Faculty Senate Agenda and Minutes
Thursday, April 15, 2010
3:15 PM to 5:00 PM, Accokeek 221 (Gwynn Room)
1. Attendance: Please check-in on the attendance roster.
In attendance, Senate officers and delegates—Mark Hubley (FO President), Swazette Young (FO Vice President), Eldon Baldwin (at large), Daniel Jones (at large), Alan Mickelson (at large), Michelle Klein (Science and Engineering), Barbara Sanders (at large), Kathi Linville (Nursing), Rosanne Benn (Learning Foundations), Laura Ellsworth (Public Safety & Law), Len Sekelick (Liberal Arts), Darlene Antezana (Liberal Arts), Charlie Thomas (IET), Janet Carlson (Learning Foundations), Nicole Ives (Liberal Arts), Sherry Kinslow (Social Sciences), and Jean McEvoy (Learning Resources). Guests—Alease Wright and Micheal Emmanuel (student representative).
2. Review the Agenda for the 4/15/10 meeting.
· Some concerns expressed about Owl articles and campus security. Chief Walker will be speaking to CWF on May 11 – the entire meeting will be dedicated to campus security issues.
· Agenda approved
3. Review the Minutes of the 3/4/10 meeting.
· Approved
4. Calendar
Spring 2010 important dates
A. College closed or no classes
i) Presidents’ Day, college closed, Mon. 2/15
ii) Spring Break, college closed, Mon. 3/29—Sun. 4/4
B. Other important dates
i) Last day to withdraw from 15-week classes, Fri. 4/23
ii) Final exam week, Tue. 5/18—Mon. 5/24
iii) Grades due, Wed. 5/26
iv) Commencement, Thu. 5/27
April/May important dates
E. Senate meetings
i) Thu. 4/15, 3:15—5:00 PM, Accokeek 221
ii) Thu. 5/6, 3:15—5:00 PM, Accokeek 221
iii) Thu. 5/20, 3:15—5:00 PM, Accokeek 221
§ Addition of this meeting approved
F. Board of Trustees meetings
i) Thu. 4/8, 7:00 PM, Kent 262
ii) Thu. 5/13, 7:00 PM, Kent 262
G. College-wide Forum
i) Tue. 4/13, 2:00—3:30 PM, LSC B
ii) Tue. 4/20, 2:00—3:30 PM, LSC B
iii) Tue. 5/4, 2:00—3:30 PM, LSC B
iv) Tue. 5/11, 2:00—3:30 PM, LSC B
v) Tue. 5/18, 2:00—3:30 PM, LSC B
H. Academic Council
i) Thu. 4/8, 3:00—5:00 PM, CAT 133
ii) Thu. 4/22, 3:00—5:00 PM, CAT 133
iii) Thu. 5/13, 3:00—5:00 PM, CAT 133
iv) Thu. 5/20, 3:00—5:00 PM, CAT 133
§ This meeting has been cancelled
5. Attachments
A. Minutes from the 3/4 meeting
B. Faculty Salary and Benefits proposal
C. Election results
D. Draft Philosophy of Education
E. Draft hybrid course guidelines
6. Reports
· Senate President
o Short Term Disabilities and Domestic Partners proposals:
§ HR has recommended both proposals to Knapp
§ No response yet from either Knapp or the Senior Team
o Promotion and Tenure Revisions
§ Being reviewed by Dukes
§ Dukes has suggested changes that may require bringing the proposal back to the faculty
B. Senate Vice President
C. Academic Council
o Approved Philosophy of Education
o Discussed hybrid courses and how to define them
D. Representative from President’s Leadership Team
E. College-wide Forum
§ CWF approved changes to Natatorium Fees
· Lower student fees from $50 to $30 per semester
· Free for all employees
· Employee spouse fee of $50 per semester
§ April 20: Committee on Committees and Strategic Planning reports
§ May 4 – Smoke Free campus proposal
§ May 11 – Campus Security report and discussion
§ May 18 – Last meeting of the semester
i) Representative from Faculty Organization
ii) Facilities Committee
· Next meeting in 2 weeks
· Campus signage is being worked on
o Contractor hired
o Work to be performed over the summer
· Need better crosswalk treatments to slow down traffic – still unsafe
· “Waiting” in the Marlboro circle is still a problem – need campus police to patrol
· Health Sciences building contracted – work to commence in May
o Concern over loss of parking spaces
o 4 Board spaces are now available for staff parking
o Proposal to Mosby
· Bridge completion delayed – awaiting final delivery of materials – will be open by fall
· Transportation questionnaire being developed
iii) Human Resources Committee
iv) Budget Advisory Committee
v) Campus Culture Committee
vi) Learning Committee
vii) Technology Steering Committee
· Technology Professional Development Workgroup has been formed
· Working during the month of April to prepare a broader proposal to replace the earlier TechExpress proposal.
