Meeting & Agendas

Review minutes from April 2, 2021. Minutes were approved.

The faculty evaluation working group is focusing on looking through an equity lens and reducing inherent bias. They are also working on designing and drafting an exemplary teaching statement and identifying teaching dimensions. Student course evaluation questions will have actionable feedback from students. The evaluation will have college and department wide questions as well as modality questions. Future steps include focus groups with students. They will hire a consultant to help with psychometric questions to focus on the student experience not on measuring the intent of the professor. Decision/Action: Notify Larry Stephens to serve as a reviewer or to participate with the evaluation working group. Theresa will send documents for review to be shared with the committee. A draft of the evaluation could be available by February.

The committee reviewed the google documents with goals suggestions. Committee is encouraged to continue adding comments. Decision/Action: 1) Form an ad hoc committee to update the Distance Education handbook beginning in the spring. 2) Form an ad hoc committee to recommend best practices for first day/week of class information for students. 3) Erasmus will invite Mike Midgley to share the chancellor’s goal for the future of Distance Education. All goals have been met for FY 2020. 4) Erasmus will publicize the standard stipend information.

Faculty have questions and concerns regarding Blackboard. There are two blackboard representatives that can present to the committee. Decision/Action: Form an ad hoc committee to create a Blackboard town hall.