Maricopa Faculty Representatives
Maricopa Faculty Serving on ASU Committees
Background
For more than 20 years, the Maricopa County Community College
District (MCCCD) and Arizona State University (ASU) have
had a collaborative agreement to have cross-institutional
representation related
to curriculum development.
Maricopa faculty members have served on numerous ASU curriculum
committees during this time; in turn, ASU has had a representative
on Maricopa’s
District Curriculum Committee. As of Fall 2007, there are
a total of 20 ASU curriculum committees representing all
of the schools and colleges
across the university’s four locations: Tempe, West, Polytechnic, and
Downtown.
Maricopa’s Vice Chancellor for Academic and Student Affairs has
the responsibility to appoint faculty to the ASU curriculum committees.
The process is facilitated and supported by the Center for Curriculum
and Transfer Articulation (CCTA) on behalf of the Vice Chancellor. Recruitment
of Maricopa faculty representatives occurs each Spring semester. The
CCTA Director sends an email to the relevant Instructional Councils requesting
that they recommend two to three individuals to be considered for appointment
to an ASU Council or Committee. The names are forwarded to the Vice Chancellor
for Academic and Student Affairs who makes the final appointments for
the following Fall semester. College Vice Presidents of Academic Affairs
will be informed about faculty members from their colleges who have been
appointed.
Identifying Maricopa Faculty Representatives
- Representative is a residential faculty member, a member of an Instructional Council, and experienced with curriculum and transfer articulation issues.
- Representative meets the Maricopa hiring qualifications required to teach in the discipline that is part of the ASU school or college.
- There is representation from multiple Maricopa colleges.
- Representative has the availability to attend one meeting
per month during the academic year at the location of the
ASU school or college.
- Representative will work in the best interest of faculty
and students district-wide.
- Vice Chancellor for Academic and Student Affairs makes final
appointments.
- Representation will be revisited and evaluated annually.
RESPONSIBILITIES OF MARICOPA REPRESENTATIVES ON ASU COLLEGE
CURRICULUM COMMITTEES
- Before meeting, review the agenda,
minutes, and proposals.
- Represent Maricopa’s view and
speak on behalf
of Maricopa.
- Communicate proposed changes and
solicit feedback from the appropriate MCCCD Instructional
Councils. For courses that have general studies designations
the Maricopa Faculty General Education Representative
is copied as well. (One week turnaround time from when
the form is submitted).
- Communicate Instructional Council(s)
feedback
to the appropriate ASU campus.
- Distribute outcomes of the ASU
meeting with the appropriate Instructional Council and
the Center for Curriculum and Transfer
Articulation.
- Communicate curriculum and articulation
issues to staff in the Center for Curriculum and Transfer
Articulation.
- Review ASU curriculum proposals
that may be processed during the summer months, or identify
a temporary substitute to review curriculum proposals.
This is a relatively small time commitment.
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