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Governance. Definition: The use of the institution’s structure of authority and collaboration of its employees to allocate fiscal and personnel assets to accomplish the mission of the college district. College Mission: “…creating student success through educational leadership”
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Governance Definition: The use of the institution’s structure of authority and collaboration of its employees to allocate fiscal and personnel assets to accomplish the mission of the college district. College Mission: “…creating student success through educational leadership” The word “governance” derives from Latin origins that suggest the notion of “steering” an organization or society in contrast of the traditional “top-down” approach of governments “driving” society or the distinction between “power to” in contrast to government’s “power over.”
Internal Governance System AQIP Action Project
Internal Governance Objective: develop an inclusive internal governance system that represents all constituencies and will lead to decisions in a timely and responsive manner
Internal Governance First Steps: Learn what employees like and don’t like about our current system • Surveyed all standing committee members from 2005-06 and employee group leaders for 2005-06 and 2006-07 • Conducted personal interviews with leaders in the areas of academics, administration, and student services Online research of governance systems in other institutions
Internal Governance • Common Threads from employee feedback • Communication needs to be improved • Many of the committees do important work but should not be governance committees • The process is often slow and cumbersome • Faculty Senate should have a larger role in academic decisions • C&S is spending too much time checking grammar and should have a separate process for that task • C&S should be a faculty committee • Some committees had inconsistent meeting habits and some members did not feel their time was well spent • Some committees members felt they should have a budget and more power to implement ideas • The system needs to be simplified so decisions can be made in a timely manner and still provide opportunities for employee participation
Proposed Governance Structure Types of Committees • Governance: handles policy issues • Working: defined area of responsibility; active workload at each meeting • Advisory: interact regularly and provide input and feedback to area chief administrator • Ad Hoc: meet short term for a specific purpose
Committee Membership • Some committee positions are appointed by position, others are voluntary • Volunteers are recommended by employee chairs and appointed by the President • Terms are two years with approximately 50% of the positions available each year • Minutes from all governance, working, and advisory committees shall be posted in public folders
Governance Committees • Faculty Senate • Curriculum & Standards • Personnel • Student Issues & Concerns
Working Committees • Distance Education Committee • Assessment Steering Committee • Employee Development Committee • Student Appeals Committee • Cultural Events Committees
Instructional Leadership Team (ILT) Instructional Resource Committee (IRC) Planning Ad Hoc Committee Student Scholarships Advisory Committees
Proposed Governance, Working, Advisory, and Ad Hoc Committee Structure
What’s next? • Meet next week to review employee input and determine what adjustments should be made to the proposal. • Communicate any changes to Senior Staff. • Present the revised proposal at the January in-service. • Input still welcome • Prepare final revisions by Feb. 1
Teri Anderson Donna Drew Kevin Drumm Sharon Elwood Cheryl Heath Debbie Iverson Norine Kasperik Debbie Kayser Rose Koistinen Dave Marquith Deborah Rohda AQIP Action Project TeamInternal Governance