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 25, 2006 meeting.

III. Reports of Committees

a. Basic Programs Committee: No report

b. Advanced Programs Committee:

i. Master’s in reading/Reading specialist: based on International Reading Association revised standards for the Reading Specialist, the number of foundation courses in the Master’s program in reading have been modified, bringing the total number of hours to 36. Approved.

ii. Program revisions Nonprofit Management Graduate Certificate

iii. Graduate Course LAW 593 Business Enterprise Law & Ethics

1.Approved as a block of non COE related courses

2.These courses should not have been approved by Advanced Programs based on the present governance since they are non-COE courses. Motion approved to send a memo to the chairs of the Basic, Advanced and Professional & Affiliated Committees that any non-COE courses and program approvals need to be forwarded directly to COE Council for action.

c. Professional and Affiliated Programs Committee: NR

i. J.Pietig brought up a discussion that the Professional and Affiliated Programs had lost a number of programs due to the departure of HPERD from the COE, and the remaining programs could really come under the purview of Advanced Programs, eliminating the need for a P&A Program committee. D. Choudhuri suggested that given the recent changes in committees and the development of the Professional Education Unit, it might be helpful for a group to look at the COE governance structure to see if there are other changes that can then be brought to the faculty as a whole for approval. Motion passed that the Dean and COE Council Chair will meet with all the chairs of the other COE standing committees to consider any updates, adjustments, or revisions that may be needed in the governance structure.

d. Planning and Finance Committee – No report

e. Diversity Committee – P. Smith reported on the latest meeting. On October 26, 2006. Eboni Zamani-Gallaher and Dibya Choudhuri are the co-chairs and Phil Smith is the Secretary. Discussed committee role in developing a diversity plan for NCATE Standard 4. Programming efforts for International Week, 2^nd Annual town hall meeting for Martin Luther King, and a 2007 Women’s History month event.

f. Assessment Committee – No report

g. Course and Program Approvals

i. New Courses: none

ii. Course Revisions: none

iii. Program Revisions: none

IV. Reports from other College or University Groups

i. Faculty Council – No report

ii. Graduate Council – No report

iii. Continuing Education Advisory Council – No report

iv. EMU Research Advisory Council – No report

v. COE Resource Development Board – No report

vi. COE Student Advisory Committee – Is moving ahead with Barbara Gorenflo as the convener.

vii. ad hoc Porter Chair Advisory Committee – no report

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

ix. Other COE Groups – No report

x. COE Departments or Offices – no report

xi. Porter Building status – no report

xii. Dean’s report –

1.Development: 3 new scholarships have been created to benefit COE students.

2. L. Rocklage discussed Public Act 118, known as the “new reading law” will come into effect on July 1, 2007 and apply to any teaching professional applying for a professional certificate, requiring a 3 credit course of study & appropriate field experiences in reading. However, the combination of factors also focuses on special education. Ad hoc meeting on November 10 at 1 p.m. to discuss this issue. The reading program has been striving to address this as well. J. Tracy suggested that Continuing Education should be involved since most likely delivery of any course will involve off campus or online formats.

3.AACTE will make it a budget priority to host a special regional accreditation summit for the Great lakes region where they will also roll out their new accreditation standards.

4.There are 5 new proposals for Congressional earmarks.

V. Old business - None

VI. New business – none

VII. Adjournment

Next meeting December 13, 2006--2:00 p.m., Porter 301B, or as otherwise set by the Council.

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