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[1.01 Roll Call]
WENDY. ALL RIGHTY.SO BOARD PRESIDENT SHIN LIU HERE, BOARD VICE PRESIDENT SANDRA SALAZAR.
MARIANA PACHECO PEREZ TRUSTEE JAMES CODY BIRKEY WILL BE ARRIVING SHORTLY.
TRUSTEE ZURICH LEWIS WILL BE ARRIVING SHORTLY.
HECTOR LEDESMA PRESIDENT AND PRESIDENT.
SUPERINTENDENT FIERRO PRESENT.
[1.02 Pledge of Allegiance]
ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO DO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.CAN YOU READ IT FOR US, PLEASE? PLACE YOUR RIGHT HAND OVER YOUR HEART.
YOU MAY BEGIN. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IN WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
SO WE MOVE ON TO AGENDA ORGANIZATION IS ANY BOARD MEMBER WANT TO CHANGE THE ORDER ANY ORGANIZATION.
[1.03 Agenda Organization]
I'VE SEEING NONE. SO WE WILL STAY THIS ORDER.[1.04 Comments from the Audience]
AND IT'S ABOUT BLACK HISTORY MONTH AND VIETNAM VET THEY MR BRICK MR SQUARE. THANK YOU.WORTH IT. I'VE GOT THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE.
PHILIP LEE SQUIRE DOWNEY HIGH SCHOOL, CLASS OF 1967 CERRITOS COLLEGE CLASS 1972.
VIETNAM ERA VETERAN, US ARMY CIVIL RIGHTS ADVOCATE, PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
BLACK HISTORY MONTH, FEBRUARY 20TH, 23.
I WANT TO HONOR THE BLACK COMMUNITY WHO GAVE US THE 14TH AMENDMENT TO THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION WITH THE EQUAL PROTECTION CLAUSE AND THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964, WHICH WAS THE CIVIL RIGHTS FOR RACE, NATIONALITY AND RELIGION.
TRUSTEE GREEN WAS GIVEN A PROCLAMATION BY THE CITY OF DOWNEY FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH.
THE PROCLAMATION WAS REQUESTED BY THE VIETNAM VETERANS OF DOWNEY.
I JUST WANTED HER TO KNOW THAT NATIONAL VIETNAM WAR, VETERANS DAY, MARCH THE 29TH, 2023.
I AM PROUD TO HAVE SERVED DURING THE FIRST FULLY INTEGRATED MILITARY.
WE DID NOT CARE ABOUT RACE, RELIGION OR POLITICS.
WE CARED ONLY ABOUT ONE THING CALLED CHARACTER.
IN THE WORDS OF MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.
DO NOT JUDGE A PERSON BY THE COLOR OF THEIR SKIN, BUT BY THE CONTENT OF THEIR CHARACTER.
WE WHO SERVED IN THE VIETNAM ERA WERE DISRESPECTED, SPIT ON AND CALLED BABY KILLERS.
MANY VIETNAM VETERANS TO THIS DAY STILL SUFFER FROM THOSE EMOTIONAL SCARS.
WE VETERANS MUST SPEAK UP TO DEFEND FREEDOM IN OUR US CONSTITUTION.
GOD BLESS THE MILITARY AND ITS VETERANS, AND GOD BLESS LOCAL POLICING ACROSS AMERICA.
RIGHT. SO WE MOVE ON THE REPORT AND COMMENTS FROM THE CONSTITUENTS GROUP THAT START WITH.
[1.05 Reports and Comments from Constituent Groups]
I'M MARISA NAQVI HCRC PRESIDENT.OKAY. GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE.
I'M HERE TO GIVE YOU GUYS AN UPDATE OF, YOU KNOW, THE STUDENT BODY.
OK CURRENTLY 2220 306 SUPPORTING FREE MENSTRUAL PRODUCTS IN COLLEGE RESTROOMS. A RESOLUTION HAS BEEN PASSED BY OUR DIRECTOR PARKER, OUR DIRECTOR OF EQUITY AND DIVERSITY.
CURRENTLY THE SAFE PARKING AT NIGHT ACT, WHICH IS BEING WORKED ON WITH ADMINISTRATION ON A RESOLUTION FOR FREE PARKING FOR STUDENTS AFTER FOR THAT WAY THEY FEEL COMFORTABLE, YOU KNOW, GOING TO CLASS AND BEING CLOSER TO THE BUILDING AT NIGHTTIME.
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MOVING ON, I ALSO WANTED TO NOTIFY YOU GUYS ABOUT ELECTIONS COMING UP.CURRENTLY, THE VICE PRESIDENT TRUSTEE AND PRESIDENT ELECTIONS FOR HCC ARE COMING UP AND WE'RE EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN, YOU KNOW, COMMUNICATING AND A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE PLANNING ON RUNNING.
I ALSO WANT TO LET YOU GUYS KNOW THAT WE HAVE FALCON GAMES COMING UP THIS THIS MONTH OF APRIL.
CLUBS WILL BE ORGANIZING THEIR OWN LITTLE GAMES TO HAVE ON CAMPUS.
THAT WAY STUDENTS CAN BE MORE ENGAGED WITH THEIR ORGANIZATIONS AND FEEL MORE AT HOME.
OTHER THAN THAT, ON A MORE PERSONAL NOTE, I ALSO WANTED TO CELEBRATE TOMORROW, WHICH IS THE FIRST DAY OF RAMADAN, WHICH IS ONE OF THE MOST HOLIEST MONTHS OF FOR MUSLIMS AND IS MARKED BY A PERIOD OF FASTING AND PRAYER FOR SPIRITUAL GROWTH.
WHILE I MYSELF HAVE AN OFFICE OR A SAFE SPACE, AS I WOULD LIKE TO CALL IT, TO EXERCISE MY RELIGION.
UNLIKE ME, SOME STUDENTS DO NOT HAVE THAT PRIVILEGE OR OPTION GIVEN THE IMPORTANCE OF PRAYER.
IT IS CRUCIAL FOR US TO BE ABLE TO PRAY DURING A SPECIFIC TIME MULTIPLE TIMES THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
THIS MEANS AT TIMES, STUDENTS CAN FIND THEMSELVES PRAYING IN THE MOST RANDOM SPACES.
WITH THAT BEING SAID, I WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE THAT THE BOARD CONSIDERS THE MAKING OF A PRAYER ROOM FOR MUSLIMS AND OTHER STUDENTS IN NEED OF A SAFE SPACE ON CAMPUS TO PRACTICE THEIR RELIGIOUS BELIEFS.
I DO WANT TO ADD A FRIEND OF MINE WHO, NOT A JABARA, WHO IS A MUSLIM.
SHE EXPLAINS HER INPUT ON HOW A PRAYER ROOM CAN HELP.
SHE SAYS, WHEN I'M IN A WHEN I'M IN A NEED OF A PLACE TO PRAY AS A MUSLIM WOMAN, I FIND A LACK OF A SAFE AND QUIET PLACE TO FREELY EXERCISE A CRUCIAL ASPECT OF MY RELIGION. A PRAYER ROOM WOULD MAKE ME FEEL WELCOME, RESPECTED AND MORE AT HOME WITH CERRITOS.
THANK YOU. SO NEXT, WILL DENNIS FALCON, FACULTY SENATE PRESIDENT.
THANK YOU, EVERYBODY, AND GOOD EVENING, HONORED BOARD PRESIDENT LOU AND THE PRESIDENT, SUPERINTENDENT PIERRO, STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES, DISTRICT PERSONNEL, STAFF, COLLEAGUES, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
IT'S A BIG THING BECAUSE IT'S BEEN BASICALLY THREE YEARS SINCE WE'VE DONE THAT, AND I CAN'T WAIT TO GET BACK INTO THIS ROOM AND SEE AS MANY AS MY COLLEAGUES AS I CAN AND ENJOY EVERYTHING THAT COMES WITH MEETING IN PERSON.
AND I KNOW A LOT OF US HAVE BEEN DOING THAT MORE OVER THE PAST YEAR AND IT DOES MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.
OTHER THAN THAT, THE FACULTY SENATE IS WORKING HARD ON MANY HIRING COMMITTEES ACROSS THE DISTRICT FOR ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS AND FACULTY POSITIONS, AND THEY ARE WORKING ON CURRICULUM AND GETTING NEW PROGRAMS, NEW COURSES APPROVED BY THE CSU BASICALLY THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO TEACH IN THE FUTURE RELATED TO OUR ETHNIC STUDIES REQUIREMENT THAT WILL BE COMING UPON US BEFORE WE KNOW IT.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE MIGHT BE HEARING STUFF IN THE FUTURE OR IS THAT.
NO, LIKE NEXT YEAR IS NOT YET, HUH? THE APPLICANTS FOR NEXT YEAR. ALL RIGHT.
I WANT TO MOVE ON AND LET ALL MY OTHER COLLEAGUES GET THEIR TIME BEFORE YOU ALL.
OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE REPORT.
DR. LING WANG CERRITOS COLLEGE FACULTY FEDERATION PRESIDENT.
WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING THROUGH OUR DIVERSITY COMMITTEE UNDER OK IN ORDER TO UPDATE THE NEW EEO PLAN, WE HAVE GIVEN IT A MAJOR OVERHAUL AND HOPE TO BRING YOU A DRAFT SOMETIME, EITHER IN MAY OR JUNE AS AN INITIAL DRAFT BEFORE WE ATTEMPT TO SUBMIT TO THE CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE.
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GUTIERREZ. CONVENING TRUSTEES.PART TIME FACULTY WERE NOTIFIED OF THE ENHANCED PILOT PROGRAM ON MARCH 7TH, 2023.
BY MARCH 15TH, THE DEADLINE FOR FALL 2022 REIMBURSEMENT REQUESTS, THE DISTRICT RECEIVED 55 REQUESTS FOR THE ENHANCED PILOT PROGRAM. ALMOST HALF OF THESE APPLICANTS WERE NEW REQUESTS FROM FACULTY WHO NOW NEWLY QUALIFY UNDER THE EXPANDED ELIGIBILITY FOR THE HEALTH CARE PROGRAM.
THE PILOT PROGRAM ALIGNS WITH THE REQUIREMENTS IN AB 190, ALLOWING PART TIME FACULTY WHO SERVE 40% OF A FULL TIME LOAD TO ACCESS THE REIMBURSEMENT PROGRAM.
THIS MEANS THAT OUR PART TIME FACULTY NO LONGER NEED TO WAIT YEARS TO ACCESS THE REIMBURSEMENT.
INSTEAD, THEY ARE ELIGIBLE TO SUBMIT FOR REIMBURSEMENT.
THE FIRST SEMESTER THEY SERVE 40% LOAD.
SHORTENING THE WAITING PERIOD HAS MADE THE PART TIME MEDICAL REIMBURSEMENT PROGRAM MORE ACCESSIBLE.
THIS IS A STEP ON THE PATH TO EQUITABLE ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE FOR OUR PART TIME FACULTY.
THE OVERWHELMING PREFERENCE FOR THE ENHANCED PILOT PROGRAM DEMONSTRATES THE NEED TO GROW THE REIMBURSEMENT PROGRAM INTO A COMPREHENSIVE MEDICAL INSURANCE PROGRAM THAT WILL ALLOW PART TIME FACULTY TO OPT IN INTO A DISTRICT SPONSORED MEDICAL INSURANCE PLAN SIMILARLY TO OUR NEIGHBORING COLLEGES. THE COAST COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT OFFER MEDICAL INSURANCE TO ELIGIBLE PART TIME AND THEIR DEPENDENTS.
SIMILARLY, THE CSU SYSTEM OFFERS CALPERS BENEFITS TO ELIGIBLE PART TIME FACULTY AS WELL.
FURTHERMORE, SINCE 2013, LR CD HAS ALLOWED ELIGIBLE PART TIME FACULTY TO SUBSCRIBE TO A DISTRICT SPONSORED PLAN ALONG WITH THEIR DEPENDENTS.
RESEARCH CONSISTENTLY SHOWS THAT TEACHERS WHO ARE MORE STRESSED ARE LESS LIKELY TO FORM A CLOSE RELATIONSHIP WITH THEIR STUDENTS, WHICH CAN NEGATIVELY IMPACT STUDENT SUCCESS.
SECURING DISTRICT HEALTH CARE FOR ELIGIBLE PART TIME FACULTY IS A WAY TO ALLEVIATE SOME OF THAT STRESS, DEMONSTRATING THAT CERRITOS CARES AND IMPROVE OUR STUDENTS SUCCESS.
AND BEST OF ALL, THIS CAN BE ACHIEVED AT ZERO COST TO THE DISTRICT.
CCF WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK THE BOARD FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR INTELLECTUAL REFRESHMENT AND PROFESSIONAL GROWTH THROUGH SABBATICAL LEAVES. WE'RE EXCITED TO HEAR FROM DR.
LINDA WALDMAN AS THEY SHARE THEIR TIMELY PROJECTS.
WITH THE FOCUS TURNED TOWARDS ONLINE LEARNING AND THE UNIQUE LEARNING STYLES OF OUR GEN Z STUDENTS.
FACULTY CONTINUE TO GROW IN THEIR CRAFT TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS.
SABBATICAL LEAVES ALLOW FACULTY THE TIME AND SPACE TO DEVELOP CREATIVE, EQUITABLE, INCLUSIVE AND ACCESSIBLE STRATEGIES TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS.
AND THE REPORTS YOU'LL HEAR TONIGHT DEMONSTRATE THAT CERRITOS FACULTY TRULY ARE LEADING THE CHARGE.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AND NEXT ARE ERLINDA LOPEZ, CALIFORNIA SCHOOL EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT.
GOOD EVENING, BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
SORRY FOR A LITTLE BIT OF MY SORE THROAT HERE, SO HASN'T COME BACK.
UM. SOME OF THE REQUESTS FROM OUR CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES HAS BEEN IN ORDER TO HELP BOOST MORALE, BECAUSE SOME OF US HAVE BEEN, UM, I GUESS, BEEN TOLD THAT WE NEED TO UP OUR SKILLS.
I KNOW WHEN I STARTED, THE COMPUTER WAS ONE OF THOSE FASCINATING THINGS THAT WERE COMING ON, RIGHT?
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AND THEN MY PREDECESSORS WERE TRANSITIONING FROM THE TYPEWRITER TO A WORD PROCESSOR AND THEN WORKING ON DIFFERENT REQUISITION SYSTEMS, WHAT THEY CALLED THE KERMIT, RIGHT.AND SO THAT NO LONGER EXISTS ON CERRITOS COLLEGE.
AND AS WE EVOLVE, I THINK WE ALSO NEED TO HELP OUR EMPLOYEES INVOLVED WITH THOSE RESOURCES AS WELL.
AND I THINK I THINK THAT'S GOING TO ALSO HELP WITH MORALE, KNOWING THAT THE DISTRICT WANTS TO SUPPORT OUR EDUCATION AND OUR ABILITY TO THRIVE ON THIS CAMPUS AND TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE ADVANCEMENTS IN TECHNOLOGY THAT OUR STUDENTS AND OUR FACULTY AND OUR OTHER SUPPORTS ARE NEEDED IN OUR INSTITUTION.
I ALSO WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT DURING OUR CHAPTER MEETING TODAY, I SHARED THE STUDENT TRUSTEES RESOLUTION FOR WHY THEY WANT TO USE THE PARKING LOT AFTER 5:00 SO THAT WHEN THEY DID THEIR VOTE, THEY DID IT WELL-INFORMED BECAUSE THE WAY THE SURVEY CAME OUT, IT WAS JUST PRETTY MUCH A YES OR NO QUESTION TO DO.
YOU WANT TO ALLOW STUDENTS TO PARK HERE AFTER 5:00? AND I WANTED TO SHARE WITH MY MEMBERS THE REASON WHY THAT RESOLUTION WAS PUT IN PLACE AND TO KIND OF HEAR THE STUDENT'S VOICE AS WELL.
AND I'M HOPING THAT MAYBE IF THERE'S A REMINDER FOR THAT RESOLUTION, FOR THAT VOTE TO TAKE PLACE OF THE STUDENTS RESOLUTION SO THAT OUR CAMPUS COMMUNITY CAN TRULY HEAR THE VOICE OF THE STUDENTS, I THINK THAT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL.
SO I SPEAK SOLELY FOR MYSELF, NOT FOR THE CLASSIFIED.
I APPRECIATE IT. HAVE A GOOD DAY.
WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON TO THE OPEN SESSION AGENDA GROUP.
[2.01 Institutional Presentation: National Vietnam War Veterans Day]
AND THE FIRST ONE, 2.01 IS AN INSTITUTIONAL PRESENTATION NATIONAL VIETNAM WAR VETERANS DAY.TRUSTEE. LEWIS. AT THIS TIME I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE DR.
LEWIS AMADOR OR DEAN OF STUDENT EQUITY AND SUCCESS TO COME TO THE PODIUM, AND I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST TO THE BOARD IF IT IF IT IS OKAY FOR US TO CONSIDER ITEM 5.02 IN WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY A RESOLUTION HONORING AND ACKNOWLEDGING THE MARCH 29TH AS NATIONAL VIETNAM WAR VETERANS.
THE PRESENTATION THE LEWIS IS GOING TO BE MAKING RIGHT NOW IS AGAIN PAYING RESPECT TO VIETNAM VETERANS AND OUR VETERANS COMMUNITY.
SO IT WILL BE, IF YOU THINK IT IS APPROPRIATE, TO CONSIDER BOTH AT THE SAME TIME.
I THINK THE TWO WILL PAIR WELL.
YEAH, YOU CAN PROPOSE TO CONSIDER THAT AND THE BOARD THEN.
GOOD EVENING. UM, I'M NOT GOING TO SPEND TOO MUCH TIME WITH ALL OF YOU.
I JUST WANTED TO BE ABLE TO REFLECT A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHY THIS RESOLUTION IS IMPORTANT AND TO FRAME IT AROUND THE HISTORY OF OUR OUR VETERAN COMMUNITY, PARTICULARLY IN HIGHER EDUCATION.
PURSUING AN EDUCATION BEYOND HIGH SCHOOL HAD BEEN RESERVED FOR THE PRIVILEGED AND ELITE FEW.
ONE LITTLE KNOWN FACT IS THE IMPACT VETERANS HAD ON OUR LOCAL COLLEGES AND AND UNIVERSITIES IN 1947 HERE IN LOS ANGELES, BECAUSE OF THE DRAMATIC SURGE IN WORLD WAR TWO VETERANS TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THEIR EDUCATIONAL BENEFITS, THE STATE LEGISLATURE APPROVED THE CREATION OF A NEW UNIVERSITY IN LOS ANGELES, WHICH IS NOW CAL STATE, LA.
IN FACT, THE SERVICEMEN'S READJUSTMENT ACT WAS A RESPONSE BY CONGRESS TO PREVENT THE POTENTIAL MISTREATMENT OF WORLD WAR TWO VETERANS THAT WORLD WAR ONE VETERANS EXPERIENCED A GENERATION EARLIER.
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STILL, HISTORY, UNFORTUNATELY, HAS A WAY OF REPEATING ITSELF.AND AS WE HEARD EARLIER FROM THE GENTLEMAN WHO SPOKE, OUR VETERANS RETURNING HOME FROM VIETNAM OFTEN FACE SCORN AS THE WAR THEY HAD FOUGHT IN BECAME INCREASINGLY UNPOPULAR.
OUR VIETNAM SERVICE MEMBERS ENDURED AND SACRIFICED SO MUCH DURING THE WAR.
AND YET, AS THEY RETURNED HOME AS VETERANS, THEY WERE MET WITH JUDGMENT, RIDICULE OR INDIFFERENCE.
IN FACT, AS THEY WERE COMING HOME, WHAT THEY WERE FINDING WAS ESSENTIALLY APATHY AND VERY FEW RIGHTS IN TERMS OF THEIR GI BILL BENEFITS. THIS IS WHY THE DISTRICT'S ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF THE NATIONAL VIETNAM WAR VETERANS DAY IS SO IMPORTANT.
I HOPE THAT YOU WILL CONSIDER VOTING ON THIS.
AND IN DOING SO, I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL AND TO ALL OF THE VIETNAM ERA VETERANS.
[5.02 Consideration of Adoption of Resolution No. 23-0322A Acknowledging March 29th as National Vietnam War Veterans Day]
SO WE MOVE ON TO 5.02.YES. SO ON 5.02, WE HAVE A RESOLUTION ACKNOWLEDGING MARCH 29TH AS NATIONAL VIETNAM WAR VETERANS DAYS. CERRITOS COLLEGE HAS A STRONG COMMITMENT TO SUPPORT OUR VETERAN COMMUNITY AND STUDENTS.
AND. WHEREAS, CERRITOS COLLEGE REMEMBERS THE MORE THAN 58,000 MEMBERS OF THE US ARMED FORCES WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN VIETNAM AND THE MORE THAN 300,000 MEMBERS WHO WERE WOUNDED.
AND. WHEREAS, IN MAY 20TH 25TH, 2012, PRESIDENT OBAMA PROCLAIMED MAY 28TH, 2012 THROUGH NOVEMBER 11TH, 20, 25, AS THE COMMEMORATION OF THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE VIETNAM WAR.
THIS 13 YEAR LONG PERIOD WILL BE DESIGNATED AS A TIME TO HONOR AND THANK VETERANS FOR THEIR SERVICE.
AND. WHEREAS, ON NOVEMBER 10TH, 2019, PRESIDENT TRUMP SIGNED INTO LAW THE VIETNAM WAR VETERANS RECOGNITION ACT OF 2017, WHICH DESIGNATES MARCH 29TH OF EACH YEAR AS NATIONAL VIETNAM WAR VETERANS DAY.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT BE RESOLVED THAT CERRITOS COLLEGE BOARD OF TRUSTEES HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGE MARCH 29TH AS THE VIETNAM WAR VETERANS DAY, AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THE CERRITOS COLLEGE.
PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE CERRITOS COLLEGE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ON THIS 22ND DAY OF MARCH OF 2023.
OKAY. SO WE'RE GOING TO WE NEED TO VOTE.
YOU CAN MOVE TO COMMENTS, BUT YOU DON'T NEED A ROLL CALL.
YOU CAN JUST CALL A VOTE IF YOU WANT.
SO LOOKS LIKE IT'S A WE ADOPT THE BOARD.
