Faculty Senate Minutes

January 23, 2013  (DRAFT)

Magnolia Avenue Campus/Room 160

I.          Call to Order: Keith Norris

Meeting was called to order by Keith Norris, Faculty Senate Business Officer.  Senators in attendance:  Lisa Bogaty (BCT), John May (EMT), Trent Eades (English), Lawana Day (English), Joan Easterly (LA), Charles Cardwell (LA), Jeff Lockett (LA), Rick Bower (Library Services), Claire Suddeth (Math), Bob Stern (Math), Darnetta Brown (Nursing), Michael Lusk (NBS), Patricia Roller (TS), John Smith (TS), Robert Baird (DS), Ashley Boone (BC), Bob Boyd (Magnolia Avenue), Michael Boyd (Adjunct Faculty), Ron Bridges (President), Tyra Barrett (President Elect), Nina McPherson (Secretary), Sally Lighter (Communications), Dave Vinson (TBR Rep),  Donn King (Parliamentarian), Mark Fuentes (Co-chair, Promotion & Tenure).  Guests:  Margaret Jansen, President Anthony Wise.

II.        College President Address:  Dr. Anthony Wise

Dr. Wise addressed several issues – inclement weather closings, security concerns, spring semester enrollment, 2013-2014 budget – and answered questions about several issues.

Dr. Wise starts checking weather conditions, road conditions, and campus access issues very early in the morning. He attempts to make decisions as early as possible after consultation with appropriate resource people.  He will not cancel classes on only specific sites.  If a decision is made that road conditions are too hazardous for travel, all campus sites will close. He will investigate issues with the text message that was sent out; people received the message at different times.  He will also investigate plans to close the Hardin Valley campus in a safe and timely manner; it took some people almost an hour to get out of the parking lots when the campus was closed at 3:30 on January 17.

 

Wise expressed concern about security issues due to recent shooting events and is investigating a number of options.  He has requested a security audit to identify avenues of improvement.  Resources might have to be shifted to cover new costs.  Ideas discussed were arming college security personnel (not the contract security personnel), installing door locks on the inside of classroom doors, holding “Safe Campus” discussions at each campus, and discussions with local police departments.  Faculty expressed concerns about totally closing campuses at specified times; this creates problems for some departments to prepare laboratories or to have access to needed educational resources.

Wise said that enrollment appears to be the same as spring semester last year.  Demographics indicate that high school enrollment will probably be less for the next three to four years.  Financial aid changes will impact enrollment also.

Other topics he discussed were a strategic planning session as a follow-up to the “listening” sessions.  He will know about the budget after Governor Haslam’s State of the State Address on Monday, January 28 but right now it appears there will be a $30 to $35 million increase for higher education.  Graduation numbers appear to be strong.  He was asked to investigate issues of online students having problems charging their textbooks.

III.       Approval of Minutes: Keith Norris

Minutes of the November 14, 2012, meeting were approved with no changes/corrections.

IV.       Officer Reports

Secretary: Nina McPherson – No report

Communications:  Sally Lighter

Efforts continue in the development of a blog for Faculty Senate communication and access to Faculty Senate information and resources.

TBR Representative:  Dave Vinson – No report

President: Ron Bridges

Bridges reminded faculty to read the attendance reporting guidelines, especially the second section, developed by the Enrollment Management Committee.  Faculty can contact him or Mark Fuentes if they have questions.  The academic misconduct policy has not been approved by TBR yet.  Some Faculty Senate suggested changes to the Students with Disability policy have been accepted, others are federal government policy and cannot be changed.  The credit by exam policy is being revised to make it easier for students to complete the process.  Each department will determine which of its courses will be eligible for credit by exam.

Bridges said that the Student Perceptions of Faculty for Fall 2012 have been declared invalid by the college due to irregularities.  Although Perceptions were received and logged in by the Institutional Effectiveness, Research, and Planning Office, they began appearing in other offices and campuses.  Because of the security issues, faculty are not required include these perceptions in their evaluation packets.  Faculty members that want to include this data should discuss this with their deans.

