Senate Standard 5.15
| Senate Standard 5.15 |
| In the Standard this week: – Senate Meeting March 8 – Spring Commencement Ceremony Date – Senate Elections – Second Round of Nominations -Administrative Services Council (ASC) – Comments on Administrative Rule 4.0501.01 – Payroll In Case You Missed It – Academic and Student Affairs Council (ASAC) — Comments on the Guidelines and Procedures for Faculty Librarian Evaluation — Comments on the Annual Summary Faculty Evaluation FormShort Survey on NEW ACC Values-Juan [email protected] |
| Senate Meeting March 8 |
| We are holding a Faculty Senate meeting this Friday. You can find the tentative agenda here. For all faculty attending the meeting (online or in person), please everyone do not forget to RSVP by this Thursday at 4 pm. For Senators who will miss the meeting, please have a proxy for the meeting. I’lI update the sign-in Google form to include proxies.I hope to see you at the meeting. |
| Spring Commencement Date |
| This year’s spring graduation ceremony will be held Friday, May 17. We traditionally have held ACC’s graduation ceremonies during the week of final exams, not the week after. This year it was not possible to reserve a venue in Austin to accommodate the large number of students, families, faculty, and staff attending this important event for that previous week. We hope to see you there, but since faculty are off-contract that day you are not required to attend. |
| Senate Elections – Second Round of Nominations |
| Thanks to all faculty that have been nominated (and accepted) to be part of the Senate for next year. Here are the current vacant Senate seats: Areas of Study – Four vacancies, one from each area: Arts, Digital Media & Communications Computer Science & IT Design, Manufacturing, Construction, and Applied Technologies Student Affairs Campus Representatives – Five vacancies, one from each of the following campuses: Cypress Creek Hays Highland Campus Rio Grande South Austin At Large Seats – Two vacancies. Note: Per our bylaws nominees in the second round of nominations can fill a vacant position or contest any position that already has a nominee, including the President-Elect position. Any additional nominations made through the Friday following the end of spring break shall be added to the slate of nominees. You can find the current slate of nominees here. We currently have one nominee for President-Elect: Dr. Alberto Quiñonez, Department Chair – Engineering Technology. To nominate yourself or a colleague for a Senator seat, complete this form by 5 pm on Friday, March 22. To nominate yourself or a colleague for President-Elect, complete this form by 5 pm on Friday, March 22. For those who wish to be President-Elect, please send your platform statement to Jennifer Brimberry after you fill out the nomination form. You can find information on the President-Elect position at the Faculty Senate website. Again, thanks for your interest in being part of the Senate. |
| Administrative Services Council (ASC): Open for Faculty Comments |
| The Administrative Services Council (ASC) has reviewed and approved proposed changes to the following Administrative Rule (AR) and posted the draft for comments from ACC employees: 4.0501.01 Payroll – The proposed changes are non-substantive (updates to department names and position titles, grammatical corrections, and removal of redundant language). The draft is available for viewing and adding comments here: https://sites.google.com/austincc.edu/asc/draft-changes-to-administrative-rules-and-guidelinesprocedures Please read the instructions before adding comments. The deadline for comments is April 1, 2024. |
| In Case You Missed It |
| ASAC (Academic and Student Affairs Council): Open for Faculty Comments Item one: Revised Faculty Evaluation Form. This is a follow/up to the existing Guideline/Procedure 4.1201.02.1 that was approved on 5/9/23. As we move into this new approach to evaluation, ASAC approved a draft of the content of the updated evaluation summary form. We are requesting faculty feedback on the content that will eventually be available in a fillable form and a cleaner format. Please use the Faculty Evaluation Form- Comment Form to submit any comments. Item two: Faculty Librarians G/P This G/P (Guideline/Procedures) is related to faculty evaluations for librarians. To support the updates to the faculty evaluation process adopted in AY 2023, these Guidelines/Procedures were drafted for Faculty Librarians and are available for faculty comment. Faculty Librarian Evaluation G/P- Comment Form Please submit all comments no later than EOB (End Of Business Day) Wednesday, April 3rd. For general information on Administrative Rules and Guidelines/Procedures follow this link _________________________________________________________________________ ACC’s New College Values – Survey We have been tasked (both adjunct and full-time faculty) to come up with a number of behaviors to be aligned with the new college values. The Chancellor will go into depth on both the Theory of Change and Values at the collegewide Data Summit on Wednesday, March 27. The Chancellor introduced the new values at his town hall talk on January 19th (begins at 28:11) and had a more concrete discussion of these with the Board of Trustees at the February 12 special session (begins at 10:18). Please fill out the following short survey where we are looking to codify these values for all faculty by 5pm on Tuesday, March 19. |