ACADEMIC SENATE OF SHASTA
COLLEGE
(Approved 5/20/02)
Article I - General
A. NAME:
The name of the organization shall be the Academic
Senate of Shasta College.
B. PURPOSE:
The purpose of the Academic Senate of Shasta
College is to consult collegially with and make recommendations to the
administration and the governing board with respect to academic and
professional matters.
C. SCOPE OF RESPONSIBILITY:
The primary function of the Academic Senate as
outlined in Title V is to provide a formal means whereby the college faculty
may make recommendations to the administration and governing board or their
representatives and meet and confer with the administration and governing
board or their representatives regarding these recommendations, within such
areas as allowed by California law. These areas would include any district
policy or procedure relating to academic and professional matters, such as
curriculum, student relations, selection of administrators, professional
relations, and any other matter not specifically within the scope of the
employee collective bargaining agreements under California law or any area
specifically excluded by California law.
Article II - Membership Affiliation
A. MEMBERSHIP:
Every full-time or adjunct faculty member employed
by Shasta College whose assignment does not require an administrative or
supervisory credential shall be considered as a member of the Academic
Senate of Shasta College.
B. AFFILIATION:
1) The Academic Senate shall be a member of the state
organization, the Academic Senate of California Community Colleges (ASCCC),
the annual dues to be paid by the college district. The President or an
alternate designated by the President shall represent the Academic Senate of
Shasta College at meetings of the ASCCC, the expenses to be paid by the
college district.
2) The Academic Senate of Shasta College shall not be
affiliated with any other employee organization.
Article III - Organization
A. GOVERNING BODY:
A
representative Executive Committee shall be established for the purpose of
1) handling routine Senate matters, including receiving
and acting upon recommendations from the
standing sub-committees.
2) maintaining communications between the faculty and
administration and the Board of Trustees;
3) creating such committees as might be necessary in the
performance of its duties;
4) executing any other duties as established by the
Academic Senate.
B. THE
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE ACADEMIC SENATE
1) The Executive Committee shall consist of 18 full-time
faculty voting members, three adjunct faculty voting members, and five
ex-officio non-voting members. The five ex-officio non-voting members shall
be: the immediate past president, the faculty co-chair of the Curriculum
Council, the faculty co-chair of the Scholastic Standards Committee, the
faculty co-chair of the Matriculation Committee and the Chief Instructional
Officer. All of the Executive Committee voting members shall be elected.
2) Of the 18 full-time faculty representatives, there
shall be a total of 11 center representatives and 7 at-large
representatives.
3) The Executive Committee will allocate re-assignment
time as needed.
4) No more than four members of the Executive Committee
of the Academic Senate may serve as elected representative members of the
Shasta College Faculty Association.
5) Center Representatives
a) The number of center representatives assigned to each
center will be based on the number of Center Representation Areas within the
center. Center representatives shall take office at the first Senate
meeting each fall semester and shall serve a term of one year.
b) For efficiency of representation, Center
Representation Areas are based on common areas of instruction. Center
Representation Areas and the number of representatives each Center
Representation Area is assigned will be determined by a vote of the
Executive Committee of the Academic Senate and published in the document
Center Representation Areas. (See Appendix B).
c) A full-time faculty member may be a member of any
Center Representation Area within his/her center. It is expected that
faculty members will choose to belong in the area where they will be most
efficiently represented. Faculty members must notify the Senate if they
choose to change from one Center Representation Area to another.
d) The method for determining the number of
representatives assigned to each representation area shall be the "Hamilton
Apportionment" method. The Senate will review and may modify the document
Center Representation Areas bi-annually or whenever any of the centers are
reorganized.
6)
At-large representatives will serve a term
of two years.
At-large
representatives shall take office at the first Senate meeting of the fall
semester.
7) Adjunct faculty representatives will serve a term of
two years.
Adjunct
representatives shall take office at the first Senate meeting of the fall
semester.
C.
ELECTIONS
1) The center representatives to the Executive Committee
will be elected by the full-time center faculty members using a process to
be determined by the center. Election of Center Representatives for the
following year shall occur in February. The elected representatives shall
take office at the first meeting of the following school year.
2) Each year, the Vice-President of the Senate will be
responsible for holding an election to select at-large representatives and
the adjunct faculty representatives to the Executive Committee. All
Academic Senate members are eligible to vote in the election for at-large
representatives. The adjunct faculty representatives shall be elected by
the adjunct faculty. At-large representatives and the adjunct faculty
representative shall be elected in February. The elected representatives
shall take office at the first meeting of the following school year.
3) In March, an organizational meeting of the new
Executive Committee shall be held among the representatives to elect a
President, Vice President and a Secretary to assume the traditional
responsibilities of those offices.
D.
