COE COUNCIL MEETING

I. Call to Order: The meeting was called to order at 2:05 pm by M. Kinney-Sedgwick with the establishment of a quorum.

II. Approval of the minutes for September 26, 2006 meeting. The minutes of the meeting were approved.

III. Reports of Committees

a. Basic Programs Committee: No report

b. Advanced Programs Committee: No report

c. Professional and Affiliated Programs Committee: No report

d. Planning and Finance Committee – No report

e. Diversity Committee – No report

f. Course and Program Approvals

i. New Courses

ii. Course Revisions

iii. Program Revisions

iv. All new courses can be reviewed at this website:

(1) www.emich.edu/public/aa/acadprog/cpd.html

· Since the new process of course and program approvals is very confusing and there seems a lack of system to the website, M. Kinney Sedgwick proposed that she would review all new course and program approvals, and those that had no connection to COE, would be brought to the Council for block approval, taking it on faith that the content had been properly assessed by the college and department of origin.

· Based on the lack of information received from the above committees, it was decided that all previous year chairs would be contacted and requested to convene committees if they had not yet met, at which point a new chair could be elected.

IV. Reports from other College or University Groups

i. Faculty Council – No report

ii. Graduate Council – No report

iii. Strategic Planning Process – No report

iv. Continuing Education Advisory Council – No report

v. EMU Research Advisory Council – No report

vi. COE Resource Development Board – No report

vii. COE Student Advisory Committee – A student contacted Dean Polite requesting to meet with the committee. S. Quilter will redirect the student since the committee is currently inactive.

viii. ad hoc Porter Chair Advisory Committee – no report

ix. ad hoc Education Alumni Hall of Fame Committee – No report

x. ad hoc Education Students Data Assessment Committee – Since this is now a standing committee, it will be moved to the list of standing committees. S. Ginsberg reported that Ron Fellows did a marvelous job of presenting and explaining LiveText to her 251 students. D. Choudhuri clarified that all faculty who undergo the LiveText training, a commitment of a 2 hour time block will receive a $100 honorarium.

xi. Other COE Groups – No report

xii. COE Departments or Offices – L. Rocklage (SPED) reported that the State of Michigan has recently adopted a policy on positive behavior management support for all students. This has huge implications for student training, particularly since regulations and certifications have not yet been changed to accommodate the new policy. On a related issue, a hearing on seclusion and restraint occurred which took place on the two year anniversary of the death of a child who was inappropriately restrained by a teacher. This has implications for course development through special education on classroom management.

xiii. Porter Building status – M. Bretting reported that

1. Camatronics, the contracted surveillance vendor, has installed four more cameras in the building. A transitional device has been assigned that will lead a direct signal to DPS.

2. If equipment in any of the Smart Classrooms is having problems, Cliff Elston should be contacted immediately with the details of the problem and the room number, with a cc of the email sent to M. Bretting.

3. The Memorial Garden construction is in progress.

4. In addition, on September 22^nd, there was a dedication ceremony for Porter 223, the newly redesigned and developed Gail Johnston Elementary Education classroom, through the generous memorial donation of Bob and Denise Johnston. The ceremony was reported to be very moving, and a wonderful way to show the donors how important their contribution and support was. K. Paciorek (TED) orchestrated much of the elements that made it so, from notes written by students thanking the Johnstons, to children from the Children’s Institute participating.

xiv. NCATE/State status – S. Quilter reported that NCATE is scheduled for Fall 2010. Almost all Program Coordinators for basic and Advanced programs have been selected and are well on their way in preparing for Winter 2007.

xv. Dean’s report –

1.COE Council has voted to approve the faculty and student representatives designated by the Dean for The College grade Grievance Committee (as described in the due process for students by Judicial Services)

2. Based on other research, the Dean discovered that EMU has placed 1800 teachers in Michigan in the last 3 years. Of these, 140 were African American. Only 4 were in Math and only 5 in Science. We have to proactively take steps to address this situation, in terms of expertise and finding ways to recruit and retain more teachers in Math and Science. Additionally, should investigate how teachers of color are not teaching in communities of color.

3. AACTE plan to dictate principles of accreditations at the next annual meeting in February 2007. This will be an issue between TEAC, NCATE, and state accrediting bodies.

V. Old business - None

VI. New business – D. Choudhuri requested to place the call for gender equity to the Board of Regents to be a discussion item at the next meeting.

VII. Adjournment

Next meeting October 25, 2006--2:00 p.m., Porter 301B, or as otherwise set by the Council.

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