STAFF DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
Minutes, February 20, 2014, Teaching & Learning Center
Attendees: Francine Van Meter (Chair), Sandi Moore, Sylvia Winder, John Govsky, Marcy
Alancraig, Patrick Meyer, Michael Mangin, Sesario Escoto, Sue Slater, Poco Marshall
Absent: Jill Gallo, Ian Haslam, Vicki Fabbri, Loree McCawley, Carol Hoffman
Welcome and Introductions
Spring Flex Week Review
Members received copies of the Spring 2014 Event Summary, collected from workshop
evaluation forms and attendance sheets. Attendance was consistent with past spring flex
events and the number of events made the coordination manageable.
Fall Flex Week Planning
Sesario proposed a guest speaker for All College Day. Last semester the Staff Development
Committee provided partial funding for two members of the Student Support Conference
Team (SSCT) to attend the National Association of Behavior Intervention Teams conference.
They heard Lucinda Roy from Virginia Tech speak. She is a creative writing instructor and
wrote No Right to Remain Silent: What We’ve Learned from the Virginia Tech Tragedy. Her
contribution to the discussion about campus safety and education reform comes from firsthand experience and is shared across the country. The Virginia Tech shooter was one of her
students. Unfortunately, she can only come on Friday of flex week because of her teaching
commitments. President Jones states if we invite a guest speaker, it would probably be in
the spring.
The Committee agreed if we don’t host a guest speaker, All College Day will once again be
on Monday of flex week. Poco expressed concerns about getting the Theater ready and
time for rehearsals for All College Day. Everyone agreed he needs ample advance notice to
plan ahead.* *Poco was notified RE: President’s decision and ACD will be on Monday,
August 25. Last year the rehearsal was held on the Friday afternoon before Flex Week.
Marcy shared some suggestions from the “Visioning” workshop; have a theme for the entire
year, included as part of flex week, and whatever flex is, it should be designed for faculty
and classified. There was discussion about connectedness and connecting; faculty and staff
with each other, with students, connected with teaching and learning. Cabrillo Connects
seemed to be a simple theme with options to expand into different services and programs.
Budget and funding requests
The Staff Development budget has a little over $7,000 left from one-time carry over funds.
Last year in response to the Student Success Task Force Recommendations and specifically
recommendation #6, to Re-envision and Re-vitalize professional development; colleges
participated in a six months process of developing recommendations related to professional
development. This work resulted in seven recommendations going to the Board of
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Governors (Board) in September 2013. The Board in response to the recommendations and
with the support of the Chancellor included professional development as a part of its 2014
Legislative Agenda. This past Friday Assemblyman Das Williams, Chair of the Higher
Education Committee in the Assembly introduced AB 2558, the Community College
Professional Development Program.
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/13-14/bill/asm/ab_25512600/ab_2558_bill_20140221_introduced.htm
It is quite likely the word “Flex” will morph into a more comprehensive campus-wide
Cabrillo College Professional Development Program. Flex week will be a contractual part of
the overall program. Stay tuned…
www.cabrillo.edu/services/tlc/staffdev.html
Staff Development Resources > select Committee Minutes and Agenda
Spring 2014 meeting dates (in room 1096)
Thursday, March 20, 3:30-5pm
Thursday, April 17, 3:30-5pm Flex calendar approved at this meeting.
Fall 2014 Flex Week, August 25–29, 2014
All College Day will be on MONDAY
Call for proposals begins Monday, March 24, 2014
Deadline for Flex Proposals – Monday, April 21, 2014