Faculty Council Steering Committee
January 28, 2002
Members Present:Cindy Alexander, Lisa Bogaty, Rick Bower, Betty Bumgarner, Kathy Byrd, George Cox, Lawana Day, Ramzi Ghezawi, Annie Gray, Marilyn Hosker, Leon Jones, Toni McDaniel, Mike Neghaban, Ann Preston, Dawn Roberts, Harold Rowland, Janice Rowland, Don Thomas, Dave Vinson, Chuck Wright
The meeting was called to order at 3 p.m.
·Sub-council representative Dave Vinson’s written report of the January TBR faculty sub-council meeting is available on the Faculty Council website.
·President’s report
President Lisa Bogaty reported that two speakers—Ann Munz, President of the Administrative Council, and Nan Burwell, Director of the SACS Self-Study, have expressed an interest in speaking to Faculty Council at the Feb. 5 meeting.
Steering Committee approves the request ofAnn
Munz, Administrative Council President, to speak to Faculty Council.
Motion carried.
By unanimous consent, the committee also agreed to have Nan Burwell address Faculty Council.
President Bogaty also informed Steering Committee that several faculty have raised questions about the Student Perception of Faculty reports from fall semester. The concerns focus on the means included on the reports. Four primary problems with the use of means have been identified:
1)The use of means on the instrument is not statistically sound.
2)The use of means violates the college’s policies and procedures as outlined in the PPM.
3)The Evaluation Committee did not approve of or agree to the use of any comparative analysis with this instrument.
4)A comparison with peers in different disciplines is of little value.
The Evaluation Committee has met with Dr. Bruns once to discuss the concerns and a second meeting has been scheduled.
Bogaty reported that Faculty Council plans to post the Mercer equalization study information on the Faculty Council website.
Steering Committee discussed but took no action on the following motion passed at the Dec. 5, 2001, Faculty Council meeting:
Faculty Council Steering Committee take up the issue of faculty having input into policies that impact them directly (such as the recent reassignment of load hours for web and distance-learning courses) prior to any decisions being made.
Resolved, that the Policies and Procedures Manual
reflect that only tenured faculty vote on candidates for tenure.
Motion carried.
The January teaching workshops were well attended, and faculty who were unable to participate can check out the videotape in the ERC.
The next workshop, scheduled for early March, will feature Vida Hashemian, Instructor in Engineering and Media Technologies.
Committees are established and dates for the Faculty Council booksale are set. It will be held on each campus the following days:
Feb. 18-20 at Magnolia
Feb. 20-21 at Division Street
Feb. 26-27 at Blount County
March 6-7 at the main campus
The first gathering of Spring semester will be Friday, Feb. 1 at the Holiday Inn Cedar Bluff beginning at 3 p.m.
A slate of candidates for the Faculty Council offices of President Elect, Secretary, and Communication Officer will be presented at the Feb. 5 Faculty Council meeting.
Kathy Byrd resigned as chair of the nominating committee.
The meeting was adjourned at 3:58 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Kathy Byrd
Secretary