Education
Council notes

 

Several themes were clear in the
results of last month’s INside readership
survey. One was that, in these times of
rapid change, people in general want to
know more about what’s going on
around the College and the decisions
that affect them. One way we can do
this is to give brief summaries of the
meetings of Education Council, which
we will do beginning this month.

Composed of faculty, staff, students,
and administrators, it meets once per
month. The passing of provincial
legislation (Bill 22) in January 1995
gave Education Council sole powers in
relation to items of curriculum, as well
as advisory powers to the Board in
relation to other educational issues. As
such, it’s one of the two governing
bodies of the College (the other is the
Board).

The following are highlights of the
February meeting. The full Education
Council minutes are posted outside the
Library each month.

4.1 Administrative Assistant
Program Proposal

It was moved and seconded that
Education Council approve the proposed
Administrative Assistant Program in
Principle for implementation in September
1997.

5.1 Office for the Chair of
Education Council

The Chair informed members that
effective Thursday, February 22, 1996, the
Office of Chair of Council will be housed
in the Administration area on the fourth
floor.

The President stated that the College
must acknowledge that there are two
governing bodies, the College Board and
Education Council and that it was important
that both the governing bodies be housed in
an area which was accessible to all the
College community and projected their
importance. She felt that this arrangement
will be more workable, being closer to the
Senior Administration and the Council
Secretariat. She welcomed the Chair to her
new Office.

5.6 Report from the Standing
Committee on Education Planning

and Priorities

The Chair asked members to refer this
item to their DECs and representative
groups for feedback and further discussion
at the March 18, 1996, meeting of
Education Council.

6.2 Responsibility for the
Instructional Computing Area

It was moved by Adrienne Peacock that
the Department Science and Mathematics
request that the responsibility for
instructional computing be separated from
Systems and Computing and be placed
under direction of the Vice-President of
Instruction.

There was considerable discussion on
the problems of purchase of equipment,
service and expertise. It was suggested
that academic and administrative
computing areas be separate for
effectiveness. Members agreed to a
suggestion that at the March 18, 1996
meeting, both Peter Greenwood and Marsh
Price be invited for further discussion on
an alternative system. |

 

 

The way the cookies crumbled...

 

Alumni Week (Feb. 26-29) at
Douglas College featured fun
stuff like a Cookie Contest,
Airplane Toss, and Chili Cookoff
before wrapping up with the very
successful Career Fair on
February 29. Seen here are (I. to
r.) Christine Unterthiner, Coreen
Spring, and Marlene Lehti, who
tickled peoples’ taste buds with
various baked creations in the
concourse on February 26.
Kristen Conboy won first prize in
the Cookie Contest, while Coreen
Spring took second place; Dave
Dalcanale won a bike from Cap’s
in the Airplane Toss; Noel from
the Cafeteria placed first in the
carnivorous division of the Chili
Cookoff, while Susan Schmidt
took top honors in the vegetarian
division.