Here are the job descriptions revised based on your comments. Please look over them and post your comments. Again, if you could put the name of the position you are commenting on in front of the comment and start a new paragraph per position. Thank you.

1. AVP Academic Affairs and Accreditation
2. AVP Career and Economic Development
3. AVP of Student Affairs and Athletics
4. AVP of Support Operations
5. Dean of Developmental Education
6. Dean of Distance Learning, Weekend, and Evening Programs

The recommendations of the Transformation Committee received board approval during the Mar 2008 board meeting. According to the timeline, as provided here, the committee is releasing the positions and their job descriptions to the Hartnell community for comment.

As you consider these job descriptions we ask that you think of them separately from previous positions here at the college. We would like you to focus on the vision of the transformation of the college and how the duties and responsibilities of these proposed position descriptions can facilitate that vision. As you prepare to comment on these descriptions, please take a look at the reorganization chart to refer to the context in which these positions were created. Again we look forward to hearing from the campus community as we all move forward to implement the transformation.

Please respond to the blog with your comments, no later than April 11. Also, to respond to a particular job description make sure you put the name of the position in front of the comment you are making about that position. Start a new paragraph at each job description you would like to comment on.

Administrative Job Descriptions:
1. Associate VP for Academic Affairs and Accreditation
2. Manager of Support Operations
3. Associate VP of Career and Economic Development
4. Dean of Developmental Education
5. Dean of Distance Learning, Evening and Weekend Programs
6. Associate VP of Student Affairs and Athletics
7. Executive Vice President (to be filled at a later date)

Dear Colleagues:

The recommendations of the Transformation Committee received board approval during the Mar 2008 board meeting. The actions going forward to implement this organizational transformation, and more importantly, to change the culture, require visible adherence to communicated standards of ethics, integrity and transparency.

The following information provides the action items and timeline to guide the fulfillment of newly created positions resulting from Phase I of the transformation plan:
Implementing the Vision

(Updated & Implementing the Vision added 3/19 at 12:45 PM)

This first portion of the reorganization of Hartnell College is a "dream" in which the college has been transformed and transported to the year 2020. A second piece will be posted on Friday (22nd). This portion breaks the process into five phases and struggles to balance competing realities while working continuously to transform the "culture" of the college.

Click on this link to open a pdf of the document.
(Updated & Re-Org chart added 2/22 at 10:15 AM)

We look forward to having the blog capture your comments on this portion of the reorganization as well. Then, at 3 PM on Monday afternoon, the 25th, we will gather in Steinbeck Hall to hear your questions and comments and provide clarification and feedback. We look forward to seeing you there.

Sincerely,
Phoebe