Department Minutes
August 27, 2012
Brenda O’Beirne (chair), Krista Kim, Jennifer Betters-Bubon, Don Norman, Dave Van Doren, Jeff Cook,
Anene Okocha, Cindy Anderton (recording) were present.
1. The meeting began at 1:30 p.m.
2. Faculty welcomed Jeff and Jennifer to our department and went over the procedure of who
becomes the note taker of faculty meetings. Goes by alphabet and Cindy is starting today Jennifer and Jeff will be skipped first round and then put in the alphabetical order second round.
3. Additions to Agenda was briefly discussed and added
4. Getting started – Activity facilitated by Brenda to get the year started
5. Strategic Plan (5 priorities) was discussed and faculty/staff were asked to identify priorities for
now:
 leading-edge responsive curricula as we transition to the 60 hour credit CMHC program;
 lab technology as we get the EMS system up running/training
 strengthening core faculty/staff and consistently needing to address this because this priority
underlies our being able to accomplish the other priorities (mentoring, collaboration,
relationships, operating as a team, staying focused on strategic plan when choosing to accept
responsibilities)
 Diversity and intentionally trying to recruit a more diverse student body and doing more
outreach to student organizations, other colleges, and development of Scotland and Mexico
immersion experiences
 Partnerships for potential internships, practicum, service learning options (social justice
initiatives)
6. Mentoring process getting up and going was discussed. Tenured faculty will plan to mentor all
new faculty and that certain specifics might be identified as to whom might be connected with
whom: Don and Jennifer; Anene and Cindy; Dave and Jeff. Mentors are to initiate when to meet
with Mentees and decide when to get together.
7. The proposal for the specialty workshop: Grief: Theory & Practice was discussed and a
suggestion for making sure spirituality was something that was covered in this workshop. Don
motioned that we support this and Dave seconded. Further discussion was held, then a vote,
and the workshop was voted in unanimously
8. Spring schedule was discussed, course assignments made, and schedule of courses for Spring
was set.
Spring 2013
Monday
Tuesday
Thursday
Friday
Morning
450 (9:30 –
795 (9:30 –
450 (9:30 –
Dept. Meeting
10:45) JF
Noon) AO
10:45) JF
795 (9:00 –
Noon) DN
Afternoon
721 (1:30 – 4:00) 795 (1:30 – 4:00) 795 (1:30 – 4:00)
Evening
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BRO
720 AO
CA
736 JBB
732 DN
795 (5:30 – 8:00)
DL
719 DVD
790 JC
CBS
736 JBB
719 DVD
795 (5:30 – 8:00)
JC
720 AO
745 JBB
721 (5:30 – 8:00)
BRO
741 CA
Dave will be teaching 790 Trauma course as a weekend class in the Spring (4 or 5 weekends)
9. Staffing for spring and beyond was discussed – Chair receives .50 redirected time as chair and
also serving as program coordinator (PC) in the fall. We will revisit the PC role later this semester
to determine how that will work in the spring
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Committees were discussed and faculty/staff decided which committees to serve on:
Constituency Standards Committee – Don
Assessment Committee – Jennifer Betters-Bubon
Curriculum Committee – Don (for this fall)
Graduate Program Council – Jeff Cook
Distance Education Fee Committee – Dave
International Education Committee – Anene
Salary Committee – Brenda
Scholarship and Awards Committee – Cindy
Teacher Education, Licensure & Field Experiences Committee – Dave (for fall)
Strategic Planning and Budgeting
Graduate Council – Jeff Cook
Library Representative – Jennifer Betters-Bubon
COEPS Web Redesign Committee - Cindy
New Student Orientation meeting was set September 12th at 4:00 – 5:30
Welcome PotLuck for new faculty was set for September 20th at 4:15 – 5:15
Information sessions: Dave for September 7th (9:30 – 11:30); Cindy for November 9th 1:30 – 3:00;
Don for December 7th (10:00 – 12:00); Brenda for January11th (9:30 - 11:30); Anene will do the
next one after that.
Supervisory Summit is scheduled September 21st (8:00 – 1:00)
Discussed who was going to NCACES and someone possibly going to the CACREP training – Jeff
and Brenda to discuss this further.
Faculty/staff are to look at the course schedule for CMHC (15 required courses) and identify the
sequence of courses that they think should be taken and send via email to Dave by tomorrow
evening.
Dave moved to adjourn the meeting and Don seconded. Meeting was adjourned at 3:40 p.m.