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Meeting Minutes

Collin Faculty Council

March 7, 2008

I. Call to Order

President Cathy Donald-Whitney called to order the regular meeting of the CCCCD Faculty Council at 1: 15 pm on March 7^th, 2008 held in Conference Center “C’ at SCC.

II. Roll Call

· Vice President Paula Miller called the Council representative roll

A. Absent: none

B. Substitutes: 2. Dawn Richardson for John Glass; Joan Jenkins for Kyle Wilkison.

III. Approval of September 2007 Minutes

· Secretary Mary Weis began to read the February 8^th, 2008 meeting minutes.

· Donna G. White moved to dispense the reading of the minutes and accept the minutes as distributed. A second to the motion was made by Sonja Andrus

· Motion passed.

· One opposition by David Garrison.

IV Treasurer’s Report

· $91.00 was collected for the sunshine fund bringing the balance to $131.31.

· An additional $20.00 was donated to the faculty scholarship fund to bring the balance for next year at $195.00.

· Please remember that donations should be in cash and that receipts will be given for any scholarship monies.

V. VP’s Report

· The faculty evaluation task force met last month. The two deans on the committee discussed what they needed for evaluations as well as a general philosophy of the evaluation process. Dan Lipscomb, COE chair, also reviewed what COE needed for the multiyear contract renewal process. The next meeting for this task force will be March 28^th. This task force will begin to analyze and make recommendations for any needed changes for our current evaluation documents.

VI. President’s Report

· The next Faculty Council meeting will be on April 11, 2008 at SCC in the DE section of the conference center.

· Academic Planning Team (APT) meeting updates: The faculty members have requested that the verbiage in the search committee selection be clarified. At the next meeting, HR will present the edits that were requested so that these changes can be made available to the FC reps for review and discussion.

· Faculty Campus Transfers: Faculty member transfers between the campuses is being done informally, but more faculty are moving for various reasons. Kim Russell, Gary Hodge, and Mary Weis are finalizing a draft to develop and establish protocols for these intercampus transfers. This document was sent out to the FC reps for review to make recommended changes. An updated document will be presented at the next APT meting on March 13th. A revised draft will then be sent out to the FC reps for final review and comment.

· Faculty Extra Service: The FC president along with Dan Lipscomb, and VPP Thom Chesney will be discussing he need for additional fall release time for the COE chair due to the increase in the number of faculty and the change in the multiyear contract times. Dan also mentioned that there would be discussion about adding a course release for the accountant as well or the role of the accountant would need to change due to the amount of paperwork that is processed.

· Campus Safety: There is a national trend to have a safety policy for the campuses. A new safety committee called the Strategies of Behavioral Intervention (SOBI) has been formed by Linda Qualia. Faculty representation was requested so the FC pres and VP attended the initial meeting. Other groups were also included as committee goals were shared. These goals include behavioral intervention, formalizing protocols, creating a communication clearing house, and training to faculty and staff to help them recognize “red flag” behaviors. The Dean of Students would work closely with this group and Cathy Donald-Whitney has agreed to serve as the faculty representative for this committee.

A question was asked by a FC rep as to when telephones will be in classrooms.

The reply stated that the time frame is not known, but the FC president will find out the status of this project.

· Collin: tidbits/updates:

Faculty council updates and FYI was sent out to the faculty via email.

· FC Nominations:

Please think about becoming involved in the faculty council as nominations are now open for FC president and FC vice-president.

In addition, we need to be clear on our philosophy and role as Collin faculty. Also, please think about this when interviewing and choosing new faculty that are in line with our position and philosophy. Research is fine, but teaching is our primary focus.

As far as new dean training, there is no formal process for learning about the culture at Collin. All new hires should have a formal training process.

VIII. Committee reports:

Committee on College Policy:

Co-chairs: Barbara Lusk & Mary Milford

Report was sent. The college did have a policy about search committee guidelines.

Committee on Faculty Council Procedures and Nominations

Co-chairs: David Garrison & Loren Miller

Nothing to report. This group will need to meet soon.

Committee on Teaching and Learning: Chair: Sonja Andrus
A report was posted on the FC website.

Committee on Technology: Chair: George Jackson
A report was posted on the FC website.

The next technology meeting will be 1:00pm on March 28^th at PRC. Invited guests will be Francis Choy, Sherry Schumann, and David Hoyt.

Summary of major technology issues:

a) There are problems with the current version of Blackboard in relationship to training and using the current version of Java.

b) There is a need to address on line student needs for those who can not physically come to campus to fill out paperwork.

c) There is a need to address the on line teaching limitations for faculty. Currently faculty can only teach 2 online classes as part of their normal load. The online student population is increasing and having FT faculty teach these courses is important.

d) On line office hours are done in addition to the 6 in office. This policy may be out of date. Those who teach online need to have online office hours count as part of their required 6 hours.

e) Technology use in the classrooms: Room assignments are not efficient and are not based on technological needs. Some areas are multi-media intensive others are not.

Committee on the Collin Community: Co-Chairs: John Glass & Donna White

This committee is in the process of planning pizza parties for graduating seniors at all the campuses. Lupita Tinnan is the chair for this graduation subcommittee; please contact her if you are interested in helping.

Committee on Academic Freedom: Chair: Kyle Wilkison
Nothing to report at this time.

IX. COE and ACC updates:

· Council on Excellence - Dan Lipscomb

Please consider nominating a colleague for outstanding professor. The due date for this paperwork is March 28^th. Travel monies still available from COE.

· All College Council - Dawn Richardson

The ACC did a bake sale recently.

X. Announcements:

· Bioterrorist Presentation: April 2008 at CPC. The Collin County epidemiologist will be making a presentation entitled “The Sickening Salad.”

· March Board Meeting: Tuesday, March 25, 2008 at CYC

XI. New Business

None.

President Israel will be our guest after the FC meeting and will share Collin updates.

XII Adjourn

· Movement to adjourn was made by Sonja Andrus

· Second to the motion was made by Wendy Gunderson

· Motion passed.

· One opposition by David Garrison.

· Cathy Donald Whitney adjourned the FC meeting at 1:42 p.m.

Minutes submitted by: Mary Weis
Preliminary approval of the minutes by: Cathy Donald-Whitney
Final approval of the minutes by: Faculty Council Representatives, April 11^th 2008

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