FAEC MINUTES 03/23/22

FAEC MINUTES 03/23/22

Present: Naseem Choudhury (President, SSHS), 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 10:13am.

Minutes Approval: The 03/09/22 minutes were approved.

FA PRESIDENT’S REPORT:

Transportation Survey: Survey is complete and executive summary is being compiled.

Results from Forum: Forum was well attended and many suggestions were put forward regarding creating community after the pandemic.

Course Caps: Leah Warner has prepared a document regarding best practices course caps for differing course delivery methods.

April FA’s: There will be a Faculty Forum on April 6 regarding the proposed Handbook revisions.

Transition planning: Discussion of transition of FAEC presidency and other FAEC positions. Naseem has created onboarding and workflow documents for the FAEC presidency.

FA now has two representatives for SMAAC: Kelly Dolak and Scott Frees.

FAEC DISCUSSION:

New Business:

Nicole Morgan Agard and Rachel Sawyer: Bias Exploratory Committee – 2019 David Oh was selected to be the FA representative to the committee. Findings of the Exploratory Committee resulted in a policy and a new permanent Bias Incident Response Team. Seeking a representative for the Bias Incident Response Team for a two year term. Team does not respond to individual incidents, but rather reviews aggregate data and seeks to inform programs and policies. There is a difference between a bias complaint and a discrimination complaint, handled through different offices, different mechanisms. Restorative justice conference offered if there is a bias incident.

Virginia Galdieri: Update on the Handbook revision process. A first draft of the handbook revisions will be presented in April and faculty will vote on whether to endorse. Thereafter, the draft will be distributed to AFT, legal, and the administration for review and changes may result. If any substantive changes result, then the changes will be brought back to the faculty in September for a revote on endorsement.

Katie Cohen: Attended the Alice Active Shooter training and recommended it. More trainings are scheduled.

FAEC Guests: Nicole Morgan Agard (CDO) & Rachel Sawyer (Associate Dir.); Virginia Galdieri (AVP- HR)

Meeting adjourned at 12:12 pm.

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