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Faculty Development Committee
November 10, 2003, 3-4:30 p.m.
MH240B
Approved Minutes

Present:  Nancy Fitzsimons-Cova, Chair; Barbara Bergman, Sandra Mullins, Anne O’Meara, Christopher Veltsos, Autumn Benner, Claudia Pragman

The meeting was called to order at 3:00 pm.

1.    October 13, 2003 Meeting Minutes

    The minutes from the previous faculty meeting were not available for distribution     and comment.  Nancy will review Autumn’s notes and draft the minutes for     distribution via email.

2.    Teaching Fellow Scholarship

    Nancy clarified that there is an error on the scoring rubric.  The maximum points that can be awarded are 27, not 28.  Nancy obtained the scores from each of the committee members.  In addition, a rank ordering of the proposals was obtained from each committee member.  Barb contributed feedback regarding each proposal, but did not have point ratings.

    The initial discussion focused on if any of the proposals should be eliminated because they did not meet our standards.  The discussion focused on proposal 04-01.  After a brief discussion, the committee unanimously agreed that the proposal did not meet our standards for funding.

    Next the committee reviewed each proposal, identifying strengths and weaknesses.  Comments on each proposal were obtained from committee members.  We discussed whether we should recommend that ten be funded because the funds are available, even though a few of the proposals are weaker in merit.  Ultimately the committee decided to wait and find out the results of the Administration’s review before making a definitive determination.

    Results:
• Top rated proposals: 04-7, 04-8, 04-9, 04-10.
• Middle rated proposals: 04-5, 04-6
• Low rated, but fundable proposals: 04-3, 04-04
• Questionable proposals: 04-2, 04-11
• Eliminated proposal: 04-01.

3.    Next Steps

• Nancy will calculate mean scores

• The Sub Meet and Confer is scheduled for Monday, November 17, 2003 at 8 a.m. in the IFO Conference Room