Faculty Development Committee- St. Olaf College
Minutes for meeting of 13 February 2007
Present:
Jeanine Grenberg, chair
Doug Beussman
Tony Lott
Timothy Mahr
Irina Walter
Patricia Martin, ex-officio
Arnie Ostebee, ex-officio
David Schodt, ex-officio
The meeting was convened at 8:15 am in Buntrock 221
Order of Scheduled Business:
The first order of business was a discussion of deadlines and upcoming workshops. Jeanine agreed to confirm the ACM deadline for FaCE grants. Jeanine also agreed to confirm a room for the released-time grant workshop
The second order of business was a broad discussion concerning the first draft of the ‘A Conversation About the Status of Faculty Development at St. Olaf College’.
Jeanine began the discussion with the question: ‘how do we as a faculty make sure that a faculty-elected committee informs the process at St. Olaf?
The following issues, concerns, and comments were made regarding the initial document:
- What venue would be most appropriate to begin this discussion? Should it begin at the division level, a faculty meeting?
- What roles do GFR, CILA, FDC, and the Dean’s Office play in faculty development?
- What FDC issues relate to process and what FDC issues relate to outcomes?
- Is FDC an advisory committee according to the Faculty Manual? Is FDC sufficiently advisory?
- Are there faculty development roles and opportunities missing from the initial draft? The Boldt Chair? Department Chairs?
- What is the appropriate role of the faculty in faculty development according to AAUP?
- Should the committee spend the time to review all issues currently being done on campus as regards faculty development?
- Should FDC propose an external review of faculty development at St. Olaf College?
As to the initial draft of the document, the following issues require editing:
- What is meant by ‘support for traditional research’?
- How is SoTL being discussed in the document?
- What is the committee’s relationship with CILA?
What is the purview of FDC?
