1. Faculty Senate Prioritization of Issues for 2010-11 Setting the Internal Faculty Senate Agenda

2. 1. Faculty Benefits Package A Retirement Plan Choice (PERA & SS) Extended Flex Account Insurance Waivers (Equity) Sick Leave Bank

3. 2. Faculty Benefits Package B Child Care Subsidy Extended Tuition Campus Parking Bus Pass Discount

4. 3. General Benefits Package Monthly Luncheon with Classified Staff Extended Tuition Campus Parking Bus Pass Discount Emergency Loan Funds

5. 4. T/TT Faculty Salaries Equity-Parity Gender Equity study Salary inversions Summer pay Masters Courses pay * Vote on Welfare Committee’s Plan

6. 5. Review of Senate Structures By-laws and Constitution Committees (Relevance and Roles) Senate Membership and Distribution

7. 6. Review of Senate Processes Sub-committee for TT faculty to bring issues to Senate Address intimidation issues “What has the Senate produced in the last 5 years?” -Evaluation No Mic runner, use podium “More action, less words”

8. 7. Policy on Chairs Defining Role Proper Vetting Compensation Plan External Hiring

9. 8. Address Communication Issues Lack of Transparency at top levels Distrust at all levels “The PR Machine”

10. 9. General Studies Communication with Committee Vote on Final plan

11. 10. Curriculum Policy Transparent Timeline of Curriculum Review Guidelines for Graduate Courses Review of 2+2 Curriculum

12. 11. Policy on Differentiated Workload Formulate Policy and Vote Define Program Directors

13. 12. Address Climate Survey Follow up on Climate Survey Address issues with Policy Make Data Available to everyone

14. 13. Reform Faculty Evaluation Process Streamline and Simplify it No Annual Evals in Dossier Years Electronic Dossier System Senate Interface with Faculty Evaluation Task Force Student Evaluations of Teaching On-line

15. 14. Comprehensive Grade Policy +/- Grading Update Policy on “Permanent F” Review “last grade standing” Issues with CAPP reports (Ds and Fs)

16. 15. Policy on Visiting Faculty Category 2 Faculty Revision Proposed 5/5 load

17. 16. Benefits and Opportunities of Affiliate Faculty Health Insuranc Funds for Travel Bonus Pay Fund for Achievements

18. 17. Policy on Center for Faculty Development Overall Policy on CFD “Fund it” vs. “Get it out of my way” More PD Workshops

19. 18. Policy on Shared Governance Clearly define “Shared Governance” Have a clear process and stick to it Make Faculty Senate a more powerful voice in college policy making Have mechanism to say “no” to bad policies Evaluate Administrators (get qualified and accountable people in positions of Authority)

20. 19. Restoration of Tenure Rights Restore Full Tenure Rights in the Handbook for ALL Tenured Faculty Input into financial Exigency Policy

21. 20. Support for Staff Funding for more staff positions Better training for staff Evaluation system Extend tuition benefits PD opportunities Emergency loan funds Monthly luncheon for classified staff

22. 21. Benefits and Funding for Classified Staff Funding for Staff Council Events Funds for Extra-duty (after hours) pay Free RTD Free Campus Parking Sick Leave Bank Child Care Subsidy

23. 22. Mechanism for Faculty Interface with IT Defining IT’s role in academic mission Systematic faculty input into IT planning Better information sharing on update and downtime schedules Properly trained IT professionals Greater freedom and access to existing IT resources for faculty Greater access to external resources at the college (ex. e-mail forwarding)

24. 23. Policy on Equipment Replacement Cycle of faculty computer replacement Cycle of academic lab equipment replacement Cycle for office furniture

25. 24. Policy for Addressing HR Issues Definition of HR’s role at academic institution (“Incompetent” HR -> Faculty “Slaves”) Training and evaluation of HR staff Complaint protocols

26. 25. General Policy on Space Allocation Systemic evaluation of office space and departmental footprint Systemic evaluation and laboratory/studio space Senate input into new buildings and their academic space allocations

27. 26. Space Issues of Specific Projects Relocation of Tennis Courts/Athletic fields Details of Hotel and it’s academic spaces

28. 28. Break up Auraria Failed experiment

29. 27. Policy Addressing Bicycles on Campus More bike paths, Corridors More Bike Racks

30. 29. Ban Smoking on Campus

31. 30. Campus-wide Automatic External Defibulator Get them ?

32. 31. Senate RTP Process & Structure Role of Senate RTP Restructure? Department Guidelines vs. RTP Expectations

33. 32. Workload Class Size

34. 33. Intellectual Property Rights