Faculty
Council
September
4, 2002
I. The
meeting was called to order by Business Officer Leon Jones at 3 p.m.
II.Guest
Speakers
Q
& A Session, Computer ServicesJerry
Bryan
1.New
Outlook e-mail system is being installed during this semester on faculty
computers. The installation was necessitated by the age of PSTCC6, which
supports our old system but could fail any time. Faculty will be contacted
at least one day before the techs come to install the new system on their
office computers.Adjuncts and students
are already on the new system.
2.Computer
Lab upgrades: Jerry explained that these happen on a 3-year cycle, so 1/3
of the labs are done each year. Faculty upgrades are supposed to take place
every three years, but the cycle has been affected by the budget crunch.
Faculty teaching computer or online classes have priority after the student
labs.
3. Other:
Jerry answered other questions concerning the e-mail transfer, computer
labs, etc.
Moving
Web PagesDavid
Smith
1.Dave
is willing to help anyone moving Web pages from PSTCC6 to PSTCC7.
2."Promote
Your Event" allows faculty to obtain "one stop shopping" publicity for
campus events by clicking on the Calendar part of our Website.
III.Officer
Reports
Communications
OfficerRick
Bower
If
you know of adjuncts not getting Faculty Council e-mails, please let Rick
know.
TBR
RepresentativeDave
Vinson
See
F.C. list mailings.
SecretaryCata
Folks
The
Minutes from the Faculty Council Retreat in July will be posted on the
Faculty Council Website as soon as reports from the committees at the Retreat
have been completed.
President
ElectKathy
Bird
PresidentLisa
Bogaty
Load
determinationBogaty
Q.
What policies guide granting faculty more/fewer credit hours than a student
received for a course?
A.More
credit:for TWAV or Web classes that
exceed the normal limit, since it is not always possible to split these
classes at the last minute. Less credit: only happens if a faculty member
volunteers to teach a class that hasn't "made" under the normal rules.Faculty
will sometimes choose to do this in order to accommodate students who need
the class to graduate.
Carrying
load hours forwardBogaty
Dr.
Bruns indicated that, although not covered by TBR policy, TBR will allow
faculty to carry extra load hours over from fall to spring, but not from
spring to fall.
TBR
Tenure Policy ReviewBogaty
TBR
is concerned that some TBR colleges make the granting of promotion and
tenure almost automatic.The lack
of A.A.S. members on the TBR committee needs to be addressed because there
may be differences in criteria for those faculty. Questions were raised
about whether this review is the first step in TBR instituting post tenure
review.
Policy
on family members in classBogaty
Although
TBR does not prohibit family members from taking a relative's class, PSTCC
does.Since there may be situations
where a student has no choice, Dr. Bruns has agreed to consider exceptions
to our policy.Faculty Council agreed
not to change the official policy.
Overload
PaymentsBogaty
Lisa
will raise the issue of overload payments with Dr. Edwards.
IV.Standing
Committee Reports
Adjunct
Faculty CommitteeRasey
Feezell, Wanda Sellers
Work
is underway to have each department appoint an adjunct rep who can report
adjunct concerns in that department to the Adjunct Faculty Committee.
Promo/Tenure Jean
Jackson/Toni McDaniel
P/T
Committee Reps are needed from each department at this time.
High
Performance TeachingElaine
Oswald
Watch
for ads--topic will be a surprise.
Faculty
ForumPaul
Baxter
Faculty
After HoursAnita
Maddox
First
Faculty After Hours will be Friday, September 5 @Cozymel's, starting at
3:30 p.m. in the Fireplace Room. Stay tuned for other events.
Rules
Committee Chuck
Wright
V.Unfinished
Business
Common
CalendarDave
Vinson
Common
calendar has been adopted statewide, but will not affect our summer school.
Because our calendar for next year has already been printed, we will not
go on the common calendar until the year after next. We need to address
summer school issues to our own administration.
Equalization
UpdateLisa
Bogaty
Lisa
will continue to press for full implementation of the salary equalization
plan, to Dr. Edwards, and, when feasible, to TBR. Because there are so
many discrepancies in which schools have received funding for salary equalization,
there needs to be a statewide policy on this matter.
VI.New
Business
Division
Street Summer SchoolK.
D. Lawson
K.
D.'s presented a strong case, backed by statistical analysis,for
holding Summer Session classes at Division Street. The closure would be
likely to hurt programs and enrollment campus-wide and would affect enrollment
at Division Street during the academic year,not
just during the summer.While the
issue needs more study,K.D.asked
Faculty Council to consider whether the closure would be in the best interests
of the College.
Motion
1
Resolved,
Faculty Council supports keeping Division Street open in the summer for
summer classes.
Motion
carried.
Woodcut
SaleGay
Bryant
Gay
offered to undertake a project of selling her woodcuts of a tulip poplar
for F.C. Scholarships.
Motion
2
Resolved,
Faculty Council moves to accept Gay Bryant's generous proposal to print
copies of her woodcut to raise funds for Faculty Council Scholarships.
Motion
carried.
TBR
Curriculum ChangesSydney
Gingrow/Toni McDaniel
TBR
has proposed making extensive changes in the curriculum for all TRB community
colleges. After studying the proposals at length, Sydney and Toni presented
convincing arguments that this "cookie cutter" approach to standardization
of TBR curriculum would stifle creativity by making Tennessee community
colleges into "grades 13 and 14."Many
of our current courses would be cut out entirely and enrollments would
be drastically reduced in many others, since they would no longer be required
for a degree.The effects on our
articulation agreements with UT could be profound, but there is a great
deal of uncertainty about whether these will even be taken into account.TBRseems
to be looking only at what will benefit students transferring to TBR schools.Apparently
the board has already decided upon the 41 core course requirements in a
60 hour degree curriculum. Of course, this issue is related to continued
cuts in the state
budget. How should Faculty Council respond?
Motion
3
Resolved,
Faculty Council moves to draft a letter of protest against the proposed
TBR changes in community college curriculum, which would result in a "cookie
cutter" approach to curriculum standardization among TBR schools.
Motion
carried.
VII.Announcements
VIII.The
meeting was adjourned at 4:37 p.m.
Respectfully
submitted,
Cata
Folks
Recording
Secretary