{"id":2621,"date":"2024-07-16T03:37:12","date_gmt":"2024-07-16T03:37:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/facultysenate\/?p=2621"},"modified":"2024-07-16T03:37:12","modified_gmt":"2024-07-16T03:37:12","slug":"faculty-senate-standard-5-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/facultysenate\/faculty-senate-standard-5-23\/","title":{"rendered":"Faculty Senate Standard 5.23"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Senate Standard – June 27, 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Senate Standard 5.23<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
In the Standard this week:Transform ED: A Call to Faculty to ApplySenate Proposal on Salary IncreasesIn Case You Missed ItFaculty Needed for a Focus Group
–Juan<\/em>
jcmolina@austincc.edu<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<\/td><\/tr><\/thead><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Transform ED: Call to Faculty to Participate<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
\u00a0Full-time faculty are invited\u00a0to apply<\/a>\u00a0for the second faculty cohort in TransformEd.\u00a0\u00a0TransformEd is an opportunity for faculty to conduct research, look at data, engage in environmental scans, learn with other Instructional and Student Affairs leaders, and ultimately design and propose change initiatives to support the future of education at ACC.\u00a0 As an example, this year’s TransformED faculty have proposed and designed a chat bot for faculty to use when they have questions about resources available to students.\u00a0 Full-time faculty who are selected for Cohort Two will receive 9 LEH of release time in the Fall and Spring semesters.\u00a0 If you are curious about the experience, you can reach out to\u00a0Dr. Marilyn Yale<\/a>\u00a0(Government) or\u00a0Jaime Cantu<\/a>\u00a0(Biology) who participated in the inaugural cohort.\u00a0 You can also connect with\u00a0Stephanie Long<\/a>, Associate Dean for the Faculty Center for Learning & Innovation, who has been a key leader in this year’s TransformEd work.

You may apply through\u00a0this form<\/a>\u00a0and a selection committee will be established to finalize next year’s cohort.\u00a0 Since selected faculty will need to give up sections, we want to be thoughtful about the need to restaff sections before the Fall semester begins.\u00a0 Please submit applications by July 19 so that selections can be made and faculty and department chairs can be notified.\u00a0<\/td><\/tr>
Senate Proposal on Salary Increases<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
This Monday, July 1, our Board of Trustees will weigh in on salary adjustments for next year.

The budget currently includes a salary adjustment for most employees, including faculty, of only 4.5%. Contrary to common belief, we are not currently the best paid faculty in the state. Much more concerning, though, is the erosion of our salaries over the last several years.

Inflation makes this erosion harder to detect. After looking at inflation over an eight year period, the Senate Salary and Benefits Committee recommends a salary adjustment of 8.5% for FY25.I encourage everyone to come and support this proposal this Monday at the Board meeting, starting at 4 pm, in the boardroom at HLC, building 3000, room 2110. From the parking lot it is easiest to get there at the South entrance. Please plan on attending for about 45 minutes to an hour, when the employee associations have finished their reports to the Board. Our presence can make a big impression on the Board. You can also volunteer to speak during Citizens’ Communication near the beginning of the meeting. More information is at:\u00a0https:\/\/offices.austincc.edu\/board-of-trustees\/board-meetings\/<\/a>

Juan<\/td><\/tr>
In Case You Missed It<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Faculty Needed for a Focus Group:\u00a0<\/strong>

Audrey Ellis from the University of Maryland Global Campus is researching the experience of participating in multiple initiatives at a community college as part of her dissertation and she would like to have ACC faculty participate in a 90 minute virtual focus group held on June 28, starting at 1:30pm.\u00a0(<\/strong>Click here<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0to sign up)<\/strong>

You can reach Audrey at\u00a0aellis66@student.umgc.edu<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0should you have any\u00a0.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Senate Standard – June 27, 2024 Senate Standard 5.23 In the Standard this week:Transform ED: A Call to Faculty to ApplySenate Proposal on Salary IncreasesIn Case You Missed ItFaculty Needed for a Focus Group–Juanjcmolina@austincc.edu\u00a0 Transform ED: Call to Faculty to Participate \u00a0Full-time…Read More »<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4224,"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-2621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-updates"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/facultysenate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2621","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\/4224"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/facultysenate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2621"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/facultysenate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2621\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/facultysenate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/facultysenate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/facultysenate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}