Tri-County
Technical College
Faculty Senate
Minutes
Meeting Date: November 22, 2019
Location: SSC 205
Time: 12:30 p.m.
Members Present: Renet Bender, Richard Burton, Deborah
DeMino, Amanda Karaganov, Som Linthicum, Gerald Maxie, Jeremy McCracken, Robin
McFall, Betty Rogers, Foster Sims, Doug Stephens, Mia Tensley, Debbie Vance,
Rhonda Whitten
Members Absent: Susan Curtis, Meredith Dickens, Corey Evans,
Roxanna Ezenekwe, Jan Gibbs, Pam Goodman, Malisa Looney, James Walker
Guests: Scott Harvey
Welcome and Agenda: Robin opened the meeting by
presenting the agenda.
1. Approval
of Minutes: Robin asked for any discussion of changes to the November 1st
minutes that had been emailed to Senators. No changes were recommended,
so minutes were approved.
2. Scott
Harvey presented copies of an updated catalog, asked for input at various
levels, and explained the data that the committee had already received. Senators agreed that updating the catalog was
important and were in favor of the changes presented.
3. Committee
Updates:
A.
PAC and
Strategic Initiatives - The last PAC meeting focused on the College's Practical
Vision and planning/developing the College's strategic initiatives for the next
few years. Faculty should be asked for input from their department heads/deans.
The focus areas are 1. Optimizing Our Employees' Potential, 2. Enhancing
Partnerships to Maximize Mutual Benefit, 3. Expanding Our Capabilities to
Deliver Our Transformative Student Experience, and 4. Fostering Learning and
Collaboration by Integrating the Student Experience.
B.
Faculty
Choice SOAR Award - The Faculty Choice SOAR Award is part of the ConTRIbute
campaign. Faculty can designate this scholarship for their donations.
4.
Follow-Up:
A.
FPMS
Objectives - Robin and Pam shared concerns about FPMS objectives with Galen. He
stated he would talk with the deans and clarify his expectations for those
objectives. Robin asked about potential training for department heads and deans
on writing these objectives. Galen will speak with Marci Leake in HR.
B.
Loading
Matrix - Robin and Pam also talked with Galen concerning the loading matrix.
Galen stated department heads had voted to move from the pilot to full
implementation last spring. Over the summer, a small group of department heads
(one from each academic division) met to revise the loading matrix and made
those recommendations to all department heads. Those changes were approved, and
full implementation began for fall 2019. Deans and department heads were
supposed to share the changes with faculty. Galen shared the PowerPoint of the
changes (posted in the Teams folder for Faculty Senate). He also stated that a
workgroup would review the matrix every year for potential changes (will happen
each spring). Department heads are responsible for communicating changes to
faculty members each year.
Faculty who have concerns
about the matrix (such as why different instructional
modes for course do not count
as an additional prep) need to share those concerns
with department heads. It is
not possible with the matrix to capture mid-semester
changes such as being added
to a committee. However, department heads and faculty
members should work together to ensure that
change is captured in the future in the FPMS.
C.
Faculty
competencies in FPMS - An ad hoc group from Faculty Senate will begin to work
on revising the competencies listed in the FPMS system for full-time faculty.
Senate agreed the ones currently listed are not clear and need to be
revised. Doug Stephens suggested adding
inclusion and diversity. Senate recommended the ad hoc group use the current
competencies as a starting point. Robin has asked several senators to serve on
this group, and she will have Senate approve the ad hoc membership at the next
meeting.
Galen
also stated that for the loading matrix, at the start of the fall and spring
semesters, committee chairs should provide department heads with an estimate of
the time involved for the faculty member. He stated he would work to ensure
committee chairs understand they need to provide that information so that there
is more consistency in adding hours for college service. For example, if a
faculty member is participating in HIPs, then 6 hours should be added in the
“Course Design and Development” line in the “Curriculum Design and Development”
quadrant.
