Los Angeles Harbor College
Staff Development Committee
Staff Development activities for January 10 – 13, 2005
Activity
Presenter
Date
Time
Great Teachers Forum
Carmen Carrillo
January 10 All Day
Classified Staff development opportunities
Mary Henry Spring Break
Tegrity Training
Joshua Abarbanel January 25 – 27 All Day
Intro to computer operation
Ivan Clarke
Room
LRC 125
Are there any courses that would instruct me how to put a class web page on our campus server so i can post handouts, notices,
homework, syllabus, and so on. This is my most important need at this time.
Sue Yoder
Microsoft Operating System
Sean Kao
MicroSoft File Management
Gonzalo Medoza
PowerPoint (introduction)
Joan Thomas Spiegel
Excel (Grade Book)
Joan Thomas Speigel
PowerPoint (Advanced)
Joan Thomas Spiegel
Access
Hovsep Kotelyan
Designing Web Pages
Josh Abarbanel
Intro to Groupwise and Telephone Huong Vu
Advanced Groupwise
Huong Vu
IT help desk
Gonzalo Mendoza
Resume Writing
Karen Black
Jan 11 11:00 AM
Opera
Karen Black
Jan 11 1:00 PM
Writing SLOs into the curriculum Sally Fasteau
The High Tech Classroom
Mark Wood
Yoga
Nabeel Barakat
Mental Wellness
Bonnie Burnstein
Campus Governance
Mark Wood
Writing Program Reviews
Ann Thomlinson
National College Catalogues
Joy Fisher
Planning a successful Event
Mary Henry
If possible I would like to give my presentation on the 12th - after lunch or afternoon - it will take an hour and a half (1 1/2).
I think I'll keep the name basic "How to Plan A Successful Event"
Description: Learn how to plan a successful event by using a variety of organizational techniques.
Also, Councilwoman Janice Hahn will be having an event on Jan. 11th in the Music Recital Hall regarding the Ken Mallory Regional Park.
I don't have a time on this yet, but I will let you know as soon as I know.
Meeting College Goals
Jim Stanbery
Fulbright Exchange and Scholar program Charles Bossler
The Fulbright, Scholar, Teaching Exchange and Summer Seminar abroad programs.
Doctorial Review
Jerry Davis
check SD Davis WKSP 05 my docs
Synopsis of Discussion
In one heated budget meeting, several years ago, I was asked “what is the relationship between
what the college is budgeting in its operations versus what we are generating with respect to student
performance outcomes”. I could not answer this question.
Three years later my efforts to answer this question lead to a doctoral dissertation at the
University of Southern California. My dissertation used concepts in economics that included
Transaction Costs (TACs) and educational production functions. I also used concepts of organizational
behavior.
In its simplest form A “transaction” is the label given to all exchanges of value between providers
and clients. In my case the college is a provider and the student is the client who is seeking something of
value from the college. The exchange for value between them is that a student receives a GPA, and the
college receives a form of reimbursement, e.g. money, prestige, etc. A “transaction cost” (TAC) is any
factor which acts as a disincentive to the exchanges of goods and services. These include costs of
information and measurement, and uncertainty of how the transaction is progressing, etc.
By defining GPAs as having property rights with market value, I wanted to demonstrate that
student performance outcomes in the context of TAC theory, are consistent with the theory’s predictions
that high transaction costs are associated with low property rights ( low GPAs), and low transaction costs
are associated with high property rights (high GPAs).
The sample used in this research was composed of 1,161 Noel Levitz student satisfaction
questionnaires from a population of 10,000 day and evening community college students selected at
random in 1999 at Evergreen Valley College located in San Jose California. Analysis of variance and
factor analysis were used to analyze data.
My research findings were that an inverse relationship exists between the students’ perceptions of
organizational TACs and their performance, as measured by grade point averages (GPAs). Students in
high GPA categories were found to be best able to cope with the college’s differing rules, processes, and
procedures, and as a result had perceptions of low TACs. Students in low GPA categories were not
good at coping with the college’s differing rules, processes, and procedures, and had perceptions of high
TACs. Students in medium GPA categories were associated with perceptions that fell between the high
and low GPA categories. A budget modeling philosophy was developed based on organizational change
which seeks to reduce TACs for all students.
Title : A Chief Business Officers Assessment of the Relationships Between Student Performance
Outcomes and the Budget Process.
Presentation Format
The presentation will consist of a 45 -minute power point presentation followed by a 15-minute question
and answer session.
Format of the Presentation and Discussion
1. An assessment of the research concerning Educational Production Functions (10 Minutes)
2. Understanding the Relationship Between Investing in College Operations and its impact on
student performance outcomes. ( 10 Minutes )
3. Defining a model to understand the relationship ( 10 Minutes)
4. Defining student behavior in the context of economic behavior as opposed to traditional learning
behaviors ( 5 minutes)
5. Implications on budget planning using economic behaviors to assess the impact on student
performance outcomes (10 minutes)
Outline Of Presentation
Title : A Chief Business Officers Assessment of the Relationships Between Student Performance
Outcomes and the Budget Process.
Presentation Format
The presentation will consist of a 45 -minute power point presentation followed by a 15-minute question
and answer session.
Format of the Presentation and Discussion
6. An assessment of the research concerning Educational Production Functions (10 Minutes)
7. Understanding the Relationship Between Investing in College Operations and its impact on
student performance outcomes. ( 10 Minutes )
8. Defining a model to understand the relationship ( 10 Minutes)
9. Defining student behavior in the context of economic behavior as opposed to traditional learning
behaviors ( 5 minutes)
10. Implications on budget planning using economic behaviors to assess the impact on student
performance outcomes (10 minutes)
Target Population: Administrators, Faculty, and Staff
Target Population: Administrators, Faculty, and Staff
NEBS Natinal employee benefit services Larry Koeppel Jan 11
12:00 Fac/Staff Din
Jan 12
10:00
M.S. Outlook
Robert Richards
Classified Staff Development
Mark Wood / Teresa Gonzalez
Latina Lit – Carmen The title of my presentation is "Let's Take a Ride with Las Girlfriends: A
Look into Latina Literature"
Description: In the literature of contemporary Latina writers like Sandra Cisneros, Michele
Serros, and Helena Maria Viramontes, they break the tradition of silence, for history has
produced generations of silent women. What has been lost isn't so much the power of voice as
it is the power of the stories that have not been told. This presentation will reveal the stories of
women who choose to avoid another century of silence.
Room: I have no preference but if LRC 125 is available I'll take it.
I will provide the overhead and the CD player.
Wednesday, January 12 at 10:00 a.m. if possible.