1:00 pm
Beck rooms
Agenda
1. Sign in for quorum
2. Call to order
3. Communications from Provost Robinson
4. Approval of agenda
5. Approval of the draft minutes of the January 22 meeting
6. Executive Committee report
7. Reports of standing and special committees
a. Academic Facilities Committee report
b. Academic Policy Committee report
c. Compensation & Welfare Committee report
d. Core Curriculum Committee report
e. Faculty Guide Committee report
i. Motion: First reading of the proposed changes to Faculty Guide (Article 7.3.a.5 [Instructional Duties; Teaching Load]). Article 7.3.a.5 to be amended in the following way: expand the table to address all clinical teaching assignments in the undergraduate nursing program; specifically, insert 9 contact hours to earn 6 credits hours (highlighted in table below).
|
Contact Hours |
Credit Hours |
|
9 |
6 |
|
8 |
5 |
|
6 |
4 |
|
5 |
3 |
|
4 |
2 |
Currently, Article 3.3.a.5 reads:
In the College of Nursing full-time faculty conducting clinical courses shall receive credit hours of teaching load based on contact hours in the particular clinic according to the following schedule
|
Contact Hours |
Credit Hours |
|
8 |
5 |
|
6 |
4 |
|
5 |
3 |
|
4 |
2 |
ii. Rationale for the addition: The current allocation of contact hours to credit hours in the Faculty Guide does not address all clinical assignments in the undergraduate nursing program.
Faculty teaching in the Synthesis course (NUTC 4019) are responsible for 9 hours of clinical instruction a week (the students earn 3 credits for the course (9 hours of clinical instruction). Currently, faculty are awarded 5 credits hours for the time they are engaged in clinical instruction. They are not compensated for the entire time they are engaged in clinical instruction. Amending the Faculty Guide will resolve the current inequity.
f. Graduate Studies Committee report
g. Instructional Technology Committee report
h. Library Committee report
8. Committees with no reports
a. Admissions Committee
b. Calendar Committee
c. Faculty Development Committee
d. Faculty Grievance Committee
e. Intellectual Property Task Force
f. Nominations, Elections, and Appointments Committee
g. Program Review Committee
h. University Completion Committee
9. Committee Motions
a. Faculty Guide Committee
i. Motion: First reading of the proposed changes to Faculty Guide (Article 7.3.a.5 [Instructional Duties; Teaching Load]). Article 7.3.a.5 to be amended in the following way: expand the table to address all clinical teaching assignments in the undergraduate nursing program; specifically, insert 9 contact hours to earn 6 credits hours (highlighted in table below).
|
Contact Hours |
Credit Hours |
|
9 |
6 |
|
8 |
5 |
|
6 |
4 |
|
5 |
3 |
|
4 |
2 |
Currently, Article 3.3.a.5 reads:
In the College of Nursing full-time faculty conducting clinical courses shall receive credit hours of teaching load based on contact hours in the particular clinic according to the following schedule
|
Contact Hours |
Credit Hours |
|
8 |
5 |
|
6 |
4 |
|
5 |
3 |
|
4 |
2 |
ii. Rationale for the addition: The current allocation of contact hours to credit hours in the Faculty Guide does not address all clinical assignments in the undergraduate nursing program.
Faculty teaching in the Synthesis course (NUTC 4019) are responsible for 9 hours of clinical instruction a week (the students earn 3 credits for the course (9 hours of clinical instruction). Currently, faculty are awarded 5 credits hours for the time they are engaged in clinical instruction. They are not compensated for the entire time they are engaged in clinical instruction. Amending the Faculty Guide will resolve the current inequity.
10. Old Business
11. New Business
12. Communications
13. Adjournment