FAEC MINUTES 02/09/22

FAEC MINUTES 02/09/22

Present: Naseem Choudhury (President, SSHS), Bonnie Blake (Councilor-at-Large over 11, CA), Katie Cohen (Library), Donna Flynn (Councilor-at-Large under 11, TAS), Ken McMurdy (TAS), Lisa Lutter, (CA), Thierry Rakotobe-Joel (ASB), Mihaela Serban (SSHS), Ed Shannon (Vice President, HGS), Jeffrey Ellsworth (Secretary)

Vote to bring meeting to order at 10:03am.

FA PRESIDENT’S REPORT: Faculty have raised concerns regarding New Jersey Governor announcing mask policy change. However, this does not impact the college as it only applies to K-12 educational institutions.

Meeting with Provost: Discussed the positive state of vaccination for on campus constituencies. Discussion of flexibility for hybrid formats for summer courses.

FAEC DISCUSSION:

Discussion of Inclement Weather Day Policy. Discussion of concerns regarding recent Inclement Weather Day messaging that deviated from past practice. It appeared to shift policy from faculty strategically determining the best pedagogical approach to address course class hours, whether through synchronous remote learning or asynchronous methods, to a requirement of handling the matters only through synchronous remote learning. Such a shift would be pedagogically concerning, as well as not addressing internet/power outages of faculty and students.

Faculty may consider:

• • Planning ahead when unsafe travel conditions appear likely and should communicate with their students and deans regarding how they intend to adapt to Inclement Weather Days.
  • Addressing in their course syllabi their intended practice on Inclement Weather Days.

Lisa Lutter and Eric Wiener are standing for Campus Master Plan Committee. If there are no objections, they will be put forward as the nominees.

New Business: Discussion of whether faculty could be provided a list of the potential situations for which a student may be restricted from campus and when faculty would be notified in each scenario. Faculty has expressed confusion regarding email notifications that a student is excused from class because they are currently restricted from campus.

Bonnie Blake provided ITS Report: ITS is working on meeting continuing lab needs.

FAEC Guests: None

Meeting adjourned at 11:57 am.

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