Department of Special Education
Graduate Meeting
3/30/16
In attendance: Casey, Katy; Collet-Klingenberg, Lana; Collins, James; DeVore, Simone;
Gwalla-Ogisi, Nomsa; Robinson, Rowand; Schultz, Tia; Stevens, Amy; Stuart, Shannon;
Toms, Ozalle; Troemel, Eileen; Winchell, Brooke; Latorraca, Ellen
Absent: Kolb, Sharon
Item
Time
Person
Check In
Approve minutes from 3/17/16
Review action items from previous meeting
Kanopy Trial
10 min
 Showed where to go to try out the service
for Kanopy
 2 ways
 Pay for a year and have access to everything
for a year
 After 4 views – it gets charged to a fund
which is set up
 Trial through 4/25
 It is defaulted to Education but there are
others available
 Would like feedback on this. The more they
can get the better
 Can create a playlist, send the playlist to the
class for all selection
 Book talk – 1 – 3 minute talk about a book
they are interested in
PD MSE Update
 Numbers are higher than they have ever
been for summer
 Have QM which need to be updated – 708
(Shannon will do) & 707 – ask Lama if she
wants to update for next summer
 709 (ready), 711 (2017), & 640(ready)
 710 – Tia and James
 781 was QM last year
 706 needs to be done and needs to be
updated – James plans to look at it as he
Action
Moved
NGO
Seconded
KC
Carried
Unanimous
ly
Ellen
Shannon
Lana will
ask Lama
Shannon
create a
syllabi for
704
incorporates the new books
 702 is good
 704 was never QM and it may not need to
be in case a faculty wants to work one on
one, there’s no syllabi;
 Summer institute numbers are good
 Good to send out info to WCEC – seating
for 400
 Another planning committee meeting next
Friday
Cross Cat MSE Update
 Numbers lower for the summer
 3 in Web now to admit
 Fall numbers are really low
 658 is still on Course Leaf – are we going to
keep or delete this
Undergraduate fieldwork discussion
 Review of current state of fieldwork
 385 - implement academic interventions
individually or in small groups – targeting
gened classrooms – tier 2 intervention elementary
 410 – co-teaching – rationale provide
collaboration experience in gened setting –
collaboration, lesson planning, and
differentiated instruction - middle school
 485 – Teaching and intervention with
special populations – to provide specialized
special education experiences, assessing
challenging behavior, implementing
behavior interventions, teaching students in
special education – high school
 ELL minor – may change the order of the
field
 Problems – people are confused about
fieldwork
o We are drafting a quick guide that
describes all of our fieldwork
o We are going to update our syllabi to
increase alignment and use common
language
o More emphasis on dispositions
 Working on creating a joint orientation for
ALL fieldwork students – help the students
understand the “big picture”
Shannon
Tia
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o Developing mentoring relationships
We are creating a cooperating teacher
training and professional development
workshop
We need to improve how we evaluate
dispositions
o Developing a rubric to assess
dispositions
o Developed a plan
Presented plan at LEAP conference – was
well received
o Submitted a faculty development
grant
Disposition Evaluation Tool – content
o Communication, problem solving,
critical thinking, initiative, cultural
competence, collaboration, selfreflection
One form follows the student through their
sequence of fieldwork
Other
 Katy would like 783 to be reviewed and
determine what is key for them to have in
this course or re-evaluate what is
appropriate to put in this course. This
should be done before we teach this again
SP17. What are the gaps in our program? Is
there a better use for these 3 credit than how
we are currently using it?
 Lana is launching her advising survey.
 Shannon moved, Simone seconded, motion
carried
Add 783 &
sequence
for CC
grad
curriculum
to the next
grad
agenda