FPPC Meeting Minutes April 5, 2000

PRESENT: Wilson, Laquer, Campbell, Beard, Horiuchi, Nunn, Hatzenbuehler, Jacobson, Sieber

ABSENT: Lawson EXCUSED: Montgomery, Sato

I. Minutes of March 22 were approved along with the attached Bylaws and Policy statement 9-0-0 (y/n/a).

II. Reports

A. Wilson reported that Anne Oaks and the other members of the AAHE Mini-Grant Committee accepted the invitation to attend the next FPPC meeting and future meetings as needed. The committee does have the information regarding current Post-tenure Review Processes on the ISU campus and will provide those when the FPPC requests.

B. Wilson reported that she has received notification on two of the three FPPC committee replacement members. The suggestion was made that the new members be invited to join the FPPC meetings for the remainder of the semester- there was informal approval of the suggestion.

III. Business

A. Meetings (dates and agenda) for the remainder of the semester were discussed. The FPPC will meet April 26 as scheduled and again May 3 at 12:30pm. The agendas will focus on the Post Tenure Review Task, electing a Chair for the next academic year and selecting a meeting time.

B. The remainder of the meeting focused on discussions of the Post-tenure Review (PTR) Task.

1. Wilson informed the FPPC that the report from the AAHE Mini-Grant Committee will be forwarded within the next week. A copy will be sent to all committee members with a request to review the document and tasks defined therein for the April 26 and May 3 meetings.

2. All members were asked to generate lists of questions and concerns regarding PTR to facilitate discussions with the AAHE Mini-Grant Committee members at the April 26 meeting.

3. The C. Licotta article on PTR was briefly discussed, a copy will be provided to all members.

4. Attempts to discuss the direction and focus of the FPPC in the PTR issues consumed the remainder of the meeting.

a. It was recognized that the ISU Faculty Staff Handbook has a "Periodic Performance Review" policy and units on campus have mechanisms for following that policy. It was noted that the current policy calls for a 5 yr time frame, is not necessarily substantive and does not require peer review. It was further discussed that the criteria of evaluation are only slightly differentiated from the criteria for tenure and that perhaps there needs to be more flexibility defined.

b. The term "substantive" was discussed: should it be defined, can a list of materials be generated that fit the definition, for units that have substantive annual reviews the PTR be differentiated or a compilation of those reviews.

c. The term "peer" was also discussed in terms of the potential need for defining the term or providing guidelines if it is to be a required component of PTR.

d. There were questions regarding the process and procedures and mechanisms for generating, drafting, approving and implementing any changes in PTR policy- these questions will be posed to the AAHE Mini-Grant Committee members.

e. The focus for the remainder of the FPPC meetings will be to continue to discuss these issues and draft a set of guidelines or considerations for the FPPC to use towards addressing the PTR policy issues.

f. Wilson was asked to inquire from Faculty Senate as to what issues "trip" a full faculty vote (to address the consideration that a PTR policy might be such a trigger).

Meeting Adjourned: 2:10 pm