Santa
Barbara City College
Committee on Teaching and Learning
Minutes
April 21, 2008
3:00 – 4:30 p.m.
Present: E. Bowman (Library), A. Cruse (Chair), M. Ferrer (FPDC, FRC), G. Lewin (Ed. Sup.), M. Lorenzen (Ed. Sup.), N. Mahaffey (for J. Pike, LRC), E. McCabe (Health/Human Srvc.), J. Millward (Eng.), P. Nunez (ESL/FL/Ed.), J. Simpson (Sci.), M. Spaventa (Dean), D. Starkey (Eng.), N. Warner (F. Arts)
• The meeting
began at 3:04 p.m.
• Minutes from the 3/21 CTL meeting were approved.
• Jodi Simpson shared with the committee a flow chart she had developed
that indicated possible interfaces between CTL, the Academic Senate, and the
Office of Institutional Advancement, Research and Planning.
• The committee thanked Jodi for her hard work and suggested a number
of small changes to the chart that would help clarify how the actual process
was likely to unfold.
• The discussion focused on routing and implementation—who gets
what ISLO-related data and what they are obliged to do with that information.
• Jodi took notes and promised to reconfigure the chart and email the
revision to CTL members for further comments.
• Mark Ferrer then discussed the WASC Rubric and how it might apply to
SBCC departments and programs that produce degrees or certificates recognized
by the State. Mark noted that programs would need to strive for Level-4 proficiency,
and that all degree- and certificate-producing entities would need to have Program
SLOs—showing how Course SLOs map to Program SLOs--by Fall of 08.
• Several committee members noted that the closer SBCC gets to the WASC
accreditation visit, the more complex the SLO and ISLO tasks have become.
• Gerry Lewin and Elizabeth Bowman gave an update on changes to the CTL
Webpage: www.west.net/~ger/CTL1/2007-2008.html. Gerry’s presentation,
with handout, focused on 1) how people arrive at the page, 2) what has been
updated, 3) what still needs to be done, and 4) questions about the Weblink
page, specifically what links should be kept, added, or deleted.
• The committee agreed that this would be the final meeting of the 07-08
academic year, and that members would email comments and recommendations to
Gerry about the Webpage.
• By acclimation of the committee, Anita Cruse was endorsed as CTL Chair
for 2008-2009.
• The meeting adjourned at 4:28 p.m.