Department Chair

Spring scheduling is almost finalized.  Gil requested an additional Math 7 class for the EBCAA program so we now have 3 sections.  There are 5 unstaffed sections (4, 7, 12, 15, 18). Pat felt in the past we have not offered classes to adjunct until after they complete a successful evaluation.  This was not in the policy and the line informing adjunct the class assigned was pending a good evaluation was not on the form used previous semesters.  A’kilah will talk to Gil about the contractual obligations and inform adjunct that staffing is pending a satisfactory evaluation.

 

Department chairs meeting

• Program review progress report is due Nov 26
• Senate passed block scheduling and it will go to SGC next
• Accreditation team will be here next week so be friendly and answer their questions

• scheduling policy – Tue, Poku, Jeannine, A’kilah, Pat
  • We’ve finished the wording for special programs and are still working on the second one
• transfer COOR’s (31, 35, 37) – Julie and Mara
  • 37 is almost complete and will go out to the department in the next day or so
    
  • Julie will email the 35 COOR as well so we can give her feedback
  • We are trying to make the Nov.1^st curriculum comm. deadline but these still need to be shared with the Brentwood group
  • Should the 31 COOR be taken off the books? We should talk to Jennifer about it
• lab assessment – Michael and Mike
  • discussing a number of ideas including online student survey’s
  • This is a big project, on the DE agenda, and will take a lot of time and effort
• online math – Clint and Robert
  • DVC offers hybrid online courses up to Calculus
  • The team is in contact with faculty to be added to courses as guests
  • Also looking into various media for lectures

• Math 25 Pre-requisite Change
• Catalogue Revisions
  • Change Math 25 Pre-requisite to read:
  • “Completion of Math 12 or higher, completion of coursework at another college that is comparable to math 12 or higher, demonstration of equivalent pre-algebra skills based on the LMC assessment process, or equivalent assessment recommendation from another college, or successful placement into an LMC Math 30 course or higher.”
    

  • Yes Vote: Tue, Mara, Clint, Jeannine, Michael, Pat, Julie, Poku, and A’kilah, Robert

     

    No Vote: Jim

• Senate vote – Statistics
  • We are in agreement with allowing an MS in Statistics be a sufficient qualification for teaching math
  • Abstention: Mara, Jim

     

  • No: Poku, Pat

     

  • Yes: Michael, Robert, Jeannine, Tue, Julie, A’kilah, Clint
• Math 1 and 2 will be deleted from the next catalogue

•  Testing Center
  • There was a brief discussion about the testing center.  Some instructors are giving their entire exams in the testing center.  Carol and Mike expressed concerns and need clarity on the function of the testing center.  Jim feels tutors should not be grading at all and should only be proctoring exams.  This discussion will continue at our next meeting