COEHP Faculty Council Minutes
09/03/08 GRAD 325
Present: Merry Moiseichik (Chair), Fran Hagstrom (Chair-Elect), William McComas (At-Large), John Pijanowski. (At-Large), Gary Ritter (Ed Reform), Laura Kent (CIED)
Absent: Kit Kacirek (RHRC), Angie Smith-Nix (HPER), Ellen Odell (NURS) Administration Present: Barbara Hinton (Assoc. Dean), Reed Greenwood (Dean)
Meeting Agenda:
- Welcome new members and return of old
- Set schedule of meetings for 2008-2009 academic year
- Administration report
- Set goals and objectives for 2008-2009 academic year
Minutes:
The meeting was called to order by Chair Merry Moisechik.
- New members included John Pijanowski, Laura Kent, and Kit Kacirek.
- Meetings were set for the first and third Wednesday of each month at 2 p.m. the exact meeting dates are as follows:
| Fall Semester |
Spring Semester |
| September 3 |
January 21 |
| September 17 |
February 4 |
| October 1 |
February 18 |
| October 15 |
March 4 |
| November 5 |
April 1 |
| November 19 |
April 15 |
| December 3 |
May 6 |
- Associate Dean Barbara Hinton gave the Administrative report, which was elaborated upon by Dean Greenwood when he arrived at the meeting.
- Dr. Hinton will post the dates for College Council meetings on the college website once these are forwarded to her
- Nancy Milmon will reserve the conference room for the meeting
- Dr. Hinton stated that she will be retiring June 30, 2009
- Dean Greenwood stated that he plans to return to the faculty June 30, 2009.
- The Dean suspended work on changes to the Personnel and Governance at the end of last year since progress was at a stand-still. He stated that he would be open to renewed action if this was the desire of the faculty.
- Members of the Council voted to continue the work begun last year on a point-based faculty evaluation document. This vote followed discussion that brought new members up-to-date on the status of the evaluation document that was introduced to the Personnel and Governance Task Force last academic year. While that task force was suspended by the Dean at the end of the last academic year, it was noted in this meeting that the three council led information sessions on the evaluation document for faculty had resulted in valuable input. It is unclear at this juncture if a point system would improve or could replace the current Rosewood document since it is not yet complete. Work jobs and their relative point rankings in the areas of clinical teaching/training and undergraduate research have not been address by relevant faculty; it has not been determined how the point evaluation document would interface with the workload document; it has not been determined if all department would have to use the same evaluation document. Thus, council goal this year is to clarify and obtain faculty consensus on a faculty evaluation document. The following objectives were established:
- Finish a workable version of the point evaluation document working with faculty who are involved in clinical teaching and training and with those involved with undergraduate research.
- Field-test the point evaluation document in order to more clearly understand and communicate the strengths and weaknesses of the approach to faculty.
- See how the field tested document would interface with the workload document.
- Work with faculty through information sessions and focus groups to answer questions and solicit feedback in order to achieve a sense that faculty are actively involved in the final decision for acceptance or rejection of the point system.
The council will decide next actions steps after the above which would
- move forward with a recommendation to the dean from the faculty
- concur with the dean's present position to remain working under the Rosewood document
- The next meeting of the College Council is scheduled for September 17, 2008 at 2 p.m. Agenda:
- Merry Moiseichik will report on her meeting with Dean Greenwood
- Organize a plan of attack for the personnel evaluation
- Student Achievement Committee - Associate Dean Hinton
Minutes respectfully submitted,
Fran Hagstrom
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