Common use of Councils and Committees Clause in Contracts

Councils and Committees. 785 A. The College will maintain two Councils consisting of faculty and representatives from the 786 Administration, who may be Administrators or staff members, as appropriate, to review and/or 787 prepare recommendations for the College President or designee. 788 1. 789 790 2. 791 792 793 3. 794 795 4. 796 797 798 799 Administrators and staff members will not be voting members of the Academic Affairs Council (AAC) or the Tenure and Professional Development Council (TPDC). The Councils may establish committees or subgroups as needed to accomplish the purposes of the Councils. The Councils will present these recommendations to the College President through established means. The operations of each Council, including number, membership distribution, and length and terms of service, will be established in a handbook. Substantive changes to AAC/TPDC Handbook content may only be made under the following conditions: a. AAC or TPDC approval. b. UFF-Brevard EC review and approval. c. Administration will be notified of all changes. 800 B. The AAC will be comprised and operate as follows: 801 1. All voting members of the AAC will be faculty, one member plus one alternate 802 recommended by each Curriculum Cluster. 803 2. Non-tenured faculty members will be recommended by the Curriculum Cluster, if there 804 are not sufficient tenured faculty members available to serve. 805 3. The chair of this Council will be a tenured faculty member. The chair will be granted 806 thirty (30) points release/reassignment time from instructional duties for each major 807 academic term. If the chair remains equally active during the Summer Term, the chair 808 will receive thirty (30) points at the established adjunct rate for those duties. Additional 809 release/reassignment time may be granted to officers of the AAC as the need arises. 810 4. The College and UFF-Brevard will mutually develop goals for the AAC. 811 C. The TPDC and standing committees will be comprised and operate as follows: 812 1. All voting members of the TPDC and Campus Tenure Committees will be full-time, 813 tenured faculty. 814 2. The chair of the College-wide TPDC will be granted thirty (30) points 815 release/reassignment time from instructional duties for each major academic term 816 during which the TPDC is meeting regularly. 817 3. The College and UFF-Brevard will mutually develop goals for the TPDC. 818 4. The TPDC members shall be selected as outlined in the Handbook. 819 D. Faculty will participate as voting members of the following committees: 820 Insurance 821 Academic Calendar (as defined in article 18.1) 822 College-wide Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) 823 824 6.17—Legal Assistance 825 Legal assistance shall be provided to a faculty member when the College President or his designee 826 determines, after investigation, that action taken by the faculty member was justifiable and occurred in 827 the course of his employment. The specifics of such assistance will be determined by the College 828 President.

Councils and Committees. 785 A. The College will maintain two Councils and one Faculty Mentoring Steering Committee consisting of faculty and representatives from the 786 Administration, who may be Administrators or staff members, as appropriate, to review and/or 787 prepare recommendations for the College President or designee. 788 . 1. 789 790 2. 791 792 793 3. 794 795 4. 796 797 798 799 Administrators and staff members will not be voting members of the Academic Affairs Council (AAC) or the ), Tenure and Professional Development Council (TPDC), or Faculty Mentoring Steering Committee (FMSC). 2. The Councils may establish committees or subgroups as needed to accomplish the purposes of the Councils. The Councils will present these recommendations to the College President through established means. 3. The operations of each Council, including number, membership distribution, and length and terms of service, will be established in a handbook. 4. Substantive changes to AAC/TPDC TPDC/FMSC Handbook content may only be made under the following conditions: a. AAC AAC, TPDC, or TPDC FMSC approval. b. ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇ agreement between UFF-Brevard EC review Executive Council and approvalthe Administration. c. Administration will be notified of all changes. 800 B. The AAC will be comprised and operate as follows: 801 1. All voting members of the AAC will be faculty, one member plus one alternate 802 recommended by each Curriculum Cluster. 803 2. Non-tenured faculty members will be recommended by the Curriculum Cluster, if there 804 are not sufficient tenured faculty members available to serve. 805 3. The chair of this Council will be a tenured faculty member. The chair will be granted 806 thirty (30) points release/reassignment time from instructional duties for each major 807 academic term. If the chair remains equally active during the Summer Term, the chair 808 will receive thirty (30) points at the established adjunct rate for those duties. Additional 809 release/reassignment time may be granted to officers of the AAC as the need arises. 810 4. The College and UFF-Brevard AAC Chair will mutually develop goals for the AAC. 811 These goals will be reported to ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ and at the request of the College, Chair, or ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, a meeting will be held to resolve any issues to mutual satisfaction with all parties in attendance. C. The TPDC and standing committees will be comprised and operate as follows: 812 1. All voting members of the TPDC and Campus Tenure Committees will be full-time, 813 tenured faculty. 814 2. The chair of the College-wide TPDC will be granted thirty (30) points 815 release/reassignment time from instructional duties for each major academic term 816 during which the TPDC is meeting regularly. If the chair remains equally active during the Summer Term, the chair will receive thirty (30) points at the established adjunct rate for those duties. 817 3. The College and UFF-Brevard TPDC Chair will mutually develop goals for the TPDC. 818 These goals will be reported to ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ and at the request of the College, Chair, or ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, a meeting will be held to resolve any issues to mutual satisfaction with all parties in attendance. 4. The TPDC members shall be selected as outlined in the Handbook. D. The FMSC and standing committees will be comprised and operate as follows: 1. 819 D. All voting members of the FMSC will be full-time faculty. 2. The chair of this Committee will be a tenured faculty member. The chair will be granted thirty (30) points release/reassignment time from instructional duties for each major academic term. If the chair remains equally active during the Summer Term, the chair will receive thirty (30) points at the established adjunct rate for those duties. 3. The Faculty Mentoring Coordinator shall be a tenured faculty member. The Coordinator will receive thirty (30) points of release/reassignment time from instructional duties for each major academic term. If the Faculty Mentoring Coordinator remains active during the Summer Term, they will receive thirty (30) points at the established adjunct rate for those duties. 4. The College and FMSC Chair will mutually develop goals for the FMSC. These goals will be reported to ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ and at the request of the College, Chair, or ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, a meeting will be held to resolve any issues to mutual satisfaction with all parties in attendance. 5. The FMSC members shall be selected as outlined in the FMSC handbook. E. Faculty will participate as voting members of the following committees: 820 Insurance 821 Academic Calendar (as defined in article 18.1) 822 College-wide Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) 823 824 6.17—Legal Assistance 825 Legal assistance shall be provided to a faculty member when the College President or his designee 826 determines, after investigation, that action taken by the faculty member was justifiable and occurred in 827 the course of his employment. The specifics of such assistance will be determined by the College 828 President.)

