Agenda: Educational Foundations Department meeting
11/7/12--UC 268 1-3 PM
Welcome
In attendance:
Approval of minutes (from 10/17/12)
Dean Katy Heyning was planning to come to this meeting but had to reschedule—
date to be announced.
Items for decision or review:
 Fall 2012 course evaluations (We’ll send around the chart for format selection.)
 Fall 2013 schedule (We’ll distribute copies and solicit feedback/corrections.)
Items for discussion
 Revision of the alternative block—Jenni and Katie
 Teacher Education committee request for feedback—Mark J.
 Business Education—online courses
 Global education course/sub-minor (see Jenni’s document)
 Portfolio revision proposal—report from working group, draft to share
 Department mission statement—Greg
 Graduate course rotation
 Revised department tenure and promotion standards
Announcements and reminders:
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Search committee update: Ad appeared in Chronicle 10/16, approximately 30
applicants so far, review of applications to begin 11/15.
Care team—pay attention to information that comes your way regarding services
available for students and faculty
Fall 2013 orientation and convocation—Friday 8/30/13 convocation activities
involving faculty—an effort to involve academics in convocation
Communication Science and Disorders faculty agree that Human
Development/Child Development should be taken during a different semester
than the Foundations block (their students will be in secondary blocks)
Permission to travel—one form now
Other announcements?
Next meeting: December 5, 2012, 1-3 in UC 268