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Faculty Development Committee Agenda for Friday, February 20 Rooms: Whole Committee (to start), CIO’s Conference Room, Quinn 1st floor. (Inside IT) Teaching Group, CIO’s conference room Research Group, ORSP Conference Room (2nd floor Quinn) Service/Outreach/Public Scholarship Group, Provost’s Conference Room (3rd floor Quinn). 1. Whole group: Review larger goal—to create a comprehensive plan institution-wide plan for faculty development at UMB that builds on what’s presently in place, that addresses key areas of faculty work across different career stages including adjunct and non-tenure track faculty, and that offers possible models, with priorities, stages of implementation, and addresses structure, evaluation, and resources. Step 1: Mapping the universe of faculty development (what exists at UMB and what’s possible, what helps, what hinders) re. key areas of faculty work, considering how to deliver (models, structures) Step 2: Mapping what exists and what’s possible re. career stages Step 3: Identifying areas to concentrate on, in relation to faculty needs and UMB institutional priorities. Shaping recommendations and larger plan that addresses priorities, structures, resources Step 4: Drafting, reviewing, revising a report Associate Provosts: university-wide overview of what’s in place for faculty development 2. Working groups #1 Ping-Ann Addo (CLA, jr) Segi Stefanos (CPCS, sr.) Sascha Sheehan (McC, lect) Alexia Pollack (CSM, sr.) Arthur Eisenkraft (GCE, sr.) Jeff Keisler (CM, sr) ||  Greg Sun (CSM, sr.) Luis Alonso-Ovalle (CLA, jr) Donna Kuizenga (CLA dean) Frank Porell (McC, sr) Vivian Zamel (CLA. sr) Mike Novak (CM, assoc dean) Oscar Gutierrez (PO, CM) ||  Kathryn Kogan (CLA, lect) Lynnell Thomas (CL, jr) Felicia Wilczenski (GCE, assoc dean) Rajini Srikanth (CLA, sr.) Sheila Cannon (CN, lect) John Saltmarsh (GCE, sr) || Assign tasks: taking notes and writing-up minutes, arranging additional meetings of group and inviting other members. Choose a coordinator for each group. Share and consolidate information on UMB practices, university-wide and by college Share initial knowledge about best practices from other institutions, recommendations and policy statements from professional organizations, research literature on faculty development Plan work in identifying best practices and considering structures to support them, drafting rough report of key points, recommendations, priorities and concerns from your working group (with brief info re. sources), to be shared at meeting of 3/27. Larger issues: Integration of faculty work across teaching, research, service Diversity: supporting and retaining faculty of color Impact of technology on faculty work 3. Reconvene as full committee to reflect on process, observations, ongoing task. Next full committee meetings: Friday, March 27, 11am to 1pm. Groups report back re. UMB practices, best practices, recommendations re. areas of faculty work. Form career stage groups Friday, April 24, 11am to 1pm. Career stage groups report back. Identify priorities, larger recommendations, needed resources. Friday, May 6, 11am to 1pm. Discuss and review first draft report.
 * Teaching ||  Scholarship  ||  Service/Outreach/Public Scholarship  ||
 * Peter Langer (PO)