Bridges emphasized the need to continue to assess student engagement and success because of government and community expectations.  However, he also noted that assessment is something that we all do as part of our personal process of improvement.  Faculty questioned if statistics are available to measure student success and the various tutoring services, such as the online tutoring and supplemental instruction, offered by the college.  John Smith offered that it is hard to find aggregate statistics.

V.        Committee Reports

Adjunct Faculty:  Leigh Moore, Lori Price, Michael Boyd

Bridges reported that Leigh Moore has to resign her position as one of the Adjunct Faculty representatives due to her teaching schedule.  After reviewing the Faculty Senate Constitution, Donn King reported that election of Adjunct Faculty Representative is included in Article IV, Section 5.  Interested faculty can contact Bridges or a Senator; a vacancy is filled by election at the earliest possible Senate meeting.

Student Scholarships:  Dawn Roberts

Bridges said there were no logistics for the casino night event yet.  Some faculty expressed concern about wording in the email about selling their textbooks to a buyer that might be interpreted as being able to sell to only one buyer when they can sell to any buyer of their choosing.  Also, faculty are not required to sell textbooks, only if they want to.

Rules:  Donn King – No report

Nominating Committee:  Nina McPherson – No report

Faculty Development: Mark Fuentes/Nancy Pevey

Bridges is hoping to develop one calendar that will be easily accessible for all faculty development events.

Faculty Lecture Series: Keith Norris/Trent Eades

Information about the presentations is in the Spring 2013 issue of The Arts at Pellissippi State.  The schedule for fall 2013 and spring 2014 has also been finalized.  Eades announced that he and Norris are relinquishing their responsibilities for the Faculty Lecture Series; they have been responsible for the development of the lecture series for nine semesters. New sponsors will be responsible for the 2014-2015 series. Volunteers are welcome.  Dates and titles of the spring lectures are:

February 21, 12:30 – The Cold War – David Key

March 21, 12:30 – What Dance Moves? – Maggie Jenkins

April 19, 2:00 – Sexy Shakespeare – Edward Francisco

April 23, 12:30 – The History of the Duel – Charles R. Miller

Promotion/Tenure:  Jonathan Lamb and Mark Fuentes

Fuentes said that evaluation packets are due to academic deans on January 28.  Packets will be available for review February 18 thru March 9 in Bagwell 209.  Some packets will be in electronic format.  Departmental meetings will be held during the week after spring break.

Promotion/Tenure Policy Ad hoc: Toni McDaniel and Mark Fuentes

The committee will review policies 06:02:00 and 06:03:00, tenure and promotion, and recommend revisions.  The recommendations will first be presented to Faculty Senate.

VI.      Unfinished Business: Keith Norris

            There was no unfinished business.

 VII.     Discussion

            Security Issues: John May/Ron Bridges

May expressed concern that there have been some security lapses and instances of security personnel not following security policies.  Fred Breiner, Director of Safety and Security, has been made aware of the situations and is dealing with them.  May also reminded faculty to contact the Behavioral Intervention Team when they are confronted with student issues in the classroom.

Bridges reminded faculty to put a note on their vehicle dashboards if they are driving a car without their parking decal.

An Advising Idea: Lisa Bogaty

Bogaty discussed the problems created when incorrect majors are entered in Banner.  Bogaty made the following motion that was seconded and passed by acclimation:

Motion:  During the first three weeks of each semester, faculty will ask all students in their classes to check their MyPellissippi and confirm that their major is correct.  This can be done as a homework assignment or for extra credit.

Faculty discussed the need to work with adjunct faculty and the possibility of Brandon Ballentine developing some training materials.

VII.     New Business

Lisa Bogaty informed faculty of the League of Women Voters Citizens Academy and asked faculty to encourage students to participate students in the Academy.

Joan Easterly reminded faculty of deadline dates for students to apply for scholarships for the study abroad classes.

