1:00 pm / Finish Time / 12:00 pm / Start Time / 1June 2014 / Date
CON-03-029 Al Salmi / VC L1-0-075 / Location
College Council Meeting / Subject
Present
Absent / Dept./College / Name / Present
Absent / Dept./College / Name
/ Abu Dhabi / Kenesha Wilson / 10 / / Associate Dean – Abu Dhabi / Anthony Rhodes / 1
/ Assistants. Chair MTH – Abu Dhabi / Mark Causapin / 11 / / Associate Dean – Dubai / Belkeis Altareb / 2
/ COL Logistics Coordinator / Mary Bantilan / 12 / / Co-Chair IDS – Abu Dhabi / Chris Stryker / 3
/ Sr. Academic Admin Officer - Dubai / Millicent Silva / 13 / / Chair MTH – Dubai / Carla Rudder / 4
/ Chair AAD - Dubai / Roslyn Haley / 14 / / Co-Chair IDS – Dubai / Ikko Tucker / 5
/ Dubai / Shaista Keshodkar / 15 / / Dean / Jyoti Grewal / 6
/ Assistant Dean - Dubai / Zia Saunders / 16 / / Assistant Chair AAD – Abu Dhabi / Kenneth Zuercher / 7
/ Admin Assistant – Abu Dhabi / Hadeel Haroon / 17 / / Assistant Dean – Abu Dhabi / Lisa Isaacson / 8
/ Assistant Chair EWS - Dubai / Lisa Kassem / 9
Responsibility / Recommendation / Decision / Item
Date / Unit/person
1/6/2014 / Approved / Approval of Agenda / 1
1/6/2014 / Approved / Approved of Minutes / 2
1/6/2014 / COL 255 and COL 120 updates:
- COL 255 will be Emirates Studies.
- It will have 4 sections
- It will be piloted next semester
- It will be taught by Arabic teachers not necessarily Emiratis.It may be taught in English in the future
- UAEU have a book for COL 255. It will be sent to us.
- COL 250 will not run next semester
- COL 120 is Life Skills course
- It will run next semester.
- 1 Section in DXB campus will run a piloted version of COL 120
- The faculty who will teach COL 120 will prepare it during Summer and will be paid
- QFE’s outcomes and ZULO’s outcomes have to be aligned by end of the academic year.
- A consultant will be in AUH on Tuesday and in DXB on Wednesday.
- Chris and Ken will attend the workshop in AUH and Belkeis and Zia will attend in DXB.
- Lisa nominated Keith Van Tassel from the EWS department
- We should have 4 course learning outcomes
- Academic Administrators will rotate every 4 years
- Faculty asked if the rotation ends when the contract expires
- Tony is impressed with what the Chairs have done. The evaluations were very constructive.
- Tony thanked all Chairs.
(Associate Dean: Anthony Rhodes) / 3
1/6/2014 / An updated document of the Faculty Annual Workplan was sent.
The overview which was written by Dr. Jyoti was sent back in February.
Tony reviewed the process with the attendees / AWP Work Plan Overview / 4
1/6/2014 / We have about 41 positions to fill
We’ve got approximately 15acceptance across the departments
The deadline for international hires is 12th of June / RTH – deadline June 12 / 5
1/6/2014 /
- Coordinators coordinate and oversees the printing of all exams for all sections of courses with the Business Center.
- Coordinator prints off instructions, sign in sheet, incident report, and any other materials to be included in the exam packets.
- Coordinator asks all faculty to print up a class roster to be included in their exam packet.
- Coordinator sends needed exams and packet materials to designated, secure office (Dean's or other designated space). In Abu Dhabi, the designated person is Aya and the office will be MF3-0-073A. In Dubai the designated person will be Millicent and the office will be R-L1-109.
- Faculty members collect exams, packet materials and envelopes from office and prepare packets for their own sections. (no worries about photocopying mess ups).
- Faculty members deliver their packets to UCDO for securing by a date to be established.
- Proctors will collect exams from the Dean’s Office and return them to the Dean’s Office if they do not arrange an alternate method of return with the instructor.
1/6/2014 / Ken: We had a fewer procedure problems.
We only have a capacity problem for COL 270 and COL 260.
If the Chairs agree, more sections will open. / Registration Updates / 7
1/6/2014 / - / A.O.B / 8
Chair / Secretary
Anthony Rhodes / Hadeel Haroon / Name
Signature
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