October 23, 2008

October 23, 2008

People present: Bill Borinski, Jim Brice, Ann Marie Damrau, Marie Doerner, Gary Gleckman, Ingrid Greenberg, Steve Gwynne, John Lindem, Joe McGerald, Kim McIntyre, Laurie Mikolaycik, Donna Namdar, Mary Prine, Barbara Raifsnider ( Handouts will be sent to absent members.)

Agenda items, discussion, and action items:

1. A revised contact sheet was handed out.
2. I-Best presentation – Gary Gleckman announced that on December 4th and Dec. 5th, a team from Seattle experienced with the I-Best model of integrated Basic Skills Instruction for Vocational programs will visit our program. On the first day in the afternoon, they will make a presentation on the model to all interested faculty. On the second day, they will work with the nursing program specifically. It was suggested that this would be a good activity for ancillary funding. Gary also advised programs who might want to adopt the I-best model to apply for Basic Skills funding through Marcia Biller. This is in the Basic Skills Plan.
3. Job descriptions – We reviewed the job descriptions for Program Chair and Assistant Program Chair but realized it is premature to recommend changes to the document until later in the year. Every discipline operates differently and it is difficult to write uniform descriptors for all disciplines. We agreed that we would present a report in May and recommend changes to Jim Mahler when the time comes for re-opening contract issues at the end of the year, if necessary.
4. Vacant contracts – Gretchen announced that Bob Parker is going to give us data on the number of delayed contract openings in our programs. Then we need to develop a plan for filling vacated contracts to present to management. The Chancellor has said that 50% of the delayed contracts may be filled.
5. Ancillary Activities – Gretchen will request a meeting with Brian Ellison and the Union Rep ( Ina Porter or Jim Mahler) to seek clarification of the rules and procedures for ancillary activities. The following issues were raised at our meeting:
   
   1. What is the status of the applications for ASB advisors?
   2. The application was only sent to adjunct instructors. It should be sent to Program chairs so that they can assist in the organization of activities within their departments which may qualify for ancillary funding.
   3. Does the updating of course outlines qualify for ancillary funding?
   4. Since $40,000 ( out of $50,000) of the funding for ancillary activities comes from the union, shouldn’t faculty have more say in the priorities for ancillary funding?
   5. We would like a new deadline to apply for ancillary activities for the Fall, such as the session on the I-Best model in December.
   6. Can a program chair apply for ancillary funding on behalf of a group of faculty members? We hope so. We will raise these issues at the Dean/Chair meeting coming up also.
6. SLOs – postponed until the next meeting.
7. Ingrid Greenberg announced that the district is considering some software to use for accreditation ( www.weaveonline.com) which will allow us to coordinate SLOs, course outlines, etc.
8. Mileage – Everyone (chairs and assistant chairs) should submit their mileage to the district for travel between meetings and campuses, etc. If a manager turns down your request, we will take it up with our union.

OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20 AT 2:00 IN ROOM 77 AT ECC. We tried to choose another day to accommodate those who can’t come on Thursday, but there were too many other conflicts. We will change the day for the following meeting.