Accreditation - Hartnell College!!

Institutional Self Evaluation – 12-05-12
The District is in the process of reviewing and updating all of its Board Policies and
administrative procedures. The policies relating to Human Resources will undergo review
during this academic year. The District also will update its model EEO Plan this year. Both
reviews will involve processes that include input from all employee groups, working in a
collaborative process with HR personnel. While there is an HR subcommittee of a shared
governance committee, that group has focused on benefits issues, so it is not clear whether
that or a different group will be tasked with this project.
Hartnell administers its personnel policies and procedures consistently and equitably, as is
required by law and Board Policy. (See BP 5100—Equal Employment Opportunity Policy, et
seq.) (III.A.17)
On a practical level, the District also ensures fairness by maintaining a policy of valuing open
communication with its employees. The Associate Vice President of HR meets regularly with
members of the CSEA leadership in a meeting format called the Employee-Employer
Relations Committee. The purpose of these meetings is to share information, identify areas of
potential concern, and seek solutions to situations before they become problems. She meets
on a more casual basis with the leadership of the L-39 group and the faculty union.
Finally, the District is fortunate to have an experienced HR staff that has abundant experience
with the consistent and fair application of personnel rules. All staff members have worked in
the provision of human resources or equal opportunity law for more than 15 years.
Self Evaluation
Policies and procedures are systematically developed and are accessible to employees and the
public on the District‘s website and in the HR Office. The shared governance system
appropriately participates in input of these policies, and these policies are consistently
administered, ensuring fairness, throughout the college community.
The college meets this standard.
Planning Agenda
None.
III.A.3.b
The institution makes provision for the security and confidentiality of personnel records.
Each employee has access to his/her personnel records in accordance with law.
Descriptive Summary
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