Subject: Instruction Notes 06/05/03
From: Claire Biancalana
Organization: Cabrillo College, Office of Instruction
To: All Faculty

Instruction Note 6/05/03

What a year!
I have spent too much time focusing on budget problems this year! The 2.2 million of one-time reductions and the 4 million of permanent reductions are devastating and limit educational opportunities for our students. Additionally, the work by all members of the college involved in making those decisions was exhausting and depressing. Loosing valued colleagues to budget reductions demoralizes those of us who remain.

I need to remember the notable accomplishments this year including

• Serving 14,362 students in the fall, 1,660 in winter, 14,881 in spring, and 4263 in summer semesters – an increase of 3.2% for the year
• Implementing 4 new divisions, modeled after the pilot HASS division (most, not all, of the reports I hear from faculty and division staff are very positive in terms of added support for faculty and students)
• Training division office staff with the intention of ensuring consistency of roles across divisions
• Implementing new job description and new roles/responsibilities for Program Chairs
• Implementing the new evaluation article in the CCFT contract agreed to by the administration and the union
• Preparing over 800 graduating high school seniors to register for fall 2003 at the first ever on campus event designed just for them - Running Start
• Redesigning the former Community and Contract Education function to better serve the community, become financially solvent, and provide additional teaching opportunities for our faculty, and renaming it Cabrillo Extension
• Developing a Watsonville Center Master Plan
• Creating the Health Careers Partnership with local school district, local hospitals, clinics and county agencies with $1,000,000 of external funding
• Changing the ESL course structure to comply with state requirements
• Opening the new 11-acre Environmental Horticulture Center and naming its learning center in honor of our founding Vice President for Instruction, Floyd L. Younger
• Implementing the new Curriculum Committee structure and process (assessment of strengths and challenges is ongoing) *
• Fully utilizing FIESTA for 100% of course proposals, including content review
• Automating room scheduling for classes and events using AdAstra
• Graduating 699 students

Congratulations to all of us!

Better Communication
I am fortunate to have served the students of this college since 1969. If my memory is correct, each year we continually searched for better avenues of communication. This year, the challenge is even greater given the larger divisions and budgetary issues. Word is out that there are fewer division meetings now than in the prior years. The reality is that not all of the smaller divisions held regular meetings. In fact, it was the minority that held monthly meetings. Word is also out that the new divisions do not hold meetings. In fact, most have held three to four each semester. Others consistently held Program Chair meetings. I understand from recent discussions with faculty leaders and deans that many faculty feel uninformed about issues. I believe it is each person's responsibilities to stay connected with division, senate, and union representatives and to read communications sent by the administration. I also understand that faculty's main focus is on students and applaud this commitment to them. I pledge to work with the divisions to establish mechanisms to increase communications over the next year.

Letter to Cabrillo administrators, staff, and faculty from Mary Ann Hammann
June 23 will be my last working day at Delta School on Cabrillo campus. Thank you for all your kind and generous support to me while I served as Delta's principal. I will miss the caring attention you have provided as I worked to establish Delta at Cabrillo. Sandra Gresham is Delta's new Executive Director and Bob Guzley is the new Principal. I know that they will be wonderful for Delta and its continuing partnership with Cabrillo. I ask you to support them as you have me.
On June 12 we will be graduating 10 seniors, all of whom have successfully taken Cabrillo classes as part of their graduation units. Seven of the ten plan to continue at Cabrillo; two will be relocating to attend other community colleges. These are young students who traditionally do not graduate from high school and certainly do not think about staying in school to go to college. This desire to continue their education and their ability to be successful at the next level of education is a result of all that you and we do as partners in Delta at Cabrillo.
We would love to have you join us at the graduation celebration, Thursday, June 12 at 11:30 at the Sesnon House. We appreciate the role you play in our students' achievement. You share in their success. For those who would want to support Delta through a donation, we have a wonderful opportunity to double any June donations through a matching challenge from our board president and his wife, Jim and Karen Watson. Checks can be dropped off at our Cabrillo mailbox in the faculty room, mailed to Cabrillo 6500 Soquel Dr. or given to Sandra Gresham at graduation. Like Cabrillo, Delta too has endured a year of economic misery. With this matching grant each donation, large or small, now doubles in its ability to help us continue Delta's important work here at Cabrillo. Again, thank you personally for all you have done for me. I will always speak fondly and appreciatively of my time here at Cabrillo.

