{"id":5193,"date":"2022-02-22T13:10:09","date_gmt":"2022-02-22T18:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/fa\/?p=5193"},"modified":"2022-02-22T13:10:09","modified_gmt":"2022-02-22T18:10:09","slug":"faec-minutes-02-09-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/fa\/2022\/02\/22\/faec-minutes-02-09-22\/","title":{"rendered":"FAEC MINUTES 02\/09\/22"},"content":{"rendered":"

FAEC MINUTES<\/b> 02\/09\/22<\/b><\/p>\n

Present:<\/b> Naseem Choudhury <\/b>(President, SSHS), Bonnie Blake<\/b> (Councilor-at-Large over 11, CA), Katie Cohen <\/b>(Library), Donna Flynn<\/b> (Councilor-at-Large under 11, TAS), Ken McMurdy<\/b> (TAS), Lisa Lutter<\/b>, (CA), Thierry Rakotobe-Joel<\/b> (ASB), Mihaela Serban<\/b> (SSHS), Ed Shannon<\/b> (Vice President, HGS), Jeffrey Ellsworth<\/b> (Secretary)<\/p>\n

Vote to bring meeting to order at 10:03am.<\/p>\n

FA PRESIDENT\u2019S REPORT<\/b>: Faculty have raised concerns regarding New Jersey Governor announcing mask policy change. However, this does not impact the college as it only applies to K-12 educational institutions.<\/p>\n

Meeting with Provost:<\/b> Discussed the positive state of vaccination for on campus constituencies. Discussion of flexibility for hybrid formats for summer courses.<\/p>\n

FAEC DISCUSSION:<\/b><\/p>\n

Discussion of Inclement Weather Day Policy. Discussion of concerns regarding recent Inclement Weather Day messaging that deviated from past practice. It appeared to shift policy from faculty strategically determining the best pedagogical approach to address course class hours, whether through synchronous remote learning or asynchronous methods, to a requirement of handling the matters only through synchronous remote learning. Such a shift would be pedagogically concerning, as well as not addressing internet\/power outages of faculty and students.<\/p>\n

Faculty may consider:<\/p>\n