Creating Connections – Building Bridges

1. Creating Connections – Building Bridges Kelly Fowler, CIO President John Stanskas, ASCCC President

2. Role of CIOs and ASCCC

3. Role of the CIOs Primary purpose: • Provide a central a voice for academic matters in the state of California. • Promote and advance teaching and learning in California Community Colleges • Provide an instructional administrative perspective on community college issues in California • Participate with the Chancellor’s Office with the consultation process seeking and representing CIOs and liaison organizations • Provide and sustain a communication among instructional administrations • Promote communication and collaboration between other community college constituents including but not limited to the Academic Senate, CEOs, and CSSOs.

4. Role of the ASCCC (a) An Academic Senate for the California Community Colleges has been established through ratification by local academic senates so that the community college faculty may have a formal and effective procedure for participating in the formation of state policies on academic and professional matters. (b) The Board of Governors recognizes the Academic Senate of the California Community Colleges as the representative of community college academic senates before the Board of Governors and Chancellor's Office. Title 5 §53206 – Academic Senate for California Community Colleges

5. CCCCIO Executive Board • Regional Representatives (10 regions) • Executive Board– president, past- president, president-elect, secretary, treasurer, and 10 regional reps • Constituency Groups – California Community Association for Occupational Education (CCAOE), Council of Chief Librarians (CCL) and Association of Community and Continuing Education (ACCE), and the Academic Senate California Community Colleges (ASCCC) • Represents all of the CIOs 114 (115) Community Colleges

6. CIO Executive Board Meetings • Meets about every month (in Sacramento) • Regional Representatives & Executive Board – your voice! • Meet with the Chancellor’s Office staff (during our Executive Board Meetings) • Includes the ASCCC Liaison • Ginni May. ASCCC Liaison.(Sacramento City College) • Committee Representation -- CIO voice!

7. Communication Regional Representatives • Updates • Feedback and Input • CIO Website: www.ccccio.org CIO Listserv • Public! • Controlled by your college/district Chancellor’s Office • Chancellor Oakley – Chancellor • Daisy Gonzalez – Deputy Chancellor • Constant Change!

8. Participatory Governance Processes

9. Title 5 Terminology: Effective Participation Participating effectively in district and college governance is shared involvement in the decision-making process. • It does not imply total agreement; • The same level of involvement by all is not required; and • Final decisions rest with the Board of Trustees.

10. What Does This Mean at the State Level? • Accreditation, Curriculum, and Education Policy - invite stakeholders to join committees, particularly representatives from the ASCCC and CIOs • We hosts conferences/plenary sessions and invite stakeholder groups to attend or present • We invite liaisons to our Executive Committee meetingsfor feedback, input, and discussion

11. CIO and ASCCC Collaboration At the system level, the Academic Senate functions from the perspective of the best interest of students from the faculty perspective Our CIO colleagues balance this with regulatory and statutory compliance requirements and budgetary constraints Together, we generally create a balanced perspective that is both student centered and compliant

12. Role of Consultation Council

13. Consultation Council Organizational Representatives • 1 ACCCA • 1 CTA • 1 CFT • 1 CCCI • 1 CSEA • 1 CCLC • 1 FACCC • 1 CFT/CCE (Council of Classified Employees) • 1 CCCAOE Institutional Representatives • 2 CEOs • 2 faculty ASCCC • 2 students SSCCC • 1 CBO • 1 CSSO • 1 CIO • 1 ACHRO • 1 trustee

14. Consultation Council -- Function

15. The Role of 5C: Collaboration of CIOs and ASCCC

16. Membership of California Community Colleges Curriculum Committee (5c) Voting Members • 8 faculty representatives appointed by the ASCCC • 4 representatives appointed by the CIOs • 2 Chancellor's Office representatives - Dean of Curriculum and Instruction, Vice Chancellor of Educational Services • 1 curriculum specialist appointed by CCC Classified Senate (4CS) Resource Members • 1 ACCE representative • 1 CTE Administrator • 1 Chancellor's Office Legal Counsel staff Leadership • Co-chairs: 1 from ASCCC and 1 from the CIOs

17. 5c: Purpose and Responsibility • Makes recommendations and provides guidance to the Chancellor’s Office on local and regional implementation of curriculum policy and regulations throughout the California Community College system, including general education, workforce, & development education programs in credit, non-credit and not-for-credit areas.

18. CIOs and Academic Senate Presidents: Working Together

19. Collaboration: ASCCC and CIOs • Foster communication and relationships both organizationally and interpersonally • Discuss issues and areas of commonality and difference to understand each others views and concerns • Don’t surprise each other!

20. QUESTIONS?