Marriage, Family and Human Development

Marriage, Family, and Human Development Faculty

Committee Assignments 1999-2000

(Working Document)

MFHD Program Chair: Craig Hart

Associate MFHD Program Chair: Bernard Poduska (See Teaching and Curriculum Committee for regular responsibilities in addition to those assigned by the MFHD Chair as needed)

MFHD Executive Advisory Committee: Five MFHD Program Committee Chairs listed below will advise the MFHD Chair as to progress and concerns in their committee assignments. The MFHD Chair will be available to help them obtain resources for meeting program needs.

University Committees

Ad Hoc Committee for Review of General Education: David Dollahite (1-year term?)
Committee on Instruction and Media Arts: Randy Day
Campus Access Committee: Kathleen Bahr
Institutional Review Board: Susanne Olsen (3-year term)
Peer Teaching Evaluation Committee: Shirley Klein (1-year term?)

College Committees/Assignments

College Curriculum Committee: Bernard Poduska (3 year term-till 8/02)
Rank and Status Committee: Susanne Olsen (3 year term-till 8/02)
Student Awards Committee: Ivan Beutler

School Committees/Assignments

Proclamation Course Development Committee: David Dollahite, Shirley Klein
Rank and Status Committee: Bernard Poduska, Dick Galbraith
Recruitment/Hiring Coordinator: Tom Holman (Caretaker mode for 1999-2000)
Family Studies Center Director: Alan Hawkins
Associate Director for Outreach: Tom Holman
Relate and Marriage Resource Center: Tom Holman
Institute for Faithful Fathering: David Dollahite
Research/Scholarship Committee: Chris Porter

MFHD Program Committees

1. Child and Family Studies Laboratory Steering Committee

Chair: Clyde Robinson
Members: Susanne Olsen, Craig Hart, Jean Larsen (Teacher Education); Tina Dyches (Couns. and Special Ed.), Anne Ure (lab administrator)
Ad hoc Members: (Head Teachers) Genan Anderson, Dorie Haws

Responsibilities:

Oversee daily operations of and establish policies for the CFS Laboratory (e.g., curriculum, admission, student teaching, demonstration teaching, tuition issues, physical facilities, health, safety)
Oversee and approve research conducted in the CFS Laboratory
Oversee personnel issues related to the CFS Laboratory (e.g., hiring, salary)
Coordinate with faculty and other programs that use the labs (e.g., Home Economics)
Evaluate CFS Laboratory personnel in coordination with lab administrator
Oversee parent/family life education/involvement (parent advisory council)
Oversee coordination of ancillary personnel regarding children with special needs
Coordinate and oversee summer programs
Provide input into new CFS Lab Facilities plan
Coordinate with ECE certification program in Teacher education.

2. Curriculum and Teaching Committee

Chair: Shirley Klein (MF)
Asst. Chair: Clyde Robinson (HD)
*Daily Operations Coordinator: Bernard Poduska (primary responsibilities below as coordinated with CTC committee and MFHD Chair)
Members: Brent Barlow, Randy Day, Dick Galbraith, Larry Nelson, Trevor McKee, Roberta Magarrell (SFL)

Responsibilities:

Shepherd new curriculum to catalogue approval (oversee transition)
Organize program for faculty peer teaching evaluations
Explore technology issues and implement technology-based teaching
Implement and coordinate research learning in undergraduate curriculum
Implement ways to encourage more student writing and instructor feedback
Assure Family Proclamation is integrated into every course (Charge from Jim Harper)
Help coordinate readings packets for courses
Set fair and equitable policies for paid and unpaid TAs
Establish Family Sciences teaching minor
Coordinate with SFL internship program
Establish a mechanism for students to attend internship fair and become acquainted with internship/job placement possibilities early in their program. Track curriculum courses toward internship experience (Charge from Jim Harper).
Regularly evaluate course content and redundancy issues - enact changes where necessary
*Monitor graduate student teaching and adjunct faculty teaching
*Assure MFHD commitments to Freshman Academy are being met
*Recommend adjunct faculty for religion and family history (2 from MFHD)
*Coordinate curriculum with other departments (assure MFHD gets credit when we teach cross-listed courses)
*Handle daily undergraduate student curriculum concerns
*Evaluate transfer credit
*Perform ombudsman role in student/teacher disputes, concerns, complaints, grievances
*Represent MFHD Program coursework to college curriculum committee
*Oversee course/instructor scheduling each semester/term
*Oversee MFHD Independent Study course development for Bachelors of General Studies (Family Life Emphasis)
*Oversee advisement - Freshman mentoring, Career counseling
* Represent MFHD program at new student orientation each semester
* Coordinate International Field Studies and Internships (IFSI) with Study Abroad office (in Kennedy Center)