Councils and Committees. 785 ‌ 881 A. The College will maintain two Councils one Academic Council (AC), one Tenure Council (TC), one Online 882 Steering Council (OSC), and one Professional Development Council (PDC) consisting of 883 faculty and representatives from the 786 Administration, who may be Administrators or staff 884 members, as appropriate, to review and/or 787 prepare recommendations for the College 885 President or designee. 788 These recommendations shall be presented during a leadership 886 summit to the Administration and UFF at least twice each major semester. This summit will 887 include the four council chairs who shall be nonvoting members, two UFF representatives, 888 the Associate Vice-President of Academic Affairs, the Vice-President of Academics and 889 890 891 893 1. 789 790 894 2. 791 792 793 895 3. 794 795 896 897 4. 796 797 798 799 Administrators 898 899 900 901 902 903 904 905 5. 906 907 908 909 892 910 911 912 913 914 915 916 917 918 919 Student Affairs, and an Academic ▇▇▇▇ selected by the Vice-President of Academic and Student Affairs. The purpose of this leadership summit is to provide council recommendations to both the Administration and UFF for approval by mutual consent, and to ▇▇▇▇▇▇ discussion between the Administration and faculty. Administration and staff members will not be voting members of the Academic Affairs Council (AAC) AC, TC, or PDC. Administration and staff members will be voting members of the Tenure and Professional Development Council (TPDC)OSC. The Councils may establish committees or subgroups subcommittees as needed to accomplish the purposes of the Councils. The Councils will present these recommendations to the College President through established means. The operations of each CouncilEach council shall be responsible for establishing a handbook that outlines operations, including number, membership distribution, and length and terms of service, . Each of the four councils will also establish an organizational charter. a. UFF and the College agree that the handbooks will be established in created and/or revised by the third week of the Spring 2022 semester and, once each handbook receives approval from both UFF and the College, each handbook will be included as an appendix to the CBA. This inclusion will not replace a handbookre-opener for UFF or the College. Substantive changes to AACthe content of the AC/TPDC Handbook content TC/OSC/PDC Handbooks may only be made under the following conditions: a. AAC AC, TC, OSC, or TPDC PDC approval., and b. Mutual agreement between UFF-Brevard EC review Executive Council and approvalthe Administration. c. Administration will be notified of all changes. 800 B. The AAC will be comprised and operate as follows: 801 1. All voting members of the AAC will be faculty, one member plus one alternate 802 recommended by each Curriculum Cluster. 803 2. Non-tenured faculty members will be recommended by the Curriculum Cluster, if there 804 are not sufficient tenured faculty members available to serve. 805 3. The chair of this Council will be a tenured faculty member. The chair will be granted 806 thirty (30) points release/reassignment time from instructional duties for each major 807 academic term. If the chair remains equally active during the Summer Term, the chair 808 will receive thirty (30) points at the established adjunct rate for those duties. Additional 809 release/reassignment time may be granted to officers of the AAC as the need arises. 810 4. The College and UFF-Brevard will mutually develop goals for the AAC. 811 C. The TPDC and standing committees will be comprised and operate as follows: 812 1. All voting members of the TPDC and Campus Tenure Committees will be full-time, 813 tenured faculty. 814 2. The chair of the College-wide TPDC will be granted thirty (30) points 815 release/reassignment time from instructional duties for each major academic term 816 during which the TPDC is meeting regularly. 817 3. The College and UFF-Brevard will mutually develop goals for the TPDC. 818 4. The TPDC members shall be selected as outlined in the Handbook. 819 D. Faculty will participate as voting members of the following committees: 820 Insurance 821 Academic Calendar (as defined in article 18.1) 822 College-wide Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) 823 824 6.17—Legal Assistance 825 Legal assistance shall be provided to a faculty member when the College President or his designee 826 determines, after investigation, that action taken by the faculty member was justifiable and occurred in 827 the course of his employment. The specifics of such assistance will be determined by the College 828 President.