2003-2004 Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes

Faculty Senate

April 1, 2004

2:34 PM,   B-208

1.         Call to Order/Approval of Agenda

Present:  Scott Massey, Jon Storslee, Lynn McClelland, Harry Birkmann, Patri Mays, Steve Nicoloff, Kevin Arps, Lori Anonsen, Paul Cornell, Carmen DeMiguel, Fred Wieck, Shelle Witten

Absent:, , Sue Van Boven, David Rubi, and Chris Scinto

Guests:   Marilyn Cristiano. Joyce Janiga, and Lynda Santiago

2.         Approval of Minutes

The minutes from Mar. 4, 2004 were unanimously approved pending corrections.

3.         Officers Reports:

A.      Treasurer:           Sue Van Boven

B.      Secretary:   Lynn McClelland  No report

C.      President Elect:   Jon Storslee No report

D.      President:  report by Scott Massey

            12 month pay option for faculty

Currently, faculty may opt to be on either a nine-month pay schedule or a twelve-month pay schedule.

The current problem, once faculty switch from their normal nine-month pay schedule to the twelve-month schedule, they cannot switch back.

Certain deductions that come out of the paychecks have to be reconfigured each time an employee switches, and 

Scott Massey indicated that guidelines could be developed so faculty would not be able to switch back to a previous pay schedule for a set number of years.

Review of Programs

Faculty Executive Council (FEC) examined the lowered pay raises of the previous year and began to ask questions as to how particular monies are being spent.

FEC recommended that we get an outside auditor begin to review various programs in the district.

The first program being reviewed is the Maricopa Center for Learning and Instruction (MCLI).

The object is to determine if the monies spent on MCLI are worth it.  Are we happy with it?

Faculty In Progress Progam (FIPP)

The Faculty Executive Council voted to cancel the FIP program, and it is currently under review by the District Administration.

The program was developed to help develop our own faculty. 

It was especially designed as a part of Affirmative Action to target divisions that were underrepresented.

However, it was developed without faculty input and has not been reviewed.

Divisions can request a FIPP member and be declined because there is representation in their division.

The program finds divisions that are underrepresented but fails to consider whether there will be openings in those divisions the following year.

4.         Campus Committee Reports:

A.    HLC Self Study Team  

No report

B.    Travel Committee report by Lynda Santiago

At the beginning of the academic year, the travel budget per the MCCCD

allotment was $19, 992.00 based on 89 RFP faculty.

There had been $6,000 dollars available before Spring break, but Lynda received a number of applications after the break.

To date, 26 faculty have applied for travel funds and been approved.  There is no more money in the travel account for this fiscal year (ending 6/30/04), and there are 4-5 faculty members who have currently not been funded.

Lynda met with Bob Bendotti and requested additional funds. At this time, there are no additional funds available.  However, Bob was supposed to meet with the rest of the Deans to discuss this issue.

Where appropriate, Lynda does, however, suggest that you submit a travel request for approval in the event that additional money does become available before the end of the fiscal year (this is NOT to suggest that any promises have been made)

C.      Faculty Staffing Advisory Committee submitted by Casey Durandet

The timeline for Faculty position requests was sent to the Division Chairs last Monday.  The requests are due back to me by Friday, April 16th at 5 P.M.  The Division Chairs present their requests to the FSAC on Friday, April 30th.  We deliberate and rank their requests after their presentations.  Notification will be made the following week to all regarding what position(s) was/were funded.

D.      AAT Committee submitted by Tom Butler

The PVCC Summer Assessment Institute (SAI) has called for proposals from teams of two to four faculty (RFP preferred, Adjunct eligible) to work on

            1)   Further definition of Division Assessment Plans and/or

2)    The development of assessment tools for PVCC general education     

       learning outcomes and/ or

            3)   The development of assessment tools for specific courses.

The SAI will run from May 24 - 28, Monday through Friday, from 9:00 AM to 3:00.  A total of 16 faculty will be able to receive a stipend for these group projects.

