March Faculty Development Commitee Minutes

MARCH FACULTY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE MINUTES



FACULTY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE MEETING
March 13, 2001
9:00 pm - 2-509
MINUTES

Attending:  Linda Buck, Jerry Cerny, K. Gopal, Cynthia Smith
Not Attending: Eric Holmberg, Ivan Nitta, Sharon Ota, Allen Tateishi

1. The March Faculty Development Committee calendar of events was
distributed.

2. The February committee meeting minutes were approved.

OLD BUSINESS

1. March Activities: Jerry summarized the March activities that were
presented and those that are planned.  The first Teachers Talking about
Ethics on March 8 was well attended.  A follow up session is scheduled for
March 22.  There will be a Teachers Talking at the Marine Center this
coming Thursday.  Budd Brooks' making attractive handouts workshop on
March 6 was well attended and several positive comments were made by those
who attended.

2. Professional Speakers: K. Gopal will pass to Jerry the contact
information for Dr. Alex Malahoff.  It is hoped he can come to HCC to
offer a brown bag lunch presentation on the new Hawaiian island growing
south of the Big Island.  Faculty Development will pay a $99 stipend for
this presentation.

NEW BUSINESS

1. Future Activities: Following the recent high school shooting on the
Mainland, Jerry has received a request to offer a workshop on student
violence.  He will check with the HCC security guards and HPD for possible
presenters.  Cynthia stated that ETC offered a similar workshop recently
and she will find out who their presenter was.  Jerry stated that Leon
Florendo recently said that he and Kamuela Chun, UHCC Director of Native
Hawaiian Vocational Education Programs, would be willing to offer a
workshop on the characteristics of Hawaiian and Pacific Island students.
This will be scheduled in April.

2. Newsletter: A spring issue of the Faculty Development Newsletter will
be distributed in April.  Cynthia will be writing the lead article for the
Newsletter summarizing the Wo Family Foundation and other Fac Dev
initiatives.

3. Hawaii Great Teachers Seminar: The Fac Dev Committee will choose the
two HCC attendees to this summer's seminar.  Flyers have been distributed
and applications are due to any committee member by March 23.

4. Social Get Togethers: The committee members agreed it would be
appropriate to sponsor or co-sponsor a spring campus get together at the
Marine Center in April to hopefully celebrate a new contract.  An after
graduation get together will also be explored.  In the past several campus
groups have been involved with planning and co-sponsoring this event.  It
could be held back here on campus or again at Kapiolani CC.

5. End-of-Year Letter: Jerry wanted everyone to be aware he will be asking
for letters from all committee members summarizing the highlights of our
efforts, suggestions for improvement and suggestions for activities and
efforts for next year.  He will ask for these letters again at the April
meeting to be due in early May.  He will include copies of the letters in
a year-end report that will be submitted to the Chancellor's Office, the
Provost and the FSEC.

OPEN DISCUSSION

1. Cynthia summarized the UHCC committee's effort on the Wo Family
donation to the UHCC system for professional development.  These efforts
will not replace or supplant any development activities currently underway
on each campus.  She announced that there will be a fall retreat for two
people from each campus to move this initiative forward.

2. Gopal suggested that with the rapidly changing technology of
PowerPoint, Fac Dev should offer a series of workshops to faculty on using
this software.  This could be done this spring or early next fall.

The remainder of the meeting was spent discussing and deciding on the
Professional Development Awards.  Results of the awards are available upon
request.

The April meeting will be held on April 10 at 9:00 am in Dr. Gopal's
classroom again.  He will give a short tour of his classroom and fish
tanks as part of the meeting.  The tour will be advertised to the campus
for participation.

The meeting was adjourned at 10:05am.

Cc:	Committee Members
	Sam Rhodes, FSEC Chair
	Ramsey Pedersen, Provost	





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