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Staffing Priorities Committee (SPC) 

Ranked Faculty Requests & Rationale     
(as presented to and approved by the Academic Senate Council, Dec. 6, 2012)

Background: 
The SPC met on Fri, Nov 30 and began hearing presentations at 11:45am and concluded by 3:30 pm with deliberations concluding by 4:00 pm.  As per the SPC-developed procedures document, any program that requested a full-time faculty growth position on their individual program review document was eligible to present a request for a growth faculty position before the SPC.  

Using this criterion and upon analysis of the Fall 2012 program review documents:
   -17 programs requesting for a total of 20 positions were eligible to present before the SPC;  
   -12 took advantage of their eligibility and presented their respective arguments before the SPC.  
By way of comparison, in Fall 2011, the SPC heard four (4) presentations and in Fall 2010, the SPC heard 13 presentations. 

One thing that was different this year from past years was that the SPC heard both requests for replacement and growth faculty positions.  It was communicated to the SPC just prior to our hearing date that the positions included in the “Non-Prioritized Replacement Rankings” will be filled by college administration; we 100% concur with this decision and completely support the decision to replace the announced retirements in these areas with faculty in these same disciplines.  

As colleagues, it is difficult to hear our peers’ program needs knowing full well that only a few programs may possibly receive a faculty position.  However, using the Senate-approved SPC Rubric, we were able to prioritize the requests for faculty positions. The list below is presented in PRIORITY ORDER and as fully supported by the SPC.  As per our agreed-upon rubric, the SPC ranked the top four (4) positions and gave all other presentations an equal rating  (i.e., a “5”). 

We encourage the Academic Senate Council to adopt our recommendations. 

Non-Prioritized Replacement Rankings (In Alphabetical Order):
Counseling (2 positions)
Psychology
Theatre

#1	CHILD DEVELOPMENT  
•	Only one (1) full-time faculty member in the discipline yet has a three (3) year average of 4 FTEF and Academic Year (AY) 2012 total of 4.66 FTEF
•	High WSCH productivity of 520 in AY 12 (104% of District goal of 500)
•	VC has 1 F/T (22 sections, 721 seatcount); MC has 2 F/T (19 sections, 636 seatcount); OC has 3 F/T (15 sections, 755 seatcount)
•	77% of classes taught by adjunct faculty
•	Received a “High” faculty priority ranking by its division
•	Due to the program being in the CTE area, there many additional responsibilities required of this discipline area with regards to curricular and programmatic development as well as compliance with state regulations specific to Child Development instructors and programs 
•	Associate of Science for Transfer (A.S.—T) in Early Childhood Education developed by the program

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#2	PHYSICS
•	Only one (1) full-time faculty member in the discipline (other full-time faculty member retired in May 2012 and has not been replaced compounds unfilled 2004 retirement) yet has a three (3) year average of 2.57 FTEF
•	Extremely high WSCH productivity of 536 in AY12 (119% of District goal of 450)
•	Important both as a stand alone and service discipline for many STEM areas (e.g. Engineering, etc.)
•	60% of classes taught by adjunct faculty
•	Received a “High” faculty priority ranking by its division
•	Dept. asked for split assignment to Physics / Astronomy as the Minimum Qualifications are combined for the two areas and the retirement has a primary assignment in Astronomy
•	Given that the MQs for Physics/Astronomy are combined, it is important to remember that the course in our recent Title V HSI grant with the greatest difference in student success between Hispanic and non-Hispanic student was Astronomy V01 

#3	GEOLOGY
•	Currently has zero (0) full-time faculty in this discipline area yet has a three (3) year average of 1.25 FTEF 
•	The discipline has been down a full-time position since 1993; had two (2) full-timers in the discipline area in the 1980s
•	High WSCH ratio productivity of 667 in FY 12 (111% of District goal of 600)
•	Last year was ranked by the SPC as our #1 priority
•	100% of classes now taught by adjunct faculty
•	Received a “High” faculty priority ranking by its division
•	Courses meet General Education requirements
•	Students become geologists when they are exposed to the courses but the lack of students in this major due primarily to limited courses offered 
•	Courses support other majors such as Civil Engineering and ESRM 
•	“Historical Geology” course is a necessary class for an Associate of Science for Transfer (A.S. – T) in Geology and can only be taught by a Geology faculty member so the lack of having a full-timer in this area means the A.S.—T in Geology cannot be developed
•	Lack of a full-timer means no ability to have a field program in Geology
•	With the recent retirement of Luke Hall (and his Lifetime Teaching CCC Credential in Earth Sciences), the Geosciences dept now lacks any f/t faculty member who can even teach Geology courses 
•	A more robust Geology program led by a full-time faculty in the discipline area can piggyback with Santa Barbara City College on field programs/excursions

#4	ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE (ESL)
•	Only one (1) full-time faculty member in the discipline yet has a three (3) year average of 8 FTEF and Academic Year (AY) 2012 total of 4.5 FTEF
•	3 year WSCH productivity of 406 in (97% of District goal of 410)
•	Over 65% of the sections offered are by adjunct faculty
•	As recent as the spring 2010 semester, this department had two (2) full-time faculty
•	Last year was ranked by the SPC as our #2 priority
•	Received a “High” faculty priority ranking by its division, a division which includes many different and disparate departments
•	Maintains an extensive presence at  both Ventura College (main campus) and VC Santa Paula

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Respectfully submitted,

STAFFING  PRIORITIES  COMMITTEE  MEMBERS  2012:
Becky Hull 	      	Past Academic Senate President  (Co-Chair)
Peter H. Sezzi 	      	Academic Senate President (Co-Chair)                            
Cari Lange	     		Academic Senate Vice-President
Mark Pauley            	Academic Senate Treasurer
Robbie Haines           	Academic Senate Secretary 
William Hendricks*	General Education
Steve Turner*           	General Education                                      
Ted Prell                     	Voc/Tech                                                    
David Farris                 	Student Services                                         
Albert Chen                 	At Large                                                     
VACANT			At Large

*SPC Members who were absent on the hearing date