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 October 11, 2006 meeting.

III. Reports of Committees

a. Basic Programs Committee: No report

b. Advanced Programs Committee: No report

c. Professional and Affiliated Programs Committee: All new courses listed were approved unanimously.

i. Supply Chain Management Major/Minor

ii. Graduate Certificate in Nonprofit Management

iii. LAW 593

iv. Clinical Laboratory Services

d. Planning and Finance Committee – No report

e. Diversity Committee – No report. Will meet on October 26, 2006 and will submit minutes to the COE Council.

f. Assessment Committee – No report

g. Course and Program Approvals

i. New Courses: All new courses approved as a block.

1.HLAD 526, 610, 691, 692

2.SCM 386

3.SWRK 688/689

4.ANTH 465

5.CRM 420

6.HIST 105, 115, 306

ii. Course Revisions

1.School of Technology Studies: changes in course prefix and number to reflect revisions. Approved.

iii. Program Revisions: tabled until more information is available

1.Master’s in Health Administration

2.Master of Social Work

3.GIS Graduate Certificate for Educators

4.Earth Science Minor

· The process of course and program approvals continues to be confusing, R. Carpenter proposed an e-reserves section for COE Council where upcoming course and program approvals could be checked by Council members, perhaps arranged by folder and date to organize information.

IV. Reports from other College or University Groups

i. Faculty Council – No report

ii. Graduate Council – No report

iii. Strategic Planning Process – Removed from future agendas since it no longer exists.

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 – L.Rocklage related the history of this committee. A proposed structure and representation was offered by V.Polite. Amended to two graduate representatives from Special Education and a meeting schedule of 2-3 times a year, perhaps in an online setting, and approval for Dean’s to nominate student representatives to the committee. Amended proposal approved. Approval of Sarah Ginsberg to serve as the Faculty representative and Barbara Gorenflo as the COE Dean’s representative and convener.

viii. ad hoc Porter Chair Advisory Committee – no report

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

x. Other COE Groups – No report

xi. COE Departments or Offices – no report

xii. Porter Building status – no report

xiii. Dean’s report –

1.Annual report to NCATE due in an electronic version. We have a lot to report that are substantial changes, including the establishment of a standing committee on Assessment, the purchase of Livetext, the establishment of the PEAC, and the Diversity Committee.

2.Purchase of Digital Measures, an electronic format by which faculty can manage information about their activity. Not part of a contractual obligation and purely voluntary, but designed to be a much easier and friendlier system than the annual faculty report, which will also allow aggregate reporting of faculty activity in scholarship, instruction, and service to interested parties

3. Presentation of an overview of Teacher Certification and questions and challenges for a proposed special session of the Michigan Legislature. Includes data on in-state placement of graduates, broken down by ethnicity, teaching district, as well as subject.

V. Old business - None

VI. New business – none

VII. Adjournment

Next meeting November 9, 2006--2:00 p.m., Porter 301B, or as otherwise set by the Council.

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