Notes from Jane’s report from the February 2016 board meeting

Jane gave a presentation today on the February 2016 board meeting. Because there was only one scheduled presentation and it intersected with class time, a faculty member requested that Clerk’s find somebody to take notes and share them. I found me. Here’s my summary of Jane’s presentation, which included an accompanying slide presentation. Jane began by …

LAGER podcast #3 – GELOs

This podcast describes the relationship between the new draft curriculum and the faculty-approved GELOs (General Education Learning Outcomes, a set of goals for our general education curriculum approved by faculty).

Clerk’s Committee Agenda, Tuesday March 29th, 2016

Clerk’s Committee Meeting Agenda – Tuesday March 29, 2016 1:00 pm 1. Gathering and Moment of Silence – 3 minutes 2. Approval of Minutes from March 22, 2016 – 2 minutes 3. For review: Faculty Meeting Agenda for 3/30 – 20 minutes 4. For discussion: Potential FAC process and standards changes – 30 minutes 5. …

New policy appendices for faculty handbook

Hi, colleagues – Clerk’s committee recently discussed two new appendices to the Faculty Handbook which cover policies that we are required by SACS-COC to have in place. Clerk’s decided that these fell under the category of “routine policy,” and that it was thus not necessary to bring them to faculty meeting for approval. According to …

Alumni Association solicits award nominees from faculty

[From Miriam Biber] You tell us who is worthy. The Guilford College Alumni Association annually presents their prestigious awards to meritorious alumni and community members: Exemplary Educator, Alumni Excellence, Charles C. Hendricks Distinguished Service, Young Alumni Achievement, Community Cares, and Honorary Alumnus Awards. We depend on our faculty to help us honor our alumni and …

Changes to part-time and overload compensation

Beth Rushing has recently changed and standardized compensation for part-time and overload teaching, both of which are paid by the course. She distributed this to division chairs, but I’m not sure everybody saw it. I thought it would be useful to post the prior system and the current system for comparison. The old system Under …

Clerk’s Committee Agenda for meeting on Tuesday, March 22, 2016

Clerk’s Committee Meeting Agenda Tuesday March 22, 2016 1:00 pm 1. Gathering and Moment of Silence – 3 minutes 2. Approval of Minutes from March 8, 2016 – 2 minutes 3. For approval: Ad hoc awards committee – 10 minutes 4. For discussion: Service compensation model – 10 minutes 5. For discussion: Potential FAC process …

Clerk’s Committee Meeting Minutes, March 1, 2016

Clerk’s Committee Meeting Minutes Tuesday, March 1, 2016, 1 p.m. Attending: Dave Dobson (Clerk), Gwen Erickson (Recording Clerk), Sarah Estow (Social Sciences), Sherry Giles (Business, Policy, and Sports Studies), Sadie Hunter (Traditional Student representative), Lisa McLeod (Humanities), Beth Rushing (Vice President for Academic Affairs & Academic Dean), Kathryn Shields (Arts), and Steve Shapiro (Natural Sciences …