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Academic Governance Meeting
March 2, 2016, 12:45 PM in Gateway A&B
Agenda
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Opening Remarks/Minutes/Announcements
Committee on Curriculum Actions
IQAS Committee Report
Strategic Planning Report
Technology Committee Report
New Committee Announcements
Open Positions
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Executive Chair (2-year term)
SU Senator (3-year term)
Parliamentarian (appointed)
Robert Meyer and Melissa Fierke accepting
nominations
rmeyer@esf.edu and mkfierke@esf.edu
Spotlight on Student Research and Outreach
• April 19th, 12-2pm
• Call for abstracts open now, due by April 12th
• Refreshments will be provided
• Anticipate 150 posters, typically 50 grad, 100
undergrad
Spotlight on Student Research and Outreach
• Significant changes:
– One day event
– No judging/awards/keynote
– Posters organized by level (grad/undergrad) then
by department
– More refreshments
• Staying the same:
– Celebrating the good work that our students
(and faculty) do at ESF
Committee on Curriculum Actions
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BS in Environmental Science and Health
Food Studies Minor (New)
BS in Chemistry Curriculum Revision
Minor in Landscape Architecture (New)
Committee on Curriculum
• Deadline for Fall 2016
– Next Tuesday – Deadline for Course Proposals
• March 8th!
Instructional Quality and
Academic Standards
Committee Report
March 2, 2016
Instructional Quality and
Academic Standards Committee
Siddarth Chatterjee, PBE
Jo Anne Ellis, LIB
Shannon Farrell, EFB
Melissa Fierke, EFB
Paul Hirsch, ES
Jonathan Owens, CNS
Scott Shannon, OIGS
Tyler Shields, GSA
Chuck Spuches, Outreach
Erika Sykes, USA
Mary Thompson, FNRM
Kelley Donaghy (Acting Chair)
2015-2016 Agenda
1. General Education Review (2014-2015)
2. Academic Standards Committee
3. ESF Foundation Teaching Award
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b.
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5.
6.
7.
Paul Crovella, 2015
Nominations due to OIGS by April 1st, 2016
Scantron
Center for Teaching and Learning Proposal
Advising Sheet (First Year Experience)
Classroom Renovations Joint Subcommittee
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b.
c.
Heidi Webb, Chair (Technology)
Melissa Fierke, Jonathon Owens, Mary Thompson
Terry Ettinger (Technology)
Scantron Scanner
• INSIGHT 4ES Scanner with Remark Classic OMR
Software
• Resolution from last spring
• Purchased in November
• Moon 9A
• Forms
Scantron Use
• Libguides.esf.edu/scantron
• Heidi Webb, primary contact
• Schedule initial training with Heidi
• Graduate Student, Faculty
Scantron Forms
• SU Forms will not work
• Using a generic form this Spring
• Full sheet or half sheet
• Custom form in the fall
• IQAS Chair organizing form orders
• kdonaghy@esf.edu
Center for Teaching and
Learning
• Recognized need for onsite professional
development for teaching
• On-line and Face-to-Face
• In concert with the OPEN SUNY Collaboratorium
• Funding – Foundations/Corporations
• Ex. Bristol Meyer Squibb at Montclair State –
Center for Science Teaching and Learning (High
School/College)
Center for Teaching and
Learning
• Director
• Space to Demo and Check out Equipment
• GoPro, Software, Screen Readers, Webcams,
USB cables, microphones, screen
capture/video recording, video editing
software (Camtasia, etc.), mac adaptors
• Resources for creating inclusive classrooms
• Assessment/instructional Design
• Maintain a repository of current articles on
teaching and learning
Center for Teaching and
Learning
• Whitepaper coming soon…..
• GOAL: May Academic Governance Meeting
Advising Sheet
• Tips for faculty during advising week
• Developed by the First Year Experience (FYE)
Taskforce
• Vetted and Endorsed by IQAS
• Copies in the back by the sign in sheets
• Posted to IQAS website as well as FYE Site
• Endorsed by Associate Provost and Dean Shannon
Classroom Renovation Joint
Subcommittee
Technology and IQAS
• Heidi Webb, Chair
• IQAS:
Melissa Fierke, Jonathan Owens, Mary Thompson
• Technology:
Heidi Webb, Terry Ettinger
Charge from the Provost’s
Office
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Create prioritized list of classrooms needing renovation
Create prioritized list of teaching labs that need renovation
Develop the criteria by which prioritization is determined
Develop and implement a process that allows input from all
faculty (and possibly students)
Activities
• Room Usage
• Room Status and Availability
• Public Opinion
• Campus Survey: Faculty, Staff, Graduate Students
• USA and GSA meetings
• Short survey targeting undergraduates
Survey Snippets
• 148 Respondents
Completed Entire
Survey
• 80% Teach/Instruct
Staff
20%
Faculty
46%
Graduate
Students
34%
Faculty
Graduate Students
Staff
What factors do you think are most important to consider
when choosing to renovate / upgrade a …?
