College Senate: Minutes
Date: 11-16-10
Location: Allied Health Bldg., room 4510
Minutes Approved: ___Yes
___No (Changes: )
Visit the College Senate website at http://www1.cpcc.edu/senate/ for the College Senate minutes, SharePoints
(items for open discussion), and information about NCCCFA, Senate bylaws, Senate membership, committees,
forms, etc.
President Gary Gilbody called the meeting to order and welcomed the senators. Then a motion was made, seconded,
and unanimously voted to approve October’s minutes.
Guest Speakers Gary then introduced the following guest speakers:
Paul Santos (Associate VP of HR) & Kelly Natoli (Dir. of Employee Relations): Paul and Kelly gave an update on
some changes in Policies and Procedures. They also reviewed some policies to clarify the reasons, perceptions, and
actual intent of the Administration behind the policies.
1. Policy 4.08, specifically Investigations & Employee Notification
a. When an employee is under investigation, he/she is notified immediately in most cases.
b. Criminal activity, fear of retaliation, or safety concerns may delay employee notification.
2. Performance Management
a. Process should be corrective and prescriptive, not punitive.
b. The PDP process should be used to set expectations with performance and conduct.
c. When necessary, a progressive disciplinary process is usually followed. First, a verbal warning is
issued. Next, the first written warning is issues. The third step is a final written warning.
3. Policy 4.28, Involuntary Leave
a. Contract obligations by CPCC and employee contract rights.
i. A contract employee is not an “employee at will” during the dates of the contract because our
Policies & Procedures don’t correlate with those guidelines.
ii. Contract employees have property rights to their contracts. Therefore, due process must be
allowed and followed.
iii. If a contract employee is put on unpaid leave, CPCC risks being sued for breach of contract.
This is risky and the school would be hesitant to do so.
iv. Leave can’t be for an indefinite period of time. Due to the employee’s contract, it must be
resolved.
b. Leave without pay hasn’t occurred in over 5 years. When an employee is placed on Involuntary
Leave, it is almost always paid leave.
c. It’s in the best interest of all parties to preserve a good employer/employee relationship.
d. Administrative leave is not used as a punishment. It is extremely rare and must be signed by the
president.
4. A brief explanation and discussion was held of the end of extended contracts for Professional Staff.
Adam Brooks: Adam gave a brief social media update and provided handouts with guidelines for faculty.
Melissa Warlick (Executive Director of Marketing Services): Melissa lead a brief brainstorming session to get ideas
for a new tagline for CPCC.
President’s Report (Gary Gilbody):
1. Gary introduced Kent Rittenhouse, who will be taking over as chair of the Faculty Welfare Committee.
2. Achieving the Dream update: Focus groups will be trained soon.
President-elect (Fred Tone): no report
Committee Reports:
1. Student Welfare (Rudy Johnson/Heather Hamilton): The committee is working with Jeff Friar regarding parking
deck safety measures and is waiting to hear his suggestions.
2. Faculty Welfare / Academic Policies (Kent Rittenhouse): The committee announced that Kent Rittenhouse has
taken over the position of committee chair. New members are welcome, and he’ll be contacting the members
soon.
3. Technology (Farhad Javidi): The committee is working on having more tasks available online and helping faculty
use fewer printouts. Committee minutes from each committee will be available online as well.
4. Curriculum (Pat West): Pat provided this handout of items reviewed by the committee:
Requests reviewed and approved:
1. New Curriculums:
 Occupational Therapy Assistant (A45500).
2. Program of Study Changes:
 Program of Study Revision for Construction Management Technologies to add CST 244, Sustainable
Building Design
 Program of Study Revision for Construction Management Technologies to revise their list of MAT options
 Program of Study Revision for Air-Conditioning, Heating and Refrigeration to revise their list of MAT options
3. Pre-Requisite Requests:
 Prerequisite revision for BUS 153, Human Resource Management
Requests Reviewed and Did Not Approve:
 Request for pre-requisite modifications to fast track developmental math classes (MAT 051, MAT 061, MAT
071, MAT 081
 Program of Study revision request for Business Administration to add BAF 222, Money and Banking as a
technical elective.
 Prerequisite revision for ACC 120, Principles of Financial Accounting
5. Credentials (Peggy Rivers) – One binder has been submitted to the committee for consideration. The committee
is continuing to work on making the application criteria more transparent for applicants.
6. Educational Resources (Erin Payton): The committee has approved $5000.00 in funds since the last report.
7. Professional Staff Welfare (Keith Vincent): The committee is working to engage and involve more professional
staff.
New Business: The following topics were discussed:
 Gary asked for feedback on the office hours guideline of 8 – 10 hours per week. After a discussion, the
general consensus seemed to be a recommendation of 5 – 10 hours per week or a minimum of 5 hours per
week.
There being no further business, a motion was made, seconded, and unanimously voted to adjourn the meeting.
ACTION: Please share the information in these minutes with the members of your division/department.
Next Meeting Time: There will not be a meeting in December.
Location: N/A
Respectfully submitted,
Courtney Kimball
Secretary