Leadership Resources

Each year the Academic Senate holds a Faculty Leadership Institute.  During this Institute, attendees receive material to assist them in their work as leaders of local academic senates.  This page contains material used in training local senate leaders.  In addition, there are links to other pages on the Senate website listed below.  They are included on this page to provide new senate leaders who may not be yet familar with the website to have easy access to information without searching the full website.  

Faculty Leadership Resource 

State Academic Senate

• History 
  • Brief History
  • 1988 AB 1725 Community College Reform Act
  • 1971 Dissertation on Academic Senate
  • 1986 The Challenge of Change
  • 1989 California Faces california's Future
  • Constitution and Bylaws
• Plenary Session
  • Member Senates
  • Academic Senate Resolution Process
  • Senate Delegates Roles and Responsibilities
  • directoryupdate [at] asccc.org (Directory Update)
• Governance 
  • Participating Effectively in District and College Governance (adopted Fall 1998, Revised and Updated 2020)
  • Academic Senate and League Scenarios
  • Clarification of the Legal Responsibiities of Local Boards Responding to Local Academic Senates
  • Legislative Index
  • CCLC Sample Board Policy on Participation in Local Decision Making
  • Compiled-District BPs on Participatory Governance
  • When the BOT says No
• Effective Senates
  • Resolution Guideline for Local Senates
  • Sample Resolution Form/resolution Annotated
  • The Meeting Process
  • Meeting and Roles and Responsibilities
  • Sample Agenda
  • Samples of Decision Review Sign-off Sheets
  • Order of Business
  • CCLC Sample Board Policy on Participation in Local Decision Making
  • Basic Motions Summary
  • Local Senates Handbook
  • Senate Constitutions-Bylaws CODEX
  • Attorney General 1983 Brown Act Revised
  • 2014 Brown Act Legislation
  • Sample Senate Annual Report
• Chancellor's Office 
  • Consultation Process
  • Board of Governors Standing Orders on Consultation
  • Executive Orders of the Chancellor on Consultation
  • The Annual Budget Process
  • The Life Cycle of Legislation
  • Chancellor's Office Contact Information
• Minimum Qualifications
• Local Senate Resources
  • Accreditation Resource Teams
  • Local Senate Visits
  • Technical Assistance
• Acronyms 
• Selected Papers
  • Budget Considerations - A Primer for Senate Leaders
  • Equivalence to the Minimum Qualifications (2006)
  • Revised Equivalency to Minimum Qualifications (1999)
  • Implementing Content Review for Communication and Computation Prerequisites
  • Nuts and Bolts of Local Senates
  • Link to search all Senate papers
  • Paper Topic Index List 1979 - 2012
  • Faculty as Professionals: Responsibilities, Standards, and Ethics