Departmental Self Review - UCLA Academic Senate

Additionally, it is highly recommended that additional nominal group process meetings/focusgroups and surveys be used to evaluate the overall quality of life of the faculty and schoolfunctioning in the future, as a follow up to the multiple issues raised in this analysis, many ofwhich go beyond the faculty committee structure.Resources & Cost To The School1) The hiring of staff or reconfiguring existing staff for:a) supporting committee work,b) Expanding research support so faculty will be able to participate in committeework and so research does not compete with committee workc) Performing clerical tasks necessary to support the faculty in their teaching so thatthese tasks do not compete with committee work.2) Resources to explore strategies for enhancing communication among all members of theSON related to the concerns raised by faculty beyond those issues that pertain to committeestructure.Time LineSpring 2005: - Election of new faculty committees and chairsSummer 2005: -Planning for revised calendar of faculty meetings-Meeting of curriculum committees and discussion of overall curricular planningfor 2005-6-Exploring the hiring of new support staff / re-configuring existing staffresponsibilities to support SON operations-Identify resources to work with faculty/administration/staff to resolve ongoingcommunication issuesFall 2005:-Faculty presentation/discussion about the role of faculty in shared governance.Fall-Spring 2005-06:-Ongoing discussion about joint faculty/administrative efforts to promote qualityof work life and communication among all members of the SON (faculty,administration, staff).Spring 2006: -FEC to conduct evaluation of faculty satisfaction with committee structure265