Design Team Meeting Minutes - 11/15/12
(Prepared by Maya Poran)
Attendance (in alphabetical order): Eric Daffron, Marita Esposito, Ann Lepore (via phone), Graciela Morilla,
Maya Poran (co-chair), Nicole Prisco, Danielle Reed, Liz Sieke, Melissa Van Der Wall (co-chair), Trish
Williams.
The meeting began with a presentation by Pat Chang on the Co Curricular Transcript (CCT). Pat
shared that the CCT is a process organized by the Student Engagement Team to keep track of “key points of
engagement” for students. He explained that a student can swipe their card, or write a reflective piece, to
receive hours toward their CCT, which students can view in chart form via an E-Folio.
A lively discussion ensued regarding how hours at events do not necessarily illustrate engagement, as well as
the issue that many events or activities will not make their way on the CCT E-Folio. In addition, there were
some ethical concerns regarding rewarding students for CCT hours with preferential status in housing and
parking, as well as the “swiping” system itself.
The Team members present agreed that there are elements of the CCT that work with the CEC, and that we
will explore these issues in the future.
Next were Working Group Updates. In brief:
Assessment Working Group: Eric Daffron shared the work of last year, discussed the move of the college
from the all-college level to the program level for assessment, and stated that the group offered support to
programs. While the offer was appreciated, the group was informed that it was not needed. Eric suggested
that the work of the Assessment Working Group has reached its conclusion.
Calendar Working Group: The calendar itself is up and running, with CSI staff managing it. It was agreed
that the Team no longer needs to manage the calendar, but that we do hope to work with CSI to discuss better
advertising and use of the calendar. The use of paper calendars was also discussed, with some general lament
at the loss of paper guides for students. During this conversation we learned that one should not send Trish
written notes of any kind, since she does not even go to her mailbox. Anne Lepore further discussed some
problems with the calendar and managing the website in a timely fashion.
Outreach Working Group: There has not been much progress with the Outreach group, and Nicole Pacheco
has asked to step down and for someone else to assume leadership of the group. We will discuss the process to
appoint a new group leader.
Faculty Working Group: Lysandra’s group has substantive updates that can be seen via her previous email to
the group. Lysandra indicated that the use of a Working Group is no longer needed, as she carries out the
functions of training and development through the FRC. However, the work of this group has been deemed
essential and as needing the most support. The group agreed to further discuss how best to support the FRC.
Integration Working Group: The reappointment/tenure integration has stalled, and the goal is to re-ignite
conversation with Judith Jeney and seek out how to integrate CEC into this process officially.
In addition, Adjunct Outreach is underway through a letter penned by Roark Atkinson. Roark drafted a letter
to send to adjunct faculty inviting folks to align with the Design Team. The draft was read to the Team and
the letter was fully endorsed. The week of November 26th, an e-mail will go out from the Design Team’s email account to adjuncts (the list was procured through payroll). (At the time of the writing of these minutes,
some adjunct faculty have already expressed interest in participation).
With time running out, we agreed to table the remainder of the agenda for our future meeting, where we will
discuss the Provost’s charges and how to proceed. The Team will consider how to best reach out to the
Working Group volunteers from last academic year. A mega-doodle is underway to arrange future meeting
schedules for the semester and for Spring 2013.