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Members Present: Tom Butler, Muriel Coil, Jeanne Franco, Abby Hemingway, Lynn Lalko, Sherry Loch, Carmen Marquez, Steve Platte, Gary Quick, Sally Rings, Ron Brooker, Fred Wieck, Mitzi Ferrell
Members Absent: Marilyn Cristiano
Guests: Bob Bendotti, Lynda Santiago, Jeff Burkhart, Gene Rister.
1. Call To Order/Approval of Agenda:
The meeting was called to order by Sally Rings, Faculty Senate President, at 3:08 pm.
Changes to agenda: 5. Senate Committee Reports - Scholarship Committee added by Jeanne Franco; 7. New Business - Endorse Compressed Spring Schedule added by Sally Rings.
The Agenda was approved as amended.
2. Approval of Minutes (5/2/97)
May 2, 1997 Minutes approved as written.
3. Campus Reports:
3.1 Note From Dr. Cardenas (Sally Rings)
Sally received the following note from Dr. Cardenas: “6/29, Dear Sally & PVCC Faculty, I want to thank you and our faculty for your thoughtfulness during my recent health problem. Your expressions of support and care are sincerely appreciated. I look forward to seeing allof you in the Fall. Muchas Gracias. Raul Cardenas”
3.2 Faculty Development (Ned Miner)
A copy of compiled evaluation results for the Fall 97 Faculty Retreat has been sent to all faculty.
3.3 Enrollment Management : Student Satisfaction Survey (Bob Bendotti)
Bob brought an early alert to the Senate regarding a student satisfaction survey (Noel Levitt nationally normed instrument) sanctioned by the President’s Cabinet and to be conducted this year. This instrument will provide us with a data base to be used as part of a recruitment strategy. The survey will be given to a stratified sample of students, and will take 30 to 40 minutes of faculty facilitated class time to administer. Bob asked for counsel on how to collect reliable data without being intrusive to instruction. Bob will offer administering options at the next Senate meeting to be taken back to division members for feedback and approval.
3.4 Curriculum (Marilyn Cristiano) No Report
4. Officers’ Reports
4.1 Treasurer/Membership (Mitzi Ferrell)
Mitzi reported that the PVCC Association Treasury contains $4,077.84, which includes $832.00 designated to the Scholarship Fund. The Treasurer’s Report was approved.
Association Membership forms were distributed to be hand delivered by Division Senators to their Division members. This year’s form has been changed to include a carry-over of membership and payroll deduction from year to year unless the member submits a cancellation request in writing to the Payroll department. This change was included for the convenience of the majority of Association members.
4.2 Secretary (Jeanne Franco)
Jeanne reminded Senators and guests to bring any report items to the meeting in writing for the minutes.
4.3 President-Elect (Steve Platte)
A special Division Chair election was conducted for the Counseling Division in August. Fred Wieck was unanimously voted the Division Chair of Counseling.
Steve attended a meeting of the State Legislature last week where the AAUP represented the view of Arizona Universities and MCCCD regarding the strengthening of the Whistle Blower’s legislation. This presentation had a big impact on the Legislature and is evidence that the AAUP is actively working on a state level for faculty and that legislators ae receptive to educators’ concerns.
4.4 President (Sally Rings)
The Faculty Senate sponsored the Faculty Forum, with Kevin Arps serving as facilitator, regarding the changes to the spring schedule due to construction constraints. (See further discussion under New Business.)
President’s Cabinet has not met. The following is from Executive Council of the Faculty Association:
1. AAUP: The Executive Council is re-evaluating the Faculty Association’s relationship with AAUP (prompted by some faculty’s concerns re: the nature of AAUP and the cost of their dues). Pat Case has sent a letter to the AAUP requesting dialogue re: the services AAUP provides for us.
2. Meet and Confer: The Faculty Association Meet and Confer team is identifying faculty concerns based on the “Ratification Comments” that accompanied the ratification ballots this last summer. The main issues before M & C this year: (1) Intellectual property rights, (2) Faculty Evaluation Plan as it relates to the RFP, (3) Monetary issues with strong emphasis on a unified proposal that includes all employee groups and a presentation of this proposal to CFAC.
3. CFAC: The Executive Council elected Rose Pfefferbaum, Tom Trollen, and Alex Backus to another year as CFAC representatives. Another representative is being sought from the faculty at large to fill the remaining slot.
4. New Faculty Reception: The Executive Council is holding a reception for all provisional faculty on Friday, October 24, 1997.
5. Senate Committee Reports
5.1 Professional Growth (John Nelson & Lynda Santiago)
Lynda Santiago is enjoying her new responsibilities and role on the projects subcommittee.
The Professional Growth Subcommittee (Salary Advancement) is very busy reviewing “tons” of applications for salary advancement. We made excellent progress at our last meeting and I am positive we will finish all applications at the September 9th meeting.
Beginning this fall, the Professional Growth Subcommittee (Salary Advancement ) will initiate a new procedure for professional growth applications. Each application must be accompanied by 12 photocopies of the application and supporting documentation. We may be able to have faculty submit the applications with somewhat less than all documentation photocopied, but the original application must be copied. Faculty should check with John Nelson before they photocopy all supporting documentation; they may be able to save some time and paper.
