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April 27, 2010
OFFICERS: Mark Jaede, vacant, David Warne, Michael Tripp
IFO BOARD: Thomas Hergert, Debra Leigh, Susan Motin
NEGOTIATOR: Michael Connaughton
BUSINESS: (Unit Representative) Bill Hudson; (ACCT) vacant; (BCIS) Susantha Herath, vacant; (FIRE) Li Zhang; (MGMT) Larry Roth, Orn Bodvarsson; (MKGB) Jim Johnson, Rajesh Gulati
EDUCATION: (Unit Representative) Frances Kayona; (CFS) Fati Zarghami; (CEHEEP) Trae Downing, Bob Murphy; (HPERSS) Hector Antunez, vacant; (HURL) vacant; (ELCP) Tina Livingston, Chaturi Edrisinha; (IM) Fred Hill; (SPED) Michael Pickle, Janet Salk (TDEV) vacant, Steve Hornstein, vacant
FINE ARTS & HUMANITIES: (Unit Representative) Judy Kilborn; (ART) Julie Baugnet, Kathryn Gainey; (CDSI) Cindy Lofton; (CMST) Matt Vorrell, Eddah Mutuo-Kombo, Marla Kanengieter; (ENGL) Judith Dorn, Jamie Heiman, Jim Robinson, Carol Mohrbacher; (FORL) Shawn Jarvis, Bill Langen; (COMM) vacant, vacant; (MUSIC) Matt Ferrell, vacant; (PHIL) Paul Neiman; (THFD) Jeffrey Bleam
SCIENCE & ENGINEERING: (Unit Representative) Balsy Kasi; (AVIA) Steve Anderson; (BIL) Kristin Gulrud, Maureen Tubbiola, Matt Julius; (CHEM) Rebecca Krystyniak, Mohammad Mahroof-Tahir; (CSCI) Andrew Anda, vacant; (EAS) Bob Weisman; (EE) vacant, Mahbub Hossain; (ETS) Tony Akubue; (ME) Steve Covey; (MATH) Dale Buske, Janis Cimperman, Stephanie Houdek; (NURS) Darlene Copley, Patricia Bresser; (PHYS) Maria Womack; (STAT) Ezzat Kirmani
SOCIAL SCIENCES: (Unit Representative) Tracy Ore; (CMTY) Rona Karasik; (CJS) Mario Hesse, Mary Clifford; (ECON) Arta Ratha, David Switzer; (ES) Christopher Lehman; (GEOG) Hung Chin Yu; (HIST) Jeff Mullins, Maureen O’Brien; (POL) Morgan Nyendu, Shoua Yang; (PSYC) Chris Jazwinski, Jody Illies; (SW) Sandra Chesborough; Cathy Stilwill; (SAN) Matthew Tornow, Robert Lavenda, Sandrine Zerbib; (WS) Elizabeth Berila
SPECIAL SERVICES: (Unit Representative) JoAnn Gasparino; (Academic Support) Geoffrey Tabakin; (COUN) Steve Jenkins; (LR&TS) Chris Inkster, Sandra Q. Williams, Tom Steman; (MEN’S ATHL) vacant; (WOMEN’S ATHL) vacant
GUESTS: Joe Melcher from Assessment Steering Committee
1. Call to order at 3:17 p.m.
Motion to move the agenda to item 8.e: General Education Committee Minutes April 16, 2010—(Inkster). No objection
2. Approval/Filing of
Minutes
a. Senate Minutes April 20, 2010 (FS042710 2.a)
Motion to approve Faculty Senate minutes of April 20, 2010, and actions included—(Motin/Gasparino). Passed
Motion to move the agenda to item 9.c: Motion Regarding Classification of Counselors—(Gasparino). No objection
b. Executive Committee Minutes—no minutes
to approve.
c. Budget Review Committee Minutes April 1, 2010 (FS042710 2.c)
Motion to approve Budget Review Committee minutes of April 1, 2010, and all actions included—(Hill/Motin). Passed
d. University Curriculum Committee (UCC) Minutes February 18, 2010; April 13, 2010; April 15, 2010; April 20, 2010; April 22, 2010; and April 27, 2010 (FS042710 2.d.1-d.6)
Motion to approve UCC minutes of February 18, 2010, and all action included—(Hergert/Motin). Passed
Motion to approve UCC minutes of April 13, 2010, and all action included—(Motin/Hill). Passed
Motion to approve UCC minutes of April 15, 2010, and all action included—(Motin/Gasparino). Passed
Motion to approve UCC minutes of April 20, 2010, and all action included—(Weisman/Karasik). Passed
Motion to approve UCC minutes of April 22, 2010, and all action included—(Weisman/Buske). Passed
Motion to approve UCC minutes of April 27, 2010, and all action included except those separated below for special consideration—(Weisman/Jarvis). Passed
Motion to separate all courses for goal areas seven for special consideration—(Tripp). No objection
ETHS 201
ETHS 206
Not including CJS 111 was approved for area 5 but not discussed for approval of area 7.
