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2021_11_04 CTE Meeting

October 29, 2021 In

2021_11_04 CTE Meeting

Title: 2021_11_04 CTE Meeting
Date: 11/04/2021
Agenda

Taft College Career and Technical Education (CTE) Committee

AGENDA

Thursday, November 04, 2021

Taft College

29 Cougar Court, Taft CA 93268

1:10PM TO 2:00PM

Cougar Room

 

*The CTE Committee may take action on any discussion item identified on the agenda.

Call to Order

Public Commentary

Approval of the Minutes

  1. Approval October 7, 2021 Minutes (3 minutes) ACTION

Welcome

Informational Items:

  1. Dean of Instruction and CTE INFORMATION

Updates:

  1. Court Reporting Advisory Committee INFORMATION
  2. Dental Hygiene Advisory Committee INFORMATION

Old Business

  1. None

New Business

  1. Documenting Current TC Developed CTE Minimum Qualification Standards DISC/ACTION
  2. Key CTE Committee Goals – Plan for Action DISC/ACTION

            See Minutes from Nov 5, 2020 and Oct 7, 2021

  1. Considering Medical Assisting Certificate program (Suggestion #5) DISCUSSION

Other

(Items of general interest relevant to the committee; no action)

Announcements

Adjournment
Minutes

Taft College Career and Technical Education (CTE) Committee

MINUTES

 

Thursday, November 04, 2021

Taft College

29 Cougar Court, Taft CA 93268

 

1:10PM TO 2:00PM

Cougar Room

 

*The CTE Committee may take action on any discussion item identified on the agenda.

 

Call to Order

 

1:15 p.m.

Public Commentary

 

None

 

Attendance

 

Members Present: Darcy Bogle, Chris Flachmann, Becky Roth

Not Present: Vicki Jacobi, Kristi Richards

Guests: None

 

Approval of the Minutes

  1. Approval October 7, 2021 Minutes (3 minutes) ACTION

Motion to approve the minutes: Becky Roth

Second: Darcy Bogle
Abstain: Chris Flachmann

Motion passed.

 

Welcome

 

Informational Items:

  1. Dean of Instruction and CTE INFORMATION

Application process is moving forward and interviews to be held very soon.

 

Updates:

  1. Court Reporting Advisory Committee INFORMATION

Chris reported the committee is having trouble finding the five required industry partners. The committee discussed reviewing CTE advisory committee membership standards/best practices/policies related to industry partners and how we might be able to avoid meeting cancellations due to membership issues, and lack of participation. Becky also shared the last ECE committee meeting had been cancelled and the committee is looking to possibly restructure to better meet the ECE committee needs as well as to promote participation. Becky will share an article from ASCCC on CTE advisory committees.

 

  1. Dental Hygiene Advisory Committee INFORMATION

    Darcy shared the committee recently met and there is an interest in the future to continue to explore and look at building curriculum to offer a bachelor completion program.

 

Old Business

  1. None

 

New Business

  1. Documenting Current TC Developed CTE Minimum Qualification Standards DISC/ACTION

 

The next meeting will include an agenda item on next steps to identify faculty minimum qualifications at use at TC and examples of applicable industry experience for various CTE faculty disciplines/courses in order to help create a clear and transparent process for all CTE applicants. This can help screen candidates into, not out of the pool…stating an applicant meets minimum qualifications is different from the hiring process…it does not result in lowering of professional standards. Becky stated she can reach out to other ECE programs, and Darcy discussed how we might be able to chunk this item into manageable steps with an interest of having a working draft outlining examples of applicable faculty CTE industry experience by discipline/course by the end of the spring semester.

 

  1. Key CTE Committee Goals – Plan for Action DISC/ACTION

            See Minutes from Nov 5, 2020 and Oct 7, 2021

The committee discussed the prioritized goals, and reviewed, in detail, the Career Technical Education Faculty Minimum Qualifications Toolkit. Discussion and ideas on how to identify, adapt, and/or refer to appropriate group those contents/processes/patterns most likely to improve CTE processes and procedures at Taft College was briefly discussed. In the toolkit, the main focus was on faculty minimum qualifications. A few key pages reviewed: 16-Faculty; 22-Best Practices; 28-Portfolio Model Standard; 39-Evidence and Artifacts; 58-Job Postings Statement; 66-CTE Instructor

 

  1. Considering Medical Assisting Certificate Program (Suggestion #5) DISCUSSION

    The committee had a brief discussion on this suggested certificate program and a few questions were brought up. The committee will discuss in more detail at the next meeting and provide recommendations/feedback.

 

Other

None

 

Announcements

 

None

 

Adjournment

 

Meeting adjourned at 2:07 p.m.
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