{"id":2166,"date":"2022-05-03T19:11:49","date_gmt":"2022-05-03T19:11:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/facultysenate\/?p=2166"},"modified":"2022-05-03T19:11:49","modified_gmt":"2022-05-03T19:11:49","slug":"full-time-faculty-shared-governance-councils","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/facultysenate\/full-time-faculty-shared-governance-councils\/","title":{"rendered":"Full time Faculty Shared Governance Councils"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>Hello Faculty Colleagues,<br>I implore all full-time faculty to serve on ACC&#8217;s crucial decision-making committees and councils. This essential work ensures full-time faculty voices are heard at the many policy-setting meetings held throughout the academic year. Please visit ACC <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.austincc.edu\/facstaff\/organizational-reference\/shared-governance-at-acc\" target=\"_blank\">Shared Governance<\/a> for details about our role in shaping ACC policies and procedures.<br><strong>Our presence on the councils and committees is our primary vehicle to advocate for our students and one another!<\/strong><br>Additionally, but not incidentally, full-time faculty members have a contractual obligation to complete college and department service. Representing the full-time faculty is an excellent way, and perhaps the most effective one, to fulfill this obligation. Listen to what your colleagues say about volunteering for college-wide service:<strong><em>&#8220;<\/em><\/strong><em> I volunteer so I can learn more about the big picture of the college, and because I believe that faculty voices matter. I also think that collaboration with administration is an important way we can support our students. Lastly, it gives me the chance to meet other people at ACC who inspire me!&#8221; &#8220;so that I can be involved in decision-making processes that affect ACC students, faculty, and staff.&#8221; &#8220;Being a part of something bigger than myself.&#8221; &#8220;Making sure faculty are protected, and advocating for us. <\/em><br><em>&#8220;<\/em><strong>Sign Up and Let Your Voice Be Heard!<\/strong> <br>To learn more about the councils\/committees and to express your interest in serving on one or more of them, please complete <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSfb_jA_WMxRFaj5_bYY1MwmhajB5swcffJriMchW-sBtN5wSg\/viewform?usp=sf_link\" target=\"_blank\">THIS FORM<\/a> by <strong>May 20, 2022.<\/strong>~SamanthaSamantha Croft, Ph.D.<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"mailto:scroft@austincc.edu\" target=\"_blank\">scroft@austincc.edu<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello Faculty Colleagues,I implore all full-time faculty to serve on ACC&#8217;s crucial decision-making committees and councils. This essential work ensures full-time faculty voices are heard at the many policy-setting meetings held throughout the academic year. Please visit ACC Shared Governance for details&hellip;<span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/facultysenate\/full-time-faculty-shared-governance-councils\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4235,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-updates"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/facultysenate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2166","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/facultysenate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/facultysenate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/facultysenate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4235"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/facultysenate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2166"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/facultysenate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2166\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/facultysenate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/facultysenate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/facultysenate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}