3. Faculty Enrichment and Student Awards Committee

Chair: Ivan Beutler
Members: Jeff Hill, Kelly McCoy, Terry Olson, David Nelson

Responsibilities:

Recommend student awards (including valedictorians, scholarships)

Conduct annual scholarship and awards banquet (coordinate with others if on school basis)

Oversee retirement festivities (coordinate appropriate activities like those for Wes Burr)

Present faculty award nominations to the College and University

Facilitate faculty access to University resources as needed (e.g., Faculty Center)

Organize faculty socials (in coordination with graduate faculty/student socials)

Help faculty and students develop friendships for the Church and the University

4. Productivity and Annual Review Committee

Chair: Kathleen Bahr
Members: Craig Hart, Alan Hawkins, Tom Holman, Tom Draper, Chris Porter

Responsibilities:

Derive formula for assessing annual merit points for each faculty member (by January, 2000)
Conduct annual faculty evaluations (these subsume post-tenure review required by the Northwest Association of Schools and Colleges)
Derive written expectations for new MFHD Program faculty (and continuing faculty)
Propose an academic journal ranking protocol (due to college Nov. 1, 1999)
Assure faculty mentoring program is in place for new faculty (evaluate annually)
Consider structural changes that can help improve scholarly output and grant writing
Evaluate how MFHD program scholarship is being translated into application
Assess and encourage interdisciplinary collaboration of MFHD faculty with associated faculty

5. Graduate Committee

Coordinator: Tom Draper
Current Core Graduate Faculty Members: Kathleen Bahr, Ivan Beutler, Randy Day, David Dollahite, Thomas Draper, Dick Galbraith, Craig Hart, Alan Hawkins, Jeff Hill, Thomas Holman, Shirley Klein, Kelly McCoy, David Nelson, Larry Nelson, Susanne Olsen, Terrance Olson, Chris Porter, Clyde Robinson plus designated Home Economics faculty.

One must be involved in all areas outlined below in order to qualify for core graduate faculty status and 1-course release per semester. Graduate faculty status entails 25% research; 25% graduate student mentoring; and 25% teaching and citizenship -- see policies set in *Graduate Faculty Mtg. Minutes of 1/3/94. A typical teaching load for graduate faculty on 10-month contracts is 5 courses per year (2/2/1), unless exceptions are warranted by administrative, special research leaves, or other assignments that are approved by the MFHD Chair, Graduate Coordinator, and School/College administrators as needed on a case-by-case basis (see Clayne Pope memo on Expectations and Teaching Assignments, Feb. 15, 1994).

Responsibilities:

Regularly attend graduate faculty meetings (except for extenuating circumstances cleared by coordinator)
Help establish and implement policies for masters and doctoral program that are included in and updated regularly in the MFHD Graduate Program Handbook
Help oversee graduate coursework requirements and implementation
Chair masters and doctoral degree students. No more than 2-3 chair assignments per faculty (2 chairmanships or equivalent as designated in #5 below is the minimal required load --see Graduate Faculty Mtg. Minutes of 1/3/94).
Serve on graduate student committees. Because 1 chairmanship has been deemed equivalent to serving on 3 committees, those not chairing students should be regularly serving on 6 committees (see policies set in Graduate Faculty Mtg. Minutes of 1/3/94). Those chairing 1 student should be serving on at least 3 committees within or without MFHD.
Maintain an ongoing program of scholarship that involves graduate students (prior minimum expectations have been two professional publications every 5 years - see Graduate Faculty Mtg. Minutes of 1/3/94).
Participate in graduate student admissions
Participate in graduate student evaluations
Participate in the development and implementation of policies for doctoral exams (as needed)
Participate in recruitment and placement of graduate students
Serve on graduate program committees as assigned by coordinator

* These policies were established by the core graduate faculty in the Department of Family Sciences. I have reviewed all the minutes of graduate faculty meetings since then and did not see any formal changes in departmental or program policy in these regards. CHH

Other MFHD Program Assignments:

MFHD 160 coordinator: Randy Day
MFHD 210 coordinator: Lynn Scoresby
MFHD Student Association Coordinator: Susanne Olsen
Religious Education part-time faculty (3-year terms end 4/00): Tom Holman, David Dollahite, Terry Olson
Academic probation student mentoring (Currently Serving): Brent Barlow, Kathleen Bahr, Ivan Beutler, Jeff Hill, Shirley Klein, Terry Olson, Bernard Poduska.