April 13, 2020 Faculty Council Virtual Meeting

April 13 Meeting Video.mp4

April 13 Meeting Transcript

April 13 Minutes

Instructions on how to join the Zoom meeting

Agenda

March Secetary's Report and April Secretary's Report

February 17 Meeting Minutes and March 23 Meeting Minutes

Statement from the UT Austin Faculty Council Executive Committee to Central Administration Concerning the University’s Transition to the 2020-21 Academic Year

Faculty Council Executive Committee Statement Concerning the Alternative Grading Policy for Spring 2020 due to COVID-19

Reports of the General Faculty, Colleges, Schools, and Committees 

1. Educational Policy Committee Resolution on Resolving Incomplete Grades in Spring 2020 (D 18183)—Christine Julien (Committee Chair, Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering).
2. Reports from the Educational Policy Committee—Christine Julien and Kristen E. Harvey (Committee Chair Elect and Associate Professor of Instruction, Statistics and Data Science).
   • The Executive Summaries of Both Task Force Draft Reports
   • The Draft Report from the Holistic Review of Teaching Task Force
   •  The Draft Report from the Student Feedback Task Force
3. Faculty Welfare Committee Resolution on Modified Instructions Duties (D 18160-18161)—Elizabeth (Liz) Gershoff (Committee Chair, Professor, Human Development and Family Sciences).
4. Faculty Welfare Committee Resolution on Faculty and Staff Paid Medical Leave (D 18162-18163)—Liz Gershoff.
5. Faculty Welfare Committee Resolution of Faculty Service Duties (D 18164-18165)—Liz Gershoff.
6. Update from the Task Force on Developing Community Standards for Faculty— Subcommittee on Restorative Justice / Restorative Practice—Noel Busch-Armendariz (Professor, Social Work), Andrea C. Gore (Professor, Pharmacy) and Mary A. Steinhardt (Faculty Ombuds and Professor, Kinesiology and Health Education).

Announcements and Comments

1. 2020-21 Faculty Council will meet by Zoom on May 4 at 2:15 pm and elect officers at the Faculty Council meeting via Qualtrics.
2. 2019-20 Faculty Council will meet immediately following the 2020-21 Faculty Council meeting via Zoom.
3. Preferences for Standing Committees are due in the Office of the General Faculty by April 23, 2020.
4. Standing Committee annual reports are due in the Office of the General Faculty by May 11, 2020.

No protest legislation that will pass unless objections are filed with the Office of the General Faculty (fc@austin.utexas.edu) by April 16th:

• Resolution Affirming Support of Revisions to the Core Course Selection Process
• Schedule for Meetings of the Faculty Council in 2020-2021
• Report of the Committee to Nominate Faculty Members for Appointment to the University Co-op Board of Directors
• Report of the Committee to Nominate Faculty Members for Appointment to the Intercollegiate Athletics Council
• Report of the Committee to Nominate Faculty Council Members for Appointment to the University of Texas at Austin Police Oversight Committee

PowerPoint Slides