The In-class Observation Form that went out last Thursday (10/20/2022) from the Vice Provosts is still under review. Although some Vice Provost’s emails had stated faculty were involved in the development of the form, the DCFA Council was unable to verify this. Consequently, the DCFA Council approached the Provost and Vice Provosts to encourage them to work with the FA to ensure that the revised form includes faculty input. We expect a newer (revised) form to be released soon.
Hello All,
Please read the following updates regarding the PACE Climate Survey and the Separation Incentive Plan (SIP).
PACE Climate Survey
You should have received an email from pace_survey@ncsu.edu to evaluate the working climate at Dallas College. You may want to check your "other" folder, as some faculty reported it being sent there. You may also search your email for "PACE" or search the email address. Please fill out this survey as soon as possible. It will close at 11:59 p.m. on Monday, November 7th, 2022.
Separation Incentive Plan (SIP)
For those interested in the SIP, all required enrollment materials, letter of resignation, and Separation election agreement/General Release, are due to the PARS office by 7:00 p.m. on October 20th, 2022.
The second DCFA Council Monthly Regular Business Meeting of Fall 2022 is scheduled for Friday, October 14th, 2022 at 12:00 p.m.
This meeting is scheduled following our the recent board of trustees meeting so we can provide up-to-date reporting on anything that comes up during the meeting (in addition to regular business).
Here is the link to the meeting agenda. Below you will find the meeting links along with call-in/passcode information.
Time: October 14, 2022 12:00 PM – 1:20 PM
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Hello All,
We hope you are doing well. The Council received the following message from Vice Provost of eLearning Terry Di Paolo regarding the work product created by the Faculty Evaluation Workgroup last year:
"Per Dr Floyd’s email just to let you know we have added the output of the FEW group to Sharepoint.
Having a launched what was intended as a summary page of the FEW work as part of the new evaluation launch – we have updated this page with links to the documents produced by FEW and brief explanations of how these documents have been incorporated into the design of process and policy since they were provisioned.
Additionally we have placed redirects on the original FEW site on both the homepage and updates page to the site above."
We will let you know if we receive any further updates.
Hello All,
Please
click here to view the presentation from the recent board of trustees
meeting regarding the new comprehensive evaluation of full-time faculty.
You will notice the faculty council did not speak during the
presentation. However, several members were in the audience or watching the
live stream. In support of faculty, the council made the decision to not fully
endorse the presentation at this moment considering there were elements that
were not representative of faculty input. Unfortunately, several factually
incorrect statements were made during the presentation, to which our council
President addressed one vocally about there not having been yearly evaluations
under the former system. We will provide more details at our next monthly
business meeting held on October 14th, 2022 from 12:00 p.m. – 1:20 p.m. We
encourage all faculty to attend the monthly business meetings, as the council
will be able to address any questions/concerns and provide more detailed
updates.
We will soon be sharing folder of approved business meeting
minutes and a calendar of all business meeting dates, including those members
cannot attend (Chancellor/Provost meetings).
Please contact your campus president if you have any
questions.
Thanks!
The DCFA 2022 Annual Convention will be held on Friday, November 11, 2022 at 1:30 pm in person at the Dallas County Commissioner’s Court at 411 Elm St. The Convention will be live-streamed for members to view remotely. Voting is in-person, but in accordance with the Bylaws, you may offer your proxy to someone who will be in attendance.
An invitation to join us for the Annual Convention will be posted at least two (2) weeks prior to the event, but we encourage you to block out the afternoon on your calendar now to ensure you are able to attend and participate fully. Per the change to the Bylaws through the August 2021 convention, voting is allowed by proxy (with strict rules for designating a proxy) and the details for how voting will be conducted will be shared in the invitation along with the agenda.
Per the DCFA Constitution and Bylaws, if you have a proposal to amend the Constitution or Bylaws that you would like considered at the 2022 Annual Convention, it must be received by the DCFA Council Secretary and President at least one (1) month prior to the scheduled convention. This means any proposals to amend the Constitution or Bylaws must be submitted in writing to the Secretary, Erin Kelley; the Convention Planning Chair, Denise Griffin; and the Council President, Andrew Tolle, by Tuesday, October 11. It is strongly recommended that any resolutions to be considered also be submitted by this date. For simplicity, you are welcome to email your proposed motions to amend or resolutions to dcfa@dcccd.edu (which sends a copy to all DCFA Council members).
Following submission, the DCFA Council will review the submissions with the parliamentarian and contact the authors if any changes are suggested before posting all proposed motions to amend by the required deadline of Friday, October 28 (two weeks prior to the Convention).
Link to DCFA Constitution last amended August 2021
Link to DCFA Bylaws last amended November 2021
