Subject: Instruction Notes 02/19/03
From: Claire Biancalana
Organization: Cabrillo College, Office of Instruction
To: faculty@REMOVE-BEFORE-SENDINGcabrillo.edu (All Faculty)

Instruction Notes 02/19/03

MERLOT ONLINE TRAINING WORKSHOP
California Virtual Campus Region 4 will present the MERLOT online training workshop designed for instructors, trainers, and support staff who want to become familiar with the MERLOT website for the purpose of developing or supporting online or web-enhanced courses. This one week 5 day condensed course is designed to provide an understanding of the MERLOT website and the procedures MERLOT uses to evaluate new learning materials. The workshop will be held on February 24-28, 2003 and March 3-7, 2003. Registration Information: To enroll in this online workshop, please complete an online registration form at: http://www.cvc4.org/merlot/registration11-18-02.asp Facilitator: Kris Rinas CVC4, Educational Media Design Specialist

The MERLOT website is a tool that provides faculty with:

REVISIONS TO EVENING ADMINISTRATOR MEMO
The revised memo is attached.

Spring 2003 Faculty Memo revised.doc

A NOTE TO ALL OCCUPATIONAL PROGRAM INSTRUCTORS
Every year Cabrillo College receives approximately $325,000 in VTEA funds to support our Career Education programs.
These funds support disabled student services, tutoring, Career Night, curriculum development, conference attendance and a
number of other services. The amount we receive is in direct proportion to the numbers of students we serve who are
considered disadvantaged.

In order to ensure that we receive all the funds to which we are entitled we are asking you to survey your students. It should
take about 10 minutes of class time. A packet, with instructions and supplies sufficient for all your classes, will be in your
mailbox by February 26th. We are asking that you please return the surveys and any unused materials to the large box
labeled ‘VTEA STUF form surveys’ in the mailroom by March 7th.

Should there be any questions or requests for additional supplies please contact Leslie Read at x5778 or
leread@REMOVE-BEFORE-SENDINGcabrillo.edu.

MORE BUDGET ISSUES
On Tuesday, the Faculty Senate approved the attached Program Deletion Emergency Process to identify programs to be deleted beginning the 2003-04 academic year due to the loss of income from the state. The process, which will be implemented immediately, will not cause the lay off of contract faculty funded by the base budget. In addition, the Faculty Senate voted to recommend deferring the hiring of the new and vacant contract faculty positions scheduled to begin in fall of 2003. Each senator expressed his or her dismay over losing faculty positions but voted to defer filling the positions in order to reduce the number of layoffs resulting from our projected economic situation. I am truly sorry about all of this. We will do our best to minimize the negative impact of these fiscally-generated decisions on you and your students.

Program Deletion Emergency Process.doc

HOW YOUR STUDENTS CAN BECOME INVOLVED IN THE BUDGET CRISIS
The following is information that Christy Vogel sent out to her students. Christy had kindly provided us with this information
so that you may also forward it to your students should you wish to do so.

The dramatic threat of extreme budget cuts (anywhere between 1.8 up to 8 million dollars for 2003-2004!) has really
focused the entire campus on why we are here and you, our students, are of course the answer to that question.

If you feel positively impacted by our department or any department at Cabrillo College, could you please do three things
for me?

1. Send our representatives a short blurb describing the positive difference Cabrillo College has made in your life.

assemblymember.laird@assembly.ca.gov
senator.mcpherson@sen.ca.gov
A quick email protesting the cuts is available here.

For budget updates and access to legislators in other cc districts:
http://www.faccc.org/

2. Contact someone in the media and or government and protest the bad policy of cutting education funds.
(FYI: There is also a severe difference in how much the different branches of the state educational system are being cut.
The truth is that K-12 and the UC, CSU systems are not having their budgets cut but they will not receive a full cost of living increase--it will still feel like a cut but their budget is projected to go in at 1.5 % increase whereas community college budgets are scheduled for a 6.5% decrease--that's right the ccs are being treated differently. If you include the fact that we are not getting the usual cost of living increase, you could say (and these are the numbers our administrators are looking at for the fall) our budget is being cut 10.5%!!!!!)

