[VPAAEtal] Academic Practices Committee Survey

[Academic Affairs]

Several faculty have indicated difficulty in completing and
replying to the Academic Practices Survey listed below. In
order to ensure your responses are received and considered
by Faculty Senate, please copy and paste the survey along
with your response and email to Ms. Amber Maloy, Graduate
Assistant for Faculty Senate, at
amaloy at leo.tamu-commerce.edu. Your participation in this
process is greatly appreciated. 


Academic Practices Survey Spring 2009

Concerns have been raised in the Faculty Senate regarding
summer school procedures.  As a result, the Academic
Practices Committee was asked to compile data on faculty
needs and opinions about summer school.  The individual
survey answers will be kept confidential.  The information
will be compiled by the committee and presented to the
university administration to help understand faculty
opinions and needs.  Please complete each question below and
submit your answers as directed at the end of the survey. 
It should take you less than ten minutes.  Thank you for
taking the time to complete the survey.

1.How many years have you taught at Texas A&M
University-Commerce? 
______________________________________________________
2.Are you  tenured  _____      Non-tenured _____  
Non-tenure track_____?
3.Do you want to teach summer school classes?  _____Yes    
_____No
4.How many classes do you want to teach in the summer? 
_____
5.Does your department allow you to teach as many classes as
you would like to teach during the summer based on the FTE
budget?  _____Yes     _____No
6.Please identify your department
___________________________________
7.Why do you want to teach summer classes? (Check all that
apply)
A. ______ extra pay B.______ continuity in the program
C.______ enjoy teaching an extra class D.______ other 
(please explain ________________________________
8.Are you aware of how the summer budget procedures and pay
are determined?_____Yes     _____No
9.Should the summer schedule be limited to one ten-week
session?_____Yes_____No
10.Should the summer schedule consist of two five week
sessions?
_____ Yes_____ No
11.What are your opinions about the current and/or past
practices of determining salaries for summer teaching? 
___________________________________
12.Do Texas A&M University-Commerce policies encourage or
discourage you from teaching during the summer?  Please
explain: 
____________________________________________________________________________________
13.Please explain any concerns you have concerning summer
teaching:
_______________________________________________________________________

Please return this survey to Amber Maloy at
amaloy at leo.tamu-commerce.edu or to Linda Openshaw, 310
Henderson