Minutes of Faculty Council Meeting 5/9/00

Jim Litle presented the Welfare Committee’s Recommendations about Faculty Emeritus:

Welfare Committee Recommendations

North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics

Faculty Emeritus

Part A - Establishment of a Faculty Emeritus Status at the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics

All members of the NCSSM faculty will receive the title Faculty Emeritus upon meeting the following criteria:

Eight years of full-time employment at the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics; and

Retirement from the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics.

All Faculty Emeriti will receive the following benefits:

Access to the campus and facilities of the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics on the same basis as a regular faculty member

Communal access to an Emeriti Lounge/Office equipped with the following:

Office desk, bookcase, and chair(s)

One telephone - Same access and privileges as a regular faculty member

One computer/monitor - Same desktop as available to NCSSM community

Individual computer account for access to e-mail and the internet

Right to offer guest lectures, substitute teach for regular NCSSM classes, and co-sponsor with regular NCSSM staff members Miniterm courses and/or projects

Right to apply for additional resources

All Faculty Emeriti will NOT participate in the following NCSSM programs or activities:

Faculty Council meetings

Committee work of the institution

NCSSM student advising system

Part B - Application Process for Additional Resources by a Faculty Emeritus

Any individual or group of Faculty Emeritus may apply to receive additional resources from the NCSSM Community through the following process:

Preparation of a written narrative proposal application containing the following

Purpose of the request for additional resources

Proposed plan for the use of the resources

Benefit(s) of the proposal for the NCSSM community

List of resources

Time frame for duration of the project

Presentation of the narrative proposal application to the Emeriti Resources Selection Committee

Regular Application Deadline - For the academic year 2000-2001 and following academic years

Submission of Application to Assistant Director of Academic Programs by March 1 of the academic year

Special Application Deadline for 1999-2000 academic year

Submission of Application to Assistant Director of Academic Programs by June 1, 2000

Creation of the Emeriti Resources Selection Committee upon receipt of an application for additional resources - Assistant Director of Academic Programs will call for the creation of the committee to be composed of the following

Assistant Director of Academic Programs - Chair

Two Department Heads of the Academic Departments not represented by the Faculty Emeritus

One regular full-time faculty member from each Academic Department to be elected by ballot prepared and executed by the Assistant Director of Academic Programs with each Department voting separately for its member (If all members of a Department decline to be on the ballot the Assistant Director of Academic Programs will appoint a member of the Department to serve.)

Deadline for recommendation of the Emeriti Resources Selection Committee to be forwarded to the appropriate NCSSM Division Director

Regular application process beginning with 2000-2001 - May 1

Special application process for 1999-2000 - July 1

Deadline for decision of Division Director and notification of the Faculty Emeritus

Regular application process beginning with 2000-2001 - May 15

Special application process for 1999-2000 - July 15

If faculty have comments regarding changes to this document, they should be sent to Jim Litle as soon as possible. Faculty comments concerning the document during the meeting were favorable. Jim clarified that emeritus faculty could co-sponsor a seminar, although a regular faculty member would need to ultimately be responsible for the course. These individuals would not be able to drive the school vehicles because of insurance reasons.

Announcements:

Community-wide picnic on May 17. Faculty were encouraged to come and perhaps volunteer to serve food.

Dan Teague is helping organize an SLI/faculty softball game. He asked that those interested in playing e-mail him. The game will be co-ed and played either May 26 or May 27.

Leslie Brinson will be contacting faculty soon to make committee appointments for next year.

Phil Nelson announced that next year the Mini-Term will be held in March for 8 days.

Wachovia will be placing a cash machine in the school free of charge. The bank will also inform faculty of some other opportunities regarding banking there in the near future.

Sally Adkin asked that faculty fill out a survey for an alum dealing with the safety of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender students. This is voluntary and if faculty complete the surveys they should be returned to Roger Messier.

Sally also announced that the School Improvement Team would be issuing surveys to students on May 16 and that it is important to encourage students to fill these out. In addition, the tobacco cessation report will be coming out soon from her office.

The final draft of the Plan for the Future has now been given to Phil from David Stein. Phil stated that the goals of the Plan will be incorporated into the Capital campaign when it is developed.

The minutes of the 4/22/00 meeting were approved.

Dot Doyle reminded the faculty of the Faculty Appreciation luncheon to be held on May 17.

Discussion on 8:00 rule

Helen Compton has volunteered to serve on the committee revising the 8:00 rule for next year. Helen asked for more comments from faculty that would help her represent faculty interests in the revision process. Faculty made the following comments during the discussion:

If the intent of the rule is to do academic work after 8:00, why are students often starting their work much later? How can we create an environment that encourages students to begin their homework earlier without putting strict rules on when and how they can spend their time?

If we want more faculty on campus in the evenings, the 8:00 rule undermines this idea by not allowing courses in this time period.

If the 8:00 rule was in place, faculty should still be allowed to do special things with the students on several occasions throughout the semester.

Students need a certain amount of socializing before they settle down to do work. Are we encouraging this process to begin earlier by implementing the 8:00 rule? Do students otherwise wait until 10:00 to begin thinking about homework?

What role do quiet hours play?

Faculty should try to be in the dorms more to encourage a study atmosphere and to help enable our students to be more productive with their time.

SLI’s have been missing their activities with students. They could use an outing as a reward if students have gotten their work done earlier in the evening.

We should encourage a different culture on campus without altering the policy in any major ways. We can help students understand the individual nature of learning by working more toward creating the appropriate environment where this is possible.

Dot Doyle reported on the highlights of the Curriculum Review committee that met. Dot sent notes to the faculty be e-mail outlining the major topics covered:

Faculty discussed the difficulty of dealing with issue #1 which involved how much time it takes for students to complete the work we assign. Students work at different paces, but faculty should be very aware of how long assignments take. Perhaps work should not always be typed in order to turn it in. There may be too many enrichment activities that also take up students’ time. Films should be assigned as homework so that there is still time for students to complete other work. All accounts of time spent should also take into account big projects and the idea that some students will take longer than others to complete the work. Some suggested that we should expect students to spend 7-8 hoursper week on each course (including both in class and out-of-class time).