Minutes
College Learning Council
Meeting called to order at:
Meeting adjourned at:
Members Present: Tom Adams, Lisa
Armour, Aida Diaz, Tracy Edwards, Tim Grogan,
Michael Hooks, Sonya Joseph, Michael Shugg, Sharon Sorrough, Rose Watson, Silvia
Zapico
Member Absent: Paula Gastenveld
Council Staff Present: Esa Frazier, Louise Pitts
Guests: John Centko,
Daniel Dutkofski, Kathy Hauser, Gaby Hawat, Cheryl Robinson, Joyce Romano, and Joan Tiller
Action Items
Minutes: The CLC
approved the minutes from the September meeting.
Welcome: New council
member Sharon Sorrough was welcomed to her first
meeting.
SPD Fund Requests:
The Council reviewed and approved requests submitted by Linda Anthon and
Amy Bosley.
Discussion
Items
Program Review for Building Construction Technology, Drafting &
Design Technology, and Civil/Surveying Engineering Technology:
Shannon Hellard,
Program Director, shared highlights of the program review and took questions
from council members.
Program Review for Environmental Horticulture:
John Centko,
Program Director for the Environmental Horticulture program, shared highlights
of the program review and took questions from council members. John noted that a request to the Curriculum
Committee is planned to update course names.
Joan Tiller added that we hope to partner with Palm Beach Community
College (PBCC) and others in proposing a Technical Certificate program for
Environmental Horticulture. The program is now part of AGROW; a National
Organization. John was commended for his
work and the council accepted the program review.
Dual Enrollment Report:
Joyce Romano presented a final report on the Dual Enrollment Initiative,
an action item assigned to the CLC. The
CLC accepted the report and concluded that the associated action item would be
considered completed. Joyce and team
were thanked for their excellent work.
Bookstore Review Progress Report: Dan Dutkofski
presented a progress report on the bookstore review. He reported that his team has identified two
policies that apply directly to the bookstore.
Bill Mullowney has recommended that these
outdated policies be eliminated. The
work team has suggested that they be replaced with a restatement of relevant
guiding principles as well as procedures that address selecting, ordering, and
selling educational materials for use in the learning environment.
Dan presented an outline
describing necessary processes and proposed a timeline to accommodate the
processes and maintain underlying principles.
During discussion, the following
points were raised
·
in the short term, a flyer regarding the
availability of E-bookstore be included in student orientation materials,
·
faculty consider cost to students when
determining the number of books needed per course (two textbooks per course
could be used as a guide, but flexibility is needed),
·
a student focus group be formed to gain feedback
from students related to bookstore operations, and
·
Tom Powell be included
in a discussion of business practices related to the bookstore.
Dan will provide an update of the
work team’s progress at the January meeting of the CLC. The team’s interim report was accepted by the
council.
Assessment Task Force:
Cheryl Robinson proposed that a group be formed to examine assessment
tests currently used for student placement and consider additional tests to
improve placement. The CLC recommended that an academic dean be added to the
membership of the group and approved the proposal.
Deferred Discussion Item:
Members were asked to review the CLC bylaws for discussion at the
November meeting.
Final
Order of Business:
The final order of business was a
presentation made to Dr. Michael Hooks for his outstanding work on the
council. Tracy Edwards presented Dr.
Hooks with a token of appreciation from the council. He was commended for his many years of
leadership in improving learning at
Next
Meeting:
The next CLC meeting will be