Faculty Senate Prioritization of Issues for 2010-11

Setting the Internal Faculty Senate Agenda

1. Faculty Benefits Package A

Retirement Plan Choice (PERA & SS)Extended Flex AccountInsurance Waivers (Equity)Sick Leave Bank

2. Faculty Benefits Package B

Child Care SubsidyExtended TuitionCampus ParkingBus Pass Discount

3. General Benefits Package

Monthly Luncheon with Classified StaffExtended TuitionCampus ParkingBus Pass DiscountEmergency Loan Funds

4. T/TT Faculty Salaries

Equity-ParityGender Equity studySalary inversionsSummer payMasters Courses pay* Vote on Welfare Committee’s Plan

5. Review of Senate Structures

By-laws and ConstitutionCommittees (Relevance and Roles)Senate Membership and Distribution

6. Review of Senate Processes

Sub-committee for TT faculty to bring issues to Senate

Address intimidation issues “What has the Senate produced in the

last 5 years?” -EvaluationNo Mic runner, use podium“More action, less words”

7. Policy on Chairs

Defining RoleProper Vetting Compensation PlanExternal Hiring

8. Address Communication IssuesLack of Transparency at top levelsDistrust at all levels“The PR Machine”

9. General Studies

Communication with CommitteeVote on Final plan

10. Curriculum Policy

Transparent Timeline of Curriculum Review

Guidelines for Graduate CoursesReview of 2+2 Curriculum

11. Policy on Differentiated Workload

Formulate Policy and VoteDefine Program Directors

12. Address Climate Survey

Follow up on Climate Survey Address issues with PolicyMake Data Available to everyone

13. Reform Faculty Evaluation Process

Streamline and Simplify it No Annual Evals in Dossier Years Electronic Dossier System

Senate Interface with Faculty Evaluation Task Force

Student Evaluations of Teaching On-line

14. Comprehensive Grade Policy

+/- GradingUpdate Policy on “Permanent F”Review “last grade standing”Issues with CAPP reports (Ds and Fs)

15. Policy on Visiting Faculty

Category 2 Faculty Revision Proposed 5/5 load

16. Benefits and Opportunities of Affiliate FacultyHealth InsurancFunds for TravelBonus Pay Fund for Achievements

17. Policy on Center for Faculty DevelopmentOverall Policy on CFD

“Fund it”vs.

“Get it out of my way”More PD Workshops

18. Policy on Shared Governance

Clearly define “Shared Governance” Have a clear process and stick to itMake Faculty Senate a more powerful

voice in college policy making Have mechanism to say “no” to bad

policies Evaluate Administrators (get qualified

and accountable people in positions of Authority)

19. Restoration of Tenure Rights

Restore Full Tenure Rights in the Handbook for ALL Tenured Faculty

Input into financial Exigency Policy

20. Support for Staff

Funding for more staff positionsBetter training for staffEvaluation systemExtend tuition benefitsPD opportunitiesEmergency loan fundsMonthly luncheon for classified staff

21. Benefits and Funding for Classified StaffFunding for Staff Council EventsFunds for Extra-duty (after hours) payFree RTDFree Campus ParkingSick Leave BankChild Care Subsidy

22. Mechanism for Faculty Interface with IT Defining IT’s role in academic missionSystematic faculty input into IT planningBetter information sharing on update

and downtime schedulesProperly trained IT professionalsGreater freedom and access to existing

IT resources for facultyGreater access to external resources at

the college (ex. e-mail forwarding)

23. Policy on Equipment Replacement Cycle of faculty computer replacementCycle of academic lab equipment

replacementCycle for office furniture

24. Policy for Addressing HR Issues

Definition of HR’s role at academic institution (“Incompetent” HR -> Faculty “Slaves”)

Training and evaluation of HR staffComplaint protocols

25. General Policy on Space AllocationSystemic evaluation of office space and

departmental footprintSystemic evaluation and

laboratory/studio spaceSenate input into new buildings and

their academic space allocations

26. Space Issues of Specific Projects Relocation of Tennis Courts/Athletic

fieldsDetails of Hotel and it’s academic

spaces

28. Break up Auraria

Failed experiment

27. Policy Addressing Bicycles on CampusMore bike paths, CorridorsMore Bike Racks

29. Ban Smoking on Campus

30. Campus-wide Automatic External DefibulatorGet them ?

31. Senate RTP Process & Structure

Role of Senate RTPRestructure?Department Guidelines vs. RTP Expectations

32. Workload

Class Size

33. Intellectual Property Rights