Mission/Purpose Statement

CPC is the highest participatory governance committee at Cabrillo College and serves as the constituency recommending body to the president. This committee is responsible for the planning and oversight of all participatory governance committees that report to CPC, and is responsible for the review, evaluation and continuous improvement of the participatory governance process, procedures and committee structure. CPC is charged with the overall recommendations that come to the president regarding all institutional planning, strategic and focus planning, and all board policies and administrative procedures.

Goals

2022-2023 Goals:

1. Continue with the Strategic Enrollment Management (SEM) Plan: Working through CPC as a forum for final review, Cabrillo representatives will develop an enrollment management plan that highlights outreach, marketing, course scheduling, and registration strategies that are designed to improve the College's enrollment across various demographic and regional groups

2. In line with Board/CEO Goal 5: CPC representatives will continue to review policies and procedures with an equity lens that seeks to root out racist biases and practices.

3. Continue with the President’s Advisory Committee which features widespread community participation and serves as a forum for community engagement and solicitation of ideas for improved college-community relations.

4. Continue promoting professional development activities and policy changes that make the college an institution that intentionally counters systemic bias toward and oppression of marginalized groups and communities.

5. Continue to promote policies, practices, and activities that improve and increase Cabrillo College enrollment outreach services to adult learners as well as local K-12 students, particularly high school students within marginalized populations, featuring scholarship and grant opportunities. Cast a wider net, and become a statewide/western state leader.

6. Continue to initiate and support community listening sessions and an educational master planning process that examines regional labor market data, identifies new programs and strengthens existing ones that match with community and labor market needs, and supports innovative short-term training programs that accelerate workforce entry (strategic goal emphasis: community engagement and equitable student success).

7. Continue to support efforts to complete a housing feasibility study and take steps to address the workforce and student housing needs of the college community (strategic goal emphasis: community engagement and physical and technical resources).

CPC is the shared governance body responsible for reviewing and advising on:

1. Mission/Vision Statements reviewed, and aligned with college input and accreditation standard updates – per CPC three year review cycle

2. Develop liaison task force to the board and college constituencies regarding possible bond

3. Review and recommend changes to board policy and administrative procedure

4. Review and recommend Program Plan Resource Requests

5. Review and recommend Institutional Planning documents, timelines and outcomes

6. Review and recommend participatory governance goals and outcomes

7. Review budgetary assumptions and recommendations

*asterisk denotes reference to the Cabrillo College Strategic Plan

Who They Report To

The College Planning Committee advises and makes recommendations to the President on college matters that are consistent with the college mission requiring broad institutional input in service to our students, the college, and community. CPC is the shared governance body responsible for overseeing and evaluating the following plans:

• College Strategic Plan - September 2019 - Identifies short term (five year) goals and strategies to support student success

• Educational Master Plan - March, 2013 - EMP Updated April 2015 - Focuses on long term educational goals and objectives

• Facilities Master Plan - June, 2013 - FMP Updated May 2015 - Focuses on facilities needs for the college

Meetings

Meetings are generally held the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of every month from 2 - 4 p.m. in SAC East 225, however they are currently being held via Zoom. Special meetings will be called when needed. All meetings are open to the general college community.

Link to Agendas and Minutes

BoardDocs

Chair and Member Listing

• Dr. Matthew Wetstein, (Chair – non-voting) Superintendent / President

• Dr. Robin McFarland, Interim Asst. Superintendent / Vice President, Instruction

• Dr. Bradley Olin, Asst. Superintendent / Vice President, Finance and Administrative Services

• Amy Lehman-Sexton, Asst. Superintendent / Vice President, Student Services

• Carlton Homes, Director, Budget and Fiscal Services

• Tobin Keller, Faculty Union President

• Kimberly Manfield, Faculty Member, Vice President, CCFT

• Anna Zagorska, Faculty Senate President

• Michelle Morton, Faculty Senate Member, Faculty Senate Vice President

• Eddie Cervantes, Dean Education Centers, Distance Ed, and Dual Enrollment

• Teresa Macedo, Faculty Senate Member

• Tasha Sturm, Classified Union President

• Megan Pierce, Confidential Representative

• Buff McKinley, Classified Staff Representative

• Sofia Abonce, Student Senate President

15 Total (14 voting members)

Additional Information

Communication Between the CPC and Other Planning Bodies of the College: The intent is to have as much transparency as possible. In the spirit of this intent, sharing of agendas and a summary of relevant planning topics from Cabinet and other bodies will be shared in advance or presented regularly to the CPC. Affected groups include: Cabinet, Instructional Council, Council on Instructional Planning, Administrative Leadership Team, and Component Manager Groups. See the Cabrillo College Decision Making Process and the Integrated Planning and Resource Request Process.