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