Dean Skerrett called the meeting to order at 10:32 a.m. The minutes of September 13, 2011 meeting were approved.
Dean Skerrett introduced the new assistant to the dean, Zandria Ivy, and thanked Cheryl Burns for her service to both the dean and academic council. Cheryl Burns will remain in the dean's office as operations coordinator in the budget & operations unit.
All proposals on the October 4, 2011 consent agenda were approved.
1. Ad Hoc Faculty Annual Performance Review Committee
Dean Skerrett reminded Council of the purpose of the Ad Hoc Annual Performance Review Committee. This committee will meet and discuss the criteria for calibrating merit. Dean Skerrett will send a notice to faculty announcing the election results. The following chairs were selected as quadripartite divisional representatives:
Division I: Carol Wharton
Division II: Lisa Gentile
Division III: Dorothy Holland
Division IV: Yvonne Howell
In lieu of the Academic Council meeting scheduled on November 1, 2011, department chairs will meet with their respective quadripartite representative to have first discussions regarding the calibration of merit in the annual performance review process. Following these meetings, Dean Skerrett will meet with the members of the committee twice before winter break, and once after winter break.
2.Merit Rubrics
The dean opened discussion on ways to improve and simplify the current rubric for faculty annual performance reviews. Many council members expressed concern with the current categorical language in place and how that language can be confusing for pre-tenure faculty expectations. The dean would like the language to reflect department chairs' assessment of faculty achievement, and to be consistent with language that is used in the faculty handbook. There was some discussion about the differences between a 3 and 4 point evaluation system. The dean would like Council to think about was how to make the process more transparent.
3.Course Proposals Process (Scott Johnson)
Scott encouraged everyone to use the online form for all course proposals as this makes the process much faster and decreases email traffic.
Council was reminded that the first round of capacity audit will be due October 14, 2011. Once the first round is complete, updates will be sent and a second round will occur. If anyone would like to meet and/or discuss capacity audits, please contact Scott Johnson. Dean Skerrett urged Council to return their capacity audits in a timely manner.
4.Athletic Schedules
Bruce Matthews briefed Council on the challenges that are faced when scheduling athletes for classes.
The athletic department's two major goals each year are for students to succeed both athletically and academically. This issue will be discussed more in depth at the next meeting.
5. New Business
The budget and operations staff within the dean’s office will work with departments this year to realign budget lines in order to bring budgets more accurately in line with annual expenditures. The dean distributed a memo from Terri Weaver setting out the four-step process that chairs can expect after worksheets are distributed on November 1. In addition, the dean discussed the pilot for a program-based budgeting process. Six departments have volunteered to participate in this pilot, which will begin the week of November 7.
The meeting was adjourned at 11:46 a.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Zandria Ivy
Dean Skerrett introduced the new assistant to the dean, Zandria Ivy, and thanked Cheryl Burns for her service to both the dean and academic council. Cheryl Burns will remain in the dean's office as operations coordinator in the budget & operations unit.
All proposals on the October 4, 2011 consent agenda were approved.
1. Ad Hoc Faculty Annual Performance Review Committee
Dean Skerrett reminded Council of the purpose of the Ad Hoc Annual Performance Review Committee. This committee will meet and discuss the criteria for calibrating merit. Dean Skerrett will send a notice to faculty announcing the election results. The following chairs were selected as quadripartite divisional representatives:
Division I: Carol Wharton
Division II: Lisa Gentile
Division III: Dorothy Holland
Division IV: Yvonne Howell
In lieu of the Academic Council meeting scheduled on November 1, 2011, department chairs will meet with their respective quadripartite representative to have first discussions regarding the calibration of merit in the annual performance review process. Following these meetings, Dean Skerrett will meet with the members of the committee twice before winter break, and once after winter break.
2.Merit Rubrics
The dean opened discussion on ways to improve and simplify the current rubric for faculty annual performance reviews. Many council members expressed concern with the current categorical language in place and how that language can be confusing for pre-tenure faculty expectations. The dean would like the language to reflect department chairs' assessment of faculty achievement, and to be consistent with language that is used in the faculty handbook. There was some discussion about the differences between a 3 and 4 point evaluation system. The dean would like Council to think about was how to make the process more transparent.
3.Course Proposals Process (Scott Johnson)
Scott encouraged everyone to use the online form for all course proposals as this makes the process much faster and decreases email traffic.
Council was reminded that the first round of capacity audit will be due October 14, 2011. Once the first round is complete, updates will be sent and a second round will occur. If anyone would like to meet and/or discuss capacity audits, please contact Scott Johnson. Dean Skerrett urged Council to return their capacity audits in a timely manner.
4.Athletic Schedules
Bruce Matthews briefed Council on the challenges that are faced when scheduling athletes for classes.
The athletic department's two major goals each year are for students to succeed both athletically and academically. This issue will be discussed more in depth at the next meeting.
5. New Business
The budget and operations staff within the dean’s office will work with departments this year to realign budget lines in order to bring budgets more accurately in line with annual expenditures. The dean distributed a memo from Terri Weaver setting out the four-step process that chairs can expect after worksheets are distributed on November 1. In addition, the dean discussed the pilot for a program-based budgeting process. Six departments have volunteered to participate in this pilot, which will begin the week of November 7.
The meeting was adjourned at 11:46 a.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Zandria Ivy
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