Faculty Council Steering Committee
August 27, 2001
Members Present:Cindy Alexander, Lisa Bogaty, Rick Bower, Robert Boyd, Kathy Byrd, Lawana Day, Joan Easterly, Jonathan Fowler, Ramzi Ghezawi, Marilyn Hosker, Jean Jackson, Donn King, K.D. Lawson, Beth Long, Anita Maddox, Toni McDaniel, Mike Neghaban, Denise Penzkofer, Ann Preston, Dawn Roberts, Janice Rowland, Dave Vinson
The meeting was called to order at 3 p.m.
Communications Officer Rick Bower is working on adding names of new full-time and adjunct faculty to the list-serve, Fcouncil-L.
TBR Representative Dave Vinson will attend the Oct. 19 subcouncil meeting. Anyone with concerns that need to be discussed at that meeting should contact him.
President Lisa Bogaty reported on the following issues:
A.As a result of Steering Committee discussion of President Bogaty’s written recap of the July 30 Learning Council meeting, the “Focus on Faculty” presentations mentioned in her e-mail will take place in the new High Performance Teaching forums rather than at regular Faculty Council meetings.
B.Bogaty reported that she would attend the Aug. 28 Learning Council meeting and take Steering Committee’s suggestions and concerns about money-saving measures and the new registration process. Discussion included the following items:
1)The practice in some departments of requiring faculty to hand out paper copies of the Master Syllabus for a course when that information is accessible on the Web
2)A question about whether any changes are being considered in load hours for Web classes
3)A variety of comments on New Student registration and scheduling assistance, which Bogaty asked for in written form and then compiled
4)Clarification of attendance reporting regarding students who don’t complete or pass a course.
Joan Easterly reported that three more sessions have been tentatively scheduled. In November, Emily Walker, who is the CEO of an alternative school in Knoxville, will speak. In January, Donn King will do a presentation of “Speaking Skills for Instructors,” and in March, Vida Hashemian will host a presentation on computer technology.
Lisa Bogaty reported that a member of the TBR staff will be featured at a lunch-time session on Sept. 27. Dr. Ellen Weed and Dr. Kay Clark are potential speakers.
The English Department is in charge of the booksale this year.
The first gathering will be at 4:00 Friday, Sept. 7 at the Holiday Inn at Cedar Bluff. Everyone is welcome.
A motion to amend promotion and tenure policies 06:02 and 06:03 to “exclude from voting any faculty member who is released for 50% or more of his or her department duties for 2 of the last 3 years of a candidate’s eligibility,” which was passed by Faculty Council last year, is scheduled for discussion in Learning Council Aug. 28. Past-president Toni McDaniel reported that the motion had already been passed by Learning Council last spring. President Bogaty will point out the redundancy to Learning Council.
In addition, President Bogaty will also ask if Learning Council can post its minutes on the Web, as Faculty Council and Support Staff Council do.
MOTION 1
Faculty Council supports bringing the salaries of faculty who remain below the minimum for their categories in the Mercer study up to at least the minimum figure.
Motion carried.
MOTION 2
Faculty Council advocates that Support Staff receive the full 9% pay adjustment required by legislation for completing the CPS certification. The raise should be based on the Mercer-adjusted salary.
Motion carried.
MOTION 3
Faculty Council proposes that the Student Perception of Faculty Surveys be conducted at any time from the 11th through the 14th weeks of the semester.
Motion carried.
MOTION 4
Resolved that Faculty Council adopt as a special rule of order the following procedure: No motion from the floor that affects anybody other than Faculty Council may be passed in the same meeting as it is introduced.
Motion carried.
Faculty members are encouraged to bring in items for the Support Staff White Elephant sale.
The meeting adjourned at 4:20 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Kathy Byrd
Secretary