| Committee | Charge |
|---|---|
| Academic Affairs Council | Academic Affairs Council facilitates communication from the Academic Affairs office to the college departments regarding the college’s enrollment, efficiency goals, and enrollment management strategy. As part of the committee, the Academic Affairs Council safeguards enrollment planning within the limits of the college’s instructional budget and promotes instructional opportunities for students. Academic Affairs Council is consultive and provides recommendations regarding enrollment management and departmental organizational structure. |
| Academic Senate | The Academic Senate makes recommendations to the administration of West Valley College and the Board of Trustees regarding academic and professional matters. This is the Brown Act committee. |
| Accreditation & Institutional Effectiveness (AIE) Committee | The purpose of the AIE committee is to guide the college accreditation activities to ensure the college’s compliance and alignment with accreditation standards and to lead and support the college’s process to continuously improve institutional effectiveness (the extent to which the college meets its mission). |
| ASWVC Student Senate | The purpose of the committee is to advocate for the needs of the student body through a variety of means. This is a Brown Act committee; Activities committee; Budget and Finance committee; Outreach committee; and Bylaws committee. |
| Budget and Resource Advisory Council (BRAC) | BRAC will guide the overall budget and integrated resource allocation process, including establishing the budget and planning timeline, implementation of related procedures, and the policies and criteria used as the basis for evaluating budget matters proposals. Reports to College Council. Not a Brown Act Committee. |
| Classified Senate | To effectively engage in the college and district shared decision-making process by collecting, evaluating and disseminating information for the classified community; representing the aggregate interests of classified professionals before or on any college or district committee or task force; and to promote activities which provide an opportunity for enhancing the involvement and development of classified professionals. This is a Brown Act Committee. |
| Classified Senate Professional Development Working Group | This purpose of this committee is to plan and help implement professional development trainings for classified professionals at West Valley College. This is not a Brown Act committee. |
| Classified Senate Sunshine Working Group | This work group helps plan and execute social events of the Classified Senate. It is not a Brown Act Committee. |
| College Council | The purpose of the committee is to ensure integrated planning and to demonstrate participatory governance processes and practices. This is not a Brown Act committee. |
| Conference Leave | Conference Leave is fund for all full-time and associate faculty members to attend conferences, professional meetings, and other activities designed to improve the professional competencies of the members. |
| Curriculum | The purpose of the Curriculum committee is to review and advise on all course and program curriculum at West Valley College. This is a Brown Act committee. |
| Distance Education Committee (DEC) | The purpose of this committee is to advise the Academic Senate on matters regarding distance education. This is a Brown Act committee. |
| Facilities and Safety Advisory Council (FSAC) | To determine on-campus facility uses and needs based on educational, rental, and safety issues. Resources are identified and upgrades and/or repairs are prioritized, funded, and implemented. |
| Guided Pathways Task Forces Guided Pathways SharePoint for Faculty/Staff |
Guided Pathways provides a framework for colleges to help students who face barriers to completing a college education. By creating structured educational experiences, pathways support each student from the point of entry to the attainment of high-quality postsecondary credentials and employment in a chosen field. At West Valley, there are three task forces for faculty and staff to work on improving specific student experiences. |
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| Strategic Planning Steering Committee Educational Master Plan 2021-2026 |
The purpose of the Strategic Planning Steering Committee is to serve as a working group and to guide the development of the West Valley College 2021-2026 Educational Master Plan (EMP). |
| Student Outcomes and Program Planning Committee (SOAPP) | The purpose of the Student Outcomes and Program Planning Committee is to support program continuous quality improvement through program review and student and program learning outcomes assessments. This is a Brown Act committee. |
| Student Services Council | A policy recommending group to the College Council. |
| Sustainability | The WVC Sustainability Committee is a group of faculty, staff, administrators, and students that strive to engage, educate, equip, and empower the college and surrounding communities in social, environmental, and economic sustainability issues We welcome all interested individuals or groups, including alumni and community members, to participate with us. |
What is Participatory Governance?
Assembly Bill 1725 enacted a structure for community college governance that strengthens the role of faculty, staff and students. This shared governance structure ensures that faculty, staff, students, and managers of West Valley Community College have the right to participate effectively in district and college governance.
The law recognizes that a basic principle of higher education governance is that authority derives not only from the powers vested in governing boards but also from the knowledge and experience possessed by the faculty, staff, students, and members of the college. Participatory governance is vital to the development and implementation of sound educational policy.
Participatory governance is an inherent relationship between involvement in decision-making and responsibility/accountability for the decisions made.
West Valley College embraces participatory governance and its governance structure reflects the participation of faculty, staff, students and managers.