02-19-04

 

 

Proposed Bylaw on Faculty Council on Education

 

Proposal to add new Bylaw, as follows:

 

XI.  Faculty Council on Education

 

A.  The Mission of the Faculty Council on Education shall be to provide a forum for faculty to discuss and make recommendations on issues related to effective teaching and learning and educational excellence.

 

B.  The Faculty Council on Education shall:

            1.  Elect Co-Chairs from its membership who shall not also be General

                 Officers of the Federation;

            2.  Establish committees of the Faculty Council on Education, including one

                 focused on general education, and appoint members to such committees;

            3.  Meet as needed.  All members of the Federation bargaining units, and

                 Department Heads, shall have the right to attend and speak at Faculty Council

                 on Education meetings;

            4.  Review and act on reports from Faculty Council on Education committees;

            5.  Make recommendations to the Standing Committees;

            6.  Make recommendations to the General Education Coordinator and

                 Committee on matters of implementation of General Education policy,

                 should this Coordinator and this Committee be instituted;

            7.  Make recommendations to the Representative Council, or to the

                 bargaining units’ Proposals Committees, or the General Membership;

            8.  Send copies of its recommendations to the Executive Committee for

                 review concerning their impact on contractual issues and for possible

                 referral to the appropriate bargaining unit or General Membership.  The

                 Federation’s General Membership and bargaining units have final

                 authority on all contractual matters.

            

 

C.  Faculty Council on Education Representatives

            1.    Department Representatives to the Faculty Council on Education.

                    a,  Each of the academic Departments shall elect Faculty Council on Education Representative(s) from among its members (including the Department Head).  Departments are identified in the attached document.  

                    b.  A department with one Federation member shall be entitled to a representative.  For each additional thirty (30) Federation members, the department is entitled to elect one (1) additional representative.   Notwithstanding the above, no Department shall be entitled to more than six representatives.  Alternate Representatives shall be listed in the order of votes received.

             2.  At-Large Representatives to the Faculty Council on Education

                   a.  In addition to departmental representatives to the Faculty Council on Education, there shall be four at-large representatives elected from the FT Bargaining Unit and four at-large representatives elected from the PT/VL Bargaining Unit. Candidates may run for election both in their department and at-large.

             3.    Faculty Council on Education Representatives shall be elected in the Spring of each academic year for a one-year term, in accordance with the provisions of Article XII of the Federation’s Constitution, except that all members of each of the Faculty Bargaining Units and Department Heads shall be eligible to vote. The terms of all Representatives shall begin on the following September 1.

             4.   A Faculty Council on Education Representative shall:

                    (a) Serve as a member of the Faculty Council on Education, helping the

                         Council to carry out its mission;

                    (b) Convey to the Council concerns and insights of his/her colleagues; and

                    (c) Communicate with his/her Department, and with the faculty in general,

                          all questions under consideration by the Faculty Council on Education.

                    

 

D. Co-Chairs of the Faculty Council on Education

            1.   The Co-Chairs shall:

                    (a) Call meetings of the Faculty Council on Education as required by the Council; or upon the request of the Co-Presidents or the Executive Committee; or upon presentation to the Co-Chairs of a petition of twenty (20%) per cent of the Council’s membership;

                    (b) Preside at meetings of the Faculty Council on Education;

                    (c ) Be ex officio members of the Federation’s Executive Committee; and

                    (d) Make a written or oral report at each Representative Council meeting on proposals being considered by the Faculty Council.