Council for Teacher Education
Minutes for September 11, 2006
The first meeting of the Council for Teacher Education for the 2006-2007 academic year was held Monday, September 11, 2006 at 3:15 p.m. in Speight 202. Members present: Vivian Covington (Chair), Rick Barnes, Michael Bossé, Boni Boswell, Michael Brown, Joe Ciechalski, Dawn Clark, Lynne Davis, Todd Finley, Bill Grobe, Alice Arnold for Nancy House, Jami Jones, Carolyn Ledford, Tammy Lee, Mary Pickard, Pitt County Representative Chris Moxley, Mary Lisa Pories, Marcela Ruiz-Funes, Jane Teleki, Sarah Williams, Scott Williams, and visitor Mary Beth Corbin. Absent were Bethann Fine, Linda High, and Melissa Matusevich.
Order of Business
Agenda I – Approval of Minutes
A motion was made by Bill Grobe and seconded by Michael Bossé to approve the minutes from the May 1, 2006 meeting.
Agenda II – Announcements
Everyone was welcomed back and introduced themselves. Members were asked to verify their phone numbers.
Mary Beth Corbin, Director of the Teaching Fellows Program, discussed their upcoming five year review November 1-2, 2006 with the NC Teaching Fellows Commission. The committee will be looking at the goals, admission indicators, SGA and faculty support. Faculty surveys will go out to all teacher education shortly. Please share this information with faculty in your program areas.
Everyone was reminded that the Speech and Hearing Screening is no longer required for admission to Upper Division. The new Interview Sheet includes space for speech and/or hearing concerns. Please use the new Upper Division Forms and Interview Sheets, which were distributed earlier.
The Teacher Education Forum will be held September 21-22, 2006 at the North Raleigh Hilton. The theme is “Children Matter: Preparing and Supporting NC Educators”. The on-site registration fee is $110 and the Office of Teacher Education will reimburse CTE members for the registration fee.
Three additional PRAXIS I and II testing dates are scheduled October 28, December 9, and July 21 with registration deadlines of September 22, November 13, and August 21. Applications must be at ETS by the deadline. Students must go to www.ets.org and print the application. Since these additional administration test dates are not listed on the registration form, candidates must hand write the date of their choice on the registration form and the outside of the envelope. All registrations for the October, December, and July administrations should be mailed with payments to:
Adriana Wells, ETS, Mailstop 57L, Rosedale Road, Princeton, NJ 08541. These testing sessions are only available in NC. Complete information was emailed to all teacher education faculty and placed on OneStop for students.
The State Board has released the IHE Report and ECU received a favorable rating. Two schools were designated as low performing.
Update on Teacher Education
PRAXIS I tests are still in effect. SAT or ACT scores are also options. PRAXIS II tests in elementary and special education must be taken to be licensed. Lateral Entry teachers must take the PRAXIS II in their area. Other individuals not taking PRAXIS II will have one of three options to convert to a continuing license once employed for three years.
The State Board passed the “PRAXIS I (reading, writing and math) Waiver” in June 2006. In order to be exempt from one of the three parts of PRAXIS I, the student would be required to have a 3.0, would have taken the test multiple times and be within three points or less of passing and proof of some direct remediation or intervention between test attempts, have a total score of 522 and a score no more than three points below its minimum score for the particular test, must have evidence of a passing final exam score in a course relevant to the area of test. A course grade is not sufficient. Possible courses could be MATH 1065 for math, ENGL 1000 or 2000 for reading and ENGL 1200 for writing. Waiver requests go before a panel at the state level and if approved are forwarded to the State Board for approval. All information submitted is public knowledge. A motion was made by Michael Bossé and seconded by Sarah Williams to refer this to the Policy Committee to devise a policy for ECU.
Twelve Actions for Consideration, a response to President Bowles from the UNC Dean’s Council on Teacher Education was distributed. The council feels these actions can have a significant impact in preparing more, higher quality teachers and school leaders for the public schools. President Bowles feels that “what your school does well should be shared with other institutions”. Teacher Education has support at ECU with the administration.
At the August State Board of Education meeting, Dr. Janice Davis, Deputy State Superintendent, reported on the guiding mission statement and goals for Education for the 21st Century. It is the goal that NC will produce globally competitive students, NC schools will be led by 21st century professionals, NC students will be healthy and responsible, NC leadership will guide innovation, and NC public schools will be governed and supported by 21st century systems.
Agenda III – Old Business
Lynne Davis reported that updates were held for early experience faculty, Senior I methods and Senior II university supervisors on conceptual framework materials and Dispositions Forms A, B, and C and Portfolio Competencies A, B, C, and D.
Further discussion was held concerning the technology competency for admission to Upper Division. Although it was decided that approved computer courses must be within four years at time of admission to Upper Division or take the challenge exam, it is causing logistical problems with online students and will be an issue with students in future virtual programs. Vivian Covington will discuss this with Beth Ann Fine and report back to the council.
Agenda IV – New Business
A motion was made by Michael Brown and seconded by Joe Ciechalski to nominate Carolyn Ledford as Vice Chair. She was unanimously elected.
Student representatives need to be selected. One graduate student has been nominated. Names of undergraduate (sophomore/junior level) and graduate level students need to be submitted to Vivian Covington.
The Ad Hoc Committees for 2006-07 will be determined later.
Agenda V – Standing Committee
New Standing Committee members met and elected their respective chair.
Admission & Retention
| Alt. Licensure TBA | ||
| Linda | High | (MUSC) 4277 |
| Bill | Grobe | Pitt County Schools |
| Marcela | Ruiz-Funes | (FORL) 6546 |
| Sarah | Williams | (C&I) 1101 |
| Scott | Williams, CHAIR | (BCTE) 5187 |
| Vivian | Covington | (Chair of CTE) 2156 |
Evaluation and Planning
| Rick | Barnes | (HLTH) 4238 |
| Beth Ann | Fine | (LSIT) 6627 |
| Bill | Grobe | (LEED) 6499 |
| Carolyn | Ledford, CHAIR | (C&I) 1135 |
| Mary Lisa | Pories | (SOCW) 5547 |
| LCSN | Rep(s) | Latham Clinical Schools Network |
| Chuck | Rich | (Inst. Research) 1437 |
| Vivian | Covington | (Chair of CTE) 2156 |
Curriculum (traditionally has met 2nd Monday 2:00)
| Student Representative | ||
| Boni | Boswell | (EXSS) 0007 |
| Michael | Brown | (PSYC) 4170 |
| Dawn | Clark | (DNCE) 6325 |
| Todd | Finley, CHAIR | (C&I) 6695 |
| Nancy | House | (ART) 1286 |
| Tammy | Lee | (MSED) 9364 |
| Jane | Teleki | (B-K) 1330 |
| Vivian | Covington | (Chair of CTE) 2156 |
Policy
| Student Representative | ||
| Michael | Bosse | (MSED) 9367 |
| Joe | Ciechalski, CHAIR | (COAD) 4218 |
| Todd | Finley | (Chair of Curriculum) |
| Jami | Jones | (LSIT) 2390 |
| Carolyn | Ledford | (Chair of Evaluation and Planning) |
| Melissa | Matesuvich | (C&I) 5588 |
| Mary | Pickard | (B-K) 5714 |
| Scott | Williams | (Chair of Admission and Retention) |
| Vivian | Covington | (Chair of CTE) 2156 |
There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 4:30 p.m. The next meeting will be on October 9, 2006.
Respectfully submitted,
Sherry S. Tripp