SORRY. YES. I JUST WANT TO THANK MR. SQUIRE, WHO IS HERE WITH US THIS EVENING.
I THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DO.
YOUR ONGOING FIGHT FOR CIVIL AND VETERANS RIGHTS.
MY DAD ALSO IS A VIETNAM VETERAN AND SO I DEFINITELY STAND WITH YOU AND ALONG YOU AS A FAMILY MEMBER FOR, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING THAT WAS DONE DURING THAT WAR AND AGAIN, EVERYTHING THAT YOU CONTINUE TO DO NOW.
[2.02 POSTPONED: Institutional Presentation: Student Housing Insecurity Support Updates]
ALL RIGHT. SO WE MOVE ON TO .02.THIS ONE WAS POSTPONED IN ITS INSTITUTIONAL PRESENTATION.
STUDENT HOUSING INSECURITY SUPPORT UPDATE.
SO WE MOVE ON TO 2.03 RIGHT NOW, ANOTHER INSTITUTIONAL PRESENTATION, LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY.
[2.03 Institutional Presentation: Legislative Advocacy]
SO THANK YOU.TRUSTEE LEWIS. SO AS ALL OF YOU TRUSTEES KNOW, WE SUBMITTED OUR APPLICATION FOR HOUSING TO THE CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE, AND CURRENTLY OUR APPLICATION RANKS FIRST AMONG ALL APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED FROM THE COMMUNITY COLLEGES.
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STATE LEVEL. AND WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO BE PROACTIVE IN OUR ADVOCACY IN ORDER TO ENSURE THE ONCE THE BUDGET IS ALL SAID AND DONE ON JUNE 30TH OR APPLICATION IS FUNDED AS WE RANK NUMBER ONE, THERE ARE SOME CHALLENGES.WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE HEARING OF THE SUB TWO ON BUDGET AND IT SEEMS THAT THERE IS A HEAVY LEANING ON FUNDING CSUS AND UCS PRIMARILY UNDER THE ERRONEOUS PRETENSE THAT WE DON'T HAVE SHOVEL READY PROJECTS. IRONICALLY, WHEN THE CHAIR OF THAT COMMITTEE ASKED WHEN THE PROJECTS WERE GOING TO BE READY, THE SOONEST CSU WAS ON 25TH, SEE IS 26, AND WE WILL BE READY ON MAY 24TH TO BEGIN CONSTRUCTION.
SO WE ARE INDEED SHOVEL READY.
THEY ALSO SAID THAT WE DON'T KNOW HOW TO RUN HOUSING.
WE HAVE BEEN RUNNING A HOUSE IN.
GRANTED, IT'S ABOUT 30 STUDENTS FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS IN VERY CHALLENGING CONDITIONS AND HOUSING FOR STUDENTS THAT ARE EITHER HOME INSECURE OR HOMELESS, WHICH IS MUCH DIFFERENT THAN WHAT THE CSU OR UC DO WHEN THEY CHARGE MARKET RATES AND HAVE ALL KINDS OF AMENITIES FOR THEIR STUDENTS.
WE ARE NOT LOOKING TO BECOME A DESTINATION CAMPUS.
WE ARE LOOKING TO MEET THE BASIC NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS, WHICH ARE VERY DIFFERENT THINGS.
SO TO THAT END, WE HAVE BEEN DOING SOME WORK WITH MAYA AND WITH SOME OF OUR PARTNERS OF ACES.
THEY ARE PROBABLY HERE VIA ZOOM AND WE WANT TO INVOLVE THE BOARD TO WORK IN A LARGER ADVOCACY STRATEGY. SO WE WILL BE MAKING MORE PHONE CALLS AND SENDING LETTERS AND MAKING VISITS BECAUSE WE FIND IT TO BE IMPERATIVE THE WE SECURE THE RESOURCES THAT OUR STUDENTS NEED IN ORDER TO ACCESS HOUSING AT AN AFFORDABLE RATE, NOT TO KEEP THROWING SHADE, AS MAYA WILL SAY TO OTHERS, OR COST IS PROJECTED TO BE ON TODAY'S DOLLARS 714 $714 PER BED.
ALL INCLUSIVE ELECTRICITY, WATER, INTERNET, SO ON AND SO FORTH.
THEY CAN ACTUALLY GET NEAR OFFERING THAT TYPE OF RENT FOR THE STUDENTS.
SO WE'RE DOING SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.
AND I GUESS FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD, KEEP YOUR FINGERS OUT OF OUR POT, BECAUSE THE THE GOVERNOR ESSENTIALLY HAD CREATED TWO STREAMS OF REVENUE, $750 MILLION.
THERE IS AN INTENT TO SWEEP EVERYTHING UNDER ONE CENTRALIZED POT AND FAVOR UCS AND CSUS.
SO OBVIOUSLY ALL OF YOU, WE WILL BE REACHING OUT TO YOU TOO, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO SEND LETTERS AND STATE OUR POSITION REGARDING THIS VERY IMPORTANT ISSUE.
FIERRO SAID AND GET THROUGH A BRIEF PRESENTATION AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
SO DR. FIERRO ALREADY LAID THE FRAMEWORK FOR WHERE WE'VE BEEN THROUGH THIS PROCESS AS THE APPLICATION IS NUMBER ONE ON THE LIST FOR PROJECTS THAT ARE READY TO BE SUBMITTED AND APPROVED FOR THE BUDGET.
YOU'LL NOTICE THAT WHEN WE WERE BEFORE THIS BODY LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO TRANSFORM OUR STRAWBERRY FIELD, WHAT WE DID IS WE BUILT A COALITION OF OUR OUR PARTNERS TO HELP US PUSH THAT ISSUE.
AND OF COURSE, WE WERE SUCCESSFUL.
AND SO WE WANT TO DO THE SAME THING WITH THIS VERY LARGE PUSH, WHICH IS TO BUILD A COALITION TO HELP US GET NUMBER ONE, OUR APPLICATION SUPPORTED AND APPROVED, AND TWO, TO MAINTAIN THE CURRENT FUNDING LEVELS AS INTENDED.
AND SO THIS COALITION IS NOT INCLUSIVE EXCUSE ME, NOT EXHAUSTIVE.
IT IS SUGGESTIONS ON WHAT WE MAY BE PURSUING, WHICH YOU'LL SEE DOES INCLUDE SOME OF OUR CAMPUS CONSTITUENTS, INCLUDING FACULTY SENATE AND OUR ASK STUDENTS.
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WE BELIEVE THAT AS A DISTRICT WE SHOULD SUBMIT LETTERS FROM THE DISTRICT.BUT IT IS ALSO IMPORTANT FOR LAWMAKERS TO SEE OUR INDIVIDUAL CONSTITUENCIES.
WE'RE ALSO INCLUDING OUR SERVICE PROVIDERS, FOLKS THAT ACTUALLY SERVE OUR STUDENTS WHO HAVE PERSONAL EXPERIENCE WITH OUR STUDENTS LIKE HOVHANESS, LIKE FOOD FINDERS, CAL FRESH AND ALL THE WAY DOWN TO OUR BUSINESS PARTNERS, OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS AND K 12.
SO THESE ARE COALITION THAT WE ARE PROPOSING.
WE WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM THE BOARD IF THERE ARE OTHER MEMBERS TO THIS COALITION THAT YOU'D LIKE TO ADD, WE ARE GOING TO BE INDUCTING YOU ALSO INTO THE COALITION SO THAT YOU CAN HAVE YOUR MARCHING ORDERS OUT IN THE COMMUNITY SOLICITING SUPPORT.
SO AGAIN, OUR NUMBER ONE ASK IS TO GET THIS APPLICATION SNAGGED.
WE HAVE WE ARE THE NUMBER ONE CAMPUS ON THE LIST.
THESE ARE A VERY RIGOROUS PROCESS THAT THE CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE HAS ALREADY VETTED.
FIERRO SAID, THE GOVERNOR, BECAUSE WE'RE FACING ENORMOUS BUDGET DEFICITS, THERE'S A LOT OF ENERGY AROUND DELAYING THE MONEY UNTIL NEXT YEAR.
WE HAVE STUDENTS THAT NEED HOUSING NOW, AS YOU KNOW.
AND TWO, ASK TO MAKE SURE THAT THE LEGISLATURE KNOWS THAT WE ARE SHOVEL READY AND WE ARE READY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A MODEL THAT THE STATE CAN ALSO USE. AND SO WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE WITH THESE LETTERS? WE INTENDED TO BE VERY BROAD.
WE'RE GOING TO BE GOING THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS OR THE BUDGET COMMITTEE PROCESS TARGETING THE CHAIRS OF THE SENATE BUDGET ASSEMBLY AND THE SUBCOMMITTEES AS WELL.
AND ALONG WITH THAT LETTER, WE ARE INTENDING TO COPY THE WORLD, ESSENTIALLY ALL OF THE THE LEGISLATIVE BODIES THAT HAVE INFLUENCE, INCLUDING OUR SPEAKER RENDON, WHO IS ALSO A VERY ENTHUSIASTIC ALUMNUS OF OUR CAMPUS, ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE SENATE PRO TEM.
A OPPORTUNITY THAT HE SHARED WITH YOU LAST WEEK THAT I THINK IS PRETTY EXCITING.
AND SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND HAND IT OFF TO YOU, BOSS.
SO WHAT ARE YOU SEEING? WE'RE BEING VERY PROACTIVE.
I WILL PROBABLY SAY ALL THE WAY TO BEING SHAMELESS.
SO, UM, UM, ACTUALLY, CREDIT GOES TO YOU AND ANDREA.
YOU GUYS WORK TOGETHER ON A PROPOSAL.
I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH SOMEONE WHO IS VERY, VERY CLOSE TO GOVERNOR NEWSOM, AND I SPENT A FEW HOURS WITH THIS PERSON LAST WEEK. THIS PERSON RUNS MOST OF THE EDUCATION INITIATIVES FOR THE GOVERNOR.
AND I FOUND OUT AROUND MIDDAY THAT I WAS GOING TO BE A POSSIBILITY.
I WAS IN SACRAMENTO, RAN TO THE AIRPORT, GOT A FLIGHT, AND BY THE TIME I WAS HERE, I WAS WAITING FOR ME DOWNTOWN WITH A PACKET FOR ME TO BE ABLE TO TO TAKE TO THIS MEETING. WELL, IT WASN'T IT WASN'T A MEETING.
WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK AND INVITE THEM TO COME TO CAMPUS.
I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE IT TO CAMPUS, BUT THE MESSAGE WAS WELL RECEIVED.
SO I'M VERY POSITIVE THAT THAT INFORMATION DID GET TO GOVERNOR NEWSOM.
SO WE WILL BE DOING SOME FOLLOW UPS AND SEE IF THERE IS A WAY FROM EITHER THE GOVERNOR OR SOMEONE FROM HIS OFFICE TO COME AND LOOK AT OUR PROJECT, LOOKED AT OUR FALCON NEST AND LOOK AT EVERYTHING THAT WE DO TO MEET THE STUDENTS BASIC NEEDS AND HOW THAT IMPACT ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE.
BUT IT WAS A TURN AROUND OF A FEW HOURS AND BOTH SANDRA MAYA DID THE RESEARCH, GOT ME ALL THE TALKING POINTS, PUT THE PAPERWORK TOGETHER.
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AND GOT THE THE PAPERWORK.SO, SO WE'RE VERY MUCH COMMITTED TO TO GO ALL THE WAY OUT TO TO GET THIS FUNDING.
AND AND AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO NOT DO SOMETHING THAT IS UNDER OUR CONTROL AND OUR REACH IN ORDER TO GET THE THE FUNDING.
SO WE HAVE TWO MONTHS, TWO MORE MONTHS TO WORK ON THIS.
AND WE'RE GOING TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO TO SECURE THE THE FUNDING.
SO SPEAKING OF DOING EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN, WE'VE IDENTIFIED SOME OTHER AVENUES OUTSIDE OF LETTERS OF SUPPORT TO BRING OUR OUR ADVOCACY, WHICH WOULD BE THE HEARINGS.
AND WE HAVE TWO HEARING, THREE HEARINGS ACTUALLY, THAT WE COULD POTENTIALLY BE TESTIFYING BEFORE AND SUBMITTING LETTERS TO ON THE ASSEMBLY SIDE AS WELL AS THE SENATE SIDE.
AND SO WE'RE STILL REVIEWING WHAT THE BEST PROCESS AND WHAT THE BEST APPROACH WOULD BE FOR BOTH OF THESE COMMITTEES BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT AT STAKE AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE BEING AS STRATEGIC AS POSSIBLE.
SO WE JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THESE ARE ALSO AVENUES THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE PURSUING.
AND WE MAY BE COUNTING OR CALLING ON YOU TO JOIN US IF WE, IN FACT, DO PLAN TO BE THERE IN PERSON.
UM, AND THEN ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HAVE, WHICH WE'VE TALKED ABOUT TO THE BOARD IN RECENT WEEKS, IS A SECOND LOBBY DAY AND WE'VE IDENTIFIED THAT DAY AS MAY 23RD, AND THAT'LL BE THE DAY THAT WE GO BACK TO SACRAMENTO TO TALK AGAIN TO OUR LEGISLATIVE DELEGATIONS, WHAT WE CALL THEM, ALL OF OUR REPRESENTATIVES HERE IN OUR DISTRICT THAT WILL BE IN SACRAMENTO.
THIS WILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO GET, YOU KNOW, ONE ON ONE TIME WITH THEM WITH IF POSSIBLE.
NOW IT IS YOU'LL NOTICE A BIT AFTER THE MAY REVISE, BUT THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT WE NEEDED TO BE BECAUSE THIS WHOLE PROCESS REVOLVES AROUND THE LEGISLATURE AND THE GOVERNOR'S APPROVAL.
SO HAVING ANOTHER ROUND OF CONVERSATIONS WE BELIEVE WOULD BE EFFECTIVE.
AND THEN THE SECOND OPPORTUNITY ON THAT LOBBY DAY WOULD BE TO BASICALLY BOMBARD THE BUDGET COMMITTEES, BOTH OF THE SUBCOMMITTEES ON THE ASSEMBLY SIDE AND THE SENATE SIDE.
AND AGAIN, ONCE WE HAVE MORE DIRECTION ON HOW WE WANT TO PURSUE THIS, WE'LL BE LOOKING TO YOU FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE AND SOME YOUR GOOD ENERGY LIKE AS ALWAYS WHEN WE GO TO LOBBY AND.
SO THAT REALLY IS THE PRESENTATION.
WE HAVE OUR PARTNERS ONLINE WHO ARE FROM STRATEGIC EDUCATIONAL SERVICES EXCUSE ME, SES.
AND SO I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THEY ARE ALSO ON THE LINE AND WE'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.
SO YEAH, AND WELL I WOULD LIKE TO ACTUALLY GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES AND, AND TO GIVE US A LITTLE BIT OF THAT OVERVIEW FROM THE GROUND.
THEY ARE BASED IN SACRAMENTO, SO WE HAVE WITH US DAVID NIVEN AND ESPERANZA ROSS AND WE WORK WITH THEM ALMOST WEEKLY NOWADAYS AND THEY HELP US WITH THE STRATEGY, ADVOCACY AND GIVING US A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THE INSIGHT OF WHAT IS HAPPENING, THE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF THE SUBCOMMITTEES. SO, DAVID WARREN, YOU GO AHEAD AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND AND ESPERANZA AND GIVE US A LITTLE BIT OF AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE HAVE DISCUSSED. HI, EVERYONE.
MY NAME IS DAVID NEVIN, CEO OF STRATEGIC EDUCATION SERVICES.
WE ARE THE LOBBYING FIRM THAT REPRESENTS CERRITOS UP IN SACRAMENTO AREA.
UM, AND FIRST, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE ESPERANZA ROSS, WHO ALSO PARTNERS WITH US IN OUR ADVOCACY EFFORTS UP IN SACRAMENTO, TRYING TO GET EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN FOR THE DISTRICT.
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IF THERE WAS A QUESTION THAT I CAN ANSWER OR DISCUSSION POINTS THAT I CAN HIGHLIGHT, I'D BE HAPPY TO.THANK YOU, DAVID. I WAS JUST ASKING FOR FOR A BRIEF OVERVIEW FROM YOUR VANTAGE POINT, WHAT WHAT ARE YOU SEEING NEW OR AS IT RELATES TO THE HOUSING ALLOCATION AND WHAT IS HAPPENING ON SOME OF THE SUBCOMMITTEES, PARTICULARLY ON THE ASSEMBLY SIDE? SURE. SO PARTICULARLY ON THE ASSEMBLY SIDE, AS YOU HAD SEEN AND AS MY HAD PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED, THE ASSEMBLY BUDGET SUBCOMMITTEE ON EDUCATION FINANCE HELD ITS HEARING AND WENT OVER A LOT OF THE NUANCES OF THE HOUSING SITUATION AND PROVIDING FUNDING FOR STUDENT HOUSING AT THE STATE LEVEL.
THERE WERE SOME COMMENTS MADE IN REFERENCE TO SOME OF THE REPORTS FROM THE LEGISLATIVE ANALYST'S OFFICE ABOUT PRIORITIZING THE CSU AND UC AGAIN, AS AS DR.
HOWEVER, NEEDLESS TO SAY, IT'S IT BODES WELL FOR THE DISTRICT THAT CERRITOS HAS BEEN RANKED OUT OF MORE THAN 20 DIFFERENT PROJECTS AS NUMBER ONE BY THE STATE CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE FOR A LITANY OF REASONS, INCLUDING NOT ONLY COST EFFICIENCY BUT ALSO THE NUMBER OF BEDS THAT IT WOULD PROVIDE AT THE COST RATE FOR STUDENTS THEMSELVES.
SO WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE UPCOMING HEARINGS AT THE ASSEMBLY BUDGET SUBCOMMITTEE IN APRIL, IN MIDDLE OF APRIL, AS WELL AS THE TWO HEARINGS IN THE SENATE SIDE AND THE SENATE BUDGET SUBCOMMITTEE TOWARDS THE END OF APRIL.
I THINK THESE PROVIDE VERY GOOD OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO REALLY ADVOCATE TOWARDS THE THE SUBCOMMITTEE MEMBERS AND ESPECIALLY ON THE SENATE SIDE.
SENATOR JOHN LAIRD REALLY HAS A FOCUS ON STUDENTS WHO ARE HOUSING INSECURE AND WHO ARE IN NEED OF OF BASIC STUDENT NEEDS, LIKE STUDENT HOUSING. AND ESPERANZA, IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT YOU WOULD LOVE TO ADD, PLEASE JUMP IN. THANK YOU, DAVID.
I THINK A COUPLE OF TRUSTEES MAY HAVE A FEW COMMENTS.
WHO'S WORKING ON THIS? I HAD A JUST A GENERAL QUESTION ABOUT THE ASK.
YOU KNOW, THE GOVERNOR HAS PROPOSED A LOT LESS FUNDING THIS THIS FISCAL YEAR AS COMPARED TO LAST FISCAL YEAR FOR PROGRAMS ACROSS THE BOARD, NOT JUST EDUCATION, TRANSPORTATION, ALL DIFFERENT TYPES OF THINGS AS WELL, TOO.
SO I'M WONDERING IF YOU HAVE ANY FEEDBACK OR COMMENTS ON WHERE THIS IS ALL GOING TO END UP, BECAUSE AGAIN, I ASSUME THE THE THE FUNDING COMMITMENT TO STUDENT HOUSING WAS MUCH HIGHER AND HE'S PROBABLY RECOMMENDED A LOWER AMOUNT.
HOW WILL THAT PLAY INTO THE DELIBERATIONS AND NEGOTIATIONS? UM, I THINK WE'VE DISCUSSED PRIOR TO THIS BOARD MEETING THAT I THINK THAT THE, THE BURDEN IS ON THE LEGISLATURE TO DETERMINE.
THE FACT THAT WE ARE NUMBER ONE REALLY POSITIONS US IN A VERY STRONG PLACE.
AND QUITE FRANKLY, THE LEGISLATURE COULD DECIDE THAT THEY WANT TO ABANDON, YOU KNOW, COMPLETELY THESE PROJECTS, INCLUDING TRANSPORTATION AND ALL THOSE OTHERS, ALONG WITH EVERY OTHER PROJECT THAT THEY'VE PROMISED IN PREVIOUS BUDGETS.
AND SO OUR HOPE IS THAT WE CAN PUT ENOUGH PRESSURE FOR A LACK OF A BETTER WORD ON THEM TO HOLD TIGHT TO THE PROMISE THAT THEY MADE FOR STUDENT HOUSING IN PARTICULAR.
AS YOU KNOW, WE ALSO HAVE SOME TRANSPORTATION GOALS THAT WE ARE ALSO ADVOCATING FOR.
BUT IN THIS CASE, THIS APPLICATION IS THE NUMBER ONE FOCUS.
DR. FIERRO, IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER THOUGHTS.
BUT THERE ARE THREE DIFFERENT PIECES.
THE FIRST ONE IS THAT THE INITIAL ALLOCATION WAS $750 MILLION FOR HOUSING THIS YEAR TO SPLIT BETWEEN CSU'S AND UC'S, HALF OF IT AND THE COMMUNITY COLLEGES.
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SO THE COMMUNITY COLLEGES ESSENTIALLY WILL GET WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO GET 375,375 MILLION.OKAY. WHEN THE BUDGET, THE JANUARY BUDGET CAME ABOUT, THE ALLOCATION WAS REDUCED FROM 750 TO 500.
SO THERE ARE TWO PIECES RIGHT HERE OF ADVOCACY.
THE FIRST ONE IS ALLOCATED TO THE LEGISLATION AND TO THE GOVERNOR TO FUND THE ENTIRE 750 THIS YEAR AND THE SECOND ONE TO FUND THE PROJECTS IN THE WAY THAT THEY WERE RANKED BASED ON THE PROVISIONS THAT WERE ROLLED OUT LAST YEAR, WHICH IS HOW WE AT FIRST. BUT THEN YOU SEE A THIRD COMPETING PORTION THERE.
AND THIS IS ESSENTIALLY TO POOL MONEY FROM THE STATE TO LOAN TO COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES TO BUILD HOUSING AT A 0% INTEREST.
THE IDEA, FOR THE MOST PART, SOUNDS GOOD.
