As October 20 - mid-term - draws closer, faculty have begun asking me, "What do I do about mid-term grades?" The short and simple answer is that we all will comply. Failure to comply could be viewed as gross insubordination and place the faculty within the parameters of Article 17.03(B)(3) - Disciplinary Action.
This does not mean that nothing will be done. The Administration has recently indicated its willingness to meet with PJCFA to discuss any impact identified and resulting from the mid-term grading process. PJCFA has already drafted grievance and ULP (unfair labor practice) documents to be filed should that step become necessary. Of course, PJCFA prefers that an acceptable resolution be reached through discussion at the bargaining table.
Which segues nicely to a plug for a reminder about bargaining on Thursday, October 9 at 1:30pm in Room 416. Paige Anderson spoke in the Bargaining Update about how much the team appreciates those who have taken the time to attend the bargaining sessions. It's the truth. Until you've sat in that bargaining chair, there's no way to understand how important that support is. Please come if you can and show your support. Thanks!
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Confuscious say those who pee in their beds have a very nasty beds to sleep in.
Giving faculty a 3% raise would have only cost the college a measly$400,000. Despite the retirement of Brigham and other highly paid administrators who did nothing at the college, Dr. Meadows has the kindness to offer us nothing this year, nothing of course except to offer us a welcomeless welcome and disassociated, unresearched writs.
Our new president needs to get out of building 7. Appears he is isolating himself in the castle--has he walked around campus and into classrooms? Has anyone seen him? Maybe the union president and officers should offer him a tour of classrooms--around 10AM, so he can see real students.
I agree that faculty hasn't seen him in their buildings. The longer he delays seeing faculty, the less he'll want to see them.
We don't have mid term exams. We give exams and assignments at the time that most promotes learning given than we teach different things. We are not going to assign more things early in the term for the purpose of assigning a mid-term grade. We like to give student submissions the attention they deserve and appropriate feedback. It does a disservice to the faculty member as well as the students to rush things just for the purpose of giving a meaningless advisory grade. As things have been, we turn back work on a timely basis, and we provide students satisfactory information about their progress. Why do we want to reduce the quality of the feedback we are providing?
Who says that mid-term grades is desirable?
* be prepared for the mid-term comments
* be prepared for salary questions and comments
Dr. Gonzalez might be more of a greater anti-social behavioral deterent than Charlotte. Dr. Delaino brought Dr. Sam around with him to the departments. We started elevating off the floors and vomiting green stuff. And our heads spinned completely around.
The logic behind portfolios is flawed. The benefit to new faculty was suppose to be that they are automatically promoted to assistant professor upon completion of a portfolio. The portfolio contains a vita, an argument as to why a person should be promoted and and appendix with different materials. Why would a person who is suppose to automatically be promoted write an argument?
The prior promotion wording was very thoughtful clearly delinating things that would be worth points. I haven't heard anyone complain about it. There was nothing stifling creativity on the prior application form. The only thing I'd suggest is adding OTHER SERVICE to department and OTHER SERVICE to the college sections to the application to make sure that nothing is being left out just because there isn't a category listed on the scoring sheet. Adding a vita to the application could also be helpful to provide a quick history of who people are and where they came from.
The suggested portfolio looked nothing like a modern portfolio they'd use in business. Not to mention the unspecific point scoring is something you'd never see for practical reasons. It has Dr. S written all over it. Go away portfolios!
Did student completion or retention increase the least bit? Probably not. If you are ill, make sure you are taking the appropriate medicine. Don't medicate/irritate the population unnecessarily.
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