Notes - Approved

Meeting Notes

Jennifer Laflam
Frank Kobayashi
Nicole Porter
Lisa Cardoza
Koue Vang
Brian Knirk
Veronica Lopez
David McCusker
Liz Geisser
Mary Goodall
Caitlyn Spencer
Kaitlyn Collignon
Kimberly Bossman
Kevin Hill
Alisa Shubb
Jeffrey Sacha
Mary Goodall
Marianne Harris
BJ Snowden
Amanda Lewis
Alicia Szutowicz-Fitzpatrick

NAME OF COUNCIL/TEAM: Executive Leadership Team
OBJECTIVE OF MEETING: Discussion of College Happenings & First Reading for Project Team Reports
DATE OF MEETING: 11/07/2022
TIME: 3:00pm-5:00pm
LOCATION/ROOM #: Student Center Board Room
CALL-IN NUMBER:
CALL-IN CODE:
FACILITATOR(S): Melanie Dixon
ASSISTANT: Sue McCoy
MEMBERS PRESENT: Attendance not taken
INVITED GUEST(S):
SUPPORTING RESOURCES (ITEMS READ IN PREPARATION FOR AND/OR BROUGHT TO MEETING):
Attached Files:
ELT Notes 10.03.22 (draft)
SEAP 2022-25 Student Equity Plan
Bias Response Project Team Report - Draft
Onboarding Project Team Report - Draft
 
UPDATES AND BRIEF REPORTS:
Topic Person(s) Responsible Notes
Council / Project Team Highlights from Written Reports Council Leads / Co-Leads
- Written reports submitted
Constituency Group Highlights from Written Reports Constituency Group Leaders
Academic Senate
- Recent meeting topics include discussion of our updated Student Equity and Achievement Plan for 2022-2025; expansion and continuance of our Open Education Resources (OER) program; approval of proposed revisions of the regulation regarding Dual Enrollment; interest in supporting LRCFT’s negotiation of online workload
- Actively working with our VPI on a collaborative process for assessing critical hire requests for faculty hiring

Classified Senate
- winter luncheon planning
Back on Campus Update Frank Kobayashi
- 55% on-ground classes for Sp23
- Discussion of critical hire process
- Accreditation is looking really good
ACTION ITEMS:
Question Person(s) Responsible Notes and Decision(s) Next Steps
Approval of 5/9/22 ELT Notes Melanie Dixon Approved
Review / Approve SEAP (Student Equity & Achievement Plan) for 2022-25 Jeff Stephenson / BJ Snowden - BJ explained the plan
- Discussion occurred around the race neutral language in the plan
- This needs to be implemented in all of our work
- PET can request that the language be addressed in events
- Discussion occurred around intersectionality
- Should also be a DI check in with the SEAP report; check where we are with the implementation of the DI recommendations
- Should be an update to the college from the Office of Institutional Effectiveness
- Question: How do we model race consciousness in the space?
- ELT unanimously in support and approve the SEAP Plan

DISCUSSION ITEMS:
Question Person(s) Responsible Notes and Next Steps
Bias Response Project Team Report Presentation (First Reading) (3:30 pm) Kolleen Ostgaard / Parrish Geary - PowerPoint presentation
- Acknowledgement of the student representative that served on the team
- Focus of the presentation on Objectives 6-8
Objective 6 – timely response to a complaint
Objective 7 – team is trained and informed
Objective 8 – Recommendations that are actionable
- Question: Where does Bias Response Team connect with the Institutional Equity Plan.
- Professional development should be through a race conscious lens
- Partnership between CTL and Academic Senate with Bias Response guidance
- Process that information will be kept confidential but also followed up on
- Membership of the Bias Response Team will be six semesters to start but then go to a four-semester rotation for workload and emotional toll on the individuals

Employee Onboarding Project Team Report Presentation (First Reading) (4:00 pm) Kathy Sorensen / Asha Wilkerson / Hannah Blodgett - Discussed the purposes of the team and the report
- Similar comment made along the lines of the Bias Response Report – How does this work full into the overall picture of the college?
- There is a lack of training for new employees
- The three tri-leads provided the report out to ELT
- Kathy will send the google documents for the onboarding documents
- Managers need to recognize the value of the classified staff and the value added to the institution
- How do we encourage them to grow?
- Need to create an affirmative culture
- To change the culture, you need to get people when they come into the institution
- There needs to be mentorship across constituency groups.

ITEMS FOR FUTURE CONSIDERATION:
Topic Contact Person
NA