Teacher Education Council Minutes
October 20, 2008
(Approved)
Members Present: Tajriat Ahmed, Sharon Christensen, Jennifer Dennis, Mike Dunn, Claudia
Edwards, Todd Garner, Courtney Glazer, Russell Graves, Greg Hoepfner, John Hodgson, Kurtis
Koll, Howard Kuchta, Tobias Kuhn, Teresa Lubrano, Diann Megert, Michelle Smith, Vivian
Thomlinson, Ronna Vanderslice
Members Absent: Cristal McCutcheon, Debbie Stoll, Jan Thomas, Philip Zaninelli
Proceedings
Meeting called to order at 3:30 p.m. by Chair, Ronna Vanderslice
Director of Teacher Education Report
A. SPA approval rates for Fall 2007 and Spring 2008 initial and revised reports
were presented. Concerns with the SPA process include the inconsistency
of scoring. In response to this, a leveling meeting was held recently at the
national level for at least one SPA. Another concern is that sometimes a
SPA has a particular emphasis that it looks for during a particular year.
B. An update on alternative certification legislature pointed out that many
folks (including Representative Ann Coody) would like to close the loophole
that allows people to “test” into elementary education, special education,
and early childhood education. Last year alone, more than 570 people
added elementary education to their licenses. The legislature to fix this
almost passed last year and is expected to come up again this year.
C. Representative Ann Coody commissioned a reading study to look into how
much reading knowledge is covered by the elementary education OSAT.
She is leading the charge to look into what options are available to remedy
this situation.
Last month’s meeting minutes were approved.
Other Business
Old Business
Packet contains approved minutes from August 13, 2008 meeting
New Business
1. Program Transition point adjustment – Email any changes to
Courtney.
2. Planning for Student Teaching Supervision – We are working with a
collaborative model and need to determine who will serve as the
content expert in the field and will complete the content addendum
to the Student Teaching Assessment. Ronna asked that everyone
research to determine if their SPAs require certified teachers
supervise the student teachers and to determine who would be the
appropriate person to serve as the supervisor. Please note that
funding should be a non-issue. Provide feedback to Ronna before the
next meeting.
3. Requests to Modify CHEM 1471, CHEM 1474, CHEM 1361, and CHEM
1364 – These modifications bring these courses into alignment with
what has been happening in practice. Tobias Kuhn made a motion to
accept the modifications with a change in prerequisite on 1471. John
Hodgson seconded the motion, which was approved.
4. Request to Modify EDUC 5283– This modification adds a prerequisite
to the internship for Educational Leadership. Russell Graves made the
motion, and Kurtis Koll seconded it. The motion was approved.
5. Request to Modify EDUC 5583 and Request for Program Modification
for MS Ed Leadership – These modifications change an existing course
title and description and make a program change to require a more
appropriate research class for the Educational Leadership program.
Diann Megert made a motion to accept the course change and Mike
Dunn made a motion to accept the program change. Kurtis Koll
seconded both motions, and both were approved.
Announcements
OACTE/OATE/OCTP conference will be held November 6-7. On the 7th, SPA
representatives will conduct training sessions. All programs should make plans
to attend. Email Ronna if you plan to attend. She will provide funding.
Next TEC meeting may need to be changed. It is tentatively set for November
17th, 2008 at 3:30 in NB 1075. Watch for an email update!
Meeting adjourned at 4:27 p.m.
Minutes submitted by Courtney Glazer