AGENDA
College
of Education Council
March 24, 2004
Room 301B, Porter Building
2:00 p.m.
1. Call to Order.
Establishment of a Quorum. (There are 14 voting members; eight
voting members constitute a quorum.)
2. Approval of the minutes of March 10, 2004. These may be found at http://www.emich.edu/coe/governance/COECouncil/minutes/031004m.html">http://www.emich.edu/coe/governance/COECouncil/031004m.html
(COE Council agenda and minutes, 1992 forward, may be found at http://www.emich.edu/coe/governance/COECouncil/)
3. 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
The Personnel Committee has completed its work for the year
v. Planning and Finance Committee No
report.
4. 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
H. ad hoc Diversity 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.
Geography approval received from state.
Forthcoming session on revisions to state process
P. Dean’s report
i. EMU budget processes
ii. Revisions in post-bac/bachelor’s narrative
iii. Personnel
actions in depts/college
iv. Contacts
with CMU and WMU re governance
5. Old business
A. Proposed changes in General Education requirements. (This has
previously been distributed, as they stood 11/12/03, in hard copy. Comments collected by
the Faculty Council will be distributed in hard copy.)
B. Proposal to revise the governance system for professional
education. See Attachment 1.
6. New business
7. Adjournment.
Next meeting: April 14B2:00 p.m., Porter 301B
THE PROFESSIONAL
EDUCATION FACULTY
Of
EASTERN MICHIGAN
UNIVERSITY
1. There shall be a “Professional Education Faculty” at Eastern
Michigan University.
For a given academic year (and the following Spring/Summer), the members of the
Professional Education Faculty shall consist of
A. The persons (tenure-track, lecturer, adjunct lecturer) from
throughout EMU who teach, or who are scheduled to teach, any of the courses
(the “Professional Education Courses”) listed in Appendix A;
B. The Heads of all EMU departments that include one or more
Professional Education Courses;
C. The Deans and Assistant/Associate Deans of all EMU colleges that
include one or more Professional Education Courses;
D. Two students, each admitted to a professional education program,
selected by the Professional Education Executive Board, selected for a one-year
term;
E. Two K-12 practitioners, selected by the Professional Education
Executive Board, selected for a one-year term.
F. At the discretion of the chair, guests may attend meetings of the
Professional Education Faculty, with voice but no vote.
2. The Professional Education Faculty shall meet at least twice a
year, once near the beginning of the Fall semester and
once during the Winter semester. The chair of the Professional Education
Faculty may call additional meetings.
3. The Professional Education Faculty shall have two officers, elected
by the group, from among the members of the group. These will be a chair
and a secretary. Each will serve a one-year term and each will be elected
during the Winter semester meeting of the Professional
Education Faculty, to serve during the following academic year (and the
Spring/Summer terms after the following academic year). The chair and the
secretary shall be from two different colleges. There shall be no limit
to the number of terms that the chair or the secretary may hold.
4. A quorum of the Professional Education Faculty shall consist of
those members of the Professional Education Faculty who are present at an
official meeting.
5. The chair, in consultation with the Professional Education
Executive Board, shall set the dates, times, and places of meetings of, and the
agendas for, the Professional Education Faculty. The chair, or in her/his
absence, the secretary, will preside over meetings of the Professional
Education Faculty. The Dean of the College
of Education shall provide staff
services for the accomplishment of these functions.
6. The secretary, in consultation with the Professional Education
Executive Board, shall maintain the membership list of the Professional
Education Faculty, shall cause minutes of the meetings to be taken, and shall
provide minutes for posting to the EMU web site where such records are
maintained for NCATE accreditation and State program approval
purposes. The secretary shall maintain the official membership
lists of the Standing Committees and of the terms of office on these
committees. The secretary shall maintain such other records related to
the work of the Professional Education Faculty as may be generated, including
transmittal of actions of the body to the appropriate authorities for further processing.
At the conclusion of the secretary’s term of office, she/he shall turn over to
his/her successor all records related to the work of the Professional Education
Faculty. The Dean of the College
of Education shall provide staff
services for the accomplishment of these functions.
7. The meetings of the Professional Education Faculty shall, in
general, include
A. Reports from the Standing Committees,
B. Information sharing about the professional education programs of Eastern
Michigan University
and the external influences on these programs,
C. Discussion of current educational issues related to EMU’s role in
preparing professional educators, and
D. Consideration of future directions of the professional education
program.
