The NCTA Dean’s Council Meeting was called to order at 12:00 p.m. with the above referenced individuals in attendance.

 WELCOME

• Dr. Rosati welcomed everyone to the meeting.

 APPROVE MEETING MINUTES FROM 11.5.2015

• Minutes were approved as amended. The start time of the meeting was changed.

 STAFF EVALUATION

• Jennifer McConville has scaled back the staff evaluation process and will continue on this process.
• Jennifer will e-mail revisions to Dean’s Council and will review at the next Council.

 FACULTY EVALUATION

• Jennifer had each Dean’s Council member review the faculty evaluation process. Deadlines were discussed. Jennifer will send e-mails to remind the faculty of upcoming deadlines.
• Dr. Rosati reminded Council members that faculty must provide class syllabi and student learning outcomes as part of the evaluation.

ACCREDITATION

• Dottie Evans provided an update on accreditations.
• Dr. Kenya Taylor’s report and suggestions will be incorporated in the report.
• Dottie provided a master “to do” list noting 13 items to complete by the end of the year.
• Jennifer asked Dottie and student worker to reformat the budget spreadsheet.
• The Accreditation steering committee meets again on December 7.
• This item will continue to be on the Dean’s Council agenda.

 PROGRAM LIST

• Dr. Rosati gave each Council member the academic program list offered at NCTA.
• Dr. Ramsdale raised concerns on the horticulture option being under AAS and not AS.
• NCTA diplomas have only the major listed, not the option.
• NCTA does not have a companion animal care certificate at this time, but there is an animal health care certificate.  A horticulture certificate is available, instead of a major.
• Dr. Rosati will bring suggested revisions to the next Dean’s Council meeting.

• Dr. Rosati discussed faculty work load with the Council.
• Jennifer has created a faculty work load form as guidance to faculty.
  • If the faculty provides Jennifer their class rosters for Spring semester on MyRed, she will complete the workload form prior to the Council retreat.
  • This item will be thoroughly reviewed at the Dean’s Council retreat in January.

 CLASSROOM POLICIES/SYLLABI

• Dottie discussed procedures regarding classroom policy and syllabi.
• Syllabi should be handed out the first week of each class. She recommends this change to the NCTA classroom policy.
• The amendment to the current policy is “syllabi are accessible via Blackboard and/or handed out to students within the first week of the semester”.
• Dr. Jackson moved to amend the NCTA Classroom Policy with the above statement; Dr. Smith second, motion carried.
• Catherine will make the change and have it posted at the ncta.unl.edu web site.

 PAY FOR COURSE FACILITATORS

• Eric Reed proposed that fulltime faculty members assigned to facilitate courses as teaching assistants will receive one-half equivalent credit hours in their teaching load for courses that meet the minimum enrollment threshold.
• Dr. Rosati suggested we these individuals be titled as course facilitators. Eric will go into more detail with this proposal next week.

 DAIRY SCIENCE

• A Dairy Science option is being discussed under Animal Science. Ron will continue to update the Council as this proposal progresses.

 NCTA OPEN FORUM DECEMBER 16

• An NCTA Open Forum will be December 16 at 4 p.m. in the Ed Center Auditorium.

 DEAN’S COUNCIL RETREAT JANUARY 5

• Agenda
  • Budget, accreditation, faculty work load, program review, biosecurity, traffic patterns, signage

 TRAVEL PER DIEM

• Travel per diem was discussed with the Dean’s council by Ron Rosati.
• All campus travelers should be prudent on expenses, and not exceed 20% for Nebraska’s per diem rate.

 NCTA CALENDAR OF EVENTS

• Dr. Rosati reviewed the upcoming events on campus and holiday scheduling.

 OTHER BUSINESS

• A Christmas lunch will be December 18 at 12 p.m. in the Student Union. It will be a catered meal so NCTA Food Service can participate.
• Discussion of a signage on campus

 The meeting was adjourned at 1:15 p.m. The next meeting will be Thursday December 10 at 12 p.m.