Friday, August 24, 2012
12:00 noon, Room 505
Giving everyone a chance to grow
(this document is both a newsletter and summary minutes)
MINUTES
Present: Jennifer Lange, Becky Plaza, Catherine Powell, Mark Schaeffer, Barbara Worthington.
Meeting was called to order at 12:10pm.
No minutes were reviewed. Catherine will provide minutes of May 15, 2012 meeting at the
September Staff Development meeting.
Convocation Day/College Day Feedback: Brief discussion about feedback from the recent
days’ activities. Faculty are generally very positive with Pathways and the focus of the Strategic
Plan; there is a need to continue to use the terminology related to these initiatives to allow for
universal understanding. Common definition of “Pathway” needs to be agreed upon. Jennifer
mentioned that that task is on the list of the PRBC-related projects and that the name for the
groups that met on College Day has been already updated to “Student Academic Pathway” to
reflect that particular emphasis. The suggestion was made to tie the types of student (laser,
seeker, etc.) to the Pathways, as this was a point of confusion.
Discussion followed on possible re- placement of certain departments/faculty within the
pathways based on feedback from the meetings on College Day: Administration of Justice,
Digital Media, Journalism, TV/Radio, Interior Design, Athletics. These academic pathways will
be sharing assessment methods and starting to brainstorm and plan how to support their students
on Friday afternoon.
Also discussed was groups with courses not in GE areas (CTE, ESL, Learning Skills, Med
Assisting, Dental Hygiene, Nursing, Digital Media, Real Estate, some business). Are there any
others? What should they focus on during the Thursday Flex session related to planning for the
GE/undeclared pathways.
Core members: Agnello Braganza, Lisa Carlsen, Matthew Kritscher, Jennifer
Lange (Co-Chair), Gloria Meads, Christina Mendoza, Rosie Mogle, Rick Moniz,
Catherine Powell (Co-Chair), George Railey, Mark Schaeffer and Barbara
Worthington
Staff Development
Newsletter & Minutes – pg. 2
August 24, 2012
Becky will hold a session with coaches regarding new NCAA regulations.
Jennifer will ask Tom Clark what would be best for CTE faculty.
ESL, dental hygiene & nursing – have own programmatic review in place, Jennifer will check to
see if they would like to work on it during this time.
Review of College Day Faculty Survey: Jennifer reviewed the draft survey that will go out to
faculty. Comments, suggestions, additions? A couple of wording changes were made. In order to
use the information gained from the survey for Sept 6 & 7, responses will be due back on Friday,
August 31. Jennifer will send out the survey ASAP. Jan had no additions related to Convocation
activities.
Flex Day Planning:
Flex Day Tasks:
Program:
Web:
Door Cards/Signs:
Room Reservations:
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Coordinating with presenters:
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Barbara (Faculty Inquiry Groups)
Christina (Jane Church’s sessions)
Laura (Jan’s sessions on committee work)
Becky (PE session, General Session)
Catherine (tour of campus art – will ask Diane if willing to do lunch and end of day)
The lunch break on Thursday is set for 90 minutes in order to allow divisions to hold division
activities. The committee recommends having no breakfast at all served on the Thursday Flex
Day (funds have been found to provide coffee service) and to then roll those funds over to be
used on the Oct. 30 Flex Day breakfast. There will be light breakfast available at the Friday Flex
Day via the San Leandro Chamber of Commerce event in the Event Center. Lunch is “on your
own” for both of these days.
The Educational Master Plan session may have leadership problems, as Kathy, Susan, and
George will be at DEMC. Jennifer will check with Kathy about feedback from the Senate and the
possibility of moving this session to October Flex.
We would like to add other sessions to Friday morning. We discussed what might be a session of
particular interest to the adjuncts in attendance; we determined we didn’t have enough
knowledge to set a topic. Hosting Flex activities in the evening specifically for adjuncts (pilot
Core members: Agnello Braganza, Lisa Carlsen, Matthew Kritscher, Jennifer
Lange (Co-Chair), Gloria Meads, Christina Mendoza, Rosie Mogle, Rick Moniz,
Catherine Powell (Co-Chair), George Railey, Mark Schaeffer and Barbara
Worthington
Staff Development
Newsletter & Minutes – pg. 3
August 24, 2012
proposed and accepted by Susan and George) will be delayed until Spring. Catherine suggested a
session related to promoting the campus in the community.We identified potential leaders for
this workshop (Kari McAllister, Yvonne Wu-Craig, Francisco Zermeno) whom Catherine will
contact. Becky reminded us that Lani Wilson would like to do a presentation on the needs of
veterans. This doesn’t have to be the one that had a cost associated with it. Becky will check with
Lani. This could potentially be another place for strategic planning.
We will ask either the President’s office or the VP of Academic Services to send an email to
everyone on campus with info on the Flex Day activities.
Classified employees will have the option to participate in activities on these September Flex
days but there are no specific classified sessions planned for either of these days. The Classified
Senate is already planning a set of activities for the October 30 Flex Day. Catherine and Jennifer
will confirm this information with classified employees and their managers.
Good of the Order: We need more people on the Staff Development committee. There are no
reps from Health & PE, and it’s likely we will need to find someone else from the Business/Tech
Division. We would like more participation from classified employees, as well. We hope to find
meeting times that do not conflict with other college or district meetings, as many of our
members on this committee also serve on other committees which conflicts their ability to attend
Staff Development. We will hold our next Staff Development meeting during the Friday 9/7 Flex
session set aside for committees to review their structure and function after we finalize the
charge review we did last term. We also have meetings calendared for Sept. 28 and Nov. 2. Hold
these dates for now.
Respectfully submitted,
Catherine Powell
Core members: Agnello Braganza, Lisa Carlsen, Matthew Kritscher, Jennifer
Lange (Co-Chair), Gloria Meads, Christina Mendoza, Rosie Mogle, Rick Moniz,
Catherine Powell (Co-Chair), George Railey, Mark Schaeffer and Barbara
Worthington