Yuba College Academic Senate Priorities
#1 Assert the faculty voice and leadership at the appropriate time in all 10+1 and shared governance issues.
Possible activities include:
- Establishing annual 10+1 training for the college community (including faculty, administration, staff, students, and community members)
- Encouraging appropriate levels of faculty involvement in budget planning and committees.
- Strengthening connections among senate subcommittees.
- Hosting a panel about different faculty leadership positions.
- Examining (and potentially revising) the YCAS bylaws.
- Reexamine process and priorities for faculty hiring, faculty evaluation, and curriculum with respect to dual enrollment
#2 Work to promote a healthy sense of community and faculty morale.
Possible activities include:
- Working to improve faculty morale.
- Encouraging a broader spectrum of faculty involvement.
- Creating opportunities for faculty interaction and support.
#3 Support and implement increased student involvement and collaboration in the college governance process.
Possible activities include:
- Advocating for student participation across the campus.
- Working with ASYC to provide opportunities for increased student engagement.
- Providing financial support for club travel (when possible).
- Attending ASYC meetings and events
- Mentoring student leaders
- Creating opportunities to discuss college policies, learning, new technologies, and classroom conditions with students.
- Devising shared solutions with students to create a better college experience.
#4 Encourage faculty-student interaction outside the classroom
Possible activities include:
- Establishing a “College Conversation Corner” in the cafeteria at the Marysville Campus. This area would include cushioned furniture where faculty and students could intermingle. First stage would identify 11:30am-1:00pm Mondays-Thursdays as “College Conversation Corner.” Subsequent times as interest grows. Could identify specific early morning hours.