Faculty
Council
March
5, 2003
I.The
meeting was called to order by Business Officer Ely Driver at 3 p.m.
II.Approval
of MinutesEly Driver
III.Officer
Reports
Communications
OfficerRick Bower
New
Faculty Council e-mail list: fcouncil-l@listserv.pstcc.edu
TBR
RepresentativeDave Vinson
Faculty
Sub Council: Meeting April 11; agenda is due by last week of March.
Summer
pay: President of SW State requested & was granted an exemption
to 1/32nd rate.
E-mail
Dave if you want a summary of the information available on this issue.
SecretaryCata
Folks
See
New Business below for Nominations for Faculty Council Officers for next
academic year.
President
ElectKathy ByrdNo
report
PresidentLisa
Bogaty
Promotion/Tenure
Policy & Academic Calendar: Motions from Steering Committee
Motion
1
Faculty
Council Promotion/Tenure Committee will review and revise the promotion/tenure policy
to meet TBR guidelines and reflect current practice and procedures.
Motion
carried.
Motion
2
Faculty
Council Promotion/Tenure Committee will review and revise the current faculty evaluation
schedule to reduce the load on faculty and department heads during the beginning
of Spring Semester.
Discussion:
Kathy
Byrd asked Lisa whether anything was known about how this procedure will
be changed.
Lisa
responded that the new Institutional Effectiveness Calendar gives more
leeway to the process.
Kathy
asked what the new deadline for evaluations & promotion applications
would be.
Lisa
replied that Faculty Council P/T Committee has the authority to recommend
a date.
Motion
carried.
Learning
Council Meeting:Recap
of LC is posted on FC Website.
Campus
Wide Identification Numbers (CWID's)
Due
to concerns about identity theft of Social Security Numbers, PSTCC is adopting
CWID.
Letters
will soon be delivered announcing the new CWID numbers, which will replace
SS#'s on all documents except
payroll & IRS docs.
CWID's
will be used on roll sheets and SIS, except for fake SS#'s for students
on Student Visas.
Student
transcripts will still need to have SS#'s.
Q.
Can we now report grades online?
A.
Password security concerns would still be an issue in reporting grades
online.
New
Fifteen-Week Academic Calendar
Proposed
2004-2006 calendars are on FC Website.
PSTCC
Web Classes
Total
enrollment in these classes has now topped 1,000 students.
IV. Standing
Committee Reports
Adjunct
FacultySellers, Feezell
Rasey
Feezell reported data gathered statewide on adjunct salaries. Only 2 colleges
out of the 16 surveyed pay less
than PSTCC. Rasey is still trying to get data on salaries based on educational level.
UTK pays adjuncts approximately 3 times what PSTCC pays. Roane State pays
10% more.An
increase of 21% would be needed to bring PSTCC up to the statewide mean,
obviously not likely in the current
budget crunch. A more detailed report is available from Rasey.
Promo/TenureJean
Jackson/Toni McDaniel
Jean
Jackson reported that Peer Review has been completed for the year.
High
Performance TeachingElaine OswaldNo
report
Faculty
ForumPaul BaxterNo
report
Faculty
After HoursAnita Maddox
Lisa
Bogaty asked for suggestions for other places to meet; Cozymel's has been
good except for uncomfortable
chairs. Let Anita know if you have other ideas.
Rules
CommitteeChuck WrightNo
report
Booksale/ScholarshipKinggard,
Maddox
Anne
Kinggard reported that things are going well for the Booksales.
Blount
County Booksale has raised an unofficial $1442.50.
V.Unfinished
Business
Faculty
Council ElectionsCata
Folks
Cata
Folks, as Chair of the Nominating Committee, reported the following nominations
for
2003-4
Faculty Council offices; all nominees have agreed to serve:
SecretaryCarol
Luther
Communications
OfficerCindy Alexander
TBR
RepresentativeDave Vinson
A
call was made for additional nominations; none were made.
All
nominees were elected by acclamation of Faculty Council.
In
addition to the above officers, current President-Elect Kathy Byrd will
be President for 2003-4.
Vl.New
Business
Faculty
Council response to budget cuts
Lisa
Bogaty reported on Ron Kesterson's responses to questions about the budget
cuts.
Faculty
Council's annual allowance of $1200 will continue next year.
See
FC Website for Ron Kesterson's data sheet on the 5% impoundments for current
fiscal year, most of which were accomplished using the "rainy day fund"
of $300,000. Next year, these reserves must be restored, leaving much less
leeway for the additional cuts mandated for 2003-4. There has been some
talk of tuition increases, even of an increase that would hit 4-year schools
harder than community colleges, but there seems no base of public or political
support for the latter idea.
Summer
school decisions have not yet been made. Reassurances were offered that
no full-time faculty will be cut, but 20-30 full-time staff positions will
have to be eliminated if the forecast for next year proves correct. No
decisions have yet been made at the state level, and nothing can be decided
here until we get the state's budget for the next fiscal year. It is expected
that this information will be available by mid-April. Hopefully, individuals
affected will be notified before public announcements are made about their
positions.
Perspective
on faculty transfers
Lisa
Bogaty expressed concern about the need for a clearer policy on transfer
between departments, particularly in the staffing of the new education
program. Issues such as budgetary restraints on new hires, qualifications,
costs of national searches, and effect on P/T decisions were discussed,
all with the assumption that the receiving department wants to accept the
faculty member making the transfer.
Donn
King introduced the following motion:
Motion
3
Faculty
Council will formulate a suggested policy through the Promotion and Tenure
Committee to deal with internal transfers.
Motion
carried.
Outstanding
Faculty
Lisa
Bogaty urged Faculty Council to encourage all faculty to vote for candidates
for the Outstanding Full-Time and Outstanding Adjunct Faculty Awards.
VII.Announcements
Faculty
After Hours will meet at Cozymel's Friday, March 7, at 3:30 p.m.
VIII. The
meeting was adjourned at 4 p.m.
Respectfully
submitted,
Cata
Folks
Recording
Secretary