Subject: Instruction Note 3-13-02
Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2002 12:07:04 -0800
From: Claire Biancalana
Organization: Cabrillo College, Office of Instruction

Instruction Notes

Michele Serros
Michele Serros will read on both the Aptos and Watsonville campuses on Monday, March 18th. At Aptos, she
will read in the cafeteria Fireside Lounge at 1 PM. At Watsonville, she will read in the Multipurpose Room at 6:30 PM. She will be available for discussion and autographs after both readings. She is an incisive writer and a lively reader, somewhat in the style of Mark Twain--humorous and vigorous. She has performed as a "spoken word" artist on the Lollapalooza music tour and has released a CD of readings from her first book. Serros has been called "a modern-day Moliere" and "one of the most distinctive and accomplished Latina voices in literature today."

Staff Development Fall 2002 Flex Week
Flex Week is Monday, August 26 through Friday, August 30, 2002. Thursday is Division/Department Day and Friday is All College Day. The Staff Development committee requests that department specific workshops and union activities be scheduled for Wednesday of flex week. If you are interested in a workshop there are three ways to submit a flex workshop form:
1. Use the online form
http://www.cabrillo.cc.ca.us/tlc/staffdevforms/flexworkshop.htm
2. Download a form and print out on your printer
http://www.cabrillo.cc.ca.us/tlc/staffdevforms/Fall2002FlexWrkshpForm.pdf
3. Pick up a form at the TLC, room 1095 or in the Staff Development rack in the mailroom
Please return the forms to Francine Van Meter, or submit online, by Friday, March 29.

Fulbrights
The 2003-2004 information for the Fulbright Teach and Administrator Exchange program has arrived recently and is in the Dean's Office (Room 132). Stop by and speak to Georgia Edminster to obtain a copy. Applications are due October 15, 2002.

Division Reorganization
Since the Seahawk Circle Annual Golf Tournament will be on the 3th of May, the first meeting of the Health and Wellness Division meeting will be changed. It will be held on May 10, 2 to 4 in room 615. The reception will follow at 4 PM at my house. The locations of the new division offices have been decided and the spaces will be remodel by the fall. VAPA will be remain in the 300 building; MSE will stay in the 700 building,; Health and Wellness will be housed in the 1100 building; and English, Business, and World Language will move to the 500 building. We are working on a plan to have copiers in most of the building.

Nursing Program
The Nursing faculty want us to know about a series on KUSP. The stories are on the the nursing shortage and include Cabrillo's nursing program. They will air on April 4th-12th at 7:33 am. The Cabrillo story will air on Friday the 12th at 7:33 am on KUSP.

Learner Outcomes Meeting
The next meeting is today at 3 PM in room 405. Here are some agenda items
    What exactly are learner outcomes?
       How can we measure them?
         Why should we do this?
    Can we just say "Hell no we won't go!"?
Here is Topsy's learner outcomes website http://www.cabrillo.cc.ca.us/~tsmalley/learneroutcomes.html
This stuff is not going away!

The Budget
By new you have read President Hurd's memo regarding budget reductions. Division Chairs have met and will continue meeting with faculty and staff to identify places where we can reduce our expenditures, yet preserve quality learning and maintain enrollments----sure! The instruction component was asked to contribute 71% of the $500,000 goal. The discussion at this morning's Division Chair Council was very difficult yet productive, resulting in some concrete options. They will speak with you about these options and make recommendations to me in early April. After looking at all the options for the Instruction Component, I will develop the plan to deliver to CPC. As you work with your division chair, please look within your own department rather than targeting another.