Professional Development Advisory Committee Meeting
December 18, 2014
Attendee: Shirley Audet, Tuesday L. Cooper, Walter Diaz (Chair), Ellen Gillette, Renee
Keech, Michael Stenko, Janice Wilson
Absent: Karen Collins, Wendi Everton, Yaw Nsiah
1. Introduction – Dr. Diaz called the meeting to order (11:00 am) and explained
how he conducts meetings. Regular meetings will he held with an agenda.
Relaxed “Robert’s Rules of Order.” Checking on membership to make sure that
K. Collins and Y. Nsiah are on committee.
2. Note/Minute Taker – Volunteer
a) Tuesday L. Cooper agreed to take notes. Attendees will be listed as part of
the minutes.
b) The goal is to get the meeting minutes circulated prior to the meetings so that
participants can read them before hand and come to meeting prepared to
vote.
c) Mike S. made a motion to accept the minutes of 10/23/14 & Renee T-K
seconded the motion.
3. Update of gathering baseline data (Presented by Tuesday L. Cooper) – Data was
collected from various offices
a. Challenge defining faculty and professional development. Everyone has a
different definition.
b. Challenge of storing data. Who is responsible?
c. Challenging obtaining consistent baseline data for reasons outlined below.
Key Questions Raised/Discussed: Committee wants to make sure that there are funds
and work to help staff find the funds and make them aware of the funds. How can we
recognize people who attend PD/FD on the department end? Is it the role of the
supervisor to highlight for employees that which may be available? How do we change
the culture to get supervisors to keep track of the numbers and types of professional
development opportunities?
Action Items:
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How do we define professional development, consistently across campus?
How do we track professional development, consistently across campus?
How do we report professional development, consistently across campus?
Who should be the keeper of the information?
Updates from Dr. Close -
(Presented by Tuesday L. Cooper)
a. Report on CSA (5) and HAVEN (141) Training numbers
b. Campus – wide FERPA Training Scheduled for March 15 and 16, 2015
c. Contributed by others - Other workshops on campus: Data Security (Steve
Nelson is in the process of identifying who needs to attend); University
Relations social media workshops
d. Is there a way to do a paper survey for Facilities? Many don’t have
computers; may include a language barrier (translation needed from
English to Spanish and Polish).
5. Survey of Professional Staff – Dr. Diaz shared the Student Affairs survey. Can
it be used as a model to do an assessment across staff? Should we assess at all?
Key questions raised/discussed: On the department level, what is the value of
professional development? What is the return on investment?
Action Item: Review assessment and give opinions at the next meeting.
6. OPD Website – Group feedback
a. It’s fine/None
7. Assessment/Evaluation of Professional Development – Dr. Diaz discussed this
item in conjunction with #5 (above).
a. Compliance Training – Haven and Campus Security Authority - Dr.
Cooper discussed this item in conjunction with #4 (above).
8. Upcoming Training Offerings
a. Discussion of Lunch and Learn Type series
b. Speak with Cynthia Washburn about upcoming athletics training
9. Announcements – None
10. Other Business – None
11. Future Meetings – Tuesday should work (not during lunch hour)
Adjourned at 12:00 pm