College Community - Planning Committee Survey
March 2011
1. I am:
Response
Response
Percent
Count
an Administrator
5.8%
9
a Faculty Member
44.5%
69
a Manager
16.8%
26
32.9%
51
answered question
155
skipped question
0
Response
Response
Percent
Count
a Classified or Confidential
Employee
2. I am:
Full time
78.6%
121
Part time
21.4%
33
answered question
154
skipped question
1
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3. Campus:
Response
Response
Percent
Count
Eureka
89.0%
137
Del Norte
4.5%
7
Mendocino
5.8%
9
KT
0.6%
1
answered question
154
skipped question
1
Response
Response
Percent
Count
4. Check each committee you have served on this academic year.
Budget Planning Committee
5.3%
8
Enrollment Management Committee
9.3%
14
Furniture/Equipment Committee
2.6%
4
Facilities Planning Committee
4.6%
7
Technology Planning Committee
5.3%
8
College Council
4.6%
7
3.3%
5
Program Review Committee
6.6%
10
Basic Skills Committee
3.3%
5
None
70.9%
107
answered question
151
skipped question
4
Institutional Effectiveness
Committee
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5. Whether or not I served on one of these committees I know how...
to access information on this
this committee fits in with the
Response
committee
Integrated Planning Model
Count
Budget Planning Committee
88.7% (86)
70.1% (68)
97
Enrollment Management Committee
96.8% (90)
66.7% (62)
93
Furniture/Equipment Committee
71.4% (40)
64.3% (36)
56
Facilities Planning Committee
79.5% (66)
63.9% (53)
83
Technology Planning Committee
71.6% (53)
70.3% (52)
74
College Council
95.1% (98)
53.4% (55)
103
88.5% (69)
60.3% (47)
78
Program Review Committee
90.6% (96)
66.0% (70)
106
Basic Skills Committee
88.9% (64)
48.6% (35)
72
Institutional Effectiveness
Committee
answered question
133
skipped question
22
6. Please use the space below to provide any written comments about the planning or governance process in
general and any specific committees. Include general comments, specific observations regarding strengths and
weaknesses of the planning model or process, positive or negative occurrences, or suggestions for
improvement. Thank you.
Response
Count
42
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answered question
42
skipped question
113
College Community - Planning Committee Survey
March 2011
Please use the space below to provide any written comments about the planning or governance process in
general and any specific committees. Include general comments, specific observations regarding strengths and
weaknesses of the planning model or process, positive or negative occurrences, or suggestions for
improvement. Thank you.
Response
Count
42
answered question
42
skipped question
113
6. Please use the space below to provide any written comments about the planning or governance process in
general and any specific committees. Include general comments, specific observations regarding strengths and
weaknesses of the planning model or process, positive or negative occurrences, or sug...
Response Text
1
Though I suspect the Furniture/Equipment committee and Basic Skills committee
fit into the IPM I do not know how and haven't really seen much communication
regarding either of those committees.
Mar 8, 2011 12:38 PM
2
If Integrated Planning includes classified employee feedback and interaction,
there should be more verbal communication from managers to inform them
about the campus policies and procedures and more encouragement for
classified staff to participate in Integrated Planning.
Mar 8, 2011 1:46 PM
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6. Please use the space below to provide any written comments about the planning or governance process in
general and any specific committees. Include general comments, specific observations regarding strengths and
weaknesses of the planning model or process, positive or negative occurrences, or sug...
Response Text
3
I believe that holding committee meetings during class times is very hard for
faculty participants.
Enrollment management committee is not effective when as a committee there is
no dialogue with "unique program" faculty who direct and teach one-of-a-kind
specialty training. Course cancellation weeks, months before semesters begin is
very upsetting to the efforts to grow a program, market a program, encourage
out of state and region students (to get here and find courses canceled).
There is clearly a need to become more streamlined in the way we deliver
education at CR, but no planning meetings where individual faculty have an
opportunity to defend the hard work that goes on to maintain programs is
unfair...and not effective program management.
