April 21, 2006

NRG 4120

1:00 pm

MINUTES

Announcements:  Full-time faculty may teach one course in disciplines outside of their own.  Jeff Abbot will speak to the students from the Triangle classes at RVS.

Reports: 

• Mary Leonard informed the group of the results of the Department Chair elections.  Mary Leonard gave an update of the president's reorganization plans.  Plans were not finalized at the time of the meeting.
• Dolores Segura and Mary Leonard reported on the proceedings at the ACC Board retreat on Developmental Studies.
• Caryn Newburger reported that the ACT benchmark scores were released and their recommendation is for students to have an 88 in reading and a 69 in writing.
• Adjunct faculty representatives were announced for the next academic year.
• MOTION:  Allow Caryn Newburger to pursue research with ACT to evaluate ACC's writing and English scores and use the information to realign the scores in writing.
• Motion passed unanimously.

SASA:  The outcome is pending since there is a new chair at the helm

Summer Scholars Bridge Program:  Patricia Dungan and Julie Wauchope are developing a summer bridge program as requested by Donetta Goodall.  The purpose is to help those students that may be a few points away from exiting reading and writing on TCOM.

Government Prerequisite:  The new prerequisite for government states that students must past English Comp I before they take the government course.  Therefore, Developmental Communications will no longer offer the paired courses in Reading and Government.

Future Task Force Meetings:  September 22, 2006 at RVS