Shared Governance

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Shared Governance

• The Role of Classified Employees
• In Governance
• (Classified Senate and District Committees)

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Basic Principal

• Shared governance ensures faculty, staff and
  students the right to participate effectively in
  district and college governance.
• Shared governance allows the opportunity to
  express opinions at the campus level.
• Shared governance ensures that these opinions are
  given every reasonable consideration.
• - Based on California Education Code70901

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Your purpose

• To influence policies that will affect
  classified.
• To represent classified concerns to the colleges
  leadership.
• To learn from the experience.

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Your purpose

• To embrace a proactive role in collegial
  governance.
• To effectively provide representation in all
  issues involving classified staff
• To value, advocate, and participate in
  MiraCosta's collegial governance process with
  colleagues including student body, administration
  and faculty, as set forth by the college's Board
  of Trustees.
• Adopted by the Classified Senate Council 07/23/96

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MiraCosta Model of Governance

• Shared Governance
• MiraCosta Democracy
• Collegiality collaborative participation in
  planning for the future and in developing
  policies and recommendations under which the
  college is governed and administered.

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Committee Compositionmay include

• Faculty, staff and administrators
• Community members
• Students, if directly impacted

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Senate Council Composition

• Elected Officers
• President 50 release time
• Vice President 8 hrs. release time
• Treasurer 8 hrs. release time
• Secretary 8 hrs. release time
• Immediate Past President 4 hrs. release time
• 7 Senators 4 hrs. release time

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Benefits of Participation

• Learn about MiraCosta and participate in shared
  governance.
• Interact with colleagues.
• Allows for creativity and personal growth.
• Increases your value as an employee.
• Gives you a broader view of MiraCosta.
• Provides you the opportunity to help MiraCosta to
  fulfill its mission and serve students.

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How do you get involved?

• Elected (i.e., Classified Senate Council, CRC)
• Appointed by Classified Senate President
• Appointments are typically made in late spring or
  early summer.
• Assignments last at least one year.
• Required by your work assignment/job title
• Volunteer for ad hoc committees

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Who do you represent?

• All Classified Employees!
• You may be the only classified person to voice a
  point of view, so be prepared to speak up.
• Solicit input from other classified staff
  members.
• Remember to report back to Classified Senate
  Council when appropriate.

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What makes a good representative?

• Meet with the Classified Senate President, or
  committee chair, or a knowledgeable classified
  employee for background information.
• Attend all meetings
• Dont miss the first meeting of the semester as
  this is
• when future meetings are scheduled.
• Make sure you are receiving updates and agendas.
• Be prepared, do your homework.
• Understand the mission.
• Obtain buy-in from your constituents.
• Understand the issues and the broader context in
• which they exist.

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• Listen to others point of view.
• Present the classified view in a professional
  manner.
• Be respectful, but dont be awed or intimidated.
• Ask questions both during and outside of the
  meetings.

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• Keep your personal agendas private.
• If you take on an assignment, follow through.
• If you do all these things, you will earn the
  respect of others as a valued participant!!

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Voice vs. Vote

• Your voice will always be more important than
  your vote.
• Many committees do not vote they work by
  consensus. (an opinion held by all or most of
  those present)

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Remember . . .

• You are first a classified employee
• If participation interferes with your work speak
  with your supervisor and/or the Classified Senate
  President.
• You are an important member
• Be a contributor
• Complete assigned tasks
• Consider what you can or cannot contribute.
• If you cannot attend meetings or if you feel that
  you cannot represent classified appropriately,
  ask to be replaced.

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District Committees

• Academic Senate Council
• Classified Senate Council
• Planning Budgeting Council (PBC)
• Facilities Planning Advisory Committee (FPAC)
• Strategic Planning for Information Technology
  (SPIT)
• Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)

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• Additional District Committees
• Antifraud Committee
• Auxiliary Services Committee
• Commencement Committee
• Equal Employment Opportunity Advisory
• Financial Aid Committee
• Fringe Benefits Committee
• Governmental Affairs Committee
• Health Safety Committee
• Investment Oversight Committee
• Staff Development Committee
• Traffic/Parking Committee

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Classified Committees

• Career Incentive Committee
• Classified Review Committee (CRC)
• Classified Staff Development (Ad Hoc)

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Other MCC Opportunities

• Serve as a Student Club advisor
• Attend
• Lecture series
• Take a class
• Foreign film series
• Theatre/dance/music productions
• Student events
• Volunteer to help with various college events

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Be involved and stay connected!