The Professional Education Faculty may make recommendations to any of the
Standing Committees, to the Professional Education Executive Board, or to
particular colleges, departments, or programs. The Professional Education
Faculty may create ad hoc committees.
8. During each Winter semester meeting of the
Professional Education Faculty, the body shall elect a Nominations and
Elections Committee. This committee shall consist of five members of the
Professional Education Faculty. This committee must include at least one
member from each College represented among the members of the Professional
Education Faculty and must include one administrator (Department Head,
Assistant/Associate Dean, Dean) from among the membership of the Professional
Education Faculty. The Nominations and Elections Committee shall select
its own chair.
9. It shall be the responsibility of the Nominations and Elections
Committee to prepare a slate of nominees for all Standing Committee
vacancies. (See Standing Committee structures below.) Nominees,
other than students and PK-12 representatives, shall be members of the
Professional Education Faculty at the time of nomination. Each person
nominated shall have agreed to serve, if elected. Ordinarily, the slate
of nominees will be presented to the Fall meeting of
the Professional Education Faculty, at which point nominations from the floor
will be accepted and an election will be conducted. However, unless the
Professional Education Faculty determines otherwise, the Nominations and Elections
committee may, if it wishes, solicit additional nominations for any vacant
position by email or by campus mail and may hold the election by electronic or
paper ballot. (Any person so nominated must agree to serve, if elected,
prior to being placed on the ballot.) In such a case, the chair of the
Nominations and Elections Committee shall report the outcome of the election to
the chair and to the secretary.
10. It is expected that faculty members assigned to teach Professional
Education Courses meet the qualifications and participate in the professional
activities defined in the NCATE Standards, in the various requirements
of the Michigan Department of Education, and, where applicable, by a
Specialized Professional Association.
PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION STUDENTS
COMMITTEE
1. The charge to the Professional Education Students Committee shall
be to:
A. Recommend to the Professional Education Executive Board minimum
requirements, criteria, and procedures for selection, admission, retention, and
exit from all professional education programs (initial teacher preparation,
professional-level certification,
advanced programs)
at Eastern Michigan University, with the understanding that departments and
programs may have more stringent criteria.
B. Study and recommend (to the Professional Education Executive Board
and to others) ways to maintain and increase an academically able and
culturally diverse student population for the professional education programs.
C. Study and recommend (to the Professional Education Executive Board
and to others) ways to increase the numbers of persons entering “high demand”
fields and the numbers of persons whose demographic characteristics are under
represented in the profession.
D. Review and make recommendations as necessary concerning dismissal
from any professional educator program.
E. Act upon all appeals and grievances regarding selection, admission,
retention, and exit from the program that do not fall under other University
policy.
F. Respond to referrals from the Professional Education Executive
Committee.
G. Conduct studies and make recommendations
from the findings concerning the effectiveness of selection, admission,
retention, advising, and exit policies.
H. Serve as an advisory and coordinating body among all the relevant
academic advising functions related to professional education.
2. The membership of the Professional Education Students
Committee shall be elected by the Professional Education Faculty from among its
membership for three-year terms, except that the student and PK-12
representatives, selected by the Professional Education Executive Board, shall
serve one-year terms.
When a vacancy occurs in midterm, the person elected to fill the position shall
serve a term equal to the remainder of the original term for that
position. Persons may be reelected to membership on this committee.
3. The Professional Education Students Committee shall consist of ten
voting members, distributed initially as follows. The Professional
Education Executive Committee may, from time to time, adjust the distribution
of the ten voting members to reflect numerical shifts among the student
population.
A. An undergraduate student in a professional education program.
B. A graduate student in a professional education program.
C. A PK-12 representative.
D. 3 members from the College
of Education
E. 2 members from the College of Arts and
Sciences
F. 1 member from the College
of Technology
G. 1 member from the College
of Health and Human Services.
At least one of the three members from the College
of Education must be a Department
Head and, among the representatives of the other colleges, at least one must be
a Department Head.
4. The Professional Education Students Committee shall also include
two, ex officio, non-voting members:
A. The Dean of the College
of Education or his/her designee.
B. The Associate Dean of the COE/Office of Academic Services or
her/his designee.
5. The members of the Professional Education Students Committee shall
elect a chair and a secretary from among the membership, each for a one-year
term. The officers may be reelected. During her/his term of office,
the chair shall serve as a member of the Professional Education Executive
Board.
