Title: Senate 101
1Senate 101
Senate 101
A CLI Presentation by Linda Allen, 4CSBay Area
2 Representative Alana Utsumi 2014-2015
Classified Senate President, Skyline College
2Workshop Goals
- Knowledge What and Why Participatory
Governance - Participatory Governance Success A matter of
Leadership - Goal A Successful Governance Structure
- Participatory Governance Opportunity
- Efficient Participatory Governance Model
- Training and Goals
- 4CS-Statewide Participation Opportunities
- Promote Leadership Skills at All Levels
- Get Commitment
- How Can We make Participatory Governance
Efficient - Committees Making Participation Matter
3Knowledge What and Why - Participatory
(Shared) Governance
- History and Progress
- AB 1725
- The Opportunity for Input and every
- reasonable consideration of that input
- Classified Senates
- SB 235 Senate/Union
- Committee Responsibilities
4How Can We Make Participatory Governance
Efficient?
You must unlearn what you have learned. Yoda
- Change with the Climate
- Ask the right questions
- Do I need to be here?
- Who HAS to do what?
- Short Cuts?
- Meetings?
- Committee Evaluations?
- Communication tools?
5Efficient Participatory Governance Model
- What is an efficient participatory
Governance model? - Time efficient
- Policies and Procedures in place
- Delegates responsibilities sensibly
- Recognizes contributions
- Recognizes where accountability resides
- Inclusive in management style
- Solution oriented, not agenda based
- Visible
6Participatory GovernanceSuccess A Matter of
Leadership
Good Leaders make people feel that theyre at
the very heart of things, not at the periphery.
Everyone feels that he or she makes a difference
to the success of the organization. When that
happens people feel centered and that gives their
work meaning.
7Goal A Successful Governance Structure
- Campus-Wide
- Policy Procedures
- Handbook
- Committees
- Respect and Collaboration
- Senate/Governance Body
- Elections, Leaders, accountability
- Meetings/agendas
- Reports minutes, communications,
- committees, education
- Reassess and Re-evaluate
- Visibility
8Promote Leadership Skills at All Levels
- Take advantage of College leadership program
opportunities - Delegate responsibilities to
- develop new leaders and skills
- Provide professional development
- workshop to promote committee skills
- Roberts Rules of Order, running meetings, etc.
- Recognize excellence
- Ask someone to do something new
9Benefits of successful governance
opportunities
- Building morale, teamwork, and productivity
- Building a positive classified organization to
balance union responsibilities - Increase mutual respect
- Improve understanding of institutional goals
- Personal Development
10Get Commitment
- Team commitment
- Individual commitment
- Administrative commitment
- Faculty commitment
- Student commitment
- Classified staff commitment
- Union commitment
11Training and Goals
- Conduct governance training at hiring process.
- Evaluate and educate campus community on role and
participation of a group - Provide written policies and procedures to
outline expectations of a group - Senate Orientation
- Continuous governance training
- Knowledge
- Realistic Goals
124CS-Statewide Participation
- 4CS Resources
- Board of Governors
- Consultation Council
- Community College League of California
- 4CS Listserves
- 4CS Website
- Sharing
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