COSUMNES RIVER COLLEGE

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE

Minutes

March 16, 2009

NEXT MEETING: April 20, 2009

COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Members Present: Carol Bernardo (faculty co-chair), Chou Chasengnou (classified co-chair), Kathy McLain (executive secretary), Matt McHugh, Nancy Edmonson, Osman Mohammed; and student representative, Marchez Shurn

Members Absent: Gregory Beyrer, Elizabeth Biggert, Tamyra Carmona, Deva Chopyak, Cindy Erickson (Ex), Steve Leake, Robert Montanez, Evelyn Silva (Ex), Don Tingley, Aselia Valadez, Whitney Yamamura.

1. The meeting was called to order at 2:10 p.m. by Chou.

Topic / Discussion / Action Needed
Announcements / Chou announced that she is seeking a replacement for Classified Co-chair. She has received a promotion to Accountant and will not have time to perform the additional duties of co-chair.
2. Approval of Minutes / The minutes of the February 23rd meeting were approved by consensus.
3. Convocation Theme / Carol noted that the voting for the theme for convocation resulted in “Embracing the Future” as the lead. However, a late entry of “Soaring into the Future” was submitted and the committee members present decided to approve the latter.
4. Official Charge / Nancy noted that the changes to the Official Charge of the Professional Development Committee distributed via e-mail to the committee were unanimously approved. The next step is to submit a memo and the approved Charge to the President of the College, who will forward it to the Shared Governance Committee. Kathy noted that we may wish to submit two versions of the Charge. The “Committee Membership” section may be boiler plate and not allowed to be changed. / Nancy to draft cover memo.
5 Departmental Interests at Convocation / Carol noted that she received three responses to her e-mail regarding departmental interests for presentations at convocation. The idea that has the most potential at this point is Green Technology. One suggestion was for the SIFE program, which would be more appropriate for the Spring 2010 event. It was noted that highlighting services (instead of programs/departments) would be good. Also, transfer programs across all programs would be good. Kathy will work with deans to get their support to have their programs & services presented at convocation. The weeks before school are always the busiest for student services. If they are not able to present at convocation, information on their services could be included in the packets.
6. Flex Workshops / Kathy distributed a copy of last spring’s flex workshops and the committee suggested workshops for each of our main strands as follows: Organizational Effectiveness (have time for department meetings, SLO open lab/curriculum updates, CRC’s Organizational Structure, Academic Senate presentation on Shared Governance, equity training, and council of chairs); Technology (going wireless – the campus will soon be all wireless, information security, and Excel/Outlook, continue Greg’s IT orientation); Student Success (a D2L support group, Teaching Aspects of D2L versus the technology of it, OATF presentation, and Student Discipline in the Classroom); Cultural Competence (CC&E Committee will do a presentation, we will ask the GLBTQ workshop presenters if they will present their information again); Safety (open dialog about being safe in different situations, training for emergencies, basic safety/fire safety, mental health services available); and Adjunct Offerings (panel of adjuncts, Derrick Wydick’s workshop if he’s available).
7. Strategic Plan / Kathy presented information about the strategic planning process. She suggested we focus on the training needs that may arise in the areas of Access & Growth, Student Success, Teaching/Learning Effectiveness, Organizational Effectiveness, and Community & Economic Development. These are the District’s Strategic Plan areas and our plan should mirror/support this document. She noted that the District’s plan will be available in about two weeks. The committee discussed various trainings that could be necessary under each main heading.
It was noted that our next meetings will be: April 20th and May 4th @ 2:00p.m.
The meeting was adjourned at 3:55.
Respectfully submitted by: Kathy McLain, Executive Secretary