Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Room 505
Giving everyone a chance to grow
(this document is both a newsletter and summary minutes)
Present: Frank Ramos, Lisa Carlsen, Christina Mendoza, Rick Moniz, Janice Golojuch, Kathy Kelley,
Matt Kritscher, Mark Schaeffer, Agnello Braganza, ValJean Dale, Catherine Powell (co-chair), Jennifer
Lange (co-chair).
1.
POD Conference: Jennifer asked if anyone is interested in attending this year's POD Conference
in Atlanta in October. This conference is the definitive conference in the arena of staff development, and
the college generally sends 2 or 3 attendees. Those interested should contact Jennifer.
2.
Overview of goals for student panel/review of summer planning: Jennifer shared a handout
and reviewed the planning that occurred over the summer in relation to the Student Voices project, which
is taking place in two parts. The first activity will be a student panel at the Sept. 27 Flex Day. The
second activity is a video being undertaken by Sean McFarland. This video is themed around following a
group of randomly-chosen students for the semester. The intent of the video is to shadow students to see
what the barriers are, how they navigate the system, and how they get business done. It was suggested
that parts of the video might be incorporated into the 50th Anniversary activities.
The panel session will be from 8:30 – 10:00 in the Little Theater and will be divided into two segments:
panelists discussing the talking points/questions that will be given to them beforehand (45 minutes) and
then questions to the panelists from the floor (30 minutes).
Jennifer also shared the Chancellor's Cabinet Position Statement of May 2011, noting that the document
poses the issues of gathering information about our students that is connected to the purpose of the
Student Voices project. We will invite the Chancellor's Cabinet to the presentation.
3.
Recruiting students for the panel: Jennifer shared the ideas generated over the summer
regarding the variety of students we hope to have on the panel in order to generate the richest
representation of the student experience. We believe the best recruiting will happen from instructors on
this committee contacting their students about this opportunity. Instructors can let potential student
panelists know they would be (1) introducing themselves (background, etc) (2) have a list of the
questions in advance (3) could be watching video clips and responding and (4) possibly be asked open
questions at the end if there's time.
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 30, 2011
The next Staff Development meeting is Tues Sept. 6. We will talk about the 10:15-12:00 block of Flex
Day and how to organize it, including possibility of any post-panel discussions. The following
next meeting after that is Sept 20 and that will be just a week before Flex Day. Most things will be settled
by that meeting.
Subcommittees needed for preparing for panel: Setting up panel questions (Catherine, Kathy, ValJean,
Matt). This committee will likely work via email and/or on Fridays. Reviewing video clips (Jennifer,
Christina, Lisa). The sub group is looking into meeting together with Sean McFarland on a Wednesday
between 2:30-4pm.
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