Los Angeles Mission College s2

Los Angeles Mission College Department of Life Sciences

Minutes Present: Mike Reynolds, Par Mohammadian, Stephen Brown, Diane Livio, Ozvaldo Larios, Sunjay Jayachandran, Nadine Cano Tuesday, June 7, 2016 @ 2:00pm (CMS 104)

Old Business

1. Update: PLO revisions – General Studies in Natural Sciences - by end of April (Steve): This is planned for the summer, considering the scope of the work; Steve expects to finish by June 30. 2. Update: Department has been reminded of SLO calendar (Steve): We will have a department meeting on Flex Day and will spend time addressing the SLO calendar and requirements then. 3. Update: Life Science program review requests (Mike, Par): As part of the program review, $1500 has been requested in additional funds for Bio 5, along with a part-time lab tech and full-time Environmental Science instructor and General Biology instructor positions; Par also submitted a request for a full-time senior administrative assistant and a full-time faculty position for CNA/HHA/HOC. These will be reviewed in the Fall, as budget requests needs to wait for FY 2017. Steve recommends that in the future the faculty read over the program review to potentially provide more feedback before being officially submitted. 4. Completed: Nadine’s garden club LAMC Green Warriors: Nadine contacted Leslie Milke by email April 20th, who replied she was fine with the club (Nadine): Nadine clarifies that the purpose of the club is not necessarily Nutrition based. 5. Completed: working hours per week devoted to the garden (Nadine & Mike): Nadine reports that student workers only need to water for a half hour 2-3x a week; the garden set-up is designed for it to need minimal work and be self-sustaining. Par recommends that Nadine provides regular brief updates regarding the garden for department meetings. 6. Update: BioTech pathway courses to be prepared (Steve, Par): Par and Steve to meet with Kareen Martin on Thursday to review certificates and plan to include Sunjay to serve on the advisory board. 7. Progress: Tour plans for Open House for 5th Graders at Harvard Elementary (Angela): No update- to be removed

1 8. Update: Unresolved issue – Floor repairs (Nadine): Pong has submitted a work order for the Microbiology lab, while Nadine submitted a work order previously for the Bio 3 lab and hallway; Steve will submit another work request and will call for a follow-up. 9. Update: A brief budget update (Pong): Pong will continue to provide budget updates for the department meeting. Mike had included an increase request in reprographics fund for the department as part of the program review. 10. Completed: Library online research/APA format video posted to Life Sciences website (Par); link was emailed to faculty (Steve) 11. Completed: Associate of Science - Transfer degree in Biology paperwork (Steve): Approved 12. Completed: BIO3 lab practical exam modifications after department meeting (Diane)

New Business: 13. AP Biology – LAMC credit (Par): AP Bio exam currently only provides credit for Bio 3 at LAMC, but in CSU and UC the AP exam gives credit to majors courses lectures, but not labs – so the department has decided to leave it as is, because AP students don’t have the lab experience. 14. PLO assessments for BIO & HS (Par): Steve will coordinate with faculty and put together an assessment for the two programs before August 1. 15. Life Sciences Open House to families to generate student support (Par): Par proposes to hold the event within the first few weeks of the semester, once per semester. It will be a bilingual event that encourages students to bring their families to see what they are doing in the classroom, discuss possible career paths, and promote internships. 16. Student help needed in the summer (Nadine): Given the funds at the start of the FY, one student will be hired to help with equipment for 10 hours a week, starting July 1 – August when the new semester begins. Nadine will work with Pong on the PCR for this student. Nadine asked also for 5 hours/week help with the Bio 3 lab(4 days/week) setups and cleanups and was turned down. Students are responsible for properly cleaning their lab station, which needs to be enforced by instructors. Nadine will find a video of how to properly clean lab stations and supplies; this will be shown by the instructors at the start of the semester to lab students along with the safety video. 17. Revision of the Bio 3 lab manual (Diane): Steve and Diane to meet during the first week of

2 August to make necessary revisions before submitting the manual for printing.

On hold/Summer assignments: 1. Postponed: Organization of the College website (Steve) – deadline by Sept 1, 2016: No update – this is considered a low priority item at this time. 2. Postponed: Rearranging Bio 6 and Bio 7 curricula; Bio 6 as a prerequisite for Bio 7 (Steve, Diane): Steve & Diane will meet during the summer to review c-id.net and contact faculty at LA Valley. 3. Postponed: new contract for Steris Autoclaves (Steve & Pong): Currently, the new contract lasts until April, thus work on the next contract is postponed to the Fall semester. 4. Department budget management: Nadine and Pong will compile a budget with justification for Bio 3 (N), Bio 6 (P), Bio 7 (N), Anatomy & Physio (P), Micro (P) labs based on the last 3 years expenditure -Mike to use the budget for Bio 3 to submit justification for the Bio 5 funds request by end of June 5. Inventory of unused equipment from all labs by July 1st (Pong): Pong will put together this inventory, so that Steve will know what is already available for the new Biotech courses being designed, before ordering new equipment. 6. Progress: BIO3 station supplies lists for lab manual, supplies list cards for Micro lab (Nadine & Pong): Pong has completed the Microbiology supplies list cards; Nadine will put together the Bio 3 supplies lists for the lab manual revisions by the end of June 7. Example syllabus for Bio 5 to Pong to order lab supplies by end of June (Diane)

------Next meeting: July 7th at 2pm in CMS 104