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1 Developing leadership: An investment in the future Change is the law of life and those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future. John F. Kennedy CONNECTIONS VOLUME 6, NUMBER 2 JUNE 2006 What does the future of California and our community college system look like? Our student population is constantly changing and veteran staff, faculty, and administration are eagerly anticipating retirement. According to a recent study (2002) Julie Whiting 4CS President from the Community Leadership Consortium, community colleges are facing a tremendous leadership shortage in all facets of the organization, especially in highly skilled and specialized positions. In order to insure the vitality of our system and the strength of the programs and services for our students and communities it is incumbent upon classified employees to take an active role in preparing themselves for these leadership opportunities. Leadership development is a personal and professional growth investment that will benefit you in every aspect of your lives. Along the journey you become an example for those around you to emulate and take inspiration from. There are several aspects of leadership development to focus on including formal education, core competencies, building a shared vision, and emotional intelligence just to name a few. However, the main focus should be on building relationships and how you treat the people around you. When we lead with our hearts the impact is tremendous. Your job is to arouse passion. You want people fired up from within. So give them a cause. Create a movement, one with enough drama and appeal to yank their emotions out of the dreary fog of uninspired work. When the spirit is moved, work has meaning. The job gives people joy. The feel connected. They become committed. Basically, your team becomes a self-organizing system, a collective effort that for the most part can manage itself if you only give people the chance. Carpe Mañana Before Tomorrow Seizes You Price Pritchett, 2000 Always keep in mind the purpose behind your leadership journey so that you will not be disheartened by the setbacks or detours along the way. The future is happening every day and if you wait for it the opportunity may be lost. A newsletter for the Classified Senates of the California Community s Inside Connections 4CS Executive Board Directory... 2 Organization News... 3 Senate News from Across the State CLI 2006 Scholarship Recipients... 6 Governance Organization Spotlight - CCLC Calendar of 4CS Activities and Deadlines CS Connections June

2 4CS Executive Board Directory PRESIDENT JULIE WHITING State Center CCD Madera Center (559) NORTH VICE PRESIDENT MONICA SOUZA Sacramento City (916) SOUTH VICE PRESIDENT SHIRLEY SCHMID Pasadena City (626) SECRETARY BARBARA SALMON Pasadena City (626) TREASURER LINDA KELSO San Joaquin Delta (209) PAST PRESIDENT TONY PRESTBY Santa Monica (310) PRESIDENT EMERITUS MARY THOMPSON (Retired) CARI PLYLEY Butte (530) CS ASSOCIATES Mary Ann Fry Don Strauch Leo Lieber REPRESENTATIVES NORTH 1 LIZ LINTON Mendocino (707) llinton@ccccs.org Butte of the R e d w o o d s C o l l e g e o f t h e Siskyous Feather River Lassen Mendocino Shasta NORTH 2 CATHIE BROWNING American River (916) cbrowning@ccccs.org American River Cosumnes River Folsom Lake Los Rios CC District Sacramento City NORTH 3 JIM WILSON Sierra (916) jwilson@ccccs.org Lake Tahoe Comm. Sierra Yuba BAY 1 BOBBY SNELL of Alameda (510) bsnell@ccccs.org Chabot Chabot-Los Positas CC District of Alameda Contra Costa CC District Contra Costa Diablo Valley Laney Las Positas Los Medanos Merritt C o l l e g e P e r a l t a C C D i s t r i c t Solano Community Vista BAY 2 NANCY KUTCHER of Marin (415) nkutcher@ccccs.org Canada of Marin of San Mateo Napa Valley City of San Francisco San Mateo CC District Santa Rosa Jr. Skyline BAY 3 PATRICK LANE Ohlone (510) plane@ccccs.org Cabrillo De Anza Evergreen Valley Foothill Foothill-De Anza CC District Gavilan Hartnell Mission Monterey Peninsula Ohlone San Jose City San Jose/Evergreen CC Dist. West Valley West Valley- Mission CC District CENTRAL 1 (vacant) Columbia Merced Modesto Jr. San Joaquin Delta Yosemite CC District CENTRAL 2 PAULA CUESY State Center CCD (559) pcuesy@ccccs.org of the Sequoias Fresno City Reedley State Center CC District West Hills CENTRAL 3 (vacant) Bakersfield Cerro Coso Comm. Kern CC District Porterville Taft SOUTHWEST 1 (vacant) Compton East Los Angeles El Camino Los Angeles CC District Los Angeles City Los Angeles Harbor Los Angeles Mission Los Angeles Pierce Los