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The International Education Committee (IEC) is an operational committee that has submitted its newly developed charter to the CGH for inclusion. As a college branch of the District IEC, our committee's focus is to promote internationalization of the campus, develop study abroad programs, and to support international students.

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Q3. Do you have any other thoughts about how we can streamline and merge committees at Miramar?

I think this committee needs to stay as-is and actively communicate with other committees since technology use is vital to campus and district functioning.

Q1. What key functions does your committee serve?
Establish technology standards and procedures for the college.

Establish and recommend high-level, college-wide guidelines and procedures for the development, maintenance, and evolution of the college website presence.

The TC is working to make information about technology standards and procedures more accessible and easier to find on our college website including ICS, AV, and other technology service web pages, link(s) to software available to faculty, information about faculty tech support, and tech training information.

The TC communicates with the District AV/IT Technicians Workgroup (CAVE): Our AV rep is working with CAVE on updating classroom technology standards, completing inventory on classroom uses and needs, requesting faculty input, and working to train AV/IT as well as other users on new technologies.

Coordinate and assist with technology strategic planning efforts across the college, division, school, and department planning.

Work with the District on the integration of technology for the college.

The Technology Committee (TC) discusses and provides information and/or updates about campus and district technology, software, security, and internet access.

The TC reps communicate with the Academic Senate to address ongoing faculty technology concerns and needs.

The District AV/IT Technicians Workgroup (CAVE) is working on technology strategic planning efforts and is informed by TC and AS feedback.

Assist technology needs and priorities to support all instruction, services, and administration.

Coordinate college-wide technology training efforts.

Provide technology data, reports, and assistance for Accreditation.

Perform work and provide evidence to ensure the college meets applicable areas of Accreditation Standard III.

We are updating our Technology Plan and will create multiple methods to evaluate the above goals.

We hope to start creating and using regular surveys to increase real-time data, which will better inform decisions.

Through TC work in tandem with CAVE and communication with the Academic Senate, we will be able to identify technology needs and training needs.

Provide technology expenditure recommendations to appropriate departments and the Budget and Resource Development Subcommittee.

The TC has discussed working on a more comprehensive technology plan for campus needs to use when making technology expenditures.

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Q1. What key functions does your committee serve?

The Environmental Sustainability Committee is a Subcommittee of Facilities.  We work on several projects on campus to support facilities, support our student groups focused on sustainability, discuss/address district sustainability efforts, promote sustainability awareness, and act as environmental stewards on our campus. We have recently sent a committee charge modification to the College Counsil so that the ESC can take on a more visible role as environmental stewards of our campus.  Some of the current projects we are working on this year include efforts to:

Update and disseminate a Sustainability Statement for instructors to include in their Spring syllabus.

Work with the district to reduce plastic waste in catering packages

Update our Native Plant Walk signage and QR code links on campus

Invite guest speakers to campus to discuss sustainability and stewardship

Maintenance our bee boxes in the Vernal Pools

Host student groups in the Vernal Pools for clean-ups and informational tours

Collaborate with our student Sustainability Club and the Biology Department to grow seedlings for restoration events around San Diego County

Incorporate native edible plants on campus

Collaborate with student groups on campus to host an Earth Week event in the Spring semester

Work with the district to better understand the new “Sustainability Leaf” criteria on the class schedule search tool

Q2. What committees, that you’re aware of, serve a similar or overlapping function?
We are not aware of any other committees that have an overlapping function.

Q3. Do you have any other thoughts about how we can streamline and merge committees at Miramar?

We could better define the purpose of each committee to reduce overlap or merge committees that are similar.

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Is there some way to formalize how students are involved?(Some students haven't been informed of upcoming meetings in some cases.)
Since students start lat (October), we need to intentionally onboard them before their first meeting.
It would be helpful to have a best practices for Chairs so they can better facilitate student engagement and participation.
Maybe the college can also provide a student advocacy training or something like that?
We also want to ensure that each committee that needs a student has a student, and vice-versa (i.e. students don't need to be a part of all committees)
It would be good to know which committees the ASG feel are critical for their voice and really need student representation.
Mentoring the students can be really beneficial.
We always want to be mindful of putting too much on the students.

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Ask committee chairs to review these questions in an upcoming committee meeting:

1. What key functions does your committee serve?

2. What committees, that you’re aware of, serve a similar or overlapping function?

3. Do you have any other thoughts about how we can streamline and merge committees at Miramar?

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Rather than just doing what we've always done, we need to be open to ways of doing things that are new and different. MAYBE WITH A FOCUS ON "WE ARE HERE TO SERVE STUDENTS AND ENSURE THEIR SUCCESS."

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I recommend delegating routine decision-making authority to the committees. It's not feasible for every decision to be made at the President, AS, or College Council level. Instead, decisions at that level should be about big-picture items such as which committees are responsible for which duties. For example, the President/AS/College Council levels could decide that PRIE will implement a three-year program review and SLO assessment cycle. Then PRIE can just do that without having to get the details about the cycle, tools, etc. approved by higher level committees.