The PG Subcommittee (Salary Advancement) has also decided to evaluate the “justification” sections more carefully on all applications. We have noticed that in the past few years justifications have been very general in nature and poorly written. This will no longer be tolerated! Faculty should refer to page 21 in the Green Book to be sure to include the required criteria in the written justification. Also, faculty should develop their justification in five to six complete sentences. Again, faculty may check with John if they need assistance in developing their written justifications.
The PG Subcommittee (Registration Reimbursement) has increased the amount of registration reimbursement per year, per person from $600 to $1,000 retroactive to this past summer. If anyone applied for conference registration reimbursement for summer activities and was not fully reimbursed up to $1,000, he or she should contact Lynda for further information.
5.2 Scholarship Committee (Jeanne Franco)
Alan Tongret has announced that the Fall Production of “An Evening with Shakespeare” will be presented on November 19 - 21. He has offered the Friday, November 21, performance as the best evening for faculty to conduct their fundraising efforts for the Faculty Association Scholarship. Jeanne asked if the Senate was interested in sponsoring this event again, and suggested that the M.J.Dawe Women’s Scholarship Fund be included in this year’s event. The Senate voted unanimously to sponsor the event and divide the proceeds from this fundraiser equally between the Faculty Association Scholorship and the M.J. Dawe Women’s Scholarship. Jeanne Franco, Carmen Marquez and Muriel Coil agreed to act as the Coordination Committee. Joyce Janiga will also be asked to help in this effort.
6. Old Business
6.1 Subcommittee for Faculty Advisement (Fred Wieck)
This subcommittee has not met. They will report their progress at the next Senate meeting.
7. New Business
7.1 Senate Goals for 1997/98 (Sally Rings)
New Senate Goals for 1997/98 were presented to the Senate and discussed. Sally will make revisions and the final draft of the new goals will be presented at the next Senate meeting.
7.2 Committee Re-Design (Bob Bendotti)
Bob, Sally and Fred Stahl met several times over the summer to consider the much needed re-design of the faculty committee structure. Faculty input is needed in this effort. Bob will send an A-1 and a copy of a draft (for discussion only) document entitled “Categorization of PVCC Committees by Levels of Intensity” to all faculty and request input as to how to accomplish this re-design effort.
7.3 Open House (Abby Hemingway)
Abby moved that Sally be reimbursed out of the PVCC Faculty Assoc. Treasury for expenses ($100) incurred for the 1997/98 Open House. Motion was seconded and unanimously approved.
7.4 Art for Campus (Gene Rister)
Gene offered a video presentation of the artwork of Ana Thiel. Sra. Thiel is a world renowned artist from Mexico and was a speaker at MCCCD’s Mexico Series last spring. Gene has asked the faculty to consider participating in a joint effort with Student Leadership to obtain one of Sra. Thiel’s sculptures as a joint gift to the new building and the future of our campus. Sra. Thiel has expressed her interest in donating a substantial portion of the cost of the sculpture to our campus. Gene estimates the final cost to the Student/Faculty combined effort to be about $5,000. Sally will keep this item on the Senate Agenda for future consideration.
7.5 Gifts for Retirees (Sally Rings)
To be placed on the next agenda under New Business
7.6 Donations for Students’ Books (Sally Rings)
Sally brought Raul Monreal’s A-1 request for donations to three students for book purchase assistance to the Senate for consideration. Fred Wieck pointed out that each semester several students express need for help with the cost of books. It was suggested that the Senate set up an ongoing book assistance fund to accommodate these needy students. The Senate will discuss the idea of establishing a fund and creating criteria for student assistance at the next Senate meeting. It was also decided that individual faculty members should contact Raul directly if they are interested in assisting these three students this semester.
7.7 Endorsement of Compressed Spring Schedule (Sally Rings)
As a result of the Faculty Forum and the Division Chair meeting, it has been proposed that the Spring Schedule be changed to accommodate construction as follows: The start date for the Spring semester will remain the same with the length of the semester compressed from 16 to 14 weeks. Spring break will remain intact, and the semester will end on Friday, May 1, 1998. Classes will begin at 7:00 am. with those classes meeting on MWF extended from 50 to 60 minutes, and TR classes extended from 75 to 90 minutes. Graduation will be held on Friday, May 1, and faculty accountability will also end on Friday,
May 1. Several Senators pointed out some opportunities that will surface as a result of this change. For example, if we create some technology training workshops, faculty will now have two additional weeks at the end of the semester to improve their skills if they elect to. We can also advertise our compressed schedule to increase FTSE. The Faculty Senate unanimously voted to endorse this compressed schedule.
8. Information
8.1 Roles of Senators (Sally Rings)
To be included as an Information item at the next Senate meeting.
8.2 Contents of Notebooks (Sally Rings)
Sally passed out a list of the items that should be included in the Senators’ notebooks. She requested that if Senators need a copy of any of the items listed, they should let her know.
8.3 Faculty Emeritus Status (Sally Rings)
To be included as New Business at the next Senate meeting.
9. Adjournment
The Senate adjourned at 5:13 pm.
Respectfully Submitted by
Jeanne Franco, Senate Secretary