August 20, 2003
Riverside Campus
Room 9110
3:30 -- 5:00 pm
Minutes
Announcements --
Recognitions
Information provided to all members regarding the items below by the
chair of the group.
Academic Calendar and Task Force Description
CASP Conference (TADE and CRLA) -- October 29-31
CRLA Conference -- Albuquerque, New Mexico -- October 15-16
Information Items
Department Chair Election:
Three faculty members ran for the Department Chair of Developmental Communications: Patricia Dungan, Stacey Thompson, and Dolores Segura. The outcome of the election: Dolores Segura was elected Task Force Chair.
TASP-Update
All faculty members were given copies of the Texas Success Initiative law that replaces TASP, the rules from THECB, and a comparison chart outlining the differences of the two programs. Mary Leonard was appointed chair of the TSI task force and she asked the reading and writing committees to review the information on the placement charts and send her the information by the following Monday. ACC rules must be in place by November 1.
Adjunct Faculty Representatives
Adjunct faculty representatives were announced and Vonnye Gardner was added to the list of representatives.
Assistant Department Chairs
Assistant Department Chairs for the academic year are: Mary Leonard, Frank Cronin, Laura Ore, and Cathy J. Smith.
Assistant Department Chairs -- CCE/CCA
CCE/CCA coordinators for the fall and spring were announced and the information was sent to the THEA coordinator, Sonia Koener.
Portfolio Information
The Task Force chair announced that portfolios are required again. The Dean's office will provide the names of the faculty members who are required to complete the portfolio. All portfolios must be sent to Dolores Segura at RVS by the deadline.
Professional Development Hours
Once again, full time faculty will be required to complete 12 hours and adjunct faculty will be required to complete 4 hours.
Syllabi
Master Syllabi on web
Master syllabi for reading, writing, and study skills are on the Communication web page with links to the subject areas. The minutes and agendas for Developmental Communication are on the Communication web page: http://www2.austincc.edu/commdept/
Individual Faculty syllabus
Faculty must send copies of their syllabi to Dean Fluker. Copies must also be sent to Cathy Smith or Laura Ore.
Spring Schedule
Faculty were asked to review the spring schedule and send the task force chair their spring course assignment requests.
Discussion Items
Process for requesting new initiatives/additional paired courses -- This item was postponed due to lack of time
Goals and Objectives: Faculty will review the goals and objectives as part of program review
Unit Plans for 2003-2004: Unit plans will be discussed in the reading/study skills and writing committees.
AD HOC Committees
Developmental Reading, Developmental Writing, Study skills course renumbering
This committee is on "hold" until we receive further information from the AVP of Academic Programs.
Program Review
Developmental Reading and Developmental Writing are required to complete another program review by December 2003
Committee Reports
Writing -- Laura Ore provided a written report and the writing information is on the writing web page.
Reading -- Cathy Smith reported that several faculty members are working on curriculum projects and reviewing exit scores for Fundamentals of Reading.
Adjunct Hiring -- Frank Cronin reported that his committee has started to interview adjunct faculty again.
Assessment/Advising -- Caryn Newburger and Sibyl Noack gave a written report on the work of the committee.
Textbooks/Budget -- Mary Leonard gave the group a copy of the new budget and noted that we were able to purchase almost everything that faculty needed as well as pay the hourly personnel through the end of the semester.
Department Meetings -- Future department meetings are listed below
Novmeber 7, 2003
January 7, 2004
March 19, 2004