Motion to approve ETHS 201 and ETHS 206. Passed
Motion to separate GE-10-326 HURL 497/597 HURL for Teachers (failed in UCC) for special consideration—(Hornstein). No objection
There was discussion about HURL 497/597. It was not approved by UCC.
Motion to approve UCC’s failure of HURL 497/597. Passed
Motion to separate GE-10-321 ETS 363 Resource Management 3 (failed in UCC) for special consideration—(Kasi). No objection
There was discussion.
Motion to amend by provisionally approving ETS 363 until next fall for UCC to reconsider their decision—(Kasi/seconded). Failed
Motion to refer UCC’s failure of ETS 363 back to UCC for reconsideration. Passed
e. International Studies Committee Minutes April 26, 2010 meetings one and two (FS042710 2.e)
Motion
to approve International Studies Committee minutes of April 26, 2010, and all
actions included—(Lavenda/Jarvis).
Passed
f. Assessment Steering Committee Minutes April 7, 2010 (FS042710 2.f)
Motion to table Assessment Steering Committee Minutes of April 7, 2010, for more information in the fall—(Weisman). No objection
g. Service-Learning Advisory Committee (SLAC) Minutes February 26, 2010; and March 26, 2010 (FS042710 2.g.1-2.g.2)—filed.
3. Treasurer’s Report—no report.
4. Consent Agenda
Appointment of Margaret Villanueva (CMTY) to IFO Multicultural Issues Committee
Motion
to approve the Consent Agenda—(Kilborn/Karasik). Passed
5.
Special Elections—those appointed are underlined below.
Subcommittee of the Strategic Planning Committee.
Three (3) openings. Vote for all acceptable candidates:
Traci Anderson (CMST) Timothy Baker
(CEEP)
Linda Butenhoff (POL) Phyllis Greenberg (SW)
Patricia Hauslein
(BIOL) Thomas Hergert (LR&TS)
Debra Japp (CMST) Kim Konghee (MGMT)
Joseph Melcher
(PSYC) Mohammad Mahroof-Tahir (CHEM)
Donald Neu (CHEM) Alexander Polacco (MGMT)
Plamen Miltenoff (LR&TS) James Robinson (ENGL)
Eric Rudrud (ELCP) Lalita Subrahmanyan (TDEV)
David Switzer (ECON) David Warne (CMST)
Robert Weisman (EAS) Victoria Williams (ACSP)
Maria Womack (PHYS)
6.
Call for New Agenda Items—EC to act as the body over the summer (Warne).
7. Announcements
a. Thanks and acknowledgements—Jaede awarded retirees. He also thanked Senate for their service. Due to a budget shortfall we are unable to award Senators with perfect attendance. Frances Kayona was thanked and awarded for her service with the document camera.
Motion to move agenda item 9.d: Motion regarding TPI—(Hornstein). No objection
8. Unfinished Business
a. Electronic Voting (FS112508 9.d.1) (Dorn)—motion referred to IFO—not discussed.
b. Resource Allocation information request (Kalia)—not discussed.
c. Academic Calendars (Draft) (FS0406 9.c)—not discussed.
d. Job descriptions of new administrators in Academic affairs (FS042710 8.d.1-8.d.4)—not discussed.
e. General Education Committee Minutes April 16, 2010 (FS042010 2.g.2 and FS042710 8.e)
Motion to approve the GE Committee motion #3 from minutes of April 16, 2010—(Postponed from last meeting). Passed
f. Academic Affairs Committee Minutes April 14, 2010, postponed from last Senate meeting—not discussed.
9. New Business
a. Election of FA Secretary—volunteers: Michael Tripp
Motion to elect Michael Tripp for Secretary by acclamation—(Hergert/seconded). Passed; unanimous vote
b. Election of FA Treasurer—volunteers: David Switzer
Motion to elect David Switzer for Treasurer—(Hergert/seconded). Passed; unanimous vote
c. Motion Regarding Classification of Counselors (FS042710 9.c)—this has been
brought to the attention of Pat Arseneault and Connie Howard at the IFO.
