COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AND ALLIED PROFESSIONS DIVERSITY PLAN
2006-2011
Goal 1: Give increased attention to and support for issues of diversity.
OBJECTIVES
ACTION AGENT
EVALUATION
1.1 Record College's Diversity Committee activities and submit Diversity Committee.
minutes to Dean, Associate Dean and CEAP Director of
Assessment.
Assess committee activities annually.
Keep minutes of each meeting for annual
review.
1.2 Continue to sponsor a series of Diversity Dialogues
in which students, faculty and staff from the College
and the University participate in discussions about
topics related to diversity. Timely communication of
specifics (topic, date, location, speaker) is a priority.
Diversity Committee.
Record number and nature of
presentations and attendees.
Obtain student/intern feedback via journals/
evaluations.
1.3 Continue the integration of issues in diversity into
the curriculum and faculty/staff development
activities.
Dean, Department Heads, Diversity Committee, Faculty to report annually on progress.
Curriculum Specialist for Diversity, Faculty/Staff.
1.4 Continue to support the Bachelor's and Master's degree
programs both on campus and in Jamaica.
Dean's Office, Departments, Office of
Educational Outreach,
Faculty, Hunter Library.
Assess number of courses offered,
and report the number of graduates.
1.5 Seek additional funding to maintain Global
Partnership with Japanese schools.
Dean's Office, Department of Educational
Leadership and Foundations, Office of
International Programs, Office of Grants.
.
Maintain records of proposals that are
submitted.
1.6 Continue to work with Office of Educational Outreach to
provide on-line accreditation preparation program for
schools in Central and Latin America.
Provide on-line and on-site SACS accreditation and
preparation courses.
Dean's Office, Office of Continuing
Maintain records of the number of
Education and Summer School, Hunter Library. courses offered annually.
1.7 Continue to host summer institutes for professional
educators from South America, Latin America
Department Heads, Office of
Continuing Education and Summer School,
Conduct participant evaluations and put in
Annual report.
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OBJECTIVES
and the Caribbean.
1.8 Continue to work with the Director of International
Programs to explore increased international
opportunities for candidates and faculty and K-12
Outreach Program.
ACTION AGENT
Hunter Library.
Department Heads, Office of International
Programs.
EVALUATION
Keep record of communications and events
and put in annual report.
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COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AND ALLIED PROFESSIONS DIVERSITY PLAN
2006-2011
Goal 2: Design, implement, and evaluate a high quality curriculum and set of experiences related to diversity.
OBJECTIVES
2.1 Continue the integration issues in diversity into
the curriculum and faculty/staff development
activities by utilizing resources such as the DPI
Closing the Achievement Gap Section.
ACTION AGENT
Department Heads, Curriculum Specialist for
Diversity, Diversity Committee, Faculty.
EVALUATION
Assess annual progress review reports.
2.2 Establish a diversity component of portfolios required Professional Education Faculty.
of pre-service teachers that contain documentation
of knowledge, skills and dispositions that should be
acquired both before and during the internship or
student teaching. Required activities include attendance
at workshops and presentations about topics related
to diversity and service learning activities.
Evaluators of portfolios.
2.3 Identify and/or develop assessment instruments to
measure candidates' dispositions related to diversity.
Diversity Committee, Assessment Committee.
Instrument approved, made part of assessment
system and included in TaskStream.
2.4 Locate and maintain a pool of resources for diversity
in the community; e.g. The Center for Diversity in
Asheville ,and place on Diversity Website.
Diversity Committee.
Updated website.
2.5 Lesson plans assigned in methods courses include a
component that addresses the "Diverse Learner."
Professional Education Faculty.
Review lesson plans developed by candidates.
2.6 Support and participate in initiatives related to
Closing the Achievement Gap section of DPI.
SUTEP Director, Professional Education
Survey Faculty.
Faculty/Staff. Curriculum Specialist for Diversity.
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OBJECTIVES
ACTION AGENT
2.7 Encourage and reward Professional Education Faculty/ Department Heads, SUTEP Director.
Staff to participate in special seminars and course
development activities related to commanding and
modeling the specific knowledge, skills and dispositions
needed to assist teacher education candidates be
successful in teaching diverse student populations
sponsored by the state in response to the
implementation plan from the NC Advisory Commission
on Raising Achievement and Closing Gaps.
EVALUATION
Assess faculty activity sheets.
Surveys evaluating workshops.
2.8 Schedule at least one meeting annually at which
Professional Education Faculty can share teaching
strategies that address issues related to diversity.
Diversity Committee.
Maintain minutes of meetings and record of
attendance.
2.9 Review curricula in the professional core and in
methods courses to ensure that candidates receive
adequate instruction in all the dimensions of diversity
and exceptionality.
Department Heads.
Review syllabi annually.
2.10 Send faculty to annual NC Closing the Achievement
Gap Conference.
SUTEP Director.
Record of attendees.
2.11 Collaborate with Hunter Library to develop a website
for Diversity Resources.
Curriculum Specialist for Diversity, University Website constructed.
Librarian, Diversity Committee.
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Goal 3: Recruit and retain a diverse faculty and staff.
OBJECTIVES
ACTION AGENT
EVALUATION
3.1 Continue to assign a member of the Diversity
Dean, Search Committee Chairs, Department
Committee to each faculty search committee in the Heads, Diversity Committee.
