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Faculty Association Board Meeting November 18 2:30 – 5:00 PM West Campus 9-113 |
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Present Ray Enger, Marlene Temes, Chris Borglum, Keith Malmos, Susan Matthews, Maryke Lee, Michael Shugg, Amy Bosley, George Dow, Ilyse Kusnetz, Ed Szymanski Jr., Patricia Smith, Selena Menchan, Suzette Dohany, Louise Pitts, Donna French, Marlene Temes Call to Order Meeting began at 2:36 pm. Action
Items Approval of
September Minutes Minutes approved as amended. Draft Recommendation for Course Outline
Process We are asked to say that their outline is okay. Were the questions which
were posed answered enough? It was brought up that a model outline would be nice. Also, people are
not happy with answer to question 17.
This should be clarified. Why should we implement if we don’t verify
it? Implementation follow up is implied but not specified. There is
confusion as to how to interpret the usage of these outlines. They shouldn’t
dictate how you teach the class, just general guideline. Also, don’t forget that
we are making them, and we have done it before. It was brought up that there is something new though. This document is
meant to lead to creation of authentic learning outcomes that then can be
used to measure our success. They can be helpful to guide our adjuncts and provide us with more
consistency. Of course, we are only asked to approve the process, not the outcomes
of the process. Motion: Approve the process as is. Motion passed 12 to 1. Interim Progress Notification Edits Motion: Accept these edits. Motion approved. Distance Learning Advisory Group Membership They feel that they have a pretty strong group. They just would like
this body to look at and ratify the membership or suggest changes. Motion: Ratify DLAG membership. Motion approved. CCFSSE (Community College Faculty Survey of Student Engagement) This doesn’t cost any money to the college. Osceola campus didn’t understand why we are doing this. Also there is a
fee; it is just waived due to this being a pilot. Also, will the results
really show It was brought up that while it may be not seem useful, it will allow
us to participate in the larger study and collaborate with other community
colleges. Faculty is concerned that results are sent to
everyone and that we are given sense of what has been done. Motion: Approve CCFSSE survey. Motion passed 12 to 1. Discussion Items Constitution Survey
Draft and Voting Process If approved, it would be sent out to faculty. Forums would be on Wednesday, Nov 3, East 5-112 (1-3pm) and on Thursday Nov 4, West 4-151 (1-3pm). Comments can be emailed or shared at the forums. Question: Can we rename the board name so that there is clearer distinction between the board and the association itself? Let us call the board “Faculty Council” and the general faculty will be the “Faculty Association”. Everyone agrees, so we will go ahead with this. It was raised that the size of the council may have to be capped at some time in the future, but right now it is not an issue. Membership status: Eliminate E. Fix the others, and then put B, C & D as subsections of A. Chris will also add a sentence concerning of the focus of the council. Chris will change draft and then send out to faculty. Faculty board members should be advocates for the constitution in this process for this work. Vote: secure vote with manned tables (2 days), just like compensation vote. We’ll go with Dec 1st & 2nd for voting. Payroll Alignment Look at document and we’ll discuss it in Nov. meeting. CWFA Board Budget Board has an $8,000 budget. Think about creative ways that the money could best be used to aid in governance and to make the Board an even better-functioning part of the governance process. We will discuss this at the Nov. meeting. Budget Process
Information for Faculty Question brought to the Board by Mark Guillette, co-chair of the Planning Council. What do we want to know about the process and how do they want it delivered? Email is fine. Tell Mark that the process is okay. Definition of Primus
Definition was attached to agenda. In the SLP updating process, many assumed “primus” meant the person who was responsible for doing the work or making sure that the item was completed. However, according to Dr. Shugart, primus is the person without whose consent work cannot go forward. Another question is if the primus is attached to a person or a position (answer—could be either). Perhaps college is misusing the notion of a primus. This definition is being disseminated to clarify it. Information Items Ten-Month Temporary
Faculty There are seven positions, and none of them will be renewed for next year. There will be no more 10-month contracts. Some may be converted, but the faculty would have to reapply. Workload
Recommendations Status Learning Leadership Team (CLO, four provosts, and Chris Borglum) have okayed the recommendations regarding changes to office hours and campus hours recommended by the Workload Issues Subcommittee. IAC (Dean’s committee) is okay with the changes as well. Chris will create an e-mail to be sent jointly by him and Dr. Edwards to announce changes to the college before the next CWFA Board meeting. Calendar
and Scheduling Committee The five in-service days planned for the summer term will be changed to instructional days to address some of the concerns with the condensed calendar. The result will mean shorter meeting times for each class meeting. This does not change the scheduled vacation days. Chris will send out details about these changes as well as survey results on the summer schedule. There was a question about how, if at all, this change would affect evening classes. Reports Professional Development/Institutional Effectiveness Task Forces Professional Development The committees have determined that service to the institution belongs to Institutional Effectiveness and not Professional Development. PD activities to be included in the program have been established. Self-development may not be organized activities (i.e. learning a new computer program). There was a question as to how feedback from faculty will be incorporated to shape the final project. This is not actually known yet. It’s possible that fora will be held during the two initial workdays of the semester in the same way we held compensation fora last January. This should allow time to incorporate faculty feedback for the final product. Some of the questions currently being discussed are: Does the professional development work have to be in one’s discipline? What about other fields where continuing education doesn’t really exist? It’s thought that faculty will either complete the professional development activity or not. It’s not a matter of having specific standards of excellence, for example. Institutional Effectiveness Task Forces The group has met twice. We apparently are the first community college anywhere that has a portion of compensation tied to institutional effectiveness. The committee is trying to design a simple, efficient system that ties a small portion of salary to IE. It is not expected to be perfect the first time around because this is ground-breaking work. Amy Bosley and Chris Borglum met with Dr. Shugart today to discuss the task force’s work so far, and he indicated that the group’s work so far was good and would make sense to the BOT. Campus
Reports East The campus had a questions as to whether a Valencia I.D. should be the only type of I.D. accepted for use in the testing center. Issues with this involve the lack of poor quality of the photography used, the fact that I.D’s are dispersed to students by students, and questions about who distributes these I.D.s Another issued raised by the East campus was whether any progress had been made to establish intellectual property rights for the college and questions about SPD funding. There seems to be little knowledge about what it is, where it is, and how faculty get it. Osceola During a recent Atlas Upgrade training it was noted that when posting faculty office hours, students seem to have access to faculty home phone numbers. Victor Collazo is supposed to be looking into this. This campus is also interested in having discussions about a college-wide cell phone policy. West Nothing to report. Adjournment: Meeting was adjourned at 5:13 p.m. Next Meeting: November 18 on West Campus, Room 9-113 |