Please note that the Compensation and Benefits Committee revised the Professional Development process and application during the 2013 - 2014 academic year. Please find below the process document and the revised, two page, application as approved by the Faculty Senate. Contact your new Committee Chair if you have any questions.

In accordance with Nevada System of Higher Education (NSHE) Code Title 2, Chapter 5, Section 5.6.1, this committee:                          

1. Defines and maintains criteria for placement and movement on the salary schedule;
2. Distributes faculty development and out-of-state travel monies;
3. Makes recommendations on policies and priorities for equity adjustments and matters related to intellectual property (see BOR Handbook, Title 4, Chapter 12);
4. Establishes criteria and makes recommendations on this distribution of available merit monies;
5. Serves as a grievance committee for Faculty on all salary and benefits matters.

For the purposes of approving salary schedule variances, this committee constitutes the Senate's variance committee (BOR Handbook, Title 4, Chapter 3, Section 3.24.3). In accordance with NSHE Code Title 4, Chapter 5, Section 5.6.2 and in the event of a grievance, administrators shall grant to this committee access to professional staff members' payroll files.

This specific GBC policy is found under section 5.30 of the GBC Policy and Procedures.

Documents

• Agreement on Intellectual Property (2002)
• Mileage and Per-Diem
• Professional Development Funding Request Procedure
• What is Professional Development?

Faculty Workload Policy Description and Links

• GBC Faculty Workload

Compensation and Benefits Committee Chair

Brandy Nielsen, Economics/Finance Instructor
Elko Campus
775-753-3584

Compensation and Benefits Committee Members

Kara Coates, Science
Campus

Michelle Husbands, Nursing Instructor
Elko Campus
775.753.2212

Donald Jones, Technician
Elko Campus
775.753.2343

Laura Pike, Computer Technologies Professor
Elko Campus
775.753.2288

James Stugelmayer, Instrumentation Instructor
Elko Campus
775.753.2354

Ex-officio Committee Member

Sonja Sibert, Vice President for Business Affairs
Elko Campus
775.753.2181