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Fall 2009

Flex Days

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Thank You

Senate Flex Day Scheduling Committee

Laura LoopHeather FaustJon OsburgDebbie Anthoney

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For their contributions in promoting student success,Please acknowledge….

Kelly Fletes -- EOPS

Grace Anongchanya-Calima -- TRIO

Two Stories

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9:45GENERAL SESSION—ACCREDITATION KICKOFF “What to Expect” LF 103In this session, members of the Academic Senate will participate in an “open forum” that could be requested by our accreditation visiting team. The goal is to communicate major themes of the accreditation standards to the MPC community and how the MPC self study responds to them.10:15BREAK10:30KEYNOTE SPEECH Dr. Todd Bernard WeberLF 103Author of the paper Human Dignity, Dr. Weber earned his BA from California State University, Fullerton, and his MA, PhD from the University of California, Riverside. He has taught Philosophy at Monterey Peninsula College since 2000.

Academic Senate12:30AN OPEN DISCUSSION: ON THE ECONOMYSTEVE ALBERTSAM KARAS ROOM After hearing about the changes that MPC must make in response to the budget situation, you may be interested in Steve's bigger picture perspective on how we got here in the first place. ACCREDITATION BREAKOUT:STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES LF103Accreditation standards require participation in the SLO-assessment cycle. Does MPC meet these standards? Please come see how the MPC self study has responded to these standards. Tell us if the self study matches reality from your perspective.

TECH TUTORING:MPC IT staff LTC 203-204Drop in “Help” sessions for MPCsitesNeed some help with MyMPC, MySite, ClassSites, Moodle (iLearn)…anything??Drop in with your questions and ask the experts! 

Academic Senate1:30LET’S TALK ABOUT TEACHING AND LEARNINGIMPROVING STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC WRITINGSAM KARAS ROOMJoin this “greatest hit” roundtable originally held during the Spring ‘09 ”Let’s Talk…” series, featuring Louann Baker, California Writing Project Teacher Leader and Nancy Harray, English instructor and reader of UC system entrance essays. You won’t want to miss this candid and empowering discussion—“they can do it, and you can help!” ACCREDITATION BREAKOUT:PROGRAM REVIEW AND PLANNINGLF 103Accreditation standards require participation in clear institutional processes for program review and planning. Does MPC meet these standards? Please come see how the MPC self study has responded to these standards. Tell us if the self study matches reality from your perspective.TECH TUTORING:MPC IT STAFF LTC 203-204 Drop in “Help” sessions for MPCsitesNeed some help with MyMPC, MySite, ClassSites, Moodle (iLearn)…anything??Drop in with your questions and ask the experts!  

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2:30BOOK DISCUSSION KARAS ROOMJoin the Social Sciences faculty in discussing Destiny Disrupted:  A History of the World through Islamic Eyes by Tamin Ansary.  Copies of the book are on reserve at the MPC library thorough out the summer. 

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Where we’ve been: Mega-Theme from 2008-09

Accreditation

Co-Chair: John GonzalezEditor: Diane Boynton

Components now ready for final review

Flex Day breakoutsShared Governance Committees

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Planning

Accreditation

Program Review

Student Learning Outcomes

MPC Planning and Resource Allocation Process

Multiple planning documentsEducational Master Plan, Facilities Plans, EAC, Basic

Skills, Financial Stability, Student Success, etc…

New Process for Academic AffairsEmphasizes missions, goals, objectives, standardized dataIncorporates SLO evaluation and related planning

All Summaries reviewed at Advisory Groups and College Council

Recent or on-going revisions in Student Services and Administrative Services

Academic SenateStudent Learning Outcomes

Instructor Reflections on Student Learning -Completed by individual faculty members-Focus on a single SLO per semester-Summarize evaluation results-How will evaluation results be used to improve student learning-Form stays with instructor

Now incorporated into Program Review

Two-part process

Program Reflections on Student Learning-Summarizes Department or Group Dialog on SLOs-Describes action plans resulting from evaluation of student attainment of SLOs-Form is included in Program Review package

Emphasizes professionals talking to professionals about teaching and student learning

Provides opportunity to connect student learning and institutional planning

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Resolved, that the MPC Academic Senate recommends that faculty members use broadly defined SLOs and/or specifically defined objectives, as they deem appropriate, when engaging in the SLO-Assessment process to improve student learning.

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Whereas, the MPC Academic Senate wants to encourage wide-spread participation in the SLO-assessment process by broadening the kind and range of student skills and abilities that faculty members may choose to investigate when engaging in the SLO-assessment process,

Whereas, the ultimate goal of the SLO-assessment process is to prompt dialog that leads to improvement of student learning,

Academic SenateStudent Learning Outcomes

General Education Outcomes (GEOs)

Now have draft outcomes for each of the GE areas

Need vetting from faculty teaching in each of these areas

Academic SenateAccreditation Visit – March 2010

Self StudyEvidence

Conversations

“Triangulation”

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Shared Governance Committees

Faculty vacancy on the College Council

-Recommendations to the President to take to the Board-Resource allocation-Board Policy

Please contact me or our COC if interested

Academic SenateBy suggestion from Stephanie Perkins…..

Encouraging the Use of Student E-Mail

Students can forward mail from MPC student e-mail to their own accounts.

If we don’t start requiring/encouraging use of MPC student e-mail, it will never happen.

To find out how, go to www.mympc.edu.......

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Personal e-mail address

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Finally, brought to you by the Basic Skills and Student Success groups……

….A pilot program based on the Lobo Teaching and Learning Community (LOBO-TLC) …….

(Partnering for Academic SuccesS)The New

Recruitment begins in Fall 2009

PASS

Learning CommunityFocusing on the retention and success of our students

through collaborative instruction and counseling

Fall 2010 will link:oMATH 261oENGL 111oPERS 50

Continued counseling support and integrated curriculum

For more information, contact: Kim Shirley (kshirley@mpc.edu) or Marilyn Wilcox- 646-4176

Spring2010

Integrated CurriculumIntegrated Curriculum

Basic Skills Counseling

Support

Basic Skills Counseling

Support

MATH 351(Pre-Algebra) Tracie Catania

MATH 351(Pre-Algebra) Tracie Catania

FACS 56(Life Management)

Kim Shirley

FACS 56(Life Management)

Kim Shirley

ENGL 301(Academic

Writing)Jamie Gerard

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Thank YouHave a Successful Semester