College Planning Council

College Planning Council (CPC)

2011-2012

The College Planning Council (CPC) is Ventura College's participatory governance group charged with overseeing the campus program review and strategic planning efforts. The CPC is comprised of faculty, students, classifieds, classified supervisors and administrators. The CPC meets on the second and fourth Wednesday of each month of the academic year  in MCW-312 from 3:00-4:30 pm. During one week in October, the CPC hears the divisional program review presentations and appeals. This year the CPC will hear program review presentations on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday October 24, 26 and 27 from 3:00-5:00 pm in MCW-312.

This year's CPC membership is as follows:

* Meetings that differ from the 2nd and 4th Wed convention. Meetings in italics are program review hearings/appeals meetings.

2010-2011

The initial meeting of the College Planning Council (CPC) for Spring 2011 will be held on Thursday, April 7, 2011 in the Campus Center Conference Room from 2:30-3:30 pm.  The committee composition for 2010-11 and 2011-12, the committee charge, the establishment of both planning parameters and logistics for the 2011-12 program review cycle will all be reviewed at this April 7, 2011 meeting. The CPC will meet on Thursday, April 21 and Thursday, May 5, 2011 from 2:30-3:30 pm also in the Campus Center Conference Room.

As was previously agreed upon by the Academic Senate and management, for the remainder of the 2010-11 academic year, the Academic Senate will serve as the faculty member representatives on the CPC. The Senate represnatives for Spring 2011 are: Albert Chen, Ken Drake, Ty Gardner, Guadalupe Guillen, Robbie Haines, Bill Hendricks, Alex Kolesnik, Nancy Mitchell, Terry Morris, Paula Muñoz, Alan Penuela, Jennifer Parker, Andrea Reynolds and Kathryn Schoenrock.. The managers/classifieds who will be joining Senate to form the CPC are: Susan Bricker, Barbara Cogert, Sandy Hajas, David Keebler, Jeffrey Weinstein, Ramiro Sanchez and Kathy Scott. Kathy and Peter will co-chair the CPC meeting. Please find at the bottom of this page information from the Ventura College participatory governance committee handbook, Making Decisions at Ventura College, 2011-12.

Charge: The College Planning Council is a participatory governance committee that monitors college compliance with Accreditation Standard I. As part of the college planning, program review and budget allocation cycle, the College Planning Council reviews the Educational, Facilities, and Technology Master Plans and calls for their revision in accordance with an established cycle; proposes a limited number of three-year strategic goals based on the Educational Master Plan to form the basis for the college’s Strategic Plan; establishes the college planning parameters each spring; recommends priority lists for new programs and initiatives that emerge through the annual planning and program review process; responds to administration’s recommendations for program growth, reduction and discontinuance; and contributes to the development of the college’s Annual Report by documenting the progress made on the Strategic Plan. The Faculty Staffing Priorities Committee, a subcommittee of the Academic Senate, prioritizes recommendations for growth faculty positions. The Classified Staffing Priorities Committee, a subcommittee of the Classified Senate, prioritizes recommendations for growth classified positions. The faculty Co-Chair of the College Planning Council serves as a member of the Accreditation Steering Committee.

Membership: College President; Executive Vice President; Vice President, Business Services; Dean, Institutional Effectiveness, Communication & Learning Resources; fifteen faculty members drawn from all divisions (appointed by the Academic Senate as follows: the current Senate Executive committee, one (1) additional past senate president and ten (10) at-large members [two (2) from student services, two (2) from vocational/technology areas, and six (6) from general education areas, at least one (1) of whom should be a teacher in a basic skills area]; three classified staff members; three classified supervisors; three student representatives. All managers and supervisors shall serve on this committee in a ex-officio, non-voting but participatory fashion.  Voting membership shall be limited to faculty, classified staff and student members. (Committee Comp Breakdown: 6 Managers/Supervisors; 3 Classifieds; 3 Students; 15 Faculty // Voting: 15 Faculty; Up to 6 Non-Faculty)

Co-Chairs:  Academic Senate President, or designee; Dean, Communication & Learning Resources and Institutional Effectiveness.