1. Potential Roles for EFO Planning Committee: Ellen Rowe, Chris Callahan, Joan Vance, Linda Berlin, Dennis Kauppila, and Dan Lerner

2. Peer Support Program planning RPT process POW process Does EFO have a role here?

3. EFO and RPT Faculty committee must read and vote Potential for- –Education: seminars, webinars, link Faculty Senate material and events –Dan L, within a month of hire- seminar on organizing files for RPT –Work with another faculty member BEFORE turning in Green Sheets, monthly check-ins? –Observe teaching and report on teaching Does EFO have a role here?

4. Professional Development Encourage peers to present and attend national meetings. Identify and bring in presenters. Translating your work and effort into research and scholarship.

5. Help each other with annual review. Exploring ‘incentives’ for enhancing research and scholarship –Rural Studies had $s for faculty to write white papers that then could be published Does EFO have a role here?

6. Curricular Review “Authority in matters related to the academic mission of the University is vested in the faculty by the Board of Trustees. This authority is exercised in the Faculty Senate by elected senators with voting privileges and by committees authorized to act on their behalf.” »Faculty Senate bylaws Curricular Affairs Committee: This committee shall have responsibility for matters related to undergraduate and graduate educational policy and long-range academic planning, including items referred to in Sections 1.1b, 1.13, 1.1f, 1.1g, 1.2a, and 1.2k. It shall review proposals to initiate, alter, or terminate programs from the Schools and Colleges. Actions taken by this committee and approved by the Faculty Senate will be sent to the Provost for action. It shall make recommendations for faculty members to serve on the joint senate/Trustees Honorary Degree Committee. Does EFO have a role here?

7. Mentorship UVM Faculty Mentoring Program www.uvm.edu/~mentor/ 89 protégé-mentor pairs in program (Fall ‘03 through Spring ‘08) 47% response rate on survey Pairs met once each 2-3 months (37.9%; 34.2%) or once per semester (27.6%; 36.8%)

8. Mentorship New faculty Grantsmanship Financial management Supervisory skills Time management, reporting time, relationships Does EFO have a role here?

9. Discussion Agenda provides 45 minutes

10. Does EFO have a role here? Peer Support: A. Yes B. No C. Maybe: need more thought or discussion

11. Does EFO have a role here? RPT: A. Yes B. No C. Maybe: need more thought or discussion

12. Does EFO have a role here? Professional Development: A. Yes B. No C. Maybe: need more thought or discussion

13. Does EFO have a role here? Curricular Review: A. Yes B. No C. Maybe: need more thought or discussion

14. Does EFO have a role here? Mentorship: A. Yes B. No C. Maybe: need more thought or discussion

15. Committee Open Positions EFO Professional Standards Committee –1 position (Cook) –1 temp position (Rowe/sabbatical) Program Committee –2 faculty positions (Kauppila; McMaster) –2 year term

16. Other Agenda Items