E.      Professional Growth    submitted by Tom Butler

Approximately 130 faculty district-wide have applied online for Summer Projects, including 19 from PVCC.  Awards will be announced in early May.  It is expected there will be less money available for this year's Summer Projects, so competition among worthwhile projects will be more intense.  (Funding limit this year per successful applicant is $3,000.00).

There are still some funds left for faculty conference fee reimbursements, Spring 2004.

5.         Old Business:

            A.      Division Chair Elections report by Jon Storslee

The following candidates were elected for Division Chair:

Hank Mancini – Science

Joyce Janiga – Math

Kurt Hill – Social and Behavioral Science

Karen Fehr – Health and Exercise Science

B.       Senate Elections report by Carmen DeMiguel

The elections will be held from 8:00 A. M. April 12^th to noon on April 15th.

There will only be elections if there are more people running than there are seats on the senate.

C.            Academic Integrity presentation report by Shelle Witten

The Library Advisory Council investigated the possibility of creating an Academic Integrity Policy.

As long as the policy we develop does not conflict with the current MCCCD policies, we will be fine.

The next step is to create the committee that will create the policy.

6.         New Business:

A.      Faculty Survey Results for funds report by Scott Massey for Sue Van Boven

The question was posed regarding the use of Faculty Association money.

The following represents a few of the more popular answers.

Provide more lunches and possibly include speakers.

Provide additional scholarships.

One suggestion was to use some of the funds for Book Angels for the PVCC library.

B.      Dual Enrollment report by Jon Storslee

In the past, faculty at PVCC did not support the Dual Enrollment program.

There were no quality control procedures in place.

High school instructors taught the courses at the high school, and they were not required to follow the same guidelines as the instructors on campus.

Each division ended up having to develop their own programs and guidelines.

The problem, PVCC lost credibility by not offering the program any more.

So, Dual Enrollment may come back.

More comprehensive guidelines need to be set up.

State legislature is still discussing the funding of it.

Currently, the high school gets FTSE for the student and the college gets FTSE for the same student.

The state is talking about only offering the college campuses 1/2 a FTSE for each Dual Enrollment student.

C.        Board Approved Faculty positions without Benefits report by Jon Storslee

This problem deals with the new Nursing Program at PVCC and its partnership with John C. Lincoln hospital.

Board approved instructors in the nursing program do not get professional growth or travel funds.

Specially funded programs and their faculty are not always covered by the RFP.

These faculty members are specially funded, and they have their own policy group.

Scott agreed to do more fact finding and the information will be taken to the Faculty Executive Council.

7.       Information

A.      Active Retirement report by Scott Massey

$250,000 in funds were available for the Active Retirement program.

Unfortunately, there wasn’t enough funds for all faculty.

The committee didn’t want to turn anyone away, so they began trying to figure out how much they could pay each active retiree within that budget.

The campus could fund everyone who applied at 40% instead of the 49%.

One faculty member decided not to retire yet, which enabled PVCC to fund all the applicants at 49%.

B.      Presidential Search report by Scott Massey

As of 5:00, April 1^st, everyone will have screened for desired qualifications.

The tri-chairs screened between 60-70 applications over Spring Break for minimal qualifications,

There were 38 left after minimal qualifications were screened.  Two people dropped out leaving 36 applications.

One community member dropped out because that person could not meet to screen the applications.

The Search Committee is diligently adhering to a tight schedule.

Public Forums will probably fall the week before final exams.

C.      Mat Job Description report by Shelle Witten

The job description has reappeared in the MCCD job bank.

The  problem is more partnerships will occur between campuses and the outside community.

A partnership with Phoenix Public Library and other partnerships are in the future.  There will be a facility, and it will need a chair to run it.  Who will run it a MAT person or a faculty member?

The MAT person works 12 months and the faculty member works 9 months.  They both receive the same pay, which can save the district money.

Adjournment

                The meeting was adjourned at 4:15 P.M.

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Minutes respectfully submitted by Lynn McClelland.