Angeles Southwest Los Angeles Trade-Tech Los Angeles Valley Santa Monica West Los Angeles SOUTHWEST 2 GARY POTTS Pasadena City (626) gpotts@ccccs.org Allan Hancock Antelope Valley of the Canyons Cuesta Moorpark Oxnard Santa Barbara City Ventura Ventura CC District SOUTHWEST 3 DENISE ALBRIGHt Pasadena City (626) dalbright@ccccs.org Cerritos Citrus Glendale Community Mt. San Antonio Pasadena City Rio Hondo SOUTHEAST 1 PAT MURRAY Grossmont-Cuyamaca CCD (619) pmurray@ccccs.org Cuyamaca Grossmont Grossmont/Cuyamaca CC Dist. Imperial Valley Mira Costa Palo Verde Palomar San Diego CC District San Diego City San Diego Mesa San Diego Miramar Southwestern SOUTHEAST 2 (vacant) Coast CC District Coastline Community Cypress Fullerton Golden West Irvine Valley Long Beach City North Orange CC District Orange Coast Rancho Santiago C C D S a d d l e b a c k C C D i s t r i c t Saddleback Santa Ana Santiago Canyon SOUTHEAST 3 MICHELLE CROCFER San Bernadino Valley (909) mcrocfer@ccccs.org Barstow Chaffey of the Desert Copper Mountain Crafton Hills Mt. San Jacinto Riverside Community San Bernardino CC District San Bernardino Valley Victor Valley 2 4CS Connections June 2006

3 Organizational News 4CS Honored for role in supporting professional development THE CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES CLASSIFIED SENATE Executive Board was recently honored as the recipient of the 4C/SD Board Award. This honor from the California Community s Council for Staff and Organizational Development recognizes an organization for demonstrating exemplary leadership and support for professional development. 4CS was chosen for supporting classified staff leadership and professional development, particularly through our annual Classified Leadership Institute; promoting classified staff participation in shared governance at the state and local level; and proving information and resources on the classified staff role in governance through our website, workshops and publications. Julie Whiting, 4CS President, accepted the award at the annual 4C/ SD spring conference in March. As part of the conference program, 4CS also presented a workshop entitled Building Classified Leaders through Training and Networking which explores ways classified staff can elevate their leadership role on the college campus and professional and leadership development opportunities offered through partnerships and trainings provided by 4CS. Leslie Wang honored with 4CS Leadership Award THE CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES Classified Senate honors Leslie Wang with their annual Leadership Award recognizing her significant support for classified participation in governance at the state level. Ms. Wang is a senior multi-media specialist at San Joaquin Delta. She was appointed to serve as a member of the Board of Governors by Governor Gray Davis in 1999 and then reappointed by Governor Schwarzenegger in Her involvement in community college leadership at the highest level has elevated the visibility of and level of respect for classified staff in governance. She has served on numerous district shared governance and hiring selection committees and has been recognized by both her peers and the college s Academic Senate for her work and her leadership. In her position as a Senior Multi-Media Technician, she has assisted in expanding the use of distance technology, and been instrumental in bringing multimedia technology to the classroom. She served as an area representative for five years on the statewide Community Committee of the California School Employees Association, and then as appointed Chairperson for an additional three years. 4CS will present Leslie Wang with the award during the annual Classified Leadership Institute on Thursday June 8, Workshop provided to Evergreen IN MARCH 2006, on a rainy Friday afternoon, 4CS representatives converged on Evergreen Valley in San Jose to present their Teaming Up for Success workshop during the San Jose - Evergreen Community District s Instructional Improvement Day. Presenting the 90-minute workshop were Pat Murray, 4CS Southeast Area 1 Representative from Grossmont in San Diego, and Patrick Lane, 4CS Bay Area 3 Representative from Ohlone in Fremont. They were joined by their special guests Dave Garrido, Classified Senate President-Elect from Foothill in Los Altos Hills, and Bret Watson, Classified Senate President from Foothill - De Anza Community District also in Los Altos Hills. The workshop was attended by a group of Senate members and supporters, and even included a member of senior management that was seeking a better understanding