Meeting & Agendas

The meeting was called to order at 12:15 p.m.

Meeting was adjourned at 1:35 p.m.

The meeting was opened with a welcome and an overview of the program.

Jane asked everyone to review the minutes from the October 24th, 2017 meeting for approval. Jane also discussed the update on item #5 from last year’s minutes and shared that the vote to add POFT 1127 to the Office and Medical Office certificates was denied by the curriculum committee. To move forward with the change, Jane wants to reduce the required hours for the internship class to make room for POFT 1127 in a degree plan. Vote: The committee unanimously approved the fall 2017 minutes. Wendy Chance sent in her approval Nov. 1st, 2018.

Jane begin the discussion with communicating the suggestion to change the name due to the effort of rebranding the program. She explained that our Dean, Lorlie Ellis, believes it would help the program if the name is changed and included the word Business in the title. Lorlie also suggested removing keyboarding from the degree requirement because young students learn this skill in elementary school. Jane opened the floor for discussion: 1. David Zuniga shared that he thinks it’s misleading to use Business Technology for a degree that focuses on training for an Administrative Assistant career track. David also added that his children are currently learning how to use the keyboard in school. 2. Mary Joy Guzman and Juanita Mendez suggested adding technology to the title The suggested title from the committee is to change the name of the program to Office Administration and Technology. The result of the discussion regarding the Introduction to Keyboarding course was that while some young students may learn the keyboard in elementary school, by the time an older individual becomes an Office Administration student that skill is either diminished or was never achieved. Vote: The committee unanimously approved the program name change. Wendy Chance sent in her approval Nov. 1st, 2018.

Jane asked the committee if the speed requirement for keyboarding should change. Jane opened the floor for discussion. Mary Joy Guzman reminded the committee that when a typist does not have to think about what they are keying, it is easy to suggest or require high typing speeds, but today the typist does the keying, edit, etc.…. Vote: The committee unanimously agreed not to change the current requirement. Wendy Chance agreed Nov. 1st, 2018.

Jane explained that the curriculum denied the request to add POFT 1127 to certificates because it was not in a degree plan. To move forward, we must present the curriculum committee with adjustments that would include deleting POFM 2386 and adding POFT 2286, this change would free up a credit hour needed to make POFT 1127 fit into the degree plan. David Zuniga suggested adding EDUC 1300 to the degree plan, and Jane was not in agreement due to the fact that there isn’t room for a three credit hour course. The committee will need to vote on the following: Add POFT 1127 to the Office Asst and Medical Asst Certificates Add POFT 1127 to AAS Admin and AAS Medical degree plans Vote: The committee unanimously agreed to Add POFT 1127 to the Office Asst and Medical Asst Certificates and to the AAS Admin and AAS Medical degree plans. Wendy Chance agreed Nov. 1st, 2018.

Jane explained that according to SACS requirements, the instructor teaching the internship course must have 3 years of working experience in the fields of specialization, which isn’t possible at this time. Therefore, these degrees will need to include POFT 2286. Also POFT 2386 will need to be changed to POFT 2286 for the AAS Admin in order to make room for POFT 1127. According to WECM, the range of clock hours allowed for the 3 credit hour and 2 credit hour courses overlap so the 140 hours currently required will remain the same. The committee will need to vote on the following: Delete POFM 2386 and POFL 2286 Add POFT 2286 Vote: The committee unanimously agreed to Delete POFM 2386, POFL 2286 and add POFT 2286 to all qualifying degree plans. Wendy Chance agreed Nov. 1st, 2018.

Jane shared that the position has been posted a couple of times and the applicant pool has not been sufficient. Since then, the positon has been allocated to another department

Jane shared that enrollment increased this semester and the program numbers are at 250 for the fall. Last spring we had 18 graduates. Jane also shared that Accounting removed Office Administration courses from their degree plan effective fall 2019.