Department of Special Education
Department Meeting
2/17/16
In attendance: Casey, Katy; Collet-Klingenberg, Lana; Collins, James; Gwalla-Ogisi,
Nomsa; Kolb, Sharon; Robinson, Rowand; Schultz, Tia; Stevens, Amy; Stuart, Shannon;
Toms, Ozalle; Troemel, Eileen;
Absent: DeVore, Simone; Winchell, Brooke
Item
Department Video
 She would like to do a promotional video
 Different classes
 New packet
 Interview faculty and students
 She needs sooner the better
FACSEN presentation
 Act 55 – updates
 Faculty now have a subordinate role to the
chancellor
 Post Tenure Review make it meaningful
 Firing faculty based on program
discontinuance – concerned about faculty
being dismissed under suspicious
circumstances
 More time for faculty remediation
 Where are the numbers in the document
coming from
 Would like updates from our representative
on the tenured taskforce
Salary – faculty
 Base salary adjustments
 The chancellor has reached out to the deans
to get their input and the input from faculty
 Chancellor’s recommendation is more
equitable across the colleges

Time
20 min
Person
Courtney
10 min
Ozalle Toms
Action
LCK
follow up
with
faculty to
see who is
interested
Eileen –
check with
Jody about
need for
permission
to film in
Winther
Faculty to
let LCK or
Katy
Heyning
know their
own
opinion of
the options
Check In
Approve minutes from 11/18 & 12/9
Review action items from previous meeting
Grad Phase 3 – changes
15 min
 Includes a field component
 Complete their portfolio
 Because students are at different stages
when they take this course, she cannot
define the artifacts
 They are aligned with CEC & Intasc
 She recommends artifacts that can be used
 2 of the 4 are in the 761 so she can dictate
them but the other 2 will come from
different courses
 For each artifact, Katy has selected CEC
and INTASC standards. Students are to find
artifacts which fit
Class Climate Eval
10 min

Advising Manual & Survey
20 min
 Manual is done
 Course recs – put notes in for coding classes
 We may remove mandatory advising
because minors are increasing as the load is
getting too large
 Survey – exit interview survey
Other
 All faculty meeting – to date Chancellor has
raised 6 M in donations
 A new committee might be formed which
11/18
Moved
Sharon
Seconded
Katy
Carried
unanimousl
y
12/9
Moved
Rowand
Seconded
Sharon
Carried
unanimousl
y
KC
ET
LCK
Give LCK
feedback
on this
Send LCK
any
policies we
may need
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would handle emergencies
Schedule SP17 – Lana will be contacting
people to resolve conflicts
Ozalle and James have been tapped to
produce RBI and PBIS
Policy for the March meetings
Allow a student to be a full time student
teacher in his current job as an aid
Handed out confidentiality agreement
TER information
Nomsa moved to adjourn
Rowand seconded
Carried unanimously
Nomsa
moved,
Rowand
seconded
Carried
unanimousl
y