viii) Strategic Planning Committee
ix) Assessment Committee
F. Chairs’ Council
G. Adjunct Faculty
· Decided to work on orientation before addressing evaluation
o Evaluation system already exists but is not being used by all areas
o Need more resources in order to evaluate adjunct faculty effectively
· Committee working on handbook
H. Representative from the Student Governance Board
· Michael Emmanuel
o SGB Elections about to start
o Dress code proposal
§ Approved by SGB
§ Going to Lee
§ Will provide a copy to Hubley (below) to share with faculty:
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Below is the proposed dress code that the SGB has submitted to Dr. Lee. The SGB adopts some of the PG County Public Schools dress code. The SGB is hoping the proposal will be approved and incorporated into the school catalogue.
Head
Headdresses/hats can be worn indoors for religious or health reasons only.
Shirts and Blouses:
Shirts and blouses should be continuous from neckline to waist.The entire mid-section should not show.No clothing with vulgar language, obscene pictures, weapons, drugs/alcohol or drug paraphernalia and tobacco products.No identifiable gang/crew clothing or paraphernalia.No see-through clothing.
Skirts, Dresses and Shorts:
Skirts, dresses, shorts, and spandex skirts should be approximately six (6) inches below the buttocks, or no shorter than fingertip level.
Pants:
Pants should be secured at waist: no sagging below waist to expose undergarments.Tights, stretch pants, leggings, and spandex body suits must be worn with clothing long enough to cover buttocks.
Shoes:
Shoes must be worn
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7. Old Business
A. Elections
Hubley presented the following results of the spring election:
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Iam pleased to announce the results of the springFacultyOrganizationelection.
I also want to thank Darlene Antezana and Janet Carlson for their efforts in running theelection. At some point I will update theFacultyOrganization web site to show all the positions. For now, here are the positions filled by thiselection. The changes go into effect on June 1:
President ofFacultyOrganization—Mike Gavin
Vice President ofFacultyOrganization—Rosanne Benn
FacultyRepresentatives to the Collegewide Forum
Eldon Baldwin
Mary Cook
Mirian Torain
FacultyGrievance Committee
Abigail Bardi
Andrew Habermacher
Nancy Meman
FacultySalary and Benefits Committee
Antoinette Doherty
Goedele Gulikers
Full-Time Delegates to theFacultySenate (alternates in parentheses)
At-large—Eldon Baldwin
At-large—Alan Mickelson
Learning Resources—Jean McEvoy
Allied Health—Nancy Meman (Arneshuia Bilal)
Business Studies—Greg Weiss
Mathematics—Scott Huxel
Public Safety and Law—Laura Ellsworth (W. Corey White)
Liberal Arts—Darlene Antezana (Jawanza Shango)
Adjunct Delegates to theFacultySenate (alternates in parentheses)
Learning Foundations—Janet Carlson (Thomisha Duru)
Liberal Arts—Nicole Ives (Albert Van Thournout)
Fortyfacultyvoted in support of the proposed changes to promotion and tenure. Nineteen voted in opposition. I have presented the proposal to President Dukes for her further consideration, and I will keep thefacultyabreast of progress.
Thanks to all who have offered to serve thefacultyand PGCC.
· Mark will update web site to reflect all positions for 2010-2011
· Clyde Ebenreck was mistakenly elected to Salary and Benefits instead of Grievance Committee.
o Nominated and elected by the Senate to be a member of the Grievance Committee instead.