IX.       Announcements-

Next meeting-Wednesday, February 20, 2013, 3:30 PM – Hardin Valley Campus, Faculty-Staff Dining Room

X.        Adjournment

            Meeting adjourned at 5 pm

 

Faculty Senate Minutes

March 27, 2013 (revised)

Blount County Campus, Room BL 251

I.          Call to Order: Keith Norris

Meeting was called to order by Keith Norris. Senators in attendance:  Linda Manning (BCT), John May (EMT), Trent Eades (English), Lawana Day (English), Jeff Lockett (LA), Rick Bower (Library Services), Claire Suddeth (Math), Bob Stern (Math), Darnetta Brown (Nursing), Amy Tankersley (TS), Ashley Boone (BC), Bob Boyd (Magnolia Avenue), Michael Boyd (Adjunct Faculty), Ron Bridges (President), Tyra Barrett (President Elect), Keith Norris (Business Officer), Nina McPherson (Secretary), Sally Lighter (Communications), Dave Vinson (TBR Rep),  Donn King (Parliamentarian), Mark Fuentes (Co-chair, Promotion & Tenure). Guest:  Roxana Beach

II.        Approval of Minutes: Keith Norris

The January 23, 2013 and February 20, 2013 minutes were approved with no changes.

III.      Nomination for Adjunct Senator: Ron Bridges

Leigh Moore has had to step down from her position as one of the Adjunct Senators due to conflicts with her teaching schedule and the meeting times of the Faculty Senate.  Bridges nominated William Gwin as her replacement.  Gwin has been an adjunct faculty in the English department for several years and has previously been a Senator.  The nomination was seconded and approved by acclamation.

IV.       Officer Reports

Secretary: Nina McPherson – No report

Communications:  Sally Lighter

Lighter will start posting drafts of the minutes to the blog.  She also requested photographs to use on the blog.

TBR Representative:  Dave Vinson – No report

President: Ron Bridges

The strategic plan that will guide the college until 2020 has been posted to MyPellissippi, under the Employee tab in the Employee Support section.  It will guide the college’s work and resources for the next several years.

Universal design policy

Dr. Ashford has proposed the creation of a new college policy on Universal Design (UD).  The idea behind UD is that all campus resources (including teaching materials) be designed so that everyone, regardless of disability, has access to it.  While this is a noble idea, it presents problems as a policy because it may hinder the spontaneous use of a good idea.  For example, a faculty member may discover a You-tube video that relates to a class.  The faculty member may want to use it immediately but might not unless it meets UD criteria first.  It would have to be modified to meet UD criteria first.  This policy is only in the draft/discussion stages at this point and is a long way from being implemented.  As of now only one other school within TBR has such a policy.

Faculty Senate suggested a revision to PSCC’s POLICY 06:02:03 ACADEMIC FREEDOM AND RESPONSIBILITY several years ago.  The revision was held up while TBR considered revision of its policy.  Dr. Lewis is now on the TBR committee that is looking at that revision.  Fuentes will send a copy of the policy proposed by Faculty Senate to Dr. Lewis.

Student Services currently organizes the academic awards ceremony.  This will change next year to Academic Affairs being responsible.  More time will be allowed for faculty to identify students who are graduating and are deserving of these awards.

Several faculty are members of the college’s Professional Development Committee.  One of the areas this committee is focusing on is new employee orientation.  One idea being considered is to change orientation from a one-time event to an on-going series of activities so that new employees can better absorb the information presented.  A separate faculty committee is revising the new faculty orientation.

V.        Committee Reports

Adjunct Faculty:  Michael Boyd – No report

Student Scholarships:  Dawn Roberts, Mark Fuentes

Fuentes said he is waiting for an update from the Foundation Office as to the amount of money donated for the scholarship but it appears it will be far short of the $7500 goal.  Bridges will send an email to faculty encouraging them to contribute.  It was pointed out that faculty may contribute to several funds on the Foundation list so there might be some conflicts on their normal giving.  Boone reported that $717.50 has been raised at the Blount County book sale and $75 from the silent auction of the photograph.  Tyra Barrett, as the Faculty President, will appoint the chair of Faculty Senate Student Scholarship committee next year.  That committee will determine how to raise money for the scholarship next year.

Rules:  Donn King – No report

Nominating Committee:  Nina McPherson – No report

Promotion/Tenure: Mark Fuentes

All peer review meetings have been held; all went smoothly.  All of the forms have been delivered to supervisors and Dr. Lewis.  Candidates have been notified orally by their supervisors of the recommendation or non-recommendation of the peer review group.  Dr. Lewis will submit his written comments and recommendations to President Wise, who will recommend candidates for promotion and tenure to Chancellor Morgan.  Candidates will receive letters regarding Dr. Wise’s recommendations by the end of April.

