| · P. Smith welcomed committee and introduced new members Stuart Ripley (absent), Bob Biesiedzinski and Pete Calkins. |
| · 1st Agenda Item – NATEF update from PSmith, Smith reports that he gave the NATEF book to the ETL 2 weeks ago and spoke with him yesterday. Doug Angell (ETL) is impressed with the book and hopes for a smooth recert process. There is still the issue of missing minutes but Angell hopes NATEF will be lenient on that aspect. Angell has suggested that all students should have their own safety glasses provided by the district and not share them. Smith will arrange for this. |
| · Smith invited the advisory committee to meet and greet the Evaluation Team on the 11th of December at 7:00 AM for coffee and doughnuts before the evaluation. Smith reported that building and district administrators have been invited to the meet and greet as well. |
| · 2nd Agenda Item – Instructor Training – Smith asked committee for help with instructor update training required by NATEF. G Neill will investigate on-line and attendance programs through RTC, B Biesiedzinski will look into Honda factory training and G Kernan will investigate GM training. |
| · 3rd Agenda Item – AYES Calendar – Ron Olsen spoke about the AYES calendar and student job shadows. Smith indicated he will begin shadows in Feb 08. Ron needs Smith to enter students into AYES data base which he will do. Discussion around number of expected interns this year. Smith hopes for 4-5. |
| · 4th Agenda Item – Equipment upgrade – Carl indicated that this is the year for equipment expenses and will arrange for a demo of some classroom training modules for Smith from company JL. Gary Neill indicated he will investigate some possibilities with the company ATECH. |
| · Smith requested component/equipment donations from colleges and SLCC and RTC will look into helping with demonstration components. |
| · Smith requested that we elect a chair and recording secretary, Jack Pennington agreed to continue as chair and Gene Kernan has agreed to act as recording secretary. |
| · 4th Agenda Item - Discussion opened up to floor. P Calkins inquired about cross-credits for Math and Science. Carl suggested we investigate with building principal before any more discussion to determine status on cross-credits. Smith will speak with Cathy Woods and report back to Carl. |
| · Group discussed articulation agreements with local colleges. Smith reported at this time we have agreements in place with RTC and Universal Tech College. SLCC is not able to do articulation agreements per se as they do manufacturer training but Bob did indicate that AYES grads do get preferential placement/admittance consideration. |
| · P Calkins reviewed upcoming PSDA/Skills USA skills competition to be held at SLCC on Feb the 15th and informed the committee of the process and student involvement. Smith is forming a Skills USA club and will have students at the competition. |
| · 5th Agenda Item – Committee conducted a brief inspection of the shop facility and discussed equipment needs, shop safety and general condition. It was agreed (as already stated) that the wheel balancer and alignment machine need to be replaced. . Smith is arranging for a demonstration on Alignment machines from Hunter Manufacturing and Mike Fisher is getting Smith a quote from Hunter on a wheel balancer. The committee was pleased with the shop safety and cleanliness |