AMßR(]SE EASTERTY
LRC ?RD
WILLTAM RAINEY HARPER COLLEGE
Algonquin S Roselle Roads
Palatine, I l.linois
NOTICË OF EDUCATIONAL MEETTNG
of the Board of Trustees of
District No. 512, Counties of Cook,
McHenry and State of lllinois
Menbers
NOTICE
Meeting
IS HEREBY GIVEN that there
Connunity College
Kane, Lake, and
will
be an Educatlonal
of the Board of Trustees on Thutsday, February 17, L977,
at the hour of 8:00 p.rn., in the Board Roon of ltlilliart
Co11ege,
Rainey Harper
Palatine, I11ínois, for the purpose of hearing reports
on sabbaticaL leaves and
DATED
faculty fellowships.
this 15th day of February,
¡1.
Board
of
L977,
at Palatihe, Illinois.
¡.¡9¡t9v¡t
Trustees
EDUCATIONAL MEETTNG
Sabbatical Leaves - Faculty Fe1-lowshlps
February 17, t977
Agenda
I.
II.
Introduction
Df.
John R. Birkholz
Sabbatlcal Leaves
Dr.
DavLd
L.
tr{i.lliams
Mr. Robert Powell * Doctoral program studl-es on the Adult Learner
Dr. Joyce Nolen = Doctoral progtam l-n Counselor Education
Dr. J. R. Tlllotson - Study of
programs
of
Vocatl"onal Muslc
Ms. Lee Kolzow : Study and ínvestlgatlon of, a Learnlng Asslgtance
Center for Adults wi.th Learnlng Di.sablltttes
Mr. Ray Moehrl-irr - Doctoral progran ln teachlng of Mathematics
I1l.
Dt, Robert B. Cormack
Faculty Fe1-lowshlps
Mrs. Barbara Fournler and Mrs. Marsha Geddes - Development of
lnstructLonal materials for Sectetarlal Science Lab
Mrs. Therese Butzen - DeveJ-opment of Lnstructlonal materlals for
lfIH 110, Laboratoty Mathematics
Dr. Mary Lou Mulvlhi11 - Further development of currlcul-um materiaLs
for BIO 102, Iluman Blology
TI
Mrs. Nancy FoJo - Expanslon of PSY 110, lluman Potentlal
Seml-nar
Dr. Míke oester * Computer progråñs for
Chemtstry I and General Chemlstry II
I22,
Mr. Joseph
Yohanan
-
Devel-opnent
CHM
121 and CHM
Genetal
of lnstructional unlt ln Solar
Energy
SYNOPSIS OF FACULTY FELLOT,üSHIPS
Ms. Barbara Fourniet arrd Ms. Marsha
Geddes
The ptímary obJectl-ve
lmpletnent audlovl-sual
of this proJect t¿as to develop materlals necessafy to
tutorlal coutse t^rofk ln beginnlng typing and tnag card
selectric typewrlting. All rnaterials r^rete developed durlng the sutnmei of
I976. These materials are noür a permânent part of the AVT Lab.
Ms. Therese Butzen
1o fesearch and write instructlonal- materials to cover the applred nathematics
portlon of MTH 110. A first draft of the completed text was available by the
end of August.- L976, Thls material is provlng to be a reaL asset to students
íí Medical Laboratory Teehnology and Chernlstry.
Dr. I'Iary Lou Mu1vlhl1l
To further develop Bro 102, Human Biology rr (pathology) by preparlng ä more
comprehensíve course oütll-ne, assetnbll-ng and categorizlrrg áppropríatã audiovlsual ftaterials and by preparíng new s1ídes, transpareflcles, charts, etc.
All rraterl,als tnrere avallable by Ãugust L5, 1976. These materials better meet
the needs of a very dlverslfled group of health câreer students.
Itfs. Nancy Fo j o
To expand PSY 110, Human Potenttal Semlnar¡ to arr ttumbrellatt couree system undet
which the counsellng staff can offer a variety of smal1 grotip experlences. Cotrrse
ouÈl1nes r¿ere developed for each of the fol-1-owing toplcsl (i) pàople to people,
(2) Leadership Development¡ (3) Baslc Encountet Group, and (4) Developlng Asåertlve
BehavÍor. These optlons were added to the f.aLI Ig76 schedule wtth poàíÈive results.
Dr. Míchael
Oester
To provide students wlth drill and practiee ln chernicaL nomenclature and formula
wrlting and also assíst students in CHM 121- and c$l4 I22 in their lab data and
calculalions. Mr. oester gave Dr. Cormack a demonstratl-on of hls computet programming
on JuIy 27, 1976, and presented hls ftnal report on August 1-6, Lg76, These tnaterial-s
have been availabl-e for student use since the beginning of the fal1 term.
Mr. Joseph
Yohanan
To lncorporate solar enêrgy instructl-onaL unlts ln Atchltectural Technology courses
and develop contlnuing educatiott seminars. A final report was submltted to adtnlntstratl-on on September 9, L976. Mf. yohananrs l"nterest trr solar energy has led to a
frumber of successful semlflars. Incotporatlon of solar energy Unlt lnto credlt courseg
has helped to keep ínstruction ln Architectural Technology ãLrr.nt.
SYNOPSTS OF SABBATTCAL LEAVES
Mr. Robert
Powel-l
The l-eave ù/as granted for the purpose of lntegrating adult education learning
techniques l-nto Èhe teachlng of Engllsh. Objectives of the leave have been
satisfled and the díssertatton ptoJect ls underhray. l^Iíth the ínflux of the
adul-t learner ort our campus, thís sËudy has slgnificance for future lnstructional
methodologLes.
Dr. Joyce
NoLen
The l-eave lras gråntéd to complete the doctoral prograrn ln counselor educatlon.
The prograrn hlas completed and the degree arrarded. As a result of the extenslve
course\^Iork and practicutn experlences, the ef f ectLveness of one member of the
o
counsel-fng staff has been enhanced.
Dr. J. R. Tl-llotson
the study of the feasibtllty of a tûro-year vocatl-onal muslc prograrn was the purpose
of Èhls leave, ConsÍderable informatíon rras obtaLned ¡.rhlch ts iel-ated to the
generic area, but addltional r¿ork 1s needed to identlfy speclfic pfografimatLc areas
for fncLuslon t¡lthin our program. Upon lmplementatlon, the breadth of our vocatLonal
programs would be enhanced r¡ith pfograms tn thls afea,
Ms. Lee Kolzow
lhe study of adult learntng dlsabil-ities and the role that Harper rníght play ln
servLng these persons !üâs the purpose of thls study. A proposaL for trnplementing
a Learnl-ng Assístance Centet has been developed. Implementation of thís progrâm
concept would broaden services offered to a net¿ student who at this time cånnot
be fu1ly served.
Mr. Ray Moehrlln
Asíde from the satl-sfaction of course work requlrements for the doctoral degree,
the purpose Ì^tas to lmprove ínstructional effectlveness j-n the teaching of mathematlcs.
An lncreased abillty lrr the dlagnosis and temedl-atLorr of student 1-earníng dífftcult1es
will have â positlve effect on the ntathematics ínstructlonal program.