South Central College

Academic Affairs and Standards Council Meeting MINUTES – DRAFT Friday, February 12, 2016 Agenda Item Minutes 1. Call Meeting to Order Jay called meeting to order at 12:05 p.m. 2. Roll Call of Members PRESENT: Cristen Cox, Kurt Dershem, Don Hermanson, Ryan Langemeier, Candy Mortenson-Klimpel, Diann Marten, Tracy Murphy, Shayne Narjes, Deb Salmon, Barb Embacher, Michele Brielmaier, Brad Schloesser Judy Shultz, Dr. Susan Tarnowski, Dave Edwards, Jay Wendelberger GUEST: Gale Bigbee, Susan Mucha; Judy Zeiger

3. Adoption of Agenda Motion to Approve: Jay Wendelberger; Motion Seconded: Cristen Cox; Motion Passed as Printed

4. Approval of Minutes Motion to Approve: Michele Brielmaier, as amended: per Dave Edwards: #10 - strike (December 11, 2015) sentence and/or identify that the statement was made by Dr. Tarnowski; Motion Seconded: Jay Wendelberger; Motion Passed as amended

5. Committee Reports - Oral  Gale Bigbee, e-vote at February meeting; Kudos to Mary Hutchens and Lisa Lamor &/Or Written - Q & A (30 and Donna Marzolf for working to clean up SCC inventory and e-catalog; thanks to Minutes) Gale for her leadership; smaller volume of curriculum changes compared to last a. Curriculum Committee– Gale year; identifying Institutional Core Competencies, better for technical courses, Bigbee need to identify program Core Competencies, will make a recommendation yet this b. Learning Central Advisory year to support this change for 2016/17; current CCO’s include learning outcomes Committee – Lisa Lamor (need to support learning in courses) – working to clean up all CCO’s in the future; c. Online Education Committee – working on pre-requisite requirements, especially higher level courses. Jane Greathouse  d. Global Education Committee – Kurt Dershem referred to written report Kurt Dershem  Susan Mucha – working on plan that was officially approved; created timeline; e. Student Engagement & updated budget request form; looking to pursue financial literacy training event Success Committee– Susan during the month of April – challenging schedules, looking for volunteers to work Mucha on this, maybe accounting faculty, please contact Susan. f. Student Learning – Vacant 6. Department Chair Cristen Cox – back-ground checks – major changes will be implemented that will Discussion affect SCC programs, starting in June, 2016; changes will increase costs to students; (5 Minutes Each) TRIO progress report – is a student required to sign a release for faculty to release grades to TRIO (yes, per Judy Zeiger) administrative assistants are affected – Judy Zeiger, Candy Mortenson-Klimpel, Pam Schweim, also will work on this issue;

Kurt Dershem – faculty would like to institute e-signatures (Shared Governance discussion) – previously allowed by Shared Governance, sign up when creating a PDF document; Michele Brielmaier and Cristen Cox will check on process and report next month.

Don Hermanson – FBM instructors working on next step on Program Review – reporting in April to Administrative; very successful Ag Symposium (450 daytime attendees; 600+ in evening) – thanks to Tami Reuter; met with tech ed coordinator at Mankato high schools, talked to different classes at Mankato schools, another contact was made to SCC; 70+ for Farmland movie;

of 3 AASC Minutes February 12, 2016 Ryan Langemeier – February 25, automotive programs will host 1 hour workshop to discuss industry needs, credentials, internships, etc. February 26 – East and West High School Career Exploration days; March 11, professional society of surveyors’ event; Ryan is mentoring a high school student in Medford; moving forward with Advanced Manufacturing (learn, work, earn – March 4) design for next fall; STEM Camps coming this summer; on Career Exploration days – is a common table skirt a good idea / check with marketing committee.

Diann Marten – Working on 1 week Math Camp at SCC; working with high school counselors and faculty on PSEO (best times are 8 a.m. and 2 p.m.); working on Math CCO’s; will offer Chemistry hy-brid course at Faribault this coming fall;

Candy Mortenson-Klimpel – continues to meet every other week; working with MN Heathforce representative on new format and guidelines for accreditation; PN students do not meet Board of Nursing benchmark - enrollment rates are low.

