AGENDA

College of Education Council
March 9, 2005
Room 301B, Porter Building
2:00 p.m.

1. Call to Order.

Establishment of a Quorum. (There are 10 voting members; six voting members constitute a quorum.).

2. Approval of the minutes of February 23, 2005. These may be found at http://www.emich.edu/coe/governance/COECouncil/minutes/012605m.html

COE Council agenda and minutes, 1992 forward, may be found at http://www.emich.edu/coe/governance/COECouncil/index.html

4. Reports of Committees

A. Reports from Standing Committees

i. Basic Programs Committee.

Approved prerequisite change for ENGL 409. These materials are not available on line. The change requires that ENGL 408 Writing for Writing Teachers be taken before ENGL 409 Teaching English in the Secondary Schools. Currently it can be taken as either a prerequisite or a co-requisite. CURR 305 is also required as either a prerequisite or a co-requisite. That requirement has not changed. The change is intended to make sure that no student can reach ENGL 409 with no previous background in pedagogy.

Political Science program change. The committee passed the changes in the Political Science teaching major with a recommendation that the program be

amended to delete HIST 102 and HIST 103 from general studies requirements and add HIST 123 and HIST 124 to address state concerns. Materials are available at

http://www.emich.edu/coe/prg_changes/basic_prg/polysci/index.html

The recommended changes must be passed by CAS (or at least the PLSC department) before they can be implemented. However, if they are passed by the COE they would not have to return to this body.

The committee did not approve the proposed changes in the Economic major as they did not address the state concerns in the last review. They were returned to the department for revision. Materials for that proposal are available at

http://www.emich.edu/coe/prg_changes/basic_prg/econ/index.html

The situation for both political science and economics is precarious as we are only approved to offer those majors through May 2005. If these issues are not resolved soon, there will be significant problems both for majors in those areas and for the larger number of students with social studies majors and minors in either PLCS or ECON. It is essential that whatever we send to the state will meet the necessary standards to be approved there.

ii. Advanced Programs Committee

No report

iii. Professional and Affiliated Programs Committee

Approved changes in the Children’s Literature and Drama/Theatre for the Young major.

iv. Personnel Committee

No report.

v. Planning and Finance Committee

Nor report.

vi. Diversity Committee

No report

5. Reports from other College or University Groups

A. Faculty Council

B. Graduate Council

C.  Strategic Planning Process

D. Continuing Education Advisory Council

E. EMU Research Advisory Council

F. COE Resource Development Board

G. COE Student Advisory Committee

I. ad hoc Porter Chair Advisory Committee

J. ad hoc Education Alumni Hall of Fame Committee

All faculty and staff are invited to the Hall of Fame induction ceremony April 8, 4:00 p.m. outside the student lounge. Individuals to be inducted are:

Patricia Dignon--educator with experience preschool through college, current executive director of Detroit schools

Ingrid Saunders Jones--Senior VP of the Coca Cola Co. and chair of the Coca Cola Foundation

Julia Ann King--pioneer woman educator in Michigan, former preceptress of Michigan Normal. King Hall was named after her.

Dean Rockwell--physical educator, Olympic wrestling coach, WWII D-Day hero

Gerald Tape--physics instructor, distinguished career in U.S. and international atomic energy and nonproliferation of nuclear weapons, early winner of U.S. Department of Energy Fermi Award.

Thus far we know Dr. Dignon and Mr. Rockwell will be in attendance. Dr. Tape is too ill to travel. We do not yet know whether Ms. Jones’ schedule will permit her attendance.

K.  ad hoc Education Students Data Assessment Committee

L. Other COE Groups

M. COE Departments or Offices

N. Porter Building status

O. NCATE/State status. 

P.  Dean’s report

None. Interim dean on annual leave.

6. Old business

A. Proposal to revise the governance system for professional education. 

7. New business

8. Adjournment.

Next meeting March 23, 2005--2:00 p.m., Porter 301B, or as otherwise set by the Council.