Faculty Meeting Session III14
Memorial Hall 123, 1:00 pm on Friday, January 31, 2014
Meeting Notes
New Pearson Rep, UD Alum Tom Cleary was present for the beginning of the meeting. He plans to get the names of the level coordinators and textbook committee members. He will provide teachers’ copies of textbooks.
This week UD signed agreement with Japan’s Saitama University. This will help encourage undergrad Japanese students to go abroad. UDaily article is here: http://www.udel.edu/udaily/2014/jan/saitama-012814.html
We are expecting up to 100 students to attend as part of the Laureate Program special group this summer.
Dr. Stevens is going to China and Korea as part of a delegation from the University (Provost and Assistant Provost) at the end of March.
Cell phone holders/organizers have been purchased and are available from Chris Smith. There is not an explicit Institute-wide cellphone policy. However, all students must turn in their cell phones during tests. Upon returning tests, students should not have their cell phones, either. Some instructors recommend labeling the organizers with students’ names.
Proposal: Nigel Caplan has been approved by IRB to conduct research on the student essays. He may do a quantitative or qualitative research (has permission for both). He would like to see the difference between essays double-rated as 6.0, 6.5, and 7.0. He’ll be looking at vocabulary, preparedness, and maybe to identify what students need to be taught. There will be a vote at the next faculty meeting.
Proposal: Change to CAP Undergraduate pre-requisite by offering the L/S FILM VI class to only meet the speaking requirement for students after they have taken EAPVI (similar to the L/S DRAMA class). There will be a vote at the next faculty meeting.
Holiday Policy
It is the policy of the University of Delaware not to cancel classes on religious holidays. However, students and faculty are encouraged to exercise their own judgment pertaining to their attendance on these days. In addition, faculty are encouraged not to schedule examinations or require the submission of special assignments on the following days: the evening before as well as the first two days of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur in the fall term, Good Friday and the evenings before and the first two days of Passover in the spring semester, the Eid ending Ramadan (whenever this lunar holiday occurs), and the Chinese New Year. Absences on these religious holidays are recognized as excused. Nevertheless, students are urged to remind the instructor of their intention to be absent on a particular upcoming holiday.
Students on probation are not marked excused if miss due to holiday. However, other students should not be marked absent, but are excused for missing class if absent due to holiday. Note that individual national holidays are not excused. Only those holidays as recognized by the University are excused.
Other excused absences are if a student is hospitalized overnight or if they are interviewing at a university for admission to a program.
Meeting Agenda
News
1. Thanks to Mikki Washburn and Baerbel Schumacher for their terrific administration of the Laureate program. This is a great beginning for what we hope will be a fruitful partnership with Laureate.
2. Thank you, Sarah Petersen and Baerbel), for so ably managing the MEXT program—and for colleagues who provided workshops and support throughout the teachers’ stay here
3. And thanks to Bob Panadero for his exceptional teaching in ALLEI and Baerbel for admin.
2. Nadia is in Paris doing recruiting. Michael Alexo (CAP) and Kathy Kutchen (IEP) can handle admissions questions in her absence
3. The ELI signed a sub-agreement with Saitama University on Monday.
4. Amy Vazquez will join Kate Copeland as MA TESL Student Teaching Supervisor this spring
Agenda
- ELI faculty recommendations for student scholarships are due today
- Cell phone holders/organizers are available from Chris Smith
- Any administrative staff or faculty member wanting to enter information on the ODM, must do so by the Friday (5:00 PM) prior to the start of a given session
- New Pearson Publishing rep: Tom Cleary (see Joe Matterer with questions)
- Research with EAP/Grad VI final essay: Nigel Caplan
- Proposal: CAP requirements for speaking only for FILM VI: Curriculum Committee
- Clarification of ELI Policy regarding student observance of holidays.
1. This is a UD, not just an ELI, holiday policy
2. The holidays addressed are enumerated in the policy—only those holidays merit
excused absences and the ability to make up work
3. Other Islamic, Christian, Jewish, and Buddhist holidays not listed are unexcused absences and make-up of assignments/tests can be negotiated with individual faculty
4. Students of other faiths whose holidays are not cited in the policy may negotiate absences with individual faculty members. Faculty are encouraged to be flexible in these cases.
5. ELI does NOT excuse absences or reschedule tests/assignments for national holidays occurring when ELI is in session.
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