Faculty and Professional Staff Senate
Mission
The Faculty and Professional Staff Senate’s purpose is to provide a deliberative body designed to promote shared governance, transparency, collegiality, and mutual trust among faculty and staff and administration. Further, the Faculty and Professional Staff Senate will provide a forum to enhance academic values and opportunities.
Functions
- To advocate for all Faculty and Professional Staff regarding matters outside of the
collective bargaining agreement. Areas include but need not be limited to the following:
- Curriculum
- Academic Standards
- Degree and certificate completion
- Assessment
- Planning
- Professional Development
- Accreditation
- Utilization of resources
- To provide a liaison between Senate constituents and administration
- To share in college-wide decision making
- To participate in the formulation and implementation of policy directly impacting Senate constituents
- To promote an open and honest community marked by freedom of expression for all at the college
- To act as a single, representative voice expressing constituent views in college-wide discussions
Membership
Any employee of Bristol Community College whose primary employment (more than 75 percent of assigned hours) is as a faculty or professional staff member is a “constituent.”