SUBJECT: Proper bargaining unit for positions providing counseling and psychological services at St. Cloud State University.
WHEREAS the Vice President of Student Life and Development has announced the intention to hold vacant a faculty counselor position in Counseling and Psychological Services and instead create a new position using the job classification specification “Psychologist” within the Minnesota Association of Professional Employees (MAPE), and
WHEREAS the IFO-MnSCU Master Agreement describes university employees who provide “client contact hours, preparation for an evaluation of client contacts, maintenance of professional expertise, crisis intervention, and other professional activities” as counseling center faculty (Article 10, Section B, Subd. 2), and
WHEREAS the Unit Clarification Order of June 5, 1992 provided by the Bureau of Mediation Services, in which MnSCU agreed to abide by the criteria outlined in a Letter of Understanding with IFO, to determine the proper bargaining assignment of employee classifications, specifies that positions involving majority duties of personal counseling, psychological counseling, and psychiatric counseling, are IFO (BMS Case No. 92-PCL-2142), and
WHEREAS the “Psychologist 1” and “Psychologist 2” job classifications in MAPE specify employment in a “residential treatment or correctional facility” (Minnesota Management and Budget) and not a university; and describe positions with a Master’s degree in psychology, but in the state of Minnesota no person who has attained a Master’s degree alone after 1998 may attain licensure as a psychologist (Minnesota Board of Psychology, Requirements for Licensure, 2007); and historically all probationary IFO faculty counselor positions require a minimum doctoral degree for employment; and only the “Psychologist 3” job classification in MAPE describes a position with a Ph.D. in psychology but with the purpose of providing administration rather than services; be it therefore
MOVED that SCSU Faculty Senate insist in Meet and Confer that the University, when searching positions to provide counseling and psychological services, continue to assign these positions within Inter Faculty Organization—(Jenkins/Motin). Passed
Motion to amend “request” to “insist”: MOVED that SCSU Faculty Senate request in Meet and Confer that the University, when searching positions to provide counseling and psychological services, continue to assign these positions within Inter Faculty Organization—(Connaughton/seconded). Passed
d. Motion regarding TPI (FS042710 9.d)—(Hornstein/Motin). Passed
Recently faculty received an invitation from the Teacher Preparation Initiative (Bush Foundation Grant aka TPI) to a summer workshop jointly sponsored by TPI and CETL. The advertised workshop is problematic for several reasons. The agenda stated on the invitation states that the workshop will
1) Determine the Vision and Guiding Principles for the Initiative
2) Hear from National Experts who are on the cutting edge of teacher preparation reform
3) Provide opportunities for cross-departmental and across college-conversations about teacher preparation
4) Lay the groundwork for curriculum reform in all licensure areas that will begin in the fall.
Whereas items 2 and 3 (above) are certainly appropriate for a summer workshop, the tasks proposed in items 1 and 4 are tasks that require significant collaboration and discussion with faculty and departments. A self-selected group meeting over the summer may not do these tasks. Further departments have not yet been asked if they believe curriculum reform is necessary or about the direction such reform might take. Curriculum is departmental work, to be initiated and implemented by department and program faculty. To be successful, it must grow from within and not be ordered or directed from without. As such I move;
A. That Concerns about the TPI grant and its processes be again raised at Meet and Confer
B. That the FA asks the administration to instruct the TPI leadership team to create a process for the TPI that clearly involves departments in an iterative fashion so departments are consistently informed and consulted as the initiative proceeds.
C. That FA asks the administration to instruct the TPI Leadership team to amend the agenda and conduct of the summer workshop as follows.
· Create a draft of the proposed Vision and Guiding Principles for the Initiative to be shared with departments for input, feedback and modification during the coming school year
· Hear from National Experts who are on the cutting edge of teacher preparation reform
· Provide opportunities for cross-departmental and cross college-conversations about teacher preparation
e. Motion regarding interim appointments (FS042710 9.e)—discussed.
f. EC to act for the body over the summer (Warne)
Motion that the SCSU Faculty Senate will give the SCSU Executive Committee permission to act on the Senate’s behalf over the summer 2010. This permission will stop on the first duty day of fall 2010—(Warne/Motin). Passed
10. Adjournment at 4:50 p.m. for retiree appreciation
Submitted by Polly Chappell, SCSU FA Administrative Assistant