RSCC Faculty Senate Minutes
Friday, February 24,
Walden Dining Room, Harriman
1. Attendance:
President:
Vice President:
Secretary: Crotty, Pat
Sub Council Rep:
Past President: Alfonso, Robert
Parliamentarian:
Business/Technology:
Health Science/Nursing: Young, Marty;
Andreaco, Jane
Humanities: Thomason, Sarah;
Library:
Math/Science:
Carolyn;
Social/Behavioral Science: Doyle, Jim; Gomezdelcampo, Lil;
Guests: Benson,
Robert; Roberson-Scott, Kristi;
Michael Curran
2. Michael Curran requested Faculty Senate endorsement of
Roane State Community College Student
American Dental Hygienist Associations’ (SADHA)
college-wide fundraising effort to collect donations for the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund. The Fallen Heroes Fund was established in 2003 as a 501(C)
not-for-profit organization to support American military
personnel who have been catastrophically disabled in
Fund is
constructing a new rehabilitation center at
The $35 million facility is under construction, and when completed will be presented to the military to be run by the Veteran’s Administration. This new
state-of-the-art facility is desperately needed to care for
our wounded. More information may be obtained by visiting their website
at:
Endorsement
has been received from the following:
Dr.
Gary Goff,
Dr.
Adolf King,
Lesha Hill, Health Sciences Division Interim Dean
RSCC
Support Staff Council
RSCC
Student Government Association
RSCC
Social Awareness Committee
RSCC
Student Optical Society
RSCC
Students for Free Enterprise
A motion to endorse was approved.
3. Motion to
Approve Agenda- approved.
4. Motion to Approve Minutes for January
26, 2006 – approved without changes.
5. Treasury
Report: # 2-61920 January Balance $685.65
Current Balance $532.93. Accepted.
6. Committee Reports
A. Faculty Evaluation Committee - Kristi Roberson-Scott discussed online
faculty evaluation
and pros and cons of different systems evaluated. The
committee
determined there is a need for another pilot this spring. Faculty were
asked to volunteer
for this pilot. Ms. Roberson-Scott volunteered to return and
discuss the results
at the April Faculty Senate meeting.
B. Curriculum and Academic Council meeting
– no report. Next meeting scheduled for March 17, 2006.
C. Faculty Sub-council – Betty Denison
stated the report from the State of
be given at the
next Faculty Senate Meeting.
7. Benroth
Update – Committee has been formed. Letter
with list of possible
candidates will be sent to division secretaries.
8. Promotion and Tenure Committee Proposed
Policy: Moderator- Sarah Thomason (Summary submitted by S. Thomason)
Summary of Promotion Draft Policy Changes
I. Original policy contained faculty evaluation, too. We have shifted much of that to the tenure policy.
II. We also have proposed a Faculty Evaluation Draft Policy that can perhaps be a starting point for the Faculty Evaluation Committee.
III. Roman numeral 1--Introduction: closely parallels the new TBR policy
IV. Addition of rectangles to highlight important information and to keep from having to repeat the info in numerous places
V. Roman numeral 2—we eliminated Attachment A by inserting the information into the draft document.
VI. Roman numeral 2.a.—For the minimum rank criteria, we have rearranged the sub points. The current policy was divided by Academic Subject Area, Career Education Subject Area, Public Service, and Other Criteria. The draft categories are equivalent to ability, educational attainment, and character/professionalism although Educational Attainment is the only actual heading used.
VII. We really don’t understand the Public Service (including Applied Research) category.
VIII. Under Assistant Professor, note these changes (1) TBR-recognized terminal degree has been added plus the asterisk alerts the reader to what they are. (2)We’ve used semicolons and the words “and” & “plus” to clarify the separation of related info. (3) Big improvement—Adding sentence under c that says, “Faculty member is eligible to apply after completion of first year in rank as an instructor.”
IX. Roman numeral 2.b.—Performance Criteria mimics but is not exactly like what is in the tenure policy. The language is not exactly the same because of the differences in the wording of the two TBR policies.
X. Also under Performance Criteria, the draft policy reflects the new categories of Service/Outreach and Scholarship/Creative Activities/Research.
XI. Roman numeral 3.a.—Process Review: The draft policy requires the VPAS to notify faculty who meet the minimum number of years in rank of their potential eligibility for promotion.
XII. Roman numeral 3.b.—Tenure/Portfolio Guidelines. The guidelines have been included in the draft policy rather than being an attachment.
XIII. Roman numeral 3.c.—Promotion Timeline. The timeline is very detailed in an effort to clearly identify who is responsible for what and by when.
In addition Thomason presented a summary of miscellaneous work of the Promotion and Tenure Policy Review Committee. This work was presented to Dr. King.
a) Recommendations: This is a listing of actions that the committee believes will be necessary to jumpstart the new policies if they are approved in addition to areas that we believe should be addressed in a timely manner in order to bring about further clarity and improvements to promotion/tenure issues.
b) Forms: We created a new form and improved the old forms that have been used in the P/T process (Forms A, B, C, and D—with Form E being new)
c) Duties Sheets: We have created duties sheets that can be used to guide the persons responsible for carrying out the P/T process annually.
d) Faculty Evaluation Draft Policy that can be used by the Faculty Evaluation Committee. We had cut so much from the current Faculty Evaluation and Promotion Policy that we felt duty-bound to recreate some of it. In addition, the draft policy corresponds with the draft promotion and tenure policies.
e) Academic
Freedom Draft Policy: Because TBR now
has a separate academic freedom policy, we believe this is the logical time to
separate
f) Split out Types of Appointments (section III. D. in current tenure policy) and reconcile with TBR Policy 5:02:07:00. Also make it part of a new faculty hiring policy.
9. Issues and
Concerns with Distant Learning – Tabled
until next meeting
10. Next Meeting: Thursday, March 23, 2:30 Oak
Ridge, H-238
11. Adjournment –
Minutes submitted
March 13, 2006
Minutes approved
March 23, 2006
Pat Crotty, MSN
RN
Associate
Professor
Faculty Senate
Secretary 2005-06