BECAUSE EVEN IF IT IS A 0% LOAN, YOU STILL HAVE TO CHARGE NEARLY MARKET RATES IN ORDER TO RECOVER THE INVESTMENT AND PAY THE LOAN BACK AND TO TO MAKE THE DOLLARS THAT ARE NEEDED TO RUN THE HOUSING OPERATION, BECAUSE THAT IS OUTSIDE OF THE SCOPE OF WHAT IS TRADITIONALLY FUNDED THROUGH GENERAL FUND.
SO FOR US, IT'S NOT ADVANTAGEOUS FOR THE MONEY THAT TO BE ROLLED OUT INTO THE ZERO INTEREST LOAN OR THE IS SWEPT INTO A CENTRALIZED POOL THAT FAVORS FOR CSUS, UCS AND THEN INTERSEGMENTAL PROJECTS BASICALLY PROJECTS THAT ARE BETWEEN COMMUNITY COLLEGES AT A UNIVERSITY, WHETHER IT'S A CSU OR A UC, BECAUSE THAT WILL PUT EVEN THOUGH OUR APPLICATION IS HIGHER, THAT WILL PUT US FAR DOWN THE LIST.
AND IF WE ONLY HAVE 500 MILLION, $500 MILLION, SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS ARE 150, $250 MILLION.
SO WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO TO RECEIVE FUNDING.
SO DAVID OR ESPERANZA, YOU SEE ANYTHING DIFFERENT OR DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD? NO, I THINK THAT'S CORRECT.
DR. FIERRO AND THERE WHAT YOU LAID OUT POTENTIALLY COULD EVEN ADD A FOURTH ALTERNATIVE TO ANY DISCUSSION, WHICH IS THE LOAN FOR CSU AND UC BECAUSE OF THE ADVANTAGE YOU LAID OUT AND THEN THE GRANT FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGES.
AND PERHAPS THAT COULD BE EVEN CONSIDERED GIVEN THE BUDGET DEFICIT HERE.
I HAVE ANOTHER COMMENT AND SUGGESTION ON THE COALITION.
SO I THINK THE OTHER GROUP THAT WE WOULD NEED TO ADD TO OUR COALITION IS LABOR.
I THINK RIGHT NOW THEY OBVIOUSLY HAVE A VERY STRONG VOICE AND I KNOW WE DO HAVE SOME LABOR PARTNERS WITHIN OUR DISTRICT, ESPECIALLY THROUGH OUR PROJECT LABOR AGREEMENTS, SO I WOULD ADD THEM TO OUR COALITION.
THE OTHER THING I WOULD HOPE THAT CCF WOULD JOIN OUR COALITION AS WELL.
I DIDN'T SEE THEIR NAME, BUT HOPEFULLY YOU'LL CONSIDER JOINING YOUR VOICE AS WELL.
I'M SURE I DIDN'T SEE I DIDN'T LOOK AT THE NUMBERS.
I DON'T KNOW WHO WAS KIND OF IN THE MIX.
AND THEN ALSO THROUGH THE LEAGUE, I KNOW THEY HAD LIKE A WEBINAR YESTERDAY I DIDN'T GO TO.
SO I DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY'RE AT WITH THIS, BUT I KNOW THIS WAS A PRIORITY IN THE PAST.
SO THOSE WOULD BE SOME SUGGESTIONS, I WOULD ADD.
AND THEN I WOULD SEE IF WHEN WE DO GO TO SACRAMENTO, IF WE COULD ENCOURAGE AND INVITE ANY OF OUR COALITION MEMBERS TO GO WITH US TO ADD TO THE VOICES IN SUPPORT OF THIS.
THE OTHER QUESTION, A VERY SPECIFIC QUESTION I HAD IS WHERE ARE WHERE ARE THE CITIES OF NORWALK AND CERRITOS ON THIS? THEY'RE THE CITIES ARE LISTED UNDER OUR OR THERE SHOULD BE RATHER UNDER ELECTEDS.
BUT ALL OF OUR CITIES CHAMBERS THEY SHOULD BE UNDER.
BUSINESSES RIGHT THERE UNDER BUSINESSES.
I'M WONDERING, DO WE HAVE A SPECIFIC LETTER OF SUPPORT FROM THE CITY OF CERRITOS AND THE CITY OF NORWALK? WE HAD A SPECIFIC LETTER OF SUPPORT COMING FROM WE'RE GOING TO BE REQUESTING MORE LETTERS.
SO WE HAVE HAD LETTERS THAT HAVE THAT HAVE BEEN COMING IN.
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SO WE'RE GOING BACK FOR A SECOND ROUND OF LETTERS.AND THE INITIAL APPLICATION THAT WE HAD CERRITOS WORKED WITH US ON A LETTER.
AND SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE LETTER REQUESTS ALREADY OUT TO OUR NEIGHBORING OUR OTHER CITIES.
SO I WOULD ADD THEM TO TO OUR K THROUGH 12 PARTNERS.
SO. I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAVE.
THANK YOU. GREAT JOB. WELCOME.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM TRUSTEES? ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FOR OUR PARTNERS? I KNOW THAT THE NORWALK CHAMBER HAS SOME THEY'RE VERY INVOLVED ALSO LEGISLATIVE WISE.
SO I KNOW THAT THEY THEY'RE A HUGE ADVOCACY.
THEY'RE ALREADY WORKING ON THAT.
SO THAT WOULD BE AND I KNOW YOU HEARD IT.
AND WE HAVE THEM WE HAVE THEM ON OUR LIST.
SO WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE GO BACK TO KAREN AND HER TEAM TO TO JOIN THE COALITION.
THANK YOU FOR THAT. THANK YOU, MAYA.
THANK YOU, DAVID. THANK YOU, ESPERANZA.
THANK YOU. WELL, THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYA.
[2.04 Institutional Presentation: 2021-2022 Sabbatical Leave Reports]
ALL RIGHT. SO WE MOVE ON TO NEXT ONE IS INSTITUTIONAL PRESENTATION 2021 TO 2022 SABBATICAL LEAVE REPORT. AND WE HAVE KERRY EDWARDS, JOHN HAASE AND LINDA WALDMAN.YES. SO THANK YOU, TRUSTEE LEWIS.
I WOULD LIKE TO FIRST INVITE PROFESSOR DAVIS TO THE PODIUM TO MAKE THE INTRODUCTIONS AND GIVE US A LITTLE BIT OF THE BACKGROUND AND HISTORY THERE ON THE SABBATICAL.
SO THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, BOARD MEMBERS.
I'M JULIE DAVIS. I'M THE CHAIR OF THE SABBATICAL LEAVE COMMITTEE.
AND I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN.
WE HAVE THREE FACULTY PRESENTATIONS THIS EVENING AND IN ORDER KERRY EDWARDS, DR.
KERRY EDWARDS OF KINESIOLOGY DR.
JOHN HAAS FOR FROM THE HISTORY DEPARTMENT, AND DR.
AND I THINK YOU WILL FIND EACH OF THEIR PRESENTATIONS RATHER ENLIGHTENING AND HOPEFULLY SEE THE CONNECTION WITH THE GOOD WORK THAT WE ARE ALL, OF COURSE, DOING ON THE CAMPUS. SO I THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN FOR SUPPORTING THE SABBATICAL PRIVILEGE FOR THE FACULTY.
THE COMMITTEE IS COMMITTED TO BRINGING YOU EXCELLENT PROJECTS BEFORE YOU.
SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I WILL INTRODUCE DR.
KERRY EDWARDS. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.
I WANT TO THANK AMBER ROCK FOR HER SUPPORT, HER AND HER STAFF.
THEIR EXPERTISE WAS INVALUABLE FOR ME WHEN I WAS DOING MY RESEARCH, SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
AND I WANT TO THANK MY FELLOW COLLEAGUES WHO FROM MY DIVISION OF KINESIOLOGY, WHO ARE CURRENTLY HELPING ME CONTINUE THIS WORK AND APPLY IT AS WE SPEAK. SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I WILL TALK ABOUT WHAT I WORKED ON.
SO THE DO I HIT THE BUTTON? YEAH. OKAY.
JUST WASN'T SURE WHICH BUTTON.
AND THIS IS A FOUR PART RESOURCE MANUAL THAT INCLUDES BEST PRACTICES IN TEACHING PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND FITNESS CLASSES, ONLINE INFORMATION ON TECHNOLOGY, TOOLS USED BY INSTRUCTORS, TECHNIQUES AND SAMPLE ASSIGNMENTS THAT I GATHERED AND DEVELOPED, AND AN EVALUATION RUBRIC USED TO EXAMINE PHYSICAL
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ACTIVITY AND FITNESS COURSES TO DETERMINE IF THEY ARE A GOOD FIT FOR CONTINUED ONLINE INSTRUCTION.AN ADDITIONAL PURPOSE THAT CAME OUT OF THIS AS I WAS WORKING ON IT, WAS TO MAKE THIS MANUAL A LIVING DOCUMENT THAT'S AVAILABLE TO MY COLLEAGUES AT ANY TIME.
SO THAT IT'S AVAILABLE FOR OUR FELLOW FACULTY WHO TEACH THESE TYPES OF CLASSES.
AND THE EVALUATION RUBRIC WAS USED TO IDENTIFY 18 COURSES THAT WERE SUBMITTED TO THE CURRICULUM COMMITTEE TO RECEIVE PERMANENT EDUCATION APPROVAL, AND I'LL SHARE THOSE AT THE END OF MY PRESENTATION SO YOU CAN SEE WHICH COURSES ARE CURRENTLY IN THAT PROCESS.
THE SECOND PURPOSE WAS TO PUBLISH A CANVAS COMMON COURSE THAT WOULD CONTAIN THE SAMPLE ASSIGNMENTS, AND THAT SHIFTED SINCE I MADE THE MANUAL A LIVING DOCUMENT THAT CAN BE ACCESSED.
AND I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THAT IN A LATER SLIDE.
BUT AN ADDITIONAL OUTCOME THAT CAME FROM THIS WITH DISCUSSIONS WITH MY COLLEAGUES, WE DECIDED THAT WE ARE GOING TO EXPLORE SUBMITTING THIS FITNESS AND WELLNESS COURSE FOR POKER CERTIFICATION SO THAT IT CAN BE INCLUDED IN THE CALIFORNIA VIRTUAL CAMPUS ONLINE EDUCATION INITIATIVE, WHICH I THINK WILL BE UNIQUE FOR THIS TYPE, OF COURSE.
SO I'M VERY EXCITED FOR THAT POSSIBILITY.
PHASE ONE OF MY PROJECT WAS TO IDENTIFY BEST PRACTICES, TECHNOLOGY TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES.
AND TO DO THIS I INTERVIEWED 17 KINESIOLOGY DIVISION FACULTY WHO TAUGHT PHYSICAL ACTIVITY CLASSES BETWEEN MARCH 2020 AND MAY 20TH, 21.
AND THEN I SURVEYED 30 STATEWIDE FACULTY WHO ALSO TAUGHT PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND FITNESS CLASSES AS DURING MARCH 2020 AND MAY 2021. FROM THAT, I SYNTHESIZED INFORMATION ON SUCCESSFUL METHODS OF INSTRUCTION METHODS USED TO MEASURE PHYSICAL PARTICIPATION IN ACTIVITY CLASSES, METHODS USED TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK ON SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND PHYSIOLOGICAL FITNESS DEVELOPMENT AND METHODS USED TO ASSESS PHYSIOLOGICAL GAINS AND IMPROVED SKILL DEVELOPMENT, WHICH CAN BE A CHALLENGE.
BUT WE'VE REALLY LEARNED SOME GREAT TECHNIQUES TO DO THIS, AS WELL AS EFFECTIVE TECHNIQUES, EMPLOYED TECHNOLOGIES EMPLOYED WHILE TEACHING COLLEGE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND FITNESS CLASSES ONLINE, AND THEN PERCEIVED CHALLENGES AND GAPS IN INSTRUCTION.
BUT OF INTEREST FROM FACULTY INTERVIEWS AND THE SURVEYS, ALL BUT ONE FACULTY MEMBER FELT THAT TEACHING A PHYSICAL ACTIVITY OR FITNESS CLASS ONLINE WAS SIGNIFICANTLY MORE WORK THAN DOING IT IN PERSON.
HOWEVER, THE VAST MAJORITY OF FACULTY FELT THAT THE GRADING AND VERIFICATION OF STUDENT PARTICIPATION WOULD ALWAYS BE MORE WORK AND ALWAYS TAKE LONGER.
NOT NECESSARILY NOT VALUABLE, BUT JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE EFFORT TO DO.
THERE WERE ALSO STRONG OPINIONS ABOUT THE SUSTAINABILITY OF TEACHING PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND FITNESS CLASSES REMOTELY, AND THESE OPINIONS USUALLY HAD TO DO WITH THE SUBJECT BEING TAUGHT.
HOWEVER, FACULTY WHO TAUGHT FITNESS ACTIVITY.
CLASSES THAT ARE INDIVIDUAL IN NATURE AND DO NOT REQUIRE SPECIALIZED EQUIPMENT OR.
GOOD FITS FOR CONTINUED INSTRUCTION ONLINE.
OF INTEREST FROM THE STUDENT SURVEYS.
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IF A TRADITIONAL SECTION WAS BEING OFFERED.THE MOST COMMON REASON FOR PREFERRED ASYNCHRONOUS INSTRUCTION WAS FLEXIBILITY WITH TIME AND THE MOST COMMON REASONS FOR PREFERRING SYNCHRONOUS INSTRUCTION WERE ACCOUNTABILITY AND CONNECTION WITH THE INSTRUCTOR.
PHASE TWO OF MY PROJECT WAS THE RESEARCHING AND THEN DEVELOPING OF THE RESOURCE MANUAL.
AND SO I RESEARCHED USEFUL TECHNOLOGY TOOLS.
I INCLUDED THOSE IN THE MANUAL.
PHASE THREE WAS TO DESIGN THE KIN 104 FITNESS AND WELLNESS LAB FOR SUSTAINED ONLINE INSTRUCTION, WHICH I SUCCESSFULLY DID.
THE COURSE CAME TO THE CURRICULUM COMMITTEE ON SEPTEMBER 22ND FOR PERMANENT DISTANCE EDUCATION APPROVAL, AND WE DID OFFER IT IN THE FALL AND THE SPRING.
SO WE'RE CURRENTLY OFFERING IT.
WE OFFERED ONLINE SECTIONS AND TRADITIONAL SECTIONS, AND I INCLUDED SOME STATISTICS HERE FOR YOU.
UM, STUDENTS CHOSE ONLINE MORE THAN IN-PERSON WHEN THEY WERE PROVIDED THE OPPORTUNITY.
SO 71% OF THE STUDENTS CHOSE ONLINE EVEN THOUGH TRADITIONAL SECTION WAS AVAILABLE AND 78% OF THE STUDENTS THIS SPRING CHOSE THE ONLINE. SO THAT MEANS IN THE FALL, SEVEN OUT OF TEN STUDENTS CHOSE TO TAKE THE ONLINE SECTION VERSUS THE IN-PERSON SECTION, AND EIGHT OUT OF TEN CHOSE TO TAKE THE ONLINE SECTION THIS SPRING.
SO I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.
I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THAT MAY SHIFT A LITTLE THE MORE WE ARE COMING BACK TO IN-PERSON.
WE MAY SHIFT THAT, BUT I THINK IT'S PRETTY POWERFUL TO SEE THAT STUDENTS ARE INTERESTED AND WILLING TO TAKE THESE TYPES OF CLASSES ONLINE. SO THAT'S MY THAT'S MY ONE CONCLUSION, RIGHT? IT'S VERY HARD TO TO DO A YEAR'S WORTH OF RESEARCH PRESENTATION IN FIVE MINUTES, BUT I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT.
AND SO YAY, YAY FOR US AND YAY FOR OUR OPPORTUNITIES.
AND SO MY CONCLUSION FROM STUDENT SURVEY RESPONSES AND ENROLLMENT PATTERNS SUPPORT THE IDEA THAT THERE WILL BE CONTINUED INTEREST IN ONLINE INSTRUCTION FOR PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND FITNESS COURSES AT THE COLLEGE LEVEL.
SO MY LAST, LAST THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO ON SABBATICAL.
IT TRULY WAS A FANTASTIC EXPERIENCE.
I FELT LUCKY TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY AND I APPRECIATE YOU FOR SUPPORTING THAT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, KERRY, FOR FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
I MY QUESTION IS HOW HOW WOULD YOU, AS YOU WERE TEACHING DISTANCE AT SOME OF THESE FITNESS CLASSES, HOW WERE YOU TRYING TO OR HOW DID YOU SUCCESSFULLY ENGAGE SOME OF THOSE STUDENTS TO KEEP UP WITH THE ACTIVITIES? I DID, LIKE MANY OF US, AS I SAID, DURING THE PANDEMIC, BUT I WASN'T GOING TO, YOU KNOW, WASTE THE CLASS.
AND AND I WAS ALREADY TIRED OF BEING SITTING DOWN.
SO I WAS WELCOMING THE THE EXERCISE.
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YEAH. I MEAN, I THINK IN GENERAL, IF A STUDENT IS SIGNING UP FOR AN ONLINE FITNESS CLASS, THEY WANT TO BE THERE RIGHT.AND THEY WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ACTIVITY BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE TO SIGN UP.
AND SO IF THEY'RE SIGNING UP FOR A STRETCHING AND RELAXATION COURSE, IT'S BECAUSE THEY'RE FEELING THEY NEED THAT AND THEY'RE FEELING THAT THEY CAN'T DO IT ON THEIR OWN.
AND SO THAT THEY WANT TO BE GUIDED BY A PROFESSIONAL AND THEY WANT THAT MOTIVATION.
SO I THINK THAT THAT'S IMPORTANT, RIGHT, TO TO KNOW THAT THAT'S, YOU KNOW, BUT THERE ARE ALWAYS THOSE STUDENTS THAT MAYBE ARE THERE FOR OTHER REASONS, BUT ONE, AND THAT WAS SOMETHING I TALKED ABOUT IN MY INTERVIEWS WITH FACULTY, THAT THEY FELT THAT IN ANY CLASS THAT WE TEACH, WHETHER IT IS A IN-PERSON CLASS OR AN ONLINE CLASS, WE ALWAYS HAVE A RANGE OF STUDENTS AND WE HAVE MOST STUDENTS ARE THERE TO PARTICIPATE FULLY.
AND THERE ARE ALWAYS SOME THAT FALL ON A DIFFERENT SPECTRUM.
AND AND THAT THAT'S NOT DIFFERENT WHEN WE'RE TEACHING ONLINE THAN IF WE'RE IN PERSON.
THE CHALLENGE FOR US, I THINK, IS, IS TO MAINTAIN THAT CONNECTION ONLINE.
AND WE USE A LOT OF VIDEO SUBMISSIONS, PICTURE SUBMISSIONS.
WE FOUND SEVERAL REALLY GREAT APPS THAT ARE FREE FOR STUDENTS THAT THEY CAN USE.
WE USE MAPMYRUN, WHICH AND WE HAVE TO BE VERY SPECIFIC WITH WHAT THE UPLOAD IS THAT THE STUDENT PROVIDES US SO THAT WE'RE GETTING THE THE CORRECT INFORMATION.
BUT IT REALLY ACTUALLY WAS AMAZINGLY MEANINGFUL TO BE ABLE TO SEE, OKAY, IF A STUDENT IS STARTING HERE AND GOING HERE AND THEY'RE SUBMITTING THEIR MAPMYRUN ON, YOU KNOW, SCREENSHOT AND THEY'RE SHOWING ME THEIR DISTANCE, THEIR PACE, THEIR TIME, THEIR DURATION.
SO IT REALLY WAS SURPRISINGLY MEANINGFUL TO DO IT THAT WAY.
WHEN A STUDENT SUBMITTED WHEN I HAD THEM SUBMIT PHOTOGRAPHS OF THEIR STRETCHES, RIGHT? SO NORMALLY IN A TRADITIONAL CLASS, I WOULD TEACH THEM HOW TO DO THEIR STRETCHES, RIGHT? HOW DO WE, YOU KNOW, WE WARM UP, WE DO CERTAIN STRETCHES AND IF I'VE GOT A CLASS, I CAN EASILY FOCUS ON WHICH STUDENTS NEED CORRECTION AND WHICH STUDENTS HEEL IS TURNED OUT WHEN IT SHOULD BE PARALLEL.
THAT'S WHERE THE EXTRA WORK COMES IN, RIGHT? I CAN'T JUST FOCUS ON THE THREE THAT ARE DOING IT WRONG.
I HAVE TO LOOK AT EVERY SINGLE STUDENT INDIVIDUALLY, BUT IT WAS AMAZING TO ME THAT I COULD IMMEDIATELY PROVIDE FEEDBACK TO THAT STUDENT AND SAY, OKAY, NEXT TIME YOU'RE DOING THE STRETCH, HERE'S HOW I WANT YOU TO ADJUST THAT FOOT.
AND WHEN I SAW THAT YOUR HEEL WAS OFF THE GROUND, IT NEEDS TO BE PUSHED INTO THE GROUND.
AND AND SO TO TO LEARN THOSE WAYS TO DO IT IS IT WAS ACTUALLY PRETTY AMAZING.
YEAH. SO CAN I HAVE A QUESTION? YEAH. I ALSO SIGNED UP, YOU KNOW, CLASS DURING THE PANDEMIC.
I WANT TO ASK YOU A QUESTION BECAUSE I STRETCH FOR A WHILE.
THEN I GAVE UP. I WENT BACK TO COMPUTER.
SO I JUST WANT TO ASK YOU SAY YOU SAY THEY SUBMIT A SCREENSHOT THIS I THINK IT'S BUT THERE ARE SOME PROGRAM TIED TO THE WHATEVER THE EXERCISE MACHINE YOU HAVE YOU.
AND SO IS THERE ANY WAY YOU CAN USE A COMPUTER TO USE A SOFTWARE TO MONITOR STUDENTS, YOU KNOW, THEIR THEIR WORK INSTEAD OF YOU SEND ME A SCREENSHOT BECAUSE I.
I DON'T KNOW. I JUST SAY THIS.
I FEEL SCREENSHOT IS NOT PRACTICAL.
SO I'LL ANSWER BOTH BOTH QUESTIONS THERE.
MOST OF OUR STUDENTS DIDN'T HAVE PROBLEMS WITH UPLOADING SCREENSHOTS AND VIDEOS.
