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COE COUNCIL MEETING

MINUTES

January 24, 2007

Porter Building, 301B

Attendance:   M. Kinney-Sedgwick (TED), G. Marx (LC), D. Choudhuri (LC), P. Smith (SPED), L. Polter (SPED), J. Pietig (TED), R. Carpenter (TED), A. Bednar (TED), J. Tracy (L&C), L. Rocklage (SPED), D. Bennion (TED), S. Quilter (COE), M. Bretting (COE), V. Polite (COE).

I. Call to Order: The meeting was called to order at 2:06 pm by M. Kinney-Sedgwick with the establishment of a quorum.

II. Approval of the minutes for December 13, 2006 meeting and January 10, 2007. Approved with corrections for typographical mistakes.

III. No agenda was used as there were no items for Council business. Instead, M. Kinney-Sedgwick suggested using the time to have a discussion on a proposal to hold the COE Council meeting once a month, while holding the second meeting in the month on an as-needed basis. According to the governance document, “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.” (Exhibit 6.6, College of Education Council and Related Structures Governance Document. Available at http://www.emich.edu/coe/ncate/2003/Docs/part1/standard6/exhibits/Exhibit6.6.html Accessed January 24, 2007)

Members discussed the issue. Issues of faculty from different departments having an opportunity to meet, faculty input, discussion of substantial issues, work load of the COE Council were raised. At this point since there is only one meeting in February, and one in April, the decision was made to hold the first meeting in March and then decide if the second should occur later in the month.

IV. Reports of Committees: No reports

V. Reports from other College or University Groups: no reports

VI. Dean’s report – V. Polite gave members a draft copy of the agenda for the Professional Education Unit Assessment Conference that will take place on February 2, 2007. Dr. Loren Blanchard from the University of Louisiana, Baton Rouge, LA will be the key note speaker at the Assessment Conference.

VII. New business – none

VIII. Adjournment

Next meeting February 14, 2007, Porter 301B, or as otherwise set by the Council.

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