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Minutes
Faculty Council Meeting
November 9, 2007
Faculty Council Members Present: Greg Bassham (Chair), Derrick Boucher (Chair-elect), Joan Coffin (A&P Chair-elect), Kristi Concannon (C&T Chair-elect), Sheileen Corbett (At-large Rep.), Howard Fedrick (Div. B Rep.), Dan Ghezzi (A&P Chair), Michele McGowan (Div. D Rep.), Brian Pavlac (C&T Chair), Regan Lance Reitsma (Div. C Rep.), Jeremy Simington (Div. A Rep.)
Guests Present: Nick Holodick
1. The meeting was called to order at 2:04 PM in the Lipo Room of the Sheehy-Farmer Campus Center.
The Minutes of the October 19th Faculty Council meeting were approved.
2. Chair's report
Senior Faculty Review: A faculty forum to discuss this issue is being held on Tuesday, November 13th at 3:30 p.m. in the Walsh Room of the Sheehy-Farmer Campus Center. It is imperative that faculty drive the development of a senior faculty review process that provides appropriate incentives for continued effective performance while safeguarding faculty rights.
A & P will work with individual departments and programs to develop discipline-specific standards for tenure and promotion.
3. C & T Committee Report (Dr. Brian Pavlac, Chair)
3.1 The new Core has been approved and the latest information is available on the C & T website: http://departments.kings.edu/candt/.
3.2 All CART Coordinators, with the exception of Social Science, are in place. The committee will be discussing compensation of CART coordinators and how to facilitate cooperation between chairs and CART coordinators in multi-disciplinary CARTS.
3.3 An ad hoc committee was set up to work with individuals from both Academic and Student Affairs to review Orientation, First Year Experience, and how they can best connect and work better with the First-Year-Seminar and the Core in general. No substantial progress on that front or with our other sub-committee on Service Learning.
3.4 A new policy for the submission of major or minor programs was approved by C & T. A motion was made to consider at the next Faculty Council meeting the issue of who should have final approval for program changes. The motion was seconded and approved.
3.5 The process of Core renumbering is proceeding.
3.6 A proposed revision to the Honors program is being reviewed, which will establish a “Core” specifically designed for Honors students.
4 A & P Committee Report (Dr. Dan Ghezzi, Chair)
4.1 A subcommittee on academic integrity met with Student Government to solicit their input to the process. The subcommittee is continuing to review the policy/process.
4.2 Work is continuing on developing discipline-specific standards for scholarship and professional development. A list of comparable schools has been compiled and the Academic Affairs and/or respective departments of each school will be contacted to solicit information on their standards.
4.3 Faculty Handbook revisions are continuing.
4.4 The ETS SIR II will be
implemented as a pilot study this semester.
A & P will develop a feedback survey for faculty to comment on the process.
They will also examine whether students need to respond to the gender question.
5. Social Activities Committee Report (Sheileen Corbett)
Patron’s Day is Sunday, November 11.
The next Roving Social, hosted by the Education Department, is Thursday, November 15.
The decompression session is scheduled for Tuesday, December 18 at the Pierce Street Deli from 4:30 – 8:30.
6. New business:
A motion was made to present the revision of extended contracts proposal for promoted professional specialists, replacing rolling contracts with straight 3- or 4-year contracts, to the King’s College Board of Directors at their February meeting. The motion was seconded and passed by a vote of 10 to 1.
7. The meeting was adjourned at 3:40 PM.
Respectfully submitted,
Michele McGowan