From Duane's DeskMonday, October 26, 2009
Hi Folks,
Just a quick reminder that we'll be meeting tomorrow at 3:30pm in MCC 12. we'll update ourselves on the SLOs, our curriculum and the upcoming move. Then we'll move into the main discussion--the budget for 2010-11...
See you there,
Duane
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Monday, October 19, 2009
Hi folks,
We have a number of things to update... the curriculum that's due on 11/4, the SLOs project, and, more budget bad news...
Let's get together on Wednesday, Oct. 28th @ 3:30pm, MCC 12.
By the time of the meeting we should have had most of our curriculum that's due on 11/4 already turned in to ECMS and the committee. We'll update ourselves and look at Hua-Fu's list. Many thanks to Hua-Fu for a great job of constantly reminding the faculty about curriculum due dates, and following up.
Many of you have turned in Phase 1 of the SLOs project. We'll update our progress and see where we're at in completing the entire project.
Finally, a big part of the meeting will be the 2010-11 budget. We have some numbers to work with, but the outcomes are going to surprise us. I have had many part timers ask about future teaching assignments. This budget projection will answer that question and others...
I have also scheduled our next division meeting after the 10/28 time. This is scheduled for Wednesday, 11/18 @3:30pm in Room TBA. That should still give us some time to go over SLOs and get them in by the December deadline.
Thanks everyone for all your hard work this quarter. It's been extraordinary, with much curriculum to do, the added layer of discussing SLOs and working out the coordination, the new Banner and other online systems, and all with the shadow of the budget always looming in the background.
Maybe the one piece of good news is that we have a new faculty member in the division...Edmundo Norte was selected as the Diversity/ICCE Coordinator and he teaches Chicano Studies. His main job will be coordinating both diversity and civic and community engagement areas, but he will have a teaching assignment as well.
See you on the 28th,
Duane
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Friday, October 2, 2009
HOW TO SUBMIT CENSUS
Census data is required by the state for audit purposes. Students who never attended your class should be dropped now so we do not collect apportionment in error and incur fines.
October 3 is the last date to drop No Show or other students who have stopped attending your class. Census week (for regular classes meeting every week) is the third week of the quarter from October 5th 2009 to October 9th 2009. During this time you can continue to drop students on your portal with no grade of record. (Students will not be eligible for a refund at this point.)
If you miss the October 3rd date to drop No Show students, submit blue addendum forms to Admissions and Records in person at the Faculty Window no later then 1PM October 9th. Remember: it is a faculty Title 5 responsibility to drop all no shows. Admissions and Records and faculty will receive emails to their De Anza College email from FHDA Portal with a PDF attachment, including the date and time of any students you drop on your portal.
If you have no Changes to your Census, we still need record of this. Email Joan Pena Ferrick at penaferrickjoan@fhda.edu ; in Admissions, mentioning the course (Exp. ACCT001A-05) and that you have no changes to your census.
Faculty teaching classes with Daily Census (those with nonstandard meeting times/dates) will receive an email and instructions from Joan Pena Ferrick at the time of their census dates.
The Staff Development lab is available for you to review online rosters and print documents.
QUESTIONS? Contact Joan in A&R X8721
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Tuesday, September 29, 9:40am
IIS Instructors,
Please process drops and no-shows so students can get refunds...
Duane
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Tuesday, September 29, 1:56pm
Hi, Everyone,
Yesterday at the Academic Senate Meeting the faculty discussed the accreditation follow-up letter. Within that letter we were discussing the percentage of courses we are targeting to have completed full assessment cycles--write an outcome (phase 1), assess (phase 2), reflect and enhance (phase 3)--this academic year. 33% was the number that was under discussion.
Unfortunately, I have had a faculty member say that she is confused because her senator is telling her that they no longer need to meet to finish writing outcomes (phase 1) because the goal has changed to completing only 33%.
Could you please contact your faculty and remind those who still have outcome statements for their courses to create, that the deadline is still: December 1, 2009.
Thank you for your assistance.
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Coleen Lee-Wheat
Physical Education and Athletics
SLO Coordinator
De Anza College
408 864-8744
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Wednesday, September 30, 10:45am
Dear Faculty Colleagues,
Welcome back and hope you had a restful summer break! As you have already experienced, this fall quarter is quite eventful at De Anza.