6. The Professional Education Students Committee shall determine its
own quorum for conducting business and shall establish its other procedural
rules. In cases where the Professional Education Students Committee has
not determined a procedural matter, or this document does not provide guidance,
Robert’s Rules of Order shall prevail.
7. The Professional Education Students Committee may establish such
subcommittees as it sees fit and the membership of any subcommittee may include
any university-affiliated personnel, including, but not limited to, faculty
members not part of the Professional Education faculty, staff members, students,
cooperating teachers, and other P-12 personnel from schools with an EMU
affiliation.
8. Staff services for the Professional Education Students Committee
shall be provided by the College of Education Office of Academic Services.
(Note: It has been suggested that the “assessment” committee should be a
standing subcommittee of the Professional Education Curriculum Committee.
The rationale for the suggestion is that the major purpose of assessment is for
program improvement. Therefore, the two should be linked very closely
together and that assessment “results” should flow into “curriculum”
determinations.)
PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION ASSESSMENT
COMMITTEE
1. The charge of the Professional Education Assessment Committee
(PEAC) shall be to:
A. Provide leadership and guidance in the evaluation of professional
education undergraduate and graduate programs to ensure their compliance with
standards of the Michigan Department of Education and of NCATE.
B. Provide leadership for the development and ongoing monitoring of an
assessment system for the professional education program as a whole that
satisfies NCATE Standards 1 and 2 and the requirements of the NCATE-related
Specialized Professional Associations and that complements the ongoing program
reviews/assessments of the EMU Division of Academic Affairs and that of other
external review bodies (NCA, NASM, CACREP, etc.)
C. Disseminate conclusions and recommendations based on the results of
the evaluations and assessment to the Professional Education Executive Board
and to the Professional Education Faculty.
D. Serve as an advisory body on all matters related to the Michigan
Tests for Teacher Education.
E. Respond to referrals from the Professional Education Executive
Committee.
F. Form subcommittees as needed to accomplish the work of the
PEAC. See item 7 below.
2. The membership of the Professional Education Assessment Committee
shall be elected by the Professional Education Faculty from among its
membership for three-year terms, except that the student and PK-12
representatives, selected by the Professional Education Executive Board, shall
serve one-year terms.
When a vacancy occurs in midterm, the person elected to fill the position shall
serve a term equal to the remainder of the original term for that
position. Persons may be reelected to membership on this committee.
3. The Professional Education Assessment Committee shall consist of
nine voting members, distributed initially as follows. The Professional
Education Executive Committee may, from time to time, adjust the distribution
of the nine voting members to reflect numerical shifts among the student
population.
A. A student in a professional education program.
B. A PK-12 representative.
C. 3 members from the College
of Education
D. 2 members from the College of Arts and
Sciences
E. 1 member from the College
of Technology
F. 1 member from the College
of Health and Human Services.
At least one of the three members from the College
of Education must be a Department
Head and, among the representatives of the other colleges, at least one must be
a Department Head.
4. The Professional Education Assessment Committee shall also include
one, ex officio, non-voting member:
A. The Dean of the College
of Education or his/her designee.
5. The members of the Professional Education Assessment
Committee shall elect a chair and a secretary from among the membership, each
for a one-year term. The officers may be reelected. During her/his
term of office, the chair shall serve as a member of the Professional Education
Executive Board.
6. The Professional Education Assessment Committee shall determine its
own quorum for conducting business and shall establish its other procedural
rules. In cases where the Professional Education Assessment Committee has
not determined a matter, or this document does not provide guidance, Robert’s Rules
of Order shall prevail.
7. The Professional Education Assessment Committee may establish such
subcommittees as it sees fit and the membership of any subcommittee may include
any university-affiliated personnel, including, but not limited to, faculty
members not part of the Professional Education faculty, staff members,
students, cooperating teachers, and other P-12 personnel from schools with an
EMU affiliation.
8. Staff services for the Professional Education Assessment Committee
shall be provided by the College of Education Office of Academic Services.
PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION CURRICULUM
COMMITTEE
1. The charge of the Professional Education Curriculum Committee shall
be to:
A. Review and make a recommendation on all proposed (from any EMU
source) new or modifications of existing (See Appendix B) professional educator
preparation programs of EMU that fall under the licensing authority of the
Michigan Department of Education and/or the accreditation review authority of
the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education (including its
affiliated Specialized Professional Associations). This includes, but is
not limited to, courses in those programs; the total curricular requirements
for the program; majors; minors; degrees; endorsements; and any other academic
requirements for any institutional recommendation for certification (licensure)
as an education professional in Michigan or any other jurisdiction.
