Minutes for FECC Meeting, Friday February 4, 2005, 1:00 p.m. in MSC 2W37

 

Members Present: Janet Dooley, Lawrence P. Shao, Caroline Perkins, Barbara Loebach, Uday Tate, Venkat Gudivada, Mike Cornfeld, Jerry Jones, Sandra Marra, Michael Castellani, James Sottile, Barbara O’Byrne

 

Ex-officio Members Present: Francis Hensley (for Sarah Denman), Elaine Baker

 

The meeting was called to order at 1:00 p.m. by Chair Janet Dooley

 

1. Minutes were approved.

 

2.  Student rating forms were discussed and the following was decided:

 

  1. Items cannot be added to the university student rating form. Adding items alters the instrument. Academic units can develop, administer, and analyze separate instruments to be used in merit considerations
  2.  The most important items need to be in the rationale, not the whereas.

 

3. Three revisions to the student rating form

 

  1. Change  Rationale # 3, SR-97-98-2 (FPC) to the following:

That faulty ratings are confidential communications from students to individual faculty members, the academic deans, department chairs and committees for promotion and tenure considerations if that information is deemed appropriate to support individual faculty teaching effectiveness.

           

  1. Move the following to Rationale:

Academic units may develop, distribute, and analyze a separate ratings instrument to use for unit merit and evaluation purposes. The university ratings instrument must be administered and may not be altered.

           

  1. Remove Whereas #6 which echoes Rationale #3

 

Michael Castellani moved to make the changes; Jerry Jones seconded; motion carried.

 

4.  Evaluation and compensation of part time and temporary faculty

 

a.       Discussion: Presently evaluation of part time faculty is due April 1. This timing is awkward.

 

b.      Motion:

Evaluation will occur at the end of the semester for one semester temporary faculty and at the end of the year for one year temporary faculty. Due dates are December 15 and May 15 respectively.

 

Jerry Jones moved to make the changes; Michael Castellani seconded; motion carried.

 

5.  Student rating, discussion of processes:

 

a.      Team teaching

            To receive a student evaluation a faculty member must be listed in banner. This must be communicated to the deans and to Roberta Ferguson. Can all the instructors (6-8) be listed? Yes, they can.  The departments will distribute the instruments to the appropriate students.

 

b.      What enrollment numbers trigger rating?

This is up to the academic units. No action taken.

 

c.       Disposition of rating forms when completed

No need for a uniform policy. No action taken.

 

6.  Greenbook changes

 

            Janet will get together with Barbara and look at needed Greenbook changes. Janet will report back to the committee.

 

The next meeting is set for next month.

 

Meeting was adjourned at 2:30 p.m. by Chair Janet Dooley 

 

Respectfully submitted,

 

Barbara Loebach

February 4, 2005