Professional Development Council

Professional Development Council Meeting Minutes Wednesday, May 7, 2008 (2:30 to 4:30 PM)

Council Members Present: CCC – Lynn Chamberlain, Ann Eiseman, Marcia Larson DO – Deb Goodall, Sue Zettel KEC – Terri Goodman, Clara Littig, Gary Olson, George Varchola, MCC – Katie Watson, Lisa Wiegel, SCC – Kathleen Conway, Suz Knoblauch

Council Members Not Present: DO – Lana Dettbarn KEC – Heidi Hilbert MCC –Paul Wilts SCC – Stephanie Whitmer

Guests Present: John Baker, SCC

1. Continue planning for Staff Development Day (September 26, 2008)  Agenda  Continental Breakfast — 7:15 – 8:15 AM  Welcome from the Chancellor — 8:30 – 8:45 AM  Keynote Speaker Presentation — 8:45 – 9:30 AM  1st Concurrent Session — 9:45 – 10:45 AM  2nd Concurrent Session — 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM  Lunch — 12:00 – 1:00 PM  General Session — 1:15 – 2:15 PM  Keynote Speaker  Jim Jelinski . John to confirm Jim’s arrival time at Davenport Radisson  Lunch  Draft of menu from Brad Scott was discussed and well received  Program Brochure  Agreed to go with an electronic version only (formatted to fit on one page)  Agreed to continue with phone registration  Finalized Concurrent Sessions.  John handed out a Potential Concurrent Sessions List  Agreed sessions: 1. The E-learning Toolbox — Jeff Larson, Doug Kutzli 2. Getting Started with E-learning — Jeff Larson 3. SoftChalk — Steve Holland, Beth Wood 4. eCollege Refresher — Heidi Hilbert, Pam Bass 5. Office 2007 Tips and Tricks – Gary Olson 6. Managing Potenially Dangerous Students — Chris McCormick-Pries 7. Personnel Issues Overview — Cathy Maynard 8. Plant or Chemical Safety Issues – MSDS Sheets . John to contact Bob Majchrzak or John Morgan to present 9. Alzheimer’s Disease — Connie Kindig 10. Health-Related Speaker – Diet/Fitness . Ann checking with Allison Yoder to present 2 sessions . Hy-Vee will need a small stipend

1 11. Funding Community Colleges in Iowa . Katie and/or Lisa will contact Jeff Kaufmann to present 12. CQIN Summer Institue — George Varchola and CQI Training Team 13. Automated External Defibrillator Training — Dawn Hamilton 14. Basics of Nutrition, Exercise, Stress Management… . John will confirm with Brad McConnell 15. Do U iTunes / EICCD Virtual Campus . John to ask Lori Walljasper which session she would like to do more  Suggested sessions: 1. Campus Cruiser – Gary Olson 2. Sustainability . Ann checking with Julie Plumer  Agreed to have Concurrent Session descriptions and confirmed Session presenters to John by June 1st.  Determine what needs to be done by August 1st  Once all descriptions and confirmed presenters are to John, he will draft a new Concurrent Sessions List and email it to all for review

2. Leadership Program Participants (2008 – 2009)  The Chair Academy – Faculty Leadership Program Rob Lipnick, SCC, Faculty, Art, Department Coordinator of Humanities

 CLIC – Iowa-based Leadership Development for Mid- and Upper-Level Management Ann Eisenman, CCC, Assistant to the President and Foundation Director

 LINC – Iowa-based Leadership Development for Entry-Level Supervisors and Managers Mark Anderson, KEC, Special Needs Specialist/Advising

 NILD – National Institute for Leadership Development for Women with a Master’s Degree Ann Lawler, SCC, Faculty, Math, Department Coordinator of Mathematics

3. Classroom Connections Update  Kathleen discussed new team members  CCC — no one, yet  MCC — Kay Rooff-Steffen, Janine Loveless  SCC — John Baker, Lori Walljasper  On May 19th, meeting scheduled to plan for retreat  Retreat date set for June 4th

2 4. 360 Degree Feedback Update  All participants have gotten their feedback reports  Next step is to schedule meeting with appropriate supervisor to discuss reports and set professional development goals as needed.

5. Professional Development Registration/Transcript Team Update  Sub-team was formed with the task of how do we track professional development activities  Survey to be sent out to see what activities people participated in (which should lead to a way to track activities/participation)  Goal is to have the user-friendly registration process  Suggestion was made to make sure to include Adjuncts  The transcripts will basically be a documentation of what you participated in (something you could put on your resume)

6. CQIN Summer Institute Team  Hand-out from George discussing this year’s theme, learning partner, team members and presentations

7. Professional Development Council Membership & Meeting Schedule (September 2008 – May 2009)  Next year’s meeting schedule was handed out  Wednesday, September 24, 2008  Wednesday, November 19, 2008  Wednesday, January 28, 2009  Wednesday, March 25, 2009  Wednesday, May 6, 2009  If you opt not to continue to participate, you will need to notify the appropriate person and determine who will take your place on the council  Agreed to email George by June 1st whether you (or a replacement) will be on next year’s council

8. Other Items  HRD Dashboard Indicators FY 2007 — July 1, 2006 – June 30, 2007 No. of Internal Pro. No. of Full-Time Staff who Development Opportunities Participated CCC 32 CCC 657 MCC 31 MCC 158 SCC 119 SCC 1066

Quality Faculty Plan CCC CCC MCC 148* MCC 31 SCC SCC *Internal and External Opportunities