Advancing Leadership Association

The Board of Trustees recognizes the Advancing Leadership Association group as the exclusive representative of those employees included in the Management Group. 

• Classified management members are those classified administrators who are designated as management by the District and, regardless of job description, have significant responsibilities for administering District programs other than the educational programs of the District, and/or have authority to hire, transfer, suspend, recall, promote, discharge, assign, reward, or discipline other employees, or having the responsibility to assign work to and direct them, adjust their grievances, or effectively recommend such action.
• Educational Administrator members are those who exercise direct responsibility for supervising the operation of or formulating policy regarding the instructional or student services programs of the District. 
• Executive Vice Presidents and Vice Presidents are not included within the Advancing Leadership Association group. All other Executive Directors, Directors, Deans, Controllers, Managers and select Coordinators and Supervisors, who meet the above definitions are included in the Advancing Leadership Association group. 

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Current Management Group here

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ALA Executive Committee Goals

1. Represent Educational Administrators, Directors, Managers, and Supervisors in participatory governance (if executive committee members are unable to serve on a given committee, an invitation to serve will be extended to ALA members);
2. Serve as the negotiation team for members of the Supervisors Association and Leadership Coalition represented under the Advancing Leadership Agreement; 
3. Present proposals that have an impact on this body (e.g. recommendations for newly funded positions, new evaluation process, new programs or services, Administrator Mentorship Program, etc.); and
4. Serve as an advisory group to the Dean’s Council and President’s Cabinet

ALA Executive Committee Members

Executive Committee Members serve two years and is comprised of Educational Administrators, Directors, Managers, and Supervisors.  Elections occur during the spring each year on a rotating basis. The composition of the executive committee includes:

• (1) Dean, Liaison to Dean's Council (appointed by Dean’s Council)
• (1) Certificated Administrators
• (3) Classified Administrators

	FY 21-22	Classified Leadership	Certificated Leadership	Dean Appointee
	Year 2	Ruie Garnica	Jeanette Chian-Brooks	Christopher Johnson, Chair
	Year 1		Robert Brown Christina Llerena Julie Samson
	Ex-Officio	Jason Walker

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 Committee Assignments listed for Academic Year 22-23:   

Committee member responsibilities include representing managers by serving on district committees as follows:

	Committees	Meeting Schedules	Committee Chair	Member Representation
	Advancing Leadership Association * (ALA)	Every Thursday at 10am	Christopher Johnson	1. Jeanette Chian 2. Christopher Johnson 3. Ruie Garnica  4. Robert Brown 5. Christina Llerena 6. Julie Samson
	Board Policies and Administrative Procedures (BPAP)	1st/3rd Fri, 10:30-Noon	Michael Shanahan	1. Linda Esparza Dozer 2. Christopher Johnson 3. TBD
	Budget Resource Allocation Committee (BRAC)	2nd/4th Fri 9-11 am Press Box 3	Lyndsay Maas	1. Alan Price  2.  TBD
	College Planning Council  ** (CPC)	1st & 3rd Tuesdays 3-4:30 pm Location: BC 214	Kindred Murillo	1. Jeanette Chian 2. Christopher Johnson 3. Ruie Garnica  4. Robert Brown 5. Christina Llerena 6. Julie Samson

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Committee Assignments listed for Academic Year 20-21:   (^) ALA Voting Rights, (*) Non-voting, serve as liaison 

