2006 Reports

report to College Council on 3-15-06

Date: 2006, Mar 16

From: dj

report to college council 3-15-06

1. Staff Development and President's Office sponsored a very successful - Student Success Symposium on 2-10 - check our website at http://lamission.edu/staffdev for posted notes, audio of that workshop - under "Student Success"

2. Staff Development in conjunction with the IT and Hanh Tran and the Academic Senate were able to obtain for $1500 - free attendance for all faculty, staff, classified, and even students to the Tech Ed Conference in Pasadena on 3/27, 28, 29 - Monday, Tuesday, Weds. at the Pasadena Convention Center - you can register free at http://techedevents.org/lamc - please email David Jordan what event you attended and any notes, so we can organize a list of new technology we can implement at Mission college.

3. Staff Development met on 3-02 and passed the following three motions:

Motion 1

Staff Development recommends that Mission College establish an hour at Mission each week, that is free for activities, speaches, etc. to promote College unit. no other meetings will be scheduled during the "College Hour"

Motion 2

Staff Development recommends that Mission College should establish a standing committee for Student Success and Retention with broad based participation through all entitties, units, and departments of the college.

Motion 3

Staff Development recommends that Mission College through its IT Department, Technologoy Committee, and other related departments and units develop a web based calendaring system with easy access, navigation and use to schedule events and activities at the college, and to establish and Ad Hoc Calendaring Scheduling Committee which will develop a set of policies, procedures, and priorities in the scheduling of college events.

Tech Ed 2006 Pasadena March 27, 28, and 29 - 2006

Date: 2006, Mar 30

From: dj

A number of us just attended the 11th Annual Technology in Education Conference in Pasadena, California, and here is a blog for useful links on some of the new and exciting technology and for your comments. see blog at http://techedlamc.blogspot.com/

I believe we had about 30 faculty, administrators, classified, and staff attend the conference. We will receive the numbers shortly and let you know the exact figure.

If you have any ideas, comments, or your own new technology which you have "infused" into your classroom, or life, you can post to this blog, by just sending an email to

djatty5.lamc@blogger.com ( the blog editor - i.e. me reserves the right the edit, and/or delete postings if deemed appropriate) or you can click on djatty5.lamc@blogger.com

If you attended Tech Ed and learned new things, please share by emailing to the blog. This is a great way to share the wealth of information at Tech Ed.

hope this helps.

agenda for 4-06-06 meeting

Date: 2006, Apr 05

From: dj

Staff Development Meeting tomorrow Thursday, April 6, 2006

1. Discuss Staff Development Training

to incorporate what we learned at Tech Ed - blogs, wikis, webpages, etc.

2. Discuss Faculty training area

3. Discuss Student Success Initiative

4. Discuss College Retreat on 4-21

minutes of 4-06-06 meeting

Date: 2006, Apr 06

From: dj

1. We discussed using a "wiki" to edit the existing, and out-dated Faculty Handbook - see http://profj.us/handbook

M/S/A that Staff Development will post the faculty handbook on a wiki, and work with other faculty to update the faculty handbook so that it can be ready for Fall 2006 Flex Day.

the wiki was established at http://faculty-handbook.pbwiki.com

and faculty were emailed and encouraged to help Staff Development in editing,updating and contributing to the wiki.

2. We discussed establishing a dedicated Faculty Training Area, possibly in LRC 205, or in faculty offices. DJ will contact Gary Prostak to discuss work environment issues for establishing such a dedicated training location.

report to College Council on 4-20-06

Date: 2006, Apr 20

From: dj

1. College Handbook - Staff Development is starting a new project which is "Mission Possible" - the College handbook - see http://mission-possible.pbwiki.com for the handbook. At the College Retreat hopefully we can discuss how to break down this joint task.

2. Student Success Initiative Workshop - at Valley - May 5th - David Jordan attended the District SSI Stearing Committee for the SSI Workshop set for May 5th - see http://abogado.pbwiki.com/SSI - "Changing Colleges for Changing Students" - scheduled for May 5th at Valley College. Faculty and interested Classified are invited to attend.

3. Desktop Training Series - now has a new look, it is in the form of a "wiki" - easier to read and to navigate - it is located at http://desktop.pbwiki.com

4. Dedicated Faculty Training Area - Hanh Tran talked to David Jordan about setting up an alcove in the Faculty Offices, to the right, as you enter from the cafeteria to be dedicated for faculty training. These issues need to be discussed with Work Environment.

5. 11th Tech Ed - Pasadena - More than 30 faculty and classified the 11th Annual Tech Ed Conference in Pasadena on March 28,29, and 30th. A discount was obtained for $1500 which covered everyone who attended. The actual cost for 30 persons would have been $6450, so there as a savings of almost $5000. Much was learned - including blogs, wikis, and use of the digital camera and video in the classroom - a blog was set up at http://techedlamc.blogspot.com/

agenda for 9-07-06

Date: Sep 06, 06:10

From: dj

I have yet to reserve a room for our Staff Development meeting tomorrow. We no longer can meet in the AACR since it no longer exists. I will get back to you all today with the exact place of our meeting.

here is our agenda:

1. Debrief on Flexday 2006 - how can we improve Flexday 2007 - here are preliminary survey results of Flexday 2006 - http://flexday.pbwiki.com/survey

2. Plan two or three events for Fall 2006 - here is our Staff Development Master Plan of 2000 for some ideas - http://lamission.org/staffdev/staffdevplan.htm

3. Recruit some new members for our committee.

Agendas for Meetings from 10-05-06 and forward

Date: Oct 04, 15:57

From: dj

http://abogado.pbwiki.com/agendas

agendas and minutes - 2006