Bronx Community College (BCC) has a vibrant and productive participatory governance. These committees are all different in the work they do, but all committees support the BCC mission, vision and values.
Executive Council
| PURPOSE | The Executive Council is an advisory group. It includes members of the Cabinet and all ECP staff, some classified managerial staff and other senior leadership of the College. |
| COORDINATOR | Amirah Cousins |
| LOCATION | Faculty/Staff Lounge, Language Hall 001 |
| TIME | Tuesdays 9:30 to 11:30am |
Vice Presidents, Deans, Chairpersons (VPDC)
| PURPOSE | VPDC is a working group consisting of all Vice Presidents, Deans, Chairpersons and Executive Directors |
| COORDINATOR | Bibi Yusuf-Moore |
| LOCATION | Virtual – Zoom |
| TIME | Wednesdays 10:00 am – 12:00 pm |
| MEETING SCHEDULE |
Wednesday, February 24, 2021 Wednesday, March 24, 2021 Wednesday, April 28, 2021 Wednesday, May 19, 2021 |
President’s Cabinet
| PURPOSE | The Cabinet is the central coordinating committee for all college operations, advising the president on policy development, College governance, academic affairs, strategic and financial planning, and all activities related to the Board of Trustees. As members of the President’s cabinet, the three major administrative units headed by vice presidents that oversee the college (Academic and Student Success, Administration and Finance, and Advancement, Communication and External Relations), collaborate on all matters pertaining to the effective functioning of the college. |
| COORDINATOR | Susan Fiore |
| LOCATION | Language Hall 27 |
| TIME | 9:30 am – 11:30 am |
| MEETING SCHEDULE | Tuesdays |
BCC Administrative Council
| PURPOSE | The Administrative Council works to serve our college community, and to ensure excellent organizational performance. It acts as an executive body on general administrative concerns. The council is made up and divisional managers who each lead major functional areas supporting the College. |
| COORDINATOR | |
| LOCATION | Roscoe Brown Student Center 211 or Zoom |
| TIME | 10:00 am – 12:00 pm |
| MEETING SCHEDULE | Scheduled for the 4th Friday of the Month
September 23, 2022 |
PSC/BCC Labor Management Committee
| PURPOSE | The President, VP’s and PSC representatives from BCC |
| COORDINATOR | Susan Fiore |
| LOCATION | Language Hall 27 |
| TIME | 1:00 – 2:00pm |
| MEETING SCHEDULE | TBA |
HEO Screening Committee
| AUTHORITY | The Bronx Community College Higher Education Officer Screening Committee is established on the basis of the Guidelines Regarding Recruitment and Appointment to Higher Education Officer Series Positions (HEO Guidelines) promulgated by the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Faculty and Staff Relations (OFSR) as approved by the Board of Trustees of the City of New York. |
| PURPOSE | The purpose of the committee is to review and recommend for approval all position classifications, appointments and re-classifications and salary step award in the HEO Service. |
| STRUCTURE | Members are appointed by the College President. The committee consists of three Vice Presidents, the Counsel to the President, and one representative from the Higher Education Officer series of at least the rank of full HEO and at the top of the full HEO salary scale. The Affirmative Action Officer and the Director of Human Resources will serve in a non-voting ex-officio capacity. |
| MEMBERSHIP | Lester Sandres Rápalo (With Vote), Vice President and Provost for Academic Affairs
Irene R. Delgado (With Vote), Vice President, Student Success Deborah Alston, (With Vote), Budget Director Michael Miller (With Vote), Faculty, Library Jessenia Paoli (Without Vote), Chief Diversity Officer/Affirmative Action Tina L. Spears (Without Vote), Executive Director of Human Resources Susan Fiore (Without Vote), Executive Legal Counsel & Deputy to the President, and Labor Designee |
| TIME | TBD |
| MEETING SCHEDULE | Thursday, November 7, 2022 Tuesday, December 6, 2022 Wednesday, January 11, 2023 Friday, February 17, 2023 Tuesday, April 11, 2023 Friday, June 9, 2023 |
HEO Labor Management Committee
| AUTHORITY | In accordance with the CUNY Code of Practice with Higher Education Officer Series and the PSC-CUNY collective bargaining agreement, the HEO Labor-Management Committee was established to address workload concerns and review requests for assignment differentials. |
| PURPOSE | The role of the committee is to hear concerns from individuals in the Higher Education Officer series concerning workload and to provide an initial review of requests for assignment differential. |
| PROCESS | Employee or their supervisor can submit the “Assignment Differential Form” for an assignment differential, in accordance with Section 22.5 of the Collective Bargaining Agreement. This provision enables HEO- series employees (Assistants to HEO, HE Assistants, and HE Associates) who have served at least one year at the highest salary in their title, to be considered for a discretionary $2,500 salary assignment differential in recognition of excellence of performance or increased responsibilities within an employee’s current title.
Forms should be submitted to the Executive Director of Human Resources. The HEO Labor Management Committee will meet the first Friday of every month to review any submitted requests. Upon the Committee’s review, a positive recommendation from the HEO Labor Management Committee shall be forwarded to the College HEO Screening Committee for review. Upon review by the College HEO Screening Committee, an overall recommendation shall be forwarded to the College President/President’s Designee. All requests are subject to budget review and Presidential approval. Assignment differentials cannot be effective retroactively or prospectively. |
| STRUCTURE | The Labor-Management Committee is comprised of three (3) members designated by the President of the College and three (3) members designated by the PSC. The Committee Chair will alternate annually between labor and management representatives. |
| MEMBERSHIP | Albert Robinson – Chairperson, Assistant Director, CTLT
Irene R. Delgado – Vice President, Division of Academic and Student Success Susan Fiore – Labor Designee and Assistant Legal Counsel David Taylor – AVP of Campus Operations Wanda Santiago – Director, Office of Information Technology Patricia Brown – Perkins Loan/CD Coordinator, Office of Financial Aid |
| TIME | TBA |
| MEETING SCHEDULE | TBA |
| REFERENCE DOCUMENTS AND FORMS | Code of Practice – HEO Series Manual Higher Education Officer Series – Labor –Management Committee – Workload Concerns Form Higher Education Officer Series – Labor –Management Committee – Application for Assignment Differential |
