Faculty GovernanceJane DillehayFaculty Chair

Jan HaferAAUP Chair

12 August 2011

How and where to find us

• Jane.dillehay@gallaudet.eduSAC 1229

• Jan.hafer@gallaudet.edu• SAC 1233• Where?? • Behind Tutorial Center Learning Lab

Two important documentsand where to find them

• Use your browser to open MyGallaudet• 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/R

esources.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• http://www.gallaudet.edu/Documents/Provost/Faculty/Guid

elines_apprOct_2010.pdf

• A statement of policies and procedures including conditions of employment.

• Faculty are responsible for developing and proposing amendments.

• In the spirit of shared governance, the University Faculty works with the Administration to develop proposals for amendments to recommend to the Board of Trustees for approval.

Guideline topics

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

Faculty evaluation

• Currently evaluation is based on:– Teaching– Scholarship/creative activities/research– Service– ASLPI (multiple measures) – Professional integrity

• New faculty evaluation system in progress and under review by Faculty Senate this year

When is your first faculty evaluation?

• At the end of your first semester!

• Due to the dean by February 1st, 2012

• Who evaluates you?• Your department faculty

and chairperson

Time for some practical advice

• Meet with your chairperson – develop a workplan• Ask for a faculty mentor• Document all of your activities for your self report

for evaluation • Create folders online and in your file cabinet 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 formulae 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 2012 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

7.0 Faculty 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 The faculty is responsible for teaching and research and for

decision making on issues directly related to these areas: -choice of research methodology; -choice of instructional strategy; -choice of 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

The faculty should also be involved in institutional decision making, because such decisions can significantly affect teaching and research.

Examples of this involvement include decisions about: • The institution's long-range objectives; • The institution's physical and fiscal resources; • The manner in which the institution's funds are

distributed among its various divisions; and • The search and selection of its president and chief

academic officer.

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; and

• Faculty participation in institutional decision making to support the university's vision, 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

• The AAUP's purpose is to advance academic freedom and shared governance, to define fundamental professional values and standards for higher education, and to ensure higher education's contribution to the common good.

Examples of Gally Chapter of AAUP Activities

• 1. orientation to new faculty• • 2. Fall ‘Meet and Greet’ meeting• • 3. co-sponsor for workshop on shared governance for Faculty Development Week• • 4. promotion of academic freedom issues regarding the play, Corpus Christi• • 5. participation in interviews of the presidential candidates• • 6. co-sponsored (with the faculty officers), two open forums on issues• • 7. provided consultation for individual faculty members

Current Issues

• Restructuring of Academic Affairs• Faculty Evaluation and Compensation• Non tenure track position with

benefits( renewable contract) position

Concerns or Questions about Your Rights?

• Contact: • Executive Committee of the Gallaudet Chapter of the

AAUP• Jan Hafer• Cristi Berdischevsky• Robert Harrison• Margaurite Glass• Emilia Chugwuma• Chris Heurer• Teresa Burke