Faculty Development: Mark Fuentes/Nancy Pevey

Fuentes reported that Trish Roller’s workshop “Virtual Revision” will have to be rescheduled due to her illness.  Upcoming workshops are:

April 3, 2:00, MC 129 – Keith Norris – Teaching Naked: A Discussion About Discussion in the Classroom

April 11, 2:00, MC 129 – Larry Vincent – The Global Classroom

April 24, 3:00, MC 129 – Donn King and Brandon Ballentine – I’m Ready for My Close-up

Faculty Lecture Series: Trent Eades and Keith Norris

            Upcoming lecture:

April 23, 12:30, CPAC – Charles Miller, History of the Duel

Policy Revision Adhoc Committees:

Faculty Professional Ethics (06:01:04) – Charles Cardwell

Bridges reported for Cardwell. The policy was derived from an American Association of University Professors’ statement and will need only minor revisions.  Cardwell will make a report at the next Faculty Senate meeting.

Orientation of New Full-Time Faculty (06:01:03) – Mark Fuentes

Fuentes reported that he would make a report at the next Faculty Senate meeting.

Selection of Instructional Materials (03:03:00) – Tyra Barrett

Barrett reported that the adhoc committee had met and discussed several issues.  The selection of instructional materials will need to consider universal access requirements.  The Committee met with Ann Satkowiak, Director, Services, Student with Disabilities to discuss universal access issues.  In addition, the college is not following all aspects of the current policy, such as the bookstore notifying faculty of the final prices of course materials to students.  That information might impact the faculty decision about accepting that material for use in the course.  The committee had questions about who enforces the details of the bookstore contract and about the pricing structure of textbooks.  Barrett said that she plans to meet with Ron Kesterson, Vice President, Business and Finance, to discuss bookstore issues.

Information Technology Support Center Open Lab (08:04:03) – Linda Manning

Manning reported that she will make a report at the next Faculty Senate meeting.

VI.      Unfinished Business: None     

VII.     Discussion

            Discrimination/Harassment Policy – Ron Bridges

Bridges appointed an adhoc committee to review POLICY 06:23:01 DISCRIMINATION AND HARASSMENT COMPLAINT AND INVESTIGATION PROCEDURE.  Sally Lighter will chair the adhoc committee.           

VIII.    New Business

            Norris requested that Faculty Senate invite Dr. Lewis to the next Faculty Senate meeting.

Bridges reported that POLICY 04:07:00 SERVICES FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES has been approved by President Wise.  Bridges will email the final version to faculty.  The line that said faculty meets with the student to discuss the accommodation has been removed from the policy.

Barrett updated Senators about revising the faculty perception form.  Instead of the form being titled ‘Student Perceptions of Faculty’ it is being revised to serve as ‘Student Reaction to the Course and Instruction’.  The structure of questions has been changed to ‘I’ and ‘My’ statements, such as, “My instructor encouraged students to ask questions and actively participate.” The new questions will be presented to Learning Council next week.

Brown encouraged Senators to donate to the Faculty Senate scholarship fund.

Bridges read the following resolution from Charles Cardwell:

Resolution

Whereas approximately two-thirds of Pellissippi State Community College’s academic term that begins in January occurs in the northern hemisphere’s winter, and

Whereas Pellissippi State Community is located in the northern hemisphere, and

Whereas, as an academic institution, Pellissippi State Community College is strongly committed to truth, and

Whereas truth in labeling is an important kind of truth,

Now therefore be it RESOLVED: That academic terms at Pellissippi State Community College that begin in January shall be hereafter officially be marked as “Winter” rather than as “Spring”.

Although there was considerable discussion about the unseasonably cold weather that East Tennessee has been experiencing this year, the resolution was indefinitely postponed by majority vote.

