Whereas, The Academic Senate for California Community Colleges' (ASCCC) commitment to inclusion, diversity, equity, anti-racism, and accessibility has been affirmed in the following resolutions: 07.02 S23 Ensuring Anti-racist California Community College Online Faculty Training Materials [1], 13.04 S23 Resolution in Support of Academic Freedom/Solidarity with Faculty Across the Nation [2], 01.01 F22 Adopt the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges Mission, Vision, and Values Statements that Include Anti-Racism [3], 03.01 F22 Advancing IDEAA in Guided Pathways [4], 07.05 F22 Incorporating Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Anti-racism, and Accessibility (IDEAA) Principles Explicitly into Title 5, §53200 [5], 01.02 S22 Adding Anti-Racism to the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges’ Vision Statement [6], 03.01 S22 Develop and Publish an Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Anti-Racism, and Accessibility (IDEAA) Liaison Handbook [7], 03.02 S22 Adopt the DEI in Curriculum Model Principles and Practices Framework [8], 19.01 S22 Cultural Humility Driving Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Anti-Racism, and Accessibility (IDEAA) Work [9], 03.02 S21 Establishing Local Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Anti-racism (IDEA) Liaison [10];
Whereas, Resolution 03.01 S21 Include Cultural Competence in Faculty Evaluations [11] directed the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges to "encourage local academic senates to collaborate with their union partners to explore the negotiation of cultural competence and diversity-focused criteria into faculty evaluation processes" and "work with the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office, state-level faculty union leaders, and other system partners to explore the development of Title 5 regulatory language that would address the inclusion of cultural competence and diversity-focused criteria in faculty evaluation processes in ways that are meaningful yet respectful of local governance and negotiation processes," [12] and, as an outcome of that collaboration, updates to Title 5, §53602 [13] were chaptered in April 2023 in order to advance diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility in evaluation and tenure review processes; and
Whereas, Resolution 19.01 S21 Support Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion-Focused Hiring Practices [14] directed the ASCCC to "endorse the ACHRO [Association of Chief Human Resource Officers] draft Screening and Selection Process Recommendations" as well as to "commit to continued partnership with ACHRO and other associations for the implementation of the actions included in the Screening and Selection Recommendations and the DEI Implementation Workgroup recommendations and development of professional development resources to support local senate implementation efforts" to support diversity, equity, and inclusion-focused hiring practices, which is supported by ASCCC's "Model Hiring Principles and Procedures" Canvas resource [15];
Resolved, That the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges urge local academic senates to work with their local faculty unions prior to bargaining to make recommendations regarding revisions to faculty evaluation and tenure review processes to include diversity, equity, inclusion, anti-racism, and accessibility elements and ensure compliance with chaptered updates to Title 5, §53602;
Resolved, That the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges collaborate with system partners to form an advocacy strategy or an action-oriented community team to safeguard diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility work statewide;
Resolved, That the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges urge local academic senates to develop a culture of inclusion and belonging for new faculty through supportive inclusion, diversity, equity, anti-racism, and accessibility-centered onboarding and faculty mentoring and community building; and
Resolved, That the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges develop resources for inclusion, diversity, equity, anti-racism, and accessibility-focused professional development as well as faculty evaluation diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility elements by fall 2024.
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1. https://asccc.org/resolutions/ensuring-anti-racist-california-community-college-online-faculty-training-materials
2. https://asccc.org/resolutions/resolution-support-academic-freedomsolidarity-faculty-across-nation
3. https://asccc.org/resolutions/adopt-academic-senate-california-community-colleges-mission-vision-and-values
4. https://asccc.org/resolutions/advancing-ideaa-guided-pathways
5. https://asccc.org/resolutions/incorporating-inclusion-diversity-equity-anti-racism-and-accessibility-ideaa-principles
6. https://asccc.org/resolutions/adding-anti-racism-academic-senate-california-community-colleges-vision-statement
7. https://asccc.org/resolutions/develop-and-publish-inclusion-diversity-equity-anti-racism-and-accessibility-ideaa
8. https://asccc.org/resolutions/adopt-dei-curriculum-model-principles-and-practices-framework
9. https://asccc.org/resolutions/cultural-humility-driving-inclusion-diversity-equity-anti-racism-and-accessibility
10. https://asccc.org/resolutions/establishing-local-inclusion-diversity-equity-and-anti-racism-idea-liaison
11. https://asccc.org/resolutions/include-cultural-competence-faculty-evaluations
12. https://asccc.org/resolutions/include-cultural-competence-faculty-evaluations
13. Title 5 §53602: https://govt.westlaw.com/calregs/Document/I610D4240D9AA11ED8ABBD760BB5C67FE?viewType=FullText&originationContext=documenttoc&transitionType=CategoryPageItem&contextData=(sc.Default)
14. https://asccc.org/resolutions/support-diversity-equity-and-inclusion-focused-hiring-practices
15. https://ccconlineed.instructure.com/courses/4924~5733