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MAYBE THE FIRST WEEK THERE WAS A LEARNING CURVE AND SO ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS, I HAD TO WORK WITH SOME STUDENTS TO SAY, OH, THIS WAS THE WRONG SCREENSHOT, HERE'S WHERE YOU NEED TO GO TO GET THAT SCREENSHOT HERE.ONCE THEY KNEW HOW TO DO IT, THERE WEREN'T ISSUES.
OKAY, THERE ARE OPTIONS WHERE BUT THEY'RE THEY'RE NOT FREE.
THEY'RE COSTS. THEY'RE COSTLY.
SO. SO ANYBODY COULD DO IT BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY HAVE AT HOME.
AND SO IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO TO DEVELOP A COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAM FROM BEGINNING TO END THAT THEY COULD DO WITH WITH COMMON ITEMS THAT ARE FOUND WITHIN EVERYBODY'S HOMES OR EASY THINGS TO ACCESS, BUT WITH MONEY, RIGHT? IF WE HAD MONEY TO INVEST, WE COULD INVEST IN SMARTWATCHES FOR EVERYBODY THAT AND THERE ARE PROGRAMS WHERE ALL OF THOSE SMARTWATCHES WOULD BE CONNECTED TO SOMETHING THAT I COULD VIEW AND GET THEIR DATA IN REAL TIME, WHICH WOULD BE AWESOME, BUT MAYBE NOT PRACTICAL FOR LONG TERM SUSTAINABILITY.
YEAH, I THINK THE PANDEMIC REALLY MADE PROFESSORS LIKE YOU ARE MORE CREATIVE RIGHT NOW.
ANYONE WHO HAS MORE QUESTIONS.
RIGHT. SO MUCH IN YOUR WORK AND USUALLY IN SABBATICALS FACULTY DO A LOT OF WORK ON.
AND YOU DID YOUR WORK ON DELIVERY AND ASSESSMENT.
THOSE ASPECTS, PLUS THE CONTENT DURING THE PANDEMIC.
AND BECAUSE OF THE SHIFT AND THE CHANGES THAT WE'VE ALL GONE THROUGH AND THAT WE'RE ALL GOING TO CONTINUE TO GO THROUGH, I'M SURE THAT FACULTY IN ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS AND PROGRAMS ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO FIND SOME SNIPPETS OF DATA AND VALUE IN THE WORK THAT YOU DID.
YEAH, IT WAS A IT WAS A GREAT PROJECT TO WORK ON.
YEAH. ALL RIGHT. THANKS, EVERYONE.
OKAY. GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY.
JO, AND ESPECIALLY THE SABBATICAL COMMITTEE.
I WOULDN'T HAVE GOT THROUGH THAT WITHOUT HER, AND I WAS A PRETTY TOUGH CUSTOMER.
SO I THINK THAT I WOULD LIKE TO GET OUT ON ON THE BEGINNING.
ALL RIGHT. SO AM I JUST CLICKING ON HERE AS THIS IS NOT MY.
THIS IS. AND THAT IN THAT ADVANCE, IS IT? OKAY. THEN JUST POINT IT TOWARDS ME.
THERE'S A PROBLEM WHEN YOU'RE 63 AND YOU CAN'T READ THE SLIDES.
WELL, I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO SPEAK FROM FROM THE HEART HERE.
YEAH, SURE. I MEAN, IF I COULD SEE THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE IT SET UP FOR ALL PEOPLE.
ALL RIGHT. SO THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO SEE IT FROM THAT SCREEN THERE? NO. SO HE SAID HE COULDN'T SEE BECAUSE HIS EYES.
DO YOU WANT ME TO SPEAK FROM MY HEART OR.
NO? NO. SPEAK FROM YOUR HEART.
YEAH. SPEAK FROM YOUR HEART IS BETTER.
I DON'T THINK I'LL GET THROUGH MY POWERPOINT.
IF I DO THAT, I'LL SPEAK FROM THE HEART.
IN THE FALL. AND I'M ALMOST AS OLD AS DENNIS FALCON.
I AM GOING TO SPEAK FROM THE HEART.
I'VE BEEN TEACHING FOR ALMOST 29 YEARS.
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I'M 25 YEARS HERE AND FIVE YEARS AT MT.AND, YOU KNOW, THIS THIS IS OLD TIME, SO THIS IS PAST TENSE.
BUT STUDENTS WOULD COME UP TO ME AND SAY, HEY, DR.
HAAS, I THOUGHT I WAS IN THE CIVIL WAR WHEN YOU WERE PRESENTING GETTYSBURG.
ALL RIGHT. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THAT I WAS STRUGGLING WITH AS A PROFESSOR WHEN I GOT INTO THE CLASS AND I DIDN'T HAVE THAT CHEMISTRY WITH THE NEW STUDENT BODY AND PEOPLE WERE CONSTANTLY ON THEIR PHONES AND PEOPLE DIDN'T WANT TO READ BOOKS AND THEY WANTED ALL THE POWERPOINTS.
IS IT A COMBINATION THEREOF? I DON'T KNOW.
I HAVE TWO BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTERS.
ONE IS 29, ONE IS ONE IS 26, AND THE YOUNGEST ONE IS.
I WANTED TO SHOW YOU GUYS A FILM TONIGHT.
AND SO I SENT THE FILM OUT TO MY DAUGHTERS AND MY ELDEST DAUGHTER SAID, DAD, ABSOLUTELY NOT.
DO NOT SHOW THAT TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
I HAVE A SAD FILM TODAY, A LITTLE, LITTLE CLIP.
BUT MY DAUGHTER SAID THAT THAT WAS OKAY TO TO SHOW.
I DON'T HAVE ANY STUDENT IN WORLD CIVILIZATION THAT HAS EVER READ THE EPIC OF GILGAMESH.
ALL RIGHT. I HAVE PEOPLE ON ON CELL PHONES.
THEY DON'T WANT AN OLD EDUCATION THAT I KIND OF GREW UP.
WHAT ARE YOU PREPARING ME FOR? AND WITH RESPECT TO GEN Z, THEY WANT TO CHANGE THE WORLD.
YOU KNOW, THEY WANT ENTREPRENEURSHIP.
THEY WANT SOMEBODY OUT THERE ENGAGING THEM.
THEY WANT ME TO SHARE THE CLASSROOM.
I DON'T WANT TO SHARE. ALL RIGHT.
SURE. AND I CONTROL THE CLASSROOM.
YOU KNOW, YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE AN EXPEDITER, A FACILITATOR.
I TOLD MY WIFE, I THINK I GOT FIRED.
I SAID, I'M NO LONGER A PROFESSOR.
ALL RIGHT. SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THAT I WENT THROUGH.
BUT OVER IN THE PROCESS, THE FIRST THING THAT I WANTED TO DO AND I'M TRYING TO GET IN, MAYBE SOMEBODY CAN LET ME KNOW WHEN I'M TALKING TOO LONG HERE. BUT I REALLY STUDIED HARD THE LITERATURE ABOUT GEN Z.
I WANTED TO KNOW THEIR THEIR PSYCHE.
I WANTED TO KNOW THEIR TRAUMA.
I WANTED TO KNOW HOW THEY THEY LEARN, HOW THEY PROCESS INFORMATION.
I WANTED TO UNDERSTAND WHY THERE WAS A DISCONNECT THAT I WAS HAVING WITH MY STUDENTS.
AND AND I WAS GETTING DEPRESSED BECAUSE I JUST DIDN'T THINK I WAS AS GOOD AS I USED TO BE.
I'M TELLING A STORY AND SOMEONE'S ON THEIR ON THEIR PHONE OR, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
BUT BUT I LEARNED SOMETHING ABOUT THAT, TOO.
WITH RESPECT TO GEN Z, WHERE YOU COME OUT OF THE WOMB WITH A CELL PHONE.
ALL RIGHT. WHICH IS DIFFERENT THAN THAN THAN MILLENNIALS.
I'M STARTING TO APPRECIATE IT.
I HAVE NEVER GONE MYSELF WORRIED AS A CHILD OR YOUNG PERSON ABOUT A SCHOOL SHOOTING.
BUT THE LEGACY, THE BUSINESS CRISIS OF 2000.
SO I SPENT AN INORDINATE AMOUNT OF TIME READING LITERATURE, BOOKS, ARTICLES, POWERPOINTS, INTERVIEWS, ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT STUDIES, DEBATES THAT WERE TAKING PLACE.
AND THEN THE IDEA THAT I HAD WAS I WANTED TO CREATE AN ONLINE LIBRARY WHERE ALL OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE ROUGHLY MY AGE, THE BABY BOOMERS WHO DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON, WOULD BE ABLE TO WALK IN OR LOOK ELECTRONICALLY TO THE LIBRARY.
ALL RIGHT. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THAT CAME ABOUT, I DIDN'T PLAN IT.
THERE WAS LOADS OF INFORMATION ON GEN Z.
THERE WAS BURGEONING LITERATURE ON GEN Z, LATINX.
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AND I REMEMBER WHEN I CAME ACROSS IT, I SAID, BINGO.RIGHT. THINKING ABOUT SOMEBODY WORRIED ABOUT IMMIGRATION OR SOMEBODY SUFFERING DEPRESSION.
AND IN THE HOUSEHOLD TALKING TO MOM AND DAD THAT SAY KIND OF MAN UP OR YOU SHOULDN'T BE LOOKING TO TO GET ANY KIND OF MENTAL HEALTH FILLING OUT THE FAFSA.
ALL KINDS OF THINGS THAT I DIDN'T KNOW.
AND AND I THINK THE UPSHOT WAS, HOW CAN YOU BE A GREAT TEACHER WHEN YOU DON'T KNOW YOUR STUDENT BODY? RIGHT. WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE? WHAT IS IT THAT THEY WANT? NOW, ON THE OTHER HAND, I FIND GEN Z VERY DEMANDING.
I SAID, HEY, HOW WOULD YOU GUYS LIKE, LET'S DO A FLIP CLASSROOM? I GIVE YOU A MOVIE. I GIVE HIM A GREAT MOVIE.
GREAT MOVIE. YOU TEACH ME COME MONDAY, RIGHT? WOW. RIGHT. I'M SHARING MY CLASSROOM, RIGHT? RIGHT. SHARING MY DAMN CLASSROOM.
OKAY, HERE. I'M SHARING THE CLASSROOM.
RIGHT. 90% NEVER WATCHED THE FILM.
WHICH MEANS I GOT TO TAKE OVER.
ALL RIGHT. SO ACCOUNTABILITY IS A BIG PART.
PEOPLE WHO ARE SCHOLARS IN GEN Z'S, THAT ACCOUNTABILITY IS A BIG DEAL.
NOW IN THE YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND WE'RE LIMITED HERE AND I COULD GO ON FOR A LONG TIME.
BUT IF I DID THIS VERY, VERY QUICKLY, INCREDIBLE.
I WANT THAT AVAILABLE FOR STUDENTS, FACULTY.
I ASKED MY STUDENTS TODAY, DO THEY KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A JOB AND A VOCATION? RIGHT? I SAID, LOTS OF US HAVE JOBS.
THEY'RE NOT VOCATIONS, THEY'RE NOT YOUR CALLINGS.
SO WHAT I DID WAS I COMBINED MY WORK.
SOME OF YOU KNOW THAT I DO A GREAT DEAL OF WORK ON GLOBAL EDUCATION, GLOBAL COMPETENCY AND I HAVE BEEN LINKED TO SOME OF THE GREATEST PEACE PRACTITIONERS IN THE WORLD WHO ARE WOMEN. THERE ARE SOME GREAT MEN, BUT THEY'RE THE WOMEN ARE THE BEST.
ALL RIGHT. SOME OF YOU KNOW WHO I'M TALKING ABOUT.
MARY MONTAGUE FROM NORTHERN IRELAND.
WE HAD A LITTLE PROBLEM WITH TECHNOLOGY IN KENYA THAT CAME WITH IT WITH THE COURSE.
WE'VE HAD NORMAN NORMAN FINKELSTEIN ON THIS CAMPUS.
WE'VE HAD THE BLACK PANTHERS SPEAK HERE.
ALL RIGHT. WE HAD A GREAT ECONOMIST, RICHARD WOLFF, THAT'S HERE.
ALL THAT STUFF HAS BEEN VIDEOED.
SO I WANTED PEOPLE TO HAVE THAT LIBRARY.
IF YOU WANT TO SEE RICHARD WOLFF AT CERRITOS COLLEGE, IT'S THERE.
AND I THINK THAT CAN BE EXPLOITED, I MEAN, IN A POSITIVE WAY AS AS A REAL GLOBAL INSTITUTION.
ANOTHER THING THAT I TRY TO EXPLAIN TO PEOPLE IS THAT THESE THINGS ARE NOT MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE.
A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T SEE THE CONNECTION RIGHT? IF YOU'RE NOT GLOBALLY COMPETENT, HOW ARE YOU SUPPOSED TO COMPETE IN A GLOBAL WORLD? RIGHT. THE WORLD IS COMPETING WITH YOU NOW.
IF YOU DON'T HAVE GLOBAL EDUCATION, IT'S HARD WORK.
TO BE TOMORROW'S PEACE PRACTITIONERS.
MEANING THEY WORK AND THEY DO.
MANY OF MY STUDENTS, OUR STUDENTS COME FROM WAR TORN AREAS AND PEOPLE FROM AFGHANISTAN OR PEOPLE FROM IRAQ OR PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THAT SHARE THAT PARTICULAR STORY.
THE COMMUNITY COLLEGES ARE READY TO BE PEACE BUILDERS.
AND ONE OTHER THING I WAS TRYING TO TALK TO MY STUDENTS ABOUT.
I KNOW HOW MANY OF YOU PEOPLE WANT TO GO TO AFRICA AND AND DIG WELLS.
OH, YEAH, I'D LIKE TO DO THAT.
THE WARS THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE IN THE WORLD ARE NOT OVER.
NOT GOING TO BE OVER OIL ANYMORE LIKE THEY USED TO BE.
THEY'RE GOING TO BE OVER WATER.
ALL RIGHT. AND THAT'S HARD TO BELIEVE IN CALIFORNIA, BUT IT.
RIGHT. BUT IT'S GOING TO BE ABOUT WATER.
NOW, JUST TO HIGHLIGHT THAT, I'M SURE MY TIME MUST BE CLOSING IN ON HERE, BUT WE WERE CONNECTED.
HE'S NOW THE LEADER OF THE FORAGE CENTER OF PEACE.
I HAD MY STUDENTS THE LAST COUPLE OF SEMESTERS JOINED THE GROUP, SO I INVITED THEM.
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CLASSROOM? YOU KNOW, WHAT ABOUT WATER RIGHTS? WHY ARE WOMEN DISCRIMINATED DURING COVID 19? THINGS LIKE THAT NATURE.WE WERE INVITED IN THE FALL FOR OUR COLLEGE, THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE, BASICALLY TO JOIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENTS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES TO JOIN FREELY.
WE'VE DONE A LOT LATELY ABOUT THE MEXICAN AMERICAN BORDER, THE MYTH OF THE ALAMO, SLAVERY, WHITE SUPREMACY, AS JUST SOME OF THE RECENT ONES THAT I WANT TO MAKE THOSE ACCESSIBLE, THAT FACULTY ADMINISTRATION STUDENTS CAN GO IN THERE AND SAY, YOU KNOW, AND SOME OF THIS STUFF IS, YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY, VERY HEIGHTENED.
REMEMBER, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT SOMEBODY LIKE NOAM CHOMSKY AND ASKING HIM A QUESTION, NO, WHY ARE YOU CALLED A SELF-HATING JEW? AND NOAM CHOMSKY SAID, JOHN, DO YOU KNOW THE STORY OF THE SELF-HATING JEW? DO YOU KNOW WHERE THAT COMES FROM? YOU CAN GO GET IT.
ALL RIGHT. YOU WANT TO FIND OUT WHERE THAT IF YOU WANT TO SEE ANTI-SEMITISM, YOU CAN GET IT.
SO I THINK COLLECTIVELY, I BIT OFF MORE THAN I COULD CHEW IN THIS SABBATICAL.
TOO MUCH. BUT WHAT I WANTED TO DO WAS HAVE A RESOURCE ON CAMPUS WHERE IF YOU WANT TO GET UP TO SPEED ON WHAT OUR STUDENT BODY IS GOING THROUGH, THE GEN Z AND WHAT THEY WANT TO ACHIEVE AND HOW ADMINISTRATION CAN CAN DEAL WITH THEM.
IF YOU WANT TO FIND OUT ABOUT GLOBAL STUDIES AND GLOBAL EDUCATION, IF YOU WANT TO HAVE A VOCATION, YOU CAN FIND IT IN A PARTICULAR PLACE ON THIS CAMPUS. AND I WOULD SAY THAT KCTCS IS LYDIA ALVAREZ.
VERY, VERY SWEET THAT SHE'S GOING TO HOUSE IT THERE.
AND WE WILL WORK COLLECTIVELY TO TO FIND OUT HOW WE ORGANIZE IT.
AND I SEE IT AS SOMETHING THAT'S FLUID THAT WILL CONTINUE DOING THIS AS I FIND NEW THINGS.
YOU KNOW, I WILL ADD AND ALSO I GET A PITCH OUT.
THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF WITH INCLUSIVITY.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS WHERE PEOPLE ARE MARGINALIZED, MARGINALIZED.
THEY'RE NOT PART OF THE STORY.
OKAY, THAT'S FROM THIS PART HERE.
SO I AM QUITE HAPPY TO SIT DOWN.
OR IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO SEE THE VIDEO, THEY CAN SEE THE VIDEO TOO, SO.
HAAS, YOU ARE A GREAT STORYTELLER.
OKAY. I BET IF THERE'S NO TIME LIMITATION, YOU CAN TALK ALL NIGHT AND IT WILL BE A FUN NIGHT.
UM, WENDY IS GOING TO ACTUALLY PLAY THE VIDEO FOR US.
AND IN THE IN THE MEANTIME, JOHN, HOW YOU ARE INCORPORATING I KNOW I WAS READING HERE ON YOUR POWERPOINT, HOW ARE YOU INCORPORATING, UM, SOME OBVIOUSLY IT LOOKS LIKE YOU REALLY DIG INTO THE LITERATURE AND ALL THE BRANCHES OF IT, BUT HOW ARE YOU INCORPORATING SOME OF THE MOST USEFUL PIECES THAT YOU FOUND WITHIN YOUR CLASSES? BECAUSE I'M ASSUMING AS YOU WENT THROUGH THE LITERATURE, YOU GOT PRETTY CURIOUS.
YOU CONNECTED SOME OF THE DOTS AND IMMEDIATELY STARTED MAKING CHANGES.
HOW YOU'RE CONNECTING THAT, HOW AM I USING THAT WITH MY STUDENTS? YEAH. WELL, I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I GREW UP BECAUSE I TOLD YOU HOW OLD I WAS, RIGHT? AND I GREW UP WITH THE THE MYTHOLOGY OF THE ALAMO THAT WHITE PEOPLE FOUGHT FOR, FOR LIBERTY AND FREEDOM.
THE WHITE PEOPLE THAT WERE THERE FOUGHT FOR SLAVERY.
ALL RIGHT? COTTON WAS THE CROP IN TEXAS.
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO FIND THAT BLACKS WERE THERE.
RIGHT THERE UNDER THAT I DIDN'T KNOW I FILMED AT THE ALAMO.
I GOT LUCKY TO FILM THERE, AND I WAS ON THE ALAMO WHEN I WAS DONE.
THIS NATIVE AMERICAN, RAUL RAMOS, HE SAID, JOHN, DO YOU KNOW YOU WERE STEPPING ON THE BONES OF OUR ANCESTORS? I WASN'T LITERALLY. I MEAN, THEY WEREN'T.
BUT THEY WANT HIM OUT. YOU MAY NOT KNOW THIS.
$400 MILLION IS BEING SPENT ON THE ALAMO RIGHT NOW.
WOW. ALL RIGHT. 400 MILLION IS GOING TO BE A DISNEYLAND WOULD BE A DISASTER.
BUT ALL THAT THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE WANT IS THEIR RELATIVES OUT.
NOW YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND HOW THIS RESONATES WITH OUR STUDENT POPULATION, WHAT HAPPENED AT THE ALAMO? ALL RIGHT. WHAT PEOPLE WERE LEFT OUT OF THE STORY.
THE TEKAN, THE MARGINALIZED PEOPLE, THE BLACK PEOPLE THAT WERE.
WHAT KIND OF STORY ARE YOU GETTING RIGHT?
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AND I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT.ANOTHER THING YOU ASKED ME NOW, YOU GOT IN TROUBLE.
AND MOST OF MY STUDENTS NO UNDERSTANDING.
THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THE BATH RIOTS WERE.
WHAT I'M SAYING IS THIS IS THIS IS A REALLY APPEALING TO THEM.
THEY WANT TO HEAR HEAR ABOUT THIS.
RIGHT. IF YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE BATH RIOTS AS PEOPLE CAME FROM JUAREZ.
RIGHT. AND THIS IS ABOUT THE TIME OF WORLD WAR THEY WERE FUMIGATED WITH GASOLINE AND KEROSENE.
RIGHT. SO PEOPLE WOULD COME OVER TO BE DISINFECTED.
AND THEN THERE'S ONE YOUNG LADY HAD ENOUGH OF IT AND THEY HAD AN EXPLOSION.
YOU TALK ABOUT THE BATH RIOTS, BUT THIS STUFF IS REALLY RESONATING WITH OUR STUDENT POPULATION.
YOU KNOW, WE HAD A YOUNG LADY FROM USC THAT TALKED ABOUT WHY WE HAD SO MANY SLAVES IN AMERICA.
WHEN BENJI PRESENTED OUR CAMPUS.
BUT THEY. SO I GOT PLENTY OF STUFF TO INCORPORATE IN MY.
BEFORE I PLAY THIS, I GUESS I'M GOING TO BE ABLE TO.
NOBODY'S CUT ME OFF. MY MY YOUNGEST DAUGHTER SAID, DAD, THIS IS GOING TO BE WOKE.
OKAY, HOMIE, BECAUSE MY DAUGHTERS WATCH WHAT I DO AND THEY FILTER ME.
BUT SHE SAID, TELL BETTY THAT THIS IS A SAD STORY.
