Faculty Development Committee

 

Minutes – 9/14/07

12:00 p.m. - Lakota Prairie Restaurant

Role Call:

Present:

Current Members – will vote until new committee elected:

Doug Noyes

Kim He Crow

Jean Reeves

Ex officio (non-voting):

                Shannon Smith

Absent:

Marty Red Bear

                Susie White Thunder (leaving committee this year)

                Tony Fresquez

 

Quorum of 3 voting members achieved

 

 

Minutes:

No previous minutes to review

 

 

Faculty Retreat Planning

 

  • Stipenḋ̇̇̇/Mileage
    • Doug proposed stipends of $25 for Friday and $75 for Saturday, this is what he budgeted for.
  • Speakers
    • Gillies from BEAMS will do Saturday morning. Jean is working with her.
    • Doug will ask Al Boysen to present on Friday night
    • Doug will ask Wilmer Mesteth for opening and closing prayer
    • Doug disagrees with offering stipends/honoraria for OLC employees to serve at OLC functions
    • Discussion ensued about stipend/honoraria for all speakers - decision made to obtain gifts.
  • Brochure
    • Kim will draft the brochure when the speakers and topics are finalized
      • Gillies will do full Saturday a.m.
      • Discussion on obtaining someone for 1-3 (NOTE: after reviewing fac dev requests it was determined that Dan and Jamie will present Smilkstein information)
  • Voting for Fac Dev Committee
    • We need to re-elect the committee. After discussing it turns out that all committee members’ terms have expired. We went last year without an election.
    • Discussion about the make-up of the committee. Much work to be done. Struggling to have full committee available at meetings. Discussion about increasing size to seven. Decided to vote on this after the retreat planning is done.
    • Will hold vote right before lunch at the retreat.
    • Will replace Doug, Marty, and Susie. Jean and Kim will go off next year.
  • Lunch Table Discussions
    • Idea proposed to have groups sit together at lunch and go over a series of questions.
      • Will each table have different?
      • Will they be presented/discussed with the whole group after?
      • What will the theme of the questions be?
  • Need to meet to discuss logistics, gifts for speakers, drawing/door prize gifts, tee-shirts and hand-outs
    • Kim requested to receive a tee-shirt, though she would be gone
    • Doug noted that gifts were a luxury given our budget but acknowledged that tee-shirts were a precedent that has been going on for a long time and that we should, at minimum, do them.

 

 

 

Collaboration Conference

 

Doug will arrange for travel grant for OLC attendees. Plan to take a van with as many OLC faculty as possible.

 

 

Funding Requests –

 

Discussion about Faculty Development Budget

-         Doug has budgeted $25,000 for two retreats, one in the Fall and one in the Spring

-         $10,000 is reserved for extra duty contracts for SAC and other committee work

-         $6,000 remains for individual faculty requests.

o        Doug has been told that when this funding is spent that admin will support additional funds for these requests.  

 

1.)    Dan Koopman / Jamie Lee - Stipend to host Dr. Rita Smilkstein

 

Discussion:

                Presumptuous given that the presentation was already done. This sets a bad precedent. Doesn’t VP of Academic Affairs have the funding? But she was a very good presenter and worth it. What can be a win-win? Decided to authorize on the condition that Dan and Jamie present Dr. Smilkstein’s curriculum ideas at the retreat.

 

Motion:

Doug Noyes – Motion to approve Smilkstein stipend request on condition of Koopman and Lee presenting at retreat

Jean Reeves – Second

Motion passed unanimous

 

2.)    Humanities & Social Sciences Department request for curriculum review meeting

 

Discussion about funding such requests ensued. Doug expressed concern that every department would request meeting money and that departments should find alternative sources or hold meetings at PW. Kim and Jean pointed out that this has been going on for over a decade and that Humanities has consistently been the only department to request because it is the only department with no outside grant support. Also Humanities is responsible for the Core Curriculum and College Success programs both under review as charged by Dr. Giraud and FDC funds are well-spent to support this meeting. Considerable debate. Called for a vote:

 

Kim Bettelyoun – Motion to approve Humanities Department request

Jean Reeves – Second

 

Motion passed 2-1. Reeves, Bettleyoun = Yes   Noyes = No

 

 

3.)    Shannon Smith Request to attend Western History Association Annual Conference

 

This funding, and funding for meetings like the Humanities Department will come out of the bucket that is to be replenished by Admin

 

Kim Bettelyoun – Motion to approve Shannon Smit request

Jean Reeves – Second

 

Motion passed unanimous

 

 

New Business

 

Discussion about structure of committee. Concurrence that more members - active participants - would make a more productive and effective committee and ensure that one or two people are not over burdened. Benefits brought up included:

-         More members should ensure quorums at each meeting

-         It was noted that the number seven is culturally appropriate.

-         Spreading the workload, offloading Kim and Jean

-         We need more departments’ involvement.

 

Jean Reeves– Motion to increase the number of members of Faculty Development Committee from five to seven and hold election to fill positions at the retreat

Kim Bettelyoun – Second

 

Motion passed unanimous

 

Next meeting unable to be scheduled at this time

 

 

Meeting adjourned 1:30 p.m.