College of Education Senate
University of Northern Iowa
February 19, 2007
Minutes #355
I. Call to Order
The meeting of the College of Education Senate was called to order at 3:35
P.M. on Monday, February 19, 2007 in the Dean‟s Conference Room in
Schindler Education Center.
Senators in attendance [in bold]
Dave Christensen [At large]
Rod Dieser [At-large]
Dave Else [ELCPE]
Mary Herring [At-large]
Elana Joram [EPF]
Chris Kliewer [SPED]
Kurt Meredith, Chair [C&I]
Rick Vanderwall [TCHG]
Windee Weiss [HPELS]
Robin Lund [At-large]
Alternates
Maribelle Betterton
Susan Hudson
Robert Decker
Donna Douglas
Melissa Heston
Amy Staples
Penny Beed
Michelle Swanson
Kevin Finn
Tom Dompier
Ex-Officio Members in attendance
Guests
II. Approval of Minutes of January 29, 2007 [#354]
It was moved by Kliewer and seconded by Vanderwall that the minutes
[#354] of the January 29, 2007 meeting be approved as read. All ayes.
Motion carried.
III. Reports/Announcements
A. Update on Dean Search: Meredith stated that he has resigned as CoChair of the COE Dean‟s Search Committee in order to submit his own
application. Herring stated that March 2nd is the closing date.
B. College Visit: Meredith reported on recent „College Visit‟ by President
Allen and Interim Provost Lubker. He apologized for not getting the
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„highlights‟ out to the faculty in advance. He asked for any reactions
the Senators had heard from faculty members. Vanderwall stated that
he thinks the President‟s priority is in terms of getting his “team”
together. In addition, Herring feels his message of wanting to see more
research, stronger connections at the state level, etc. have filtered down
to faculty as a result of conversations the President has had around the
state. Meredith reported that the „Highlights‟ portion of the visit took
place preceding Open Forum and included three students [one each
undergraduate, Master‟s and doctoral student] to answer questions.
That portion of the meeting went extremely well with good interaction.
Following the Open Forum with faculty and staff, the President and
Lubker met with the Management Team. Allen and Lubker both
reinforced that they, too, thought it was a very well prepared event.
There is a sense that we need to get the COE out „on the map‟ more.
Also, the COE will be the featured part of the next campaign. Herring
questioned if Foundation had used any of the ideas submitted by the
College. Meredith responded he was uncertain. She questioned how
that conversation takes place and Meredith responded it would go
through the Dean‟s Office [Callahan].
C. Elections Committee: Vanderwall distributed a draft of the most
current ballot. Nominations will be open until Friday. An additional
nominee for the Committee on Curriculum is still needed. Vanderwall
will then finalize the ballot and submit it for approval. Voting will
begin on March 2nd through March 23rd on MyUNIverse. There were
no other comments or concerns.
IV. Old Business
A. Management Team Meetings: Meredith stated that the
Management Team meets every Thursday at 9:00 and has been
very productive.
B. Curriculum Process: Meredith stated that dates need to be
identified for the Senate to review the curriculum proposals before
departments make their final presentation to the Senate.
Curriculum packets are due today and he urged all Senators to
review them as soon as possible. After the departmental
presentations take place the Senate will then vote to approve. After
some discussion it was decided to invited the Department of
Educational Leadership and the School of HPELS to make their
presentation at the March Senate meeting and the Department of
Curriculum & Instruction [both undergraduate and Masters] and
the Department of Special Education to the April Senate meeting.
Bartlett will facilitate these presentations.
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V. New Business
A. Shared Leadership: Meredith stated there was a brief presentation
on the shared leadership model during the College Visit. As the
College of Education has always been intended to be a college that
engages in share governance, he asked the Senators to discuss this
with other faculty so that they can share ideas with the Senate.
Herring encouraged Meredith to share this with the Management
Team, however he did not feel this would be appropriate at this
time. Kliewer questioned who constitutes „shared governance‟.
Herring stated that the COE will now have an electronic newsletter.
Callahan has been working with Public Relations. The targeted
audience for this newsletter is COE alums. Senators were
encouraged to be thinking of items that could be submitted to the
newsletter. Weiss asked how faculty can submit ideas. Dieser
responded that this might be explained in the first issue. Meredith
encouraged Senators to make their faculty aware of this newsletter.
B. Other:
1. COE Awards. The nomination form for the COE
Outstanding Faculty awards was distributed to the Senators.
A question was raised as to the timeliness of the March 8 th
deadline.
2. Kliewer stated that he met recently with David Stoakes,
Cedar Falls Superintendent of Schools. Stoakes stated that
he feels there has been a huge gap between the College and
the public school system. He expressed an interest in
working with us to bridge that gap. Dieser suggested inviting
Stoakes to a future Senate meeting for an informal
conversation, however, Meredith feels it might be better to
wait until the new dean has been hired.
3. Dieser questioned if there has been any conversation about a
post-tenure review. Meredith stated that this has been a
topic of interest for student government who would like to
see a more formal post tenure review process. They have
visited individual departments and also spoken with the
Provost. Meredith stated that ratification of the contract
with United Faculty is currently underway, however no
information is to be released until formal approval of the
contract. Also, it has been brought before the University
Senate, but they did not act on this.
VI. Upcoming Meeting Dates
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March 19, 2007
April 16, 2007
VII. Other Dates to Remember
March 3, 2007
March 12-16, 2007
April 9, 2007
May 5, 2007
Spring T.E. Faculty Meeting
Spring Break
Teacher Induction Convocation
Commencement
VIII. Adjournment
The next meeting of the COE Senate will be held on Monday, March 19,
2007 at 3:15 P.M. in the Dean‟s Conference Room in Schindler Education
Center. It was moved by Herring and seconded by Kliewer that the
meeting be adjourned. The meeting was then adjourned at 4:55 P.M.
Respectfully submitted,
Mary-Sue Bartlett
:msb
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