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Meeting Minutes Nov. 5, 2012 Division Chair Fran Leonard Assessment Room SS 420A, 2:30 P.M. – 3:45 P.M. Division Vice Chair(s) Present: L. Alexander, H. Bailey-Hofmann, K. Boutry, B. Goldberg, S. Floyd, S. Fong, F. Leonard, N. Lincke-Ivić, C. Norris, N. Sander Full Time Faculty Guests: R. Tillberg, T. Matosic Linda Alexander Kathy Boutry Holly Bailey-Hofmann 1. Welcome and Call to Order Luis Cordova Suzanne Floyd 2. Fall 2012 Class Selection Process Bernard Goldberg Fran Leonard a. Faculty present at the meeting agreed that the only classes that were supposed Nuala Lincke Ivic Clare Norris to be selected during the process of rotation by seniority should have been the Karen Quitschau Nancy Sander two sections of Eng. 102 and the literature courses listed in the Fall 2013 Rachel Williams schedule galley. Curriculum Committee Rep b. It was also agreed that Eng. 103 #1022 1:00 p.m. – 2:25 p.m. should have been Nuala Lincke-Ivic left as part of the full load of classes for K. Boutry and should not have been Academic Senate Rep Holly Bailey-Hofmann part of the rotation. Adjunct Rep 3. Materials Distributed Nick Smith a. Answers to scheduling questions from Oct. 31, 2012 Division meeting Instructional Assistant b. Planning Report – 2012-2013 for review of student learning outcome goals Susan Fong c. Program Review – 2012-2013, generated in a departmental meeting held on Friday, Nov. 2, 2012, to be used in determining measurable outcomes for the Division in preparation for submission on Friday, Nov. 9, 2012, as a comprehensive program review. d. Rubric for Learning Outcome for Eng. 21 and SLO for Eng. 21 to help faculty complete SLO preparation after this meeting adjourned 4. Program Review, 2012-13 Division Goals & Measurable Outcomes a. R. Tillberg explained that “No” responses in the Unit Goal of the Planning Meeting DatesTimesLocation Report handout represent unchecked boxes on the digital program review 1:00 PM in GC 210 K Fall 2012: Sep 19, Oct 17,  Speak to an issue only once. Nov 21  Send meeting resource information electronically in advance for review and preparation in order to contribute to Spring 2013: Feb 20, Mar substantive discussion at the meeting. 20, Apr 17, May 15  Place new items in the “parking lot” for a future meeting agenda.

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form. She stated that the Division members can choose to change the choices made on the form. K. Boutry then suggested and it was agreed that the college

Division Chair goal of transfer should be checked as a goal of the Division. Fran Leonard b. In reference to the module on staffing trends (page 4 of Program Review), F. Division Vice Chair(s) Leonard suggested that the Division include at least one FPIP application, if

Full Time Faculty not two, in conjunction with the Language Arts program review.

Linda Alexander c. H. Bailey-Hofmann requested that the retention rates be measured across Kathy Boutry Holly Bailey-Hofmann disciplines to determine how low rates of retention apply to online English Luis Cordova Suzanne Floyd classes specifically and to online classes in general. Bernard Goldberg Fran Leonard d. N. Lincke-Ivić does not agree that students are prepared to master the SLOs at Nuala Lincke Ivic Clare Norris each of the class levels in English and requested that the answer to the first Karen Quitschau Nancy Sander question in the Curriculum Module on page 5 of Program Review be revised. Rachel Williams There was a consensus that the answer should remain as it is based on the Curriculum Committee Rep work done on Friday, Nov. 2, 2012, to complete the Program Review Nuala Lincke-Ivic

Academic Senate Rep document. Holly Bailey-Hofmann e. Strategies to Increase Student Success: Addressing reading needs by adjusting Adjunct Rep Nick Smith cut scores on the English assessment exam to identify students with pre-Eng.

Instructional 21 skills who could be helped with customized Learning Skills courses, re- Assistant Susan Fong designing LSK 50 for better integration to English 21 curriculum, and increasing referrals of students to the Writing Lab. f. The ESL Program i. All teachers can suggest that students should take ESL classes once second language interference is detected in their writing. ii. N. Sander is requesting a viability study of the program to find ways to preserve and strengthen it. iii. Benefits for students: ESL 5A, 6A, and 8 give students transferable units. Paired courses (ESL 5A with Personal Development and ESL 6A with Art Meeting DatesTimesLocation 1:00 PM in GC 210 K Fall 2012: Sep 19, Oct 17,  Speak to an issue only once. Nov 21  Send meeting resource information electronically in advance for review and preparation in order to contribute to Spring 2013: Feb 20, Mar substantive discussion at the meeting. 20, Apr 17, May 15  Place new items in the “parking lot” for a future meeting agenda.

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101) have offered students a chance to earn credits toward general

education requirements while contextualizing language learning. Language

Division Chair Fran Leonard acquisition is the focus in ESL classes. There is more time in ESL classes to Division Vice Chair(s) work on grammar and structure.

Full Time Faculty iv. Solutions are needed to address the problems in writing for ESL students

Linda Alexander who have gone through the ESL sequence and enrolled in Eng. 101 and 103 Kathy Boutry Holly Bailey-Hofmann Luis Cordova Suzanne Floyd in addition to the reluctance of students to take an ESL assessment test and Bernard Goldberg Fran Leonard to take ESL classes. Nuala Lincke Ivic Clare Norris 5. SLOs – course-level, assessment, timeline Karen Quitschau Nancy Sander a. T. Matosic joined the meeting at 3:30 p.m. to help review SLO forms. Rachel Williams b. T. Matosic spoke about the SLO Assessment form: list specific objectives on Curriculum Committee Rep page one, list course objectives in column one based on these objectives (at Nuala Lincke-Ivic

Academic Senate Rep least one course objective per class level), describe in column two how the Holly Bailey-Hofmann objective will be measured, and state in column three what level of students Adjunct Rep Nick Smith need to achieve these objectives.

Instructional c. Course SLOs need to be aligned with program and institutional SLOs. Assistant Susan Fong d. SLO assessment needs to be doable. The meeting adjourned at 3:45 P.M.

Meeting DatesTimesLocation 1:00 PM in GC 210 K Fall 2012: Sep 19, Oct 17,  Speak to an issue only once. Nov 21  Send meeting resource information electronically in advance for review and preparation in order to contribute to Spring 2013: Feb 20, Mar substantive discussion at the meeting. 20, Apr 17, May 15  Place new items in the “parking lot” for a future meeting agenda.

Vision WEST: A gateway to success for every student. Our Mission: West Los Angeles College provides a transformative educational experience. West fosters a diverse learning community dedicated to student success.