Faculty Council Minutes
West Campus
Attending: Linda Anthon, Joan Alexander, Joel Berman,
Tom Byrnes, Debbie Garrison, Deidre Holmes Dubois, Gloria Hines, James Leonard,
Graeme Lindbeck, Brian Macon, Kathleen Perri, Lana Powell, David Rogers
(ex-officio), Marlene Temes (for Jackie DiMartino), and Rose Watson
Minutes:
The March minutes were approved as read with the correction
of the May meeting rescheduled for Osceola Campus and the June meeting
rescheduled for Winter Park Campus, as well as a grammatical correction.
Appointments:
James Leonard was elected as Senate Secretary.
Assessment Planning Retreat
The following 10 faculty were appointed, with the exception
of Helen Clarke, who was replaced by Joel Berman:
George Rausch, Architecture/Engineering, West
Dorothy Dixon, Math, East
Helen Clarke, Communications, East & Director of TLA (Joel Berman is replacing Helen Clarke.)
Carl Creasman, History,
East
Allison Sloan, Math, West
Joe Bivins, Science, East
Tom Byrnes, Political Science, West
Kurt Ewen,
Philosophy/Humanities, West
Philip Bishop,
Humanities, East
Linda Anthon,
Communications, East
Alternative Contracts Work Team
Four to six faculty were requested for the team, and the
following faculty were approved, including Lana Powell, who requested to be
added to the team:
Gloria Hines, Counselor,
West
Renee Jardon,
Communications, East
Joan Alexander, Computer
Programming, West
Jane Wiese, Accounting,
East
Wendy Schwam, Humanities, East
Mary Beck, Science, West
Lana Powell, Accounting,
West
Sabbatical Selection Committee
Four faculty were requested, and it was decided to send
forward to the President the names of the following 4 faculty for approval:
Karen Styles, Humanities, East
Terry Long, Computer
Programming, West
Kris Dougherty, Science,
Osceola
Randy Grosch, Social
Sciences, West
Student Activity Budget Committee
Ron Colburn was added to the committee to represent the
Osceola Campus.
Alternative Delivery Standards Plan
This was passed unanimously after some discussion.
Questions arose as to where this document was going after the Council had voted
on it and if it would be put into
2006 Faculty Council Meeting Schedule
Meeting schedule was approved. Tom Byrnes will arrange for a video
conference for May 18 for those unable to attend the Faculty Council meeting at
Osceola.
Discussion Items:
Student Assessment of Instruction Update
There was much discussion on this item. First, there was concern about the faculty
member carrying the envelope with the evaluations to the place where they are
scanned, and some students were concerned that the faculty members would be
reading the evaluations before the end of the term. In addition, there were similar concerns
regarding the online version. In
particular, this version was set up so that the instructor and the dean would receive
the evaluation immediately after its being submitted, creating concern about
faculty receiving the evaluation before the final grades were submitted. Another concern was that the URL that
students were given for the online evaluation had a drop-down menu that allowed
the students to evaluate any instructor, not only their own. Yet another concern was the unlimited number
of evaluations that a student could submit.
It was decided to include the topic of student assessment of instruction
on the agenda for the next meeting, and it was also suggested to invite
Angelique Smith to the next meeting to discuss some of these issues.
Policy Review Plans
There are 6 clusters of policies to review. The council decided to review one cluster per
month, beginning in September. The plan
is to send out a cluster at least three weeks prior to a Senate meeting. The faculty will be asked to give feedback to
their Senators, and, then, Senates on each campus will discuss the cluster and
bring their comments and questions to the full Council meeting.
Federal Financial Aid and Courses Toward Degree
It was agreed that the faculty should be advised of this matter
via email.
Faculty Stipends and Release Time
When asked to consider for what purposes and functions
should reassign time be given, the Council agreed that the recommendations that
were developed in the past should be followed.
Achieve the Dream (AtD) Work
The Council would like to see some concrete suggestions on
what to do to increase the retention rate of at-risk students and to help
at-risk students overall. This could be
a topic for Learning Day. Tom Byrnes
will follow up with the Atd team and the Learning Evidence team.
Inviting Deans to Faculty Council Meetings
The Council agreed that they did not want to invite deans
to the meetings.
Information Items
Tom Byrnes shared that the case of Tim Williams will be
placed before the Board next month. The
West Campus faculty want to be advised as to the time and date of that meeting.
Reports:
Campus Reports
West - None
Osceola – Faculty lists in Groupwise need to be
updated. A motion was made to have OIT
keep the mass email lists updated and current.
East – None
Other Reports
College-wide - Concern was expressed over low numbers for
summer registration.
Adjournment:
The meeting was adjourned at
The next Faculty Council meeting
is scheduled for