Faculty Development Funding

Who to fund:

Fees for conferences and seminars, IF the attendance is mandatory; for example, attendance fees paid for a seminar, if attendance at the seminar is required for accreditation. The requestor's division/sub-division should pay the fees in this example, though the Faculty Development Committee might pay travel and board expenses for the seminar.
Books, workbooks, furniture, and other resources for any division or sub-division
Education courses for faculty or for faculty adjunct members

Faculty member must formal request funding from the Committee (form to be placed on the Committee jWeb site for requisition funds)
Faculty member must show evidence that non-Committee funded items (such as conference fees for which attendance is mandatory) are being financed by the member's division/sub-division or through another source
Faculty member must, on the requesting form, state how the activity for which funding is being requested will benefit his or her division or sub-division, students, and/or the College in general
Faculty member must be willing to make a report or presentation to his or her division or sub-division regarding the activities for which funding is being requested. For example, the requestor might make a presentation of activities and information acquired at a conference

The FDC should advise all faculty members, at the beginning of every school year, concerning the funds available for approved travel (if the Committee has these funds available), and the means for requesting funding
Funding might depend on what is available in the Committee budget; this will vary from year to year
Unless there are a large number of requests made in a semester, funding most often should be provided for the entire amounts requested, minus expenses for which the Committee does not provide funding. This will encourage faculty members to make use of funds available to them, which will benefit the division/sub-divisions, the students, or the College as a whole.
Funding should be available throughout the entire year; that is, during all semesters.

A faculty requestor completes the FDC request form, and sends it to any Committee member.
The Committee reviews the request, decides whether or not funding should be provided, and what percentage of the amount requested should be granted if funding is going to be provided. A quorum (simple majority) of the total number of Committee members must agree on these decisions, whether the vote is actual or virtual.
The Chair of the Committee forwards the request form to the Vice President of Academic Affairs, together with the Committee's approval or disapproval of the request, and (if approved) the percentage of the request that the Committee believes should be funded.
The VP of Academic Affairs approves or disapproves the request, and notifies the Committee President of his decision. If approved, the request if forwarded to the President of the College.
The President of the College approves or disapproves he request, and notifies the VP of Academic Affairs of his decision.
The Academic Affairs office notifies the Committee, and the requestor, as to the final decision
If the President approves a request, a check requisition is made in Academice Affairs and sent to the Vice President of Financial and Administrative Affairs.

Guidelines written October 2009 - Faculty Development Committee; Revised by the Committee, January 2010