Town Hall Meeting April 17, 2019 Agenda 1:45 p.m. Guests begin to - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Town Hall Meeting April 17, 2019 Agenda 1:45 p.m. Guests begin to arrive . Diane McCutcheon will be at the Pembroke Campus Tracy McDougall will be at the Perth Campus Welcome and Greeting 2:00 p.m. Ron McLester 2:05 p.m. Introduction and
Guests begin to arrive Diane McCutcheon will be at the Pembroke Campus Tracy McDougall will be at the Perth Campus
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1:45 p.m. Welcome and Greeting Ron McLester 2:00 p.m. Introduction and Town Hall Format Cheryl Jensen 2:05 p.m.
. 2:05 p.m. Community Discussion ACET Members and College Community 3:50 p.m. Community Closing Ron McLester
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What is the status of cell phone connectivity in the Student Central?
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The new video screens situated throughout campus are impressive and more important, capture attention. When can we expect to see such innovative touch-screen versions brought into our classrooms for instructional purposes?
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Are you concerned about the mental health of your Support Staff? With the launch of WorkDay, staff are trying to learn how to operate the system while keeping up with deadlines of the rest of
created is very hard to keep on top of our jobs.
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It is my understanding that the admissions process for international students begins before that for domestic students. What steps are being done to ensure that domestic students have equal access to seats in programs, especially those that are generally wait listed? Is there a prioritization process that allows Ontario students fair access to these seats?
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Regarding parking at the A building - why is it not validated for someone getting services at the salon/spa, the same way it is when you eat at Restaurant International? Also, weekend rates for A building should be reduced - $4/hour is steep.
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How can my program use the DARE District. Private interests appear to be booking the space there quicker than we can?
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1)The risk of pinning the college's financial health on international enrollments. 2) The potential impact of international enrollments on academic quality given, in many cases, weak English language skills. 3) The apparent mismatch between international student growth and the investment in support to help them succeed
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I feel like a lot of people would agree that there are many stresses going on at the college:
good, but a loss is there).
keepers.
It has been overwhelming. What is something the college can do (not departmental) that can support current employees morale, mental health, etc.
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What process is being developed to allow budget officers to monitor the expenses going through when there are multiple purchasers. With Workday, all expense claims and invoices go directly to the Manager. How is the budget officer to monitor these when they don't see it?
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Why are there so many new Administration positions while Support Staff positions are being
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What are the plans for dealing with the 250 parking spaces that will be lost from Lot 8 due to the new ARC building?
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(What is) The future of the Algonquin College Language Institute and the Canadian (Domestic) Language students?
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Why are we constructing yet another building (two in a row now!) without any dedicated classroom or office space? Space is a HUGE issue at this campus, and our current lack of space has had a major impact on the availability and scheduling of courses this year. Yet the College continues to approve construction projects that do not address the need for more classroom or office space. It is a shame to see that classrooms have become a secondary concern at the College - a place of learning.
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The topic I would like addressed is classroom/teaching space. We are so pressed for space and most of the teaching space we have on campus is outdated and set up for lecture style
provide alternative teaching space for large (100+) classes. The three current rooms on campus are insufficient (i.e. C144 and C346).
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What sort of ratio of full-time to part-time professors does the college aim to have? Would not a sensible ratio be 70:30 for the sake of stability, continuity, professional development, and morale?
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Partial load staff are denied any work other than their teaching load. For example, being denied a course development for which they are the subject matter expert and will be teaching the course in the upcoming term. How can you deny the best outcome for the student? The best
be teaching the course, to create the new course........ but this has been denied!! Instead Algonquin has hired external people, with no college experience, to develop theses courses. Please explain how this best meets student needs.
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Chairs tell us there is no money in their budget to purchase a small gift for guest speakers? To
semester). Having guest speakers is essential to forming those connections to industry and our
Perhaps $10 a guest speaker, 2 per course.
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We are now a smoke-free campus, however, from what I can see the only thing that has happened is the ashtrays and shelters have been removed and now smokers are just dropping butts on the ground. There is no strong signage outside either. Is the College going to make attempts to enforce this ban by increase signage and speaking to violators?
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Many organizations are recognizing April as #BeADonor month by posting on Social Media – it would be great to see Algonquin do so as well with a picture of our executives at the town hall holding the BeADonor flag and promoting our institutional campaign which is the leading College campaign in Ontario - total clicks to register at over 1500 https://beadonor.ca/campaign/thebestgiftever
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We have seen College employees with their animals on campus. What is the protocol for bringing an animal on campus?
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