Policy & Committee

Faculty Development Committee

Auspices

The Faculty Development Committee (FDC) is a standing committee of the college and receives authority for its actions through the dean of the college. The FDC shall promote and act as an advocate for faculty development interests and needs in the College of Design, Art & Performance.

Charge

The Faculty Development Committee is responsible for:

  1. Supporting and promoting the research/creative/teaching/service activities of the faculty of the college.
  2. Supporting and promoting the research/creative/teaching/service activities of instructors and non-tenure-earning faculty.
  3. Assisting in the dissemination of faculty research/creative/teaching/service activities throughout the college, the university, and the worldwide community.
  4. Advising the leadership of the college on matters pertaining to policies and procedures intended to promote research/creative/teaching activities throughout the college and university.
  5. Advising the faculty and units within the college on the scope of research and teaching strategies for supporting individual and group faculty research/creative/teaching/service activities.

Operating Procedures

The Faculty Development Committee will develop its own operating procedures, subject to approval by the leadership of the college and the Faculty Advisory Council which may include:

  1. Provision for meeting with and advising the leadership of the college and other administrative officials on matters pertaining to policies and procedures intended to promote research/creative/teaching activities throughout the college.
  2. Provision for sharing faculty research/creative activities and teaching and its dissemination throughout the college and the university community, thus, increasing visibility in the university and beyond the larger academic/professional community.
  3. Provision for review of proposals to support research/creative/teaching activities for awarding grants to college faculty.
  4. Provision for assisting the college associate dean in recommending the criteria, nomination process, and selection of college and university awards.
  5. Provision for advising the college, its centers and units on appropriate ways of disseminating information to faculty and administration on the availability and distribution of funds for research/creative/teaching activities.
  6. Provision for advising the college and its units on appropriate ways of developing and supporting effective mentoring programs for faculty.
  7. Provision for developing a clearinghouse of funding sources.
  8. Provision for advising other university committees on criteria for evaluating research/creative/teaching activities.
  9. Provision for appropriate liaison with the University Research Council and other university committees whose function may relate to the promotion of research/creative/teaching activities at USF.
  10. Provision for the encouragement of interdisciplinary research/creative/teaching activities among the college units and those outside the college.

Membership

The membership will consist of two members from the Schools of Architecture & Community Design; Art & Art History; Music; Theatre & Dance. The Contemporary Art Museum & Graphicstudio will jointly have two members elected by majority vote of the members from their unit for a three-year term.

  1. Members are to be elected for staggered three-year terms, one-third of the membership changing or re-elected each year.
  2. A quorum is half of the total membership.
  3. In instances where a committee member is directly involved in a research/teaching proposal under evaluation by the committee, the member will recuse themselves from the meeting during the discussions and voting of their application.
  4. In funding worthy grant applications the dean will take into account the number of grants awarded in a year and applicant鈥檚 committee appointments.

Ex-Officio Membership: Ex-officio members include one college representative currently serving on the University Research Council (voting). Furthermore, the associate dean will serve as a member-at-large, voting only to break a tie.

Chair/Vice Chair of Faculty Development Committee: The chair and vice-chair will be elected by the members of the committee. Each will be a member serving in the second or third year of his/her term.