Members Absent: Gayle Arries, Jenni Creamer, Matt
Edwards, Adam Ghiloni, Crystal McLaughlin
Other Attendees: Ken Kopera, Mandy Hanks, Donna Palmer
Length of Meeting: 2.0 hours
The minutes of the October
10, 2017 meeting were approved as presented.
Ken Kopera asked the group to
let him know of any summer projects by February. The Facilities and IT group continues to meet
on Mondays at 3:00. Ken encouraged
members of ALT to stop by to discuss any needs.
Mandy Hanks presented the
academic program review for Expanded Duty Dental Assisting. Her review focused
on:
- The status of the program
- Where do we want to go?
- How do we get there?
Strategic program planning
included:
- Enrollment - Targeted marketing to increase enrollment
- Professional Development - Increasing department chair money for faculty in the program
- Program Attraction/Edge – Purchase materials and equipment that will prepare students.
- Digital Scanner
- Instrument Washer
- Portable X-Ray machine
Her summary noted that the
Expanded Duty Dental Assisting program is vital to the college, our students,
and the community, and the college’s initiatives are taking these students to
new heights. The college’s actions and
resources are critical to moving the EDDA program forward.
During the questions phase of
the review, several challenges were noted;
- Lab Space
- The option of charging for services
- Faculty needs
- Gender diversity in the program
- Dental Assisting and Dental Hygiene are two different programs, so transfer is not seamless.
Galen discussed the
Integrated Workforce Solutions Committee Charter and explained the need to
create structure around our work with our business and industry partners and to
present an integrated response to their needs.
While structured more as team, this will be a regular standing
committee. Members will participate as
needed.
Scott Harvey led the discussion
on the academic calendars and noted that there were no significant
changes. On the Fall, 2018 calendar,
there was concern about registration opening on the Friday before spring
break. Scott will move that to the
Wednesday before break, and will make that same change on the Spring and Summer
2019 calendars. Based on the seven-year
cycle, Scott noted that creep in the calendar and its effect on the time when
faculty can be off. He asked the group
to be mindful of not scheduling events during breaks.
As discussion continued, it
was decided that a group will convene to identify the calendar problem and to
bring forward solutions. Scott Harvey,
Stacey Frank, Jackie Blakley, and Linda Jameison are the group members.
Another group will work to
review the impact of Sessions I and J on the calendar. Mandy Orzechowski will ask Deborah Brock to
work with her on this issue.
The group discussed the Maximum
Student Load Policy and Procedure. The
group agreed that the program coordinator and academic advisor are the
individuals who should approve a request to exceed the maximum hours. Also, Scott will ask the deans and department
heads for issues that need to be addressed in the procedure and will add a list
of generic guidelines.
Scott discussed the Academic
Fresh Start policy and noted that very few students qualify. Scott, Adam Ghiloni, Glenn Hellenga, and
Tiffany Blackwell will meet to review the policy to consider the goal of the
policy and whether or not it is necessary.
The discussion on the Student
Support Reference Card was postponed until the next meeting.
Linda Jameison and Lynn Lewis
reported on the Diversity and Inclusion Project. A climate survey will be presented to faculty
and staff the results of which will inform how we move forward. The team has had difficulty finding a time to
meet, and they asked for support from supervisors to allow participation on the
team. It was suggested that a Solutions
Workshop may be helpful for this group.
Sarah Shumpert will work with Lynn and Linda on this option.
Chris Marino reported on the Incentives to Student Reaction to
Instruction project charter. He
noted that the college has no institutional position on the use of incentives
and employees have very different philosophies on using them. The team will determine if we need an
institutional position, and if so, what are the boundaries? Faculty Senate is involved in this work, as
well. The use of student reactions to
instruction could be tied with professional development and the EPMS. Webinar and live training may help make it
sustainable.
Jackie announced several
retirements in her division.
Lynn noted that the
Commission will vote on closing the Pharm Tech program at its December meeting.
With no further business, the
meeting was adjourned.
Recorded By:
Anne
Bryan
