Faculty Governance

Faculty Governance Jane Dillehay Faculty Chair

Where to find me? • Jane.dillehay@gallaudet.edu SAC 1229 • Where?? • Behind the Tutorial Center Learning Lab in the Student Academic Center

Two important documentsand where to find them • Use your browser to open MyGallaudetBlackBoard • Scroll down to My Organizations • Organizations in which you are participating • Faculty Governance  • University Faculty ByLaws • University Faculty Guidelines • your official contract with the University

http://www.gallaudet.edu/academic_affairs.html • Provost’s home page • Academic Affairs • http://www.gallaudet.edu/Academic_Affairs/Resources.html • Department standards for faculty evaluation • Faculty governance documents • Curriculum forms • Faculty action forms

http://www.gallaudet.edu/x27048.xml • Faculty and Staff • Important information on this web site

Faculty Guidelines • Policies, procedures, and conditions of employment. • Faculty Welfare committee develops amendments to present to the Senate for approval. • In the spirit of shared governance, the University Faculty works with the Administration to develop proposals for amendments. • The Board of Trustees has final approval of amendments.

Guideline topics • Faculty responsibilities • Academic rank • Faculty appointments • Faculty evaluation • Faculty personnel actions • Faculty leaves • Salaries and compensation • Faculty recruitment • Grievances and appeals

Types of faculty • Tenure track and tenured • Non tenure track • Full time temporary • Adjuncts (part time temporary)

Faculty evaluation • Currently evaluation covers: • Teaching • Scholarship/creative activities/research • Service • ASLPI (ASL Proficiency Interview and multiple measures) • Professional integrity • New faculty evaluation system in progress and under review by Faculty Welfare this year

When is your first faculty evaluation? • At the end of your first semester! • Due to the dean by February 1st • Who evaluates you? • Your department faculty and chairperson

What about faculty hired in January? • Section 6.4.3 recognizes these faculty as continuing first year faculty in the following August. • Your letter of hire should be explicit about: • Evaluation process • Terms of employment • Years of countable service

Time for some practical advice • Meet with your chairperson – develop a workplan • Ask for a faculty mentor • Documentall of your activities for your self report for evaluation • Create folders online or in your files for: • Teaching • Scholarship • Service

Expectations for teaching • Guidelines 2.1.2.1 and 4.1.1.5 • Full load = 3 courses (up to 3 different preps) or 4 courses (maximum 2 different preps) • Departments can develop more precise workload formula in consultation with Dean • 3 to 4 courses = 9 to 15 hours in classroom • Office hours (department standards) • Time for course preparation

Expectations for scholarship • Guidelines 2.1.2.2 and dept standards • Year 1 – map a plan with your chairperson • Year 2 – implement your plan • Year 3 – have products for evaluation - presentations - publications - grants - exhibits - other products

Expectations for service • Guidelines 2.1.2.3 and department standards • You are encouraged to serve on a faculty governance standing committee • Elections for committees in April 2013 for the next year • Other service? • Department and/or university • Students • Community - Professional

Guidelines Section 6 6.0 Evaluation 6.1 Purposes of Evaluation 6.2 Areas for Evaluation 6.3 Scope 6.4 Frequency 6.5 Criteria for Evaluation 6.6 Documentation 6.7 Procedures 6.8 Multiple Measures of ASL Proficiency/Classroom Communication

Guidelines Section 7 7.0Faculty Personnel Actions 7.1 Procedures and Notification 7.2 Reappointments and Non‑reappointments 7.3 Merit Increases 7.4 Promotion 7.5 Tenure

Faculty ByLaws • http://www.gallaudet.edu/Documents/Provost/Faculty/Bylaws_of_the_University_Faculty_2010.pdf • Shared governance • University Faculty membership • Faculty governance structure

Shared governance – faculty responsibilities • Teaching and research • Decisions on issues directly related to teaching/research: -choice of research methodology; -choice of instructional strategy; -choice of subject matter to be taught or researched; -policies for admitting students; -standards of student competence within a discipline of study; -the maintenance of a suitable environment for learning; and -standards of faculty competence.

Shared governance cont’d Faculty must be involved in institutional decision making because this can affect teaching and research. Examples: • Long-range objectives (Strategic Plan) • Physical and fiscal resources (University Planning and Budget Committee) • Resource allocation among the university divisions • The search and selection of the president and chief academic officer (Provost).

Shared governance is founded on: • Faculty authority for teaching and research as a necessary condition for academic freedom • Recognition of teaching and research as central to the functions of the university • Faculty participation in institutional decision making to support the university's mission and strategic plan.

Faculty Governance structure • University Faculty Senate • Two Legislative Councils for curriculum - Graduate and Undergraduate • Standing committees – • Faculty Welfare • Faculty-Student Affairs • Grievances • Salary and Benefits • Faculty Development • Tenure and Promotion

AAUP American Association of University Professors • Advance academic freedom and shared governance • Define fundamental professional values and standards for higher education • Ensure higher education's contribution to the common good.

Current Issues • Restructuring of Academic Affairs • Faculty Evaluation and Compensation

Concerns or Questions about Your Rights? • Contact: • Faculty Chair • Chair of Faculty Welfare committee • Executive Committee of the Gallaudet Chapter of the AAUP • CristiBerdichevsky • Robert Harrison • Marguerite Glass • Emilia Chukwuma • Chris Heuer • Teresa Burke

Faculty Governance