COSUMNES RIVER COLLEGE

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE

Minutes

November 19, 2007

NEXT MEETING: December 10, 2007

COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Members Present: Colette Harris (faculty co-chair), Chou Chasengnou (classified co-chair); Kathy McLain (executive secretary); Carol Bernardo, Greg Beyrer, Elizabeth Biggert; Marybeth Buechner; Nancy Edmonson; Cindy Erickson; Osman Mohammed; Olga Fanina (student representative)

Members Absent: Lisa Abraham; DeWayne Apedaile; Ellen Arden-Ogle; Maricela Arevalo(Ex); Patrick Blacklock; Kenneth Cooper; Paul McCormick; Tina Nguyen (Ex); Debra Sharkey (Ex); Evelyn Silva; Aselia Valadez

1. The meeting was called to order at 2:03 p.m. by Chou Chasengnou and introductions were made.

Topic / Discussion / Action Needed
3. Approval of Minutes / The minutes of the October meeting were approved by consensus.
4. Budget Update / Kathy McLain reported on the remaining funds available for professional development activities. We have expended our allocation of AB1725 funds and will hold $12K in reserve for next year. She noted that the CASSL Faculty Developer’s release time may not have been taken out as Type B replacement cost, so we may recoup some of our funds. We are now using our rollover funds to fund incoming proposals.
5. CASSL Update / Marybeth Buechner reported on the activities of the CASSL (Center for the Advancement of Staff & Student Learning) including the request sent out for Innovation Grant Funding through the CASSL. The Outcomes Assessment Task Force is still meeting and the dropped student calling will continue. The deadline to drop classes is November 20.
5. Travel Evaluation Form / Travel Evaluation Form – Kathy noted that several of the new travel evaluation forms have been received following participation in a PD funded event. The form seems to work well. Carol and Greg noted that it’s difficult to determine how you will use the information gained at an event so quickly after completing the PD activity. Kathy noted that we could change the wording on the form to encourage the participants to submit a more specific action plan.
6. Discussion Items / Counselors Proposal – Kathy McLain noted that five counselors have applied for funding to attend the same conference. In the past PD has only paid for three people (or $1500) to attend the same conference. Last semester, the PD committee changed the parameters and now is willing to fund several employee attending the same conference as long as special stipulations are met. The Dean of Counseling indicates that the stipulations are met with this proposal. Discussion followed regarding the process of sending this out to vote to the entire PD committee including the possibility of the adjunct counselor attending a local event; that students are not impacted by the event because it is held on a Friday; a secret ballot system should be used next time. Kathy noted the results of the vote on the funding of the counselor’s proposals to attend the same event were somewhat mixed. However, it seems the committee didn’t want to between full-time and adjunct faculty (meaning we should fund them at the same level). It was decided to notify the counselors that they are approved at the $400 per participant level (including the adjunct) and to let them know that this is a special situation that funding for these types of events is not guaranteed in the future.
Convocation – a draft of the flex brochure was distributed and the committee discussed the agenda for Thursday adjunct meeting and Friday’s convocation. It was noted that this is an important time for faculty and staff to reconnect and that more time for networking would be nice. Other suggestions for future events include having 1st year faculty and/or adjunct faculty report on their experiences. Several of the titles were changed and a box lunch/fountain ceremony was suggested. Colette will e-mail out to the campus to see if we can fill some of the holes in workshop offerings under cross cultural and student success categories. We’ve added a new category, “Teaching Strategies,” which will have Maureen Moore’s Going Green workshop.
7. Other
Next meeting: December 10, 2007
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 3:30.
Respectfully submitted by: Kathy McLain, Executive Secretary