Staff Meeting Minutes

July 20, 2005

In Attendance:  Rick Sheets, Richard Morales, Alison Livingston, Pam Komarek, Dani Pierce

These items represent major points that were discussed.

New Job Titles

• Re-discussed Rodney’s and Dani’s new job titles, which will go into effect on 8/20/05.

Swinging Doors

• The swinging doors will move to the area between the front desk area and the Language Lab.

Back Whiteboard

• The whiteboard in the back of the LSC will be moved lower for easier access.

Refrigerator

• Food put in the refrigerator needs to be dated and labeled. 
• Richard will put tape and markers in a basket that will be kept on the counter next to the refrigerator.

Student Printer

• The student printer at the front desk may be replaced.

System Distribution List

•  Richard contacted Loretta regarding the DLs. He will follow-up with her.

Tutoring for August 4

• Tutoring on August 4 will end at 1:00 p.m.; we will be open for resource use only until 7:00 p.m.

Summer Break (August 8-12 and 15-19)

• Summer break schedule will be 8:00 – 5:00.
• We will put a bell at the front desk during these two weeks so that the staff can be free to prepare the LSC for fall.
• Pam will back up as TWC tutor through August 15 if students come in for tutoring (to cover English classes that extend through this period).
• Dani’s hours for these two weeks will be decided later.

Retreat

• There will be an LSC retreat on August 8^th at Rick’s house. 
• We will probably leave the LSC at 8:30 and be back by 5:00, but those of us who live on the west side can drive directly to Rick’s house.

All Staff Meeting and Training for New Tutors

• An all staff meeting (includes tutors) will be held on August 18^th from 8:30 – 12:00.
• Alison will prepare tutor packets to hand out at the staff meeting.
• Training for new tutors will also take place on August 18^th from 12:30 – 4:00.  This session will serve as the first session of CRLA tutor training.
• There will be a lunch break from 12:00 – 12:30 for staff who attend both events.
• Staff will be paid for attending these events.
• Richard will send a letter to the tutors.
• Details to follow.

Learning Week

• Learning week will take place August 15-19; all staff (including tutors) will be invited to participate.

Tutor Training

• CRLA Tutor training will take place over several sessions throughout the year, with one to three sessions during the semester and a final training at the end.
• Pam and Johnna will keep track of tutor attendance for these sessions.

Tutor Updates

• At the beginning of every semester, each tutor will receive a tutor update form (includes address, phone, etc.) and a TutorTrac list of their current tutor specialties; they will be asked to update both.
• For fall semester, tutors will receive these at the August 18^th staff meeting.

Employee Guide

• We will try to update the Employee Guide (add items from the CC employee guide) in time for the August 18^th staff meeting.

Staff Meetings

• Staff meetings will take place each week, with the day and time to be determined later.

Additional Front Desk Staff

• We will post for the position if needed.

Front Desk Staff/Receptionist

• We discussed whether people who work at the front desk should be called Front Desk Staff or Receptionist; we will discuss this more later.

Faculty/Staff Resource Room

• The Faculty/Staff Resource Room will be moved this Friday.

Learning Support Services (LSS) Meetings

• Richard will forward agendas for LSS Meetings to Johnna, Alison, Pam, and Dani so that we can be more connected with everything the LSC is doing.

Employee and Student Quick Reference Guides

• Pam will handle edits to the Employee and Student Quick Reference Guides for fall. 

Computer Cleaning

• Cleaning of computers should be done weekly. (We will discuss this more later.)
• Rick or Richard will see if someone from CC can provide training for this on August 18^th.

Pre-semester Checklist

• Pam passed out a pre-semester checklist that she compiled; we will look it over and discuss it at the next staff meeting.

Internet Access on LSC Student Computers

• Rick would like for LSC students to have Internet access since there are lots of resources out there to support student courses and learning.
• We will discuss this more at the next staff meeting.

Online Tutoring

• Rick and Jeanne Franco will look at the current status of online tutoring. 
• We may move the documents for online tutoring in English to a website.
• Alison will bring in Rio’s online tutoring information.