Tracy Murphy – position requires a lot of work.

Shayne Narjes – MnSCU Transfer Pathways - enable technical, community colleges to assist transfer; need administrative support and direct conversations (preliminary); legislative requirement to create this pathway; need to be aware of difference in AAS, AS, AA and number of credits that will transfer;

Deb Salmon – reminder of Star Symposium is next week online through Learning Central, all day conference, pop in when available – with keynote speaker; looking at need for on-site food shelf and on-site day care, all will support retention (initiated by Shared Governance but did not move ahead) (Lisa Schickling, Deb Salmon, Elaine Hardwick, Nicole Hamilton, Xavion Turey, Chef Mike, Brad, Don); Deb will send an email;

7. Vice President Minute and Met with area superintendents and South Central Perkin’s consortium discussing One-Half – Dr. Susan partnerships, collaborations, ways to use financial support to move innovation forward; Tarnowski superintendents want strategic planning session in the near future; free college tuition discussion – legislative program for occupational programs (high demand programs, not AA programs), pilot program for high school students graduating in 2015-2016 ; based on FAFSA applications; include dollars available / number of students ; calculate according to Pell – Judy Zeiger; National Technical Signing Day at SCC – February 18, for students choosing technical programs (about 30+ in North Mankato; 20+ in Faribault); drawing for a $1,000 scholarship on each campus; Learning Central report – by Lisa Lamor, SCC was awarded a $24,500 grant; explore virtual options, watch for further details. Need to look at Department Chairs’ positions and when terms expire. It was determined that suspended programs – such as Allied Health, HSS, etc. – come to AASC and not to Curriculum Committee, to be discussed/reviewed as information to be included in MnSCU Program Navigator process.

OLD BUSINESS:

NEW BUSINESS: Originally placed in Humanities, is not in a credentialed field, Kurt revised originally 8. CRTK 100 Critical for Philosophy course, then determined that it should remain inter-disciplinary, will Thinking remove from Humanities, faculty would have to teach out of their credentialed field, faculty support this request, any LAS faculty can teach this course. Dean Shultz does Page 2 of 3 AASC Minutes February 12, 2016 not support. St. Cloud TC has 8-10 sections, only college under CRTK; only SCC’s is under Humanities; concern on offering courses that do not require credentialing, would recommend leaving as is; as a Humanities course, this course will not transfer easily. Add emphasis on Goal Area 2. Previously taught by Speech, Communications, English, Psychology faculty. Would like to make it a Philosophy course. Per Jay Wendelberger, if there is a controversy with Dean or administrative, come to AASC. Could consider creating a new course in every discipline that teaches the same materials, common elements, with a different prefix, market differently. Motion to Approve: Diann Marten accept CRTK for Critical Thinking; Motion Seconded: Candy Mortenson-Klimpel; Motion Passed with 1 dissent 9. AASC Meetings via ITV Concern on lack of engagement via ITV; students have some of the same concerns; meet face-to-face if a certain topic requires it – membership could decide the month before a meeting.

11. Policy Review Federal regulations do not require that students register having a service animal on a. Service Animal Policy campus – removed this paragraph from policy. Some concern on people with allergies (contact Marilyn Weber if this is a concern); comfort animals are not service animal. Motion to Approve: Don Hermanson; Motion Seconded: Barb Embacher; Motion Passed

P: What processes did you Escalated curriculum process discuss? (a process is the way Potential back-ground process you do things)

R: Did you use data or results? Voted on CRTK (data can be quantitative and/or Voted on policy qualitative) Discussed scholarship amounts Student enrollment

I: Did you improve any Back-ground checks – create process to improve processes? (any changes that Discussed meeting via ITV or face-to-face (to be more aware and continue ITV unless make things better) requested by membership)

Adjourn at: 1:40 p.m.

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