College briefs ?® Call for applications Attention regular faculty: applications for 1993 educational leave must be submitted to Gerry Della Mattia by 4:30 pm, Dec. 1, 1992. Applications are available by calling Yvonne Mostert at 5386. ¢® Library policy change - fines and replacement fees Effective September 1992, the library levies the following fines for overdue materials: Course reserves and microcomputer software - $1 per hour ($20 maximum). Inter-library loans - $1 per day ($20 maxi- mum). For replacing books acquired since 1990, borrowers will be charged the original cost plus a $20 processing fee. Books acquired prior to 1990 will be assessed a flat fee of $40. Replacement fees for videos will be the current replacement cost plus a $20 processing fee. Please note that library priveleges will be suspended when a borrower owes $10 or more. Contract employees’ accounts may be referred to a collection agency if they do not return overdue materials. ?® Winter registration - January 1993 The dates and times are as follows: Group registration - Jan 4 from noon to 6 pm. Open registration - Jan 5 from 8 am to 8 pm. Open registration - Jan 6 from 8 am to 8 pm. Open registration - Jan 7 from 8 am to 6:30 pm. As in the past, faculty must be available on Jan 4 to sign in students who are in limited enrolment programs. Also, registra- tion for Weekend College starts at 6 pm on Jan 4. Briefs continued on page 5 Octoberfest 3rd Annual Free Food - Door Prizes November 5, 4 - 8 pm in the Douglas Room Everyone is Welcome! The draw for the Reserved Parking Space Raffle will take place at 5:00 p.m. during Octoberfest. Faculty asked to join evaluation committee Douglas College faculty members are being invited to work with a joint committee of facul- ty and administration developing a new faculty evaluation system. The committee began organizing after 70 administration and faculty members attended workshops in August, 1991 presented by recognized experts in faculty evaluation. At the time, the University of Tennessee’s Dr. Raoul Arreola reported: "The latest cycle of interest in faculty evaluation is energized by a movement to give attention to how good a job we're doing as teachers. It’s a way to provide faculty with a method of enhancing their teaching skills." Gerry Della Mattia, Dean of Human Resources and College Development, says the workshops provided guidelines to begin developing an evaluation system. Creating such a system is required in the Faculty Association’s Collective Agreement. "People at Douglas College did not agree with everything in Dr. Arreola’s model, especially the idea of using a numerical points system to grade performance. However, he did offer four important principles that the College has found useful." The first principle stated that any evaluation process should be developed with the par- ticipation of both faculty and administration. Further, the system must identify all of a faculty member’s duties and provide mechanisms to fairly assess each of them. Finally, sys- tems must have the flexibility to weigh different skills and duties according to the needs of the position and department. The committee, composed of Della Mattia and instructors John Damron, Shirley McKinley, Margaret Meagher, Jay McGilvery and Sandi Strate, held preliminary meetings in the spring. Eugene Hrushowy of Faculty Development is acting as a consultant. "I became involved with this committee because it was developing a process that was not summative nor was it coming from the top down," said Damron. "I think it is important for anyone with good ideas to come forward. We welcome and will consider all proposals." To get involved or find out more about the faculty evaluation, contact Gerry Della Mattia at 527-5246. &