Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2002 10:59:54 -0800
From: Claire Biancalana
Organization: Cabrillo College, Office of Instruction
Subject: Instruction Notes
1-28-02
Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2002 10:59:54 -0800
From: Claire Biancalana
Organization: Cabrillo College, Office of Instruction
Instruction Notes
Spring
2002
Welcome
to the Spring Semester of 2002! I hope the time since fall finals and grades
has been one of rejuvenation for you. Several of us who remained on campus have
been working the FTES numbers with positive results! Presently, our calculations
show our FTES grew by 6% over summer and fall of 2001. Watsonville Center increased
66% over fall 2001. Wintersession was a smashing success with an FTES increase
over 20%. I want to give a special thanks to the faculty who forfeited their
January plans to teach our students. Spring enrollment shows a healthy increase
as well, at this point.
Reorganization
The
division dean search and selection committees have been hard at work this month
and last month. I am pleased to announce the selection of three deans,
Human Arts and Social Sciences Division Dean
Mary Cardenas,
Visual Digital and Performing Arts Division Dean
Dan Martinez, and
Health and Wellness Division Dean Kathie Welch.
In each case the pools were rich, the deliberation thoughtful, and the decision
sound. On Friday the side letter with SEIU was signed setting the parameters
for hiring the division office staff. Also on Friday, the CCFT District team
began negotiations regarding program directors.
Accreditation
Standards
In
case you have not heard, there is an enormous discussion around the state regarding
the proposed Accreditation Standards. I am attaching both the standards as originally
proposed and Cabrillo's response to them. Another draft will be published in
the spring.
Flex
Week
January
29 through February 1, 2002 is Flex Week. The Spring 2002 Flex Calendar is online
at http://www.cabrillo.cc.ca.us/instruct/tlc/spring2002flex/
Please note the following Flex workshop announcement from Harry Ungar: Terrorism,
War & Propaganda, planned for Tuesday, Jan 29, 1 to 3 pm was intended to present
a range of interesting and well qualified off campus speakers. Because public
interest in the subject has dropped sharply in recent weeks, we were not able
to recruit these speakers. The original sponsors will be available at the scheduled
time & place for informal discussion on the war.
New
Grant Opportunity
The Chancellor's
Office announced new grant competition opportunities through the Fund for Student
Success. The Fund supports competitively evaluated projects that plan or institutionalize
programs and services that have been shown through local research to achieve
students’ educational and work related goals. Projects are expected to sustain
integrated strategies that further instructional, student services, and human
resources objectives. The Request for Application will incorporate up to three
years of funding for institutionalization efforts and one year funding for planning.
Applications are available online at: http://www.cccco.edu/cccco/esed/GrantsNContracts/fss.htm
If you are interested in applying for one of these grants to support an effort
of your department or program, please consult Loreen Easterly, Bette Hirsch,
or Rock Pfotenhauer, as well as your division chair. Grant applications are
due in Sacramento, March 27, 2002.
Grant
Funded Institute Possibility
Cities
and Public Spaces in Comparative Cultural Contexts – a research institute for
community college faculty, is sponsored by the Community College Humanities
Association in collaboration with the Library of Congress and funded by the
National Endowment for the Humanities. Application deadline is February 15,
2002. Participants will undertake interdisciplinary projects using the collections
of the Library of Congress under the guidance of the Library's Office of Scholarly
Programs. There is a $6000 stipend for participants, to help defray the costs
of transportation, lodging and other project related expenses. Faculty in the
fields of Literature, History, Philosophy, Foreign Languages, Humanities, Religion,
Anthropology and Sociology, Political Science, Urban Studies, Art and Architecture,
Speech and Theater, Music and Dance are eligible to apply for this grant. Applications
are welcome from currently employed full-time humanities faculty at community
colleges, and from regular part-time faculty who have had at least three years
continuous employment at the same institution. This is an interdisciplinary,
cross-cultural project which will use the vast resources of the Library of Congress.
Reading knowledge of one or more foreign languages is encouraged. Participants
are selected on the basis of their statement of purpose and their potential
contributions to the project and to furthering scholarship, curriculum development
and teaching on cities in various cultural contexts. Those faculty interested
in this possibility should see Bette Hirsch for the application and further
information.
Teachers
& Technology: Splashing into Success with ROV's
The Marine Advanced
Technology Education (MATE) Center, funded by the National Science Foundation,
will host the first of two Summer Institutes for Faculty Development July 14-
20, 2002. The focus of this week-long, 4th annual event will be on submersible
technology, specifically Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROV's) and giving faculty
the knowledge, skills, and resource materials needed to implement curriculum
focused on ROV design and building at their institutions. The MATE Center will
be accepting applications from community college, as well as high school and
four-year university faculty until March 1, 2002. If you are interested in applying
for this Institute, please complete the application located at http://www.marinetech.org/education/workshops.html.
For more information feel free to contact:
Saundra Butcher, Internship & Summer Institute Coordinator,
Marine Advanced Technology Education (MATE) Center
980 Fremont St., Monterey, CA 93940, (831) 582-3008
Plagiarism
Check Tool
Beginning this semester, the Teaching & Learning Center will have the software,
Turnitin.org, a plagiarism prevention system used by hundreds of educational
institutions worldwide. Faculty can copy text from a student paper, and submit
online to Turnitin.org. Subscribers receive reports for every submitted assignment
at their own Turnitin.com "report in-box", usually within 24 hours. The information
contained in the reports gives users the ability to determine for themselves
the extent to which any given work is plagiarized or original. Reports are exact
duplicates of submitted papers, except that any text either copied or paraphrased
from the Internet appears underlined, color coded, and linked to its original
online source.
Recycle!
Business Services is asking for our help
in recycling. In each classroom two new recycle containers will be placed next
to the wastebasket. One container will be labeled “Mixed Paper” and the other
will be labeled “Cans and Bottles”. The custodial staff will empty each container
as often as needed. It would be helpful if you would mention the availability
of this recycling to students. Every faculty office will receive a new 28-quart
recycling container along with a 7-quart waste container that attaches to the
larger container. This means the new recycling container will be 4 times larger
than the wastebasket. This is appropriate since over 70% of office waste is
typically recyclable! Custodians will empty the containers as needed.
From
Goran Klepic, Student Trustee
The Student Senate
will be host a "Welcome Back Day" on February 14 from 10 am to 3 pm in the College
Quad in front of building 100. There will be games, entertainment and food.
We will have amplified sound between 11 am and 1 pm. This event is meant to
welcome back Cabrillo Students, Faculty and Staff with fun community activities.
The Student Senate invites everyone to attend and participate. We do not encourage
students to miss classes. The event will be going on long enough to allow students
to attend when they're not in class. If you have questions about the event,
contact Gabe Gutierrez at 3508.