Council for Teacher Education
The sixth meeting of the Council for Teacher Education for the 2009-2010 academic year was held Monday, February 8, 2010 at 3:15 p.m. in Speight 312. Members present: Cynthia Bickley-Green, Carol Brown, Michael Brown, John Carlson, Joe Ciechalski, Vivian Covington (Chair), Lana Kay Dotson, Dana Espinosa, Johna Faulconer, David Gabbard, Nicole Griffin, Linda High, Laura King, Adam Leggett, LCSN representative Carla Frinsko, Betty Peel, Marcela Ruiz-Funes, Karli Ruscoe, Sharon Schleigh, Christine Shea, Jane Teleki, Ivan Wallace, Sarah Williams, Barbara Woods and visitor- Crystal Jones. Absent were Rick Barnes, Michael Bossé, Brenda Eastman, Bill Grobe, and Diana Lys.
Order of Business
Agenda I – Approval of Minutes
The minutes from the January 11, 2010 meeting were accepted.
Agenda II – Announcements
Vivian Covington, chair, made the following announcements. A mandatory Education Career Fair will be held February 23, 2010 from 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. at the Greenville Convention Center. Senior II student hours are 8:30-12:00.
The Mary Lois Staton Reading/Language Arts Conference will be held February 16, 2010 from 12:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m. at the Murphy Center. Interns not attending are expected to remain at their internship site.
Agenda III – Assessment Update
Dr. Covington reported for Dr. Lys.
DPI – Information on the Initial License Blueprints is expected today after 3 P.M. The M.A.Ed revisions are ongoing. She has met with M.A.Ed Coordinators to develop series of three evidences. A summary is forthcoming. She will meet with the M.A.Ed core course faculty to develop two unit- wide evidences to address standards 1, 2, and 5. Program areas will develop one content-based evidence to address standards 3 and 4. Members were reminded that the new Graduate Standards (adopted January 2009) REPLACE the Master Teacher Competencies (1998-99). The MSA Revision is still in the hands of NC DPI and UNC GA and should be released soon.
TaskStream – Dr. Lys is in the process of scheduling TaskStream workshops for April 2010. The workshops will target certain groups, but will also have general sessions. She has begun discussion/developing separate portfolio implementations with SPED, READ, and IT.
SACS – (applies to COE only) – Requests have been sent to all Chairs and Program Area Coordinators for course planners for each SACS program. They are due to Diana Lys by March 5.
NCATE – An Electronic Exhibit Room in TaskStream is being developed to facilitate the next visit in 2014. The Institutional Report (IR) is due to NCATE on February 1, 2012.
Update Item – Beginning in July 2010, ECU will no longer support Perseus. The university is moving to using Qualtrix as its survey program. Training opportunities are forthcoming from ITCS. The Assessment Office will begin moving all of our Perseus surveys into Qualtrix later this spring.
Agenda IV – Old Business
Today’s refresher is on the translation of the Media Consent Form and website. Dr. Marcella Ruiz-Funes graciously translated the Media Consent Form into Spanish. A copy was included in materials and the English version can be found at www.ecu.edu/educ/facstaff. The Spanish version will be added later.
Agenda V – New Business
None
Agenda VI – Standing Committees
Curriculum – Carol Brown reported that the CTE Curriculum Committee met January 13, 2010 and approved the following changes in the special education program, pending minor editorial changes: Remove PSYC 3206 and add PSYC 2777 as a requirement; remove OCCT 3000 and REHB 2000 as optional electives; require RCTX 2230 and ASLS 2020 (AC program). Revise SPED 2109 and 2209 by reducing hours from 2 to 1 s.h.; revise SPED 2100 & 2200 by reducing hours from 4 to 3 s.h.; revise SPED 4300 by changing hours from 2 to 3 s.h.; revise SPED 4100 by merging course content from SPED 4200 and banking SPED 4200; revise SPED 3001 by merging course content from SPED 3002 and banking SPED 3002; revise SPED 3005 content to meet program goals; revise SPED 4010 by title change to Effective Instruction in Inclusive Classrooms; and remove Upper Division (UD) status on EDTC 4001. A new course SPED 3007, Physical Management in the Classroom, for the AC program was approved. The report was accepted. Dr. Covington noted that the UD status on EDTC 4001 could change for other program areas with the use of TaskStream and the technology needed for the program. Dr. Brown requested that proposals should be sent to her prior to the next CTE Curriculum meeting on Wednesday, February 17. As a reminder, if your program area has changes affecting other departmental courses, notify that department. Proposals should be sent to the unit two weeks (10 business days) prior to the meeting. The final meeting for the University Curriculum Committee, in which curricular packages will be reviewed, is April 8, 2010.
Evaluation & Planning – No report
Admission & Retention – No report
Policy – David Gabbard reported that the “policy on felons” is ready to be taken to the university attorney. He and Dr. Covington will take this to the attorney to review the wording.
Agenda VII – Ad Hoc Committees
Conceptual Framework and the MAEd Revisioning were covered earlier under assessment.
The question of faculty licenses no longer being required was discussed. Although DPI may no longer require this in fall 2010, General Administration and NCATE require the methods faculty license. DPI has also made the 2.5 GPA an exit criteria, not an entrance requirement. PRAXIS I will not be required, but “a test” will be for DPI. The test has not been determined. However, ECU will keep the 2.5 for entrance and PRAXIS I, SAT and ACT for admission to teacher ed until notified differently by UNC-GA. Preliminary data from GA shows the higher the GPA, the better the impact the teacher will have on student learning. In response to the question, “What is the intersection of DPI and the State Board of Education?”, the chair replied the State Board of Education oversees the Department of Public Instruction. The Section Chief in Licensure submits items to the State Board.
Two additional meetings remain for the calendar year March 15 and April 12.
There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 3:55 p.m. The next meeting will be March 15, 2010.
Respectfully submitted,
Sherry S. Tripp