ࡱ> '` +bjbjDD 4B&&#:::::::pHHHH<|~~~~~~$hSt:::^::||:T,:: `aZH  p 0R:oHHNbp:::::: Faculty Assembly Meeting March 23rd, 2011 Secretary: Kristin Kenneavy 1. Approve Minutes Physical copies of the minutes were distributed and reviewed. Motion to approve. Seconded. Approved. 2. Presidents Report Pres. Morley reviewed the agenda. Volunteers to assist with the clickers are needed. Please remember to return clickers at the end of the meeting as they are very expensive to replace. Alex Olbrecht is the parliamentarian for this meeting. Speaking procedures during an FA meeting were reviewed. (1) The speaker must be recognized. (2) The speaker can speak for 2 minutes. (3) If the speaker has already had a turn, he or she must wait for everyone else before speaking again. (4) The speaker must use the microphone. There has been a disagreement between the FAEC and Governance Review Committee regarding interpretation of the current by-laws. The language in Article 8 is unclear and requires a ruling from the parliamentarian. The following is from a prepared statement read by Pres. Morley. The vote in January was to ratify the interim by-laws was based on a two-thirds majority of votes cast. Prior to that vote, there were no objections to the procedures in the minutes. Objections to that vote now would be out of order. Article 8 stipulates a higher bar for amending the by-laws than approving the by-laws. Need 2/3 of full faculty to vote yes. A vote to change the by-laws must be by mail ballot and two-thirds of the full faculty must vote yes. If there is a dispute, the by-laws state that the FA President may ask the parliamentarian to rule on the matter and that the parliamentarians ruling is final. The parliamentarian has 30 days to render a decision and a rationale for the decision, and written arguments from faculty members regarding this matter will be due no later than 10 days from now. All arguments will be posted to the FA website. There is a vacancy for an all-college representative to the executive council. Please volunteer if interested. 3. Discussion Item: May Faculty Conference (May 18-19) The conference will be held in the H-wing auditorium. Rep. Jillian Weiss has been charged with full responsibility for organizing the conference. (Rep. Weiss) The conference will be one day in duration. Coffee will be served starting at 8:30; the meeting will start at 9am and end at 4pm and will consist of three substantive topics. Rep. Weiss will work with the presenters to make sure that the presentations are brief and to the point. The conference will be an opportunity for the faculty to confer. Titles of Segments What does Middle States Want? Faculty Roles in Assessment and the Danger of Inaction Isnt it rich? Ensuring Student Value in the New Enrichment Component Academically Adrift and our Political Situation: Targeting of Academia Please email Rep. Weiss with feedback. Faculty inquired as to the change in name from In-Service to Conference. Pres. Morley took responsibility for the change and stated that in-service sounded penitentiary while conference sounded more academic. Support was expressed for the third topic. 4. ARC Decision Item: Course Enrichment Component Policy (CEC) Maya Poran and Emma Rainforth Thanks for participation in the open forum regarding CEC. The Design Team recommended a simple, broad learning goal and outcome that gives faculty freedom. CEC draft policy and procedures were presented at the last FA meeting on 3/9. Requested feedback from faculty; the version has not changed. Motion to accept ARCs proposed CEC policies and procedures. Discussion Question Is there a place for review of results of this program and adaptations? Yes. The Design Team is charged with developing a process for assessing the CEC. Once we know what it is were assessing, then we develop a plan for how to asses it. The assessment plan can be changed in the future, although the initial plan will need to be in place for the next year prior to the Middle States interim visit. A suggestion was made that an assessment cycle be put in place such that every few years the CEC is reviewed to make sure its working. Movement to close discussion. Seconded. Discussion closed. Vote taken using clickers. N = 83. Yes 83% No 10% Abstain 7% Goals and learning outcomes for the CEC were presented. This document originated with the Design Team and ARC revised it somewhat to make it more explicit. The text of this was presented and is posted to the ARC website. Two learning outcomes are available faculty can choose one or the other or both. (1) Students should be able to demonstrate how an out-of-class activity applies knowledge obtained in the classroom. (2) Students should be able to demonstrate how their learning of the course material is connected to and enhanced by the out-of-class activity. Discussion. An example of a CEC assignment from Art History was shared. Students must go to a museum and write a paragraph on an item related to the course content. Is that still appropriate? What activities will count? That is up the faculty member. Does met/not met count as assessing student learning? There are many ways to assess learning and being somewhere or attending something can be meaningful (Maya Porans personal opinion), but determining that should also be up the faculty member. Will there be criteria established that dont already exist? How is this a reform if there are no new criteria? This is dealing with intentionality and assessment; not interfering in a facultys academic freedom. What exactly is being changed? Faculty will need to document that students are actually doing this work by assessing the CEC. If the learning objective is met, then an assignment is OK. If the assignment is outside of the learning objective, then it is not OK. The work product has to be in line with the learning objectives laid out by the faculty member for the student. Thanks to the Design Team and ARC for the articulation and flexibility. Please provide feedback on the learning goals and objectives by April 4th so that ARC can review the feedback and we can revisit this as the next FA meeting. 5. Discussion Item: Faculty Governance Review Committee Report on Proposed Amendments to the By-Laws. Stephen Klein Prof. Klein made a presentation that outlined and summarized the 9 proposed amendments to the FA by-laws. These amendments are designed to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the governance process, reduce frustration in the current system, increase engagement by faculty, and improve communication. (The following are paraphrased, please see GRC website for exact text.) State the purpose of the Faculty Assembly. Staggering of election of councilors for FAEC and ARC. Describes the FAECs disposition of matters return an item, decline an item, decide an item, or recommend to FA to vote and discuss. Frequency of executive council meetings. Every week or every two weeks. FA members can move an item acted on by the Council in front of the FA for discussion. 30 members are needed to do this. Unit councilors shall have clear and regular communication between their constituents and the executive council. Time must be made in Unit Council meetings for updates. The executive council will prepare an annual report to the Faculty Assembly. Should outline what has been accomplished. Parliamentarian shall be a non-elected volunteer position and not a member of the council. This will promote objectivity and unbiased ruling. Clarifies the requirements for amending the by-laws and provides for electronic or mail-in balloting. Need to have 2/3 of the full faculty vote YES, not just have 2/3 of the faculty vote at all. Thanks were given to the committee for their hard work and a job well done. Discussion When will the amendments be finalized? One GRC members view was that the amendments will be finalized when the faculty receive the ballot. Most discussion was about the percentage of faculty needed to amend the by-laws. One view is that getting two-thirds of all faculty to vote yes is neither logical nor reasonable and that the FA would be held hostage by non-voting members. This threshold is viewed as too high because faculty are not engaged and dont vote. The other view is that the faculty should not want to have the by-laws be easily changed. Also, a higher bar expresses legitimacy. It is difficult to make a case to the administration or the Board of Trustees when only 40 or 60 people have voted. It was noted that this threshold only affects changing the by-laws, ordinary business votes would still be decided by a simple majority, provided a quorum was established within a given meeting. 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