Rules and regulations
This is one of the COS Principles of Participatory Governance.
What are: 1. Mutuality, Collegiality, and Collaboration
2. Transparency
3. Representative Participation
4. Mutual Accountability
5. Clarity of Roles
All classified and certificated managers and confidential classified as appointed by the Superintendent/President.
What is management council membership?
The process captures unit-level planning, a report of actions, and identification of resources to suppport the initiatives.
What is program review?
These are the four master plan goal areas at COS.
What are Growth, Success, Equity and Sustainability?
This process has also been known as the "three-legged stool".
What is the Resource Allocation Process?
This governance group is a consultative body that represents all District constituents and makes recommendations to the Superintendent/President on planning, resource allocation, and other matters of the District.
What is District Governance Senate?
Management Council meets on these regularly scheduled days and times.
What is the third Wednesday of each month from 8:30-10:00am?
These three documents describe the planning and governance processes for the District.
What are the Resource Allocation Manual, The Governance and Decision-Making Manual and the Integrated Planning Manual?
The District's ten-year plan and three-year plan.
What are the Master Plan and the Strategic Plan?
Above-based funds are divided into these four categories:
What are instructional equipment, non-instructional equipment, facilities and technology?
This committee is a subcommittee of the District Governance Senate and makes recommendations on institutional planning.
What is the Institutional Planning and Effectiveness Committee?
This is one of the Management Council Purposes.
What is make recomendations to the superintendent/president on policies, procedures, and other matters relevant to managers?
What is serve as a venue for sharing information and perspectives on emergent issues?
Defined by Education Code this is 175 days in length, not including holidays.
What is the academic calendar?
The COS mascot is a Giant and he is commonly know by this name.
Who is Timber?
The "new" method to allocate funding to Districts that supports access and student equity.
What is the Student Centered Funding Formula (SCFF)?
This committee was recently added to the participatory governance structure.
What is the Equity and Diversity Action Committee?
Members of these groups serve through assignment of responsibilities on job descriptions and appointment to positions.
What are operational groups?
This sentence "COS provides excellent higher education in a spirit of equity for our diverse student population" can be found here.
What is the Mission Statement?
College of the Sequioas was established in this year as Visalia Junior College.
What is 1926?
This part of the SCFF provides 70% of the District Allocation that is based on enrollments.
What is the Base Allocation?
This number of committees report to the Academic Senate.
What is 8?
The 2023 Management Institute will be held on these dates and times.
What is May 24-25, 2023 from 8:00am-12:00pm?
Programs enter results of actions, initiatives and student learning outcomes in this software product.
What is Trac Dat?
This adminstrative procedure describes how and when all other policies and administrative procedures are reviewed.
What is administrative procedure 2410?
The other 30% of the District's budget allocation from the State.
What are the student success allocation and the supplemental allocation?