Faculty Meeting Fall 2015 AGENDA Welcome and Introduction

Faculty Meeting: Fall 2015

AGENDA • Welcome and Introduction • Learning Services Updates: • • • – Staff – Policy Reminders and Refreshers Academic Advising Dean’s Update Breakout Topics Break Survey and Prizes!

Welcome! • Jake Bucher (“boo” “kerr” ) • Baker Student, Army, Grad Schools, Baker CAS Faculty, Baker SPGS Faculty, here today. • Family and Life • Thank you.

Learning Services • Staffing Update

ADA Compliance • Baker University is committed to providing “reasonable accommodations” in keeping with the Rehabilitation Act and the Americans with Disability Act. • Students must provide appropriate documentation of the disability, which should include appropriate diagnostic testing and a recommendation form prepared by qualified personnel. • “Reasonable accommodations” will be determined by University staff in consultation with the student, faculty and/or staff member.

ADA Compliance • Access Services is located on the Baldwin City campus in the Office of Student Academic Success (in Collins Library (lower level); 785 -5948352; sas@baker. U. edu). • ADA Compliance website http: //www. bakeru. edu/registrar 2/adapolicy

Attendance Posting and Meetings • Andy’s Nasty-grams • Financial Aid and Advising • Changing meeting times and/or space

Payroll • Request NEW Expense Report forms from Leanna Walkowiak at leanna. walkowiak@bakeru. edu or 913. 344. 1230 • Reimbursement for Expenses, including mileage, tolls, duplication of non-copy-written material, are to be submitted at the end of the course. Original receipts must accompany expense report. • Notify if there any changes to address, names, phone numbers, tax information, etc.

Payroll • Adjunct Professors are paid at the end of the course. Example of payroll timeline: • Grades posted/uploaded by the 15 th will be paid on the 30 th/31 st , otherwise will be paid on the 15 th of following month (however, if the date occurs on a weekend the pay date is the Friday prior). The exception to this is during the month of December due to the holidays. • Substitutes are paid the pay period following the date of substitution.

Taskstream • Common Assessment Assignments are the same no matter which instructor teaches the course. The assignments have standardized rubrics that allow us to collect data as it pertains to program PLOs. • Taskstream is a program used to collect this data. It allows Baker to pull reports, submit data to HLC, and make program adjustments based on PLOs. • Taskstream will be rolled out to all programs and courses with Common Assessment Assignments. All CAA courses will use Taskstream January 1, 2016. • Webinar next month with more details!

Military Leave Policy • A student may request an Incomplete in a course where a military obligation impacts their ability to complete and submit coursework according to the syllabus deadlines. • Student will work with VA Certifying Official, Academic Advisor, and instructor prior to course starting • Documentation for approval sent to VA Certifying Official – Military Leave Form – Copy of Orders

Military Leave Policy • When submitting grades, leave military student’s grade blank • Fill out Grade Change Form instead and send to Registrar, Ruth Miller • At the end of the two week extension, fill out the same form with the updated grade and send it to Ruth Miller • If assignments are not completed at the end of the two week extension, the student receives an

IRB • For personal research and scholarship, contact Chris Todden at Chris. Todden@bakeru. edu. • For group/class projects that will not lead to publication or other distribution, and that ensure confidentiality, provide informed consent to subjects. • For group/class projects that may produce data to be used in publication, or may include sensitive and specific identifiers, contact me.

Baker Academy Update • The 4 Pillars Introduce, Instruct, Apply, and Assess • 62 faculty have completed the training in the last 2 years • For all SPGS faculty

Commencement: December 13 th

Baker Writers

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SPGS Academic Advising Jennifer Seymour, Director (MBA) jseymour@bakeru. edu 316 -636 -2322 x. 6350 Jamie Crispin, Academic Advisor (AAB & Topeka MBA) jcrispin@bakeru. edu 785 -272 -6442 x. 6212 Jamie Fields, Academic Advisor (BML & BBA) jfields@bakeru. edu 913 -344 -1237 Megan Goff, Academic Advisor (MAOL, BSM, BBL, & BSA) mgoff@bakeru. edu 785 -272 -6442 x. 6217

SPGS Legislature • EPC – Sam Idowu – Clarice Powers • Faculty Senate – Oliver London – Howard Rhoden – Deb Marszalek • ASEM – William Duncan

Outstanding Faculty • Started with Baker in 2007 • Taught 75 sections = 1, 027 students • Shoula Horing

Where We Are and Where We’re Going • • • Credentialing/Accreditation Money and Enrollment HLC (current and future issues) Service Programs Faculty Review and Development

Breakouts: Birds of a Feather • Room 101(IDL): Business Management • • (UG&G)/ HR/Marketing/IB/OB/HCA Room 103: Quantitative/Stats/Analytics/Acct. / Finance/Econ Room 104 (Boardroom): Orientation Rom 105: AAB Business/Math Room 106: Writing Room 107: Leadership/MAOL/BBL Room 108: MLA/Gen. Ed/A&H Room 109: CJ/Law/PM/Capstone/IT