· One adjunct was elected to represent Nursing, but is not a nurse
· There are still many vacancies
· Adjunct faculty retreat
· Adjunct Retreat Day proposed to Dunnington (approved)
o External speaker
o Conversation with Dunnington or Dukes
o Day long?
o Come and go?
o Open agenda
o Fall 2010?
C. Salary and Benefits Committee proposal
· Hendricks proposal has been approved
· Initial implementation has been described during multiple college meetings
o 3% pay raise using control points (effective 5/1/10)
o Restructuring of some administrative and staff positions
o Adjunct raise proposed for FY11
§ $50 per credit hour increase
§ Growing competition for adjunct faculty due to growing college enrollment in the area
§ PGCC needs to be more competitive
· FY11 contracts are due this week
· Salary and Benefits proposal (powerpoint)
o Prince George’s Community College - Faculty Senate’s - Proposal for Faculty Compensation Plan - April 2010
o Proposal Objectives
§ To increase faculty salaries to current market levels that are competitive with peer institutions in the local area.
§ To ensure that the college will have a plan that will be effective in both attaining salaries that are competitive for present faculty and maintaining salary rates that will attract future faculty.
o The Prince George’s Community College: Classification and Compensation Study 2009
§ The basis for the faculty salary proposal
§ The proposal employs Hendricks’ concepts of the “open range” system and “salary control point.”
§ “Open Range”
· Under an "open range" system, the manner of salary administration is based on the relationship of employee salaries to the control point of their salary ranges (or the market rate).
· (Retrieved November17,2009 from:http://notes.pg.cc.md.us/intranet/pGCCWebSite.nsf/websiteentry?openform)
§ “The Control Point”
· The relevance of the salary control point concept is that salaries should be administered in such a way to accelerate salary advancement toward control point in order to be able to retain employees who might be attracted away to another organization at the competitive market (control point) rate. (Hendricks, 2009)
o Proposal’s Formula
§ Based on two historical assumptions:
· County payment or “cost of living adjustment,” such as a 2.5% increase for county employees (faculty)
· Designated salary line funded by the state or county, such as $2.6 million dollars
§ .20(Control point – Minimum Salary)+.025(Minimum Salary) = New minimum salary
· .20(75,642- 55,233)= 4081+
· .025(55,233) = 1381
· 55,233+5462= $60,695 -New minimum salary
· $546/mo
o Which Plan Does the Salary & Benefits Committee Recommend?
§ 5 – Year Plan
§ 4 – Year Plan
§ 3 – Year Plan
o Salary and Benefits Committee Members
§ 2010
§ JOHN BARTLES
§ MICHELLE BURTON-SIMMS
§ JANET CARLSON
§ CHERYL DOVER
§ JEANETTE GERRITY-GOMEZ
§ RAY HARRIS
§ DANIEL JONES
§ RANDY POOLE
§ ALEASE WRIGHT
§ SWAZETTE YOUNG, Chair
· Discussion points:
o Modification of Further Recommendation #4 (p11):
§ The compensation structure, i.e., the control point and the minimum and maximum salaries, should be updated annually to ensure that faculty salaries remain on par with the college’s peer institutions.
o Clarification in last paragraph (p10):
§ The current range of adjunct faculty per credit hour pay at peer institutions is $636 – $810 for the lowest ranked adjunct faculty member. At the same rank, PGCC adjunct faculty are paid $615, as indicated in the study.
o Variations of the proposed salary adjustment model (.20(Control point – Minimum Salary)+.025(Minimum Salary) = New minimum salary ) were discussed. Eldon offered to develop a spreadsheet model to apply this model to the salary data included in the powerpoint.
D. Other old business?
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8. New Business
A. Philosophy of Education
· Read in preparation for next meeting
B. Hybrid course guidelines
· Read in preparation for next meeting
C. Other new business?
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9. Agenda Items for Upcoming Meetings
A. Suggestions?
o Andrea Lex – Strategic Planning
o Bob Wallet – Maryland Green Program
o Faculty Organization Bylaws
o Salary and Benefits Proposal
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10. Adjournment
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