Academic Leadership Team
June 9, 2020
1:00 pm
Via Zoom
Members Present: Tiffany Blackwell, Jackie Blakley, Tim Bowen, Ahmad Chaudhry, Rick Cothran, Jenni Creamer, Mark Dougherty, Mandy Elmore, Scott Harvey, Glenn Hellenga, Gabe Hollingsworth, Linda Jameison, Marci Leake, Tom Lawrence, Bryan Manuel, Chris Marino, Jeremy McCracken, Mary Orem, Sarah Shumpert, Luke VanWingerden
Members Absent: Gayle Arries, Galen DeHay, Adam Ghiloni, Marci Leake, Tasheka Wright
Other Attendees:
Length of Meeting: 1 hour
The minutes of the May 26, 2020 meeting were approved as presented.
SBTCE Policy/Procedure Review
Linda presented the updates and revisions for each document. She will send the presentation to the members of the group.
Service Animals Policy &
Procedure (3-2-107 and 3-2-107.1)
Brand new policy and procedure
System policy/procedure, but based on federal law
Will provide consistency for colleges
Will not change what we are doing; TCTC has been following this process all along
The Student Grievance
Procedure for the South Carolina Technical College System (3-2-106.3)
Noted that this is for students
Reviewed updates and purpose
How it is used
Language updates
Due process
Mirrors Student Code language
The Student Code for the
South Carolina Technical College System (3-2-106.1)
Reviewed updates
Defined “student”
Added another sanction that could move the student into a
student conduct arena
Aligned dates
Reduced the number of committee members
Academic misconduct and behavioral misconduct both have the right to appeal
Mark and Travis will continue to have training about misconduct. A group will attend Title IX training. An updated Title IX policy/procedure will be discussed in the future.
Announcements:
Chris Marino:
The Hanover pulse check survey went to students yesterday and will go to employees today. The purpose is to collect feedback about the conversion to the online format. If we collect useful information, we may do it again.
Tiffany Blackwell:
They are finalizing the virtual campus visit, and it should launch soon.
Luke Vanwingerden:
IT is deploying laptops to all full time employees, regardless of their places in the cycle. He noted that many employees still need to contact them with their choice of model. At the end of the current lease cycle, we may want to consider building a supply of equipment for students who do not have a computer.
Mary Orem:
Skillshops are all online in the TCTC Edge app. She asked that faculty encourage students to use this resource.
Ahmad Chaudhry:
The Calendar Committee will revise the Fall 2020 calendar. By eliminating some holidays and other non-work days, the fall semester will end at the Thanksgiving break. More details to come.
Tim Bowen:
Announced that the PLEAT project technology upgrades have been completed at the Oconee and Easley campuses and is almost complete at the Anderson Campus. Training for faculty will begin soon. Tim thanked Luke and his team for a great job.
Jenni Creamer:
Gave an enrollment report. We are 27% lower than this date last year, and are at 37% of our enrollment goal. She is in the process of finalizing goals with programs, and is working on goals for student type and location. We are down 10% in continuing students and 76% in new/first time students. Many factors are impacting these numbers.
Scott Harvey:
We found out yesterday that we will not be able to have summer graduation at Littlejohn Coliseum. We will keep the date, but we are considering other venues. More details to come.
Recorded By: Anne Bryan
Next Meeting: Tuesday,
June 23 @ 1:00, via Zoom
