DEAN’S COUNCIL CHARTER 9/17/13
PURPOSE
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Academic/ Faculty Procedures and Policies
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Plan for Academic Program Growth
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The Dean’s Council will:
 Establish, revise, and communicate procedures and policies that are OSU-Cascades specific.
 Communicate OSU-Corvallis procedures and policy as appropriate.
The Dean’s Council will:
 Discuss, propose, and lead changes to:
 Reach 2500 students by 2020 as it relates to programs, facilities, and infrastructure.
 Support the values and behaviors we desire at OSU-Cascades even as we grow.
 Encourage collaboration across divisions (e.g., Brains and Brew, campus centers,
deans cross-divisional responsibilities, facility design).
Communicate
o The Dean’s Council will communicate, solicit input, provide feedback via the following channels:
 Faculty representatives with their divisional faculty.
 Associate Dean(s) with JCC.
 Dean with the Leadership Team.
o The monthly faculty meeting will be coordinated by the Dean and facilitated by a divisional rep (fallRon, winter-Carolyn, and spring-Sara).
MEMBERSHIP
Currently, the membership for the Dean’s Council includes:
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Divisional faculty representatives from Human Health and Wellness, Healthy Community, and Arts and Sciences
that are elected by faculty ballot. Beginning in AY 2013-14, the representatives will serve for three years with
one rep rotating off the council each year.
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Administrative faculty
o Dean of Academic Programs-chair the council
o Associate Deans
MEETING SCHEDULE
Meetings will be scheduled for 90 minutes once per month.
The VP of the campus will meet with the Dean’s Counsel once per term and this meeting will typically include the full
Leadership Team.
Key meeting outcomes will be communicated from the meetings and posted online. Last 15 minutes of each meeting
will be used to outline key outcomes.
BEHAVIORS WE AGREED TO MODEL WITH EACH OTHER AND THE LARGER OSU-CASCADES COMMUNITY
9/17/13
Each individual of the Dean’s Council agreed to enact the emerging campus ethos statement by demonstrating the
following supportive behaviors:
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Watch our natural tendency to hold disciplinary and rank/role biases, and exhibit civil and collegial behaviors.
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Listen more/better, using confirming and supportive behaviors.
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Be compassionate, remembering that our colleagues, students, and staff are individuals first, and individuals
have a lot going on in their lives.
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Seek out the quiet voices.
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Act transparently.
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Focus first on the whole (OSU-Cascades), before our programs or divisions.
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Recognize that productive conflict is actually beneficial and is an opportunity to demonstrate respect for
members of our community.