Academic Senate Resources
Important Documents
Academic Senate Resources
Forms for participating in a Senate meeting are in the "Joining Academic Senate Meetings" section.
- Academic Senate Meeting Calendar 2024-2025
- California Laws & Codes
- Department Chairs Effective July 1, 2024 (.pdf)
- Election Spring 2024 Timeline
- Election Results 2024
- Governance Committee Relationship to Academic Senate (.pdf)
- Ins and Outs of the 10+1 and Other Faculty Rights (Fall 2022) (.pdf)
- KCCD Board Policy
- KCCD Employee Contracts
- Legal Basis for the Academic Senate (.pdf)
- Participatory Governance Committee vs. Academic Senate Committee (.pdf)
- Task Force, Ad Hoc, Liaison & Other Committees Request
Academic Senate for California Community College (ASCCC)
- Academic Senate for California Community Colleges (ASCCC)
- ASCCC Delegate role and responsibilties (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 (.pdf)
- Standing Committees Appointment Processes (.pdf)
- Standing Committee Request Form (open 4/16-4/23/24 noon)
- Standing Committee vs. Governance Committee in the DMD (.pdf)
- Submission of Biographical Information for Standing Committee & Screening Committee Membership (.pdf)
Committee Co-chair Job Descriptions
- 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
- General Committee co-chair job description (rev 2020) .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
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.