Workload task force, goals and timeline

2月. 16, 2023

亲爱的走鹃,

的 purpose of this note is to provide an update on the process and timeline for the way forward on faculty workload. 第一个, I’d like to thank the Faculty Leadership Team, along with our 院长 and interim Provost Mora, for their collaboration on charting this new course over the last few weeks. And to all Roadrunners supporting our students, please know how much we value your talent and dedication. We understand there are challenges and complexities ahead, and we are committed to addressing them inclusively.

以下是下一步的更多信息.

什么:

Next week we will launch a cross-functional task force to address the issues of workload. Its mission will be to provide options, 包括详细的预算建模, to support the trustee’s decision-making. In addition to requiring that options be adequately modeled for budget viability and implications, the work of the task force will be guided by these two principles:

1. All Roadrunners – faculty and staff – should have a sustainable workload.
2. Solutions must be centered on student success.

的 Faculty Senate’s recommendation to adjust faculty workload has raised strategic questions regarding intersecting issues that need to be addressed simultaneously and in context of workload. 的se issues include compensation; diversity; retention of faculty, staff and students; and expectations for faculty and staff in ensuring student success. We must explore options that are sustainable and fiscally viable and that also align with 皇冠官网网站的策略计划目标 for student access, service and achievement, as well as student-centered academic excellence.

幸运的是, 随着特别工作组的推进, it will be able to build on the work already completed by the Faculty Workload Task Force led by Gabrielle Katz and Bill Henry to address key questions and properly frame the challenges. Data and insight that may be leveraged include but are not limited to:

• Fiscal analysis of the original proposal
• 同行和竞争对手数据
• 工作量和教学负荷比率
• 班级规模数据
• Proposed changes to guidelines for teaching, mentorship/student support and research/scholarship
• Faculty and staff vacancy and recruitment data
• 调查数据

人: 

的 task force will be co-chaired by Interim Provost Marie Mora and Faculty Trustee Meredith Jeffers, and it will be facilitated by external consultant Mike Dumont. Additional members will be determined by the co-chairs and will include 院长, the other Faculty Leadership Team members (i.e., 学院参议院的主席, Faculty Federation and Council of Chairs), 首席财务官, additional department chair representatives, additional faculty representatives and other cabinet members and senior leaders. Ad hoc committees will be formed as needed.

时间轴: 

2月. 24* |开球
Meeting with task force members to set goals and timeline to address its charge in alignment with the questions raised by the 校董会.
*An earlier version of this message included the wrong kickoff date.

March 16 | 校董会 Academic and Student Affairs (ASA) Committee Meeting
的 workload task force will help facilitate a deep dive for the trustees, providing further background on the issue being addressed, presenting  data points and definitions, and gaining guidance and approval for the way forward.

6月1日:董事会全体会议
Task force will present options and modeling for consideration in our Fiscal Year 2024 budget and beyond.

Additional assessment and discussion will continue at the direction of the president and 校董会.

Keep an eye out for updates as the task force kicks off. Faculty input on the task force will be collected through Faculty Senate, department meetings and other preexisting channels of communication, so please be sure to connect with your department chair, 院长, senate representatives and task force members with thoughts and questions. Staff can also add insight to the process through their representatives on the task force. 一如既往，任何人都可以 send me your ideas and feedback directly.

I am grateful for the collaborative work of so many across campus and am confident the way forward will result in a positive impact on our University. Thank you again for your great work and dedication to our students!

真诚地,

珍妮·戴维森博士.D.
丹佛州立大学校长