Academic Senate Resources
Academic Senate Resources
Forms for participating in a Senate meeting are in the "Joining Academic Senate Meetings" section.
- Academic Senate Meeting Calendar 2024-2025 (pdf.)
- Department Chairs Effective July 1, 2024 (.pdf)
- Ins and Outs of the 10+1 and Other Faculty Rights (Fall 2022) (.pdf)
- Legal Basis for the Academic Senate (.pdf)
- Academic Senate Constitution & By-laws (April 2022) (.pdf)
- Academic Senate Guidelines for Changes (.pdf)
Academic Senate for California Community College (ASCCC)
- Academic Senate for California Community Colleges (ASCCC)
- ASCCC Delegate role and responsibilities (rev. 2022) .pdf
- ASCCC Leadership Resources
- ASCCC Local Senates Handbook 2020
- ASCCC Participating Effectively in District and College Governance (2020) .pdf
- ASCCC Scenarios Illustrating Effective Participation (2020) .pdf
- California Community Colleges: Principles and Leadership in the Context of Higher Education (Spring 2009) .pdf
- Text of AB1725 (Vasconcellos, 1988) .pdf
Committees
- Bakersfield College Committee Meeting Times
- Committee Charge Required Elements (.pdf)
- Committee Representative's and Senator's Role (Delegate vs Trustee model) (.pdf)
- Screening Committee Appointment Process 2025 (.pdf)
- Standing Committees Appointment Process 2025 (.pdf)
- Standing Committee Request Form
- Submission of Biographical Information for Faculty Appointments and Elections 2025 (.pdf)
- Task Force, Ad Hoc, Liaison & Other Request Form
Committee Co-chair Job Descriptions
- General Committee co-chair job description (rev 2020) .pdf
- AIQ Committee co-chair job description (rev 2017) .pdf
- Assessment Committee co-chair job description (rev 2022) .pdf
- Curriculum Committee co-chair job description (rev 2017) .pdf
- EODAC co-chair job description (rev 2017) .pdf
- ISIT Committee co-chair job description (rev 2010) .pdf
- Professional Development co-chair job description (rev 2017) .pdf
- Program Review co-chair job description (rev 2017) .pdf
References for Conducting Meetings
- BBK Law Firm advice on Public Comments (.pdf)
- Brown Act and Recent Legislation (AB 361/AB2449) - ASCCC November 28, 2022
- Brown Act Presentation - Grant Herndon (Schools Legal Services) January 14, 2020 (.pdf)
- Parliamentary Procedure at a Glance August 31, 2021 (.pdf)
- Robert's Rules + Brown Act Flex Workshop - Nicky Damania - January 13, 2021 (.pdf)
- Robert's Rules of Order - Quick Reference
Other Resources
Awards
Academic Senate Executive Board
The Academic Senate Executive Board is an advisory body for the Academic Senate President. Visit the Academic Senate Executive Board webpage for more information.
Media
A Better BC
Bakersfield College is improving the main Panorama campus through a series of projects resulting from the voter approved Measure J bond of 2016. Our website, A Better BC has all of the information to keep you updated.
This video is an aerial view of our campus, before Measure J construction updates.