February 15, 2022FAEC Meeting Minutes, Jan 26, 2022

FAEC MINUTES 01/26/22

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 10:14am.

Minutes Approval: The 1/12/22 minutes and 1/19/22 were approved. 

FA PRESIDENT’S REPORT

Meeting with Provost: Discussed the matters brought up at faculty forum of the ongoing pandemic. Discussed dissemination of information on buildings status such as building’s HVACs. Importance of stressing to students that they have to wear an actual well-fitted mask, preferably N95 or KN95 masks. 

FAEC DISCUSSION

IT can provide webcams for classrooms if faculty request them. 

Discussion of changing times for the private shuttle from the college to NYC; it will impact some faculty who commute from NYC. Discussion of the college’s physical accessibility regarding public transportation. 

Discussion of OSS policy that faculty must submit their exams/quizzes in a digital form for alternative testing accommodations. Faculty are not allowed to provide paper copies of exams/quizzes. 

New Business: 

Discussion of adjunct faculty sick leave and how it is calculated. Discussion of sick leave for full time faculty and how it is calculated. How do earned sick days under the New Jersey Earned Sick Leave Law work? How many hours of earned sick time is used/deducted for each traditional one hundred minute class missed due to illness.  

Discussion of confusing messages regarding whether faculty is supposed to stay home or come in when they are ill. Discussion of lack of hybrid meetings for faculty required to quarantine to be able to participate.

Discussion of restrictions of hybrid or virtual summer courses, only online or in-person courses are currently allowed for this summer.

Rikki Abzug provided the report of the Faculty Assembly Representative to the Board of Trustees Human, Capital, and Financial Resources Committee. (see below)

FAEC Guests: None

Meeting adjourned at 12:13 am.

 

Categories: FA Meeting Minutes 2022, RAMAPO FAEC, Uncategorized

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January 29, 2022FAEC Meeting Minutes, Jan 19, 2022

FAEC MINUTES 01/19/22

 

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 10:01am.

Minutes Approval: The 12/08/21 minutes were approved. 

 

FA PRESIDENT’S REPORT

Meeting with President Jebb: Discussed the challenges of the ongoing pandemic.. 

FAEC DISCUSSION

Teaching Faculty responses: Discussion of importance and challenges of occasionally having class sessions be remote due to changes in pandemic circumstances. Discussion of college’s COVID safety precautions. 

Covid response (incongruent messaging): HR advises based on individual circumstances. Messaging has not been incongruent. 

Boosters for AFT and students (Feb 28): Faculty and students have to get their booster and submit the documentation by February 28. 

Final Exam Schedule and Arching/Graduation: The shift at the beginning of the semester will cause Arching/Graduation to take place while there will still be exams taking place.  

ByLaws: ByLaws Passed! Three topic areas did not pass.  The 11 to 12 change did not pass. Quorum change did not pass. Adding ARC, WAC, and GECCo did not pass. 

White board for PNP: Advised that the white board is no longer being used for this purpose.

Garden State Guarantee & Meeting with Admin re: fiscal health: The college has its first students under the Garden State Guarantee. FA President will be meeting with the administration regarding the budget.  

Faculty Forum: Provide faculty an hour to share their concerns regarding COVID and the semester ahead. 

New Business: None

FAEC Guests: None

Meeting adjourned at 11:13 am..

 

Categories: FA Meeting Minutes 2022, RAMAPO FAEC

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