January 27, 2015
2:00 pm.
Ruby Hicks Hall, Room 245
Members Present: Gayle Arries, Dan Averette, Jackie Blakley, Tim Bowen, Jenni Creamer, Scott Harvey, Linda Jameison, Lynn Lewis, Marla Roberson, Sarah Shumpert, Brian Swords, Hap Wheeler
Members Absent: Dan Holland
Topics Discussed:
The Minutes of the November 11, 2014 meeting were approved
with minor revisions.
Jenni introduced Tiffany Blackwell, the new recruiter for
the Transitions Division. Galen welcomed
Linda Jameison, Gayle Arries, and Lou Ann Martin to the group.
Cara discussed FTE requests and distributed and reviewed a Staffing Options handout. She also distributed a program cost analysis
and noted its use as a tool to help make decisions about programs. Prior to the March budget work, she asked the
group to be considering:
·
Staffing
·
Changes in units
·
Justifications for budget increases
·
Validation of criteria
·
Ranking of priority needs
·
Budgeting for Adjuncts
Jenni presented an Enrollment Debrief and distributed and
discussed Spring 2015 Enrollment Trends
1/27/2015. She touched on a few
challenges, but noted that with a lot of good work from a lot of people, the
college’s enrollment in good shape. She
briefly discussed the orientation sessions.
Orientation will be a hybrid of options that will include both models with
continuous improvements and revisions.
Jenni noted that the college may want to consider planning on credit
hours/FTE rather than headcount and to continue to use market needs in planning
our offerings.
Lou Ann discussed Academic Advising Records and noted the
concern about how we document records.
Through Title III, Lou Ann has access to a webinar that teaches how to
write appropriate notes, records, and comments.
It is in the faculty development offerings this spring, and she can provide
it to the divisions for division/department meetings, if that would be more
beneficial.
Galen discussed Program Strategy and next steps, and
referenced the Developing a Comprehensive
Academic Program Strategy project team report. In reviewing the document, he noted the need
to create a comprehensive approach to determine which programs to offer and reviewed
the flowchart on page 5. The Business
& Public Services Division has piloted a division market analysis which
produced a trajectory for programs to feed into the BCG for the division. The B & PS staff will work as mentors for
the other divisions as they do a market analysis. The findings will help create a master plan
and inform future changes.
Under Announcements:
Lynn was pleased to announce that the Budget and Control
Board approved the Vet Tech kennel project.With no further business, the meeting was adjourned.
Next Meeting: Tuesday,
February 10, RH 248A & B