Recommendations shall be submitted to the Professional Education Executive
Board.
B. Respond to referrals from the Professional Education Executive
Board.
C. Maintain the official list of Professional Education Courses (see
Appendix A) and official list(s) of authorized programs (see Appendix X),
including the approval/recognition status of each. The Committee shall
respond to department/program initiated requests to add or remove courses/programs
from the list.
2. The Professional Education Curriculum Committee shall consist of 23
voting members, distributed initially as follows. The Professional
Education Executive Committee shall, every three years, review the distribution
of the faculty members and make adjustments as necessary to reflect numerical
shifts among the student population.
A. An undergraduate student in a professional education program.
B. A graduate student in a professional education program.
C. A PK-12 representative.
Professional Education Faculty members:
D. 1 from languages (English, FLABS)
E. 1 from mathematics
F. 1 from the sciences (Biology, Chemistry,
Physics, Earth/Space Science)
G. 2 from the arts (Art, Music, CTA)
H. 1 from the social sciences (Economics,
Geography, History, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology)
I. 1 from Business and Technology Education
J. 1 from HPERD
K. 2 from Special Education
L. 2 from Leadership and Counseling
M. 2 from Student Teaching
N. 6 from Teacher Education, including the
Head of the Department of Teacher Education
The representatives from the constituencies listed under D through M above,
inclusive, must include at least one Department Head.
4. The PECC shall also include four, ex officio, non-voting
members:
A. The Dean of the College
of Education or her/his designee.
B. The Dean of the College
of Arts and Sciences or his/her
designee.
B. The Dean of the College
of Technology or his/her designee.
C. The Dean of the College of Health & Human Services or her/his
designee.
5. The membership of the Professional Education Curriculum
Committee shall be elected by the Professional Education Faculty for three-year
terms,
except that the student and PK-12 representatives, appointed by the
Professional Education Executive Board, shall serve one-year terms. When
a vacancy occurs in midterm, the person elected to fill the position shall
serve a term equal to the remainder of the original term for that position.
Persons may be reelected to membership on this committee.
6. The members of the Professional Education Curriculum Committee
shall elect a chair and a secretary from among the membership each for a
one-year term. The officers may be reelected. During her/his term
of office, the chair shall serve as a member of the Professional Education
Executive Board.
7. The Professional Education Curriculum Committee shall determine its
own quorum for conducting business and shall establish its other procedural
rules. In cases where the Professional Education Curriculum Committee has
not determined a matter, or this document does not provide guidance, Robert’s Rules
of Order shall prevail.
8. The Professional Education Curriculum Committee may establish such
subcommittees as it sees fit and the membership of any subcommittee may include
any university-affiliated personnel, including, but not limited to, faculty
members not part of the Professional Education Faculty, staff members, students,
cooperating teachers, and other PK-12 personnel from schools with an EMU
affiliation.
9. Staff services for the Professional Education Curriculum Committee
shall be provided by the College of Education Office of Academic
Services.
PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION EXECUTIVE
BOARD
1. The charge of the Professional Education Executive Board (PEEB)
shall include:
A. Provide general oversight of all EMU professional educator
preparation programs.
B. Advise relevant colleges and departments on matters related to professional
preparation programs.
C. Refer relevant issues to one of the standing committees of the
Professional Education Faculty.
D. Coordinate, facilitate, and communicate the work of the standing
committees of the Professional Education Faculty.
E. Receive recommendations for the standing committees of the
Professional Education Faculty and from the Professional Education Faculty;
review and make a determination on each such recommendation.
F. Transmit approved recommendations to the appropriate University
office or officer for approval and implementation. In particular,
transmit approved curricular or academic policy recommendations directly to the
Provost (or his designee). It is strongly recommended that the Provost
(or his/her designee) approve or disapprove such recommendations without
further formal referral for review among other EMU organizational units within
Academic Affairs.
G. Transmit unapproved recommendations to the submitting body, along
with a statement of reasons for disapproval.
H. Make appointments of students and PK-12 representatives to the
various standing committees.