Mar 8, 2011 1:46 PM
Budget Planning Committee process is weak for similar reason, that specialty
program faculty who work in the hands-on, job skills training side of CR don't
have access to meetings that are scheduled during class times...also not having
an opportunity to defend the real budget needs to maintain hands-on lab
environments. Budgets do not take into account the safety and properly
functioning equipment that constantly needs upgrading and repairs.
Hands-on career and technical education is a real part of CR, attracting many
students from out of state and the region. It is not fair to student success to have
program budgets designed by a committee that doesn't have a personal pulse
on the lab environments, and the off-campus jobs-training field school
experiences students are gaining.
4
As I have not participated in the above committees, I really have no information.
Mar 8, 2011 1:46 PM
5
I have served on a number of these committees in the past.
Mar 8, 2011 3:54 PM
6
Decision making and information dissemination is becoming much more
transparent.
Mar 8, 2011 4:01 PM
7
1) Why do we need an institutional effectiveness committee that's separate from
College Council? It looks like everything the IEC does goes through CC anyway,
so why have the IEC as an intermediary?
2) To the extent the various Integrated Planning Committees have information
available, it's hidden deep within the Institutional Research site. How about a
quicklink dropdown for "Integrated Planning" from the main CR homepage? I
didn't even know these committees had minutes available till a few weeks ago.
Mar 8, 2011 5:23 PM
8
I know can see from the flow chart where each committee theoretically fits into
the planning process, but I think there is still a disconnect between
recommendations made through extensive work done by the committees and the
actual decisions that have been made. I hope that the college is truly moving
toward considering very seriously the recommendations of the planning
committees and developing a truly integrated planning process that has
transparency and buy in.
Mar 8, 2011 5:26 PM
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6. Please use the space below to provide any written comments about the planning or governance process in
general and any specific committees. Include general comments, specific observations regarding strengths and
weaknesses of the planning model or process, positive or negative occurrences, or sug...
Response Text
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It seems we are struggling to get back to where we were after some flailing
around and failed experiments. Some of the committees listed above are newand some I've never heard of, like the Furniture committee. Institutional
Effectiveness Committee I know was only created recently in kind of an oops
moment- and probably only due to the urging of Roxanne who's been doing so
well with understanding and promoting the organizational issues of accreditation.
Some of the committees don't seem to have adequate representation from
constituent groups, others are now heavy on the admin and mgrs representation
and I think overly so. I have heard many complaints from faculty that they are
members in name only due to the meetings being scheduled at times when they
must be in class, or overlapping by as much as 30 minutes with their scheduled
classes. The reluctance to provide release time doesn't help. Faculty additionally
have larger classes now overall, due to the "efficiency" campaign. And the
college has far fewer factulty than it's had in 20 years. Faculty particpation is
required, but in practice, near to impossible.
Mar 8, 2011 5:35 PM
10
Communication -- and hence both trust and morale -- would be greatly improved
Mar 8, 2011 9:01 PM
(1) by having a standard format for the websites for all the different committees
and
(2) by having staff support to keep the websites up-to-date with supporting
documents, etc. (This work should be done by one office -- not parceled out
among several different people in addition to their regular full-time jobs doing
other, non-website, work.) and
(3) by having all the committee meetings posted on the "inside" calendar and
(4) by having the CCC Confer pass code number listed on the Calendar entry
(the phone number is always the same and does not need to be listed) and
(5) by having email announcements/communication --such as meeting reminders
with agendas-- sent to "ALL" consistently, for all committees and
(6) by having brief updates from each committee sent out to "ALL" consistently.
Now, if the calendar and the documents (such as agendas and minutes and
supporting documents) on the committee websites were all kept up-to-date, then
there would not be a need for all the emails. But in that case, a once-weekly
digest would be good to have, listing a brief summary of what happened in the
past week and where we are, as an institution, plus a list of the up-coming
meetings for the coming week – which, if the "inside" calendar were up-to-date,
could simply be something along the lines of "This week: IEC, BPC, BSC" and
people could look at the calendar for day/room/time/CCCConfer info.
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In the future, I hope to see a full cycle to see if decision are made using this
process. It is a good start and hopefully we can be transparent with a (Integrity)
Planning Model .