IX.       Announcements-

Next meeting-Wednesday, April 17, 2013, 3:30 PM – Hardin Valley Campus, Faculty/Staff Dining Room

X.        Adjournment            Meeting adjourned at 4:35 pm

Faculty Senate Minutes
September 12, 2012
Hardin Valley Campus/Room Faculty/Staff Dining Room

I.Call to Order: Keith Norris

Meeting was called to order by Keith Norris, Faculty Senate Business Officer.  Senators in attendance:  Lisa Bogaty (BCT), Ken Swayne (EMT), John May (EMT), Trent Eades (English), Lawana Day (English), Joan Easterly (LA), Charles Cardwell (LA), Jeff Lockett (LA), Jonathan Lamb (Math), Bob Stern (Math), Amy Tankersley (TS), Patricia Roller (TS), John Smith (TS), Beverly Rogers (Nursing), Rick Bower (Library Services), Robert Baird (DS), Ron Bridges (President), Dave Vinson (TBR Rep), Nina McPherson (Secretary), Donn King (Parliamentarian).  Guests:  Dr. Ted Lewis, Mark Fuentes, Lori Price, Michael Boyd, Heather Schroeder.

II.        Suspension of Rules: Keith Norris

                Norris called for a suspension of rules to recognize Dr. Lewis.

Lewis wanted to take this opportunity to share some of his education vision and to listen to faculty concerns.  He emphasized that he is a teacher and approaches issues from an educator’s perspective.  He wants to continue building partnerships with K-12 and other higher education institutions, public and private.  He is concerned about, and wants to strengthen, efforts to improve student success.  He emphasized that we need to embrace a culture of evidence because assessment is not going away, that we need to justify our existence to many governmental bodies as budget cuts will probably continue.  He wants the college to emulate best practices.  He said the college will continue the Community College Survey of Student Engagement (CCSSE) in spring semester 2013 and the Survey of Entering Student Engagement (SENSE) in fall semester 2013.

When questioned about the college sharing more information about CCSSE he said that he expects full transparency and will consider conducting forums with faculty to discuss CCSSE results and what they mean for individual departments as well as for the college as a whole. He wants the results of CCSSE to be widely disseminated and discussed with faculty, allowing input from all.  He will follow up on travel reimbursement for adjunct faculty, whether it is allowed under college policy, TBR policy, or state policy. The cost of textbooks and Internet access for students was discussed.  Solutions such as leveraging our enrollment numbers when negotiating with textbook representatives, custom printing of textbooks, and using open source resources in place of textbooks were discussed but he does not see an immediate solution at this time.  Faculty expressed concern about career paths for adjunct faculty.  Mentorship programs for new faculty, full-time and adjunct, was discussed.  When concerns about demands on faculty time were brought up, Lewis said he is not strong on mandating activities but looks for faculty members to find types of institutional service that they are passionate about and that is appropriate for them.  When asked about finding office space on campus for KnoxAchieves, he said that he is very supportive of the program but that his first priority right now is to find private office space for all full-time faculty.   Lewis was thanked for providing financial support for the Faculty Lecture Series.

III.       Approval of Minutes: Keith Norris
Minutes of the July 18, 2012, meeting were approved with corrections.

IV.       Approval of Officers: Ron Bridges

Bridges announced that Sally Lighter had agreed to serve as Communications Officer and that Mark Fuentes agreed to serve as chair of the Promotion/Tenure Committee.  Motion was made to accept the nominees to serve as officers of the Faculty Senate.  Motion was passed by acclamation.
V.        Election of Adjunct Representatives: Keith Norris

Lori Price (Transitional Studies) was elected to a two year term.  Michael Boyd (BCT) was elected to a one year term.

VI.       Officer Reports

Secretary: Nina McPherson – No report

Communications:  Sally Lighter

Swayne said he would meet with Lighter next week to discuss the Faculty Senate web site and other details of the office.

TBR Representative:  Dave Vinson

Vinson will continue to send brief reports instead of one long report about TBR meetings and other issues of interest.

 

President: Ron Bridges

COSA has asked to send a representative to Faculty Senate meetings.

Bridges discussed new technology changes in the classroom, the ability to access more resources at home, including the use of mobile apps.  New applications for Intent to Graduate, Degree Works, and a new scheduling system for students are coming.

The new Academic Misconduct policy was approved by Learning Council in July and is awaiting approval by the President’s Council.

The credit by exam process has been streamlined, and the cost to students has been reduced.  Academic departments have implemented the current process differently.  Some departments require students to be enrolled in a class before the exam is given while others don’t enroll students in a class until after the exam.  Faculty have questions about the proposed new process.  Bridges will seek clarification.

