Faculty Senate Agenda and Minutes
Thursday, February 4, 2010
3:15 PM to 5:00 PM, Accokeek 221 (Gwynn Room)
1. Attendance: Please check-in on the attendance roster.
In attendance, Senate officers and delegates—Mark Hubley (FO President), Swazette Young (FO Vice
President), Kathi Linville (Nursing), Eldon Baldwin (at large), Daniel Jones (at large), Rosanne Benn
(Learning Foundations), Laura Ellsworth (Public Safety & Law), Alan Mickelson (at large), Charles
Thomas (IET), Len Sekelick (Liberal Arts), John Bartles (at large), Jean McEvoy (Learning Resources),
Michelle Klein (Science and Engineering), Darlene Antezana (Liberal Arts), Leon Weaver (Student
Services), Greg Weiss (Business Studies), Scott Huxel (Mathematics), Crystal Smith (SSB), Janet
Carlson (Educational Development), and Sherry Kinslow (Social Sciences). Guests—Rik Karlsson and
Micheal Emmanuel (student representative)
2. Review the Agenda for the 2/4/10 meeting.
 Approved
3. Review the Minutes of the 12/3/09 meeting.
 Approved as revised
4. Calendar
Spring 2010 important dates
A. College closed or no classes
i) Presidents’ Day, college closed, Mon. 2/15
ii) Spring Break, college closed, Mon. 3/29—Sun. 4/4
B. Other important dates
i) Last day to withdraw from 15-week classes, Fri. 4/16
ii) Final exam week, Tue. 5/11—Mon. 5/17
iii) Grades due, Thu. 5/20
iv) Commencement, Thu. 5/27
February/March important dates
E. Senate meetings
i) Thu. 2/4, 3:15—5:00 PM, Accokeek 221
ii) Thu. 2/18, 3:15—5:00 PM, Accokeek 221
iii) Thu. 3/4, 3:15—5:00 PM, Accokeek 221
iv) Thu. 3/18, 3:15—5:00 PM, Accokeek 221
F. Board of Trustees meetings
i) Thu. 2/11, 7:00 PM, Kent 262
i) Thu. 3/11, 7:00 PM, Kent 262
G. College-wide Forum
i) Tue. 2/2, 2:00—3:30 PM, LSC B
ii) Tue. 2/16, 2:00—3:30 PM, Kent 262
iii) Tue. 3/2, 2:00—3:30 PM, LSC B
iv) Tue. 3/16, 2:00—3:30 PM, LSC B
H. Academic Council
i) Thu. 2/11, 3:00—5:00 PM, CAT 133
ii) Thu. 2/25, 3:00—5:00 PM, CAT 133
iii) Thu. 3/11, 3:00—5:00 PM, CAT 133
iv) Thu. 3/25, 3:00—5:00 PM, CAT 133
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5. Attachments
A. Minutes from the 12/3 meeting
B. Tech Express
C. Ballot for dean search committees
6. Reports
A. Senate President
o See notes below regarding Tenure and Promotion.
B. Senate Vice President
o Salary and Benefits committee scheduled to meet Wednesday 2/10
o Committee will consider the Hendricks report and his concept of “control points.” (Note:
Relevant table from Hendricks report inserted below to illustrate the concept of control
points)
Professor (10 Month)
Minimum Control Point
Community Colleges
Current
Recommended
$60,009
54,436
55,233
Associate Professor (10 Month)
Community Colleges
$51,830
Current
48,229
Recommended
49,474
Assistant Professor (10 Month)
Community Colleges
$45,857
Current
41,562
Recommended
45,376
Community Colleges
Current
Recommended
o
o
o
o
o
Maximum
$77,116
71,505
75,642
$93,230
88,573
95,253
$65,968
64,251
67,202
$80,394
80,272
83,686
$56,800
56,485
61,357
$67,803
71,408
73,523
Instructor (10 Month)
$42,348
$50,363
36,536
50,536
42,100
56,129
$59,261
64,536
64,595
Considering interim proposal to award all faculty percentage pay increases as fixed
amounts for each rank, where the fixed amount is the percentage of the current control
point for that rank instead of the current percentage of the actual individual salaries.
Where within rank salary inequities exist, the current percentage system tends to increase
these inequities over time. The control point proposal would not correct the inequities,
but would prevent growth in these inequities.
Goal to complete a proposal by March 2010.
Discuss in Senate and then decide whether or not a referendum is appropriate.
