The Committee on Continuing Education and Workforce Development

2023-2026: (6 Members)

Faculty Representatives (Name, Department, Term Ends)

  1. Taibu, Rex, Physics (2025), Chairperson 
  2. Ms. Lori Conkling (2026)(from CEWD department), Secretary,
  3. Armstrong, Daniel,Health and Physical Education (2025)
  4. Gibson, Deon, Social Sciences (2025)
  5. Shin, Jun, Chemistry (2024) 
  6. Cimino, Alison, English (2024) 
  1. Student Representative, Vacant

Liaisons

  • Ellen Hartigan,Interim Dean of Continuing Education and Workforce Development, President's Liaison

 

Committee meets twice during the fall and spring hours on Wednesdays. Next Meeting: TBD

For more information, please contact Dr. Rex Taibu, rtaibu@qcc.cuny.edu

 

 

Bylaws Charges

Section 17 a. The Committee on Continuing Education and Workforce Development

The Committee on Continuing Education and Workforce Development shall consist of six (6) members of the instructional staff and one (1) student.

The Committee on Continuing Education and Workforce Development shall:

  1. Report and recommend to the Academic Senate on services and facilities available to the Continuing Education and Workforce Development programs.
  2. Serve as a mechanism for articulation alignment between the Continuing Education and Workforce Development instructional staff and students, with respective academic departmental chairs and the Academic Senate.
  3. Consider and evaluate proposals received from faculty, students, and the community regarding policies and practices pertaining to Continuing Education and Workforce Development in consultation with respective academic departmental chairs and Dean of Academic Affairs.
  4. Recommend proposals and policies that would enhance the operation of the Continuing Education and Workforce Development programs to the Dean of Continuing Education and Workforce Development.
  5. Serve as a consultative body for the development of the Continuing Education and Workforce Development
  6. Provide feedback to proposed courses/programs and existing ones to ensure:
  • that they are presented to the related committees and/or academic departments to avoid any conflicts of interest
  • that they are in keeping with the mission and image of college

subsequently reporting these new courses/programs and/or existing ones to the Academic Senate for its information.

 The 6 members will be assigned by the Committee on Committees in staggered terms as follow: 2 members from 2020- 2021 (1 year), 2 members from 2020-2022 (2 years), and 2 members from 2020-2023 (3 years).  Thereafter, vacancies will be filled for 3 year terms.

Steering Committee Suggested Charges/Committee Goals

The Steering Committee thanks the Committee on CEWD for its efforts to maintain transparency in its ongoing update of its Bylaws Charges as well as ongoing efforts to maximize its efficiency and serve as best as possible QCC’s population of students who have and will in the future take advantage of these valuable programs. Throughout the coming academic year, please inform the Steering Committee if we can be of assistance as you seek to meet your committee goals. 

The Committee on CEWD should seek to solidify its proposal for changes to its Bylaws Charges so that a document may be submitted for Bylaws Committee review by the end of the 2023 calendar year. This would provide ample time for any necessary revision and eventual presentation to the Academic Senate for consideration during the Spring 2024 semester. 

Prior to submitting a document for Bylaws Committee consideration in amending committee charges, the Committee on CEWD should determine beforehand whether those amended charges will be actionable based on QCC’s ongoing mission, available programs at QCC, and within the purview of the committee to engage in such work. Based on your year-end report, it seems very clear that you have been diligent in seeking advice from administrative and departmental personnel who are very well suited to guiding the committee in this effort. Please keep the Steering Committee apprised of your progress and inform us if we may be of any assistance. 

As the 2022-2023 year-end report stated that the CEWD department may benefit from assistance in making its programs and efforts more visible to the college community. The Committee on CEWD should seek to take steps to aid in that effort and report in its 2023-2024 year-end report the efforts the committee engaged in to that end. 

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