Dean’s Council
Monday, February 16, 2011
8:00 – 9:00am
Health Occ Conference Room
Notes:
Utpal Goswami, Rachel Anderson, Ahn Fielding, Pat Girczyc, Mike Peterson, Anita Janis,
Geisce Ly; Maggie Lynch
1. CSEA negotiation updates:
 Active meetings are ongoing on the compensation study
 Under discussion is a proposal for a 4 day summer schedule, which includes a 40 hr
work week with an 8 hour release day (work 32 hours in lieu of step increase)
 There is a week wait while members decide whether to move forward; then there are
still details to work out, such as 5 day programs, limited-to-zero enrollments for
Fridays, and minimal classes for summer.
 This schedule would begin the week after graduation and end three weeks prior to
start of fall classes.
 Pat feels she can move her 5 day programs to a 4 day week.
 If staff is needed five days then departments can effect a rotation: some people take
Monday off and others Friday
2. Summer Workload Plan – Discussion as mentioned above
3. Salary study- (above) classified staff would like this resolved soon
 There will be discussion with faculty about a step freeze. There are issues to navigate.
Note: a step freeze equals about $370,000 if across the board (from the general fund)
4. Comprehensive program reviews (degrees)
 After conversing with Peter and the stipend committee, it was decided not to offer
stipends to complete comprehensive program reviews. The (comprehensive) process
will be streamlined to include only analytical parts, not the whole load of courses that
encompass degrees. CRFO will review to approve it falls within the contract scope.
 Per Maggie, assessment will be separate as per the newly developing five-year
assessment plans. SLOs will be reduced to manageable numbers and program
outcomes will be defined in broad terms (by degrees). The deadline for the initial fiveyear assessment plan is April. If program outcomes aren’t clarified at that point, there
will be a one day session to do so.
5. BP 4020 Program Discontinuance policy
 We need to determine a process. In times of budget crises, program review will not
work because this is about eliminating or putting on hold “good programs” that are
costly to run. A list of considerations is necessary, such as number of students in the
program and the cost per FTE generated
6. Status of two-year rotations
 All Academic Affairs and CTE two-year course rotations have been submitted to the
EMC. CTE needs to make some corrections and clarifications
 Rachel requested her rotations be done by category, as in the catalog, rather than by
division. It makes more sense for TLU and course allocation
7. Governance Document (from College Council)
 This will be an important document for the institution when adopted.
 Utpal requests the Dean’s review it from the perspective of what is missing. He feels
it needs clarification; the committee structure is well delineated, but how and at what
level are decisions made still needs work. The Dean’s Council will use one meeting
for feedback
8. Vision Statement (from College Council)
 Mission and Values are moving ahead, but there is substantial disagreement on vision
 There will be another session of faculty and staff to sort out the vision statement
9. Dean Report-outs
 HOPS: Pat Girczyc is on the Board Agenda as the new Dean. HSU closing the
Nursing Program was not timely with the CR nursing enrollment period and they are
considering offering another enrollment period
 Instruction is working on SB 1440. Peter is in conversation with HSU department
chairs. CR has been following the chancellor’s template and our courses fall into line.
 We are on course for summer with no reductions at this time. The issue is how to
schedule classes to meet budget restraints
 Per Utpal, ACCJC will look at four or five substantive change proposals. They will
inform which are and are not new programs. The commission will meet in March to
determine how we submit, CR will have details by the end of April and our changes
will be reviewed June. Because we made initial contact in February, we will be
counted as meeting the six month requirement.
 The final DE substantive change was submitted. Allen Keppner sent list of areas to
compare with Maggie’s list of courses at or close to 50%
 Applied tech faculty would like stronger justification sent to the senate on why the AT
Welding position is being filled. Some felt Jeff’s letter was a sort of a hand-off
 A memo on safety will be sent from Keith and Mike Wells stating, if there is a threat,
whether believed to be viable or not, written, verbal or reported, the first thing to do is
call the police to make sure the individual(s) is dealt with. It is not up to us to
determine the viability of a threat
 There are five finalists who will be interviewed on February 22, 2011, for VP of
Administrative Services
Next meeting: 3/2/2011 8am, Health Occupations Conference Room
 Agenda Item: Set an extra meeting for the governance document feedback