PG&D November 24, 2008

Nationally-known author Ken Bain will be speaking at the Spring Semester In-service on April 9.

Twenty-six applications for the Adjunct Professional Development Grant Possibilities for 2008/2009 have been received. The In-service Planning and Awards subcommittee will be reviewing these requests in the next few weeks, ranking them according to merit, and make their recommendations to the entire PG&D committee.

Submitted by Carol Martin

Faculty Council Summary – 11/24/08

Professional Growth reported they had received 26 applications for Adjunct Grants. They will commence a review of applicants following the Thanksgiving Break.

Extensive discussion was held regarding a faculty-initiated Administrative Procedure covering Course Syllabi. Presently there is no uniform college policy regarding syllabi. What has been developed was amended and forwarded to Cabinet for consideration. Cabinet has three options: approve as submitted; approve with revisions; reject. If approved, a number will be assigned and this procedure will be formally considered by our college shared governance system.

The ongoing college reorganization effort was briefly discussed. Council President related that faculty input has been extensive and seriously considered by the administration throughout this process. At our next Council meeting (December 8), we will consider faculty recommendations regarding the role and responsibility of Deans under reorganization. Particular focus will be on the separate and shared roles for Campus and Academic Deans in the evaluation of faculty.

Dan Moseler

Remote Access to HACC’s Network

You can gain remote access to HACC’s network using your Novell login. The web address is webremote.hacc.edu. The following instruction is provided for remote access.

Dan Moseler

FPPC Meeting

FPPC Meeting October 27

The meeting of the FPPC took place last week due to a conflict with the Fall Break schedule.

The following items were addressed:

     - AP 815 (“Reclassification of Professional, Administrative, and Classified Staff”)

          This AP was referred back to subcommittee for final re-working.

     - AP 828 (“Moving Assistance for New Employees”)

          This AP was approved as amended.

     - Faculty Template for HR Applications

          The assigned subcommittee will continue working on this document.

     – AP 832 (“Administrative Procedure Related to Alcohol and Drugs”)

          Two members of the FPPC will work together with members of APSA on this AP.

     – AP 813 (“Assignment of Initial Academic Rank and Salary to Faculty”)

          This AP was assigned to an FPPC subcommittee for review.

FPPC Meeting November 10, 2008

This meeting of the FPPC was held to examine and discuss APs currently under review by various FPPC subcommittees.  The status of the Faculty Template for Human Resource Application was also presented.

The Committee spent the rest of the meeting discussing AP 813 (“Assignment of Initial Academic Rank and Salary to Faculty”). The discussion was very helpful in presenting different views and suggestions regarding this AP, and the subcommittee was asked to consider these comments as they return to their examination of it.  

The following APs are due for review at our next meeting:

- AP 145 (“College Compensation Committee”)

-AP 454 (“Salary Surveys”)

-AP 886 (“Corrective and Disciplinary Action for Full Time Faculty”)

- AP 888 (“Corrective and Disciplinary Action for Regular Full Time and Part Time Employees and   Adjunct Faculty”).

Professional Growth & Development Committee- 11/10/08

1. P,G&D is sponsoring a guest lecture by Jan Mortensen, visiting professor from Denmark, on Tuesday,November 25 at 3:00 p.m. at Whitaker 117. He will compare the business practices of Denmark and the United States.This talk will also be offered via compressed video for other campuses.

2. Faculty now have access to a marvelous website- www.facultyfocus.com. There is a wealth of info on this site concerning best teaching practices. You can sign up for free e-mail alerts.

3. P,G,&D is sponsoring free workshops on Office 2007. Check your Groupwise e-mail for dates and times or contact Carol Martin @ clmarti2@hacc.edu

Judi Ungar

Faculty Council – 11/10/08

Council considered proposed course and program approvals. There was a great deal of discussion regarding course content for those courses submitted as diversity courses. Two of three courses submitted were approved (AOS 225, Office Procedures, and ANTH 101, Introduction to Anthropology). AH 140, Introduction to Allied Health, was not approved and the discussion resulted in a recommendation that there be a moratorium on new diversity course approvals until CI&L could review and clarify the diversity criteria.

APs 652, Transfer of Credit into HACC Credit Programs, and 815, Reclassification of Professional, Administrative, and Classified Staff, were approved and forwarded for action.

The transition to Office 2007 continues. In addition to scheduled HACC training, you can find online tutorials at Microsoft Office Online. It has been indicated that Front Page 2003 may remain available on your office computer if you specifically request it. There is an Open Source web editor (NVU) available for download from the Virtual Campus or from the internet. This is also available as a portable application for use on a Flash Drive. There are many other freeware and shareware applications available.

There was much discussion regarding proposed criteria and methodology for evaluating full-time faculty on their advising responsibility. A recommendation was made that lead be passed to FPPC in evaluating and, if deemed necessary, developing a more useful process.

Ron Young provided an updated schedule for reorganization decisions: Nov 12 for Department structure; Dec 10 for Division structure; Dec 17 for assignment of Deans to Divisions and Campuses. He thanked those who had provided input regarding Department structure and indicated he would be looking for comments and recommendation for Division structure following the Department decisions.

Happy 233d Marine Corps Birthday and Veterans Day to all!

Dan Moseler