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3.2.5 Faculty Development Committee

(Bylaws)

  1. The Faculty Development Committee is responsible to the faculty.

  2. The committee consists of the Vice President for Academic Administration or designee, and six teaching faculty: a chair and a vice chair appointed by the Vice President for Academic Administration, the Chair of the Faculty, and three faculty elected by the faculty. The vice chair should have research experience. The elected faculty members should represent each of the following three academic areas: humanities, sciences-mathematics-engineering, and professional-technical.

  3. The chair-elect, if not already a member of the committee, may sit with the committee on a non-voting basis for one quarter before becoming chair.

  4. The vice chair coordinates applications for faculty grants.

  5. The term of membership is three years, beginning with the fall term.

  6. The work of the committee is to

    1. Recommend policies and administer programs to foster professional growth

    2. Recommend policies regarding faculty research and administer faculty grant applications

    3. Review sabbatical applications and submit recommendations to the administration

    4. Oversee the activities of the Faculty Center

    5. Oversee and recommend changes as needed to the campus Intellectual Property Policy (see Appendix J.2: Intellectual Property Policy)

  7. The committee meets when called by the chair, at least once each month during the academic year.

(Procedures)

  1. Protocol

    1. The chair develops agendas and distributes them at least one day in advance of meetings.

    2. Actions are taken by vote.

    3. Committee workload (average in clock hours per quarter):

      i. Chair: 15 hrs.

      ii. Vice Chair: 15 hrs.

      iii. Members: 12 hrs.

  2. Communication

    1. Copies of minutes are sent to the President, the chair of University Senate, the vice chair of University Senate, and the members at least once per quarter.

    2. The committee solicits ideas, suggestions, and opinions from the teaching faculty and administrators.

  3. Documentation

    1. A summary of the rationale is included in the statement of each action or recommendation.

    2. The chair keeps a chair notebook recording the work of the committee.