INSIDE DOUGLAS COLLEGE/NOVEMBER 8, 1988

 

 

Report of the Committee on Timetable and the
rganizational Work Week

More students have meant less
available space - for services, for
amenities, for timetabling, and for
community use. Short and long-
term strategies are being worked on
to deal with this matter.

Al Atkinson was asked by the
College Management Committee to
work with a group of faculty, stu-
dents, staff and administrators in
order Lo identify steps that could be
taken that would increase general
comfort and timetable flexibility,
while respecting the nature of the
existing timetable and pattern of
operation. The committee was
asked to presume existing levels of
enrollment.

The committee has done its job.
A! Atkinson tabled recommenda-
ions with Management Committee,
hich were approved, with some re-
wording, on November Ist.

It is a pleasure to thank the mem-
bers of the committee for their hard
work and insight. We believe that
the attached decisions reflect the
general thrust of advice received.

Overall, we will all be the win-
ners, through increased flexibility
of timetabling, and availability of
classroom space.

The approaches described in the
attached document are effective im-
mediately, although their full
benefit will not be felt until Septem-
ber, 1989, by which time other
measures will also help to reduce
gencral stress.

Bill Day

 

REPORT:
Prepared by: A.L. Atkinson

Date: October 27, 1988

History

As a result of the severe space
crisis witnessed at the College in
September, 1988, the President
requested that the current
timetable and any other or-
ganizational factors with space
implications be reviewed and
modified in order to ease the
pressure on open classrooms.

Al Atkinson was assigned the
responsibility of working with a
representative group to come up
with recommendations which
would accomplish this task. An
adhoc committee, with the fol-
lowing representatives, was
struck:

Al Atkinson, Chair

Roy Daykin, BCGEU
representative

Karen Downey, Student Society
representative

Ed Jolley, Academic Division
faculty representative

Lorna Kirkham, Applied
Programs Division faculty
representative

. Gillies Malnarich, Educational

& Student Services Division
faculty representative
George Porges, DKFA
representative
Pat Thomasson, Manager of
Logistics and Site Services

 

It was agreed that the commit-
tee would act as an advisory
committee only, and that Al At-
kinson, based on committee
deliberations, would make any
recommendations to the College
Management Committee.

The committee met twice, on
October 12 and October 26. At
the first meeting a number of al-
ternatives and suggestions for
alleviating the pressure were
identified. These issues were
reported back to various con-
stituent groups; reaction and
commentary was incorporated
into discussions and delibera-
tions which occurred at the
second meeting.

Alternatives Examined/
Advantages
1) co-ordinated scheduling of
DVST, ESL, HUD, RSS, and
Group Advising sessions in
classrooms assigned to Develop-
mental Education.
-— Advantage: 4 to 5 additional
sections could be accommodated
2) scheduling the classroom
weeks for GNUR and PNUR stu-
dents on clinical semesters in
non-classroom space or rented
space adjacent to, but off campus
— Advantage: 12 to 15 additional
sections could be accommodated
3) co-ordinated scheduling of
practicums for programs in the
Social Services and Allied
Health department
— Advantage: would free up
classrooms on a day-by-day
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