PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL

MINUTES

Thursday, March 31, 2008

3:00 pm  – A-162

 

Members Present:            Carolyn Stewart, Mark Ulseth, Jack Bagwell, Edwina Roseboro- Barnes,  Cynde Marshall,  Laveria Wynn, Shahram Mazhari, Linda Bolick, Grace Saylor, Brian Hipp, Teresa Smith, Susan Brackett, Marc Tarplee

 

Members Absent:              Linda Knight, Velma Simmons

 

 

Carolyn Stewart called the meeting to order and welcomed Council members.  The minutes from March 4 and March 18, 2008, were approved.

 

Dr. Stewart reported on her meeting with Dr. Rutherford.  Dr. Rutherford approved all priority one and priority two proposals recommended by the Council.  Forty projects were funded in all. 

 

Project Award Letters, Travel Authorization Forms, and Reimbursement Agreements were given to division deans and associate vice presidents to personally distribute.

 

Jack Bagwell asked the Council to approve the training plan for implementing Office 2007 campus-wide.  There will be a mandatory 1 ½ hour training session for Word Essentials 2007.  There will be other training sessions for the remainder of the Office 2007 package; however, those sessions are not mandatory.  A new computer will not be provided until the employee completes the Word Essentials 2007 training session.  The Council approved the plan for implementation.  If the plan is approved by the Executive Committee, the process will move forward.

 

Dr. Stewart reminded members that the date for submission of internal course proposals is April 15th for summer cycle, July 15th for fall cycle, and November 15th for spring cycle.  Dr. Stewart told the group that a new designee needs to be named to replace Sherry Glenn on the internal course approval sub-committee.  The Council appointed Jack Bagwell to replace her and recommended that the subcommittee appointments rotate in the future.

 

Dr. Stewart reminded the group that topics for the summer Master Plan for Professional Development need to be determined; the plan should be submitted to Teresa Smith by May 15, 2008.  The Leaning Resources Department will be revising the Master Plan.

 

The next PDC meeting is scheduled for June 3rd at 3pm in A-158. Topics on the agenda will include review of the PDC IE outline, evaluation of the 2007/2008 year, plans for the 2009/2010 year, and discussion of the fall 2008 Master Plan.

 

The meeting adjourned at 4:00 p.m.

 

Respectfully submitted,

 

 

 

Teresa Smith

PDC Organizational Coordinator