OCTOBER FACULTY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE MINUTES

FACULTY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE MEETING
October 22, 2004
9:30 am - ECE Workroom, 2nd Floor, Building 2
MINUTES

Attending: Jerry Cerny, Dolores Donovan, Monir Hodges, Dennis Kawaharada,
Sherrie Rupert, Jeannie Shaw, and Lisa Yogi
Unable to attend:  Linda Soma
Guest: Cynthia Smith

1. The following handouts were distributed;

- Committee Meeting Agenda
- Faculty Development UH Foundation Account Statement
- Calendar of October Faculty Development Activities
- Promoting Cultural Competence Workshop series flyer
- OpenOffice Workshop flyer
- Taking Control of Microsoft Word Workshop flyer

2.  Lisa provided ono refreshments for the meeting and all gave her
special thanks for doing this.

New Business

1. Assessment - Cynthia Smith, Assessment Committee Chair, attended the
meeting to discuss assessment initiative ideas with the committee members.  
Cynthia, always full of ideas and energy, stated that course SLO progress
has been made and efforts should now be given to assessing the SLOs.  She
stated that she knows several faculty members who have made significant
progress on SLO assessment and suggested roundtable discussions be
coordinated so these colleagues can present what they are doing.  She also
suggested roundtable discussions featuring instructional and
non-instructional folks from programs who are learning how to improve
their programs and using what they are learning to make improvements.  
She suggested that these discussions be jointly sponsored by the Faculty
Development Committee and the Staff Development Committee.  She also
suggested broad discussions across the campus on course and program SLOs
are needed.  Jerry stated that the System Perkins Professional Development
Committee he is on is planning on bringing in Ruth Stiehl to help faculty
develop program SLOs in late November.  Five faculty members from each
campus will be allowed to participate in this training.

2. Entertainment Books Sales - Jerry stated that only a few books are left
to sell.  He encouraged all to continue to sell the books and if
additional ones are needed, let him know.  This fundraiser is scheduled to
be completed by December 1.

3. Fall Activities - A calendar of October Faculty Development Activities
was distributed.  Many of the activities this fall have been those
co-sponsored with other campus groups.  Several computer workshops,
OpenOffice and intermediate MSWord, are scheduled in partnership with the
Information Technology Center.  Jerry encouraged all to solicit activity
ideas from division colleagues and share with the committee.

Old Business

1. Faculty Development Foundation Account - A current Foundation Account
Statement was distributed.  Although decided earlier via email, monetary
refreshment support was approved for the following co-sponsored
activities:

- CPC Curriculum Development Workshop
- Committee on Social Equity Film and Discussion
- Financial Aid "Building Teams Far and Wide" Workshop

2. Faculty Development Newsletter - Dolores has finished editing the Fall
Newsletter.  Jerry said he would post it on the web, send out an email
pointing people to the website and print a few hardcopies for
distribution.  Dolores stated she enjoyed reading about the web
availability of several major Libraries around the country.

3. Faculty Development Website - Jerry encouraged all members to peruse
the website as time allows and forward any needed updates, corrections,
dead links, etc. to him.

4. Professional Development Awards - The deadline for fall Professional
Development Applications is Friday, October 29, 4:30 pm. Funding decisions
will be made at the next committee meeting.  It was decided that if any
requests for major travel are received this fall, the decision for funding
them will be deferred until the spring.  Jerry stated that $10,00 is
available for distribution this year.  Tuition and airfare for 2 faculty
colleagues to attend the Hawaii Great Teachers Seminar will come out of
this money.

Open Discussion

1. Lisa shared several items that the Wo Learning Champions have been
discussing and working on;

a. Funding a speaker to present at all campuses may happen.  Bill Fletcher
has been contacted but not confirmed.  Gwen Fujie is a possibility.

b. Setting aside a non-instructional day for the March Excellent in
Education Conference has been approved by the Chancellors.  Individual
campuses will plan and conduct the activities of the day.  What HCC will
do has not been decided.

c. The Wo program is looking to establish a Speakers Bureau of community
college faculty and staff.  Several HCC folks have been asked and four
have committed to be on the bureau.  Lisa encouraged committee members to
participate.

d. Lisa will finish her Wo assignment in May.  The Wo replacement
procedures will be distributed in December and a replacement decision made
early in 2005.  Jerry encouraged committee member to consider applying to
be our next Wo Learning Champion.

The next meeting is scheduled for a Friday, November 5, 9:00 am, in the
Library Study Room.

The meeting was adjourned at 10:30 am.

cc: 	Committee Members
	Ramsey Pedersen, Chancellor
	Sharon Ota, Dean of Academic Affairs
	Jim Poole, FSEC Chair