A sample of an another advocacy letter is here.

3. Last but not least, as you continue to succeed, please share your positive experiences at the community college with
everyone and anyone you meet. We serve a greater number of students than the UC-CSU system and yet we receive less
funding per student. Until the public opinion of community colleges change, Cabrillo and other ccs will suffer every time our economy fluctuates. This is especially unfortunate because we are where people go for retraining when they lose their jobs due to a slow economy or other hardships.

I know this will take some of your time but I believe our community and our college are going to suffer more than their fair share if we do not speak out. Thanks especially for sending a message to our representatives.

ACT NOW!
The following message was sent out recently by the Community College League of California. Hoke Simpson, President of the Academic Senate is encouraging all to go to the League site, http://www.ccleague.org/actnow , and use the letter-writer to send a message to their legislators. It only takes a minute, and there's a great deal at stake.

As you may have read in the newspapers recently, Speaker Herb Wesson wants to reconfigure the midyear cut package in a compromise with Governor Gray Davis. Late last week, we were told by Administration sources that the Governor wants $288 million in cuts from community colleges, which is part of the $1 billion, 18-month cut facing the system. We need as many contacts as possible to legislators this week on behalf of community colleges. Legislators
have seen the media accounts of the cuts and are sympathetic, but they've told us they need more "grassroots" response,
demonstrating the impact of the proposed cuts on Californians. As reported in the Los Angeles Times recently, legislators are receiving thousands of contacts each week on budget issues, and community college contacts are a very small minority of what is being received. The League has developed an online letter-writer to help you easily contact your legislators. We need as many local contacts this week as possible, as your contacts could help the system avoid the additional $110 million in cuts the Governor wants from community colleges beyond what the Legislature approved last week. Please forward this message to your friends and colleagues who may be interested. Act Now: http://www.ccleague.org/actnow

MORE ON STUDENT SENATE
The Student Senate distributed information describing their alarm over the proposed budget cuts to the community college system. As part of the Student Senate’s advocacy plan on this budget crisis, the Student Senate is sponsoring a letter writing campaign and bus service for the March 17 rally in Sacramento. Everyone is invited to participate.

Bus service to the Monday, March 17 rally in Sacramento – Everyone is invited. To reserve space on the bus, call the Student Affairs Office at 479-6378, the Student Senate Office at 479-6231, stop by Room 902, or send an email to “studentsenate@REMOVE-BEFORE-SENDINGcabrillo.edu”. Leave your name and phone number. Someone will call you back to confirm the time of departure, etc. Plan for an all-day trip leaving very early (7 a.m.) and returning late (8:00 p.m.). The Student Senate is sponsoring 2 buses; the Faculty Senate is sponsoring 1 bus. They are waiting to hear from other campus organizations for possible sponsorship of 2 more buses.

A&R
Census rosters for full term (16 week) courses were just distributed and are due February 24. A&R Aptos (Bld. 900) and Watsonville Center will be processing registrations on Saturday, February 22, 10 am - 2 pm. February 22 is the last day to register for full term courses

CHILDREN'S CENTER
You're invited to the Children's Center Fundraising Event. Please join the Cabrillo College Children’s Center for a night of food and fun at Fresh Choice Restaurant in Capitola on March 10, from 4pm to 9pm. 20% of that evenings sales will go to the Children's Center. This event requires an invitation, which you can obtain via email by contacting the Children's Center at 479-6352, or email your request to Ariba at aralston@REMOVE-BEFORE-SENDINGcabrillo.edu

MEGAN'S LAW
Cabrillo's Sheriff's Office has obtained a computer system to obtain information regarding registered sex offenders at the
Cabrillo campus, or in your own neighborhood. Attached is the link to access the Cabrillo College Sheriff's Department
page on Megan's Law. If you would like to obtain information about registered sex offenders, you will need to make your
request in person at the campus Sheriffs Office. http://www.cabrillo.cc.ca.us/busserv/police/meganslaw.html