FINAL
EL CAMINO COLLEGE
Office of the President
Minutes of the College Council Meeting March 22, 2010
Present: Francisco Arce, Thomas Fallo, Irene Graff, Jo Ann Higdon, Jeanie Nishime,
Michael Odanaka, Susan Pickens, Arvid Spor, Elizabeth Shadish, Lynn Solomita, and
David Vakil.
1. Employee morale problems – the economy is affecting people in their personal lives and
therefore affecting them at work. We need to make people feel better about being an
employee. This is an important time to discuss morale overall on campus. Irene can
add a question about employee morale to the climate survey. EASE (Employee
Assistance Service for Education) brochures were distributed. David believed that the
EASE program was more for crisis management. This is more about how we treat our
employees. Lynn will get a report of how many people used EASE last year. If possible
she will identify categories used. Lynn said she could send out a campus-wide e-mail to
remind people about the EASE program and what services are available. One
possibility would be to have an EASE presentation as part of FLEX and Classified
Development days. Lynn will also find out if they do stress reduction workshops.
Another suggestion was to have a workshop showing what is available through EASE.
We can also talk with Donna Manno about what types of esteem building workshops are
available. One way we are improving morale is by giving more recognition for people
doing things well. There was a suggestion to take one minute out of our meetings to
recognize people for doing things well. Elizabeth suggested that we also add what it is
that enabled us to succeed. Jeanie will provide a report on the monthly volume of
Applause cards.
2. Publishing grades – Elizabeth is concerned with the rationale. She has heard three
reasons for doing this: 1) Students need the information in order to make good
decisions, 2) it is the law, and 3) it will cause dialog. Nothing that she has heard so far
makes any sense. President Fallo is in favor of letting information out and letting people
use it. This information is available to employees on the portal. It is not available to
students at this time due to an accident of technology. Irene will survey faculty and
deans to see if this information was used. We will continue this discussion at the next
meeting.
Agenda for the March 29, 2010 Meeting:
1. Minutes of March 22, 2010
2. Publishing grades
3. Drug and Alcohol Survey
Policies completed 2009-10
3430 – Prohibition of Sexual and Other Forms of Harassment Adopted 11/16/09
4050 – Articulation – Adopted 3/15/10
4250 – Probation, Dismissal and Readmission – Adopted 2/16/10
5310 – Student Grievance deleted 1/19/10
5500 – Academic Honesty & Standards of Conduct Adopted 12/21/09
AP 5520 – Student Discipline & Due Process Procedure 11/16/09
AP 5530 – Student Rights and Grievances 1/19/10
College Council Goals 2009-2010
1. Improve internal college communications.
2. Communicate fiscal issues facing the College and Center throughout the year.
3. Review – El Camino Community College District – Vision Statement, Mission
Statement, Statement of Values. Recommend revisions, as appropriate, to Guiding
Principles & Strategic Goals for new 2010-2013 document.
4. Support, review, and discuss results of a Campus Climate survey.
5. Complete 10 + 1 policies and accompanying procedures.
6. Continue to build a sense of community.
7. Increase the amount of recognition for work well done.
8. Incorporate evidence-based decision making.