Asking budget for 2010 included a 5% salary increase for all full-time employees
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County Executive has cut proposed increase to 2.5%
Considering justification of the 5% increase as 2% cost of living and 3% to
address recommended Hendricks adjustment.
C. Academic Council
o Nicholas Plants and the General Education Committee are drafting a “Philosophy of
Education” for Academic Affairs. After the draft is discussed and revised further by the
Academic Council, Mark Hubley will bring it to the Senate for discussion.
D. Representative from President’s Leadership Team
o No meeting since December
E. College-wide Forum
i) Representative from Faculty Organization
 CWF is considering the feasibility of a weekly “Governance Hour” during which
there would be no classes scheduled.
ii) Facilities Committee
 Setting up a college-wide transportation survey to determine “how we get
around.”
iii) Human Resources Committee
 Presented mid-year report to CWF. See CWF minutes on my.pgcc.edu portal.
 Working on longevity proposal for adjuncts, but must analyze the data manually
for each employee, as this data was never digitized on either the old or current
computer system.
iv) Budget Advisory Committee
 Asking budget of $96 million submitted to County for FY2011
 County Exec has cut to $93 million
 BAC will be coordinating 2011 budget recommendations with Strategic Planning
Committee (SPC) in a step toward the goal of have a strategic plan that drives
(informs) the operational budgeting process
 BAC is concerned about the ability of operational funding to keep pace with
capital expenditures (e.g. a new building requires increased operational funds for
additional staff, more electricity, etc.)
v) Campus Culture Committee
vi) Learning Committee
vii) Technology Steering Committee
 Presented mid-year report to CWF. See CWF minutes on my.pgcc.edu portal.
viii) Strategic Planning Committee
ix) Assessment Committee
 Presented mid-year report to CWF. See CWF minutes on my.pgcc.edu portal.
E. Chairs’ Council
o Blackboard will be updated to version 9 in May
o Discussion of appropriate hybrid class descriptions (should all classes with a computer
component be so identified in the schedule of classes?)
o Discussion of culminating experience (“Capstone”) classes.
F. Adjunct Faculty
o Attempting to create a committee to work on adjunct evaluations
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G. Representative from the Student Governance Board
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Micheal Emmanuel mentioned that the SGB is discussing the need for a dress code
(a decency issue)
Will be submitting recommendations to CWF
7. Old Business
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Tenure and promotion revisions
o Current status of proposal:
 At each step of the process the reviewer/reviewing committee will review the
application package/portfolio and make recommendations (approve or
disapprove)
 ILS
 Division Committee
 Dean
 Collegewide Committee
 VP (concur or not concur)
 President (concur or not concur – recommended only)
 Timetable
 Evaluation must be completed during the preceding academic year
o ILS and Dean complete evaluation process each spring
 Eligibility submitted and approved/disapproved in May
 Eligible applicants prepare portfolios over summer
 Portfolios due in September
 Review process completed during the fall semester.
o ILS and Dean complete portfolio review process each fall
 Appeals and approvals completed during the spring semester
 Submission to Board for May meeting while faculty still on campus
 Recommending additional “promotion eligibility” every five years after Full
Professor. (New ranks not yet discussed)
 Goal: To present proposal to Senate this spring and disseminate to all faculty
before spring break with a referendum after spring break.
o Discussion:
 Need to engage all VPs who have faculty in their areas in this discussion; not just
Academic Affairs.
 Some concern expressed regard “new ranks.”
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Elections
 Darlene Antezana has emailed a the following general spring election announcement:
o It's time for Faculty Senate elections for Spring 2010. We have numerous slots
open for Faculty Senate and Collegewide Forum, and several committees. Of
utmost importance are the positions for Faculty Senate President and Vice
President. These bodies are where your voice can be heard and your input
considered in decision-making for the college. Attached is a slate of open
positions. If you currently serve in one of these positions and wish to run again,
please email me so I can add your name to the ballot. If you want to run for one
of the positions, please contact me, again so I can set up the ballot. Suggestions
for positions are welcome, but only with the suggested person's approval. Please
take the time to view the slate and seriously consider running for one of the
positions. We need you!
o Senate members are encouraged to contact Darlene ASAP if your position is up
for election and plan to run again for that position.
o The proposal is to conduct the election before spring break in March
o Two new CWF vacancies need to be filled: Salil Das and Greg Weiss are unable
to attend CWF this spring.
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D. Tech Express
o The Tech Express proposal was developed by the Technology Steering Committee (TSC)
in hopes that it could be initially funded in spring 2010 using yet to be released
professional development funds.
o Hubley shared page 3 of the minutes from the January 21 Academic Council meeting.
