Attending: Stephen Kemp, Gailen Marshall, John Naftel, JoAnne Olson, Rob Rockhold, Ada Seltzer, John Schweinfurth, Pat Waltman, Whitney Wiltshire

Call to Order by Dr. Rockhold

Review of minutes

                  Action: The minutes from the January meeting were approved.

Report from Chair

Dr. Rockhold discussed the state of the Office of Faculty Development and made an introduction of new staff member, Dr. Wiltshire as Director of the Teaching & Learning Center.  Dr. Wiltshire's first task will be to develop a vision for what the Teaching and Learning Center should be.

      Dr. Rockhold presented a report on the survey of effectiveness of this committee.

The members reviewed the mission statement and vision for the FDC. Dr. Rockhold requested committee member's input for anything missing from the charge and opinions about what we are not accomplishing with the committee's vision.

Discussion regarding committee members included how to have balanced representation from other schools on campus. The Basic and Clinical sciences are well represented in the committee membership, but additional members will be considered to represent SHRP, Nursing, Dentistry, Research, and GME.

Accreditation requirements were discussed, and the joint effort with the Academic Affairs council will need to address non-existent policies or those needing to be revised relating to faculty, students, and academic issues. SACS and LCME and the need for proper documentation of outcomes was discussed.

In reviewing the mission and vision statement drafts, discussion ensued regarding some of the terminology used such as ‘professional development' and ‘professional advancement.' Consensus was not reached on whether professional advancement means promotion; further discussions to be had.

At the most recent Leadership Development Program session, the Activity Insight faculty portfolio software was demonstrated and reviewed. In the interim of a decision regarding Activity Insight adoption on campus, consideration is being given to using the faculty portfolio procedures developed in the School of Nursing and in the Department of Anesthesiology last summer.  The faculty portfolios being used in Anesthesiology include individual faculty members identifying short- and long- term goals; primary and secondary emphasis areas of research, education, and/or service.  Discussion as to how to present promotion and tenure guidelines and material included determining operational definitions of concepts such as ‘scholarship', ‘service', and ‘research', etc.  There needs to be objective agreed upon criteria.

Dr. Rockhold thanked the committee for serving and appreciates the time and support provided by the committee members.

Adjournment

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Rob Rockhold, Ph.D., Chair