Faculty Association Board Meeting

January 16, 2003

Actions Pending:

· Michael Shugg will distribute the Evaluation Committee’s proposed process for student evaluation of instruction to all faculty for feedback.

· Lisa Armour will distribute the position statement on the appropriate handling of student evaluations of instruction.

Actions Taken:

Diane Orsini and Jean Henderson were added to the Faculty Compensation Committee.
The proposed process for purging email was reviewed.
The position statement on the appropriate handling of student evaluations of instruction was reviewed.

Call to Order

Lisa Armour called the meeting to order at 2:40 p.m.

Members Present

Lisa Armour (presiding), Tom Byrnes, Ray Enger, Donna French, Stephanie Freuler, Jean Marie Fuhrman, Noelle Geiger, Ilyse Kusnetz, Keith Malmos, Louise Pitts, Michael Shugg, Marlene Temes, Sharon Wyly

Guest

Sandy Shugart

Approval of December Minutes

The December minutes were approved.

Dialogue with the President.

The President announced organizational changes that will be made as several senior administrators retire this year. He also announced plans to hire a special assistant.

Bill Castellano is nearing completion of his two-year administrative stint and will soon return to his faculty position on East Campus. A letter inviting interested faculty to apply for the next two-year administrative stint will be distributed.

Action Items

Faculty feedback provided by the Campus Senates on the proposed email purge was reviewed. Lisa Armour will send a summary of the feedback to Bill White.

The Faculty Association Board’s position statement on appropriate handling of Student Evaluations of Instruction was reviewed. The statement was approved pending revision. Lisa Armour will make recommended modifications and distribute the statement.

Discussion Items

The Board added faculty members Diane Orsini and Jean Henderson to the Faculty Compensation Committee in response to needs identified by the committee. Requests by the Senate Presidents for any other additions should be forwarded to Lisa Armour before the committee’s next meeting.

A draft charge and related notes prepared by Marlene Temes for a Faculty Workload Committee were discussed. Suggestions should be sent to Lisa Armour for consideration in drafting a work plan for the committee.

The Executive Council has drafted principles for faculty and non-faculty three-year hiring plans. The draft was distributed to Board members for comment.

Bill White has recommended that the scope of the Atlas Faculty Advisory Group be expanded to include non-Atlas IT issues. The Board will follow his recommendation, pending acceptance by the team members.

Reports

Evaluation Committee

Michael Shugg requested that Board members comment via email on the Evaluation Committee’s proposed process for student evaluation of instruction. Michael will send the proposed process to all faculty for comment.

Adjournment

The meeting was adjourned at 5:07 p.m.

Next meeting

February 20^th on Winter Park campus.