of the shared governance model for classified staff. The focus of the session revolved around establishing and maintaining collaborative relationships between Senates and unions, and included an overview of AB1725/SB235 and an interactive discussion on avoiding and resolving conflict. Attendees stated that they felt encouraged, supported, and better informed following the workshop. The 4CS Speakers Bureau provides workshops on a variety of shared governance topics. For more information on arranging a 4CS presentation at your college contact your local area representative or Julie Whiting at jwhiting@ccccs.org Information on Participatory Governance given to Trustees ON MAY 10, 2006 members of the 4CS board presented information on the classified role in governance to the Ohlone Board of Trustees. Patrick Lane, an Ohlone classified employee and the 4CS Bay 3 area representative, was able to place the item on the board agenda and invited 4CS to come and make the presentation. The Ohlone Board had identified knowledge of shared governance as an area that needed improvement on their last self evaluation, according to Mr. Robert Brunton, Ohlone Board President. 4CS was able to provide the board and a large audience of administrators, faculty and classified staff with a myriad of resources and information. Cari Plyley, 4CS President Emeritus of Butte and Julie Whiting, 4CS President of State Center Community Districtʼs North Centers guided the audience through the purpose of participatory governance and mechanisms for effective classified involvement in the process. 4CS Connections June

4 Senate News from Across the State Exciting times with Foothill Classified Senate THE FOOTHILL COLLEGE CLASSIFIED SENATE (FCCS) began January Our first president, Karen Webb, recently retired after working at Foothill for 25+ years! We have just celebrated Classified Employee Recognition Week. Our committee Chair was Melissa Baxter. This is her first year being involved with our Classi Senate and I think we have her hooked! Their theme was Let s take a mini-vacation. Some highlights we experienced during the week: finding safari picture frames in our mailboxes with notes telling us to Make your own mini-vacation memories., getting water bottles in our mailboxes with individual notes dropped in each one, finding packages of Oral-B Brushups in our mailboxes (courtesy of Foothill s Dental Hygiene Clinic) with stickers on them saying When on vacation why worry about a toothbrush!. The fun culminated with a mini-vacation celebration with pizza, ice cream sandwiches, raffles and frozen umbrella drinks (non-alcoholic, naturally)! Earlier in May we held our Classi Retreat chaired by Sherri Mines. We gathered offcampus at Santa Cruz s Coconut Grove on the Boardwalk. The Committee chose Seeing the Open Door as their theme. We often don t see opportunities that are right there on the other side of the open door, so we were shown some of them during the retreat. With about a dozen guests speaking, we were given lots of information regarding professional growth, insurance benefits, how to interview to advance in our District, how to take a professional development leave, PE classes, and much more. We had a beautiful hot lunch and then set off on a scavenger hunt for our team building exercise. We had 140+ attendees from Foothill and our Central Services (DO) campus, as well. We just announced our F C C S Administrator of the Year, Rose Myers and our F C C S Classified Employee of the Year, Art Turmelle, who will be joining us at Granlibakken this year. Art was in on the ground floor when Senate was formed and as served as president no less than 4 times! One new and exciting endeavor we had a hand in this year: creating a class for classified. We are currently offering a Career Planning class for our staff. It is a 1-unit class offered by 2 counselors who are co-teaching it. So far we have learned how to improve our resumes and cover letters, up and coming will be how to answer those tough interview questions and pseudo-interviews that will be taped and analyzed! This class came to be because of the defeat felt by so many Foothill employees when outside applicants are awarded jobs that should go to our own people. Our executive board listened to this message, went to our Administration and got the class here we have a win-win situation: our staff is learning some valuable information and earning professional growth academic credits while the school has collected tuition fees and WSCH! How great is that?! We have an active Senate, always in-the-know and not just because Foothill s president, Bernadine Fong, says we should be. We are a valuable part of Foothill. You can see just how valuable we are and what fun we have, as well by looking at our web site: There is so much there, I can t begin to tell you about it. You ll enjoy visiting the site! 4CS Salutes 241 years of Classified Senate experience!!! 