Curriculum

Resolved that the Academic Senate adopt the document "Statement of Competencies in Languages other than English Expected of Entering Freshmen, Phase II - Chinese, Japanese, Russian."

Whereas local curriculum committees continue to assume new responsibilities in course and program approval, which include delegation of approval authority, establishing prerequisites and the likelihood of distance education,

Resolved that the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges urge local senates to continue to develop effective curriculum processes.
M/S/U DISPOSITION: Local senates

Resolved that the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges direct the Executive Committee to maintain a list of local faculty curriculum committee chairs, college and district, for possible separate mailings.
M/S/U DISPOSITION: Executive Committee

Whereas local academic senates are responsible for curriculum development, and

Whereas the current Curriculum Standards Handbook is not user friendly, and

Whereas in the spirit of shared governance, the chief instructional officers need to be involved,

Resolved that the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges direct the Executive Committee to work with the appropriate groups to develop a handbook which is brief, usable and computer accessible.
M/S/C DISPOSITION: Executive Committee, Chancellor's Office, CIOs

Whereas class size has pedagogical and quality implications in instruction,

Resolved that the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges recommend to local senate that local curriculum committees, when reviewing new and existing courses and programs, consider the instructional implications of class size, including multiple sections and distance education.
M/S/C DISPOSITION: Executive Committee, Local senates

Whereas AB 1725 recognizes the noncredit programs as part of the mission and goals of the California Community Colleges, and

Whereas while the course offerings to the noncredit student do differ, they often parallel the college's credit offerings, and

Whereas it is in the best interest of the student, the college, and the State of California to assure that the noncredit courses include consideration of Title 5 standards of integrity and success, and

Whereas the individual teaching faculty is educated, trained and current in experience in the presentation of his or her subject matter, and

Whereas the individual teaching faculty is intimately and regularly involved with his or her students and knows them individually and collectively, and

Whereas the individual teaching faculty is ultimately responsible for the motivation, instruction, and evaluation of each student in his or her care,

Whereas the Tones Act requires community colleges to issue certificates of proficiency in ESL and Basic Skills, and

Whereas the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges has opposed issuing basic skills certificates,

Whereas the Education Round Table had developed a joint statement Round Table Outreach Initiatives: Improving Student Learning and Academic Achievement, and

Whereas the Chancellor's Office has delegated authority to the local colleges to approve curriculum, and

Whereas it is the responsibility of the college curriculum committee to meet the conditions of delegation,

Resolved that the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges revise the Delegations Checklist, Appendix D, of the Curriculum Standards Handbook to include the signature(s) of the curriculum committee chair(s).
M/S/U Disposition: Chancellor's Office, Executive Committee, Local Senates