Professional Development Committee
Minutes
Monday, September 21, 2015, 1:30 p.m.
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MEMBERS
Name
Terri Pyer
Moises Almendariz
Augustine Nevarez
Megan Blevins
Laura Lark
Marina Reyes
Andrea Marble
Carol Kimbrough
Pam Wiese
Janet Flores
Janeen Whitmore
John Perez
Others
Name
Representing
CHRO; co-chair
Administrative
Administrative
PD Center; co-chair
Professional
Development Center
CSEA
Human Resources
Faculty
Faculty
Faculty
Faculty
Faculty
Monica Massimo
Title or
Representing
HR Staff
CALL TO ORDER & INTRODUCTIONS
Meeting called to order at 1:42 p.m.
Present
Present x x x x x x x x x x x x x
Absent
Absent
Terri Pyer
ACTION ITEMS
1. After a brief introduction of all participants, the agenda was approved.
2. The April 20 and May 18 minutes were approved.
3. Travel/Conference Grant materials were sent late to the committee members.
Therefore, it was decided that the deadline for each member to submit the scoring sheets will be Wednesday, September 23 at noon. Terri, Megan and Carol will then finalize the process.
The only exception that was approved at the meeting was Liz Estrella’s request – she will bring the 3CSN conference to the college on November 20 and is requesting $
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HARTNELL COLLEGE VISION STATEMENT
Hartnell College will be nationally recognized for the success of our students by developing leaders who will contribute to the social, cultural, and economic vitality of our region and the global community.
HARTNELL COLLEGE MISSION STATEMENT
Focusing on the needs of the Salinas Valley, Hartnell College provides educational opportunities for students to reach academic goals in an environment committed to student learning, achievement and success.

1,890 for food. Since this is a free conference and it will be available to anyone at
Hartnell, it is not subject to a travel and conference request, but it will be funded separately as a request for a speaker or workshop.
4. Innovation Grant – Terri guided new members on how to score the requests.
Emphasized that this grant is not only a faculty award. Besides managers, who are not eligible, everybody is encouraged to participate. Then she briefly described each of them and the committee agreed to turn in the scoring sheets by the end of Friday,
September 25.
5. Megan explained the purpose of the Educator-in-Residence (to bring someone to the college that is really inspiring). Terri explained that due to the costs associated to bring someone to the campus, the best option is to choose someone in the state. Nationally famous people might be too expensive. She also reported the attendance last year and mentioned how difficult is to get audience at night. Generally speaking, it was pretty good for a first time. Moises mentioned that he is expecting some new grant funding.
When and if that happens it will be possible to join efforts. Also, there was a talk about changing the name of the program. For this time, three nominations were submitted and the committee decided to send their scores by the end of Friday, September 25.
6. Terri explained that the Professional Development Committee was formed two years ago and briefly described its purpose. There is an ongoing conversation about whether to continue to have a separate faculty committee. Carol mentioned that the Academic
Senate is exploring how to merge both committees. It is not a vote but a talk about the merger. Terri’s concern is that we need to honor the professional development for everybody, not limit it to faculty. Another concern is the frequency of the meetings, since the faculty committee meets twice a month for about 1.5 hours each time. It was stated that if we were able to merge both committees, we would be leaders in the state. Terri suggested that we also should contact different sources to figure out how professional development should look.
7. Megan gave a brief description of the 4C/SD state-wide conference on retooling professional development that she participated in in April and mentioned that we are really on the right track.
INFORMATION/DISCUSSION/PRESENTATIONS
None (due to time).
NEXT MEETING(S)
October 19, 2015
November 16, 2015
ADJOURNMENT
Meeting adjourned at 3 p.m.
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HARTNELL COLLEGE VISION STATEMENT
Hartnell College will be nationally recognized for the success of our students by developing leaders who will contribute to the social, cultural, and economic vitality of our region and the global community.
HARTNELL COLLEGE MISSION STATEMENT
Focusing on the needs of the Salinas Valley, Hartnell College provides educational opportunities for students to reach academic goals in an environment committed to student learning, achievement and success.