March 21, 2003

HBC 410

1:00 pm to 3:00 pm

Minutes

Announcements -- Recognitions

• Voter Registration:  it is important that everyone register to vote for the May election tax referendum.  Stacey Thompson is a voter registration deputy.
• Adjunct faculty received a memo about e-staffing for the fall, please read and follow the dates to enter the system
• New faculty must order regalia for graduation
• Cathy Smith is on medical leave for the remainder of the semester.  Dolores will take over her assistant department chair duties for the remainder of the semester

NADE Update:  Certificates were distributed to all faculty that helped with the Conference.  The NADE conference was extremely successful.  thanks to everyone for their contributions and hard work.

Legislative Update:  A new House Bill was introduced to eliminate TASP.  Faculty should follow the HB 796 if they are interested in the legislative bill.

Developmental Plan Update:  Sibyl Noack forwarded the plan to Donetta Goodall with the changes and corrections.  We will wait for the revised version from Donetta Goodall's office.

Developmental Plan Responsibilities and Duties:  Dolores distributed a list of duties and responsibilities for updating the developmental plan.

CCE/CCA Coordinators / Assistant Department Chairs:  Because of the new guidelines for release time, it is possible that some faculty members may not be able to continue as CCE/CCA coordinators.  No one is allowed to have double assignments.  Dolores will monitor the situation and advise faculty if they are affected.

Issue:  How the Developmental Communications Department wants the advisors / counselors to handle developmental credits when students transfer to ACC. (This issue needs task force approval due to revisions).  The state TASP rules say it is up to the institutions to decide.  The Assessment and Advising Committee is asking for guidance from our group.

• Caryn Newburger advised the group that the statement that we passed in January needed to be amended.  A new version was revised and passed on March 21, 2003.  Caryn Newburger will take the revised version to the next Assessment and Advising Committee.

Committee Reports

• Writing:  Laura Ore reported that the Writing Committee met in March and approved the E-Write pilot proposal.  Caryn Newburger will be in charge of the project.  At the present time, the writing committee is declaring a moratorium on paired courses because of the cut in sections.
• Reading:  Dolores reported that the reading committee is planning some faculty development workshops for fall, 2003 and the writing faculty will be invited to attend since the topics will be helpful to all the Department members.  Faculty need to send their end of semester reports to Dolores as soon as the semester ends.
• Adjunct Hiring:  Frank Cronin  reported that he would check if there were a need for more adjunct faculty to staff the fall semester, interview would resume in the summer.
• Assessment / Advising:  Caryn Newburger reported on the new pilot program for E-Write and the revised language for developmental students transferring from another institution.
• Textbooks/ Budget:  Mary Leonard reported that due to the budget cuts our money in supplies and equipment under $500.00 was reduced.  If you have any urgent requests, please let Mary know as soon as possible.

Department Chair elections are scheduled for April 2003.  Guidelines will be sent to the departments by the EVP

Future Developmental Communications Task Force Meetings:

• Our fall meeting will be August 22, 2003 at Riverside from 3:30 pm to 5:00 pm
• Reading and Writing will meet at RVS from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm (rooms TBA)