EDUCATOR PREPARATION PROVIDER COUNCIL
September 16, 2015 – 3:30 pm (PSU 315)
Meeting Minutes
Attendees
Reesha Adamson, Marlin Barber, Donna Breault, Denise Cunningham, Bill Edgar, Karen Engler,
Candace Fairbairn, Brenda Goodwin, Fred Groves, Adam Harbaugh, Daniel Hellman, Jim Hutter, Kurt
Killion, Danielle Lillge, Travis Marler, Sarah Nixon, Juli Panza, Cathy Pearman, Diana Piccolo,
Debbie Pitts, Debra Price, Gay Ragan, Lisa Reece, Vanessa Rodriguez, Gayle Runke, Gigi Saunders,
James Sottile, Vicki Sutton, Glenna Vanderhoof, Steve Willis, and Rebecca Woodard
I.
Call to Order
The monthly meeting of the Missouri State University Educator Preparation Provider
Council convened at 3:30 pm. Chair, Kurt Killion presiding. A quorum was established.
II.
Minutes
Motion was made and seconded to approve the minutes of May 6, 2015 meeting. All
approved. Minutes stand.
III.
Announcements
None
IV.
Administrative Updates
a. Unit Update – Chris Craig, Head of the EPP
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b. MABEP Update – David Hough, Dean of COE
No report.
c. Assessment update – Dr. James Sottile
1. James has been going to individual departments discussing the limitations of
Taskstream with Faculty and Faculty use as well as Rubrics. Taskstream can be
more powerful using Rubrics System. When you attach standards to the Rubrics
the standards would be attached when it comes time to run a report. They are
about 3 years away from accomplishing this. They are going to have about 3
open meetings for faculty on a Tuesday/Thursday/Friday afternoon to come and
learn about Taskstream and the next set of meetings would be “How to Use
Rubrics Within Taskstream”.
2. Checkpoint One – (handout) Would like the committee to approve removing the
wording of checkpoints. When you open Taskstream up it shows all of the
information and checkpoints would become obsolete. It was decided that it
needed to go through BSED and first.
3. Task One – This will not be scored by ETS. There needs to be a discussion on
what we do with this information. There needs to be a Unit wide procedure for
assessing Task One. ETS Rubrics is what Elementary is using. Some faculty
felt it would be creating a lot of work by assessing this. Dr. Sottile will bring
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this up again after the committee has had time to take this back to their
departments for discussion.
d. Secondary Education Update – Debra Price, Director
1. We need to make sure we communicate to students the DESE requirements to
students as we get closer to implementation changes Fall 2016 and DESE
changes Spring 2017 and Fall 2017. Make sure they are in the correct section
and have the correct credit hours.
2. Timelines and Transitions – There is a document that Scott Fiedler created
which includes when requirements will be implemented. Cindy Caddy email the
document to the committee.
3. It is the responsibility of Programs to initiate curricular proposals to make
changes in the catalog to reflect new core and DESE requirements such as
practicum hours.
4. Video vs non-Video – Task One Springfield Public Schools did not tell Field
Experiences that video tapping would not be allowed when placing Student
Teachers. There is a fee to change from video to non-video. They are waiting
to hear from Parker McKenna (SPS) if students will be able to video tape. Some
administrators are not aware and have been able to video tape and other have not
been allowed. Task One deadline was extended to September 18. Scott Fiedler
worked to get all the students registered that were not. So all of our students
were registered before the deadline.
e. DESE Matrix Updates – Scott Fiedler
1. Judy Gregg is working hard on the current DESE certification matrix. These
will be posted on the website. Judy is also working on the DESE matrix for
Fall 2017. Working on Secondary Core with RFT and will bring it before
the BSED to make sure they agree with all of the competencies. Then will
bring it to individual programs.
2. Also working on MoSPE competencies.
3. New Program Matrix – Once the new program matrices are done, we will
need to start submitting to DESE our new program competencies. There
will be the new certification matrices, MoSPE, Cover Sheet and an Advising
Sheet.
V.
EPPC
Committee Reports
a. Admissions, Procedures & Retention – This committee is not in the EPPC bylaws and
will be dropped from the EPPC agenda.
b. Membership & Professional Development – Chair Beth Hurst
No report.
c. Program Review – Chair Rebecca Woodard
No report.
d. Diversity – Chair Diana Piccolo
1. Diana is working with Chris Craig to see how they can fill Charlotte Hardin’s
role for Diversity Scholarships.
2. The committee is working to update proficiencies and responsibilities.
3. All Black Lives Matter – Wednesday, September 30 in Temple Hall, Room 001,
4 – 5 pm. Light refreshments will be provided.
4. Wes Moore – Tuesday, October 20 at 7 pm in JQH Arena. Free & open to the
public.
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e. Conceptual Framework – Brenda Goodwin
No report.
f. BSED Secondary Oversight – Chair Gigi Saunders
1. The committee will be meeting Friday, September 18.
2. The last BSED meeting was with the Advisory Board. Teachers were not happy
about MoPTA.
g. MSED Secondary Oversight – Chair Jamaine Abidogun
No report.
h. Screening – Chair Daniel Hellman
1. The committee met September 2 and will meet next September 22.
2. The committee has concerns about the new electronic system when it comes to
making changes without holding up the process.
i. Exceptions and Compliance – Chair Gayle Runke
No report.
j. Ad-Hoc MoPTA Committee – Fred Groves
1. Unit Support – The committee would like to see Unit support for providing
workshops for Faculty, support for students and supervisors. They would like to
see a contact person where faculty could keep updated with the changing
requirements. The EPPC discussed this issue. A motion was made and
seconded to present these issues to the EPP Head. All approved. Motion
carried.
VI.
Action Items
a. Curricular Proposals
COURSE CHANGE OR DELETION
RDG 474 Reading & Writing in the Content Fields
PROGRAM CHANGE OR DELETION
Educator Preparation Provider - Teacher Education & Secondary Education
VII.
RFT
Approved
EPP
Approved
Personnel Actions
a. Recommendation of New EPP Members - Kurt Killion
Membership & Professional Development Committee approved the following EPP
applicants:
 Bret Cormier – CLSE
 Andrew Homburg – Music
 Alex Jean-Charles – RFT
 James Kratky – Math
 Kayla Lewis – RFT
 Danielle Lillge – English
The committee voted to approve all of the EPP Applicants.
b. Teacher Education Program Candidates
Juli Panza, COE Advisement
Debra Price, Secondary Education Director
Members received candidate rosters from the College of Education and the Secondary
Education office. Motion was made and seconded to approve all candidates. Motion
carried.
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VIII. Old Business
a. 2015-2016 EPPC Chair-elect needed.
b. MoCA – Timing for taking the MoCA content exam. Gigi Saunders will bring it before
the BSED to see what their thoughts on this are.
c. Testing Center – The testing center should be up and running sometime in October of
this year.
IX.
New Business
a. Practicum Placements
1. There is a fee for placements in programs. Some would like to break them up
into two 15 hour placements, but they will have to pay for two.
2. Placement Contacts – It decided to ask Kim Dubree to send out a contact list of
who to contact for student teacher placement.
b. Diversity Score
1. When students get their diversity score, the averaging is unrelated to the number
of hours they have. It is an average from your placements. James Sottile needs
to be contacted about why this is happening since it is not policy.
X.
Adjournment
Meeting adjourned at 5 pm.
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