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Motion limiting the use of SEI's in faculty evaluations

Extract from minutes of 16 October 2019 Faculty Senate Meeting

Use of SEIs for faculty evaluation – McDonald proposed a motion for consideration and vote at the next meeting, Tauzin second.

View the initial motion (pdf).

Extract from minutes of 20 November 2019 Faculty Senate Meeting

  1. McDonald’s motion from 10-16 regarding limiting SEI use on faculty evaluations was revised and posted to Moodle with supporting docs. That version was projected and read to the Senate.
  2. Energetic discussion followed. Attention focused on Departments that freely chose to allow more than 25% of the annual evaluation to derive directly from SEIs.
  3. Motion to return the text to Ways and Means for further editing in light of expressed concerns (Berkeley, Parker) passes with 4 opposed, 4 abstentions.

View the revised motion 20 November 2020 version (pdf).

Extract from minutes of 15 January 2020 Faculty Senate Meeting

  1. McDonald’s motion from 10-16 regarding limiting SEI use on faculty evaluations was revised in response to input from the November meeting and posted to Moodle with lots of supporting docs. Two major edits were proposed.
  2. Motion to consider and vote on each edit separately (Rice, Berry) passes.
  3. Motion on first edit–upping the percentage of allowable use of SEIs on teaching evaluations to 35% passes 21-4-1
  4. Motion on second edit–adding a sentence suggesting other sources of data for evaluating instruction–passes unanimously.

View the revised motion 15 January 2020 version (pdf).

Extract from minutes of 19 February 2020 Faculty Senate Meeting

Vote on revised SEI motion

  1. Motion to amend, striking the phrase between the commas. (Baker, Berkeley) passes.
  2. Vote on whole motion passes (two against, one abstain)

View the final 9 April 2020 final version of the motion (pdf). This is the final version approved by the Senate and submitted to Robert McKinney on 9 April 2020

Extract from minutes of 29 April 2020 Faculty Senate Meeting

The Provost kicked the SEI motion back to us, saying we need an ad hoc committee to define good teaching before editing the handbook about using SEIs to evaluate (see body of the email below).

  1. N. Autin says we can certainly prepare some statements.
  2. Rice: The objection is specious because the two issues are really not connected. Our statement is that there are no conditions under which overuse of SEI is acceptable.
  3. McDonald: Kicking it back to us is not in the spirit of faculty governance process.

Email response to FS motion regarding appropriate use of SEI for faculty evaluation.

From: Robert W McKinney robert.mckinney@louisiana.edu
Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2020 3:14 PM
To: Donna M Gauthier donna.gauthier@louisiana.edu
Subject: FW: final copy of handbook change from Faculty Senate
 
Donna,
 
The Provost and I commend the Senates efforts to examine the evaluation of teaching. Teaching is indeed a complex endeavor to evaluate that necessities multiple methods to assess the quality of the students. Therefore, in consultation with the deans Dr. Hebert and I want to propose establishing a task force to define what is good teaching. With that definition the group can develop university guidelines for evaluating teaching, and then make policy recommendations that may extend beyond the initial proposed change to the Faculty Handbook.
Please let me know if there is interest in establishing a task force on good teaching.
 
Sincerely, Robert

Proposed Changes to Section VIII The Libraries

  1. November 2018
    View the November 2018 version of the proposal (pdf)
  2. January 3, 2019
    View the January 3, 2019 version of the proposal (pdf)

Proposed Changes to Document XXXVI Department Head Duties

  1. October 2017 and April 26, 2017
    The link below leads to the final April 26, 2017 version of the proposal.
    View the final April 26, 2017 version of the proposal (pdf)

Proposed Changes to Document XIX Department Head Selection Procedures

Proposal for Changes to the Faculty Handbook 2-4-15

  1. Meetings of February 4, 2015 and March 4, 2015
    View the motion: Proposal for Changes to the Faculty Handbook 2-4-15 (pdf)

Document XXIV, QSN Committee for Dean of University College

  1. Meeting of March 4, 2015
    View the motion: Proposal for Change to Faculty Handbook: Document XXIV, QSN Committee for Dean of University College (pdf)

Proposed Language for Performance Evaluation and Merit Pay

  1. Meeting of January 21, 2015
    View the motion: Proposed Change for Performance Evaluation and Merit Pay (see pages 9, 10 of this document for proposed changes) 1-21-2015 (pdf)
  2. Meeting of April 15, 2015
    View the motion: Proposed Language for Performance Evaluation and Merit Pay 4-15-2015 (pdf)

Time-Sensitive Change in Tenure/Promotion Policy

  1. Meeting of November 5, 2014
    View the motion: Faculty Handbook Time-Sensitive Change in Tenure/Promotion Policy (pdf)

Editorial Faculty Handbook Change: Appendix B3

  1. Meeting of October 15, 2014
    View the motion: Editorial Faculty Handbook Change: Appendix B3 (pdf)

Pay Raise Task Force Proposal, Report, and Motion

  1. Meeting of September 17, 2014
    View the motion: Faculty Handbook Procedure Proposal (pdf)
  2. Meeting of October 1, 2014
    View the revised motion: Faculty Handbook Task Force Report, Motion, Amendment (pdf)

Policy on Procedures for Selecting Academic Deans

  1. Meeting of September 17, 2014
    View the motion: Provost's Request to Change Faculty Handbook Policy on Procedures for Selecting Academic Deans (pdf)