Council for Teacher Education
The second meeting of the Council for Teacher Education for the 2009-2010 academic year was held Monday, October 19, 2009 at 3:15 p.m. in Speight 312. Members present: Rick Barnes, Cynthia Bickley-Green, Michael Bossé, Michael Brown, Carol Brown, John Carlson, Joe Ciechalski, Vivian Covington (Chair), Kay Dotson, Dana Espinosa, Johna Faulconer, David Gabbard, Nicole Griffin, Bill Grobe, Linda High, Laura King, LCSN representative Julie Cary, Adam Leggett, Diana Lys, Michael Meloth, Betty Peel, Sharon Schleigh, Jane Teleki, Ivan Wallace, Sarah Williams and visitor- Crystal Jones. Absent were Brenda Eastman, Marcela Ruiz-Funes, Karli Ruscoe, and Barbara Woods.
Order of Business
Agenda I – Approval of Minutes
The minutes from the September 14, 2009 meeting were accepted.
Agenda II – Announcements
Vivian Covington, chair, made the following announcements.
New student representatives were introduced; Nicole Griffin, an MAT-Science student and Adam Leggett, a special education undergraduate student.
A handout reviewing the framework for 21st century learning was distributed. Public schools are ahead of the university in using technology to collect data. Leaders in business, industry and education want universities to teach prospective teachers 21st century skills to use with students in the public schools.
Agenda III – Assessment Update
Diana Lys, Interim Assessment Coordinator, gave an update on SACS and DPI.
SACS Plans and Reports
The College of Education reports for 2008-2009 and plans for 2009-2010 are in and we did quite well. They should be loaded in TracDat, a data warehouse software program, by November 15.
DPI
Several program areas, who have been contacted, need to make minor changes to the DPI Blueprint Reviews in Electronic Evidence (EE) 7; Home, School, Community Collaboration. There were some inconsistencies in the EE7 reviews. She has forwarded these concerns to DPI and is awaiting a reply. Program areas are to proceed with revisions in anticipation of a negative reply. Program areas needing to revise EE2, Content Knowledge, (candidate depth of understanding and application) have been contacted and individual meetings are being scheduled. Dr. Lys needs resubmissions by October 29, 2009 in order to compile information prior to the November 2, 2009 DPI deadline. ECU should receive feedback on the plans prior to the holiday break and in time to make revisions to the rubrics. No rubrics have been reviewed. Now is the time to fine tune the rubrics. DPI reviewers want to see evidence of crosswalks to the standards in the rubric where they apply. More information regarding design is forthcoming from DPI and an in-house deadline will be set in early January. Rubrics are due March 1, 2010 to DPI. All students admitted to Upper Division in Fall 2010 will be required to complete the new electronic evidences. New courses or course revisions will need to go through the curriculum process prior to Fall 2010. A template draft was distributed to help each program plan for the implementation of the new evidences, including when evidences for EE1, EE2 and EE7 will be collected and by whom. This template should be returned to Dr. Lys with the DPI EE resubmissions on October 29, 2009. A meeting will be held later this week regarding the revision of graduate programs that lead to an advanced teaching license.
NCATE
Annual summaries are due.
Agenda IV – Old Business
Two sessions are planned for the spring semester to discuss practicum placements, due dates, who receives them, etc. and Sr. I/II applications and procedures. Hopefully, these meetings will give a better understanding of the process and the need to adhere to deadlines.
Application deadlines for the fall placements of Sr. I/II are due November 6, 2009 for all students admitted to Upper Division and not enrolled in a needed class prior to the internship. The first day of classes in spring semester (January 8, 2010) by 5:00 P.M. is the final application acceptance date. This date should be used for students needing to meet the GPA requirement or course completion. Please remember that Sr. I is attached to the methods course. Use a key junior anchor course to catch all upcoming Sr. I’s and post flyers in your buildings to remind second semester juniors of the application deadlines.
Agenda V – New Business
A draft of a policy statement pertaining to criminal convictions from NC State was distributed. It describes the state, LEA, and college of education policies. A motion was made by Mike Bossé and seconded by Michael Brown to send this to the Policy Committee to determine if a document such as this should be available to students in teacher education.
Agenda VI – Standing Committees
Curriculum – Carol Brown, chair, reported that the committee met and recommended for approval a new course proposal, EXSS 3000, Curriculum in Physical Education (2). The committee needs course proposals or program changes one week prior to the committee meeting. Meeting dates are October 26, November 23 and December 14, 2009. The report was accepted.
Evaluation & Planning – No report
Admission & Retention – No report
Policy – No report
An Ad-Hoc Committee regarding conceptual framework will be formed later this year.
There being no further business, Michael Brown moved to adjourn, which was seconded by Mike Bossé. The meeting adjourned at 4:05 p.m. The next meeting will be November 9, 2009.
Respectfully submitted,
Sherry S. Tripp