AND I THINK IT'S A REAL STORY.
SO I WANT TO SHOW IT OUT THERE.
BUT IF ANYBODY IS TRIGGERED BY THIS, I GIVE PLENTY OF TIME BEFORE WE DO IT ON.
TRIGGERED BY THIS TO DO. WHAT? TRUSTEE.
WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN? HE USED TO TELL ME STORIES OF HOPE AND BRAVERY.
USED TO TELL ME ABOUT THE FLAG THAT'S STILL THERE.
I USED TO WEAR RED, WHITE AND BLUE.
SEEING OUR SONGS IN THE SUMMER HEAT.
YOU NEVER COME OUTSIDE TO PLAY ANYMORE.
MOMMY SAYS IT'S BECAUSE YOU'RE TRYING TO KEEP OUT TERRORISTS.
WHAT'S A TERRORIST? DEAR AMERICA.
THE DOORS ARE LINED WITH COATS OF ARMOR AND OFFICER STANDS AT THE FIREARM.
AND CHILDREN SCAN THE STREETS FOR PREDATORS.
UNCERTAIN FOOTSTEPS DOWN ARE CROWDED HALLWAYS WAITING TO BE THE NEXT VICTIM.
DEAR AMERICA. MY SCHOOL HAD ITS FIRST LOCKDOWN.
WE'RE TOLD TO HIDE IN THE CORNER.
SILENT. WAITING FOR THE ATTACKER THROUGH A THIN WALL.
WHY DO WE WAIT IN THE SHADOWS? WHY DO WE WAIT TO BE SHOT? DEAR AMERICA, HOW MANY FINAL TEXTS WILL STUDENTS HAVE TO SEND TO THEIR PARENTS UNDER A DUSK FOR US TO BE SAFE AGAIN? DEAR AMERICA. A SCHOOL NEAR ME WAS ATTACKED ON VALENTINE'S DAY.
I WATCHED A TELEVISION IN HORROR.
BLOOD BOILING IN MY BODY AS I SAW THE DEATH TOLL RISE.
MY STOMACH CHURNED AS WE RETURNED TO SCHOOL THE NEXT DAY AS IF NOTHING HAD HAPPENED.
WHEN CHILDREN BECOME SECRET SOLDIERS.
AND WHAT DID SCHOOLS BECOME? A BATTLEFIELD. DEAR AMERICA, I KNOW WHAT IT MEANS.
TERRORISM. WE LEARNED ABOUT NINE OVER 11 IN HISTORY CLASS.
WHEN DID MY CITY BECOME A HASHTAG? YOU TOLD ME THIS WOULD NEVER HAPPEN TO ME.
YOU PROMISED ME THAT MY STREETS WEREN'T CROWDED WITH MENTALLY ILL.
THAT THEY ARE THE REAL PROBLEM.
BUT I'M STARTING TO THINK THAT THE PROBLEM IS YOU.
DEAR AMERICA. WHY DOES THE FLAG FLY IN THE MIDDLE MORE THAN THE TOP? AMERICA. WHY DO YOU THINK THAT THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS ARE ENOUGH TO SAVE US FROM BEING ANOTHER NEWS STORY? DEAR AMERICA. TODAY, A LADY WAS TELLING US WE WERE STRONG.
THAT MY GENERATION IS BRAVER THAN HERS.
MAYBE IT'S BECAUSE WE WERE FORCED TO BE THIS WAY TO SURVIVE.
MAYBE IT'S BECAUSE SHE WAS TOO AFRAID TO SAY THE WORDS GUN VIOLENCE AND WE ARE NOT.
DEAR AMERICA, WHEN WILL YOU START LISTENING? WHEN WILL MY WORDS BE MORE THAN JUST NOISE TO YOU? WHEN WILL MY WORDS BE MORE THAN JUST A WORN OUT PAIR OF SHOES THAT'S BEEN LEFT ON THE ROADWAY TO ROT IN THE HEAT?
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HAVE A MOUTH, BUT NO ONE'S LISTENING.WHY ARE MY WORDS THE COLD, DEAD SILENCE OF AN EMPTY HOUSE? OR SCREAM AT THE BOTTOM OF A SWIMMING POOL.
DEAR AMERICA, PLEASE WRITE BACK SOON.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR THE VIDEO.
RIGHT. SO START WITH THANK YOU FOR HAVING US GIVING ALL OF US THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A SABBATICAL.
IT WAS VERY USEFUL, HELPFUL, AND IT REALLY HELPED US GROW IN MANY WAYS.
BESIDES JUST WHAT YOU SEE ON ON HERE.
SHE'S PULLING UP MY SABBATICAL.
SO THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OF MY REPORT.
I WAS GIVEN FIVE MINUTES, SO I KEEP MINE AS SHORT AS I CAN.
I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO BE FIVE MINUTES.
I DON'T THINK IT'LL BE QUITE AS LONG AS JOHN'S, THOUGH.
I ENJOYED IT. I THINK IT'LL BE A LITTLE BIT SHORTER ANYWAY, SO I MAY GO A LITTLE FAST.
SO THIS WAS THE OBJECTIVES AND BASICALLY THE FIRST FOUR I'M NOT GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT TODAY.
I DID ALL OF THOSE THINGS, BUT THEY WEREN'T REALLY THE THINGS THAT PRODUCED ANYTHING TANGIBLE.
SO THE TO THE LAST TO THE DEVELOPING OF A NEW ONLINE COURSE IN PHYSICAL SCIENCE FOR NON-SCIENCE MAJORS, THIS IS KIND OF YOUR BUSINESS MAJORS AND ART MAJORS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO IT'S A NEW COURSE THAT THEY CAN TAKE ONLINE WAS ONE OF THE MAJOR TANGIBLE BENEFITS OF THIS.
AND THEN THE OTHER ONE IS A DEPOSITORY REPOSITORY FOR A PLACE FOR ALL OF OUR FACULTY, ESPECIALLY OUR ADJUNCTS WHO COME HERE AND THEY WANT TO DO A PRESENTATION FOR SOMEBODY AND THEY HAVE NO IDEA WHAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE OR WHERE IT IS.
SO I MADE A LIST OF WHERE EVERYTHING IS SO THAT ESPECIALLY, LIKE I SAID, OUR ADJUNCTS.
BUT IT'S ALSO SOMETHING THAT SOMETIMES WE HAVE STUDENTS THAT DO OUTREACH AND I CAN SAY, OKAY, HERE'S SOME EXPERIMENTS THAT WE CAN TAKE OUT TO THE DOWNEY SCIENCE MUSEUM OR, YOU KNOW, WHEREVER WE GO AND WE CAN WE HAVE THESE SETS OF THINGS THAT THEY CAN USE.
SO THAT'S WHAT THAT REPOSITORY IS.
IT'S A PLACE FOR EVERYBODY TO BE ABLE TO FIND THAT.
I HAVE TO GIVE THEM ACCESS TO IT.
SO NOT EVERYBODY WOULD FIND ALL OF THE PIECES.
I HAVE SOME OF THEM SEPARATE THAT ARE GOOD FOR STUDENTS RATHER THAN FACULTY BECAUSE SOME OF THEM HAVE LITTLE EXPLOSIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT THAT I WOULD NOT WANT STUDENTS DOING ANYWAY. SO TO GO THROUGH THIS, THE FIRST PART WAS DEVELOPING THE NEW ONLINE COURSE, AND FOR THAT I NEEDED TO MAKE SOME COURSE OUTLINES.
I NEEDED TO SELECT A NEW BOOK, OBVIOUSLY TEXTBOOKS.
THEN WE HAD THE CANVAS SHELLS THAT I MADE, AND THEN THE HARDEST AND LONGEST TIME CONSUMING PART WAS MAKING SOME AT HOME LABS AND THEN GOING THROUGH THE CURRICULUM PROCESS AT THE VERY END WAS WHAT WE DID.
THERE IS A SIMILAR COURSE, BUT NONE OF THEM ARE REALLY ONLINE.
AND SO THAT WAS THE BIG THING WAS HOW DO I MAKE THIS INTO AN ONLINE COURSE? IN PARTICULAR, IT'S THE LAB PART THAT IS A PROBLEM.
YOU CAN FIND SOME ONLINE LECTURES, BUT NOT THE LABS.
AND I WANTED TO BE SURE THAT OUR STUDENTS ACTUALLY DID EXPERIMENTS, NOT JUST SIMULATIONS.
A LOT OF BAKING SODA AND VINEGAR TYPE OF THINGS.
RIGHT. BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF THAT WE CAN DO.
AND I DEVELOPED A WHOLE BUNCH OF THINGS.
ACTUALLY. THERE ARE SOME SIMULATIONS IN THERE BECAUSE YOU CAN'T AVOID THEM SOMETIMES.
AND THEN I ALSO TALKED WITH THE COUNSELING DEPARTMENT HERE, JUST KEN MATSUDAIRA WONDERFUL GUY, REALLY HELPED ME MAKE SURE THAT I HAD EVERYTHING SO THAT IT WOULD BE GEN ED CERTIFIED AND EVERYTHING WOULD GO THROUGH EASILY.
HOPEFULLY WE'RE STILL KIND OF WORKING ON CURRICULUM ALMOST THROUGH, BUT THAT THAT IS GOING FORWARD.
AND SO THAT WAS KIND OF THE BIG THING, WAS MAKING SURE THAT WE HAD THE GENERAL ED CREDITS AND THEN.
I CHOSE TO HAVE A VERY LOW MATH PREREQUISITE.
AND THIS IS PART OF THE, YOU KNOW, THE THE THE NEW REGULATIONS OF NOT HAVING MATH PREREQUISITES.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS KNOW THAT, RIGHT.
EXCUSE ME. SO BECAUSE OF THAT, ONE OF THE THINGS IS REALLY THE MATH.
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BUT BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT I DIDN'T WANT PEOPLE TO BE AFRAID OF THE MATH AND THAT HOLDING THEM BACK.SO I MADE SURE THAT THE STUFF THAT I'M DOING IS LIMITED ON MATH.
I MEAN, THEY STILL HAVE TO BE ABLE TO ADD AND SUBTRACT, RIGHT? WE'RE NOT GOING TO COMPLETELY AVOID MATH.
YOU CAN'T REALLY DO THAT WITH CHEMISTRY.
BUT I DID SAY THAT THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO HAVE A MATH PREREQUISITE.
SO WHEN A, WE CAN COVER THROUGH THINGS WITHOUT DOING CHALLENGING THEM ON THEIR MATH BACKGROUND.
DIDN'T GO. OKAY, SO WHAT I WAS SELECTING, DID I SKIP? YEAH. OKAY. SORRY. SO, ON THE SELECTION OF TEXTBOOKS, IT WAS IMPORTANT TO ME TO HAVE A ZERO TEXTBOOK COST.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR OUR STUDENTS AS MUCH AS WE CAN TO GO THAT WAY.
THE BIGGEST PROBLEM WITH THE OER TEXT IS THEY EXPECT YOU TO HAVE MATH SKILLS.
AND SO I WAS LOOKING FOR SOMETHING WITH LESS MATH.
AND SO IT WAS A BIT OF A CHALLENGE.
AND THE OTHER THING IS I WANTED IT TO FOCUS ON THE VALUE OF SCIENCE, NOT SO MUCH FACTS AND MEMORIZING THINGS AND DOING THE MATH, BUT WHY IS SCIENCE IMPORTANT TO OUR COMMUNITY, RIGHT? WHY DO WE EVEN NEED TO DO SCIENCE? WHAT IS THE IMPORTANCE? AND ESPECIALLY WITH BUSINESS MAJORS, YOU WANT THEM TO KNOW THAT SCIENCE HAS VALUE TO THEM.
YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR THAT.
ANYWAY, SO I WAS REALLY FOCUSING ON THE APPLICATIONS OF CHEMISTRY TO THEIR DAILY LIFE.
YOU KNOW, HOW DOES SHAMPOO WORK? HOW DOES THINGS WORK, RIGHT? WHY IS IT WHEN I GO SHOPPING AND I HAVE THIS BALLOON AND IT'S A BIG BALLOON WHEN I GO SHOPPING AND THEN I GO OUTSIDE AND IT SHRINKS? WHY IS THAT? RIGHT? SO LITTLE GAS LAW PROBLEMS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT WHERE WE CAN SAY, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE THINGS THAT YOU SEE EVERY DAY.
WHY IS YOUR WHY DO YOU HAVE TO TAKE YOUR GAS, YOUR AIR PRESSURE ON YOUR TIRE AT A CERTAIN TIME? WHY DOES IT MATTER? SO THAT'S THE KIND OF STUFF WE JUST HAVE THEM FOCUSING ON THAT.
AND THEN IN THE LAB, I REALLY NEVER FOUND THE RIGHT BOOK.
SO THERE WAS SOME PUBLISHER BOOKS.
AND AGAIN, I'M TRYING TO KEEP IT CHEAP.
WE WERE USING LAB ARCHIVES AND SOME OF OUR CLASSES AS WE SWITCHED OVER TO ONLINE, BUT THE SCHOOL WAS FUNDING THAT AT THE TIME BECAUSE OF, YOU KNOW, WE HAD MONEY COMING IN FOR THAT.
AND THAT MONEY IS NO LONGER RIGHT BECAUSE COVID'S OVER, SO WE DON'T HAVE THAT KIND OF MONEY ANYMORE.
AT THE SAME TIME, I WAS BUILDING THIS CLASS, SO I KIND OF MOVED EVERYTHING OVER AT THE SAME TIME.
AND SO THEY'RE ALL ON GOOGLE NOW, WHICH IS OF COURSE FREE.
AND SO THERE WAS A HUGE SHIFT OF KIND OF GETTING EVERYTHING GOING AT THE SAME TIME.
SO WE NOW HAVE AN ONLINE COURSE THAT IS BEEN RUNNING.
IT'S BEEN RUNNING SINCE COVID STARTED, BASICALLY, BUT WE MOVED IT INTO THEY'RE ACTUALLY DOING EXPERIMENTS AT HOME USING THE STUFF THAT I DID FROM THIS COURSE THAT I'M DEVELOPING OR DEVELOPED. OKAY.
SO THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OF THE CANVAS SHOW JUST SO YOU CAN KIND OF SEE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO START WITH THE SCIENCE, THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD, THAT SORT OF STUFF.
WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT WHAT IS MATTER.
SO THIS KIND OF GOES THROUGH THE DIFFERENT THINGS.
OKAY. AND SO WE'RE JUST GOING THROUGH THESE DIFFERENT THINGS.
AND THEN YOU CAN SEE ONE EXAMPLE.
ONE EXAMPLE OF A YEAH, I CAN'T SEE IT OF A OF ONE OF THE SECTIONS, RIGHT? SO WE'RE JUST LOOKING AT ONE SECTION AND, AND I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU SOME IDEA THAT SECTION IS ABOUT ENERGY.
I THINK THAT INTERESTS PEOPLE ANYWAY.
WHY DOES THIS HAPPEN? WHAT IS WHEN YOU HAVE A NUCLEAR WHEN YOU GO TAKE AN MRI, EVERYBODY GOES, OH, IT'S AN MRI THAT'S SAFE, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE.
AND THEY TOOK THE WORD NUCLEAR OUT BECAUSE THAT SCARES PEOPLE.
RIGHT. BUT IT'S NOT NECESSARILY SCARY.
WE TALK ABOUT SOME ENVIRONMENTAL STUFF.
WE TALK ABOUT ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT THINGS.
AND THEN WE'VE GOT THE AT THE END, I JUST LEFT A LITTLE AREA FOR MYSELF TO SAY, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS THE IMPORTANT STUFF NOW? BECAUSE EVERY YEAR WHAT'S IMPORTANT CHANGES, RIGHT? WE HAD THE FLINT, MICHIGAN STUFF, RIGHT? WE HAD THEN WE HAVE THE BIG OCEAN FULL OF PLASTIC OUT IN THE OCEAN.
RIGHT? WE GOT ALL THESE DIFFERENT THINGS AND WHATEVER THE TOPIC OF THE YEAR IS OR THE SEMESTER, THIS KIND OF GAVE ME A PLACE TO LET THEM SAY, WHAT IS THE MOST INTERESTING THING FOR YOU THIS SEMESTER? WHAT DO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT? SO WE KIND OF I PUT THAT LITTLE SECTION IN THERE FOR THEM TO CHOOSE WHAT AREA THEY WANT TO DO.
SO THIS IS JUST AN IDEA OF WHAT ONE SECTION OF THAT LECTURE LOOKS LIKE.
SO AND, YOU KNOW, IS WATER BOTTLED WATER BETTER FOR US? IS HOW IS THAT ENVIRONMENTALLY THAT SORT OF STUFF.
SO AND THIS IS JUST TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE, THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF.
SO I DIDN'T WANT TO GIVE YOU ALL OF THEM.
THEN MY NEXT BIT IS ABOUT THE HOME AT HOME LABS.
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OBVIOUSLY THE BIGGEST THING WAS SAFETY.WE NEEDED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY WERE SAFE.
WHAT I FOUND THAT I THINK IS A CHALLENGE FOR THIS COURSE IS OUR STUDENTS WHO HAVE HOUSING ISSUES MAY NOT HAVE BLEACH, AMMONIA, VINEGAR, BAKING SODA, ANY OF THOSE THINGS AT THEIR HOUSE.
AND SO THAT IS MY BIGGEST CHALLENGE IS.
HOW DO WE HELP THOSE STUDENTS? RIGHT? NOT JUST THE ONES THAT HAVE THE COMMON STUFF AT HOME.
IT'S THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE THAT ARE HAVING BIGGER CHALLENGES.
SO THAT'S THAT'S MY PROBLEM WITH IT.
RIGHT NOW. THERE ARE PUBLISHER ONES THAT HAVE YOU CAN GO OUT AND THEY OFFER THEIR KITS AND WITH THE PUBLISHER KITS OR THE KITS THAT YOU CAN PREFAB KITS, THERE ARE 3 TO $400.
AND IN A SEMESTER THAT IS NOT REALLY VALUABLE.
I DON'T THINK IT'S YOU KNOW, THAT IS DEFINITELY NOT ZERO COST, RIGHT? AND SO, LIKE I SAID, I FOUND I KNOW HOW TO DO IT A DIFFERENT WAY, BUT WE HAVE TO GET IT.
AND IT'S A SAFETY ISSUE AND THERE'S LEGAL STUFF, RIGHT? SO THAT'S THE PART THAT WE HAVEN'T QUITE FIGURED OUT YET.
SO STILL WORKING ON THAT PART.
THIS IS WHAT MY LAB COURSE SHELL LOOKS LIKE FOR THE LAB COURSE.
THERE'S ACTUALLY 14 EXPERIMENTS, BUT THEY DIDN'T FIT ALL ON ONE SCREEN VERY NICELY.
SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE THE START HERE, WHICH IS LIKE, HOW DO YOU NAVIGATE THROUGH THIS? BECAUSE THIS CAN BE AN ASYNCHRONOUS COURSE.
HOW DO YOU NAVIGATE THIS THING? BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF THERE, OBVIOUSLY, AND THEN THERE'S INTRODUCTORY STUFF.
THERE WAS NO GOOD WAY TO STOP STUDENTS FROM RETAKING EARTH'S I SHOULDN'T SAY STUDENTS.
SOME OF OUR ADJUNCTS LET STUDENTS RETAKE IT MORE THAN TWO TIMES.
IF YOU DON'T PASS, YOU CAN'T DO THE LAB EXPERIMENTS.
AND SO SOME PEOPLE WERE SAYING, OH, WELL, YOU CAN DO IT.
AND OTHER PEOPLE WERE REAL STRICT, LIKE, NO, YOU CAN'T DO THIS.
RIGHT? AND SO THIS WAS A WAY TO LIKE, IT'S ENFORCED IN THE COURSE.
BUT OUR WHOLE DEPARTMENT IS USING IT.
AND NOW IT'S EASIER FOR WHEN I WAS DEPARTMENT CHAIR, I HAD A HARD TIME KNOWING DID ALL MY FACULTY DO THIS? BUT NOW IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN CHECK REALLY EASILY AND SAY, OKAY, ALL THE STUDENTS PASSED, THEY'RE ALL OKAY TO BE IN THE CLASSROOM.
SO THAT HAS BEEN REALLY GOOD AND IT'S JUST A LOT MORE ORGANIZED AT THIS POINT.
SO THE SAFETY ONE IS, LIKE I SAID, IT'S USED IN EVERY COURSE THAT WE HAVE.
ALL THE REST OF THE EXPERIMENTS ARE USED IN SOME PARTS OF THEM ARE BEING USED IN OUR CHEMISTRY.
SO THIS IS ONE EXAMPLE OF ONE OF THEM.
EVERY MODULE BASICALLY HAS THIS FORMAT.
SO YOU JUST SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT ONE OF THE LABS LOOKS LIKE, WE HAVE AN ATTENDANCE.
AGAIN, IF IT'S AN ASYNCHRONOUS COURSE, I NEED TO KNOW SOME WAY THAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY ATTENDING.
SO THEY JUST CHECK IN ON THAT.
BUT THERE'S AN OVERVIEW EXPERIMENT WHICH I KIND OF TALK ABOUT.
HERE'S THE EXPERIMENT. THIS IS THE STUFF YOU NEED TO DO.
THIS IS WHAT'S BEING EXPLAINED IN THERE.
SO IT'S A VIDEO OF WHAT THEY NEED TO DO FOR THINGS.
AND THEN THAT HAS AFTER THAT THE MATERIALS LIST.
THAT'S IF THEY HAVE TO GO SHOPPING TO GET STUFF.
OF COURSE WE NEED A MATERIALS LIST.
SO I PUT THAT UP SO THEY CAN GET THAT RIGHT AWAY.
AND THEN AFTER THAT IS THE EXPERIMENT.
AND THEN THERE'S SOME VIDEOS THAT HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE EXPLANATION ABOUT THINGS.
SO I HAVE THAT FOR PRETTY MUCH EVERY ONE OF THE 14 LABS THAT WE DID, THERE'S A DISCUSSION.
PRETTY MUCH EVERY ONE OF THEM HAS A DISCUSSION RELATED TO IT.
YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES IT'S ABOUT NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY AND SOMETIMES IT'S ABOUT WHAT DO YOU FIND IN YOUR OWN HOUSEHOLD, RIGHT? HOW DO YOU KNOW WHAT IS THE BACK OF YOUR SHAMPOO LABEL? SAY THAT SORT OF SIMPLE STUFF.
