Senate 101

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Senate 101
Senate 101
A CLI Presentation by Linda Allen, 4CSBay Area
2 Representative Alana Utsumi 2014-2015
Classified Senate President, Skyline College
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Workshop Goals

• Knowledge What and Why Participatory
  Governance
• Participatory Governance Success A matter of
  Leadership
• Goal A Successful Governance Structure
• Participatory Governance Opportunity
• Efficient Participatory Governance Model
• Training and Goals
• 4CS-Statewide Participation Opportunities
• Promote Leadership Skills at All Levels
• Get Commitment
• How Can We make Participatory Governance
  Efficient
• Committees Making Participation Matter

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Knowledge What and Why - Participatory
(Shared) Governance

• History and Progress
• AB 1725
• The Opportunity for Input and every
• reasonable consideration of that input
• Classified Senates
• SB 235 Senate/Union
• Committee Responsibilities

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How Can We Make Participatory Governance
Efficient?
You must unlearn what you have learned. Yoda

• Change with the Climate
• Ask the right questions
• Do I need to be here?
• Who HAS to do what?
• Short Cuts?
• Meetings?
• Committee Evaluations?
• Communication tools?

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Efficient Participatory Governance Model

• What is an efficient participatory
  Governance model?
• Time efficient
• Policies and Procedures in place
• Delegates responsibilities sensibly
• Recognizes contributions
• Recognizes where accountability resides
• Inclusive in management style
• Solution oriented, not agenda based
• Visible

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Participatory GovernanceSuccess A Matter of
Leadership
Good Leaders make people feel that theyre at
the very heart of things, not at the periphery.
Everyone feels that he or she makes a difference
to the success of the organization. When that
happens people feel centered and that gives their
work meaning.
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Goal A Successful Governance Structure

• Campus-Wide
• Policy Procedures
• Handbook
• Committees
• Respect and Collaboration
• Senate/Governance Body
• Elections, Leaders, accountability
• Meetings/agendas
• Reports minutes, communications,
• committees, education
• Reassess and Re-evaluate
• Visibility

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Promote Leadership Skills at All Levels

• Take advantage of College leadership program
  opportunities
• Delegate responsibilities to
• develop new leaders and skills
• Provide professional development
• workshop to promote committee skills
• Roberts Rules of Order, running meetings, etc.
• Recognize excellence
• Ask someone to do something new

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Benefits of successful governance
opportunities

• Building morale, teamwork, and productivity
• Building a positive classified organization to
  balance union responsibilities
• Increase mutual respect
• Improve understanding of institutional goals
• Personal Development

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Get Commitment

• Team commitment
• Individual commitment
• Administrative commitment
• Faculty commitment
• Student commitment
• Classified staff commitment
• Union commitment

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Training and Goals

• Conduct governance training at hiring process.
• Evaluate and educate campus community on role and
  participation of a group
• Provide written policies and procedures to
  outline expectations of a group
• Senate Orientation
• Continuous governance training
• Knowledge
• Realistic Goals

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4CS-Statewide Participation

• 4CS Resources
• Board of Governors
• Consultation Council
• Community College League of California
• 4CS Listserves
• 4CS Website
• Sharing

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