Educational Planning and Coordinating Council

Committee Membership

Ed Buckley, Kris Futrell, Reneé LoPilato, Warren Ruud, Stephanie Thompson, Karen Kellam, Janet McCulloch, Joan Scarborough, Rosemary Ward, 1 add'l faculty (tbd), Rina Lombella-Student Rep, + 1 add'l (tbd)

Attending: Ed Buckley, Kris Futrell, Renee LoPilato, Warren Ruud, Stephanie Thompson, Janet McCulloch

Guests: Janet Chin, Craig Foster

1. Minutes

Approved Minutes of September 14, 2000.

2. Change of Implementation Date for the Transfer Degree.

The Academic Senate has proposed, and Academic Affairs and Student Services have agreed, to implement the transfer degree policy effective F00 instead of F01. EPCC concurred.

3. Change of Implementation Date for the new Majors Requirement

Academic Affairs and Student Services strongly recommend that the timeline for the development of new majors needs to be extended from F01 to F02 and will request endorsement from the Academic Senate. EPCC concurred.

4. Report on English Multiple Measures Survey (Janet Chin, Craig Foster)

An analysis of the student survey revealed a significant relationship between success in F95 English courses and three of the survey questions. Chin and Foster recommended that a point be added to the English placement test score for two measures to form an adjusted score based on "multiple measures." The measures: High School GPA (1 point for an A average) and years of high school English with a C or better (1 point for four years or more). EPCC concurred.

5. Update on Educational Master Plan Outline (Buckley, Futrell)

The latest draft of the plan was reviewed. Now envisioned is an Academic Educational Plan, to be developed this year and to be part of an Integrated Master Plan, which will include the plans of the other components. EPCC approved the outline with minor changes; it will next go to IPC.

6. Review of Possible EPCC Agenda Topics (from 9/14 Meeting)

Committee Membership

Ed Buckley, Kris Futrell, Reneé LoPilato, Warren Ruud, Stephanie Thompson, Karen Kellam, Janet McCulloch, Joan Scarborough, Rosemary Ward, Katharina Hoffmann, Christopher Crystal - student representatives

1. Introduction of members and new chair

New Chair Rosemary Ward, noting that she had not been on the Council before and is now chair, quoted Henry David Thoreau: "We sit as many risks as we run."

2. Overview and discussion of history and function of EPCC

EPCC is the prime, multi-constituency council that addresses educational issues. Once the Educational Policy Council, it became the Educational Planning and Coordinating Council as the Academic Senate, under AB 1725, assumed primary responsibility for educational matters. Functioning as a forum and clearinghouse, EPCC works closely with the Academic Senate, Academic Affairs and Student Services to develop policies, procedures and guidelines affecting primarily the instructional and student services. In 1999-2000, for example, its agenda included the American Cultures requirement, the revised general education pattern, the strengthening of majors, uniform start times and the revised schedule template, KnowledgeWorks, the proposed "first day attendance" policy, P4E goal projections, the 1996 Self Study plans and mid-term report, educational technology, and reports of the LODE study and the Developmental Task Force. The future will see closer ties between EPCC and IPC as the college's planning process improves and as EPCC reviews the proposed Educational Master Plan.

3. Agenda suggestions for 2000-01

A "brainstorm" session produced the following unexpurgated suggestions (in no particular order):

4. Review of the plan for the Educational Master Plan

Kris Futrell reviewed the plans to date for developing the Educational Master Plan. Administrative responsibility for developing the plan falls to Academic Affairs, with EPCC being the primary college review body. The Master Plan eventually will go to IPC and then the Board. There was discussion regarding the function of the Master Plan and its relationship to the other planning in the district. This will be a continuing item on EPCC's agenda.

Committee Membership

Ed Buckley, Kris Futrell, Reneé LoPilato, Warren Ruud, Stephanie Thompson, Karen Kellam, Janet McCulloch, Joan Scarborough, Rosemary Ward, Rina Lombella + 1 add'l faculty & 1 add'l student