LET'S SEE. AND THEN THERE'S ALWAYS A QUIZ AT EVERY WEEK.
AND THEN THIS IS A VIDEO AND I DON'T KNOW, CAN YOU PLAY IT OR DO I HAVE TO HIT SOMETHING? YEAH. OKAY. SO THIS IS A QUICK VIDEO OF WHAT THE EXPERIMENT LOOKS LIKE.
THIS ONE'S AN EXPERIMENT. EIGHT ACIDS, BASES AND BUFFERS.
AND I'M FLIPPING THROUGH IT KIND OF QUICKLY.
I APOLOGIZE, BUT THIS IS JUST TO KIND OF SHOW YOU WE GIVE THEM THE BACKGROUND ABOUT ACIDS AND BASES.
THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF MATH HERE.
AND THEN A LOT OF THIS IS INFORMATION ABOUT HOW IT RELATES TO THEIR BODY.
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SO SOME SOME OF THE BUFFERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT IN YOUR BODY AND GASTRIC SYSTEM.SO THERE'S A LOT OF BACKGROUND AND THEN EXPERIMENT.
MOST OF THESE EXPERIMENTS ARE ABOUT 20 TO 30 PAGES LONG.
JUST SO YOU KNOW, THE EXPERIMENT PART ISN'T NECESSARILY THAT LONG.
THEN THEY JUST PUT DROPS OF WHATEVER IT IS RIGHT ON THAT PLASTIC SHEET.
AND THEY DON'T USE A LOT OF CHEMICALS THAT WAY.
SO THAT HELPS TO KIND OF SPEED THINGS ALONG FOR THEM.
OOPS, WRONG ONE. OKAY, SO THIS IS THE LAB KIT THAT I DEVELOPED, AND I'M ALMOST DONE.
SO THIS IS THE LAB KIT THAT I DEVELOPED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS.
SO THIS IS BASICALLY A SHOE BOX.
IT'S GOT CUPS AND SPOONS SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO GO GET ANY OF THOSE THINGS.
YOU CAN SEE SOME LITTLE TINY BAGGIES FULL OF WHITE POWDER THAT IS JUST BAKING SODA.
YES, I DO CHEMISTRY, BUT NOT THAT KIND OF CHEMISTRY.
CHEMISTRY. THEY HAVE THEY HAVE SOME BALLOONS AND, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
THE BALLOONS HAVE TO FIT ON TOP OF THOSE.
SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE FOOD COLORING, WE HAVE EVERYTHING IN THESE.
I KIND OF WORKED WITH OUR STOCK ROOM AND WE WORKED OUT A WAY TO DELIVER LIQUIDS SAFELY.
SO YOU SEE THE LITTLE PIPETTES ON THE END THERE.
THOSE ARE PIPETTES THAT ARE JUST PLASTIC.
THEY'RE SUPER CHEAP, BUT WE FLIP IT UPSIDE DOWN.
WE MELT THE TIP OF IT AND NOW IT DOESN'T LEAK OUT.
AND WHEN THE STUDENT NEEDS IT, THEY SNIP IT OFF THE TIP.
THEY CAN TAKE 1 OR 2 DROPS AND THEN THEY'RE DONE WITH THAT THING.
SO IT'S A REAL GOOD WAY OF DOING THE VINEGAR, THE AMMONIA, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
SO WE KIND OF HAVE TO WORK OUT SOME OF THOSE DETAILS.
OBVIOUSLY, THERE'S ALWAYS MONEY IS A PROBLEM, RIGHT? EITHER THEIR MONEY OR OUR MONEY.
IT'S SOMEBODY'S GOT TO PAY EVENTUALLY, BUT IT IS FAR, FAR, FAR CHEAPER FOR US TO BUY A GALLON OF AMMONIA AND GIVE IT TO 300 STUDENTS THAN ONE PERSON EACH GOING OUT AND BUYING EVEN A LITTLE CONTAINER OF AMMONIA.
RIGHT. SO THAT'S WHY I FIGURED THIS IS A VERY NICE WAY TO HAVE SOME EQUITY.
RIGHT. ALLOW EVERYBODY TO BE ABLE TO TAKE THIS TYPE.
OF COURSE. AND FOR ME, THIS IS A BIG THING, HAVING AN ONLINE COURSE.
A LOT OF MY STUDENTS IN MY NURSING CLASS ARE MOMS AND HAVE HANDICAPPED CHILDREN OR WHATEVER, AND THEY CAN'T COME INTO CLASS VERY OFTEN.
BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THEY COULD GO FORWARD WITH AND DO IT ON THEIR OWN TIME.
AND I THINK THAT IS TO ME, THAT'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST BENEFITS OF THIS CLASS.
AND THE LAST THING IS THIS PART WAS ABOUT THE CURRICULUM PROCESS.
I GUESS I WENT A LITTLE OVER MY FIVE MINUTES.
I APOLOGIZE. ON THE CURRICULUM PROCESS FOR THE LECTURE, AS I SAID, WE ARE CURRENTLY AT STAGE 11.
IT'S ALL BEEN APPROVED THROUGH HERE.
WE'RE JUST WAITING FOR THE CHANCELLOR'S APPROVAL FOR IT TO BE ACCEPTED.
MY MIND'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, BUT IT'S STILL BASICALLY THE SAME.
SHE JUST KEEPS SAYING, OH, I'LL DO IT LATER, I'LL DO IT LATER.
BUT WE HAD MISSED THE CURRICULUM CUTOFF ANYWAY, SO I DIDN'T PUSH HER TOO HARD ON IT.
SO ANYWAY, THAT'S WHY WE'RE WORKING ON THAT PART.
BUT THAT ONE HOPEFULLY WILL GO THROUGH JUST AS WELL BECAUSE I LEARNED HOW TO DO CURRICULUM.
THANK GOD I HAD CARRIE HERE TO HELP ME GET THROUGH IT ALL.
ANYWAY, THE OTHER PART THAT I HAD AGAIN AFTER THAT WAS THE DEMONSTRATION REPOSITORY.
I HAVE OVER 250 EXPERIMENTS THAT I FOUND IN OUR DEPARTMENT OR AVAILABLE.
I MEAN, SOME OF THEM ARE SIMPLE.
THEY USE BALLOONS AND IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF HYDROGEN OR OXYGEN OR, YOU KNOW, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
SO THEY'RE MOSTLY KIND OF SIMPLE, EASY TO DO.
BUT WHAT WE'RE DOING, I'M STILL WORKING ON SOME OF THIS WITH MY STOCKROOM.
SO WE'RE STILL RECOVERING FROM THAT.
BUT WE'RE WE'RE TRYING TO PUT THESE INTO CERTAIN AREAS SO THAT WHEN A FACULTY MEMBER OR SOMEBODY IS LOOKING FOR SOMETHING, I CAN SAY GO TO SHELF. AND ON THESE YOU'LL SEE IN ONE OF MY LET'S SEE IF IT'S IN THE NEXT ONE.
YOU CAN'T QUITE SEE IT ON HERE.
IT'LL SAY GO TO SHELF C THREE AND THAT'S WHERE ALL THE EQUIPMENT YOU NEED FOR THIS THING IS.
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AND SOME THINGS HAVE TO OOPS HAVE TO BE GIVEN IN THE IN THE STOCKROOM BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT THEY CAN'T BE STORED IN THE OTHER SHELVING AREA.SO, YOU KNOW, IT'LL TELL THEM EXACTLY WHERE TO GET THE PARTS THAT THEY NEED.
AND SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I'M DOING.
SO WITH THIS, I'M GIVING AN EXAMPLE OF MY CHEMISTRY FOR SOCIETY CLASS.
THIS IS WHAT I DID WITH MY CHEMISTRY FOR SOCIETY CLASS.
SO IT STILL HAS THOSE SAME TOPICS AS WE SAW.
I USED THE OUTLINE THAT I HAD FOR THE STUDENTS, BUT I MADE IT FOR THE FACULTY INSTEAD.
THESE ARE DEMONSTRATIONS THAT ARE RELATED TO SOMETHING.
SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND GO THROUGH THAT.
THANK YOU. AND SO THIS IS JUST SHOWING YOU THIS IS THE SAME ORDER.
AND I HAVE EXPERIMENTS FOR MOST EVERYTHING.
SOME OF THEM ARE A LITTLE BIT OFF, BUT I THINK I GOT MOST OF THEM.
AND THEN I'M JUST GOING TO CLICK ON THAT ONE THERE.
AND THAT IS MY SCIENTIFIC METHOD KIND OF THING.
AND WE'RE USING HYDROGEN BALLOON AND AN OXYGEN BALLOON AND WE'RE SAYING, WE KNOW WHICH BALLOON DOES WHAT, RIGHT? AND SO THAT'S JUST A REAL QUICK EXAMPLE, BUT I TRIED TO TAKE ALL THE DIFFERENT TOPICS AND FIND SOMETHING TO GO AND DOING THAT WITH EACH OF THE COURSES THAT I HAVE.
OKAY. AND MOST OF THEM HAVE TEACHER TIPS LIKE, THIS IS HOW YOU COULD TEACH THIS TOPIC BECAUSE THAT EXPERIMENT EXPLODING A BALLOON MIGHT BE TAUGHT FOR ONE TYPE OF THING ABOUT REACTIONS OF HYDROGEN AND OXYGEN, A TYPE OF REACTION, OR IT MIGHT BE USED IN A IN THIS ONE WHICH WAS USING THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD.
CAN WE TELL WHAT KIND OF WHAT KIND OF THING IS INSIDE OF THE BALLOON BY THE TYPE OF REACTION IT HAS? SO IT'S USED IN DIFFERENT WAYS.
AND SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE'RE WORKING WITH THAT.
LET'S SEE. AND I THINK THAT WAS MY LAST THING.
OH, YOU HAVE OOPS, I HIT THE MOUSE INSTEAD OF THE RIGHT THING.
I THINK YOU MIGHT HAVE POWER ON THIS.
SO THAT WAS MY LAST SLIDE. SO ANY QUESTIONS? COMMENTS, THOUGHTS? GOOD JOB.
GREAT JOB. VERY, VERY INTERESTING.
I MEAN, JUST THANK ALL THREE PRESENTATIONS.
THEY WERE SO INTERESTING AND SO DIVERSE.
AND I REALLY JUST APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'VE PUT INTO THIS.
I LOVE SEEING EVERYBODY'S CANVAS COURSES.
I THINK BETWEEN MY KIDS WE'VE PROBABLY TAKEN LIKE TEN CLASSES A WEEK, MEANING LIKE BECAUSE I'M THE PARENT AND I LOVE SEEING ALL THE CANVAS CLASSES AND SO CREATIVE AND SO MUCH TIME PUT INTO IT.
JUST KIND OF GOING BACK TO WHAT DR.
DR. PIERRO LET US KNOW WHEN SHE GETS HER CLASS ONLINE BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, RIGHT NOW, YOU'RE STILL HAVING TO TEACH THIS CLASS IN PERSON, RIGHT? THIS IS NOT AN OPTION FOR ONLINE TAUGHT YET.
IT'S NOT BECAUSE IT'S NOT A CLASS THAT WE HAVE YET.
NOT A CLASS YET. NOT A CLASS AT ALL.
YEAH. YEAH. AND I THINK WE HAVE AN ALLIED HEALTH CLASS, BUT WE DON'T HAVE JUST A GEN ED COURSE, A GEN ED CLASS FOR ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO STUDY CHEMISTRY, THEY HAVE TO TAKE IT IN PERSON, RIGHT? THE ALLIED HEALTH ALLIED HEALTH COURSE IS A LITTLE TOUGHER.
IT'S THIS ONE IS MORE GENERAL.
IT'S NOT MEANT TRYING TO NOT SCARE PEOPLE.
BUT WE DO HAVE AT LEAST A THIRD OF OUR ALLIED HEALTH STUDENTS ARE GEN ED PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY NEED TO TAKE SOMETHING PHYSICAL WITH A LAB SCIENCE, RIGHT? SO A PHYSICAL SCIENCE WITH LAB.
IT STILL TEACHES MANY OF THE SAME TOPICS, BUT IT TEACHES IT IN A DIFFERENT WAY, LESS MATHEMATICAL, LESS MEMORIZING, BECAUSE DO YOU REALLY NEED TO MEMORIZE EACH OF THE ATOMS OR ELEMENTS? NOT REALLY, AS LONG AS YOU KIND OF KNOW.
I MEAN, MOST PEOPLE KNOW SODIUM AND MOST PEOPLE KNOW WATER, RIGHT? EVERYBODY KNOWS THE FORMULA FOR WATER.
AND THAT'S PROBABLY GOOD ENOUGH FOR MOST MAJORS.
YOU'VE GOT TO BE A CHEMIST FOREVER.
SO THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE? YEAH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, LINDA.
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I REALLY LIKE THE EMPHASIS ON THE APPLICATION.I THINK SCIENTIFIC LITERACY IS YES.
AND I THINK CLASSES LIKE THIS DO DEVELOP SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE AMONG THOSE WHO ARE NOT SCIENCE INCLINED FOR WHATEVER REASON.
AND WHATEVER A INVISIBLE BARRIERS WE HAVE APPLY INTO THESE TYPE OF FIELDS.
BUT I THINK IN SOCIETY AND OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, WE HAVE SEEN THE IMPACT OF NOT BEING SCIENTIFICALLY LITERATURE LITERATE. WE DON'T HAVE TO KNOW EVERYTHING RELATED, BUT WE SHOULD KNOW ENOUGH TO IDENTIFY THINGS THAT DO MAKE SENSE, DO NOT, AND WHERE TO GO AND FIND THAT INFORMATION.
SO I TRULY APPRECIATE YOUR FOCUS HERE.
ALSO APPRECIATE YOUR FOCUS OF MAKING IT A FRONT DOOR, AN INVITATION FOR PEOPLE TO EXPLORE THE FIELD.
LIKE, I DON'T KNOW IF I HAVE TOLD YOU ABOUT THIS, BUT I WAS ALWAYS A FAN OF PHYSICS, BUT I WAS NOT SKILLED IN MATHEMATICS.
I SHOULD HAVE BEEN TO GO INTO PHYSICS.
BUT MY CURIOSITY FOR PHYSICS WAS OR AERODYNAMICS, LIKE HOW THOSE THINGS WORK.
BUT I ENDED UP REALLY NOT LEARNING A LOT OF THAT UNTIL LATER ON IN LIFE.
UNTIL THAT, I WAS ABLE TO FIND LIKE YOUTUBE VIDEOS AND THAT TYPE OF BASIC EXPLANATIONS THAT BREAK COMPLICATED CONCEPTS INTO SOMETHING THAT MOST PEOPLE CAN UNDERSTAND. AND I AND I AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR, FOR OPENING THE DOOR, BECAUSE I'M SURE THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE VERY CURIOUS OF HOW THINGS WORK, PARTICULARLY FROM CHEMICAL PERSPECTIVE, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE ONE THE KNOWLEDGE AT THAT POINT TO GET IN OR THEY'RE AFRAID THAT THEY MAY NOT HAVE, AS YOU SAID, THE MATH OR ANY OTHER SKILLS THAT ARE SUPPOSEDLY REQUIRED TO GET TO THAT POINT OF UNDERSTANDING.
AND OBVIOUSLY THANK YOU TO ALL THE PRESENTERS.
AND WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT ITEMS. ANY. TRUSTEE WOULD LIKE TO PULL ANY ITEM.
[2.05 Institutional Presentation: Data Snippet from the Office of Institutional Research, Planning, and Grants]
YEAH. YEAH.WELL, I THOUGHT WE HAD ANOTHER.
WE CAN MOVE IT TO THE END IF YOU WANT.
AND WE SHALL HAVE ANOTHER PRESENTATION.
THERE WE GO. CAN DO IT AFTER THE CLOSE SESSION WILL WORK.
SO THE FIRST SLIDE HERE IS LOOKING AT OVERTIME THE LAST FIVE YEARS, THE COMPLETION OF STUDENTS, FIRST TIME STUDENTS COMPLETING TRANSFER LEVEL MATH AND ENGLISH IN THEIR FIRST YEAR.
SO WE'VE NEARLY FOUR TIMES AS MANY STUDENTS ARE NOW COMPLETING.
IF YOU GO BACK EVEN SEVEN YEARS, WE ONLY HAD 4% OF OUR STUDENTS.
SO IF YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS INFORMATION BROKEN OUT BY JUST MATH AND JUST ENGLISH, YOU CAN SEE FEWER PERCENT OF OUR STUDENTS ARE ACTUALLY COMPLETING TRANSFER LEVEL MATH IN THEIR FIRST YEAR. AND MORE OF OUR STUDENTS ARE COMPLETING TRANSFER LEVEL ENGLISH.
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SO I WANT TO TIE THIS IN TO GRADUATION AND WHY THIS MATTERS.ONE IS MATH AND ONE IS ENGLISH.
AND SO THIS GOES BACK TO RESEARCH THAT'S BEEN DONE.
SO OUR MOMENTUM POINTS ARE GROUNDED IN RESEARCH.
SO THE BLUE GRAPH ITSELF ARE STUDENTS WHO COMPLETED THEIR.
OKAY, SO THE DATA SET SORRY, LET ME BACK UP.
THE DATA SET IS BASED ON TEN YEARS WORTH OF DATA STUDENTS WHO RECEIVED AN ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE AND THE BLUE GRAPH REPRESENTS STUDENTS WHO COMPLETED TRANSFER LEVEL MATH AND ENGLISH IN THEIR FIRST YEAR.
SO STUDENTS WHO ARE COMPLETING TRANSFER MATH OR ENGLISH IN THEIR FIRST YEAR ARE COMPLETING TIME TO COMPLETION IS ABOUT THREE YEARS COMPARED TO FIVE YEARS OF THOSE WHO ARE NOT COMPLETING TRANSFER OF MATH OR ENGLISH IN THEIR FIRST YEAR.
SO I JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF REALLY GETTING STUDENTS THROUGH TRANSFER LEVEL MATH AND ENGLISH IN THEIR FIRST YEAR BECAUSE IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE IN THEIR TIME TO COMPLETE. THAT'S A VERY COMPLICATED GRAPH TO UNDERSTAND.
YES. I'M LIKE, WELL, I MIGHT HAVE TO SIT THERE AND THINK ABOUT IT FOR A WHILE.
YEAH, I SEE THE BLUE LINE AND I BREAK IT DOWN.
PLEASE. I SEE THE BLUE LINE AND I SEE THE RED LINE, AND I SEE THAT.
YEAH. SO THE SOME OF THE SUMMARY OF THIS IS THAT STUDENTS WHO ARE COMPLETING TRANSFERABLE MATH AND ENGLISH IN THEIR FIRST YEAR ARE GRADUATING IN THREE YEARS COMPARED TO THE FIVE YEARS. SO IT'S AN ADDITIONAL TWO YEARS.
I'M LIKE, HMM, OKAY, THE FIRST BLUE LINE.
ALL RIGHT. SO YOU HAVE THE MATH COMPLETED.
YEAH. SO THE CHART, RIGHT? YES. GROWING UP, YOU GET TO THE PEAK SHORTLY AFTER YOU HAVE THE FIRST BLUE LINE.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? SO THAT IS THE MEDIAN.
SO THAT IS THE AMOUNT OF STUDENTS WHO COMPLETE TRANSFER LEVEL MATH IN THEIR FIRST YEAR.
THEY GRADUATE WITHIN THREE YEARS.
SO THE X AXIS ON THE BOTTOM IS TIME TO GRADUATION.
SO YOU SEE THE BLUE AND RED LINE HAVE A TWO YEAR SEPARATION.
SO THE FIRST INTERSECTION POINT IN THE DECLINE OF THE FIRST SLOPE, THAT IS THE THREE YEAR MARK, CORRECT? YEAH. AND THAT WILL BE THAT GROUP OF STUDENTS.
WHAT DOES DENSITY MEAN IN THIS? IN THIS IN THIS SCENARIO? YEAH. SO YEAH, IT'S LIKE THE PERCENT OF STUDENTS.
SO WE LOOKED AT TEN YEARS WORTH OF DATA.
AND SO IT'S A DENSITY, MEANING THE AMOUNT OF STUDENTS WHO ARE GRADUATING.
SO YOU SEE LIKE THE PEAK AND THEN IT DECLINES.
CORRECT? YEP. WHAT IS YOUR VALUE ON THE DATA POINTS? LIKE WHAT IS YOUR MULTIPLIER THERE YOU BEGIN OF 0000102 BECAUSE YOU'RE SOMEWHAT PLODDING, RIGHT? YEAH. SO IT'S LIKE THE PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS WHO ARE GRADUATING.
SO THE SOONER STUDENTS ARE COMPLETING TRANSFER LEVEL MATH OR ENGLISH, THE FASTER THEY'RE GRADUATING.
I THINK. CAN I TAKE A SHOT AT IT? YEAH, SURE. OKAY. OKAY.
SO IF WE IF WE GO TO THE MATH COMPLETED GRAPH, IF WE GO TO YEAR EIGHT, THE DENSITY APPEARS TO BE ABOUT 0.025. SO THAT MEANS STUDENTS WHO GRADUATED IN EIGHT YEARS THAT TOOK THEIR THEIR MATH CLASS WITHIN THE FIRST YEAR AND COMPLETED IT WITHIN THE FIRST YEAR.
A VERY, VERY SMALL AMOUNT OF PEOPLE GRADUATE EIGHT YEARS OR EVEN 12 YEARS.
AND THEN THERE'S LIKE AN UPTICK, WHICH IS KIND OF WEIRD IN THE 13TH YEAR, BUT SUCH AS IT IS.
SO IT'S A LOT OF INFORMATION THAT IS COMPACTED INTO ONE GRAPH THAT IS PROBABLY NOT SO MUCH A SNIPPET AS IT IS A PRETTY HEFTY NUGGET OF INFORMATION TO LOOK AT.
CALL IT A CHICKEN NUGGET AND MAYBE GO WITH THE FOOD VARIETY.
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BUT YEAH, NO, LET ME THINK ABOUT IT BEFORE I GET TO A SUBSTANTIVE QUESTION.I JUST WANT TO AGAIN DIGEST FOR SURE WHAT IS THE GRAY SHADED MEAN THEN? IT'S JUST THE OVERLAP OF THE TWO OVERLAPPING.
