Professional Staff Leadership Team
Un-Adopted Meeting Minutes
March, 1, 2013 2-4 pm
East Campus Room 8-104D
Present
Johnny Aplin, Liz Jusino, Jeff Hogan, Shelby Fiorentino, Todd Hunt, Julie Balassa,
Jerry Reed, Charles Fox, Susan Dunn, Isabel Rivera, Donna Kosloski
Absent
Call to Order
Kevin Matis, Carolyn McMorran, Judy Jackson, Mariann Swenson, Heidi Shugg
The meeting was called to order at 2:00 P.M.
Approval of
Minutes
The April 9, 2012 regular meeting minutes were identified as missing a few items
and tabled to another meeting for adoption. The December Minutes..are still
elusive. I have what Shelby sent, so I will 1) keep looking 2) send out what we
have for review, or further discussion, and do both at the April meeting.
Chair Report
Professional Development Day / Spring Luncheon was discussed.
Looking to basically emulate same as last year.
Same breakfast and lunch menu as last year, but Donna was able to negotiate a
lesser price!
The event is to be held on April 17th, scheduled from 8AM-1 PM.
The venue has yet to be decided, however the consensus of the board was to look
into the feasibility of having it on the Osceola campus, with an option of a tour
from 1PM to 2PM of Osceola's beautiful new building.
It was proposed we send out a survey to all professional staff asking for thoughts
on last year's event, and to inquire as to what the professional staff might like
reported on this year.
Recording and or live streaming of event was discussed
Possible speakers and topics were discussed:
PDP update
Dispute resolution Policy
The Edge
Michelle Sever, Liz Suarez, and Amy Bosley from HR as well as Leslie Golden
from legal were discussed as possible speakers.
Council
Reports
Susan Dunn reported or the “College Learning Council” (COC): Please see hand
out / attachment
Joe Nunes reported on the “College Operations Council” (COC): Please see hand
out / attachment
Jerry Reed reported on the “College Planning Council” (CPC) Reported: Keith
Houck gave financials. Budget in flux. Possible “small” raise this year, could be
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dependent on tuition increase, which is unlikely. In addition, Jerry briefly spoke on
the idiosyncrasies of the OIT pathways to advancement.
SACS accreditation was discussed, particularly mentioning Lake Nona campus site
visit, separate from Valencia’s upcoming Re-affirmation site visit.
The increasing role of campus Presidents was discussed, still some confusion on
how they (will) fit into the Strategic Planning Structure.
Planning for the “Big Meeting” continues. Went over Kurt’s hand drawn diagram
(since disseminated computer drawn) of the (now accepted @ CJI meeting) QEP.
Isabel Rivera reported on the "Employee Recognition and Award Team." Have
held three meetings, Nothing concrete yet. Budgetary issues always play a role in
determining awards. So far, speaking of moderate increases, some enhancements
to what is already in place.
Liz Jusino and Julie Balassa reported on the "Dispute Resolution Design Team"
Codes of conduct and codes of ethics have been fine-tuned.
Still have to finalize the "Dispute Resolution Process." In progress, possible two
meetings required. Many questions remain to be answered.
It was mentioned that the committee had looked at these agreements at many other
colleges, including Valencia's "Career Service" model. It was determined that
Valencia's Career Service model, isn't really a "Dispute Resolution" model; but
rather more of an "appeal" model. In this model, the "situation" has already been
settled, and the person affected can only bring forth an "appeal" for review. This
came as a surprise to many on the board. It was stated that the only time this
process had been utilized was to appeal a termination. Not the model we wish to
emulate.
Miscellaneous
If you haven't already, get a picture of yourself to Jeff to put on our site.
Adjourn
The meeting adjourned at 3:57 PM.
Next Meeting: April 8th, CJI 219