1. There will be workshops covering 4 modules to make sure Distance Learning (DL) instructors are adequately prepared and that curriculum is uniform, generated from SACS. Previous instructors can test out.
2. The evaluation forms for full-time and adjunct faculty are exactly the same now. There are separate lines for DL now, and are aligned with the other evaluation windows. Percentage calculations in DL are based upon total responses, not total enrollment.
3. Fall 2011 Faculty Evaluation packets and online DL courses ore current with the calendar.
4. Action needed to approve the evaluation form, but a revision was suggested. Rather than the last column being % participation, to change that blank to a check box saying “NA – This was not statistically valid”. There is a low response rate for DL, so % participation should have been only for DL. I suggested keeping % participation for purposes of comparing DL with face-to-face classes. The DL responses seem to be mostly negative. The form will include the percentage cut-off rate for “statistically invalid”. No one knows what that is now. We will see the proposed changes and vote at the next meeting on Nov. 4.
5. There are subcommittees formed to review and update the Faculty Evaluation Procedures Manual and for the PEP Online Manual (PEP sub-comm doesn’t have a chair yet). Marilyn Love was added to the PEP committee to represent IAII’s, since only one Adjunct faculty member is allowed (4 full-time). The deadline for submitting the revised manuals to the ACAC is Nov. 1. It must be there by Feb. After approval by the ACAC by April, it will go to the Faculty Senate, the AFAEC, etc. It’s supposed to be ready by May for use in the Fall, 2012. There is no consistent structure so it needs to be checked for typos, content and substantive changes.
6. We aligned the timelines from Manual Revision subcommittees with regard to the SACS evaluation documentation deadlines. Phase 1 will be manual revisions that clarify workflow without changing processes, and Phase II will be Manual revisions that affect processes and require FSE and ACAC action.
7. In the open forum, I brought up (again) the evaluation of full-time by Adjunct and was told that it is at the discretion of the Dept. chairs, and not the Eval. Committee. Adjuncts cannot evaluate other adjuncts.
Submitted by Marilyn Love
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