MEETINGS:
1) The Executive Committee of the Academic Senate shall
hold meetings as needed, but not less than one per month.
2) Regular meetings of the Academic Senate will be
scheduled by the Executive Committee. Special meetings may be called as
needed, either by the Executive Committee or by petition of at least forty
members of the total Senate membership.
3) All meetings must be announced at least
72 hours in advance. Such announcements
will include the agenda of the meeting and such material as is pertinent to
the discussion of agenda items.
4) A quorum at meetings of the Executive Committee of
the Academic Senate shall consist of the Senate President, or the
Vice-President in the absence of the President, and nine other Executive
Committee voting members. A quorum for general Senate meetings shall
consist of fifteen members, which includes a quorum of the Executive
Committee.
5) The Academic Senate of Shasta College shall be
represented at all scheduled meetings of the Board of Trustees by either the
President or the Vice President of the Senate. The representative shall
express the recommendations as determined by the Executive Committee of the
Academic Senate.
E. SENATE
ACTION
1) Any matter which the Executive Committee of the
Academic Senate or the membership of the Academic Senate proposes to discuss
formally with the Board of Trustees must first have approval of a majority
of the members present at a General or Executive Committee meeting of the
Academic Senate.
2) All committees appointed by the Executive Committee
of the Academic Senate must be approved by a majority of the members present
at a General or Executive Committee Senate meeting.
Article IV –
Standing Sub-Committees
A. Standing Sub-Committees of
the Academic Senate shall operate according to general guidelines approved
by the Executive Committee of the Academic Senate. These guidelines shall
address the composition of the sub-committees, including the voting
membership, the scheduling of regular and special meetings, and distribution
of agendas. Communication of current activities shall be part of the regular
agenda of the Executive Committee. The Academic Senate, acting through the
Executive Committee, grants to its standing sub-committees the power to make
decisions on items within their purview, but retains the right of review of
those decisions. The Executive Committee may ask a standing sub-committee
to reconsider an issue, or the Executive Committee itself may determine an
appropriate course of action.
1. The Curriculum Council is
a standing sub-committee of the Academic
Senate and reports to the Executive Committee. It is co-chaired by the
Chief Instructional Officer and a member of the Academic Senate, with the
Academic Senate co-chair having primary responsibility for conducting
Council meetings. The Academic Senate co-chair will be considered an
ex-officio member of the Executive Committee. The Chief Instructional
Officer has primary responsibility for staff support, minutes, and
logistical support. The co-chairs share responsibility for constructing
agendas.
2. The Scholastic Standards Committee is a standing
sub-committee of the Academic Senate and reports to the Executive
Committee. It is co-chaired by an appropriate administrator and a member
of the Academic Senate with the Academic Senate
co-chair having primary responsibility for conducting committee
meetings. The Academic Senate co-chair will be considered an ex-officio
member of the Executive Committee. The administrator has primary
responsibility for staff support, minutes, and logistical support. The
co-chairs share responsibility for
constructing agendas.
3. The Matriculation
Committee is a standing sub-committee of
the Academic Senate and reports to the Executive Committee. It is
co-chaired by an appropriate administrator and a member of the Academic
Senate, with the Academic Senate co-chair having primary responsibility for
conducting meetings. The Academic Senate co-chair will be considered an
ex-officio member of the Executive Committee. The administrator has primary
responsibility for staff support, minutes, and logistical support. The
co-chairs share responsibility for constructing agendas.
4. The General Education
Committee is a standing sub-committee of
the Curriculum Council and reports to the Curriculum Council. It is
co-chaired by an appropriate administrator and a member of the Academic
Senate, with the Academic Senate co-chair having primary responsibility for
conducting meetings. The administrator has primary responsibility for staff
support, minutes, and logistical support. The co-chairs share responsibility
for constructing agendas.
B. DUTIES:
Each faculty sub-committee co-chair will preside at
the committee meetings and, as an ex-officio
member of the Executive Committee of the Academic Senate, will be
responsible for informing the Executive Committee
of the committee activities. All actions of the standing sub-committees
requiring Shasta College Governing Board action must be approved by the
Executive Committee before transmission by
the Academic Senate President, or designee, to the board.
Article V -
Ratification and Amendments
A. RATIFICATION:
The Constitution and Bylaws described herein
shall be deemed accepted and effective immediately upon approval of a simple
majority of the votes cast by faculty as described in Article II, Section
A. The vote will be by secret ballot available to all faculty after the
document has been presented in a general Senate meeting.
A. AMENDMENTS:
After acceptance of the bylaws, amendments suggested by any member
must be approved by a simple majority of the votes cast by faculty as
described in Article II, Section A. The vote will be by secret ballot
available to all faculty after said amendments have been presented in
writing at a general Senate meeting. |