College of Education and Allied Professions for
the purpose of ensuring that the search committee
has not excluded an applicant because of unforeseen
differences in cultural, racial, or educational
backgrounds.
Review search committee lists.
3.2 Continue to recruit applicants for various faculty
positions by placing announcements in publications
that serve educators who are minorities such as The
Affirmative Action Register, Black Issues in
Higher Education, Hispanic Outlook, and Psych
Discourse, a newsletter of the Association of
Black Psychologists.
Maintain records of reports that go to OEO
office that cites location of advertisements.
Dean's Office, Search Committee Chairs,
Department Heads.
3.3 Continue to purchase name/address lists of
Human Resources.
minority doctoral candidates and send letters
inviting them to apply for available faculty positions.
Lists distributed to search committee chairs.
3.4 Establish faculty exchange programs with
historically black universities and colleges in
the UNC system.
Diversity Committee, Dean's office, Professional
Education Faculty.
Maintain records of faculty exchanges.
3.5 Establish faculty exchange programs with
international educational institutions.
Diversity Committee, Dean's Office, Professional Maintain records of faculty exchanges and
Education Faculty, Office of International
assess the quality of those exchanges.
Programs.
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OBJECTIVES
3.6 Implement procedures in which all candidates
for professional education faculty and EPA nonfaculty are assessed on their knowledge, skills and
dispositions related to helping all students learn.
Develop questions to be placed on the standardized
list of appropriate questions to ask the applicant
that assess knowledge, skills and disposition related
to helping all students learn.
ACTION AGENT
Dean, Department Heads, Directors, Search
Committees, EOP Officer.
EVALUATION
Procedure implemented throughout departments
and centers.
3.7 Hire a full time curriculum specialist for diversity.
Dean, Provost.
Determine if person was hired.
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Goal 4: Recruit and retain a diverse student body.
OBJECTIVES
ACTION AGENT
EVALUATION
4.1 Continue to implement undergraduate and
graduate programs in Jamaica.
Dean's Office, Departments, Office of
Continuing Education and Summer School.
Monitor programs.
4.2 Continue to coordinate the recruitment efforts of the
College of Education and Allied Professions with the
efforts of other offices at Western Carolina
University, i.e. Office of Admissions, the
Graduate School, the NC Teaching Fellows
Program, and the Honors College.
Dean's Office, CEAP Departments and
other appropriate units.
Review efforts of departments and centers
relative to recruitment and include in annual report.
4.3 Increase the number of students in our
"Reach to Teach" program, an annual recruitment
program for culturally diverse middle-school and
high-school students.
SUTEP Director, Office for Rural Education. Monitor number of students who attend and
evaluate program.
4.4 Continue to sponsor an annual Recruitment Day and a
Teachers of Tomorrow Day through the
Western Carolina University Teaching Fellows
Program.
Director Special Programs, SUTEP Director, Monitor attendance.
Office for Rural Education.
4.5 Include in Teacher Education Recruitment/Retention Plan
objectives related to recruitment of minority students into
teacher education.
University recruitment Team.
Officers in Financial Aid and Admissions,
Counselors and Faculty at Selected High
Schools.
Monitor applications to WCU and to programs in
the College of Education and Allied Professions.
4.6 Explore sources of external funding for minority
students, such as McNair Grants for graduate
students.
Diversity Committee.
Assess number of grant proposals written.
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4.7 Continue to send personal invitation letter from the Dean to
minority seniors who meet WCU admission requirements
and invite them to consider pursuing an educational degree.
ACTION AGENT
EVALUATION
Dean
Letters sent.
4.8 Continue to work with Project CARE to better inform
African-American students of opportunities in education and
allied professions.
Diversity Committee Chair, Director of
Project Care.
Meetings held to assess efforts.
4.9 Continue to establish student exchange programs, such a
the recently piloted Rural-Urban Exchange with historically
black universities in the UNC system.
Dean, Diversity Committee and Faculty.
Verify that exchange programs are established.
4.10 Include in Teacher Education Recruitment/Retention Plan
objectives related to retention of minority students
enrolled in teacher education.
TERRP steering committee.
Included in Diversity Plan.
4.11 Collaborate with summer programs such as Summer
Ventures, Upward Bound, etc. to promote education and
allied professions as career choices for students who are
minorities.
Program Directors, Director of Center for
Math/Science Education, Associate Dean
Arts & Sciences.
Assess annual reports of Summer Ventures
and Upward Bound, and other programs.
4.12 Target Teacher Cadet programs at selected high schools to
promote education and allied professions as career choices
for students who are minorities.
Supervisors of Candidates in Field Experience Monitor applications to WCU and to programs
Admissions Officers, Counselors and
in the College of Education and Allied Professions.
Faculty at Selected High Schools.
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Goal 5: Provide candidates with high quality experiences working with diverse students in P-12 schools.
OBJECTIVES
ACTION AGENT
EVALUATION
5.1 Analyze Diversity Evaluation (breakdown of
students taught in early field experiences and
internship/student teaching) annually.
Diversity Committee.
Office of Field Experiences.
Analyze summary annually.
5.2 Place all candidates in at least one field
experience in a diverse school setting.
Office of Field Experiences, Professional
Education Faculty.
Maintain placement records of candidates.
Annual report
5.3 Identify or develop a background survey to
Office of Field Experiences, Professional
determine candidate diverse experiences as an aid Education Faculty. Diversity Committee
for field placement.
Maintain records of background surveys.
Annual report.
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