Tri-County
Technical College
Faculty Senate Minutes
Full-time
permanent faculty total 135. Full-time, permanent staff total 183. Faculty do not outnumber staff unless
adjuncts are included. About 60% of
faculty attended and 62% of staff attended Professional Development Day.
A moena
will try to set up a meeting with Deborah Brock and Sharon Colcolough to
discuss the results of the survey and how inclusion of adjuncts and temporary
employees could impact student success.
She will also mention it in the next Provost meeting.
It
was brought up that the self-pay form could be on-line and when the student is
told they would have to pay for certain classes they could print off the form
and turn it in.
Action to be taken as a result of discussion, person(s) responsible, and timeline:
4. Issue discussed and major points of
discussion:
The
library also offers professional development.
Harriette Dudley could not attend the Senate meeting to explain progress on the weekend scheduling option. A feasibility study has been completed to schedule a weekend scheduling option pilot for Fall 2013 at the Anderson Campus. The courses offered will primarily be Business and Public Services courses and Allied Health courses.
Senators
will remind their constituents of this policy.
This policy and other policies/procedures are located in eTC under the
Employee tab.
Action to be taken as a result of
discussion, person(s) responsible, and timeline:
Comments/Concerns:
Faculty Senate Minutes
Date:
November
14, 2012
Location: Fulp 400
Time:
1:30 p.m.
Members Present: Amoena
Norcross, Todd Crisp-Simons, Cheryln Brown, Penny Edwards, Jason Poole, Chris
McFarlin, Lisa Walton, Marilyn Vickery, Marla Roberson
Members Absent: Tony Logan, Corey Evans, Steven Mathena,
Tony Young, Ashley Brady, Tom Lawrence
Presider: Amoena Norcross
Approval of Minutes: With several editing corrections, it was motioned
that the October minutes be approved. The motion was seconded. The minutes, with changes, were approved
unanimously.
Old Business:
1. Issue discussed and major points of
discussion:
A
survey was sent to all faculty members asking if they wanted Professional
Development Day left on Election Day every two years or if they wanted it
changed to the week before fall semester each year. Following are the results:
111 people responded
28 wanted the day to stay every two years
83 wanted once a year before the fall semester starts
This
represents approximately 25% for the same day and 75% for the change.
Todd
mentioned that many wanted to do away with it all together because they didn’t
feel a lot of what was offered was pertinent to them professionally. That was not an option though. There were questions about other dates also
and a question of why just one set day instead of opportunities throughout the
year. Also, the idea of doing this
divisionally was deemed a problem because the goal of the college is to bring
people together.
Marla
said SACS accreditation drives the need for Professional Development requiring
a certain number of hours per year.
Should there be a particular number of hours required per person?
Attendance
by faculty this year was 81. Seventy-
six (76) went to at least one session, and 5 attended no sessions but did
attend lunch.
Division
breakdown:
Arts and Sciences 59% (41 of 69 total)
Public Services 15% (3 of 20 total)
Engineering and Technology 59% (10
of 17 total)
Health Education 72% (18 of 25 total)
Library 100% (4
of 4 total)
Marla
mentioned that adjuncts and temporary staff were not invited because of the
cost of providing lunch. There was a
consensus among the members of the Senate that adjunct faculty and temporary
staff should be invited.
Action to be taken as a result of
discussion, person(s) responsible, and timeline:
2. Issue discussed and major points of
discussion:
Amoena,
at the Provost meeting, addressed the course restrictions memo and asked why
faculty is required to give out the self-pay form. Scott Harvey is monitoring how many students
are actually signing up for classes that fall into this category. The e-mail may be changed. Amoena suggested the student be sent to the
advising center for the form.
There
could even be a check box agreeing to pay for the class. This should be automated; there is no reason
why the student has to go see another person.
The
Registration Project Charter Team has no faculty member so this issue had never
been brought to faculty attention before it became an issue.
Action to be taken as a result of discussion, person(s) responsible, and timeline:
Amoena
will mention other possibilities in the next Provost meeting.
3. Issue discussed and major points of
discussion:
Faculty
Senate was asked whether we think attendance is a major factor in student
success.
