Budget Affairs Committee
FPC Rep: Cyndy Griffin
Chair: Anne Corrine Manley
Policy Goals
Directing COE resources to diversity recruitment and retention, with review for equity trends in salary distribution. Regular updates on COE budgets.
Adopted Goals (September 14th, 2020)
- Review and revise the Guiding Principles for Budget Decisions
- Consult as needed with Deans on budget reduction issues
- Use the Guiding Principles of Budget Decisions to set priorities for budget reductions
- Propose ideas for revenue generation to the Deans
- Recommend and advise new allocations and re-allocations of monies to anti-racism activities in the College of Education
- Assist in evaluating equity in faculty salaries and budget allocations
Outcomes
- The BAC drafted a Guiding Principles for Budget Decisions document that was sent to FPC, and adopted (in its final form) by the College of Education FPC on January 25, 2021. See BAC minutes from August 24, 2020 through December 3, 2020.
- The BAC held eight meetings that included Dean’s updates on budgets with time allotted for feedback from faculty on any budget issues and on ideas for revenue generation. See all BAC minutes from the 2020-2021 year.
- The BAC held many discussions about how faculty and Deans in the COE can best assist with equity issues in faculty salaries. The committee decided on two courses of action:
- Recommend to Deans to regularly work with School Directors on merit issues related to equity
- Recommend to 2021-2022 BAC to develop a broad principles “flowchart” of faculty salary processes
Status
All goals accomplished
Curriculum & Instruction Committee
FPC Rep & Chair: Jennifer Kent
Policy Goals
Developing policy goals for UG and Graduate coursework and teacher preparation instruction and syllabi with specific focus on diversity; establishing standards for ensuring diversity of faculty and student voices are represented throughout curriculum; supporting anti-racist syllabi with inclusive pedagogy in all courses.
Adopted Goals (September 14th, 2020)
- Review current requirements for SLO’s, course syllabi, and course materials/activities for evidence of alignment to UF diversity goals and recommendations for changes, if needed.
- Review policy for ensuring that courses are taught in a way that is inclusive and anti-racist. Include a review of standards and outcomes for the College, Schools, and Departments.
- Explore faculty support structures to help faculty learn about revising their courses to be inclusive and anti-racist. One specific focus will be a guide to assist faculty in choosing textbooks and resources created by scholars of color.
Outcomes
- Committee reviewed policy on SLO’s and syllabi and discussed with Faculty development committee. The committee learned that Equity and Inclusion SLO’s exist in the COE and CLAS.
- Reviewed the State’s requirements of teacher preparation programs related to inclusion, anti-racism, and culturally sustaining/responsive practices. Also examined current syllabus language and links to useful information and resources in the COE.
- Developed recommendations for training faculty to prepare teachers for inclusive and anti-racist practices. This has been worked into the FPC-Faculty Development committee.
Status
All goals accomplished
Graduate Studies Committee
FPC Rep: Elayne Colón
Chair: Dorene Ross
Policy Goals
Diversifying admissions, coursework, attrition, and completion for doctoral and Masters programs.
Adopted Goals (September 14th, 2020)
- Examine admission requirements, policies, and practices to identify and eliminate barriers to student diversity
- Collaborate with Dean on developing infrastructure for assisting students in accessing resources to participate in the graduate experience
- Consider policy language that identifies anti-racist and multicultural perspectives as integral to the student’s graduate experience
- Help faculty think about how the curriculum in graduate programs prepares students to be leaders in efforts toward social justice
- Encourage faculty, PCs, and advisors to help students find and utilize the resources needed to successfully complete the graduate program.
Outcomes
- The committee examined and made recommendations to the COE faculty on revising admission requirements, policies, and practices to identify and eliminate barriers to student diversity. Faculty voted and approved the policy in April 2021.
- Worked with the Dean on developing infrastructure for assisting students in accessing resources to participate in the graduate experience.
- GSC is investigating holistic admissions process training for all graduate admissions review teams in 2021.
Status
All goals accomplished
Research & Service Committee
FPC Rep & Chair: Stephanie Alvarez
Policy Goals
Evaluating faculty research and service; helping faculty promote diverse and anti-racist research agendas; ensuring all faculty use critical theories and methodologies to promote access to services and data collection.
Adopted Goals (September 14th, 2020)
- Assist with developing research funding priorities that target critical educational issues related to power, privilege, and racial justice in schools, communities, and societies.
- Assist with the development of revised CRIF process and language
- Work with Dean to develop resources, speakers, and PD series on conducting and assessing faculty research and service through an anti-racist lens.
Outcomes
- Goal: Held conversations with the research office to communicate information to the COE faculty about what types of funding opportunities exist for this type of work. The committee supported including information on funding opportunities in COE newsletter and promoting research office resources during faculty meetings and in other communication to the faculty. The committee drafted a formal announcement about funding opportunities and information sessions.
- Goal: Revising language of CRIF for issues of equity – this has been sent to Thomasina and was added to the CRIF priority statement: “Attention will be given to proposals that address issues of race and racism in black and brown communities.”
- Goal: Write a statement/resource for faculty assisting them to think about the impact of their research on equity issues
Technology & Distance Education Committee
FPC Rep & Chair: Maya Israel
Policy Goals
Ideas goals for courses, programs, degrees, certificates; policy goals for advisement on COE curriculum content with specific focus on online learning. Use technology to track goals related to diversity and equity.
Adopted Goals (September 14th, 2020)
- Look at existing data for our online programs (Applied, admitted, enrolled, graduation, and time to degree) from the perspective of diversity. It would be helpful to look at both the state-run, self-funded, cohort programs.
- Suggest professional development that faculty and staff can participate in related to anti-racist distance education instructional practices. There will likely be overlap with the curriculum committee on this goal.
Outcomes
- Reviewed online programs and US News rankings, discussed how the scores can be used for improvement.
- Sought out College sources for demographic data for review.
- Identified impact sources (e.g., GRE) for US News ratings
- Discussion guiding questions for Program Coordinators to apply to their data
Status
Progress toward all goals, #1-2 will carry forward
1 The June 18th 2020, The Decade Ahead, notice from President Fuchs, provided via e-mail to all UF Faculty
2 FPC Discussion Notes for 4-18-20 are available on the FPC website under Minutes, 2019-2020 Archive, https://education.ufl.edu/faculty-policy/2019-2020-fpc-minutes/