Classroom Factors
Technology and equipment
Furniture
Internet / WiFi access
Layout
Physical environment (ventilation,
heating, cooling, water, etc.)
Mean
4
4.7
5.1
5.3
Lighting (controls, artificial lighting)
Writing surfaces
Natural Lighting (Windows)
Electrical service and outlets
Acoustics
Physical aesthetics (paint, flooring,
etc)
Access and security
Other
5.6
5.8
6.8
7.4
8.3
5.6
9.6
10.3
12.6
Laboratory Factors
Technology and equipment
Layout
Furniture
Internet / WiFi access
Physical environment (ventilation,
heating, cooling, water, etc.)
Electrical service and outlets
Lighting (controls, artificial lighting)
Mean
3.6
4.7
5
5.1
5.3
Writing surfaces
Natural Lighting (Windows)
Physical aesthetics (paint, flooring,
etc)
Access and security
Acoustics
Other
6.9
7
9.7
5.6
5.7
9.8
10
12.5
Criteria  Rubric
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Availability
Safety and Security
Usage
Technology (includes internet)
Furnishings
Accessibility / Layout
Physical Environment
Other Factors (Lighting, Writing Surfaces, Acoustics, Outlets, etc.)
Demand
Rubric Example
Classroom
Factors
Highest Priority
Medium
Lower Priority
Accessibility /
Layout
Screen
size/location
and/or acoustics
make it difficult for
students to fully
participate in
class. Instructor
and student
mobility is
severely inhibited
when in use.
Screen
size/location
and/or acoustics
could be be
improved but do
not prevent
student learning.
Instructor and
student mobility is
not inhibited but
also is not easily
achieved when in
use.
Room meets the
needs of vision,
hearing, and
mobility impaired.
Instructor and
students can
move easily
around the room
when in full use.
Moving Forward
• Apply criteria to teaching spaces to create a recommended list
of priorities
• Contribute to Capitol Planning Committee
Instructional Quality and
Academic Standards Committee
Siddarth Chatterjee, PBE
Jo Anne Ellis, LIB
Shannon Farrell, EFB
Melissa Fierke, EFB
Paul Hirsch, ES
Jonathan Owens, CNS
Scott Shannon, OIGS
Tyler Shields, GSA
Chuck Spuches, Outreach
Erika Sykes, USA
Mary Thompson, FNRM
Kelley Donaghy (Acting Chair)
An Update on …
VISION 2020 UPDATE
Bridging From 2016 to 2020 and Beyond
OUTLINE: VISION 2020 UPDATE
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5-6
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9-15
16-29
30-31
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34-35
36-37
38-39
Cover Page
Message from the President
(opening statement by SPSC)
Vision and Mission
ESF Values
Commitment to Sustainability
Academic Directions
Vision 2020 – Goals Assessment
- Goal Assessment
- Recent Accomplishments/Initiatives
Diversity and Inclusivity
Aligning ESF’s Vision 2020 with SUNY Excels
Goal to Goal – Vision 2020 Fully Aligned With SUNY Excels
New Strategies to Meet SUNY Excels
President’s Initiatives
Acknowledgements and Recognitions
General Info Sources for Update
1 /4 from Vision 2020
1 /4 from 9/15/15 Draft
1 /2 NEW (“new”) !!!
Key Documents Used
Diversity and Inclusion from the Ground Up, December 2015
ESF Unit and Department reports (n=23)
ESF Strategic Planning Document, May 7, 2015, DRAFT FOR DISCUSSION ONLY
FOUNDATIONS FOR A SECOND CENTURY, ESF’s Strategic Plan, Fall 2015, DRAFT FOR REVIEW AND COMMENT (Version 1:
9/15//15)
Middle State Reaccreditation, 2011 Self-study Challenges and Recommendations
Middle State Reaccreditation, AY 12/13 SUNY-ESF College-wide Metrics
Middle States Reaccreditation, Advancing Sustainability at ESF, A Selected Topics Self-Study for MSCHE Reaccreditation, October
2011
SUNY Excels 2015 Performance Improvement Plan, Attachment 1: Narrative
SUNY Excels: Date Executive Summary, January 2016 (presented in “Envir Sci Forestry SUNY Excels Data Summary Graph amd
Detail Tables_Final.xlsx”
Transdisciplinary Question #1: What are the relationships between humans and the environment? Committee report dated
March 2015
Transdisciplinary Question #2: What are earth’s species and dynamics? Committee report dated March 2015
Transdisciplinary Question #3: How can we meet human needs while conserving the environment? Committee report dated
March 2015
Transdisciplinary Question #4: How can we adapt to changing environments? Committee report dated March 2015
Undergraduate Strategic Planning Committee Report, March 2015
Vision 2020, SUNY COLLEGE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND FORESTRY, circa 2003
Where from for NEW ?