The minutes include questions about tech express that should be considered by the Senate
o Alan noted that the Faculty Professional Development Committee has begun to discuss
TechExpress and is scheduled to continue that discussion with Dr. Dunnington. (Note:
This meeting did not occur due to the snow – ECB)
o Eldon summarized presentations and discussions in which he has participated with
Technology Steering Committee, Professional Development Committee, Academic
Council, and CWF.
o There is a great deal more behind the TechExpress proposal than to simply ask:
"Is this the best way to spend $60K?"
o The college has spent and will spend significant money (perhaps 2-3 million
dollars) to updated and equip college classrooms. This investment has already
occurred in the CAT building, and more will be spent to equip the new Center for
Health Studies. A few additional older classrooms have also been re-equipped
with intelligent instructor workstations. In addition, Dr. Dukes is committed to
upgrading all campus classrooms over the next three years. (She reiterated this
support at CWF this week.)
o Very few faculty currently utilize more a fraction of capabilities that are included
in the current standard for instructor workstations; these workstations already
exist in 10-15% of our existing classrooms.
o When the college was faced with the need to transform the old Telecourse
program into Elearning, a small group of faculty and staff
developed OnlineExpress.
o TechExpress is based upon the original OnlineExpress model. I have heard
nobody suggest thatOnlineExpress did not work, but as the Elearning program
evolved, the OnlineExpress model also evolved. I anticipate that if
instituted, TechExpress will also evolve.
o Faculty Professional Development never has been and never will be a "one-sizefits-all" proposition.
o For some faculty, an initial summer-base program may be more appropriate (but
not necessarily cheaper since most teaching faulty are off-contract during the
summer months.
o As more faculty in different departments become trained and start using more
technology in their own teaching-learning environments, they will be able to
serve as technology resource persons within their respective departments.
o As the number of trained faculty resource people grows, it is likely that
alternative models for faculty training and mentoring will also evolve.
o Questions:
 Does it make sense to spend millions of dollars to provide near state-ofthe-art technology in all campus classrooms and not also make a
significant parallel investment in training and supporting faculty in the
effective use that technology?
 Does it make sense to purchase and install all of state-of-the-are
instructor workstations in all of our classrooms over the next three years
before we begin training faculty to use that technology?
 Once the classrooms are equipped, will mandates and a few isolated
workshops be sufficient to cause significant numbers of faculty begin to
use that technology and make fundamental changes in their teachinglearning environments?
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And if not, then how much training, time, effort, motivation and support
will it take so that a significant number of faculty start utilizing
technology to make fundamental changes in their teaching-learning
environments?
o Dr. Dukes is a strong advocate for professional development, and in order to
advance professional development and training at Prince George's Community
College she has established the new Office of Professional Development. Due to
the current economic crisis, Dr. Dukes has thus far released minimal new funding
for professional development.
o Eldon will encourage the Faculty Professional Development Committee to
propose a comprehensive program of faculty professional development, and to
advocate for funding of that program.
 While in his opinion a comprehensive professional development program
must include technology, professional development should certainly not
be limited to technology. If the decision is made that TechExpress is
not an appropriate technology training model for Prince George's
Community College faculty, then he will be happy to work with the
committee to develop more appropriate models. While cost will always
be a consideration, for him the primary concern in evaluating any
professional development model should be: "Will it work?"
Discussion ended when the meeting ended without reaching any conclusions.
D. Other old business?
o Draft letter to Dukes concerning reserved parking spaces for Board of Trustees was
approved.
8. New Business
A. Adjunct faculty (FO meeting to discuss? Retreat?)
B. Elect faculty to the three dean search committees.
 Conducted elections for at large faculty representatives on three Dean’s Search
Committees:
o Health Sciences
o Learning Foundations
o STEM
 Results of the election by secret ballot are as follows:
o Health Sciences—Nancy Meman (Allied Health) and Shelly Caldwell-Bennett
(Student Support Services)
o Learning Foundations—Rosanne Benn (Developmental Mathematics) and Alan
Mickelson (Professional Development)
o STEM—Charles Thomas (Information and Engineering Technology) and Ray
Harris (Public Safety and Law)
C. Other new business?
o Greg Weiss shared FYI that the Business Department is discussing a proposal to
create a “School of Business.” This proposal will be shared with the Senate
eventually.
9. Agenda Items for Upcoming Meetings
A. Suggestions?
10. Adjournment
o The meeting adjourned at 5:20 PM.
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