Faculty Development Committee- St. Olaf College
Minutes for meeting of 6 December 2005
Present:
Jeanine Grenberg, chair
Doug Beussman
Paddy Dale, ex-officio
Dan Hofrenning, ex-officio
Tony Lott
Kris MacPherson
Timothy Mahr
Arnie Ostebee, ex-officio
The meeting was convened at 8:35 am in Buntrock 221
Order of Scheduled Business:
The first order of business was the development of a plan for spring semester. These items were deemed important issues to accomplish before the end of the academic year: (1) document all FDC funds available on campus, (2) meet with faculties to determine what FDC issues are, and (3) meet with directors of IGS programs
The second order of business followed from the first in the form of a schedule to accomplish the above goals. Three items became key: (1) get through the summer grant applications, (2) collect and process data concerning FDC funds and department meetings, and (3) think through the future direction of FDC
The third order of business was the initial examination of the parameters of ‘faculty-development’ at St. Olaf. It was determined that endowed chairs were beyond the purview of FDC. It was determined that summer grant money is allocated from funds in the Dean’s office. It was determined that faculty development money does exist in the Lilly, Freeman, and Luce grants.
Paddy Dale agreed to provide the committee with 5yrs. worth of grant funding data so the committee could assess where St. Olaf faculty is located in terms of ‘development’
Discussion ended with a series of questions to consider for the spring meetings:
- Should less money be allocated to the summer grant program and more money allocated to conference travel or the time-released grants?
- What does an ‘underdeveloped faculty look like?
The meeting ended with a call to consider new criteria for released-time grants in February.
The meeting adjourned at 9:20am