Diversity and Inclusion from the Ground Up, December 2015
ESF Unit and Department reports (n=23)
ESF Strategic Planning Document, May 7, 2015, DRAFT FOR DISCUSSION ONLY
FOUNDATIONS FOR A SECOND CENTURY, ESF’s Strategic Plan, Fall 2015, DRAFT FOR REVIEW AND COMMENT (Version 1:
9/15//15)
Middle State Reaccreditation, 2011 Self-study Challenges and Recommendations
Middle State Reaccreditation, AY 12/13 SUNY-ESF College-wide Metrics
Middle States Reaccreditation, Advancing Sustainability at ESF, A Selected Topics Self-Study for MSCHE Reaccreditation, October
2011
SUNY Excels 2015 Performance Improvement Plan, Attachment 1: Narrative
SUNY Excels: Date Executive Summary, January 2016 (presented in “Envir Sci Forestry SUNY Excels Data Summary Graph amd
Detail Tables_Final.xlsx”
Transdisciplinary Question #1: What are the relationships between humans and the environment? Committee report dated
March 2015
Transdisciplinary Question #2: What are earth’s species and dynamics? Committee report dated March 2015
Transdisciplinary Question #3: How can we meet human needs while conserving the environment? Committee report dated
March 2015
Transdisciplinary Question #4: How can we adapt to changing environments? Committee report dated March 2015
Undergraduate Strategic Planning Committee Report, March 2015
Vision 2020, SUNY COLLEGE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND FORESTRY, circa 2003
OUTLINE: VISION 2020 UPDATE
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7-8
9-15
16-29
30-31
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34-35
36-37
38-39
March 2015
Reports:
The Four
Questions and
Undergraduate
Cover Page
Message from the President
(opening statement by SPSC)
Vision and Mission
ESF Values
Commitment to Sustainability
Academic Directions
Unit and
Vision 2020 – Goals Assessment
Department
- Goal Assessment
Reports (n=23)
- Recent Accomplishments/Initiatives
Diversity and Inclusivity
2015-2016
Aligning ESF’s Vision 2020 with SUNY Excels
Goal to Goal – Vision 2020 Fully Aligned With SUNY Excels
New Strategies to Meet SUNY Excels
President’s Initiatives
Acknowledgements and Recognitions
Timeline – March-May
March 2: SPSC meeting
March 7: Initial Draft given to President Wheeler
March 11: 1st DRAFT available to College community (via web site, email)
March 23: Information Session 1st Draft of Update
March 25: Information Session 1st Draft of Update
March 30: Academic Governance Presentation
April 4-8: SPSC Meeting
April 11: 2nd Draft available to college community
April 13: Information Session 2nd Draft
April 15: Information Session 2nd Draft
April 20: Academic Governance Presentation
April 25: Submit final Draft to President Wheeler
May: President Wheeler submits final Draft for approval to Board of Trustees
May 24: SPSC work complete – committee disbands
Website – Activated Today
www.esf.edu/strategicplan
Thank you
Strategic Planning Steering Committee, January 7, 2016
Vision 2020 Updating Team !!!
Strategic Planning Steering Committee, January 13, 2016
TECHNOLOGY
COMMITTEE REPORT
2 March 2016
Presidential Advisory Group
• Met with members of Executive Cabinet in December
• Issues of tech support
• Independence from SU
• Issues of content creation for Open Academy
• Resolved to move forward on last issue with an advisory
group.
• Recruited to represent specific area of expertise.
• Paul Otteson
• Terry Ettinger
• Dayton Reuter
• Tiffany Deater
• Christopher Baycura
• Benjamin Taylor
Expect to call on others
within and outside of ESF
as ad hoc advisors
Presidential Advisory Group
• “Needs and Opportunities for Online Content”
• Charge is available on AG web site.
• Meant to address matters arising in context of developing plans for
Open Academy.
