IEL TASK FORCE MEETING NOTES (draft)

IEL TASK FORCE MEETING NOTES 03/01/05

Present: Roxanne Beloit, Ellen Brown, Toni Cummins, Joe Dunlap, Marcus Jorgenson, Mike Mires, Joanne Murcar, Pam Praeger, Jacque Rainer, Dixie Simmons, and Colleen Straight (chair). Recorder: Connie Burgard.

The meeting came to order at 2:34 p.m. in the Falls Conference Room at SFCC.

1. Review of February 15, 2005 Meeting Notes: The IEL Task Force Group reviewed the February 15, 2005 meeting notes. It was agreed to add a sentence "an executive summary may be needed." Other changes should be sent to Linda Powell by noon on Wednesday, March 2, 2005.

2. March Meeting Schedule: The meetings scheduled for the remainder of March were approved. The March 29^th meeting is not scheduled due to spring break. It was the charge of the Chancellor to be done by winter quarter, so the work of the committee should be finished before March 29. There was discussion about meeting on March 29 to finish the committee’s work.

3. Review of the draft IEL Report Outline: Findings and Recommendations:

The task force group reviewed Draft No. 2 of the Findings and Recommendations. Joanne Murcar submitted a new document dated March 1, 2005 to replace the Business and Industry section. Roxanne Beloit, Ellen Brown, Karen Driscoll, and Toni Cummins previously sent out revised information on the Student Services section and the visibility component which was also reviewed.

Role and Responsibility

The essence of the ideas and the concepts were agreed upon and it will be determined later how they should be organized.
A discussion took place about the last finding pertaining to the IEL’s delivery area and whether or not it delivers instruction in five or six counties. Mike Mires suggested making the first two findings a narrative and the last two findings recommendations. It could also be removed because geography is covered in the Credit Instruction and IEL Visibility sections.

Continuing Education

Recommendation No. 2: The word "directors" was changed to "leadership."

B&I Training

A discussion took place about whether or not TECC should function as the district’s single point of contact, i.e., the "front door" and where it fits in the current infrastructure. Dixie Simmons feels TECC should be a neutral organization which deliverers non-credit service. Joe Dunlap suggested the recommendations be set aside to be revisited with a vote. If consensus cannot be reached, it will be placed into the dissenting opinion piece. It was recommended to review it at the next meeting or two following a discussion outside of this group at DEC.

Credit Instruction

Pam Praeger requested that credit instruction not be discussed until the March 15, 2005 meeting.

Student Services

Toni Cummins will send an addendum to include the parts of the Student Services issue statement, and will incorporate some of the ideas sent forward by Marcus Jorgensen.

A discussion took place about whether or not the institution that gets the FTEs is responsible for delivering student services.

Item No. 3: Dixie Simmons suggested there be an on-going task force.
Item No. 9: Non-credit reference was tabled until the next meeting.
Item No. 13: Development of a check list will be forwarded to the Vice Presidents’ Council for their authorization with the request that others be asked to use it.
Item Nos. 14-19: It was suggested to add a note that the last four items are not just IEL Student Services issues, but are issues that need to be addressed district-wide.
Further Recommendations Item Nos. 1-3: Toni Cummins stated concurrently enrolled students need to be addressed, e.g., liberal arts classes. Toni will make an addition to the background statement which will be incorporated into the document.
Pam Praeger suggested that the IEL begin to schedule all of its classes through SCC, rather than through SFCC or a combination of SFCC and SCC. SCC has the courses in their catalog to provide both liberal arts and professional/technical courses and would make it easier for the students. Joe Dunlap recommended a discussion be held at DEC regarding this suggestion. Their recommendation would be submitted to the IEL Task Force ahead of time for review.

Next meeting: The next meeting will be held on Tuesday, March 8, in the Palouse Conference Room, SFCC, 2:30-4:30 p.m.

The meeting adjourned at 4:30 p.m.