Peralta Faculty Forum May 20, 2010 (plus additional email comments)
Challenges and Issues Facing Peralta CCD and the Next Chancellor
Fiscal Challenges – Restoring the fiscal integrity of the district
Building a district budget that supports the colleges in an era of diminishing state support
Strong advocate for PCCD with federal, state and local legislators, active in the political arena
Strengthen PCCD’s involvement in workforce development
Be open to the private sector and seeking funds for PCCD from that arena
Using technology to solve district problems
Working with a Board that often micro-manages
Restoring open communication and transparency in decision-making
Restoring trust
Creating a district operation that is supportive of the colleges
Effectively representing PCCD and building bridges with the communities served by the district
Strengthening ties with local K-12 districts
Ability to build bridges to the local communities
Develop a district culture where the highest priority is on student success
Rebuilding PCCD as a district with a shared vision and mission
Ensuring that district operations maximize resources to support instructional and student support services throughout the district
Create an appropriate balance between services for district students and international students
Restoring PCCD to good standing with the Accreditation Commission

Create clear communication across the district regarding budget expenditures, mission and vision of the district
Create concrete, achievable goals for the district and colleges based on up to date data, planning meetings with faculty, staff and administration in the colleges
Establish a district wide ethic of excellence, respect and commitment to our communities and each other
Raise the level of connectedness and participation of all constituents within the district in the on-going planning and life of the district and colleges
Be able to connect with the different constituents in our communities including students (e.g. basic skills, business and corporations, seniors, transfer students, vocational students, etc.)
Consider expanding the Peralta online course offerings to meet the demand
Professional and Personal Characteristics of the Next Chancellor
Someone who is savvy with technology
Able to direct others in the use of technology to resolve the district’s issues
An academic administrator
Someone experienced with administrative software conversions
A chancellor who is accountable and holds others accountable as well
Someone capable of rebuilding morale
A team builder who works well with others and brings out their best.
Honest, fair, forthright and integrity in all actions, a reflective listener
Someone who understands the dynamics between the colleges and the district in a multi-college district
A demonstrated commitment to shared governance
Patience, empathetic to staff, students and the Peralta community
Highly ethical

Someone who has a personal vision supportive of the community college educational enterprise
Appreciates the community college system and what it has to offer to all
Understands the community college mission
A demonstrated capability for fundraising
Someone capable of effectively representing PCCD to the local businesses
Supportive of a learner centered educational philosophy including learning communities
Patience, someone capable of explaining complicated matters
Knowledgeable regarding the political realities and ability to deftly interact with the politics of our state and nation regarding the support for community colleges
Kind, respectful, easy-going yet focused and powerful individual who can lead our district and colleges in a straightforward, clear and definitive manner
Candidate should favor pragmatic management over visionary leadership
Candidate should have a demonstrated commitment to and long experience with public education
Candidate should be an effective communicator who eschews administrative jargon
Candidate should have been a tenured faculty member at a community college
Candidate should have a history of listening to and working with faculty, staff, students and the community
Candidate should have experience working with collective bargaining units and a history of respecting labor
Candidate should have a practical understanding of economic realities but put academic integrity ahead of business interests
Community college classroom instructor in California at least half time in the last ten years and full time in the last fifteen
Someone who respects the role that Administration, Faculty, Classified and Students play and the contributions and expertise each have to offer

Someone who will respect each College’s expertise and approach to Ed Master
Planning, Facilities Planning, Human Resources Planning and Technology
Integration.
Someone who believes in and promises Participatory Governance processes despite imperfections and slow progress
Someone who believes and supports the notion that all Colleges and District support services exist to deliver the best possible education to the student enrolled in a
Peralta College.
Someone who understands that the majority of educational delivery takes place between faculty and students within a course environment but that certain students require additional support developing Fundamental Education Skills, and Life Skills and others require Psychological and Emotional Counseling and Intervention.
Someone who believes that all of the above take place in a public education environment and hold the student’s individual well being and advancement and the individual’s success a sacred trust
Someone that holds Transfer Education, Career and Technical Education,
Fundamental Skills Development and Life Style Enrichment to be one and the same and coequal in importance
Someone who supports academic and program integrity above all considerations
Someone who understands the unique Peralta community/constituency of Alameda,
Oakland and Berkeley; i.e. ethnicity, class status, age, etc. who can speak to and for them as well as the faculty and the staff