• Facilitating faculty-driven content creation
• “The content bottleneck”
• Transition to a more sustained task force to continue work on this.
Issues of content creation for Open Academy
• Details of charge were finalized middle of February.
• First meeting on Friday 26 February.
• Interim report due 15 April 2016.
Online education is here
• New opportunities for
• enhanced revenue
• enhancing the College’s media footprint
• leveraging resources
• participatory science
• outreach to new communities (local, statewide, national, international)
• Vast new pedagogical opportunities
• The College is far behind the curve and needs to catch up.
• Analyzed at some length in ESF’s Digital Future
• PAG is charged with making recommendations for action to
“fluidize” online content creation.
• Focus on empowering faculty
• Creativity
“Willy Sutton Rule”
• Energy
• Innovation
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Enabling
Facilitating
Incentivizing
Rewarding
What the PAG will do
• Identify the “low-hanging fruit.”
• Courses that can readily be moved into production for online
delivery (“kick-start” courses)
• Presents what make ESF distinct
• Marketability
• Ready convertibility
• Highlights faculty
• Opens up student opportunity
• Faculty-led
• Met with HoDs in Academic Council
• Individual meetings with departments (Dayton Reuter)
• Have a prioritized list of candidates by 1st week of April.
• Longer-term conversation about coordination with curricula, etc.
What the PAG will do
• Identify the current impediments (1)
• Clearing the hurdle
• How to effectively support faculty who wish to move online
(don’t kill the faculty)
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Technical support
Skills support
Training support
Personal and professional support
• Some possibilities we will be exploring
• Access to software
• Access to equipment
• Availability of skilled help
• Share your thoughts with:
• Paul Otteson, Dayton Reuter, Scott Turner.
What the PAG will do
• Identify the current impediments (2)
• Better use or repurposing of existing resources.
• Some areas we will be exploring:
• A “pipeline” for moving course development from conception to
release.
• A roving group of “Digital Media Fellows”
• Skilled
• On call
• Release time for faculty
• Share your thoughts with:
• Tiffany Deater, Christopher Baycura, Scott Turner.
• Reaching out to outside expertise.
What the PAG will do
• Identify the current impediments (3)
• Better use or repurposing of existing resources.
• Some areas we will be exploring:
• Better use of existing asset management tools
• Storage
• Ensemble
• Connect
• Identify new opportunities for accessibility and coordination
• Library resources
• Archives
• Literature
• Digital Commons.
• Share your thoughts with:
• Paul Otteson, Jessica Clemons, Scott Turner.
• Reaching out to outside expertise.
What the PAG will do
• Identify opportunities and solutions (1)
• Incentivizing faculty and content creators
• Some areas we will be exploring:
• Copyright, intellectual property, frameworks for royalties and licensing
• Clear incentives for promotion and tenure
• Recognition (College and peer)
• Release time
• Extra service compensation
• Share your thoughts with:
• Terry Ettinger, Scott Turner.
What the PAG will do
• Identify opportunities and solutions (2)
• Laying out the creative space
• New pedagogical models
• New possibilities for outreach to various communities
• Student-driven production
• Efficiencies in use of faculty time and energy
• Facilitating degree completion and streamlining curricula
• Certification, badging and micro-credentialing.
• Share your thoughts with:
• Tiffany Deater, Dayton Reuter, Benjamin Taylor. Christopher Baycura,
Scott Turner.
What the PAG will do
• Identify opportunities and solutions (3)
• Future staffing and infrastructure needs
• Infrastructure
• Personnel
• Expertise
• Share your thoughts with:
• Paul Otteson, Scott Turner.
Please help
• Comments, thoughts, brickbats all are welcome (by 1st
week of April please)
• The idea is to empower faculty
• To help ESF preserve its traditions of excellence as we move
into the digital world.
• Contact info:
• Scott Turner (jsturner@syr.edu)
• Dayton Reuter (ddreuter@esf.edu)
• Terry Ettinger (tlettinger@esf.edu)
• Paul Otteson (potteson@esf.edu)
• Tiffany Deater (tldeater@syr.edu)
• Christopher Baycura (cbaycura@esf.edu)
• Benjamin Taylor (btayl100@syr.edu)
New Opportunities
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Provost Search Committee
College Diversity Committee
College Capital Planning Committee
ESF Strengthening Our Community
Engagement Task Force
• Academic Freedom Task Force
– Call to go out again shortly
Next Meetings
March 30, 2016
12:45 PM
April 20, 2016
12:45 PM
May 12, 2016
TBD
Location: Gateway A&B
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