Members Present:   Muriel Coil, Kevin Arps, Tom Butler, Hank Mancini, Scott Massey, Renee Cornell,  Terry Grygiel, John Nelson, Roberto Ribas, Donna Mosher, Jane Marks, Marilyn Cristiano, Maria Barillas.

Guests Present:  Fred Wieck, Cindy Shoenhair.
 

Members Absent: Janet Downey, Ron Brooker.

1.   Brief address by Fred Wieck.

Fred indicated that Dr. Kranitz and Dr. Gaudet (from Gateway) are co-chairs of a committee considering issues relating to dual enrollment and the quality of dual enrollment programs.  He passed out a tentative list of issues to be considered, including such items as state certification and Maricopa qualifications, syllabi, competencies and textbooks, exams, testing, and assessment.  Fred asked senators to comment on the list and to add to the list where appropriate.  The complete tentative list may be obtained from Fred Wieck.

Tom Butler reported that Dr. Kranitz is ending the dual enrollment pilot project at PVC High School.

The Senate meeting was called to order at 2:35 PM by Tom Butler. The agenda was amended to let Fred Wieck address the Senate before other matters were undertaken.

The March minutes were approved as written.

Enrollment Management- Scott Massey
No report.

Employee and Organizational Learning - Ned Miner
Tom indicated that, from his experience at the recent President's retreat,  there is a positive atmosphere throughout employee groups at PVCC.

Staffing Committee- Cindy Shoenhair
No report.
 

Professional Growth - Tom Butler
Sixty-six summer project applications were submitted to the Professional Growth Committee (four from PVCC).  Not all of the money allocated for sabbaticals was needed.  The committee wants the remaining sabbatical money to be allocated to support summer projects and travel.

Technology Coordinating Team - Jeanne Franco
Jeanne presented the Senate with three draft proposals relating to technology:
 

Technology Strategic Planning Goals for Learning 2001/2002,
Technology Objectives for 2001/2002,
Criteria for Establishing Equipment Replacement Priorities.

Each of these proposals have been submitted to the Strategic Planning Committee for approval.  Jeanne would like senators to give her feedback on the proposals by Monday, April 17.

The draft "Criteria for Establishing Equipment Replacement Priorities" can be found at http://www.pvc.maricopa.edu/committee/tct/criteria.html.  The draft for Strategic Goals and for Objectives can be obtained from Jeanne.  For more information on the Strategic Plan for Technology,  please go to http://www.pvc.maricopa.edu/committee/tct/tct_strategic_plan2.html.

Legislative Committee- Tom Butler.
The "whistle blower" legislation is dead.

Travel Committee - Marilyn Cristiano
The deadline for travel requests is April 28.  Moneys remaining will be distributed by Marilyn in accord with the process outlined in the Travel Guidelines available at http://www2.pvc.maricopa.edu/senate/.
 
 

Treasurer's Report - Ron Brooker
No report.

Secretary's Report - Terry Grygiel
No report.

President-Elect's Report- John Nelson
 

Meet and Confer

Meet and Confer is continuing, and Janice Comer presented a summary of all proposals, along with their current status, to the FEC at the March 28, 2000, meeting.  At this meeting a motion to support the Meet and Confer Team in the ongoing process was unanimously passed.

Dual Enrollment

At the March 28, 2000, meeting Jim Reed informed the FEC that the District's Dual Enrollment Finance Committee has submitted a final report to the District's legal department.  It is currently under review by this department.

Vernon Smith, at this meeting reported that the Dual Enrollment Quality Committee has made good progress.  Pete Kushibab, District's legal counsel, was present at their last meeting to provide input on several key issues.  Pete maintains that Maricopa is interested in maintaining the quality of dual enrollment courses and that the Governing Board does not want to see competition between the colleges over dual enrollment issues.

Several other dual enrollment issues were discussed at the March 28, 2000, FEC meeting such as student admissions, textbooks, and scores on ASSET exams.  For a more complete look at the Dual Enrollment issues please read the March 2000 PeerPoint.
 

Letter for Faculty Inclusion in Administrative Screening Committees

Willie Minor commended Joe Ortiz and Vernon Smith for the great job they did in writing a letter to Gene Eastin which requested faculty inclusion in administrative screening committees.   Willie noted that Bertha Landrum had sent a memo today (3/28/00) which requested faculty volunteers to serve on the screening committee for the open position of Vice Chancellor of Student and Educational Development.
 

RFP Contract Meeting

Willie shared the details of the meeting with Gene Eastin, Rosemary Kesler, Mike Napier, Pete Kushibab, and himself that addressed the issue of the RFP as a contract.  In this meeting each person presented his or her view on this topic.

FEC was further informed that Gene Eastin will request a statement be placed in each employee group's policy manual which states that the policy manual is a contract.  The Governing Board will be discussing this issue in their an executive session before the next Governing Board Meeting.
 

President's Report - Tom Butler
At the President's Cabinet, Dr. Kranitz indicated that Dr. Gaskin, the new Chancellor, will not be able to visit PVCC on May 1 as originally hoped.  His visit will be scheduled for some time in June.  Tom asked for suggestions as to what might be done during Dr. Gaskin's visit.  One  suggestion was to have him sit in on a Strategic Planning meeting, to highlight PVCC's commitment to strategic planning.

The Governing Board voted three to two for an increase in tuition by one dollar, fifty cents of which would be allocated to debt service to finance construction for a performing arts center for PVCC and two other colleges.  The State Community College Board still has to approve of the proposal.

Division Chair Election Committee - Terry Grygiel
Here are the results of the election.

Library/Media Services
John Chavez     3     Abstain    1                   Eligible voters     4
Communication/Humanities:
Jack Sexton 15         Abstain   0                   Eligible voters     19
Counseling:
Fred Wieck 3            Abstain  0                    Eligible voters     4
Business:
Reyes Medrano 12     Abstain  0                   Eligible voters 12

Note that each candidate received a majority of those in their
department.

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Senate Election Committee - Marilyn Cristiano
Nominations for at-large senators close 12:00 noon Friday, April 7.

Spring Theatre Production - Muriel Coil
On April 27, there will be a presentation of "Our Town".  Faculty Senators have been asked to sell tickets for that production to raise money for the scholarship fund.  Unsold tickets and proceeds from the sale should be turned in to Jeanne Franco by April 24.

Results of Faculty interviews - Maria Barillas
Tom has asked senators to submit to him two to three statements of what they perceive to be priority issues to recommend to the new Senate, based on their reflection upon the results compiled by Maria Barillas.

Advisement Issue - Tom Butler.
At our March meeting, Tom reported that some advisors were recommending individual faculty members as well as courses.  Tom indicated that the Faculty Senate's sentiments on the matter (indicate in the March 2 minutes) will be conveyed to Maggie Cullup.

Common Reading(s) for Fall, 2000 - Cindy Shoenhair
Cindy proposed that a common reading be adopted by the college, for the Fall 2000 semester.  The following motion was made and passed by the Faculty Senate:

The Faculty Senate recommends that faculty, staff, and students be encouraged to read and discuss a common article, adopted for the fall 2000 semester.  We also encourage campus activities organized around that article.
 
 

Results of Senate elections.
Recommendations to the new Senate.

All Professional Growth applications for conference fees are due at the District by April 21.

Concerns were raised with regards to putting windows into classroom doors of M building.

The meeting was adjourned at 4:15 P.M.

PVCC - Faculty Senate Minutes for April 6, 2000
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