No
one feels an attendance policy should be up to the individual divisions because
it would be too confusing for the student. It was mentioned that we need to
have a policy dictated to faculty and then we need to follow it so we have
something in writing to back us up. The
argument was that some faculty do not want an attendance policy dictated to
them. The attendance policy has been an
ongoing for many years and there is a college wide policy. The confusion centers around the use of the
word “may” in the policy.
Action to be taken as a result of
discussion, person(s) responsible, and timeline:
This
has been addressed many times by the faculty senate and it was decided we will
not address it again. We have given our
input. The final decision should be made
at a higher level.
Marla
presented the Library Liaison Program.
Divisions have not been responding to requests for their input as to
what they need from the library, so she has asked the Dean’s to appoint a
liaison from each division to attend meetings so each division will know what
products are available in the library.
All divisions need to start using their resources, not just the English
department. The job of the liaison will
be to take the information back to department meetings and the departments will
then create a list of what they can use or what they need from the
library.
Scheduled
liaisons are the following:
Tony Logan
|
Engineering Tech
|
Robert Ellenburg
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Industrial Tech
|
Jennifer Beattie
|
Comp Studies
|
Cathy Ford
|
HE
|
Brian Swords
|
Easley
|
Lakishia Dinkins
|
Easley
|
Art Scheck
|
Anderson
|
Kathy Sparks
|
Social Sciences
|
Phil Gilmore
|
Science
|
Tom Hiebel
|
Humanities
|
Lane Hudson
|
Speech
|
Matt Simon
|
English
|
Angela Ward
|
Mathematics
|
Scott Moser
|
Computer and Info Tech
|
Tom Lawrence
|
CRJ
|
Ann Bryant
|
Staff
|
On
another note, Marla is weeding out 1,000 to 2,000 books. They are available to anyone who wants them.
5. Issue discussed and major points of
discussion:
Harriette Dudley could not attend the Senate meeting to explain progress on the weekend scheduling option. A feasibility study has been completed to schedule a weekend scheduling option pilot for Fall 2013 at the Anderson Campus. The courses offered will primarily be Business and Public Services courses and Allied Health courses.
The
question was asked, “What about counselors, financial aid, library access and
other resources? “ Members on the
Weekend Project charter to contact with questions are Robert Newton, Criminal
Justice; Keri Catalfomo, Math Department; Meg Allen, Business Technology; Tim Bowen, Anderson Campus Director; or
Harriette Dudley, Early Childhood.
Action to be taken as a result of
discussion, person(s) responsible, and timeline:
No
details yet. Harriette will come to
speak to us at a later date.
6. Issue discussed and major points of
discussion:
Nepotism
in the classroom was discussed. There
have been some recent cases of students being related to or having some sort of
relationship with their instructor. As a result accusations of favoritism
occurred, esp. regarding grades and their importance for entrance into the
clinical portion of programs like Nursing.
State Policy (8-5-103) was distributed, and this non-fraternization
policy clearly states the consequences of fraternization between
employees/faculty and students (as well as among employees).
Action to be taken as a result of
discussion, person(s) responsible, and timeline:
7. Issue discussed and major points of
discussion:
Amoena
brought up the Employee Assistance Program by REACH which is available to
college employees for counseling including financial counseling. This service will be extended to students
beginning in January 2013. Croslena
Johnson, Student Life, and Bethany Wiley, Human Resources, want to attend a
meeting to explain the procedure.
January 2013 meeting will probably be the best time for this.
There
will probably be Divisional or Departmental meetings where student access to
the EAP will be presented.
Marla
mentioned Norman Hoyle is retiring as of February 2013 and his job will be
posted. The committee will consist of
Michelle Gregg, Todd Crisp-Simons, Matt Simon, and Harriette Dudley. The job description is being revised so it
covers more electronic resources and the Web page, will share reference desk
duties with all librarians, and will also be a campus liaison so Michelle is
not the only person.
The
Provost search is still underway. There
may be a new Vice President position under the new Provost.
Next meeting: No pending
issues, so we will not meet in December.
Amoena will let us know about January meeting date and time.
Adjournment
at 3:02 p.m.
Name
of Recorder: Marilyn Vickery