YEAH, IT'S AN OVERLAP OF THE TWO GRAPHS.
SORRY. I THINK THE DATA IS GOOD, AMBER, BUT MAYBE A DIFFERENT WAY TO PRESENT IT.
I MEAN, LUCKILY YOU HAVE THAT THE SENTENCE ON TOP, THAT MAKES VERY MUCH SENSE.
YOU PRESENTED IT PERFECTLY, BUT THAT IS HARD TO READ.
IT'S THE GRAPH THAT'S HARD TO READ.
I THINK THE THE ONE THING THAT WE COULD LOOK AT DIFFERENTLY IS WHAT DENSITY CAN MEAN.
SO LIKE MAYBE PRESENTED IN TERMS OF WHAT PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS OVER THE COURSE OF TEN YEARS THAT HAVE GRADUATED WITHIN TEN YEARS WERE, HOW MANY OF THEM GRADUATED WITHIN THIS YEAR OR OR SO ON.
AND SO I THINK WE THE SUBSTANTIVE COMMENTARY, I GUESS, WOULD BE THAT AB 705 HAS HELPED US.
AND IS THERE A WAY THAT WE COULD SEE MAYBE SIMILAR GRAPHS LIKE THIS AS WELL TO SEE WHERE WE WERE IN THE FIRST FIVE YEARS AND THEN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, THE IMPACT OF AB 705 AND THEN MAYBE SOME OTHER SOLUTIONS OR SUGGESTIONS THAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT AS TO HOW TO SUBSTANTIVELY KEEP THE GRAPHS GOING IN THE DIRECTION THAT WE WE WANT TO SEE.
SO LET ME LET ME GIVE YOU A GO THERE.
THE RED IS THOSE STUDENTS WHO HAVE NOT TAKEN MATHEMATICS THE FIRST YEAR.
THANK YOU. IS THOSE STUDENTS WHO HAVE TAKEN MATHEMATICS THAT FIRST YEAR.
SO WHEN YOU SEE THE FIRST THAT DATE OF ACCUMULATION OF STUDENTS, THAT IS YEAR ONE.
AND AS YOU THAT SEMESTER, ONE YEAR ONE AND AS YOU PROGRESS, YOU SEE THAT THE LINE IS STARTING CLIMBING GETTING TO THE ACTUAL YEAR ONE, BUT IT PEAKS RIGHT BELOW YEAR THREE.
BUT YOU STILL HAVE SOME OF THOSE STUDENTS, I MEAN, TWO, BUT YOU STILL HAVE OF THOSE STUDENTS MISSING, WHICH IS THE DECLINE OF THAT GRAPH, THE MAJORITY OF THE STUDENTS THAT TAKE MATH AND ENGLISH IN THOSE FIRST THREE SEMESTERS DO GRADUATE WITHIN THE THREE YEAR GAP.
THE RED LINE, THE STUDENTS ESCAPE MATHEMATICS ALL THE WAY UNTIL THEY GET TO YEAR THREE.
THEY START TAKING MATHEMATICS.
AT THAT POINT INCREASES THE DENSITY.
THE AMOUNT OF STUDENTS INCREASES A LITTLE BIT AS THEY GET CLOSER TO GR FOUR.
WELL I THINK I THINK I THINK THE DATA FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW HAVE SHOWN THAT RIGHT THAT STUDENTS, STUDENTS YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY COMPLETE TRANSFER LEVEL MATH AND ENGLISH THE FIRST YEAR OR MORE SUCCESSFUL THEY GRADUATE.
AND I THINK WE'VE SEEN THAT TREND OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
SALAZAR, HER KID, LIKE, I'M NOT GOOD AT MATH, RIGHT? I MEAN, IT STARTS AT A VERY, VERY YOUNG AGE, YOU KNOW, TRUSTEE YOU KNOW, GREEN'S HAD THE SAME THING, TOO.
AND AGAIN, I THINK, YOU KNOW, LOOKING INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT WE CAN DO TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS THROUGH OUR K, THROUGH 12 PARTNERS, SO THAT THEY WILL BE MORE OPEN AND MORE COMFORTABLE WITH MATH.
I THINK THAT'S THAT'S PART OF THE LONG TERM SOLUTION TO THIS CHALLENGE.
AND I THINK THE DATA THAT WE HAVE GOTTEN OUT OF THE STATE AND EVEN OUR OWN CAMPUS SHOWS EXACTLY THAT AND THE INTERSECTIONS AND THE INCREASES, THE GAINS THAT WE HAVE MADE.
START IN 2019 WHEN THE FIRST INTRODUCTION OF AB 705 HAPPENED.
AND THEN WHEN WE GOT TO THE 2019, 2018, 19 WAS FIRST INTRODUCTION.
1920 WAS WHEN IT WAS THE THE FIRST PUSH FOR FULL IMPLEMENTATION.
WE CAN SEE THE NUMBERS, THE THROUGHPUT INCREASING QUITE A BIT.
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AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT MOST OF THE LITERATURE ON THE STATE, EVEN THOUGH THE STUDIES THAT HAVE BEEN DONE OUTSIDE OF THE CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE, SAME THING, LIKE THOSE STUDENTS MAY NOT BE PERFORMING AT A HIGHER LEVEL IN THE CLASSROOM, BUT THE THROUGHPUT DIFFERENT DIFFERENCE IS SIGNIFICANT, PARTICULARLY FOR PEOPLE OF COLOR.THE GAINS ON STUDENTS OF COLOR ARE PERHAPS THE HIGHEST AND THE GAINS ON STUDENTS WHO HAVE GPAS THAT ARE TWO AND TWO AND A HALF AND TWO.
THOSE STUDENTS HAVE THE MOST TO GAIN IN THESE PARTICULAR CIRCUMSTANCES.
SO I THINK AS WE CONTINUE TO DO OR OR DATA ANALYSIS, WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT WE REACH OUT TO THE HIGH SCHOOLS TO MAKE NOT ONLY THE COUNSELORS AWARE OF THIS, BUT IN OUR WORKSHOPS, MAKE SURE THAT THE STUDENTS KNOW SO THEY DON'T DELAY, PERHAPS NOT SHOW THEM THIS SPECIFIC GRAPH, BUT THE CONTENT OF THE GRAPH BECAUSE IT DOES TELL A VERY GOOD STORY OF WHERE WHAT HAPPENS, WHERE YOU START HAS AN IMPACT OF HOW YOU END.
BUT BUT THIS IS THE POINT TO MAKE THOSE DETAILED CORRECTIONS TO TO CONTINUE GAINING THAT MOMENTUM.
MATH FOR FOUR YEARS IS NOT EMPHASIZED AT HIGH SCHOOLS.
I MEAN, LIKE THEY'RE LIKE THREE YEARS MATH.
RIGHT. HIS OR HER FOURTH YEAR OUT OF ALL OF HIS FRIENDS OR LIKE NO.
DONE WITH MATH. DONE WITH MATH.
BUT AGAIN, I THINK SHOWING, YOU KNOW, OUR COUNSELORS, OUR STUDENTS OR, YOU KNOW, OUR SUPERINTENDENTS OR PRINCIPALS LIKE, HEY, THAT WE HAVE THE DATA HERE THAT SHOW THAT YOUR STUDENT IS GOING TO BE MORE SUCCESSFUL IN THEIR EDUCATION AND THEN EVENTUALLY IN THEIR CAREER.
GOD. THAT'S A QUESTION RELATED TO THAT.
NO, IT'S NOT THAT BAD. BUT THERE'S TYPEKIT COMPLETION.
ADT ASSOCIATE DEGREE OR IS IT MIX IN EVERYTHING FROM CULINARY ARTS OR AUTO PROGRAMS OR.
SO 2012 TO 2022 TO SEE WHEN STUDENTS COMPLETED, IF THEY EARNED AN ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE AND THEN KIND OF WORKED BACKWARDS TO IDENTIFY WHEN THEY TOOK MATH OR ENGLISH IN THEIR CAREER.
THANK YOU. YOU GOING TO EXPLAIN THE OTHER ONE? THE ENGLISH ONE. THAT'S THE SAME THE SAME STORY AS THE MATH.
DO WE HAVE ONE THAT SHOWS THE TWO? NO, I DO NOT.
WE CAN DO THAT NEXT TIME IN A MORE SIMPLIFIED VERSION.
THAT WAS VERY GOOD. ALL RIGHT, SO WE MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT ITEM IS ANY.
[3. Consent Items]
TRUSTEE. YOU WANT TO PULL ANY ITEM? MOVE APPROVAL. OKAY.ALL RIGHT. SO WE APPROVE ALL THE CONSENT ITEMS. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO INFORMATION ITEM.
THE FIRST ONE IS, IS COLLEGE COORDINATING COMMITTEE MINUTES, AND THIS ONE IS
[4.01 College Coordinating Committee Minutes: February 13, 2023 and February 27, 2023]
SUGGEST WE RECEIVE AND FILE AND PUT IN FILE THE ITEM.THE SECOND ONE IS A REVISION TO ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE.
[4.02 Revisions to Administrative Procedures]
AND THIS ONE IS.WE DON'T NEED YOU. WE NEED TO APPROVE IT.
SO WE ARE GOING TO APPROVE THE REVISION.
SO THAT'S IT, RIGHT? RECEIVE AND FILE.
[4.03 Associated Students Cerritos College (ASCC) Financial Report for the Period Ending December 31, 2022]
THIS ITEM FOR THE ASSOCIATE STUDENT CERRITOS COLLEGE FINANCIAL[02:20:05]
REPORT FOR THE PERIOD ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2022.RIGHT? WE APPROVE AND RECEIVING FILE.
SO WE APPROVE AND RECEIVE AND FILE.
WE ARE MOVING OUT TO THE NUMBER OF FIVE GROUP IS ADMINISTRATIVE ITEM.
[5.01 Sabbatical Leave Reports for 2021-2022 Academic Year]
SO WE HAVE 5.01 SABBATICAL LEAVE REPORT AND FOR 2021, 2022 ACADEMIC YEAR MOVE APPROVAL.I HEARD THEM. THEY'RE AWESOME.
SO WE WILL GO INTO WE APPROVE IT NOW.
MOVE TO APPROVE. SO THIS ONE IS DONE ALREADY.
[5.03 Consideration of Approval of Cerritos College Land Acknowledgment and Provide Direction for Next Steps (Requested by Student Trustee Hector Ledemsa)]
SO 5.03 CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL OF CERRITOS COLLEGE LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND PROVIDE DIRECTION FOR NEXT STEPS REQUEST BY STUDENT TRUSTEE HECTOR LEDESMA.YES, THANK YOU. TRUSTEE LEWIS.
SO WE HAVE HAD SOME COMMUNICATION WITH TRUSTEE LEDESMA AND AFTER THE ADOPTION OF THE LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT BY THE CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE, WE HAVE TAKEN A LOOK AT THE KIT THAT WAS PUT TOGETHER BY THE CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE AND THE LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT THAT WAS ADOPTED AND IS CURRENTLY BEING USED BY BY THE CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE AND OTHER COLLEGES ACROSS THE STATE.
SO WE'RE BRINGING THIS FOR DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION.
TRUSTEE LEDESMA MAY HAVE SOME SUGGESTIONS ON HOW TO EITHER MAKE SOME MODIFICATIONS TO MAKE IT MORE ALIGN WITH OUR LOCAL VALUES AND AND AND HOW TO INCORPORATE SOME OF THE PRACTICES THAT ARE OUTLINED WITHIN THE TOOL KIT. SO I WILL I WILL LET TRUSTEE LEDESMA PROVIDE SOME COMMENTS AND THEN I WILL PROCEED WITH THE RECOMMENDATION. THANK YOU.
I THINK THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT MANY COLLEGES HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTING AND IT'S REALLY NICE TO SEE THAT THE CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM HAS CREATED AN ENTIRE TOOL KIT, AN EXTREMELY COMPREHENSIVE TOOL KIT ON WHY THE LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT IS IMPORTANT FOR COLLEGES.
AND FOR FURTHER STUDENTS AND, YOU KNOW, TO ACKNOWLEDGE REALLY THE ORIGINAL NATIONS ON ON WHOSE WE WHOSE LAND WE WORK, LEARN AND LIVE ON DEFINITELY DO NOT WANT TO LEAVE ANY STUDENTS TO FEEL DISENFRANCHIZED OR MARGINALIZED.
ALTHOUGH I DO NOT IDENTIFY WITH THE AMERICAN INDIAN OR CALIFORNIA NATIVE AMERICAN NATIONS, I DO THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT TO STAND UP FOR EACH OTHER REALLY IN THE HISTORICAL AND POLITICAL CONTEXT REVOLVING NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY.
REQUESTING THE BOARD TO CONSIDER IS NOT ONLY TO ESTABLISH A LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT, AND IT'S TOTALLY UP TO OUR CONSIDERATION WHETHER WE WOULD LIKE TO IMPLEMENT IT HERE AT THE BOARD, BUT TO PROVIDE IT FOR THE CAMPUS AS A WHOLE, REALLY TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE LAND AND THE PEOPLE, THE ORIGINAL PEOPLE, FOR LACK OF BETTER LACK OF BETTER WORDS.
AS WELL AS TO BUILD COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS WITH OUR INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES.
MORE SPECIFICALLY, THE TONGVA NATION, WHO IS A NON-FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED TRIBE.
AND SO I SEEK TO BUILD COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS WITH THEM AND SEE HOW WE CAN.
UM, YOU KNOW, MAKE THINGS BETTER FROM HERE ON OUT.
THANK YOU, TRUSTEE LEDESMA, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED ADVOCACY.
AND WHAT I'M PROPOSING TO DO NEXT IS TO INVOLVE OR DEAN OF EQUITY PROGRAMS, DR.
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LEWIS AMADOR AND HIS TEAM TO MAKE A REVIEW OF THE TOOLKIT, CONTINUE TO DO THE OUTREACH TO TO THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND ALIGN THE LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT THAT WAS ADOPTED BY THE CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE TO OR LOCAL VALUES AND NEEDS, AND THEN BRING IT BACK TO THIS BODY FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF THE BOARD FOR A POTENTIAL ADOPTION IN OUR CAMPUS.JUST TO CLARIFY, SO ARE WE GOING TO BE USING THEN THE THE CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE IN GENERAL STATEMENT? NOW, RIGHT NOW AND THEN WHILE WE DEVELOP OUR OWN IN CONSULTATION WITH OUR TRIBES AND THEN WE'LL HAVE OUR OWN CERRITOS COLLEGE ONE.
IS THAT THE PLAN? SORRY, IT COULD IT COULD WORK THAT WAY.
WHAT I WAS INITIALLY PROPOSING.
BUT, BUT, BUT WHAT YOU SUGGESTED IS ALSO APPROPRIATE IS TO HAVE THE CURRENT ONE EVALUATED.
AND IF IT IS SOMETHING THAT ALIGNS WITH OUR SCHOOL'S MISSION AND VISION AND OR VALUES, USE IT AS IS ADOPTED, AS IS MOVING FORWARD.
BUT BUT I THINK IN THE INTERIM, WHAT YOU SAID, TRUSTEE PEREZ IS, IS IS ALSO POSSIBLE.
WHAT WAS THAT CONSULTATION COUNCIL.
SO I WOULD REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO THAT.
I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU, TRUSTEE LEDESMA, FOR THIS.
IT'S VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT PROFESSOR HAAS MENTIONED.
AND SO I THINK THIS IS A GREAT WAY FOR US TO PAY TRIBUTE TO THOSE WHO, YOU KNOW, WHO WERE NATIVE TO THIS LAND, AS WELL AS GROW AWARENESS TO EVERYONE ELSE IN REGARDS TO THE RICH HISTORY, CULTURE AND IMPACT THAT WAS MADE, YOU KNOW, BY THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE WHO, YOU KNOW, OCCUPIED THIS THIS AREA.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT.
THANK YOU. THAT'S A GREAT JOB.
SO WE ARE GOING TO APPROVE THIS ITEM.
SO SO MY RECOMMENDATION WAS TO HAVE OR EQUITY CENTER WORK WITH OR COMMUNITY AND EVALUATE THE CURRENT LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
AND IF THERE ARE MODIFICATIONS TO MAKE THE MODIFICATIONS AND BRING THEM TO THIS BODY.
BUT I ALSO HEARD TRUSTEE PEREZ THAT WE COULD BEGIN USING THE CURRENT ONE UNTIL THERE ARE MODIFICATIONS MADE. SO I WILL TAKE THE INPUT OF THE BOARD AND WHATEVER ROUTE YOU WANT TO TAKE IS WE CAN MAKE IT WORK.
YEAH, I THINK IT'S DEFINITELY UP TO THE BOARD.
I DO THINK THAT COLLABORATION WITH OUR LOCAL TRIBES IS OUR NUMBER ONE SHOULD BE OUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY TO REALLY MAKE IT AS MEANINGFUL AS POSSIBLE. OH, OKAY.
SO I WILL TAKE THE KID AND THE LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND WE'LL WORK WITH OUR EQUITY TEAM AND EQUITY CENTER AND WE'LL BRING YOU A REVISED VERSION IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE.
[5.04 Candidates for CCCT Board of Directors – 2023]
ALL RIGHT. WE MOVE ON TO 5.04 CANDIDATES FOR THE TRIPLE C BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2023.AND WE HAVE OUR FAVORITE MARISA PEREZ IN NUMBER FIVE.
SO WE'RE GOING TO VOTE FOR THAT.
AND I GUESS THE REST OF WE'RE GOING TO SUPPORT OUR NEIGHBOR COLLEGE.
DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANT US TO DO? YOU HAVE A LIST ALREADY? YES. SO I WOULD LIKE WE HAVE WE HAVE NINE CANDIDATES THAT WE CAN CHOOSE FOR.
OBVIOUSLY, I WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND THE SEVEN INCUMBENTS.
THOSE ARE MY SEVEN CURRENT COLLEAGUES.
SO THAT WOULD BE I'D BE LOOKING AT THE LIST.
BARRY SNELL FROM SANTA MONICA COLLEGE.
NUMBER THREE, LAUREN STACK FROM MONTEREY PENINSULA.
NUMBER FOUR, SUZANNE LEE CHAN FROM OHLONE.
NUMBER FIVE MYSELF FROM CERRITOS.
NUMBER EIGHT, BARBARA DUNSHEE FROM NORTH ORANGE AND NUMBER 12, CARMEN RAMIREZ FROM MERCED.
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AND THEN NUMBER 15, ANDREW HOFFMAN FROM LOS ANGELES.I FEEL ONE MORE STRONGLY ABOUT ONE AND THEN I'M NOT AS STRONGLY ABOUT ANYBODY ELSE.
AND THAT IS NUMBER NINE, JONATHAN ABBOUD FROM SANTA BARBARA CITY COLLEGE DISTRICT.
AND WHEN I MET HIM, HE REMINDED ME OF TRUSTEE LEWIS, BECAUSE YOU GUYS ARE ABOUT THE SAME AGE BUT COMPLETELY OPPOSITE POLITICAL SPECTRUM, BUT JUST SO ENERGETIC AND SO ENTHUSIASTIC.
HE ACTUALLY WENT TO UC SANTA BARBARA, STAYED ON ISLA VISTA, AND BASICALLY HAS CREATED LIKE A QUASI FORM OF GOVERNMENT AT I'VE TO TO REALLY PROVIDE SERVICES.
SO I THOUGHT IT WAS HE'S JUST VERY INTERESTING, VERY HE'S BEEN ON THE BOARD A LONG TIME, TOO.
I HAD NEVER MET HIM UNTIL A COUPLE OF CONFERENCES AGO, AND HE'S REALLY INTERESTED.
AND I THINK HE WOULD GIVE THE BOARD SOME YOUTH AND SOME ENERGY.
SO THAT WAS REALLY THE ONLY PERSON WHO I WHO I FELT LIKE STRONGLY ABOUT.
I WANTED TO TALK TO YOU GUYS ABOUT HIM.
SO THAT WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION NUMBER NINE.
OKAY. I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY ELSE HAS ANY OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS, BUT USUALLY, YOU KNOW, THE OTHER PERSON WOULD BE A COLLEGE THAT'S NEAR NEARBY OR COLLEGE THAT WE COULD ALLY WITH OR I DON'T KNOW.
SO WOULD YOU BECAUSE THEY ARE QUITE, QUITE A FEW, LIKE SOUTH ORANGE AND NORTH ORANGE.
WELL NORTH ORANGE ARE ALREADY WOULD BE SUPPORTING BARBARA.
HE HAS DONE GREAT WORK THERE IN REGARDS TO, YOU KNOW, DIVERSION.
I'M SORRY. DIVERSITY, INCLUSION AND EQUITY.
AND I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH HIM AND JUST SEE HOW PASSIONATE HE IS ABOUT REPRESENTING ON THE NEXT LEVEL.
OKAY. SO BASED ON THAT, WE'RE GOING TO GIVE US NINE ALREADY.
SO YEAH, SO ALL INCOME INCUMBENTS THEN, PLUS NUMBER NINE AND PLUS NUMBER 13? YES.
OKAY. THAT WOULD BE MY MOTION.
SO WE WILL PUT THIS VOTE IN THE BALLOT.
OKAY. SO THAT'S MOVE ON TO NUMBER SIX REPORT AND COMMENTS FROM THE DISTRICT OFFICIAL.
[6.01 Reports and Comments from District Officials]
SHALL WE START FROM OUR STUDENT TRUSTEE FIRST? UM, LAST WEDNESDAY, MIDDLE OF THE SPRING BREAK, I HAD THE PRIVILEGE AND OPPORTUNITY TO FLY OUT TO SACRAMENTO.CAME BACK THAT SAME NIGHT, BUT ALL IN BETWEEN HAD A BUNCH OF FUN.
THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADVOCATE FOR FAIR, FAIR, FREE STUDENT TRANSIT AT THE CAPITOL.
I MET WITH. IT WAS REALLY NEAT.
I MET WITH A HANDFUL OF OTHER STUDENTS FROM ACROSS THE CALIFORNIA FROM DIFFERENT COLLEGE CAMPUSES FROM SAN DIEGO TO SANTA CRUZ UP IN NORCAL, AND WE ALL RALLIED ON THE STEPS OF THE CAPITOL TO WE CREATED SOME POSTERS, WE ALL CREATED POSTERS, AND WE RALLIED.
