Relations with Local Senates Committee

The Relations with Local Senates (RwLS) Committee serves to augment the work of the Executive Committee. The committee is interested in cultivating and maintaining a climate where equity and mutual respect are both intrinsic and explicit by valuing individuals and groups from all backgrounds, demographics, and experiences. Its overall purpose is to provide an opportunity to share local and state challenges, exemplary practices, and other information with the Executive Committee. In order to accomplish its overall mission, the RwLS members are conversant with and promote pertinent statutes and strategies for effective and inclusive academic senates. The RwLS will assess the needs of local leaders in order to provide resources needed to participate effectively in governance at the local level.  

Notes
Members represent specific area as defined in the directory, may perform local senates visits, and provide input in the planning of the Faculty Leadership Institute.
Current Members
Member Term
Christopher Howerton 2023-24 Chair
Maria-José Zeledón-Pérez 2023-24
Kathy Osburn 2023-24
Patricia Gomez 2023-24
Ronald Slabbinck 2023-24
Luke Lara 2023-24
Felipe Agredano 2023-24
Academic Year Meetings

Fall 2023

  • September 6, 2023 1:00pm - 2:30pm  ZOOM 
  • September 27, 2023 1:00pm - 2:30pm ZOOM
  • October 25, 2023 1:00pm - 2:30pm ZOOM
  • November 8, 2023 1:00pm - 2:30pm ZOOM
  • December 13, 2023 1:00pm -2:30pm ZOOM

Spring 2024 

  • January 10, 2024 1:00pm-2:30pm ZOOM
  • February 28, 2024 1:00pm - 2:30pm ZOOM (Moved to Thursday 2/22/2024)
  • March 27, 2024 1:00pm - 2:30pm ZOOM
  • April 24, 2024 1:00pm - 2:30pm ZOOM
  • May 22, 2024 1:00pm -2:30pm ZOOM

 

Current Agendas/minutes

Resolutions

Title Sort descending Session Year Category Status
Rostrum Shared Governance Articles Fall 1994 Academic Senate Completed
Senate Delegate Roles and Responsibilities Spring 1995 Academic Senate Completed
Shared Governance Compliance Fall 1994 Professional Standards Completed
Shared Governance Reports Spring 1998 Local Senates Completed
Shared Governance: Barriers to Participation Fall 2004 General Concerns Completed
Strengthening Local Collegial Consultation Spring 2002 Local Senates Completed
Student Involvement in Participatory Governance Committees Fall 2005 Students Completed
Substitute Motion for Resolution 13.1.0 Fall 1996 General Concerns Completed
Support for Academic Senate Faculty Leadership Training Fall 2017 Local Senates Assigned
Support for Local Academic Senates in Committing to a Guided Pathways Framework Fall 2017 Local Senates Assigned
Technical assistance Fall 1996 Local Senates Completed
Textbook Grants Spring 2000 Students Completed
The Role of Student Employees in Advancing Faculty Diversification Fall 2020 Students Assigned
Topic Experts Provided by Academic Senate Spring 2005 Academic Senate Completed
Training for Shared Governance Fall 1995 Students Completed
Uniform Policies for Preparing Teaching Schedules Fall 1996 Professional Standards Completed
Updating Codes of Conduct to Support Safe and Welcoming Classrooms and Learning Spaces in a Politically Charged Climate Fall 2022 General Concerns
Urge Newly Elected Local Presidents to Attend Leadership and Sessions Spring 2001 Local Senates Completed
Use of the Paper "The Role of Noncredit in the California Community Colleges" Fall 2006 Curriculum Completed
Using Data to Assess the Impact of AB 705 (Irwin, 2017) Spring 2018 General Concerns Assigned
Using Zero Textbook Cost Funds to Support an Open Educational Resource/Zero Textbook Costs Faculty Coordinator Fall 2022 Local Senates
Year Round Senate Participation Fall 1997 Local Senates Completed
Zero Means Zero Textbook Cost Fall 2021 Diversity and Equity

Rostrums

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Past members

Past Members
Term: 2020-21
Member Term
Stephanie Curry 2020-21 Chair
Robert L. Stewart Jr. 2020-21
Katherine Krolikowski 2020-21
Cheri Fortin 2020-21
Nickawanna Shaw 2020-21
Howard Eskew 2020-21
Hossna Sadat Ahadi 2020-21
Term: 2021-22
Member Term
Amber Gillis 2021-22 Chair
Manuel Vélez 2021-22
Eric Wada 2021-22
Howard Eskew 2021-22
Katie Krolikowski 2021-22
Anna Nicholas 2021-22
Term: 2022-23
Member Term
Karen Chow 2022-23 Chair
Cheryl Aschenbach 2022-23
Katie Krolikowski 2022-23
Felipe Agredano 2022-23
Davena Burns-Peters 2022-23
Kandace Knudson 2022-23
Lisa Cox Romain 2022-23
Howard Eskew 2022-23

Past Agenda/minutes

Resources

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