20 years or more Chaffey (1982) Fresno (1984) Santa Monica (1985) 15 years or more Foothill (1989) Sierra (1989) San Joaquin Delta (1989) 15 years Sacramento City (1990) of Alameda (1990) Moorpark (1990) 10 years or more Los Medanos (1991) Merced (1991) Gendale Community (1991) Reedley & North Centers (1991) Santa Barbara City (1991) THANK YOU for all you do for Classified employees of California s Community s! 4 4CS Connections June 2006

5 State Center Community District Classified professionals unmask their potential T 6TH ANNUAL SCCCD Classified Professional Development Mega Conference took place on Tuesday April 11th. The conference brings together classified staff from across the multi-campus district for a day of professional and personal development workshops and speakers. The theme of Unmask Your Potential was infused with a Mardi Gras festive spirit. Workshops focused on participating in shared governance, Julie Whiting presenting a workshop at SCCCD growth opportunities for classified staff, tips for public speaking, and keeping celebration SCCCD Classified Professional Development Mega Conference and balance in your life. With nearly 350 classified staff in attendance along with several trustees Pasadena City holds and administrators the event was also a celebration and recognition of the hard work and dedication of the annual event for fun and classified staff. Julie Whiting, a SCCCD classified reflection employee and President of 4CS conducted a workshop entitled Joining the Krewe: Participating in Shared ASADENA CITY COLLEGE held its Annual Governance. Approximately 50 individuals including Classified General Session, on May 17, a member of the Board of Trustees came to hear and This annual event gives the classified staff a interact about shared governance, how it works, the role chance to review and reflect on our year and plan classified staff play and how it improves the college. for future events. The event was well attended. The fun activities included a 50/50 drawing which added $ to our Classified Scholarship fund, and a gift basket that was donated by Pasadena Coffee and Tea. Every year the senate awards several scholarships to Grossmont Cuyamaca honors classified staff to further their education. HE P Classified staff On May 24, 2006 Grossmont and Cuyamaca s honored 67 recipients of the Chancellor s/classified Senate Employee Recognition Award. This marks the 10th anniversary of this award which was recently redesigned by the district classified senate and chancellor to increase the level of prestige associated with the recognition. The quarterly award now includes a $250 gift certificate, lunch with the Chancellor and the governing board president, and an engraved award. Any college or district employee may nominate a deserving classified employee; nominations are judged by a committee of the Classified Senate and the name of the chosen recipient is forwarded to the Chancellor for final selection. All of the award recipients are also submitted to the 4CS Outstanding Classified Leaders Award program presented each year at the Classified Leadership Institute. According to GCCCD Classified Senate President, Pat Murray, All of this generates a pride and enthusiasm at the workplace, which currently seems to be suffering from some indifference. It is my hope that my colleagues will all feel more award of the impact they can have in the lives of the students. A public Thank You can go a long way in building high standards.it is a good program and I look forward to seeing some wonderful award presentations during the next year. 4CS Connections PCC will be sending 13 classified employees to the Classified Leadership Institute in June where there will be honored as a recipient of the 4CS Model Senate Recognition Award. Grossmont Cuyamaca Classified honor recipients June

