Curriculum and Instruction Department Meeting
Wednesday, May 9th from 2:00-4:00 in Winther 1013
Agenda:
As this is the last meeting of the academic year there is quite a bit of “clean up” and looking
forward work to accomplish (reports from committees and curricular action).
1. Action Items
a. Approve minutes from last meeting (emailed with this agenda)
2. Discussion/Activity
a. Department “retreat” for the fall – time, date, etc.? (see draft of orientation
schedule distributed at meeting)
b. Music Education – discussion about changes proposed by Music Department (see
proposal distributed at meeting)
c. Matching research/teaching/service with Global Ed Position (King) – handout at
meeting (please have ideas to me by May 14th)
d. We will try to finish early so people can look at the spring 2013 schedule (we realize
that some groups of people need to discuss this before giving information to Julie,
September 11 is last day to update but we only have room priority until June 1)
3. Announcements/Updates – Didn’t request information prior to the meeting so there will be
time for each chair to give a report
a. Committee Reports
1) Curriculum & Scheduling (Matt) – several items to discuss
2) Personnel & Policy/PERC (Melanie) –
3) Assessment (Virginia) –
4) MSEPD Council (John/Rick) –
5) Portfolio (Katrina) –
6) Program Coordinators (Wallace) –
7) Reading/Literacy (Andi) –
8) Technology/Website Committee (Michelle Gibson-Herman) –
b. New form being developed for course directives (handout at meeting)
c. Purging of D2L (see list that will be shared during the meeting)
d. Winterim 2012 and Summer 2013 (rolling over unless otherwise noted) – would like
to have this to Ellie by June 1 (August 1 is the deadline)
e. Other Reminders
a. Portfolios deadlines for Spring 2012
i. Phase 3 and 4 scores are due by May 17th (to Julie)
b. Potluck for graduating students on Thursday from 12:00-1:00
c. May leave reports are due before leaving campus
d. Summer projects for Julie and student workers?
e. Remember to remove confidential documents from the copier/workroom
f. Upcoming Audit and Review report: Elementary Education
g. Purple Book Due Dates for the Fall
First Class Day of the Second Week of Classes
Second-year, fourth-year, and sixth-year faculty members and third-year
and fifth-year faculty members with one-year contracts and faculty
members seeking promotion, including promotion to Professor: portfolios
for reappointment, tenure, and/or promotion reviews due in department
office.
First Friday in October
Third-year and fifth-year faculty members who received two-year contract
in previous review: Portfolios for consultation due in department office.
Due dates can be found: Purple Book Timeline
Materials Distributed (attached and/or handout at the meeting):
-minutes from April meeting (emailed)
-draft of fall orientation schedule
-email about changes to MUSED courses (handout)
-King courses/research (handout)
-Process for course directives (handout)
-courses to be purged on D2L (handout to be routed at meeting)