	Committees	Meeting Schedules	Committee Chair	Member Representation
	District Technology Committee (DTC)	1st/3rd Fri. 1:30 pm	Dean Nevins	1. TBD 2. TBD
	Equal Employment Advisory Committe (EEAOC)	2nd/4th Tues Time 1:30-3pm	Michael Shanahan	1. Christopher Johnson 2. TBD
	Facilities and Safety	4th  Thurs. Time: 11am - 12pm F & O Portable	Rob Morales	1. Beth Rizo/TBD 2. TBD
	Hiring Committees	As needed	Michael Shanahan	1. TBD
	Institutional Effectiveness Committee (IEC)	2nd & 4th Tuesday 3:00-4:30pm A218C Fall	Z Reisz	1. Virginia Estrella 2. TBD
	Instructional Technology Committee (ITC)	2nd/4th Fri. Time: 2:00 - 3:00pm Location: BC 214	Laurie Vasquez	1. TBD
	Management Professional Growth Committee (MPG)	As needed	Sharon Remacle	1.. ALA Executive Committee
	Negotiations/Benefits	Ongoing	Michael Shanahan	1. Nicole Hubert (outgoing) 2. Jason Walker (outgoing) 3. Christina Llerena (incoming) 4. Julie Samson (incoming)
	President’s Council Plus (PC+)	As needed	Utpal Goswami	1. TBD 2. Jens-Uwe Kuhn
	Professional Development Advisory Committee (PDAC)	2nd/4th Thurs Time: 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. Location: A 218C	Carola Smith	1. TBD 2. Ruie Garnica
	Program Evaluation Committee (PEC)	1st/3rd Thu. Time 2:30-4:00 p.m. Location: A 218C	Raeanne Napoleon Carola Smith	1. Ruie Garnica/TBD
	Resolution 18 Task Force	2x/month		1. TBD 2. Christopher Johnson
	Reclassification Request Process (RRP)	As needed	Michael Shanahan	1. Jason Walker 2. Jim Clark 3. Nicole Hubert
	Strategic Enrollment Management  (SEM)	2nd and 4th Tues.  Time: 12:45 - 2:00 pm	Pamela Ralston	1. Nicole Hubert 2. TBD
	Student Equity Committee (SEA)	2nd/4th Wed Time: 3:00 - 4:30 pm	Roxanne Pate	1. Maureen McRae Goldberg 2. TBD

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This Agreement contains the terms negotiated between the Santa Barbara Community College District and the Advancing Leadership Association concerning terms and conditions of employment for Management.

Current MOU in place, dated July 1, 2021 - June 30, 2024 

MOU dated 7/2017 - 06/2020

MOU Extension Agreement thru 06/2021

MOU Addendum, Probationary Evaluations, 2020

MOU, Juneteenth SBCC Holiday, 09/2021

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The current MOU Agreement is under negotiations with the District at this time.  

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Form used for member evaluations

MOU Probationary Evaluations, 2020

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ALA Statement of Support and CALL TO ACTION

Town Halls - Meets on the fourth Thursday of every month; Hosted by the Campus Climate Advisory Committee, led by Ruie Garnica (ALA), Hong Lieu (CSEA) and Raeanne Napolean (FA)

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ALA works closely with HR and the District in offering training opportunities to address current needs and to provide professional development. Trainings are offered on a monthly basis.  Members are encouraged to participate in training opportunities offered here, as well as self-sourced opportunities through professional organizations, Lynda offerings, etc.

	Date	Training Topic	Trainer
	December 18, 2020	Equity Training Part 1: Building an Equity Mindset	Carrie Hutchinson
	January 2021	None	None
	February 19, 2021	Business Process Analysis	Michael Shanahan  and Lyndsay Maas
	March 12, 2021	Strengths Finder	Joe Darin
	April 16, 2021	Equity Training Part 2: Applying an Equity Mindset: First Steps - Talk into Walk	Erin Jones, LLC
	May 21, 2021	Compassion Fatigue	Career Skills Institute
	June 18, 2021	Intercultural Conflict Management	Career Skills Institute
	July 16, 2021	Organizational Change Management	SBCC Instructor
	August 13, 2021	Mentoring Program	Nicole Hubert and Jason Walker
	September 10, 2021	Intercultural Communication	Tentative - Erin Jones, LLC
	October 8, 2021	Equity Training Part 3: Applying an Equity Mindset: Assessing & Refining
	November 12, 2021	Developing Your Team	TBD
	December 10, 2021	Creating a Vision of Team Success	TBD

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