AGENDA

College of Education Council
January 12, 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 December 8, 2004.  These may be found at http://www.emich.edu/coe/governance/COECouncil/minutes/120804m.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.

No report

ii. Advanced Programs Committee

No report

iii. Professional and Affiliated Programs Committee

No report

iv. Personnel Committee

No report.

v. Planning and Finance Committee

Report on Strategic Planning.

vi. Diversity Committee

Membership needs, organization. See Attachment #1.

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

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

Office of Urban Education

Web project

Budget issues

Other

6. Old business

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

7. New business

A. Discussion Item: Inquiry in an era of tight budgets

8. Adjournment.

Next meeting January 26, 2005--2:00 p.m., Porter 301B, or as otherwise set by the Council.

Attachment 1

PROPOSED CREATION OF A STANDING

DIVERSITY COMMITTEE

WITHIN THE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION

Introduction and Process

On May 12, 2004, the College of Education Council approved a motion to submit to the faculty of the College of Education an amendment to the governing/input documents of the College of Education such as to create an additional standing committee–one on “Diversity.”

Implementation of such an amendment requires, under Article XIII of the AAUP Contract, approval of (a) a majority of the members of the Bargaining Unit, voting by secret ballot (M.P. 380); (b) the dean of the College of Education (M.P. 382); ( c) the Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs-Academic Human Resources (M.P. 382); (d) the Provost (M.P. 382); and (e) EMU-AAUP (M.P. 382).

The proposed amendment is given below. Attached is a ballot, which is to be used only by tenured or tenure-track faculty members in the College of Education. Sorry, but Lecturers, Adjuncts, PT’s, and CS’s are not eligible to vote on this matter. Ballots are to be returned to Dr. Martha Kinney-Sedgwick, Chair, COE Council, by September 15, 2004.

Dr. Kinney-Sedgwick will determine, at the end of the balloting period, if a majority of the eligible voters have supported this amendment. If not, the proposed amendment fails. If so, Dr. Kinney-Sedgwick will report this to Interim Dean Starko. If Dr. Starko supports the proposed amendment, she will forward it to Dr. Robert VanDerVelde (with two requests–one for his review and approval and one to forward this to EMU-AAUP for review and approval) and to Provost Paul Schollaert with a request for his review and approval. At such time as all approvals are received, the proposed amendment will become part of the COE governing/input documents.

Proposed Amendment

The College of Education Council submits for consideration by Bargaining Unit members in the College of Education the following amendment to the “College of Education Council and Related Structures” governance/input document which may be found, in its entirety, at http://www.emich.edu/coe/ncate/2003/Docs/part1/standard6/exhibits/Exhibit6.6.html

(Material in bold type is to be added. Material in strike out format is to be deleted.)

Article IV. Standing Committees

A. Identification of Committees.

The standing committees of the COE Council shall be (i) the Committee on Basic Programs, (ii) the Committee on Advanced Programs, (iii) the Committee on Professional and Affiliated Programs, (iv) the Planning and Finance Committee, and (v) the Personnel Committee, and (vi) the Diversity Committee. In the event that an item might appear to be within the province of two or more committees (e.g., curricular matters related to the speech-language impaired program), the chair of the COE Council, in consultation with the dean of the College of Education, shall make a determination of referral to only one committee.

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G. Diversity Committee.

1. The Diversity Committee shall represent the faculty in all matters having to do with increasing the broad awareness of diversity, multiculturalism, and social justice among students, staff, and faculty in the COE community, as well as building specific knowledge and skills congruent with the region and populations we serve. The Committee will develop and promote programs and training that enhance such awareness, knowledge, and skills across the COE community. In particular, the Committee will (1) promote diversity and multiculturalism content and pedagogy in COE curriculum through (a) gathering data on multicultural curriculum, collating and analyzing the data, and disseminating the information; and (b) developing, sponsoring and disseminating educational, awareness-raising, and knowledge-building programs and training at COE; (2) promote recruitment and retention of multicultural and international faculty, staff and students, through (a) supporting diversity among faculty, staff, and students through mentoring services and programs; (b) supporting recruitment targeted at raising diversity and maintaining contact with the Office of Diversity and Affirmative Action to recruit and retain minorities in COE; and ( c) supporting activities that enhance retention of diverse faculty, staff, and students; and (3) sponsor activities and programs that enhance diversity of awareness, knowledge, and skills in the COE.

2. The Diversity Committee shall elect co-chairs from among its membership.

3. The voting membership of the Diversity Committee shall consist of four elected members from the Department of Teacher Education, two elected members from the Department of Leadership and Counseling, and two elected members from the Department of Special Education. Each of these persons shall serve a two year term. (In order to provide for a staggered term arrangement, for the initial election, two of the members from Teacher Education, one of the members from Leadership and Counseling, and one of the members from Special Education shall hold a three-year term.) In addition to the faculty membership, there shall be one undergraduate student representative and one graduate student representative. The student members will serve one-year terms and will be appointed by the Associate Dean, Academic Services, from among nominations made by Department Heads. There shall be no limitation on the number of terms a person may serve on this committee.

4. The Associate Dean, Academic Services, shall be an ex officio member of the committee, without vote.

5. A quorum shall consist of seven voting members.

6. The Diversity Committee shall have such standing subcommittees as may be determined by the College of Education Council or the Diversity Committee.

G H. Structure.

Each standing committee shall hold regular meetings as required effectively to complete its agenda. Each may establish a sub-committee structure. All meetings shall be conducted in accordance with the latest edition of Robert's Rules of Order, except as specified elsewhere in this document or by formal policy of the COE Council. Except where indicated otherwise, a A quorum shall consist of a majority of members.

H I. Processing.

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BALLOT

Only members of the Bargaining Unit (tenured and tenure-track faculty members) may vote. Return this ballot to Dr. Martha Kinney-Sedgwick, Department of Teacher Education, by the close of business on September 15, 2004.

_____FOR the proposed amendment to the COE governance/input document creating a

standing “Diversity Committee”

_____AGAINST the proposed amendment to the COE governance/input document creating a standing “Diversity Committee”