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  • Welcome to SCM Faculty Governance

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      MU Assessment Design Unit Manager

      Alfred Machingambi

       

       

      (amachingambi@missional.university)
      Location: Johannesburg, South Africa
      Timezone: SAST


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      1. Do you have any tips that you would like to share with other faculty at MU that would be helpful to them in course development, teaching, self-care, etc.?
      2. What is hindering you the most from making progress in your course development at this juncture?
      3. What question(s) do you have for the Dean or other administrators at this time?

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      "Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus."

      Phil. 4:6-7, NIV


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      Let us lift each other up, in Jesus' Name.

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  • Vital Elements of Shared Governance

    Shared governance at Missional University is founded upon the following principles:  

    • MU shall endeavor to carry out its business with a high degree of consultation, trust and mutual respect.

    • Deliberative processes and procedures shall be designed to ensure reasonable engagement with all of MUs many constituencies.

    • Shared governance requires informed participation and thus depends on robust and candid patterns of institutional communication.

    • Participation in shared governance must balance well a commitment to the whole and to its constituent parts.

    • Faculty members are best qualified to chart MUs educational course within the guiding documents of the university, while administrators are best qualified to direct the strategic, financial and organizational elements. In practice, the educational and organizational domains are overlapping and interdependent matters of shared governance.

    • Different constituencies have authority over specific areas of the institution and its decisions. To some extent, this dictates the shape of decision-making patterns within shared governance.

    • Circumstances may dictate that administrators will act in the best interest of MU without the full benefits of the shared governance process. In such cases, every effort shall be made to procure advice and recommendations from the affected MU constituencies.

    • While full participation of all constituencies is important for the health of MU decision making, ultimate fiduciary responsibility for MUs welfare rests with the Board of Directors and its designated administrators.

    Missional University Faculty Handbook, pg 8.