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13MEETING OF THE SABBATICAL LEAVE SUBCOMMITTEEOF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEESSHASTA-TEHAMA-TRINITY JOINT COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICTWEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 2013MINUTESThe Sabbatical Leave Subcommittee of the Board of Trustees of the Shasta-Tehama-Trinity Joint CommunityCollege District met on Wednesday, April 10, 2013, in the Board Room of the Shasta College AdministrationBuilding located at 11555 Old Oregon Trail, Redding, CA.The meeting was called to order by Mr. Kendall Pierson, Sabbatical Leave SubcommitteeChair, at 6:06p.m.Roll Call indicated the following:Trustees PresentMrs. Judi BeckMr. Kendall PiersonMr. Scott Swendiman arrived at 6:18p.m.Trustees AbsentNoneMr. Pierson asked if there were any requests from the audience to speak to any item onthe agenda. Ms. Terry Turner, Communications Studies Instructor, said they would liketo present their sabbatical proposals. Mr. Wyse said they would be called on to do so.Mr. Wyse said it's really fun to be able to do this. Sabbatical leaves have been on holdfor a number of years here. He said it gives him great pleasure to have the two candidateshere tonight that are recommended for approval on their sabbatical proposals.We've decided the presentations will be in alphabetical order. Mr. Mark Blaser, ChemistryInstructor, will go first. Ms. Terry Turner is here as well. The presentations shouldrun 5 to 10 minutes. Mr. Pierson asked when the last time a sabbatical leave wasgranted. He thought there was one of short duration a few years ago. Mr. Wyse saidthe last time was at his first Board meeting as a Vice President at Shasta College, whichwas in 2007. Mr. Pierson said this is a very good thing.Mr. Blaser thanked the Board for reinstituting sabbaticals, as they have been sadly lackingfor awhile. This is really good, and he hopes it will continue. Mr. Blaser gave aPowerpoint presentation regarding his proposed sabbatical leave [attached hereto asExhibit A].Mr. Pierson said you're probably already doing this, but after returning do you envisionchanging techniques in the classroom? Mr. Blaser answered yes, that when he comesback from the sabbatical he'll basically be ready to make very significant changes inhow he operates in the classroom but he needs good reasons why before makingchanges. There are little things he's tried-bits and pieces-but it's tough without datato know how much of a change should be made. Mr. Pierson asked if he would bemeasuring the results. Mr. Blaser said yes, that SLOs do monitor certain things and assesschanges to see if there was improvement or not. He said he's been doing it in bitsand pieces. With more time, he can do a good job of it, essentially. Mr. Pierson saidthe thought came to mind that you can make changes in the classroom, measure them,