6 2006 CLI Scholarship Recipients Kim Toledo Folsom Lake Northern California CLI scholarship winner Kim Toledo is from Folsom Lake. A former EOPS/CARE student, Kim graduated from Folsum Lake and then transferred to Sacramento State University. Kim has come back home to work at Folsum lake in the EOPS/CARE program and says, I am back to the programs that taught me to stand up tall. She helps support the economically and educationally challenged students Kim is excited about coming to CLI this year and she looks froward to developing leadership skills with everyone. Phil Cestone Chaffey Our scholarship winner from the south is Phil Cestone from Chaffey. Phil was born and raised in Upland California. He attended Cal State University Fullerton and graduated with a BA in Business Administration. Currently, Phil works at Chaffey ʼs busiest satellite campus in Fontana where he coordinates and directs 18 multi disciplinary tutors and adjunct faculty. Phil truly loves his work and says, My work at Chaffey is rewarding and I enjoy helping college students succeed and reach their academic goals. Phil is looking forward the CLI and when told he was receiving the scholarship, he was thrilled. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to attend the Classified Leadership Institute. Thank you to our Supporting Members 4CS offers sincere appreciation and thanks our supporting members. Several corporations, senates, colleges, districts, and individuals made financial contributions to promote the activities and operations of 4CS. Senates/s/Districts Butte Classified Senate Diablo Valley Classified Senate Foothill DeAnza CCD Classified Senate Grossmont Cuyamaca CCD Classified Senate Mendocino Classified Senate Mira Costa Classified Senate San Bernardino Valley Classified Senate San Diego Mesa Classified Senate Santa Monica Community District Sierra Classified Senate Denise Albright Joyce Giovanetti Linda Kelso Patrick Lane Cari Plyley Gary Potts Individuals Barbara Salmon Magian Smith Monica Souza Julie Whiting Jim Wilson Corporations Sehi Computer Products, INC Strata Information Group Niles Biological, INC Want to support 4CS? We have many levels of memberships to choose from: Supporting Memberships Funding Levels: Senate (Council) $ 100 $ 250 District $ 500 4CS Individuals & Corporate Sponsors Individual Funding Levels: 4CS Sponsor $ 10 Classified Sponsor $ 50 Governance Sponsor $ 100 Corporate Funding Levels: Silver Sponsor $ 100 Gold Sponsor $ 500 Platinum Sponsor $ 1000 All contributions are tax-deductible. For more information on making a donation, see the 4CS webpage at ccccs.org 6 4CS Connections June 2006

7 Governance Organization Spotlight Community League of California THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA is a nonprofit public benefit corporation whose voluntary membership consists of the 72 local community college districts in California. Within the League are two major organizations which share a common mission, staff and fiscal resources: the California Community Trustees (CCCT) and the Chief Executive Officers of the California Community s (CEOCCC). In addition, two other organizations are affiliated with the League: the Association of California Community Administrators (ACCCA); and the California Community Classified Senate (CCCCS). ACCCA and CCCCS are located in the League s Sacramento office. The League affiliated organizations have many goals and objectives similar to CCCT and CEOCCC and recognize that the sharing of facilities and some resources helps strengthen those common purposes. Yet it also is recognized that the League affiliate maintains total independence to pursue the objectives of its members which on occasion may be at variance with the positions taken by CCCT and CEOCCC. The Boards of the League CCCT has a 21 member board of directors elected by the 72 local governing boards. CEOCCC has a 12-member board of directors elected by the local community college chancellors, superintendents and presidents. These boards of the League meet approximately six times a year. At those meetings action is taken on education policy issues before the state Board of Governors and the legislature. Policy direction also is provided to staff concerning statewide educational policy, research initiatives, publications, workshops, and conferences. To coordinate League organizations and their affiliates and to assure their adequate support, each organization selects representatives to serve on the League board. The League board establishes the budget and dues for the League, employs and evaluates a chief executive officer, and approves a staff organizations structure. It also establishes and evaluates the annual education policy agenda and annual legislative program. The board includes four representatives each from CCCT and CEOCCC, two each from ACCCA and CCCCS. Tom Clark, Diane Woodruff, Stan Arterberry, Julie Whiting, Ben Duran, Michelle Jenkins, Mark Zacovic, Lisa Sugimoto, (Front row): Sandra Serrano, Kay Albiani, Rebecca Garcia, Monica