Two-Year Colleges Commission Post-Conference Reports NACADA
Commission and Interest Group Division
2004
Post-Conference Unit Report
Commission:
Two-Year Colleges Commission
Chair:
Dianne Castor
Section
1: Identify the leadership within your unit.
List
members of your steering committees, committee members, task force
members, conference chairs, etc. & their emails.
| Name of Committee
|
Name of Committee
Member |
Email |
| Service to Commission Award |
Kelly Bennett |
kbennett@monroecc.edu |
| Steering Committee Region 3 |
Donna W. Edgar |
donna.edgar@kctcs.edu |
| Newsletter |
Peggy Jordan |
pJordan@okccc.edu |
| Steering Committee Region 7 |
Becky Boyd |
blboyd@Jccc.net |
| Steering Committee Region 1 |
John Kennedy |
kennedyjoh@hvcc.edu |
Section
2: Outline your annual activities as they relate to the NACADA missions
and strategies.
Mission 1 :
Address the academic advising needs of higher education.
Strategies:
1-A
Identify, prioritize, and address critical issues facing academic
advising. Through surveys and needs assessments, identify the issues
facing academic advising in higher education and propose methods
for addressing these issues - from recognition of advising as a
critical component of student success to the recognition of advisors
as critical to the educational/developmental process.
| Task (Activities Planned) |
Person/committee assigned the task
|
Target Date |
Date Completed |
Assess progress or completion |
| Solicit input from Commission members
relative to concerns pertinent to two-year colleges and ways
to recognize advising as a critical component of student success
and to recognize advisors in the developmental process. |
Commission Chair and Steering Committee
|
0000-00-00 |
0000-00-00 |
|
1-D
Provide comprehensive professional development opportunities to
the academic advising community. Identify, develop, and deliver
professional development activities and resources to meet the needs
of the academic advising community - including institutions, central
administrators, full-time advisors, faculty advisors, and peer advisors.
| Task (Activities Planned) |
Person/committee assigned the task
|
Target Date |
Date Completed |
Assess progress or completion |
| Encourage participation at all levels
of the NACADA organization through presentations at the state,
regional and national levels |
Commission Chair and Steering Committee
|
0000-00-00 |
0000-00-00 |
|
| Promote discussion on the list serve.
|
Commission Chair |
0000-00-00 |
0000-00-00 |
|
Mission 2 :
Advance the body of knowledge of academic advising.
No
Activity entered
Mission 3 :
Champion the educational role of academic advising to enhance student
learning and development in a diverse world.
No
Activity entered
Mission 4 :
Affirm the role of academic advising in supporting institutional
mission and vitality.
Strategies:
4-A
Influence leaders and decision-makers in higher education to support
quality academic advising. Impress upon institutional leaders that
quality academic advising is important to institutional success.
| Task (Activities Planned) |
Person/committee assigned the task
|
Target Date |
Date Completed |
Assess progress or completion |
| Solicit involvement from decision-makers
in higher education to support academic advising by survey of
chief academic officiers of two-year colleges. |
Commission Chair |
0000-00-00 |
0000-00-00 |
|
| Solicit nominations and present the
Service to Commission Award for the Two-Year Colleges Commission.
Am requesting $50 to be budgeted for this award. |
Dianne Castor |
0000-00-00 |
0000-00-00 |
|
Mission 5
: Promote the involvement of diverse populations in the Association.
Strategies:
5-C
Expand growth opportunities. Identify and promote opportunities
for involvement by new members and leaders. Identify methods for
reaching new populations with advising professional development
opportunities.
| Task (Activities Planned) |
Person/committee assigned the task
|
Target Date |
Date Completed |
Assess progress or completion |
| Expand CIGD Fair Booth to reach more
potential members for our Commission. Solicit members for Committee
to develop the booth so that there is better orientation for
new members or potential members for our commission. |
Chair |
0000-00-00 |
0000-00-00 |
|
Section
3: Issues/Items for consideration by the Division, Council or Board
of Directors.
| Issue/Item |
Details |
| Add a member from Two-Year Colleges
to the Board of Directors |
At our Commission Meeting there was
a great deal of discussion about Two-Year Colleges not being
represented on the Board, the commission feels that since the
division is smaller that colleges and univerisities, it is almost
impossible for a member of a two year college to ever be elected
to the board. With this in mind and the diverse needs of two
year colleges, the Commission recommends that the Board divise
a method so that a person would always be on the board who represents
two-year colleges. |
Section
4: List Volunteer Opportunities Available in your Unit.
| Volunteer Opportunity |
Details |
| Steering Committee |
Need representation from Region 2,
Region 4, Region 5, Region 6, Region 8, Region 9 Region 10 |
| Readers for Conference Proposals
|
Readers will national conference proposala
and rate the proposal on the pertienence to our commission and/or
annual conference. Vote for the 4 proposal that would best represent
our commission with 4 proposals being selected to be Commissioned
Sponsored at the national conference. |
| Cigi Fair Committee |
Members are needed to help develop
the Two-Year Colleges Commission Booth at the national Conference.
This booth will be devloped to recruit new members and to help
orient new members to the Two-Year Colleges Commission. |
| Newsletter Article Authors
|
Need people willing to write articles
for the Two-Year Colleges Newsletter. These articles are short
and should discuss best practices for advising, advisors or
other topics of interest for two year college advisors. |
Section
5: Summary of Annual Commission Meeting
The
Annual Meeting of the Two-Colleges Commission was attended
by approximately 35 people. There was a great deal of discussion
among the members of the group about issues relative to Two-Year
Colleges. There was concern relative to two year colleges
not being represented on the NACADA Board and concern that
they would never be able to have a seat on the board due to
the smaller number of the commission and smaller number of
two year colleges nationwide. A proposal was made to the NACADA
Board seeking a seat on the Board especially designated for
two year colleges.
There was a discussion
of how members have the opportunity to become involved in
NACADA by being active at all levels of the organization (state,
regional and national). The discussion entailed running for
offices, volunteering to serve on committees, and making presentations
at all levels. There was a discussion on developing a Service
to Commission Award for Two-Year Colleges and it was decided
that this is a needed component of the Commission to recognize
individuals who have given service to the Commission. Several
members of the group stated concern about the cost of the
national conference expressing concern on how budgetary cuts
affect members of the commission relative to attendance at
the national conference. A discussion followed about the importance
of regions and states providing opportunities for professional
developement for advisors at all levels.
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