Agenda
Faculty Council Minutes
East Campus, 5-112
Present: Ray Enger, George M. Dow, Susan Matthews, Lana
Powell, Terry Long, Joan Alexander, Tom Byrnes, David Rogers, Kay Walters, Amy
Bosley, Rose Watson, Dan Gutierrez, Debbie Garrison, Jane Wiese, Kathleen Perri, Michael Shugg, Marie
McClendon, Suzette Dohany, Deidre Holmes DuBois
I.
Guests
a. Dr. Kaye
Walter, Executive Vice President, Academic Affairs
Several
subjects of interest were discussed with Kaye.
In the discussion, it was noted that communication is the key to a
successful relationship between faculty and the Chief Learning Officer. Other
topics of discussion included online classes, sabbatical (replacement faculty),
adjuncts and labs. Finally, it was noted
that Amy Bosley and Kaye are having lunch once a week on a different campus and
all faculty are welcome to come by for discussion on topics of interest to the
faculty.
b. Michael Shugg, Evaluation Task Force
Michael
Shugg reported on the progress of the Evaluation Task
Force to date. At this point, the task
force has refined the proposed list of questions to be included in the
evaluation of instruction, and asks that Council representatives take the
questions back to their senates and colleagues for feedback.
The
next step is to work with deans to determine an effective way to pilot test the
evaluation form in the Spring, 2006 semester.
Simultaneously, a new team will be formed to make recommendations on the
logistics of delivering the instrument to students and on the data
distribution.
II.
Action Items
a. Approval of October
minutes (attached)
Minutes
were approved with corrections.
b. Alternative
Delivery Work Group (3 faculty requested, alternates needed – statements
attached)
i.
Lisa Macon – no term specified (Business & IT,
West)
ii.
Joe Bivins - prefers 1 year term (Chemistry, East)
iii.
Betsy Guimond - prefers 2 or 3 year term (Nursing, West)
iv.
Susan Dauer – all terms
acceptable (English, East)
v.
Gisela Acosta – all terms acceptable (Math, East)
vi.
Tami Rogers – no statement (Nursing, West)
vii.
Erin O’Brien (
Betsy
Guimond was placed on the team for 3 years. Lisa
Macon was for 2 years. Joe Bivins was placed for 1
year. Susan Dauer was placed as an alternate.
c. Academic
Policy Cluster Review (13 faculty requested – statements attached)
i.
Ron Colburn (Speech, Osceola)
ii.
Carl Creasman (History,
East)
iii.
Kim Samocki (Speech, East)
iv.
Tracy Harrison (
v.
Pauline Lizotte (Science,
East)
vi.
Donna French (English, Osceola)
vii.
Tom Byrnes (Political Science, West)
viii.
Kurt Overhiser (Math, East)
ix.
Joel Berman (Math, East)
x.
Jane Renfroe (English, East)
xi.
Jennifer Lawhon (Math, East)
xii.
Mary Beck (Science, West)
All
faculty members were placed.
III.
Discussion Items
a. Student
Affairs policy review (policies attached)
A
cluster of student affairs policies were presented to the board for
endorsement. These policies had been
reviewed and refined by Student Affairs personnel and deemed ready for Board of
Trustees approval, pending faculty endorsement.
After
lengthy discussion, a motion was made to send the policies forward with an ok
for all items except for 10-12 and 4-4, for which we have questions. Fifteen council
members approved with two abstentions. Motion carried.
b. Compensation
frequently asked questions/all asked question (attached)
These
documents will be posted on the HR website for future reference. Please share them with your colleagues.
c. Harassment
training
The
college is moving forward with a plan to provide harassment training for all
personnel. Faculty Council was asked to
provide input into the delivery of the training. Following are the comments provided to the
design team: Hire an outside consultant
to provide training. Provide immediate
training opportunities for faculty on legal issues (including harassment) but
do not rush a full training program.
d. Letter to
faculty
Amy
will be sending this out next week.
e. Endowed
chairs work team report (attached)
Report
and recommendations were reviewed and endorsed.
The recommendations now move forward to the Valencia Foundation Board
for approval and implementation. The
Foundation and faculty will be hosting three workshops on Learning Leadership
Chairs in February to educate faculty on the application process and
opportunities.`
f. Common
course outlines/AA program review
In
order to comply with SACS and conduct a thorough AA and General Education
Program review, it is necessary that we establish common course outlines and
outcomes for all courses. Deans will be
working with faculty on collegewide work teams to
complete this work in the next year.
g. Insurance
for non-married partners
Insurance
for non-married partners is being investigated by Tom Byrnes.
IV.
Information Items
a. Faculty
needed:
i.
Academic Success Work Team
ii.
Parking Solutions Work Team
iii.
Distinguished Service Awards Work Team
We
will be getting calls soon.
b. OIT to visit
senates
OIT
wants to speak at future meetings about what they do and to hear faculty
concerns and comments. If you want them to visit your campus, let Amy know.
c. Council
rotation
Let
Amy know about the rotations occurring on each campus.
d.
Next
meeting will be at Amy’s house.
e. Faculty
retreat
Do
we want to have a retreat in January for our team? Think about it and provide
feedback to Amy and Tom.
V.
Reports
a. Campus
Reports
i.
Osceola
Travel
issues in regards to meetings. Many committees that are considered to be
college-wide rarely (if at all) meet on Osceola. Maybe we could look at using
the technology we have to improve the way we meet. That way no one has to
suffer due to increasing gas prices, etc.
ii.
East
President
Shugart will attend the December 2005 meeting
iii.
West
Remind
students to register, and let them know that the new Atlas time tickets for
registering have a 48-hour window.
iv.
Nothing to report.
b. Other
Reports
VI.
Adjournment
Meeting
adjourned.
Next Meeting: December
15, Amy Bosley’s Home (