2. The Professional Education Executive Board membership shall consist
of the Dean of the College of Education (or her/his designee), an Associate
Dean of the College of Education (designated by the Dean), the Dean of
the College of Arts and Sciences (or his/her designee), an Associate Dean of
the College of Arts and Sciences (designated by the Dean), the Dean of the
College of Technology (or her/his designee), the Dean of the College of Health
& Human Services (or his/her designee), the chair of the Professional
Education Faculty, and the chairs of the standing committees of the
Professional Education Faculty. The Provost (or his/her designee) shall be
an ex officio, non-voting member of the Professional Education Executive
Board.
3. The Dean of the College
of Education shall serve as chair
of the Professional Education Executive Board. The position of secretary
shall rotate, on an annual basis, among the Dean of the College
of Arts and Sciences, the Dean of
the College of Technology,
and the Dean of the College of Health & Human Services. In the
absence of the chair, the secretary shall preside.
4. The Professional Education Executive Board may establish ad hoc
committees for the purpose of addressing issues that do not clearly fit under
the charge of any of the standing committees of the Professional Education
Faculty.
5. The Professional Education Executive Board shall regularly
communicate its actions to the membership of the Professional Education
Faculty.
6. The Professional Education Executive Board shall determine its own
quorum for conducting business and shall establish its other procedural
rules. In cases where the Professional Education Executive Board has not
determined a matter, or this document does not provide guidance, Robert’s Rules
of Order shall prevail.
7. Staff services for the Professional Education Executive Board shall
be provided by the Office of the Dean of the College
of Education.
MODIFICATIONS IN COE INPUT/GOVERNANCE
STRUCTURE
The current College of Education
governance structure would need to be modified to read substantially as
follows:
College of Education Council and Related Structures
1.
Preamble
This
document, upon approval by all required parties, supersedes the Fall 1994 “College of Education Council and Related Structures” document.
Article I. Purpose
The College of Education Council (COE Council) and its
substructures are designed to accomplish two major purposes:
(A) to
implement the requirements of applicable portions of Article XIII of the
Agreement Between Eastern Michigan University and the Eastern Michigan
University Chapter of the American Association of University Professors of
September, 1990, and the successors to this Agreement; and
(B) to accomplish the function of faculty involvement for
formulating recommendations at the College level as stated and implied by the
National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education and other external
recognition bodies.
In the
event of any conflict between purposes (A) and (B), purpose (A) takes
precedent.
Article II.
Organization
The COE
Council structure shall consist of the COE Council and its officers, as defined
in Article III; standing committees of the COE Council, as defined in Article
IV; and ad hoc committees of the COE Council, as defined in Article V.
Procedures for the flow of business shall be as defined in Article VI and in
policies of the COE Council, or in the absence of definition, as determined by
the chair of the COE Council in consultation with the dean of the College of
Education.
Article III. College of Education Council
A.
Membership, Term of Office, and Election
1. Each
department in the College of Education shall have one (1) voting
representative on the COE Council for each ten (10) full-time equivalent
faculty (FTEF), or major fraction thereof.
2. Each
year, prior to September 1, the dean of the College of Education shall review departmental FTEF
allocations and inform each department head of the number of representatives to
which the department is entitled.
3.
Department representatives shall be elected in a manner determined by the
department which they represent. The department head shall notify the dean of
the College of Education of each person elected to the COE
Council.
4. The
term of office shall be for three years, beginning September 1 and continuing
through August 31, or until a successor is elected. There is no limit to the number
of terms that may be served.
5. A
vacancy in office shall be declared by the dean of the College of Education, and the department head
notified, upon the resignation of any member or the failure to attend three
successive meetings of the COE Council. A vacancy shall be filled by department
election. In such cases, the election shall be for the remainder of the vacated
term. The department head shall notify the dean of the College of Education of the results of the election.
6. A
representative who is unable to attend meetings for a term or longer due to
university-related commitments, including leave, shall notify her/his
department head. The affected department shall elect an interim representative
for the specified period of time and the department head shall notify the dean
of the College of Education of the results of the election
and the period of time involved.
7.
Department heads in the College of Education shall serve as non-voting members
of the COE Council.
8. The
dean and associate deans of the College of Education shall be ex officio members of
the COE Council, without vote.
B.
Officers
1. There
shall be a chair of the COE Council, elected from among the faculty members of
the COE Council. There shall also be a secretary elected from among the total
membership. Each shall be elected by the COE Council for a term of two years or
until a successor is elected. The term of the chair shall begin in the fall of
odd-numbered years and the term of the secretary shall begin in the fall of
even-numbered years. In the absence of the chair, the secretary will preside.
