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Maps & Legends: A Checklist for New Chairs
Zerryl Becker, College of the Desert
Kevin Bontenbal, Cuesta College
2010 ASCCC Curriculum Institute
Santa Clara Marriott • July 8-10, 2010
Getting your bearings…
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Committee’s / chair’s relationship with others
BOT
 Senate
 Other Shared Governance Committees
 VP’s / Deans
 Curriculum specialist
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Understanding role & responsibilities…
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Who approves what
Approval process
Timelines
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When/how will exceptions be made?
Tech review?
Sub-committees
Transfer/articulation
Library
Prerequisites
Who Approves What Example
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Curriculum Committee
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Office of Academic Affairs
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New Courses
Major Revisions
Prerequisite / Corequisite / Advisory Revisions
Revised Degree Certificates
GE, DE, Diversity, Health
Minor Revisions
Prerequisite / Corequisite / Advisory Validations
Program Eliminations
Special Topics
College Council
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Program Development
Approval Process Example
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BOT
GE
6a
finish
diversity
DE
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academic senate
health
curriculum
committee
5
curriculum
chair
4a
4
feedback/clarifications/concerns
3a
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department
Assistant
dean
curriculum
specialist
2
faculty
start
Division
v.p. student learning
1
other department(s)
consult (overlap/similarities)
articulation/
transfer/
library
Awareness of Regulations, Policies, Guidelines, Procedures
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Title 5
Local Board policies
Local guidelines, procedures
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ASCCC guidelines, best practices
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Curriculum Handbook?
The Course Outline of Record: A Curriculum Reference Guide
The Curriculum Committee: Role, Structure, Duties and Standards of
Good Practice
Guidelines for Good Practice: Effective Instructor-Student Contact in
Distance Learning
Good Practices for the Implementation of Prerequisites
Chancellor’s Office Program and Course Approval Handbook
Connecting with others…
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Chancellor’s Office listserv
CaCurricChairs listserv (Yahoo Groups)
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Joni Jordan ([email protected])
Provide Orientation/Training
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Curriculum Reps
Roles/responsibilities
 Title 5 & local polices/procedures
 Apportionment
 Accreditation requirements
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Faculty at-large
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Curriculum processes
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New courses, major revisions, DE, etc.
Timelines
Guiding Questions to ask when reviewing curriculum…
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Do contact hours per week match units?
Would an average student find the course and catalog descriptions clear
and reflective of the overall course?
Do topics and scope correlate to objectives?
Have all objectives been addressed in topics and scope?
Are topics and scope appropriate (the right amount) to units?
Do assignments justify the course meeting Carnegie units (two hours of
independent work for every hour in class)?
Do assignments/assessments address the objectives?
Are examples of independent work reflective of independent work?
Are the examples of critical thinking of sufficient complexity and at the
appropriate level?
If course if being proposed for general education, diversity, or health, does
course meet the rubric for those areas?
Preparing for meetings…
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Brown Act
Robert’s Rule of Order
Setting Agendas
Decision Making
The Brown Act!
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The Brown Act applies to meetings of all legislative
bodies (GC 54952), including:
 The
Board of Trustees
 Any subcommittee or task force created by the Board
with a majority of Board members serving on the group
 Any subcommittee or task force created by the Board
which has defined, ongoing charge (either decisionmaking or advisory) OR has a regular meeting
schedule set by the Board, regardless of Board
membership
The Brown Act!
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A meeting of a legislative body (GC 54952.2) occurs
whenever a majority of members gather to discuss
business with their charge.
A majority can meet at the following provided they
do not discuss any business within their charge among
themselves:
 Attendance
at a conference
 An open meeting of some other group to address local
issues
 Social gatherings
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Must have an
AGENDA!
Robert’s Rules of Order
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http://www.robertsrules.com/
Committees adopt and incorporate those elements
that help facilitate debate and the flow of meetings
Important regarding motions and taking action
Check your local senate constitution and by-laws for
established processes
Debates
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Important to Debates
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Understanding motions:
 How
to close debate
 How to limit or extend debate
 How to refer to committee
 How to modify wording of a motion
 How to suspend rules
 How to divide motion
 How to table – and how to move from the table
Decision Making
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How will decisions be made?
 Voting
 Consensus
 Other
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THANK YOU!
Kevin Bontenbal - [email protected] | Zerryl Becker – [email protected]