Souza and Margie Lewis. Community League of California Board Of Directors Sandra Serrano, Chair of the Board, Kern CCD (CEOCCC) Kay Albiani, 1st Vice President, Los Rios CCD (CCCT) Lisa Sugimoto, 2nd Vice President, Pasadena CCD (ACCCA Stan Arterberry, West Valley-Mission (CEOCCC) Thomas J. Clark, Long Beach CCD (CCCT) Michele R. Jenkins, Santa Clarita CCD (CCCT) Ben Duran, Merced CCD (CEOCCC Northern VP) Rebecca Garcia, Cabrillo (CCCT) Margie Lewis, Cypress (CEOCCC) Monica Souza, Sacramento City (CCCCS) Julie Whiting, State Center (CCCCS) Mark Zacovic, Rancho Santiago (ACCCA) Scott Lay named new President and CEO of CCLC THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS of the Community League of California is pleased to announce that Scott Lay has been selected as the new President and CEO of the League effective June 1, The Board selected Mr. Lay after a year long national search. Sandra Serrano, President of the Board, indicated that Mr. Lay was selected because of his extensive experience working on Scott Lay key community college policy issues and his demonstrated skills and abilities to effect policy change on behalf of the seventy-two California Community Districts. The members of the Board of Directors unanimously support Scott Lay as the new Chief Executive Officer. Scott is currently the Vice President and General Counsel for the League. The Board recognized that Scott is in a position to sustain the momentum necessary to implement a new funding formula and achieve other improvements to benefit the communities and students served by our colleges. Next issue: California Community Staff Development (4C/SD 4CS Connections June

8 California Community s Classified Senate Calendar of 4CS Activities and Deadlines Project makes it easy for staff to be more effective. Our training workshops help you spend less time on technology, and more time on the important parts of your is sited at Evergreen Valley in San Jose, and is sponsored by the Technology and Telecommunications Infrastructure Program of the California Community Chancellor s Office. Through the support of the Chancellor s Office, most resources are offered free of charge! Trainings are available in a multitude of topics. Current topics include Dreamweaver, The Art of PowerPoint 2003, The ABCs of PDFs, Podcasting, and more! Our workshops allow you to take classes at a time that is best for you, and in a format that meets your learning style. Trainings are delivered online via one-hour online desktop seminars using CCC Confer, multi-week online courses, and ondemand web-based resources that you can access whenever you re also offers face to face training at our Hands-On Institutes. Many of these trainings offer certificates of completion that can be used for flex credit that can you can use for step increases. June 8-10, 2006 Center June 10, 2006 June 16, 2006 July 20, 2006 August 17, 2006 September 15-16, 2006 September 21, 2006 Classified Leadership Institute Granlibakken Conference General Business Meeting Executive Board Meeting CCLC Annual Convention Call for Proposal deadline Fall Executive Board Meeting Foothill Friday 10:00 am 5:00 pm Saturday 9:00 am 4:00 pm Current training opportunities follow below: Southern CA Summer Institute San Diego City June 13 15, 2006 Workshop I: Powerful PowerPoint: Multimedia and Ways to Enhance Your Presentations Workshop II: Intermediate Digital Photography Workshop III: Podcasting: Creating and Publishing Audio Content Online Workshop IV: Creating Web-Based Teaching Materials using Dreamweaver Workshop V: Managing Cisco Security in Campus Networks October 1, 2006 October 19, 2006 November 16-18, CS Connections Article Submission Deadline CCLC Annual Convention Costa Mesa Hilton Winter Executive Board Meeting Thursday 1:00 pm 4:00 pm (tentative) Conference Presentations Friday and Saturday To register for any of these trainings, please visit: cccone.org November 30, 2006 To receive announcements of events, please subscribe to our enews listserv by writing to: LISTSERV@LISTSERV.CCCNEXT.NET. In the body of the message write SUBSCRIBE ENEWS. I hope to see you at a training soon! John Project Director jwhitmer@cccone.org CONNECTIONS is published twice yearly, November and June, by the California Community Classified Senate (4CS), 2017 O St., Sacramento, CA Please submit your suggestions and/or articles no later than October 1st for the November issue and May 1st for the June issue to: Tony Prestby, Newsletter Editor, Santa Monica, 1900 Pico Boulevard, Santa Monica CA 90405, or to prestby_tony@smc.edu. 8 4CS Connections June 2006