In the absence of the secretary, the chair shall appoint a substitute from
among the COE Council membership.
2. The
chair shall preside at all meetings and conduct meetings in accordance with the
latest edition of Robert's Rules of Order, except as provided otherwise in this
document.
3. The
secretary shall be responsible for the maintenance of all COE Council records,
the distribution of agenda, preparing and distributing minutes of meetings,
notification to members of regular and special meetings, and the provision to
members of materials necessary for effective participation in meetings. Such
materials must be received by COE Council members no less than two days before
each scheduled meeting.
4. The
chair, the secretary, a member-at-large, and the dean of the College of Education (who shall serve ex officio,
without vote) shall constitute an executive committee, with responsibility for
agenda building, meeting preparations, and the smooth functioning of the work
of the COE Council between meetings.
C.
Meetings
1. The
COE Council shall meet regularly during the fall and winter semesters,
ordinarily every other week, and during the spring and summer terms as
necessary. Special meetings may be called by the chair or upon the written
petition of five members of the COE Council.
2. A
quorum shall consist of a majority of the voting members.
Article IV.
Standing Committees
A.
Identification of Committees
The
standing committees of the COE Council shall be (i) the Curriculum Committee,
(ii) the Planning and Finance Committee, and (iii) the Personnel Committee. In
the event that an item might appear to be within the province of two or more
committees 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.
B.
Curriculum Committee
1.
Matters having to do with any College of Education program that is not designed
primarily to prepare professional educators shall flow through the Curriculum
Committee.
2. The
Curriculum Committee shall elect a chair and a secretary from among its
membership.
3. The
voting membership of the Curriculum Committee shall include a representative
from each program identified in "1" above. Members shall serve
two-year terms, with no limitation on the number of terms served.
4. Soon
after the beginning of each even-numbered year, the dean of the College of Education shall identify the programs that
meet the definition under "1" above and shall notify the COE Council
and the departments involved. Each program so identified shall be entitled to
one representative to the Curriculum Committee, effective with the following
fall.
5. One
associate dean of the College of Education, selected by the dean of the College of Education, shall be an ex officio member of
the Curriculum Committee, without vote. The dean of the College of Education shall be an ex officio member of
the Curriculum Committee, without vote. Neither the associate dean nor the dean
shall be counted toward a quorum.
6. The
COE Council shall adopt policies concerning the method of selection of
representatives to the Curriculum Committee and other aspects of the charge to
and organization of the Curriculum Committee that are in conformity with the
contents of this document. In the absence of or in addition to COE Council
policy, the Curriculum Committee may adopt other operating policies.
7. The
Curriculum Committee shall review and recommend to the COE Council those non-College of Education courses and programs that are
referred to the College of Education for input/comment.
8. The
Curriculum Committee shall have such standing subcommittees as may be
determined by either the College of Education Council or the Professional and Affiliated
Programs Committee.
C.
Planning and Finance Committee.
1. The
Planning and Finance Committee shall represent the faculty in all matters
having to do with long-range planning and with financial matters (including
facilities, equipment, etc.) affecting the College of Education.
2. The Planning and
Finance Committee shall elect a chair and a secretary from among its
membership.
3. The
voting membership of the Planning and Finance Committee shall consist of one
representative from each department in the College of Education. Members shall serve two-year
terms, with no limitation on the number of terms served.
4. One
associate dean of the College of Education, selected by the dean of the College of Education, shall be an ex officio member of
the Planning and Finance Committee, without vote. The dean of the College of Education shall be an ex officio member of
the Planning and Finance Committee, without vote. Neither the associate dean
nor the dean shall be counted toward a quorum.
5. The
COE Council shall adopt policies concerning the method of selection of
representatives to the Planning and Finance Committee and other aspects of the
charge to and organization of the Planning and Finance Committee that are in
conformity with the contents of this document. In the absence of or in addition
to COE Council policy, the Planning and Finance Committee may adopt other
operating policies.
6. The
Planning and Finance Committee shall have such standing subcommittees as may be
determined by either the College of Education Council or the Planning and Finance
Committee.
D.
Personnel Committee.
1. The
Personnel Committee shall represent the faculty in all matters having to do
with college-level review of credentials and qualifications for recognitions
and awards, in addition to such other personnel-related responsibilities as may
be assigned by the COE Council. This Personnel Committee is a continuation of
the Personnel Committee under the 1982 College of Education input system document.
