INSIDE DOUGLAS COLLEGE / August 6, 1991

 

 

Exmann in
new Person-
nel post

Marian Exmann has been ap-
pointed to the new position of Per-
sonnel and Labour Relations Officer
at Douglas College.

The focus of the position will be
to assist departments in dealing
with, and better understanding, per-
sonnel and labour relations issues.
Duties will include: assisting depart-
ments in contract interpretation and
dealing with potential or official
grievances; coordinating Douglas
College’s approach to classification;
and helping to develop personnel
policies.

"| believe the position will allow
us to better serve the needs of all
groups at Douglas College," said
Peter Sanderson, Director of Labour
Relations and Personnel.

The job will also carry over some
of the training and development
work of Exmann’s former position
as Project Officer. This responsibility
includes coordinating the Human
Resource Development Project,

 

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Congratulations to Barbara
Offen who graduated from
the Labour College of
Canada at the University of
Ottawa this summer. Barb
returned to Community
Programs this summer after
a ten-month absence. During
that time she was also busy
working as Staff
Representative for the B.C.
Government Employees

 

 

 

Union.

 

 

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Evaluation continued from page 1

Gerry Della Mattia, Dean of Human Resources and College Development,
agrees that a faculty evaluation system can best be put into place with as
many people involved as possible. Once in place, faculty can benefit from
an effective method of evaluation.

"We need to find ways to tell faculty they’re doing a good job, a system
that will tell them, ‘You're doing a great job in these areas, but here’s a
couple of things you could be doing better.”

Douglas College Faculty Association Representative Cathie Cookson said
the Faculty Association supports an evaluation system that would take into
account all the learning components of the College. "We need to put
together a constructive faculty appraisal based on the qualities of what
makes a good teacher, or a good community programmer, good librarian,
good counsellor. It’s not just teaching we’re talking about," said Cookson.
"We need to work together to work out a constructive and objective
system. Creating a system like that would allow us all to work together and
develop an understanding of each other’s issues."

The notion that faculty evaluation results will be used to make personnel
decisions was down played by Dr. Arreola. He says there is a personnel ele-
ment, but both the personnel and diagnostic elements can be served by a
single evaluation system. "They aren’t in conflict. Personnel decisions might
be affected by aggregate information, but my impression here at Douglas is
that the administration really cares about supporting the faculty in their self-
improvement efforts." =