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Mar 9, 2011 2:22 PM
6. Please use the space below to provide any written comments about the planning or governance process in
general and any specific committees. Include general comments, specific observations regarding strengths and
weaknesses of the planning model or process, positive or negative occurrences, or sug...
Response Text
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I'm very confused about how each of the committees fits into the overarching
planning process. Additionally, I may be able to access information about what
committees' agendas/minutes/etc. are, but still not have a clear idea of how their
work is integrated into the whole. Also, access to information about the
committee or understanding about how the committee fits with the Integrated
Planning Model does nothing to assess the efficacy of these committees. There
are no questions here that assess how well the committees are working to aid us
in our planning processes. Finally, in my experience in working with program
review this year, it was immediately evident that the data provided by IR is
inaccurate. Having unreliable data is unacceptable. It leads to flawed decisionmaking and inaccurate analysis AND it undermines the credibility of our
processes. If people don't believe that the data can be trusted then they are
unlikely to trust the processes that rely on that data.
Mar 9, 2011 2:44 PM
13
I would like to clarify that, although I know where committees are placed on the
integrated planning model, I don't know how the planning model actually
functions.
We have yet to make this model operational in any real way.
Mar 9, 2011 11:31 PM
14
I don't believe I have heard/read an over-view of how it's all supposed to work. Is
there a flow chart? Just how do all the committees integrate?
Mar 10, 2011 4:29 PM
15
The planning model and processes are great...but only if given the opportunity to
run, work or not work, and generate real data on how to improve them in the next
go-round. The only weakness is that we haven't give it a chance.
Mar 10, 2011 9:34 PM
16
I don't know anything about these committees.
Mar 10, 2011 9:55 PM
17
I find it rather difficult to access information on the CR web page. For instance, I
just now searched for "budget planning committee" and came up with nothing
that tells me what that committee is/does or who is on that committee if I'd like
more information. Anyone searching would also first have to know that the
committee exists.
Mar 10, 2011 11:58 PM
18
I am very new. So, right now I am focused on preparing for my classes.
Mar 12, 2011 7:37 PM
19
I am very interested in these committees, however it seems that the same
classified employees have the opporutnity to serve, mostly those who are
serving on the union seem to be in the know and the opportunity is limited to
everyone else.
Mar 14, 2011 8:34 AM
20
I was reviewing the integrated planning model recently and I don't see where
requests for additional personnel coming out of the program review committee
would go next in the process. I recently completed a program review for my
department where I requested additional staff, but in reviewing the mode I don't
see where that request could go after the Program Review Committee.
Mar 15, 2011 11:47 AM
21
I am fairly new, all my information comes from people serving on the
committees. Our Department is very good about sharing information.
Mar 15, 2011 12:21 PM
22
It is hard to know what I don't know. A schematic of how this complex
governance system works may be helpful.
Mar 15, 2011 12:21 PM
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6. Please use the space below to provide any written comments about the planning or governance process in
general and any specific committees. Include general comments, specific observations regarding strengths and
weaknesses of the planning model or process, positive or negative occurrences, or sug...
Response Text
23
Serve on the DE Advisory Committee, not listed above.
Mar 15, 2011 12:36 PM
24
How does this planning fit in with the strategic goals and Ed Master Plan
documents? How are committee members chosen to serve on these
committees?
These may indeed be areas that need to be addressed
Mar 15, 2011 2:15 PM
25
As with all planning committees, a select few are involved and thus empowered
to make decisions for the non-participatory majority. I don't know how to address
this unfortunate "normality."
Mar 15, 2011 4:26 PM
26
I think we should make a continuing effort to educate people on how to access
this information. workshops.
Mar 15, 2011 4:44 PM
27
Would participate more if the district would offer a M.O.U. changing contract
language from 'need permission of supervisor' to "staff are to be allowed to
participate in governing committees and can negotiate the participation times
with the employees supervisor. If a participation times can not be agreed upon,
then an appeal can be resolved through problem solving".
Mar 15, 2011 5:43 PM
28
there are many other committees in addition to the above. I don't see a place
where it all comes together.
Mar 15, 2011 6:16 PM
29
As an associate faculty member I know nothing about these committees, what
they do, who is eligible for membership, and particularly whether they perform
any real function.
