Association of Professional Technical Employees

Upcoming Events:

The Association of Professional-Technical Employees presents a Closing-the-Gaps Project
Spanish Conversation Series. Made possible through the generous support of the Office of Student Support and Success Systems

This Spanish Conversation Series is designed to help ACC faculty and staff practice speaking Spanish and build vocabulary that specifically relates to education and student services. The project will include monthly meetings to discuss articles written in Spanish about topics in education. Guest facilitators from varying Latin American countries may be invited to discuss regional language variations.

- Participants can receive one hour of participation credit towards their professional development goals based on supervisor approval. - Sessions will be held from 10:00 am -11:00 am on the first Thursday of each month at ACCs Highland Business Center. The first session will be on Thursday, September 4th.
- An optional Lunch outing (not funded by ACC) at a local Latin American restaurant will follow from 11:30 am – 12:30 pm for interested participants.

To register, go to the ACC Workshop Database.
To get started, find and review the articles posted at our “Spanish Talk” Google Group
For additional information contact Susan Thomason at 3-7796 or sthomaso@austincc.edu

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  Mark your calendars for the 2008-2009 APTE meetings and events.  An opportunity to share updates on issues, review calendar of meetings and events, sign up interested volunteers and get to know each to enhance our working relationships.

AGENDA

• 3:00 - 4:30 pm Ice Cream Sundaes
• 3:10 – 4:00 pm APTE Updates
• Mission Statement
• Issues for 2008/09
• Projects
• Calendar
• Communication
• 4:00 – 4:45 pm Social Activity

Please RSVP to APTE@austincc.edu by Wednesday, August 27th

Mark your calendars for the 2008-2009 APTE meetings and events. :

• August 29 – Opening Session and Welcome Social
• September 26 – Executive Council/Work Session
• October 31 – General Business Meeting
• November 21 - Executive Council/Work Session
• December 12 – APTE Event/Activity
• January 30 - Executive Council/Work Session
• February 27 - General Business Meeting
• March 27 - Executive Council/Work Session
• April 24 - APTE Event/Activity
• May 29 - Executive Council/Work Session
• June 26 - General Business Meeting & Elections
• July 31 - Executive Council Planning Meeting

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• APTE is one of four internal employee associations.
• The four associations include the Full-Time Faculty Senate, Adjunct Faculty Association, APTE and the Classified Employees Association.
• The internal employee associations are based on the College's personnel classification system.
• Association membership is open to all employees in the relevant category at no cost.
• The administration encourages internal employee associations to actively participate with the administration in the development of Board Policies, Administrative Rules and Procedures, and to advise and consult with the administration on actions that have a substantial effect on their members.
• Internal employee associations are part of the College's Shared Governance process.
• Shared Governance is a collaborative decision-making process by which trustees, administrators, faculty, staff and students work as a community of colleagues to advance the mission, goals, and values of the college.
• Shared Governance requires open communication among stakeholders in an environment of mutual respect, collegiality, and accountability.