Wisconsin Technical College System Board
310 Price Place, PO Box 7874
Madison, WI 53707
Richard Carpenter, President
Present:
Ms. Deborah Mahaffey, Assistant State Director, briefed the group on what has happened to date. The Presidents asked that she meet with Bob Beckstrom from Midstate and Brian Gohlke from Blackhawk to listen to their concerns. This was done. The main issue involves their sense that well-qualified administrators and supervisors (non-instructional) are denied jobs because of certification criteria. They also feel that the classes (ed requirements) required for renewal of a provisional certificate are not relevant to administrators’ job duties. She has requested that the group put together specific local data on supervisors and administrators who have been eliminated from potential employment due to not being certifiable. Deborah mentioned that the state office is standing firm on support for certification and we would not support any administrative rule change that would be considered a major change to TCS.3. She looks to the committee and local certification staff to continue to help others understand the rules and flexibility that exist within the Code. Steve indicated that WEAC definitely wants to maintain certification and that the Human Resources group has not talked to any of the unions locally. He also feels that it would be bad timing have legislators thinking we want to lower our system standards. Later in the day it was decided to write a brief note to Ms. Mahaffey offering the assistance of committee members to provide education and clarification on the Code to whoever needs it. This group recommends that training on certification should be done a regular basis at any and all district in-services. Mary Peters will draft the note.
The subcommittee members gave a report on the draft re-work of Guideline 4, Draft Guideline D: Options to Satisfy Educational Requirements 50-55 and 69; and Draft Guideline E: Assessment of Prior Learning. Discussion was held for clarification. It was decided to have the sub-committee review them one more time and to develop a new guideline on Nationally Recognized Accrediting Systems. These final drafts will then be voted on at the next meeting.
The appeal from Mr. Michael Flanagan was heard. Members reviewed the materials Mr. Flanagan submitted to the district for his Individual Request for 150 CIS Network Communications. Mr. Flanagan was given the opportunity to state his appeal and to answer questions from Committee members. A motion was made by Mary Halberstadt, seconded by Jill Gmeinder, to uphold the prior decisions to deny the Individual Request. Mary Peters and Steve Holden will compose the letter.
501- Medical Terminology: after discussion and re-wording to include a list of types of instructors who could teach this course, it was decided to have the new health consultant, Kathy Loppnow review the revised document before approval is given.
10-316-1 Culinary Arts: Language was added per Barb Schuler under Pastry and Sous Chef. A motion was made by Larry Kind, seconded by Jan Jablonski, to approve the document. Motion carried.
10-109-6 Meeting and Event Management: The job titles such as “Education Manager, Director of Education, and Education Program Manager are confusing to certification staff and they prefer to remove them. It was decided to send the document back to David Hague for changes.
Sharon gave an update on the proposed re-design of the state certification database. The state office has contracted with the Dept. of Electronic Government to assist us in the development of business rules for the new database and writing of an RFP to hire a vendor to do the work. It is hoped that the computer code developed for the EMSS database may be re-used for purposes of teacher certification. Two Wislines with certification and IT staff at the colleges are scheduled. Roe Parker and Sharon also attended a PeopleSoft Users meeting recently to describe the project and gather input on connectivity issues.
Department of Justice course: Sharon indicated that LTC, FVTC and NWTC staff will be working together with DOJ to develop an on-line course that would meet the competencies for the Ed. Methods course.
State Professional Development Team: Sharon showed the website that has been developed by NWTC and other districts in the region to publicize information on professional development/course opportunities they have agreed to collaborate on.
Status of CIS 107 Proposal: Mike Tokheim’s workgroup is somewhat behind schedule in their development process, but it is still expected that the proposal will be brought to our fall committee meeting.
Larry indicated the issue has resolved itself at his district by applying the “unique criteria” rule allowed with instructors of Adult and Continuing Education courses.
Jill agreed to work with Sharon to see if the workshop could be held at MATC Madison. Several dates in September and October were selected as possibilities. Jill will check on availability and get back to Sharon as soon as possible. Possible topics include:
Rollout of New Guidelines- Have a flexibility theme
CIS 107 Proposal
Database redesign
Covering any new Occ. Exp. Documents
“Best thing you do in your district” session
Have topics at stations that people can rotate through in the PMHow to streamline your local processes; best practices
The Committee will plan to meet the day before the workshop. A Wisline call to further define the content and agenda of the fall workshop will be held on Wednesday, August 6, 2003 from 10AM to noon.
Jan nominated Mary Peters to serve as Chair for next year. Mary nominated Jan Jablonski. Jan declined. Mary nominated Val Smith. Val suggested that she serve as co-chair. The vote for Chair will be held at the first meeting after July 1, 2003.
Steve Holden has asked to be removed from the committee, so Sharon will seek a new member from WEAC. Also, Mary Halberstadt and Jan Jablonski need to be re-appointed by the President’s Association. Sharon will coordinate after the new Chair begins in July. Nick Triscari’s term expires June of 2003, so he will be asked if he is interested in remaining on the committee.
A motion was made by Kitty, seconded by Jan, to adjourn the meeting. Meeting adjourned at 2:20PM.