 

VII.     Committee Reports

Adjunct Faculty:  Leigh Moore – No report

Student Scholarships:  Dawn Roberts – No report

Bridges discussed the options in the Discussion section of the agenda.

 

Rules:  Donn King – No report

 

Nominating Committee:  Nina McPherson – No report

 

Promotion/Tenure:  Mark Fuentes

Fuentes said that identified candidates have notified department deans of their intentions. A workshop on how to develop portfolios will be scheduled soon.

 

Promotion/Tenure Policy Adhoc: Toni McDaniel and Mark Fuentes

Fuentes reported that changes to the current policy are not in place so the current policy will be used this academic year.  This will also allow Dr. Lewis to watch the current policy before any changes are made.

 

Faculty Development: Ron Bridges, Nancy Pevey, and Mark Fuentes

Fuentes reported that QEP sessions have been scheduled.  A mid-term Festival of Student Success is scheduled for Oct. 18 and 19.  The California consultants are scheduled to return; they will meet with targeted QEP programs and also with larger groups.  How to bring students into the process will also be discussed.  Faculty inquiry groups (FIGs) have begun to form and move forward.

Fuentes also asked for feedback on the fall in-service program (the number of sessions, the quality of sessions, etc.).  Dr. Susan McMahon’s HeLa cell presentations were recognized as being particularly outstanding.

How to include faculty at the site campuses in Faculty Development activities was discussed; everyone recognized this is a problem but no solutions were identified.

 

Faculty Lecture Series: Trent Eades and Keith Norris

Some faculty asked if some of the presentations could be scheduled on Wednesdays instead of Thursdays so that faculty with schedule conflicts on Thursdays can attend some of the lectures.  Eades said that lectures in previous years have been scheduled on Wednesdays but that attendance was always lower on Wednesdays.

Schedule for 2012-2013:

Sept. 20   Tyra Barrett: Economics: The Musical

Oct. 11    Donn King: The Greatest Story Never Told

Nov. 15   Pat Riddle: Born Fighting

Nov. 29   Keith Norris: a Hobbit’s Holiday

Feb. 21, 2013 David Key: The Cold War

March 21 Maggie Jenkins:  What Dance Moves?

April 23 Charles R. Miller: The History of the Duel

 

Student Behavior Ad hoc – Michael Lusk

Bridges presented for Lusk.  The ad hoc committee developed a set of procedures to help faculty deal with student behavioral problems.  The committee worked with Mary Bledsoe, Dean of Students, to develop procedures based on existing policies and best practices.

 

 

Post-retirement Ad hoc Committee – Tyra Barrett – No report

 

VIII.   Unfinished Business: Keith Norris

            Faculty Hiring – Charles Cardwell

Cardwell presented two new forms to be used by the college’s Human Resources department during the faculty hiring process, Faculty-Applicant Preliminary Screening (Attachment 1) and Faculty-Applicant Committee-Level Review (Attachment 2).  A motion was made and seconded that the college’s Human Resources department use these forms.  An amendment was made to simplify the forms.  The amendment was approved with no objections.  The original motion as amended was then approved with no objections.   

           

VI,       Discussion

            Faculty Scholarship/Book Sale

Book sale issues were discussed again.  Senators are to discuss options with faculty in their department.  Currently a departmental rotation is used to organize the book sale.  Usually $5,000 to $7,000 is raised by the book sale each year.

1. Should Faculty Senate continue to sponsor a student scholarship?

2. If yes, should the Book Sale continue to raise the funds for the scholarship?

3. If yes to the Book Sale, who should organize and operate the book sale?  Continue the           alphabetical rotation?  Or should volunteers be used to organize and operate the book sale?

4. If no to the book sale, what other activity or activities should be used to raise money?

Further discussion was postponed until the next Faculty Senate meeting.

 

Students with Disabilities Policy

Bridges will ask Ann Satkowiak more questions about her proposed changes.  Is the policy being revised due to federal changes in policy?  The url for the current policy is http://www.pstcc.edu/ppm/pdf/04-07-00.pdf .

