Faculty Governance Committee on Faculty Development

Full Charge (Faculty Handbook, II.C.2)

To meet its responsibilities, the Committee:

1. Shall formulate policy and procedures for allocation of faculty development funds.
2. Shall monitor the use of the funds for faculty development.
3. For specific programs (e.g., the Scholarly Development Grant and the Curricular/Instructional Development Grant), the Committee shall:
   1. issue calls for grant proposals;
   2. evaluate proposals and award grants;
   3. receive progress and final reports on projects supported.
4. Shall make recommendations on the proposals for sabbatical leaves, untenured faculty leaves, educational leaves, and other programs involving leaves of absence, including those for the purpose of attaining further degrees (Ph.D. where appropriate) or working in related, needed fields (e.g., to increase individual and institutional flexibility). For this purpose the Committee shall:
   1. set criteria for awarding leaves;
   2. issue calls for leave proposals;
   3. evaluate such proposals, taking into account the individual quality of the proposals, departmental programs, and institutional flexibility.
5. May administer and evaluate a system for development of teaching and scholarship of untenured faculty members.
6. May initiate and/or coordinate general faculty development programs.
7. May encourage grant applications for general faculty development.
8. May serve as a consulting body to consider changes in faculty careers, including changes in departmental assignments due to changing faculty interests, student enrollment patterns, and changing disciplinary emphases. The Committee will coordinate changes of teaching interest (including leaves for academic work in the new teaching area) with the Committee on Staff Planning.
9. Shall submit a report to the Faculty each September which evaluates its activities during the past academic year and suggests the goals for the coming year.