Professional Development Committee
Minutes
Monday, May 18, 2015, 3:30 p.m.
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MEMBERS
Name
Terri Pyer
Shannon Bliss
Megan Blevins
Laura Lark
Andrea Marble
Carol Kimbrough
Pam Wiese
Others
Name
Loyanne Flin
Representing
CHRO; co-chair
Administrative
PD Center; co-chair
Professional
Development Center
Human Resources
Faculty
Faculty
Present
Title or
Representing
Foundation
Present
Absent
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
CALL TO ORDER & INTRODUCTIONS
Meeting called to order at 3:00 p.m.
Absent
x
Megan Blevins
ACTION ITEMS
1. The agenda was approved.
2. March minutes were approved.
3. EiR Nominations – postponed to fall (September)
INFORMATION/DISCUSSION/PRESENTATIONS
1. Employee Awards Program
a. Loyanne let us know that this is an award that they plan to do yearly. We could help with
communication.
Pam suggested moving out the deadline so more faculty could participate, Loyanne agreed and
moved it out to August 31st. Awards will take place during the holiday feast.
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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.
2. Employee Innovation Grant 2014-2015
I - On May 1st, awardees were supposed to:
a. present their projects and outcomes to the college community (at end of grant year)
Lori will allocate 30 minutes during convocation in August to have the grant recipients present
what they had done with their funds, and their accomplishments. Pam suggested that the
winners create concise Powerpoint presentations.
b. One page summary report to PDC (May 1st), to include work accomplished and objectives
achieved.
The committee agreed to push the date for this document to the end of the grant year, June
30th. Megan will send out an email to the recipients letting them know the deadline has been
extended and ask them to submit their papers to Monica.
II – Employee Innovation Grant 2015-2016
a. Deadline was supposed to be May 15th for next year’s applicants. However, this fell to the
side, so deadline was pushed to end of August. This will give the committee time to highlight and
advertise during the convocation timeframe.
3. Summer Institute and Classified retreat
a. For next summer (2016), start conversation now and start small, perhaps 1 or 2 days with a
tie into the Innovation Grant and/or travel/conference funding.
Pam suggested that instead of introducing the Professional Development activity during
summer it would be better to have it 4 to 6 weeks into term.
b. For this spring break (2016), topics could be identified through each major department.
Those departments could prepare training or at least give a topic or the committee can help them
find one.
4. Educator in Residence
a. Agreed to give Dr. Anne Benvenutti a small gift (framed certificate or plaque). Discussed
having the president present her with this, and Shannon suggested that the Academic Expo would
be a good time to do that.
b. For the EinR 2015/2016 Carol stated that two nominees were not sufficient to choose
between and felt we should extend the deadline into the fall, and remarket in order to get more
buy-in from the campus and hopefully many more nominations. On-campus or off-campus
nominees were acceptable. This will be revisited in the first fall semester meeting.
5. Dates will be determined through discussions over the summer.
6. PDC (working folder) in Google Drive – will give edit rights to everyone, the committee will use
this to communicate/share documents. Megan will share it after the meeting.
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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.
7. Coordination with Diversity Committee
a. Their theme for next year is an immigrant experience theme, and will read the book Tortilla
Curtain. Perhaps the committee can coordinate for next year’s diversity topic.
Standing Reports:
1. Faculty Professional Development Committee – Restructured entire reporting system. It is now
a lot easier to report PDC flex.
2. Professional Development Center is adding more technology to the FRC desktop. Will be
advertised better on the website.
3. HR update – next meeting.
NEXT MEETING(S)
August 24, 2015
ADJOURNMENT
Meeting adjourned at 4:55 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.