Mar 15, 2011 8:48 PM
30
I just wanted to comment that programs such as the Hospitality, Restaurant, and
Culinary Arts who do not have a full time faculty member are not utilizing the
faculty they do have for planning, program review, or any other feedback.
Considering several of the part time faculty have been with the program from
inception it seems a shame they are not utilized. It feels like programs without
representation from qualified faculty are getting left behind in the planning
process and not being informed on a regular basis from the division or asked for
input. Thank you.
Mar 17, 2011 10:09 AM
31
Under Dr. Marsee's administration, my input was never acknowledged. As a
result, I did not work directly with the above committees although I did confer
with some of the committees' members from time to time. I hope that under new
administration a more open atmosphere will encourage and value the input of
everyone.
Mar 18, 2011 2:28 PM
32
I'm not sure how this information is used to develp an integrated planning model.
Mar 21, 2011 2:23 PM
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6. Please use the space below to provide any written comments about the planning or governance process in
general and any specific committees. Include general comments, specific observations regarding strengths and
weaknesses of the planning model or process, positive or negative occurrences, or sug...
Response Text
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I have been most frustrated with the workings of the College Council. The length
of time it takes to process anything through that committee is totally
unacceptable. It has operated as a place where things go to die a slow death or
become "missing in inaction". The hard work expended to submit policies and
procedures to the C.C. seem waisted when little action follows the submission.
Let's get this fixed or remove this impediment! We have also not seen a
complete intergration of all the committees work in budget development and
implementation. To truly have intergrated planning all the "dot need to be
connected".
Mar 22, 2011 9:54 AM
34
did even know there was a furniture/equipment committee
college council sends out its emails with meeting info at the last minute--aside
from these emails I do not know where to access the info. College council, in my
opinion, still needs to be defined to all as to what its role is.
Program review is always adjusting so not sure it has gone through its growing
pains to fit in with the integrated planning model.
Mar 22, 2011 11:39 AM
35
There is little incentive for associate faculty to participate on committees. The
emails that are sent out keep me in the loop; however, the reply-to-all was a real
irritant, but that habit seems to be going down now.
Mar 24, 2011 9:04 AM
36
The process is getting clearer. The committees are getting stronger. And the
work is getting more meaningful. But the process could be less cumbersome.
The committees, less fractured. And the work, less demanding. Now that we
have the components in place, let's co-ordinate them and fine-tune the results.
Mar 24, 2011 9:14 AM
37
I've not yet looked into these committees. I do not know how to find out what
these committees do.
Mar 24, 2011 9:21 AM
38
It would be a very positive step for CR to compensate part-time (associate)
faculty for committee involvement and self-education about access and how
committees fit into the Integrated Planning Model. I found committee information
easily in the Faculty Internal Site on the CR website. What I don't know is how, in
my practice as a part time professor, I can make use of this information.
Guidelines and expectations, please!
Mar 24, 2011 10:56 AM
39
Planning process assumes teaching faculty have ample time to peruse websites
regularly for information which many do not. There is no notification or prompting
if your program or discipline is/has been rated, ranked, allocated, or disallowed.
Mar 24, 2011 11:11 AM
40
Sorry, nobody's fault but my own I'm sure. I see when these folks contact me via
email, but I honestly don't know how to access information about any of them
otherwise. I never tried to. I try not to get overinvolved with things since I'm just
part-time at CR.
Mar 24, 2011 11:15 AM
41
This is pretty well known, but there are still committee pages on the internal
website that are outdated.
Mar 24, 2011 11:37 AM
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6. Please use the space below to provide any written comments about the planning or governance process in
general and any specific committees. Include general comments, specific observations regarding strengths and
weaknesses of the planning model or process, positive or negative occurrences, or sug...
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It seems that much of the work requested form the various committees comes
at us without any warning and without a clear explanation about how the
information will be used.
There is not any direct feedback mechanism - other than the information that
comes from PRC and it posted on MYCR. Information from variouos planning
committees requires searching through the inside redwoods site/ my cr site and
it is difficult to know when new information has been posted. One place to
review and gather information along with consistent format fro reporting and
clear expectations would be helpful and make for efficient communication.
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Mar 25, 2011 10:01 AM