June 22, 2016 – SAC Meeting Minutes

SEHD SAC Meeting
Wednesday, June 22, 2016 at 1.pm.
Location: Lawrence Street Center, Room 648
In Attendance: Melissa Burrows, Jessica Coon, Shelley Gomez, Lindsay Harn, Scarlett Ponton


Items To Discuss

  • Discussion with Dean
    • Present budget for review/approval
      • Approval still pending
      • Consistency is our goal for the upcoming year
    • Who is “staff”?
      • Will seek clarification/follow-up on this
    • Determining PD appropriateness?
      • If the SAC is unsure whether a program area or grant should cover a professional development request, Rebecca is the final say and the SAC is only tasked with approving the relevance of the request before forwarding for approval.
    • How to increase/encourage attendance?
      • Hold at least one quarterly staff meeting at EDU.
      • Host a PD event that may interest all staff
      • The Evaluation Center is considered to be more of an affiliate
    • Erin’s PD request – Approved
  • Calendar of Events:
    • July
      • Get Social – postponing to July 12 at 11a.m.
    • August
      • Get Social – August 2
      • Quarterly Staff Meeting (week of August 8)
        • The Dean will be attending the Chancellor’s Listen Tour follow-up meeting this summer. The SAC will provide her some time on the opening agenda to provide updates to the staff.
    • September
      • Lunch & Learn – September 6
        • Ideas: Rachel’s postponed Lunch & Learn or invite Brad?
    • October
      • Halloween Chomp (Potluck)
    • November
      • Quarterly Staff Meeting
    • December
      • Winter Party (Dec. 2 in the Terrace Room)
  • Follow up Action Items:
    • IDEA: Self-Defense Course?
    • IDEA: Post in IMPACT/SAC information updates highlighting various program areas?
  • Review PD Fund Requests
    • Namita (Update)
      • Postponed her training to next fiscal year, does she need to resubmit request? No, just send an email to the SAC when she does re-register.
    • Coon (Update) – request cancelled.

IDEAS:

  • While upgrading IMPACT, consider pulling over the SAC website to integrate more fully in design/accessibility
  • Send out an IMPACT post highlighting how the professional development fund has been used this fiscal year as a way to continue generating interest in the fund.

ACTIONS:

  • Shelley to look into options on improving recycling efforts around the department.