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- Maintain confidentiality
- Actively engage in the committee meetings, contributing their voice and ideas to the process
- Attend all meetings of the committee, with support from their immediate supervisor in terms of workload management
- Listen to other staff in their department/center/unit for topics and concerns to share up with leadership, and, if directed, solicit feedback from college staff
- Estimated time commitment for one year of service would be 10 to 15 hours
- One or two 90-minute meetings a semester, including summer
- Time for advance prep, follow-up tasks, or sub-group work as needed
- One half-day at college leadership work session
Structure:
- Led by a staff chair selected by the committee, with an ongoing staff member (assistant to the dean) who provides administrative support and continuity
- Composed of 8 to 10 staff members (full- or at least 50%-time)
- To reflect multiple areas of the college and ensure that a broad cross-section of staff voices are heard, the committee membership will include at least one representative from all of the following:
- Research center
- Each academic department
- Student Services Center
- College of Education administrative units (e.g., Business Services, OII, Development)
- Both A&P and classified positions
- Current college representatives to UT’s Staff Council are invited to liaise or serve ex officio
Eligibility:
- Employed in a classified or A&P position in the College of Education between at a .50-1.0 FTE appointment or equivalent
- Employees who have completed at least 12 months of consecutive service to the College of Education
- Employee is in good standing in their unit and not on a formal performance improvement plan
Nomination process:
- Annual communication will go out in late spring to solicit nominations
- Supervisor nominations:
- Supervisors may nominate after confirming interest from staff member by sending a short email to their immediate supervisor that provides (1) a brief summary of the person’s job duties and (2) a description of why they think this person should serve
- Nomination threads would move up the supervisory chain to chair or college unit director, who would then select no more than two or three to submit to the dean
- Self-nominations:
- Staff member may self-nominate, with approval from immediate supervisor, by sending a short email to their supervisor that provides (1) a brief summary of their job duties and (2) a description of why they would like to serve and the strengths they would bring to the committee
- Nomination threads would move up the supervisory chain to chair or college unit director, who would then select no more than two or three to submit to the dean
- Dean may then invite additional comments from supervisor
- Dean may solicit additional nominations from chairs/directors to ensure that all of the staff representation listed above is included
- Dean’s Team and staff development team (CBO, HR director, assistant to the dean) would serve as consultative committee to make recommendations
- Dean makes a final determination on the committee membership slate, considering the overall diversity of roles represented on the committee to ensure as broad a reach as possible
- Over time, recommendations should take into consideration that all offices and centers are being represented
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