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Members Present: Susan Lopez, Ernest Kettenring, Joan Mahoney, Mel Martynn, Susan Schacher, Dave Willey, and Dick Hemann.
Reporter: Dave Willey
I. Agenda and minutes were approved with minor changes. The minutes, as is, are to be emailed to Fred Glass for inclusion on website. If emails are to be used, Kathy Jaspers will be contacted for authorization in the future.
II.As part of on-going attempts to disseminate information about our organization, we need to get out (by March 1), a quarter-page ad in CATESOL News. Susan L. will work on it with Fred Glass, to try to get copy out by the deadline.
III. Ernest K. noted that the CCAE (California Council for Adult Education) State Board recently passed a resolution supporting liaison with the CFT Adult Education Commission. He’ll be at their May 1-3 CCAE Board meeting to talk about our Commission. He’ll try to get our Adult Education Issue Paper into their May 1-3 Convention packet. Maybe the Commission could get an ad in the Convention brochure? CFT Adult Education Commission members approved $250 maximum for such an ad.
IV. A draft resolution on Adult Education written by Susan L. was considered for delivery to the up-coming CFT Convention. The draft opposed unreasonable restrictions on adult enrollment at ROP’s and ROC’s, strongly supported adult education, including but not limited to lifelong learning, career technical education, and as an avenue to higher education, and called on Legislature and Governor to ensure full funding of adult education through both the community college and K-12 systems. Ernest K. noted that ROP/ROC enrollment will in the future, due to recent legislation, be 90% high school students. Another problem: should we focus on voc ed and ESL at the expense of other parts of adult ed, such as the disabled, senior citizens, parenting, etc.? Can we get more money using a narrow focus? Mel M. suggested we approve draft resolution and work to amend it at the Convention. Susan L. thought that we should take out the ROP-ROC language and put in language that would be more likely to bring more funding for adults. There was an agreement by Ernest and Susan L. to work on amending the resolution. The Commission approved a motion to accept the resolution with pending amendments. A resolution must be in the hands of the CFT by Feb. 29.
V. Changes to the webpage are needed. Mel M. volunteered to connect with Fred Glass on changes. The Issue Paper, currently on the webpage, needs to be corrected as to Commission members, and CFT addresses and phone numbers. Maybe Megatrends Affecting Adult Education, Susan L.’s fascinating summary, could be added to the page. Susan L. will make some additions to the summary, on data-sharing and swirling (NOT squirreling). At the next Commission meeting, links for the page should be discussed.
VI. The Governor’s proposed state budget takes away COLA for K-12 districts and sucks back unspent categorical funding. It would cut out $31 million for Community College non-instructional money.
VII. Susan L. ran down a list of pending state legislation. AB 2053 would allow K-12 adult ed locals to bargain for permanent status for part-time instructors teaching as low as 6 hours a week. AB 591 would change the permanent status threshold for community college teachers from 60% to 67%. It is now CFT sponsored.
VIII. The Adult Education Issue Paper should be visited periodically to see whether changes are warranted. How does CFT produce the issue paper? Could it be edited by dialogue between Commission meetings? The font size could be increased, bullets changed in size, some duplication eliminated, and in general made more succinct. Can we make changes without offending CFT issue policy? David W. will check with Jane Hundertmark on this.
IX. The CFT Convention workshop on adult education will be run by Mona Field. Who will be on the panel at the workshop? Besides Mona Field, perhaps Kathy Grammer, Gus Goldstein or Ed Murray for the CC. Maybe Kathy Jasper and Ernest K. for K-12. Ernest will coordinate with Susan L. and Susan S. and Mona.
X. Mel M. volunteered to make a flyer about the workshop and mail it to locals. They can get a visitor badge from Convention registration if they are not delegates.
XI. No one volunteered to be the new secretary-treasurer (David W. is stepping down), so Cathy Grammer is to be asked.
XII. Two adult schools have been newly organized: Sunnyvale-Cupertino and Santa Clara. The new local in Sequoia just signed a contract. South San Francisco got a tentative agreement for a 4.5% raise, but the administration is stalling.
XIII. David W. presented his collection of Commission Archives to Susan S. for safe-keeping. |
