Subject: Instruction Notes 12/10/04
From: Claire Biancalana
Organization: Cabrillo College, Office of Instruction

Instruction Notes
1/24/05

I hope you enjoyed a restful winter break and I welcome you to the Spring Semester of 2005

Chewing Over Student Learning Outcomes
I hope you are planning to attend the brunch and presentation of Cabrillo’s plan to assess student learning outcomes across the college. Please call your division office to make a reservation. The presentation is on Tuesday, February 1st from 10:00 to 10:50 in room 450. The brunch and discussion will be from 11 to12:30 and department meetings from 12:30 to 2.

2005 Instructional Planners
Those faculty members who are beginning the Instructional Planning Process this February are invited to attend the planning workshop on Wednesday, from 9AM to 1PM, in room 5010. Programs include Accounting and Finance, Art History, Construction and Energy Management, Dance, Engineering Technology, English, Geography, History, Learning Skills, Meteorology, Nursing, Sociology, CABT, and ESL. This is a mandatory meeting for at least one member of each department. Program binders containing specific program data will be distributed, lunch will be served, and there will be a special session on Student Learning Outcomes. Please contact Terry at 5077 or teprzyby to reserve a lunch.

2006 and 2007 Instructional Planners
There will be two flex workshops on Wednesday, February 2nd for instructional planners dedicated to Student Learning Outcomes and Core Competencies. Although all are welcome to attend, representatives for the programs undergoing instructional planning for 2006 and 2007 are required to attend at least one of these workshops being offered. Since transfer programs and occupational programs have different processes for assessment, the morning session (9-11 a.m.) will be dedicated to transfer programs, and the afternoon session (1-3 p.m.) will be dedicated to occupational programs.

Sacramento Matters
Jennifer Baker (FACCC Lobbyist) has been invited to come to Cabrillo to make a presentation entitled “Sacramento Matters.” The meeting will be held on Friday, February 11 at 1:00 p.m. in the Horticulture Center. She will be laying out the aspects of the Governor’s budget that affects community colleges and will be discussing the political implications. Provided you are not scheduled to teach during this time, your attendance would enable you to receive Flex credit.

Cooperative Work Experience: Spring 2005 Information
CWEE FLEX for new & continuing Work Experience Instructors: Wednesday, February 2nd, Room 507, from 10 AM –12 NOON.
The first hour will be for new instructors interested in participating in the Work Experience program this semester or in the future. This introduction will detail the responsibilities of the instructor, the student and the work experience coordinator. The second hour will be for all continuing Work Experience Instructors. Program streamlining, new web design and the revised pay plan will be discussed. The CWEE Spring 05 student orientation schedule is attached. Orientations (where add-slips are distributed) are mandatory for participation in CWEE.
REVISED PAY SCHEDULE for all Work Experience Instructors: Beginning with Spring 2005, at the due date of the first student time card, all CWEE students will be required to hand in their project paper. This mid-semester deadline will also be after most 1st site-visits. At this mid-semester point all summary reports will be sent from the CWEE office to the division deans for instructor pay. In this way the timeliness for CWEE instruction pay will be more in line with your regular instruction pay. For information please call 477-5650.

Spring 05 CWEE Orienatation Schedule.doc

WebAdvisor
Several students have asked questions concerning the browsers they use to enroll. A&R suggests you direct them to the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) in WebAdvisor.

Go to our webpage.
Click on Apply and Register
Click on Go to WebAdvisor.
On the WebAdvisor page, click on FAQ, in the upper right hand corner.
You will see a screen with 2 choices; choose #2.WebAdvisor, and the browser information is listed as #2.
They also suggest you look at choice #1 on FAQ: Cabrillo registration and who to contact for help.

Cinema For Celebrating Diversity
CCFT, SEIU, Faculty Senate and other campus organizations will sponsor free film showings which explore diversity on Mondays in Room 450 from 1-4 p.m. and 5-8 p.m. Two showings of two films will be shown each month as part of the nationally designated celebrations of different ethnicities, genders and other underrepresented groups.

All faculty and staff are encouraged to attend. You may want to encourage students to attend by providing extra credit, etc, if appropriate. Flyers for February showings will be in your mailbox. Any faculty or staff members willing to introduce films and facilitate discussion, please email Dhyana Swann at dhswann_at_cabrillo.edu or call 6195.

Fulbright Scholar Program
For your information, the Instruction Office has the following publications on file from the Fulbright Scholar Program:

The directories are to be used to identify and give recognition to both U.S. and Visiting Scholars on our campus. You may also wish to invite a Visiting Fulbrighter located elsewhere in the county to come to Cabrillo to lecture or to do a special presentation as part of the Fulbright Occasional Lecturer Program.

Graduation
Even as the spring semester begins, Student Services representatives are working on graduation. Please join in the graduation ceremony on the afternoon of Friday, June 3, 2005 by participating in the faculty procession. Everyone in the procession is asked to wear a cap and gown representing his/her graduate school. If you do not have a cap and gown or if you need replacement pieces, please do the following: 1) Go to the Cabrillo Book Store OR call Christina Lawrence at 5018; 2) Provide your name, the name of the college of your highest degree, your height and weight. Order your cap and gown as soon as possible but no later than Friday, May 6, 2005. Also, start thinking about a special student you would like me to highlight at graduation.


I'm looking forward to seeing you next week.