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Faculty
Development Committee Meeting
January 26, 2004
10:00 a.m.—MH 240B
Approved Meeting Minutes
Members Present: Nancy Fitzsimons,
Faculty Chair; Sandra Mullins; Anne O’Meara; Claudia Pragman;
Christophe Veltsos
The meeting was called to order at 10:05 a.m.
1. Approval of 10/13/03 and 11/10/03 Meeting Minutes.
Chair Nancy Fitzsimons asked for motions to approve the minutes from
October 13 and November 10, 2003. Claudia Pragman moved that the
minutes for Oct. 13 be approved, seconded by Sandra Mullins and
approved by the committee. Sandra Mullins moved that the minutes from
November 10 be approved, Claudia Pragman seconded and the committee
approved.
2. Development Seminar on Tenure and Promotion
Nancy and Anne reported the results of the ad hoc planning subcommittee
that met to plan the structure of the Development Seminar on Tenure and
Promotion on March 19, 2004, 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. The location is to be
announced. Claudia suggested using MH102 for the panel component.
Classrooms nearby could then be used for the breakout sessions.
The proposed structure is as follows:
- 2:00 to 2:10: Introductions and opening remarks
by the faculty co-chair of the Faculty Development Committee
- 2:10 – 2:25: Panel presentation by VPAA, Scott
Olson. The Vice President will inform participants of what he is
looking for in their Tenure and Promotion document.
- 2:25 -2:50: Presentations by invited faculty. Dr.
Olson will select the faculty and Kay Herth will make calls inviting
panel participants.
- 2:50-3:10: Deans of the Colleges will give tips
on preparing the Tenure and Promotion document.
- 3:10-3:30: Questions from participants will be
answered by Dr. Olson, panel participants and Deans.
- 3:30-3:45: Break and move to breakout sessions.
- 3:45-4:30: Breakout sessions
- 4:30-4:45: Closing comments and final questions.
The Planning Subcommittee developed four objectives for the
seminar. After attending the workshop, participants should have a
better understanding of:
1. The expectations of the Vice President for Academic Affairs for the
Tenure and Promotion document;
2. What activities they want to undertake to accomplish Tenure and
Promotion and where they will focus their energy to accomplish their
goal;
3. Which criteria their activities and accomplishments fit; and
4. How to assemble a Tenure and Promotion Document.
It was suggested that the objectives should be disseminated to all
presenters so the session will be focused. It was also suggested that
invitations be issued to department chairs by the VP of Academic
Affairs.
Nancy described three proposed Breakout Sessions which would last about
45 minutes as follows:
1. First Year Faculty. The activity for this session will be to help
new faculty to decide where they want to be in 5 years and how will
they focus their energies to get there.
2. Second and Third Year Faculty. The activity for this session will be
to develop composite resumes to help faculty determine where
professional activities belong. They can decide if there are gaps in
the resumes and if too much energy is spent on specific areas.
3. Fourth Year Faculty. The activity for this session will be to
examine example pieces of the T&P Document to help faculty
understand how to assemble a T&P document.
A suggestion was made that the seminar will end with a Top Ten List of
the most important things for faculty to remember about the process.
This list will be generated by all members of the sub meet and confer
on Faculty Development. It was proposed that the list be
presented by Anne O’Meara. Nancy volunteered to develop the Power Point
presentation that will accompany the presentation, along with whomever
else would like to assist.
The Faculty Development Committee members appreciated and approved the
work of the
Planning Subcommittee. The Faculty Development Committee completed the
Time Frame for the Agenda, provided titles for the breakout sessions
and volunteered for the subcommittees for breakout sessions. The
breakout sessions are as follows:
Breakout #1: Focusing Energies: Where will I be in five years?
- 1st year faculty
- Stewart Ross, Autumn Benner, Claudia
Pragman, Joan Roca (tentative Dean representative)
- Claudia agreed to coordinate planning
Breakout #2: Analyzing Accomplishments: Is my portfolio diverse enough?
- 2nd and 3rd year faculty
- Nancy Fitzsimons, Sandra Mullins, Barb
Bergman, and Jane Earley (tentative Dean representative)
- Nancy agreed to coordinate planning
Breakout #3: Making Your Case: How Do I put it All Together?
- 4th year (preparing tenure and/or promotion
documents)
- Anne O’Meara, Christophe Veltsos, Kaye Herth
(tentative Dean representative)
- Anne agreed to coordinate planning
Chris Veltsos volunteered to do the first draft of the Session
Evaluation. It was recommended to have a multi-part feedback form, two
forms that will be handed out at the beginning of the seminar.
The meeting for Feb. 2 was cancelled so committee members can focus on
planning the sessions for the workshop.
The committee discussed recruiting faculty to help facilitate breakout
sessions. We decided that representatives from each of the colleges
should forward names of faculty who would be good facilitators.
3. Next Steps
• Nancy will present
the recommendations of this meeting to Kaye Herth to see if they
approve. The results of the discussion with Kaye will determine
how we proceed.
• Nancy will continue to work with Kaye and Cheryl
Temple to schedule the space for the seminar.
Submitted by: Sandra Mullins and Nancy Fitzsimons
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