Despite the challenges, I hope you are excited to do more good work in helping our students, especially those enrolled in our basic skills courses, to succeed! Our mission, at the WRC (Writing and Reading Center) and throughout the Student Success Center to help students is even more important than ever, as the demand is higher than it's ever been and as we see more diversity of students (returning, re-training, first-generation college students etc).
NEW WRC ACTING FACULTY DIRECTOR FOR FALL QUARTER: MARC CORONADO
I want to tell you that I am on sabbatical this fall quarter and will be returning in the winter as a teaching faculty and as the faculty director of the WRC. In the meantime, I am completely confident that the WRC is in excellent hands. Marc Coronado, my great colleague in the English department, is the acting director this fall. She will be working closely with staff in the Student Success Center--Alerie Flandez, Sandy Blackborow, and Mary Browning--who thankfully continue to do the wonderful work they do. They will be sure to promptly update you on any changes to any of the WRC routines/procedures/schedules, as they always do.
I hope you will welcome Marc Coronado to do the excellent work in faculty outreach she will be doing to let you know about how we can help you help your students succeed, under the constraints of this difficult budget year and challenges of soaring enrollments. She will also be soliciting any help and ideas you have to offer, since this is a campus resource created for and supported by faculty! Without your support, we would not succeed. Marc is already working with student organizations to co-present workshops on writing transfer application essays. These will be advertised soon.
CHANGES: ALL DROP-IN AND APPOINTMENT WRITING AND READING TUTORING WILL BE HELD IN WRC
There are some changes in WRC this quarter. Together with the Tutorial Center director Diana Alves de Lima and Peer Tutor Supervisor Sandy Blackborrow, we have made the decision to hold ALL writing and reading related tutoring in the WRC, which includes the drop-in tutoring we've always had, as well as the appointment tutoring that used to take place in L-47. Sandy Blackborrow will spend more of her work hours in the WRC and will have a desk/station there. Of course, this means the WRC will be livelier than ever. Sandy and Alerie and Marc and their student staff are doing a LOT of work to coordinate things so that they run as smoothly as possible.
CHALLENGE TO SERVE MORE BASIC SKILLS STUDENTS WITH LIMITED RESOURCES
Another important change is that we will be redoubling our efforts to serve more students at the developmental (basic skills) level. You may know already that most funding for our work in the Student Success Center comes from external sources. These grants require spending on helping underprepared students. While we in the SSC will strive to serve everyone, our first priority is students with basic skills challenges in English (ATC309) and Math (S43).
If you are teaching basic skills level classes or have students in need of basic skills support, we especially welcome you and your students to visit and use the WRC. Please call x5840 if you would like to schedule a brief orientation.
THANK YOU!
We also must acknowledge the strong support of DASB, Title III and BSI steering committees, our Learning Resources Dean, Lydia Hearn, and all the De Anza administrators, faculty, and staff. Thank you to all.
I wish you all a wonderful quarter and I look forward to seeing you again in Winter 2010 quarter!
Best always,
Karen
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Karen H. Chow, De Anza College
English, Asian American, & Women's Studies and
Writing & Reading Center Co-Director,
408-864-5763 (office, F11-K)
408-864-5840 (Writing & Reading Center, ATC 309)
"A group of slaves will never make a liberal and progressive country; such a country can be made up only of independent-minded and free-thinking people."
Hu Shih, philosopher
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IIS Division:
Curriculum Workshops are coming in the Fall. Please mark you calendars and email your reservation to: curriculum@fhda.edu
Thursday, October 8, 2009, 12:30pm-1:30pm ADM 109 Conference Room
Or
Friday, October 23, 2009, 11:30am-12:30pm, ADM 109 Conference Room
The workshop will cover the complete curriculum processes from start to finish as well as the course outline format, what is ECMS, where to get the forms, signatures, and how many copies to make.
jok61509
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IIS Division Summer Session Instructors,
We will proceed with the summer session schedule we have created to date.
However, please be advised that we will be canceling low enrolled classes by Tuesday, June 23rd. Yes, that is Tuesday of Finals Week.
Therefore, please encourage students to sign up as early as they can (in general this is going to become an important practice as we will have more students than we can offer class space in the coming year). This is particularly important in the world Languages where the enrollments tend to be low, and student feel they can walk in the first week and add.
If you have questions or need more clarity, just give me a call or email,
Duane
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