Council system could be made much more effective by:
– improving representation/equity
– support specific charges/tasks
– processing dissent
– modeling transparency
Apply an equity lens to the representation and participation question. Union and student leaders do not necessarily represent the diverse experience, views, and ideas of faculty, staff, and students in questions of policy and planning.
Fall In-Service Breakout Session
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September 22, 2018
Curriculum – academic
Line management – management
Rule making
Rule enforcement
Trying to define collaboration model when trying to make decisions want rule enforcement
Everyone should know what the system does and be able to get involved some way if affected, but they don’t need to be on committees.
Yes!!!
Everyone at some level. If you don’t contribute, don’t complain.
This!
Council system could be made much more effective by:
– improving representation/equity
– support specific charges/tasks
– processing dissent
– modeling transparency
President, VPS, Managers, Classified, Faculty, Students
All members represent college interest, NOT specific affinity groups such as union. Governance is not collective bargaining.
Yes
Students- defined ways
President
VPs
Faculty – instructional, non-traditional, full-time and part-time
Classified – advisors, support staff
Managers
Yes! Part-time.
Faculty AND Staff
Part-time faculty leaders – paid hourly rates to participate
Use policy making experts that exist within departments and divisions
Non-union members and union (leadership) representation
Students, not just student leadership
Yes!
Reps from ALL employee groups
All people. Students, part-time, full-time, classified, managers
What is a “stakeholder”?
“Stakeholders” is too broadly define in the current governance system. “What is a stakeholder and how do we know it?” is a fundamental question.
DIVERSITY of people, perspectives, roles and backgrounds.
Apply an equity lens to the representation and participation question. Union and student leaders do not necessarily represent the diverse experience, views, and ideas of faculty, staff, and students in questions of policy and planning.
Develop application process for participation
YES!
1 council per person. Given release time and expected to participate fully.
No more placeholders!
Ditto
Faculty
… and staff
Faculty should lead the academic program. There should be discipline faculty chairs; division deans should be rotated from the faculty.
Curriculum – academic
Line management – management
Rule making
Rule enforcement
Trying to define collaboration model when trying to make decisions want rule enforcement
Legal needs to be involved in policy creation much earlier
Administrators chosen by elective process.
Administrators should be elected by faculty and staff as their support team and have no say in hiring and firing.