 

Attendance reporting

Cardwell made a motion to ask College administration for more clarification about attendance reporting policies and guidelines.  Mark Fuentes noted that a set of guidelines (Attachment 3) were emailed to faculty in January, 2012 by Interim Vice President of Academic Affairs, Lois Reynolds.  Bridges said that Rebecca Ashford has a committee reviewing attendance reporting issues.  No action was taken on Cardwell’s motion since there was no longer a quorum present.

VII.     New Business: No

 

VII.     Announcements-

Next meeting-Wednesday, October 17, 3:30 PM – Division Street, Room TBD

 

IX.       Adjournment

            Meeting adjourned at 5:33pm

 

 

 

Attachment 1

PELLISSIPPI STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE

Faculty-Applicant Preliminary Screening

 

<position>  in <discipline> beginning <date>

 

Name	Masters?	>= 18 grad hrs in discipline?	<add’l adv criterion>	ABD?	Ph.D?	Other Doctorate?	1,2,3?*

*1 = Consider by full committee; 2 = Qualified; 3 = Not qualified.

 

[All committee members will complete an entry for each applicant.  The committee will set the maximum number of applicants each member may bring to the full committee.  All candidates receiving a “1” in the final column of this form will be brought to the full committee for consideration.  Each committee member will complete the “Faculty Applicant Committee-Level Review Form” for every candidate brought to the committee for consideration.]

 

[The column headed “<add’l adv criterion>” is to be replaced with any additional specific requirement stated in position advertisements.  Additional columns may be added if there are more than one such additional requirement]

 

 

EXAMPLE ONLY

Form to be customized by committee

To reflect “preferred qualifications”

As specified (by committee) in “job details” section of online application

Columns 5,6,&7 would, for example, be appropriate if the preferred qualifications listed something like “education beyond masters degree preferred”

Attachment 2

PELLISSIPPI STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE

Faculty-Applicant Committee-Level Review

<position>  in <discipline> beginning <date>

 

Applicant Name:_________________________________________

 

Degrees, Area of Specialization, Areas of Competence

 

Work Experience (including experience outside of academia)

 

Experience And/Or Promise With Respect To:

 

Teaching

 

Service/Outreach

[Consider Student Interaction, College, and Community Service]

 

 

Scholarship/Creative Activities/Research including Professional Development

 

 

 

Attachment 3

Attendance Reporting Guidelines

 

Attendance must be reported during the first week of classes and

at least once per month during the semester.

 

1. During the first week of classes

• students who do not attend are reported as “N” (not attending);
• students that have attended at least the majority of one class meeting are reported as “Y”;
• a student who attends a minimal portion of one class (e.g., picks up a syllabus and leaves) is considered not attending.

 

1. A student who contacts the instructor to report that he or she will not attend during the first week, but will attend later, should be reported as not attending.

 

1. If a student has been reported as not attending during the first week of class and subsequently starts attending, the instructor should change the student’s status to attending by changing the “N” to a “Y” and deleting the last date of attendance.

 

1. At any point when a student has not attended class for two consecutive weeks, the instructor should report the student as stopped attending (the “S” option) and enter a last date of attendance.

 

1. If a student who stopped attending has resumed attending the course for at least one week, the “S” should be changed to “Y” and the last date of attendance removed.

 

1. If a student who stopped attending returns to class only for the last class meeting or the final exam, the student’s last date of attendance should be the last date of regular attendance as reported previously.

 

1. Instructors should report at least once per month—but only for students who have stopped attending or have resumed attending after being reported as not attending.

 

1. If a student is reported as never or stopped attending in error, the instructor should correct the attendance report by changing the “S” to “Y” and removing the last date of attendance.

 

Notes for Web Courses:

 

1. Simply logging into the class in D2L does not constitute attendance in a web course.  In order to be counted as attending,the student must complete some activity, such as a post to the discussion board, an introductory quiz, etc. to verify participation.

 

1. During the semester, attendance in a web course consists of the student actively engaging in class requirements: homework, discussions, quizzes, etc.

 

1. A student is not attending the course if the student does not actively engage in requirements of the class for two weeks or more.  A student who is not participating has stopped attending and should be reported as such with the last date of attendance being the date of last activity in the course (for example, completing an assignment, post, quiz, etc.).