AGENDA

College of Education Council
September 8, 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.. Election of a secretary and student representative to Graduate Council.

3. Approval of the minutes of May 19, 2004.  These may be found at http://www.emich.edu/coe/governance/COECouncil/minutes/051904m.html

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

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

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

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. 

P.  Dean’s report

6. Old business

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

B. Hours to Graduation Committee Recommendations (See Attachement 1)

7. New business

8. Adjournment.

Next meeting September 22--2:00 p.m., Porter 301B, or as otherwise set by the Council.

Attachment 1

If the General Education requirements are reduced by seven hours and the SOFD 328 is implemented, the EMU Elementary Education programs will range from 126-131 hours. If the recommendations below are implemented all programs will be at or below the 128 hour expectation.

1. Eliminate TEDU 253 from the professional studies requirements and ensure MI-DOE competency requirements are met in other courses. The content of this course is not required for the preparation of elementary teachers, and there are no questions on the state exam in this area.

2. The COE should prepare a request to the GERC to allow LITR 207 (children’s literature) to meet the general education requirements for a literature course. In LITR 207 students study children's literature that includes classic and contemporary fiction and nonfiction, poetry, folklore, and mythology. The course focuses on these works as literature rather than on lesson planning or other pedagogy. As such we believe that it may be appropriate for LITR 207 to be counted in the same category as other introductory literature courses that focus on prose, poetry, or mythology.

3. Integrate the Physical Education and Health Education methods classes to form one course, and ensure MI-DOE competencies continue to be delivered.

4. Change the credit hours in the arts from eight credits to six credits. Since MI-DOE requires knowledge in music, art, and drama, students could chose two of the three. A perhaps better solution would be for the Art faculty to develop integrated courses that covered the competencies required.