College Council

About the Committee

FUNCTIONS

1. Review recommendations from the various constituents, administration, academic senate, classified staff, and students and forward a recommendation to the President.

2. Recommend to the Academic Senate changes in campus-wide philosophy and missions statements, and the goals and

objectives of Porterville College to the President.

3. Develop, monitor, review, and recommend campus-wide research processes, measures, and results; and campus-wide educational planning processes.

4. Analyze all planning processes and actions of any impacts upon, and relationship to, the Porterville College Institutional Plans to the President.

5. Establish fiscal priorities for the College, serve as a fact-finding body for budgetary priorities, and make recommendation to the College President for both short-term and long-term budgetary needs.

6. Serve as communication liaison with other staff and students to relate rationale for budgetary decisions.

7. Review budget recommendations from the Budget Subcommittee and make recommendations to the President for additions and/or deletions to balance budget.

8. Collect and review recommendations from the Enrollment Management Subcommittee, Budget Subcommittee, and Strategic Planning Subcommittee to make a recommendation to CC for final recommendations to the College President.

9. Review and recommend to the president hiring priorities, utilizing the formal process, as they relate to the Educational Master Plan.

10. Review campus research and research needs as a basis for implementing program review, assessment, and planning processes.

11. Review and recommend divisional structures and reorganization plans to the President.

12. Review and recommend to the President facility requirements and needs.

13. Review and recommend any comprehensive enrollment management strategies and plans, including student recruitment, registration processes, and scheduling to the President.

14. Review and remain current on laws and legislation affecting educational programs and instruction.

SPECIFIC TASKS

Annually review, evaluate, revise, and recommend as needed, the College’s mission statement, goals, and objectives to meet the changing trends and needs of the community served to the President.
Draft/revise/recommend for approval the College’s Educational Master Plan to the President.
Review/act/advise/recommend campus-wide planning processes, especially as to their effect on meeting the Educational Master Plan to the President.
Review/act/advise/recommend institutional research processes, including institutional effectiveness, program review, student success, enrollment management and FTES/FTEF productivity information to the President.

MEMBERSHIP

President (ex officio, non-voting): Primavera Monarrez

Vice President, Instruction: Thad Russell

Vice President, Student Services: Erin Wingfield

Vice President, Finance & Administrative Services: Griselda Aceves

Dean, Instruction: Michelle Miller-Galaz

Dean, Instruction: Osvaldo Del Valle
Dean, Student Services: Stephanie Olmedo-Hinde

Associate Dean, Health Careers: Kim Behrens

* Director, Financial Aid: Tiffany Haynes

* Director, Student Success and Equality: Jasmin Quinones

* Director, Enrollment Services: Marie Braidi

* Director, Athletics: Keith Ford

* Director, Information Technology: Manuel Caceres

* Director, Maintenance & Operations: Fernando Jimenez

* Director, Human Resources (ex officio, non-voting): Tashina Pearson

* Manager, Safety & Security (guest, non-voting): Leonardo Ezpinosa

* Coordinator, Disability Resource Center (vacant)

Institutional Researcher: Michael Carley

Academic Senate President: Rebecca Baird

Academic Senate President Elect (ex officio, non-voting): Sherie Burgess

* Division Chair

Career & Technical Education: Stephanie Cortez

Fine and Applied Arts: Ethan Hartsell

Health Careers: Elizabeth Keele

Kinesiology: Vickie Dugan

Language Arts: Melissa Long

Natural Science: Kendra Haney

Mathematics: Ian Onizuka

Social Science: Matt Flummer

Student Services: Patricia Serrato

* Coordinator, Outcomes (guest, non-voting): Melissa Long

Reference Librarian: Chris Ebert

* Adjunct Faculty Representative

* CCA Campus Chair: Jeff Keele

* CCA Campus Representative: Christopher Piersol

* CSEA President: Kristi Covington

* CSEA Vice President: Amy Tanguma

* ASPC President aspcpres@portervillecollege edu

* ASPC Vice President aspcvp@portervillecollege edu

* or designee

** ex officio (Non-voting member)

Total Membership 34

QUORUM

All agenda items must come to the Council through the co-chairs
All agenda items, except for emergency and program review items, shall come to the CC for information and discussion at one meeting followed by consideration for action at the next CC meeting
Emergency items are items of such a nature that lack of immediate action will result in a negative impact on the ability of the college to fulfill its mission. Emergency items shall be provided to all CC members at least 72 hours in advance of the CC meeting at which action is to be taken along with the rationale of the emergency nature. It may then be added to the CC agenda as a discussion and action item.
Program reviews go to the Strategic Planning Sub-committee and are thoroughly assessed before being forward to CC for review and approval. Program reviews will be to the CC agends as an action item.
The deadline for submitting agenda items is one week prior to the scheduled meeting
The agenda and supportive materials will be displayed in a public space and/or posted on email at least three days prior to the scheduled meeting
If a decision needs to be made at the regularly scheduled meeting, the majority vote will be the final recommendation to the president. If an unscheduled special meeting is called, a minimum of 50% + 1 Council members must be present.
If the vote is controversial, a secret ballot will be used to avoid expectations regarding conduct at the request of any voting member:
We must at all times respect each other’s opinions
We will not personalize, e g , use specific names of staff members