WE WERE UP IN ARMS FOR FAIR FREE STUDENT TRANSIT, AND WE'RE ALL PRETTY PASSIONATE.
A LOT MORE PASSION FOR THIS AS I MET ALL THESE INDIVIDUALS AND THEIR STORIES REGARDING STUDENT TRANSIT AND HOW THEIR EXPERIENCES HAVE HELPED THEM PURSUE THEIR EDUCATIONAL GOALS AND REALLY JUST MAKE A BETTER LIFE FOR THEMSELVES.
RIGHT. WE DON'T I'VE GROWN TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE DON'T WANT ANY BARRIERS FOR OUR STUDENTS AND ESPECIALLY PHYSICALLY GETTING TO SCHOOL, TO HOME TO WORK.
AND SO I BELIEVE THE STUDENT TRANSIT IS EXTREMELY BENEFICIAL AND I'M GRATEFUL AND I'M HAPPY THAT WE HAVE A PROGRAM HERE AT OUR COLLEGE WHERE OVER 1200 STUDENTS HAVE THEIR TAP CARDS AND ARE ABLE TO USE STUDENT TRANSIT.
SO. NOT ONLY DID WE RALLY, BUT WE ALSO ATTENDED THE ASSEMBLY SUB.
THE ASSEMBLY BUDGET SUBCOMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION.
IT'S BEEN A REALLY HARD TO REMEMBER THAT IT WAS A LENGTHY MEETING, BUT WE ALL WAITED TILL THE END TO GIVE OUR PUBLIC COMMENT AND SHOW SUPPORT FOR AB 610 AS WELL AS THE BUDGET.
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ASK TO PROVIDE FAIR FREE TRANSIT TO ALL STUDENTS ACROSS CALIFORNIA.AND SO THAT WAS REALLY, REALLY NEAT.
I WAS PRIVILEGED AND HONORED TO BE OUT THERE AND AND TO ADVOCATE FOR FAIR, FREE STUDENT TRANSIT.
I ALSO WANTED TO ECHO RCC PRESIDENT MARISA NAQVI'S.
COMMENTS TODAY REGARDING THE OK SAFE PARKING AT NIGHT ACT.
BASICALLY HERE IN OUR PARKING LOTS.
SO FROM OUR PARKING LOTS TO THE CLASSROOM AND BACK.
DULY NOTED THAT THIS ASK IS COMES.
IN THE AFTERNOON, REALLY DURING NIGHTTIME.
SO THERE WOULD BE LOW STAFF PARKING IN THOSE AREAS ANYWAYS.
AND SO I THINK I THINK THIS WOULD BE REALLY BENEFICIAL IN TERMS OF.
PROVIDING STUDENTS A SAFETY THAT THEY NEED.
LEWIS. THE ONE EVENT THAT I HAVE GONE TO BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T HAD A REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD FOR QUITE A WHILE NOW, SINCE LAST MONTH WAS THE 100TH, THE BEGINNING OF THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION OF THE NORWALK CHAMBER.
SO THERE WILL BE A GALA LATER THIS YEAR AS WELL.
SO IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND WITH ME FOR ANY OF THE CELEBRATIONS THAT ARE UPCOMING FOR THE NORWALK CHAMBER, I WILL SEE YOU THERE ALONG WITH PROBABLY MAYA AND TONY AS WELL.
BUT I ALSO WANT TO ECHO AND SECOND OR THIRD, I GUESS NOW THIRD TO THE SAFE CLASSES AT NIGHT BECAUSE I'VE TAKEN PLENTY OF CLASSES AT NIGHT, MAYBE NOT AT A ACTUALLY I DID TAKE A COUPLE AT BIOLA, BUT CERTAINLY AT LAW SCHOOL AS WELL.
AND SOME DAYS, ESPECIALLY IF YOU DON'T FEEL SAFE, IF YOU FEEL, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOMEBODY THERE THAT MAY NOT AND PROBABLY SHOULDN'T BE THERE AT NIGHT, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT PUBLIC SAFETY IS ALWAYS OUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY.
BUT I ALSO WANT TO ECHO, I GUESS, SECOND, A ANOTHER COMMENT FROM RCC PRESIDENT NAQVI, IN THAT WE SHOULD BE CELEBRATING THE FAITHS THAT COMPRISE OF OUR STUDENT BODY.
SO TO CELEBRATE AND ALSO PROVIDE A SPACE FOR A PRAYER ROOM FOR ALL OF THOSE WHO HAVE THEIR INDIVIDUAL FAITHS TO GO IN AND PRACTICE, THAT I THINK IS VERY IMPORTANT.
AND I ALSO WANT TO REMIND NOT ONLY THE BOARD, BUT ALSO THE COMMUNITY THAT WE STILL HAVE A INVOCATION AVAILABLE FOR ANYONE WHO IS OR WANTS TO PARTICIPATE IN THEIR OWN FAITH OR NON FAITH OR ANYBODY THAT IS IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE AND REVIVE THOSE INVOCATIONS.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE AS WELL.
BE A PART OF OUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE FAITH IS A VERY STRONG THING FOR MANY OF US AND IS AN ESSENTIAL WORLDVIEW AGAIN, FOR MANY OF US.
SO IF YOU HAVE ANY MEMBERS OR LEADERS OF FAITH THAT WOULD LIKE TO COME AND BE A PART OF OUR COMMUNITY THAT ORDINARILY WOULD NOT COME TO CERRITOS COLLEGE, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE THE BOARD HERE AND ADMINISTRATION TO REVIVE THAT AS WELL SO THAT WE CAN SEE THOSE SAME PEOPLE THAT WE ONCE DID MANY YEARS AGO BEFORE THE PRIOR PANDEMIC.
PACHECO. YES, I WENT TO THE TLC FIVE K RUN IN DOWNEY IN SUPPORT OF TLC. IT'S SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THE FALCON'S NEST, BUT IT'S FOR ITS SERVICES THAT ARE PROVIDED FOR KIDS THAT ARE FAMILIES THAT ARE LIVING OUT OF CARS AND BASICALLY ARE GOING TO SCHOOL AND THE KIDS ARE GOING TO SCHOOL.
SO THERE'S DIFFERENT THINGS THAT THEY DO.
AND THEY PUT ON THIS EVENT ONCE A YEAR.
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THEY GET SPONSORSHIPS AND PEOPLE SOMETIMES GET GROUPS AND WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO RUN.WE CAN WALK, BUT YOU PARTICIPATE IN THIS WAY.
YOU HELP YOUTH OR KIDS TO BE ABLE TO GET INTO A HOME AND BE ABLE TO STUDY AND BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THEM FOOD AND HOUSING SO THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THAT.
I ALSO PARTICIPATED AT THE DOWNEY STREET FAIR, WHICH HAPPENS TO BE SUPPORTING LOCAL BUSINESSES AND SUPPORTING MAKING SURE THAT WE SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY.
AGAIN, THAT'S ANOTHER AREA WHICH IS COMMUNITY BASED AND A LOT OF BOOTHS WERE UP AND A LOT OF PEOPLE GIVING INFORMATION ABOUT DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS THAT WERE THERE.
SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS IMPORTANT.
I TEND TO GO TO THOSE EVERY YEAR ANYWAY.
SO SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THEY KNEW THAT WE PARTICIPATED ALSO THERE AND THAT MAYBE NEXT NEXT YEAR WE CAN DO SOMETHING AND HAVE A BOOTH AND PROVIDE INFORMATION ABOUT CERRITOS COLLEGE THERE AT THE STREET FAIR.
AND THAT WAY WE CAN ENGAGE MORE PEOPLE AS THEY'RE COMING THROUGH AND PARTICIPATE IN THAT.
I ALSO ALSO HAD THE I WAS PART OF THE MEETING AT LACHSA.
THEY HAD AN ACCELERATED LEARNING RECOVERY THROUGH IMPROVED STUDENT FAMILY ENGAGEMENT.
THAT WAS A REALLY INTERESTING SPEAKER.
HE'S A PROFESSOR AT UC SANTA BARBARA AND HE DID.
HE WAS ONE OF THOSE YOUTH THAT GOT IN TROUBLE, GOT EXPELLED FROM HIGH SCHOOL, HAD.
BUT THERE WAS A TEACHER THAT BELIEVED IN HIM.
AND ONCE HE GOT TO ONE OF THOSE TRANSITIONAL TYPE OF PROGRAMS AND ENCOURAGED THEM TO TO STUDY TO THAT, HE DID HAVE THE CAPABILITY.
AND NOW HE'S A PROFESSOR AT UC SANTA BARBARA BECAUSE OF THAT TEACHER.
SO I BELIEVE THAT TEACHERS DO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
THEY'RE THE ONES THAT PROPEL AND ENGAGE STUDENTS.
AND WE SHOULD NOT MARGINALIZE ANY STUDENT BECAUSE THEY'RE HAVING PROBLEMS AT HOME OR MAYBE THEIR FAMILY SITUATION IS NOT SUCH THAT THEY DON'T BELIEVE IN THEMSELVES.
SO WE HAVE TO ENCOURAGE THEM AND MAKE SURE THAT ALL STUDENTS BELIEVE IN THEMSELVES AND THEY CAN DO ANYTHING THAT THEY SET THEIR MIND TO. SO I THOUGHT HIS LECTURE ABOUT WE'RE ALL A FAMILY AND SO WE'RE A COMMUNITY.
THEY MAY NOT HAVE A BIOLOGICAL FAMILY THAT IS SUPPORTIVE, BUT THE COMMUNITY SHOULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF THOSE STUDENTS SO THAT THEY CAN BELIEVE IN THEMSELVES.
THE OTHER EVENT THAT I WENT TO, DR.
FARROW, PRESENTED AT THE NORWALK CITY COUNCIL, HE DID AN EXCELLENT JOB.
TELLING THE CITY COUNCIL EXACTLY WHAT WE DO AND THE IMPORTANCE OF THE COLLEGE AND THANKING THEM FOR THE POWER OUTAGE AND THEN COMING AND TAKING CARE OF THAT.
PIERRO. AND THAT'S WHERE I GOT TO HEAR ABOUT THE CHAMBER AND AND THEIR INVOLVEMENT IN ALSO GOVERNMENT AND ADVOCATING FOR WHAT THEY FELT THEIR BUSINESSES NEEDED.
THANK YOU. YES, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, DR.
LIU. I'M JUST A COUPLE THINGS.
I JUST WANTED TO THANK EVERYBODY WHO CAME FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
I THOUGHT THE COMMENTS WERE ALL VERY INTERESTING.
I DEFINITELY THINK WE SHOULD FOLLOW UP ON THE SAFE PARKING RESOLUTION AND WHEN THE STUDENTS HAVE FINALIZED THEIR DISCUSSION ON THAT, IF, YOU KNOW, TRUSTEE LEDESMA COULD WORK WITH THEM TO BRING THEIR RESOLUTION TO OUR BOARD, I THINK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
I'M ALSO LOOKING FORWARD TO DISCUSSIONS ON THE EEO PLAN.
SO THANK YOU, DR. GUTIERREZ, FOR TALKING ABOUT THAT.
IT'S A REALLY, I THINK, A VERY KEY PART OF THE CHANCELLOR'S WORK ON DEA.
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SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEE WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE PRESENTING.ABOUT ETHNIC STUDIES. I KNOW MR. FALCON MENTIONED IT.
AND AGAIN, I THINK THERE'S I CAN'T EVEN KEEP TRACK OF THE LEGISLATION NOW.
I THINK IT'S REQUIRED FOR MAYBE HIGH SCHOOL, MAYBE NOT.
MAYBE YOU SEE, MAYBE CAL STATE.
I DON'T KNOW. I MEAN, AGAIN, I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY WHERE IT IS, BUT I KNOW THAT OBVIOUSLY WE SHOULD HAVE A SEAMLESS PATHWAY TRANSITION BETWEEN HIGH SCHOOL TO COMMUNITY COLLEGE TO THE COURSES IN THE U.S.
I THINK THAT WAS JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.
IT WAS A VERY ANOTHER VERY LONG NIGHT, JUST LIKE TONIGHT IS.
BUT AGAIN, I THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY GREAT.
IT WAS REALLY GOOD DISCUSSION, GOOD INFORMATION, GOOD PRESENTATIONS, GOOD COMPANY, GOOD FOOD.
FIERRO AND I HAVE VOLUNTEERED OURSELVES TO WORK ON THE CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE TRAINING FOR TRUSTEES.
AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, WE THE CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE, PUT TOGETHER THE TRAINING A FEW WEEKS AGO.
SO THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING ON AS WELL.
YES, I WOULD LIKE TO START WITH IT WAS JUST AN HONOR TO BE ABLE TO ACCEPT THE PROCLAMATION FOR THE CITY OF DOWNEY FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH ON FEBRUARY 28TH AT THEIR CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
AND SO I DO TRULY THANK MAYOR CLAUDIA FROMETA AND THE COUNCIL MEMBERS THERE FOR THAT OPPORTUNITY.
AND I ALSO WANT TO MAKE MENTION OF MR SQUIRE WHO ADVOCATED FOR THAT PROCLAMATION FROM THE CITY.
I ALSO WANT TO JUST THANK EVERYONE WHO WORKED VERY HARD ON THE INFORMATION THAT WAS PRESENTED DURING OUR BOARD RETREAT, AND IT WAS JUST GREAT AS A NEW MEMBER OF THE BOARD, JUST TO SEE THE DATA AND AND HEAR ALL THE WONDERFUL THINGS THAT WE ARE DOING HERE AT CERRITOS TO ADVANCE AND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE DOING RIGHT BY OUR STUDENTS AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY ARE GRADUATING IN A TIMELY MANNER.
SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK THAT EVERYONE PUT INTO THAT FOR AT OUR BOARD RETREAT.
I'M EXCITED ABOUT WHAT'S TO COME.
I ALSO HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO REPRESENT CERRITOS COLLEGE AT THE SOROPTIMIST FUNDRAISING EVENT, AND SO IT WAS JUST VERY GREAT TO HEAR ABOUT ALL THE GREAT THINGS THAT THEY HAVE DONE TO SUPPORT STUDENTS HERE AT CERRITOS COLLEGE AND THEIR CONTINUED DEDICATION TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS AND PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM.
SO THAT IS PRETTY MUCH ALL THAT I HAVE.
AND AGAIN, JUST RECOGNIZING ALL OF THE VETERANS FOR THE VIETNAM WAR AND, YOU KNOW, HONORING THEM ON THE 29TH OF MARCH.
TRUSTEE. PEREZ ON THE ANARCHIST STUDIES.
YES. WE'LL PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER JUST IN ANTICIPATION OF THAT ONE THING.
WE HAVE A POSITION ON HOLD THERE AND ONCE THERE IS A SOLUTION FROM THE DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE WORKING ON THAT, WE ARE COMMITTED TO HIRE FULL TIME FACULTY MEMBER.
THAT POSITION IS CURRENTLY ON HOLD AND RESERVED FOR, FOR THAT, UM, FOR ETHNIC STUDIES.
SO WE'RE WAITING FOR A FEW THINGS TO, TO BE DISCUSSED AMONG THE FACULTY GROUPS.
AND FROM THAT POINT ON WE WILL MOVE INTO HIRING, BUT WE WILL PUT A COMPREHENSIVE PRESENTATION TOGETHER WITH THE HELP OF OR SENATE AND BRING IT TO YOU IN A SUBSEQUENT MEETING.
UM, I HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT PLACES DURING THE LAST
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COUPLE OF WEEKS.BUT I THINK SOME OF THE PARTS THAT I ENJOY THE MOST IS HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO OUR LOCAL CITIES AND PRESENT THE WORK THAT EVERYONE IS DOING AT CERRITOS COLLEGE.
IT IS REALLY GREAT TO GO AND SHOWCASE THE WORK THAT OUR FACULTY, STAFF, ADMINISTRATORS, CONFIDENCIALES AND EVERYONE IS DOING ON CAMPUS.
THE SUPPORT FROM THE CITIES HAS BEEN GREAT AS I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GO AND PRESENT IN A COUPLE.
LAST NIGHT, AS TRUSTEE PACHECO MENTIONED, I WAS IN THE CITY OF NORWALK, PRESENTATION WAS WELL RECEIVED AND AS WE WERE LEAVING IT TOOK US A WHILE TO TO LEAVE THE CHAMBERS BECAUSE WE WERE TO STOP A NUMBER OF TIMES BY MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY OR THE PARENTS OF SOME OF OUR STUDENTS.
THEY WERE APPRECIATIVE OF THE PROGRAM.
SO SO I THINK THAT PARTICULAR OUTREACH IS IS VERY POSITIVE NOT ONLY FOR US, BUT OBVIOUSLY FOR US TO BE INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY. A LOT OF OUR EFFORTS OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS HAVE BEEN FOCUSED IN OUR HOUSING.
BUT WE WERE NOT COUNTING WITH THE CURVE BALL THE THE ASSEMBLY WAS GOING TO THROW AT US.
BUT WE'RE GETTING GEARING UP TO TO WORK THROUGH THOSE ISSUES.
AND WHILE IT'S HARD TO PREDICT WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE, WE FEEL CONFIDENT THAT OUR EFFORTS AT LEAST ARE GOING TO PUT US IN A POSITION IN WHICH WE WILL HAVE A FIGHTING CHANCE TO TO GET THAT BUDGET HERE.
IT IS VERY INTERESTING TO PARTICIPATE IN THE HEARINGS, PARTICULARLY AS STUDENTS FROM THE DIFFERENT DIFFERENT HIGHER EDUCATION SEGMENTS COME, BECAUSE IT IS I CAN I CAN APPRECIATE THE DILEMMA THE OR STATE REPRESENTATIVES ARE BECAUSE YOU FIND, FOR INSTANCE, THE STUDENTS IN SANTA CRUZ, THE HOUSING IS EVEN MORE EXPENSIVE THAN IT IS HERE.
SO I CAN APPRECIATE THE DILEMMA, THE THEIR FACE, BUT OBVIOUSLY REROUTING ALL THE RESOURCES INTO ONE SEGMENT IS NOT GOING TO SOLVE OUR ISSUES.
SO WE WILL BE PRESENTING THAT DATA ACROSS ALL THE CHAIR COMMITTEE GROUPS.
WE BEGAN SOME OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS ALREADY, OR FIRST GROUP WAS THE GUIDED PATHWAYS GROUP, AND WE WILL BE MOVING ACROSS ALL SEGMENTS OF CAMPUS SHOWCASING THE DATA OR THE PROGRESS THAT WE HAVE MADE, THE AREAS THAT WE HAVE IDENTIFIED AS AREAS OF NEED AND GET SOME INPUT ALSO AS TO WHAT OTHERS ARE SEEING IN THE DATA THAT WE MAY NOT BE SEEING TO TO BE ABLE TO PROJECT WHAT WE WANT TO DO OVER THE NEXT FIVE, 6 TO 5 YEARS TO ENSURE THAT OTHER STUDENTS HAVE THE BEST CHANCE OF SUCCESS AS POSSIBLE.
THE DATA IS REALLY GOOD WHERE WE HAVE COLLECTED, BUT AS WE LOOK AT THE DATA, WHAT WE SEE IS THAT WE'RE MISSING SOMETHING THAT IS VERY SMALL THAT WE'RE MISSING, BUT WE NEED TO FINE TUNE WHAT WE DO TO REALLY REAP THE BENEFITS OF THIS.
I BELIEVE IT'S TOMORROW. SO THAT IS ALL I HAVE ON MY REPORT.
I ALSO WANT TO HONOR ALL THE VETERANS.
WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON TO THE CLOSED SESSION.
[7. Closed Session]
WE HAVE FIVE ITEMS. ONE IS THE CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATION.WE HAVE TWO PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT.
ONE IS ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF INTERNATIONAL STUDENT SERVICE IN CULTURE ENGAGEMENT.
ONE IS THE OTHER EMPLOYEE EMPLOYMENT IS APPOINTMENT OF EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT.
AND WE HAVE PUBLIC EMPLOYEE EVALUATION MS WE HAVE A LIABILITY CLAIM FROM LYNN CLAN AGAINST
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CERRITOS COLLEGE REGARDING SIGNIFICANT EXPOSURE TO LITIGATION PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 549456.9, PARAGRAPH THREE OF SUBDIVISION E.SO WE ARE WE WILL HAVE THREE REPORTS AFTER CLOSED SESSION.
AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO END THE OPEN SESSION RIGHT NOW.
OKAY. SO I'LL SEE YOU NEXT MEETING.
WHEN I LEFT. YEAH, IT WAS REALLY.
ALL RIGHT, WE GOT FOUR RIGHT NOW.
[8.01 Reconvene to Open Session]
THERE YOU GO. ALL RIGHT.IT IS REPORTED THAT IN CLOSED SESSION, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVED THE EMPLOYMENT OF GLADYS CALDERON AS ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF INTERNATIONAL STUDENT SERVICE AND CULTURAL ENGAGEMENT.
STEP FOUR. $11,682 PER MONTH AFTER MANAGEMENT SALARY SCHEDULE EFFECTIVE APRIL 17TH, 2023. FINAL RESOLUTION FOR FY EYES.
BIRKEY AND SANDRA SALAZAR 7.03.
IT IS REPORTED THAT IN CLOSED SESSION THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVED THE CLAIM TOTALING $15,000 TO CLAIMANT LEVANG FIVE.
FINAL RESOLUTION MOTION CARRIED FIVE EYES.
JAMES CODY BIRKEY SANDRA SALAZAR ABSENT 7.04.
IT IS REPORTED THAT IN CLOSED SESSION THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVED THE PRESIDENT SUPERINTENDENTS APPOINTMENT OF THE FARIBAULT BASED VICE PRESIDENT. BUSINESS SERVICE ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT AS EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT EFFECTIVE MARCH 23RD, 2023.
PER THE 2022 2023 CONTRACT MANAGEMENT SALARY SCHEDULE THE COMPENSATION FOR EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT SHALL BE A 3% STIPEND OF THE VICE PRESIDENTS.
FINAL RESOLUTION MOTION CARRIES.
I FIVE EYES ABSENT JAMES CODY BIRKEY AND SANDRA SALAZAR THE FINISH TODAY'S BOARD MEETING.
THANK YOU.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.