Nutrition and Physical Activity Planning Committee Minutes

COSUMNES RIVER COLLEGE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE Minutes April 20, 2009

NEXT MEETING: May 4, 2009

COMMITTEE MEMBERS Members Present: Carol Bernardo (faculty co-chair), Chou Chasengnou (classified co-chair), Deva Chopyak, Steve Leake, Matt McHugh, Nancy Edmonson, and guest, Isiah Badrue.

Members Absent: Gregory Beyrer, Elizabeth Biggert, Tamyra Carmona (Ex), Cindy Erickson (Ex), Kathy McLain (Ex); Robert Montanez, Osman Mohammed (Ex); Evelyn Silva (Ex), Don Tingley, Aselia Valadez, Whitney Yamamura; and Marchez Shurn (Ex).

1. The meeting was called to order at 2:13p.m. by Chou and introductions were made. Topic Discussion Action Needed Announcements The committee welcomed Isiah Badrue, an adjunct faculty member in the Business/FS area. It was noted that our Charge doesn’t contain information about adjunct membership, but that our meetings are open to anyone who would like to attend. 2. Approval of The minutes of the March 16th meeting were approved by consensus. Minutes 3. Updates Convocation – Carol noted that the theme is “Soaring into the Future” and she Ask Liz Belyea reviewed Kathy’s proposed timeline for the event. She suggested that John and about Hawk at Ryan present to the committee at the May meeting so that we are aware of what convocation; Deva they will do in August. Including information about the Basic Skills Initiative was & Isiah to work on discussed. The Adjunct Faculty meeting was discussed and Deva suggested a role Adjunct program. play skit of actual classroom situations involving disruptive students and other things that may come up for a newly hired adjuncts. It was noted that adjuncts are often hired just prior to the semester start and may have very little orientation to services available to them. Is there a “go to” person for Adjuncts? Are adjuncts welcomed/included by their full-time colleagues? Are there adjunct mentors? What are the perceptions that Adjuncts have of CRC? Deva and Isiah will work on this program.

CASSL Coordinator for next year – Carol mentioned the new CASSL Coordinator position (.400FTE) and SLO Coordinator (.200FTE) descriptions were sent out by Celia.

Flex Thursday – suggested workshop topics were discussed under each of our categories. Steve noted that it might be interesting to hear what the “in reach” survey discovered. Deva noted that several ages of students are contained in one classroom and this can cause friction between students.

Committee Description/Charge – it was noted that this document has been forwarded to Celia Esposito-Noy, Interim President.

5. Flex Workshop It was noted that the need for a safety workshop is still present. One was offered on Safety at Spring Flex, and there are several issues that were not resolved. We need to be specific about what we request the Police Services to provide. It was suggested that we focus on (1) What to do in a) natural disasters, (b) medical emergencies, and (c) human treats (either bomb threats or weapons in the classroom); and 2) what are our Emergency Procedures – are they listed in each classroom? Who’s responsible to make sure they are listed in the classroom? Who’s the dean of the dark? Who notifies the staff of this person? Is this person here till 11:00 when some of our classes end? This information is especially needed by adjuncts, who teach many of our non primetime classes. Should this information be given to ALL at Convocation and not relegated to a small workshop where only 20 people will attend? How are we notified when there’s an emergency? There was discussion about a phone tree, but there are no phones in the classroom. There was discussion about being able to flash a message on the computers, but nothing’s been done. Lots of discussion, but no plans are disseminated to people. What about the training that everyone was supposed to go through? Who are the trained people? It was noted that CRC’s Health & Facilities Committee was formed to ensure OSHA standards, not student safety. This is a District Committee on Safety. 5 Strategic Plan Chou and Carol presented information about the strategic planning process. The Committee’s current strategic plan was distributed and some corrections were made to reflect the recent changes to the Committee Charge. Carol read Kathy’s suggested course of action. 6. May Meeting It was noted that we have scheduled a May meeting. It was noted that Colette Invite Colette to should be invited so that we can get a CASSL Update. next meeting.

7. Other It was noted that our next meeting will be: May 4th @ 2:00p.m.

The meeting was adjourned at 4:05pm. Respectfully submitted by: Kathy McLain, Executive Secretary