Eastern
COE COUNCIL MEETING
MINUTES OF MEETING
Attendance: M. Kinney-Sedgwick (TED), P. Smith (SPED), K. Carney (SPED), N. Maylone (TED), S. Ginsberg (SPED), L. Parks (SPED), D. Choudhuri (LC), D. Anderson (LC), A. Starko (COE) G. Harder (COE), J. Tracy (LC), L. Rocklage (SPED), D. Bennion (TED)
1. Call to Order
- The meeting was called to order at
2. Election of
a secretary and student representative to Graduate Council
Teacher Education will forward the name of a student
representative to the COE Council (D. Bennion)
In place of L. Lee (SPED), K. Carney (SPED) has agreed to serve as co-secretary for the Council for Winter 2004. In addition, since L. Lee is now on the Executive Committee of the Faculty Council which meets at the same time, P. Smith will serve as her alternate on the COE Council.
3. Approval of
the minutes of
The minutes of the meeting were approved (D. Anderson/ K. Carney).
4. Reports of
Committees
a) Reports from Standing Committees
i) Basic Programs:
(1) The History Major and Minor for Specialty Studies was passed by Basic Programs. The Program was reviewed and approved (N. Maylone/ D. Anderson).
ii) Advanced Programs: no report
iii) Professional and Affiliated Programs: no report
iv) Personnel Committee: no report
v) Planning and Finance Committee: No report
b) Reports from other Colleges or University Groups
i) Faculty Council No report
ii) Graduate Council A. Starko reported that a student member was needed to represent the COE at Graduate Council and would be selected, as per rotation, from Teacher Education.
iii) Continuing Education Advisory Council
iv) EMU Research Advisory Council - No report
v) COE Resource Development Board No report
vi) COE Human Subjects/Research Advisory Committee - No report
vii) COE Student Advisory Committee - No report
viii) Ad hoc Diversity Committee - No report
ix)
Ad
hoc Porter Chair Advisory Committee J. Tracy stated that Joyce Epstein will
be available to meet with interested faculty in discussion groups to talk about
School Family Community Involvement on September 27th, at
x) Ad hoc COE Alumni Hall of Fame Committee no report
xi) Ad hoc Education Students Data Assessment Committee Have a new chair - D. Anderson.
xii) Other COE Groups No report
xiii) COE Department or Offices no report
xiv)
xv) NCATE/State status - no report
xvi) Dean's Report
(1) President I on board as seen by upcoming convocation and emails.
(2) Board of Regents broke ground on the new student center with state approval, with a projected opening date of Fall 2006.
(3) Additional 25 searches have been approved and the green light has been given to move ahead.
(4)
John Dugger (Dean,
(5)
There is a new federal grant proposal in the planning
stages to focus on middle schoolers in the
(6) Due to the resignation of D. Staub there is a vacancy to be filled in the Office of Collaborative Education. Perhaps this is an opportunity to rethink the parameters and scope of the school programs of that office.
5. Old Business
a) Proposal to revise governance system for professional education
Dean Starko presented the NCATE requirements for unit governance and discussed the major factors in the impetus for the proposal to revise the governance structure. After some discussion regarding the future of NCATE, possibility of other accreditation boards, institutional and leadership support for revision, the issue was tabled pending further information.
b) Hours to Graduation Committee - No report
7. New Business:
Ballots for the Standing Committee on Diversity were collected and counted. There were a total of 42 ballots of which 37 approved and 5 rejected the proposal. Since a majority of the voting members of the COE (total of 80 members) are required for the proposal to pass, J. Tracy, L. Rocklage, and D. Bennion agreed to present the ballot in individual department meetings and collect the votes. This vote will be ready to be counted by the October 27th COE meeting.
8. Adjournment
The
meeting was adjourned at
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