2. The
Personnel Committee shall elect a chair and a secretary from among its
membership.
3. The
voting membership of the Personnel Committee shall consist of one elected
faculty member from each department in the College of Education. Members shall serve two-year
terms, with no limitation on the number of terms served.
4. The
COE Council shall adopt policies concerning the method of selection of
representatives to the Personnel Committee and other aspects of the charge to
and organization of the Personnel Committee that are in conformity with the
contents of this document. In the absence of or in addition to COE Council
policy, the Personnel Committee may adopt other operating policies.
5. The
Personnel Committee shall have such standing subcommittees as may be determined
by the College of Education Council or the Personnel Committee.
E.
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. A quorum shall consist of a majority of members.
F.
Processing.
Ordinarily,
the COE Council will consider a major business item only after that item has
been reviewed by one or more standing (or, in some cases, ad hoc) committees.
However, the COE Council may consider an item without benefit of standing
committee input or recommendation if the COE Council determines that there is
either (a) great urgency for consideration of the item or (b) a standing
committee has had a reasonable period of time to provide input related to or to
make a recommendation on the item.
Article V. Ad
hoc Committees
Ad hoc
committees of the COE Council may be established and abolished at will by the
COE Council when the topic for the committee is deemed by the COE Council not
to fit well within the charge of any of the standing committees. In creating
any ad hoc committee, the COE Council is at liberty to establish any charge,
size and method of composition, and duration that is appropriate for the nature
of the ad hoc committee.
Article VI. Flow
of Business
A.
Records.
The
official record of actions of the standing and ad hoc committees and of the COE
Council shall be the minutes of the group. A copy of the minutes of all groups
shall be maintained in the office of the Dean of the College of Education, where they will be available for
inspection during normal working hours.
B.
Agenda.
Proposed
agenda items may be presented to any committee or to the COE Council, through
the chair of the group, by any EMU-affiliated party inside or outside the College of Education. These parties include, but are
not limited to, individual faculty members, faculty organizations or bodies,
community advisory committees, individual students, student organizations,
department committees, department faculties, department heads, deans and
associate deans, and university central administrators. The chair of the COE
Council and the executive committee are responsible for determining the
appropriateness of each item and scheduling it on the agenda.
C.
Information.
In the
process of discharging responsibilities, any standing or ad hoc committee or
the COE Council may hold hearings, invite testimony, and otherwise gather data
and opinion on the issue.
D.
Recommendations.
Except
in instances where the COE Council has specifically charged a standing or ad
hoc committee with the power to act in its behalf and except for actions of the
Personnel Committee where university procedures or past practice call for
routing of determinations directly to the dean or to a university-wide office
or body, determinations of standing and ad hoc committees are to be considered
recommendations to the COE Council.
E.
Minority Report.
If there
is a formal minority report associated with any action of a standing or ad hoc
committee or the COE Council, this minority report shall be transmitted, along
with the majority report and recommendation, to the next level of processing.
F.
Unapproved committee items.
Committees
shall return unapproved items to the originator. However, the originator may
have an unapproved item placed on the agenda of the COE Council for further
consideration.
G.
Unapproved and approved Council items.
The COE
Council shall approve or disapprove items in a timely manner. Disapproved items
are returned to the originator of the item and, if the item has been reviewed
by a committee, the chair of the committee shall be informed of the COE Council
action. When an item is approved, it is forwarded to the dean of the College of Education.
H.
Unapproved and approved items and the dean.
If the
dean disapproves of an item presented by the COE Council, the dean shall return
it to the COE Council with a rationale for the dean's disapproval. If the dean
approves of an item, the dean shall transmit it to the proper office or body
for further processing in accordance with the Agreement.
I.
Policies.
Policies
adopted by the COE Council in accordance with the provisions for committee
structures shall be considered as part of this document.
Article VII.
Adoption and Amendment
This
document shall be adopted by and may be amended by the processes defined in
Article XIII of the Agreement of 1990 and its successor provisions.
Approved
by Faculty of College of Education, December, 1993Approved by
Provost, January 24, 1994Implemented, Fall, 1994
Approved by Faculty of the College
of Education, DATE
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Approved by Provost, DATE ?????
Implemented, DATE ?????
APPENDIX A
The Professional Education Courses
and Professional Education Faculty of
Eastern Michigan
University
(As Submitted to NCATE, September
2003; needs updating)