Bristol
Community College
Faculty
& Professional Staff Senate Meeting
Minutes
of Monday, September 19, 2016
Room
H129 3:15 pm
Senators in attendance: Robyn Worthington, Carlos Almeida, Livia
Neubert, Jim Pelletier, Sil Ferreira, Geraldine Hamel, Dan Avedikian, Deb St.
George, Mike Geary, Jacci Barry, Jenn Boulay, Howard Tinberg, Debra Quenga, Marie
Roberts, Mary Hyde, Jon Bjornson, Jim Corven Dana Behuniak, Ric Rebelo, Kelly
Fassbender, Julie Jodoin-Krauzyk, Lisa Delano-Botelho, James Emond, Debra
Quenga,
Absences:, Jennifer Dekkers-Mitchell, Kelemu
Woldegiorgis, Jim Constantine
Excused Absences: Kelli Hiller, Amy Marden
Nine guests attended this meeting.
Special guests included Joyce Brennan and Holly Pappas.
Meeting
called to order: 3:12
pm
Welcome
and Introductions:
President Tinberg welcomed new and returning
Senators.
Minutes: Minutes from September 1 meeting were
approved with abstentions due to absences.
Division
Reports
·
Division 1: ESL students could benefit
from additional supports— ESL is not currently offered in Taunton or Attleboro;
letters from Enrollment can be confusing and are not translated to other
languages. A discussion followed regarding access to bilingual forms during
admissions and whether the Portuguese and Spanish Interpreting Programs can
help.
·
Division 4: Faculty members obtained
doctoral degrees
·
Lash: The K building is closed after
hours and students don’t have access to the computer lab as a result. A
discussion followed regarding equitable distribution of resources across
campuses.
·
Advising: Some college policies create
red tape that can impair student success (e.g., purge for nonpayment or missing
financial aid paperwork).
Vote
on Senate Strategic Goals 2016-17
·
A motion was made and passed unanimously
to approve the proposed strategic goals for AY 2016-17. They include curricular
alignment and integration, culture of collaboration, and a whole student
initiative (ongoing goals from last year: governance, student support and retention).
Invited
Speaker: Joyce Brennan, Vice President, College Communications
·
Vice President Brennan introduced
herself to the Senate, provided her personal background, and offered some
updates and goals for College Communications.
·
Background: Started at BCC on August 1,
2016, she knows the local community and has worked in a similar capacity at
Southcoast Health (team structure that supports external entities)
·
Update: She has begun working on a
strategic plan with her department and has begun auditing their social media
strategy (e.g., what are they promoting and who are they targeting).
·
Goals:
o
Finding and sharing faculty stories
o
Soliciting feedback from Senate
o
Tapping into new audiences (adult
learners, veterans)
o
Plans to come back to share communication
plan, once assembled
·
Website: Contract was on her desk upon
hire, but she just left a website revamp at Southcoast Health and felt further
exploration was needed before paying for a revision. Overall, she finds the
website needs work, is confusing and is not student-friendly. RFP will be put
out and the company that did the groundwork could be rehired. She plans to come
back to the Senate with a concept for the website first. She hopes to become a
strategic partner with the Senate on this work.
Follow
up: Task Force Report on Student Retention/Academic Support and Meeting with
Administration
·
The Senate conducted an electronic vote
on whether the Senate should join the proposed task force and it was approved.
·
President Tinberg will follow up with
the administration to discuss a timeline and charge for the group. He will
propose a plan for a college-wide conversation such as a retention summit for
the spring.
Update
on General Education Review
·
Holly presented draft competencies to
the Senate. They are critical reading and analysis, scientific reading and
discovery, quantitative and symbolic reasoning, global and historical
awareness, multicultural and social perspectives, ethical dimensions, and
information and technical literacy. Additional work is needed for written and
oral communication, and humanities.
·
Some competencies were previously
approved, but not implemented.
·
Bloom’s Taxonomy was used for draft
competencies in an effort to make them more assessable.
·
She proposed a possible assessment day
for assessing the proposed competencies.
·
Next, members of the group will attend the
monthly division and program chairs meetings to solicit feedback from faculty.
·
Draft competencies will be shared with
the Senate in a Google Doc and Senators are encouraged to join the taskforce.
·
President Tinberg commended the group
for using the AI process as it was intended.
Update
on NEASC Working Groups
·
Update was provided at professional
staff meeting prior to the Senate meeting.
o
Governance: They are looking at models
of shared governance and are composing draft language for NEASC. They are
referencing the Central Committee’s findings on the committee structure at the
college. New AI proposals have been submitted to President Tinberg and
Secretary Boulay, which will be shared with Senators at the next meeting. A
discussion followed regarding who is initiating, who is signing off on
initiatives, and what are the implications for doing so. Constituent access to
college monthly reports was also discussed. There should be a central
repository so all college members have access to this information.
Other
·
ODS is identifying testing space. They proctored
almost 800 exams in Fall River last year; however, the existing ODS space is
not conducive. They are looking for low-cost proposal for a classroom near ODS.
The question was raised as to whether the Senate can assist with this and if
the Academic Initiative (AIE form should be used.
·
A question was raised as to whether the
college would reduce costs by having certifications done internally.
Meeting Adjourned:
4:19 pm
Respectfully submitted,
Jennifer Boulay, BCC Faculty & Professional Staff Secretary
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