From Admissions and Records
The staff wish to remind you that it is too late to issue W grades and that they are expecting your grade rosters and positive hours as soon as possible, but certainly by the 9th. They are intending to have the grades available for students on the 18th through Hawktalk and CyberReg. I wish to thank you for working hard to submit all rosters on time. There has been great improvement over the last two years!

Thanks to Computing Resources
I am very excited to see that students can now access the full course description with one click on the course title in the live schedule on Web Advisor. Try it! http://wave.cabrillo.edu/servlet/com.datatel.server.servlets.webadvisor.WebAdvisor?MENU=st&MNEMONIC=WSEI&APPLICATION=ST&USERID=guest&PASSWORD=*

Thank You From Dental Hygiene
The Dental Hygiene Department thanks all of the Cabrillo Administration, Faculty, and Staff that have made this a successful year for Dental Hygiene Clinic. The Dental Hygiene Students treated 3513 patients during March 2002-February 2003. The procedures performed were teeth cleanings, dental radiographs and preventative sealants. The percentages of patients seen between 21 to 30 years old was 27%, between 41-60 years old was 26% and 61 years or older was 14%. 9% of the patients treated had Denti-Cal/Medi-Cal. Patients living in 84 different zip codes were served. The majority of patients treated are from Santa Cruz. The Dental Hygiene Students are looking for summer State Board Patients and in the fall, children for our Children's Clinics. For more information, please call the Dental Hygiene Clinic at 479-6431.

TLC News
The TLC will be CLOSED Monday, June 9 through Friday, June 13, 2003. We will be open during the summer session and 2003-2004 academic year,
Monday – Thursday, from 12noon-5pm. For more information, go to the web at http://www.cabrillo.edu/services/tlc/index.html
Student Open Access Lab computing will be available this summer through the Computer Technology Center only.
Hours online at http://www.cabrillo.cc.ca.us/divisions/bcs/ctc/hours.html
The Fall 2003 Flex Calendar is now online at http://www.cabrillo.cc.ca.us/tlc/fall2003flex
If you have not yet posted your contact information on Salsa, please contact the TLC.

2003-04 Budget
Indicators are that we have a chance for a timely State budget this year. The latest information concerning California community college budget is available at http://www.ccleague.org/leginfo/budget/

The Last Diversity Workshop for the Year
The last diversity workshop for Spring 2003 will be held on Wednesday, June 11, 2003, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., in
Room 833. For those of you who have not yet attended a diversity workshop, this will be your last opportunity to do so
before flex week prior to Fall semester 2003. Please be aware that everyone who intends to serve on a search and selection committee, beginning Fall 2003, must have attended a diversity workshop. Beginning in August 2003, all committee chairs will be given a list of persons who have already attended a diversity workshop, in order to assist them in forming their search and selection committees. If you wish to attend the diversity workshop, please confirm by contacting Jose Millan by 6/6/03, at ext. 3529, or by e-mail, at jomillan@cabrillo

Last Chance for Educators in Industry
Consider registering for an Educators In Industry site visit to earn 4 hours of flex credit for the fall 2003 semester.
There are a few spaces remaining and registration closes on June 6. Take a look at this site for more information.
http://www.cabrillo.cc.ca.us/affiliate/worklearn/EII/EII_overview_fl03.html

Hope to see you all at Graduation tomorrow. Have a great summer break. You deserve it!