A system of planning and decision-making that creates broad engagement is essential to SCTCC’s ability to advance its goals and fulfill its mission. There are numerous opportunities for employees to engage in dialogue and help to identify and provide leadership for some of the most critical work at the College.
On this page, you can review each groups charter and chair(s). The President's Office sends out calls for members several times a year. If you would like to learn more about serving on any of these groups, reach out to the chair(s), your supervisor, or your local union president.
Councils
The purpose of the Cultural Fluency Leadership Council is to advise the Office of Cultural Fluency, Equity, and Inclusion on priorities relative to eliminating gaps in educational opportunity and achievement collegewide.
Co-chairs:
- Jen Evens, Biology Instructor
- Debra Leigh, Vice President of Cultural Fluency, Equity, & Inclusion
The Integrated Planning Council oversees the institutional planning and budgeting process, ensuring that the College systematically plans for the future, executes actions to ensure success of the strategic plan, and aligns its resources to support institutional priorities.
Co-chairs:
- Jeff Wagner, Vice President of Administration
- Ken Matthews, Vice President of Institutional Effectiveness, Assessment, & Research
Committees
The purpose of the Academic Integrity Committee is to improve student success and readiness and maintain SCTCC’s strong academic reputation. The committee aims to support the college in building a community of well-rounded, ethical citizens and a reliable future workforce by maintaining and promoting a community of trust in the integrity of work submitted for academic credit, ensuring that students and faculty are represented in the process. The Academic Integrity Committee will evaluate, support, and maintain the high standards of academic integrity set as policy for St. Cloud Technical & Community College.
Chair: Jen Evens, Biology Instructor
Building an engaged workforce is essential to advancing the College’s Mission and Vision. The employee engagement committee will work on efforts to enhance climate and workplace culture and increase the sense of community, engagement, and belonging to decrease turnover of the future and existing employees.
Chair: Kari Matson, Vice President of Human Resources
The unique mission of the Multicultural Center as an incubator of an inclusive, equitable campus climate and culture requires that its activities are guided by diverse perspectives. The Advisory Committee provides recommendations to the Director of Cultural Fluency, Equity, and Inclusion to support the Multicultural Center in fulfilling its mission. It is a participatory planning body that reflects the diversity of SCTCC’s campus community.
Co-chairs: to be selected by the committee
The purpose of the Online and Hybrid Learning Committee is to continuously improve the communications, delivery, and support of online and hybrid education for SCTCC. The scope includes all aspects of the college’s operation that define, influence and shape the student experience with online and hybrid education at SCTCC.
Chair: Kelly Halverson, Dean of Liberal Arts & Sciences
The purpose of the Strategic Enrollment Management & Student Experience Committee is to establish strategies, objectives, and action plans that support the College’s recruitment and retention efforts and student completion.
Chair: Andrew Pflipsen, Vice President of Student Affairs
The Student Learning Assessment Committee serves to lead, develop, and implement policies and procedures to maintain a robust and sustainable assessment process designed to improve student learning. The charge of this committee is to oversee the advancement of assessment, review assessment plans, provide feedback to departments, and to support the development of resources and support systems at the institutions.
Chair: Luke Green, Communications Instructor, Faculty Assessment Coordinator
Task Forces
The task force will recommend a survey instrument to be used to gather information about student perceptions of instruction in accordance with policy 3.25, Student Course Feedback. The survey should be useful for individual faculty and administrators who are responsible for oversight of academic programs.
The Comprehensive Facilities Plan (CFP) Task Force oversees the update of the College Comprehensive Facilities Plan, ensuring that the plan aligns with strategic priorities of the College and incorporates the following:
- Optimizes the natural setting for student learning and success
- Adapts and aligns the physical environment with institutional values, priorities, and goals for student success
- Creates learning environments that support feelings of belonging and sense of value as an individual
- Form partnerships with the community
- Create meaningful traditions and ceremonies that bond the College community to one another and the institution
Co-chairs:
- Jeff Wagner, Vice President of Administration
- Jason Theisen, Director of Facilities
The primary purpose of evaluating the staff performance evaluation process is to ensure that our organization’s method of evaluating and developing employee performance is fair, transparent, and aligned with our strategic goals. The task force aims to ensure that the performance evaluation system is fair, effective, and aligned with the strategic goals of the organization.
Chair: Kari Matson, Vice President of Human Resources
The primary purpose of examining the faculty performance evaluation process is to ensure that our organization's method of evaluating and developing employee performance is fair, is transparent, provides meaningful feedback to faculty, and is aligned with our strategic goals.