing faculty together to discuss and execute plans. Information Items 1. Faculty Hiring Ranking VPI Mary Turner provided us more information about the faculty positions and the way they were ranked by the senior management team. She told us that we will know the number of positions sometime next week. She also told us that she values the senate’s rankings and tries her best to support them as they are, but that sometimes requirements of the college lead her to make different recommendations to the President. Such was the case with the Tutoring Coordinator positon and the second Mathematics position. She told us that the coordinator positon was necessary in order to offer tutoring services over the weekend and therefore spoke to a college-wide need. She also told us that the second Mathematics position was needed because we have too many long-term

FAQs

What items were approved at the start of the meeting?

The meeting agenda was approved by consensus, and the draft minutes from 11-25-2014 were approved by consensus.

What did the Student Equity Committee report include?

It described updates related to implementation of the SSSP and Student Equity Plan, outlined goals and responsible parties, proposed forming a “community of practice” (Student Equity Academy), and discussed hiring case workers and a faculty coordinator.

What was the decision item discussed for the Student Equity Coordinator?

The Student Equity Coordinator position was reviewed for a first reading, with discussion focused on timing for the application period and the non-negotiable requirement of 50% reassigned time.

Sep 14, 2026

Uploaded by Riley