PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION COMMITTEE
January 15, 2014, 3:30 PM (PSU Ballroom East)
Meeting Minutes
Attendees
Roberta Aram, Donna Breault, Chris Craig, Tom Dicke, Bill Edgar, Brenda Goodwin, Cindy Hail,
Adam Harbaugh, Andrew Homburg, David Hough, Beth Hurst, Jim Hutter, Grace Jackson-Brown,
Angela Kohnen, Carol Maples, Cindy McMeley, Sarah Nixon, Juli Panza, Cathy Pearman, Diana
Piccolo, Debbie Pitts, Debra Price, Gayle Runke, James Sottile, Glenna Vanderhoof, Ye (Angel)
Wang, Steve Willis, Rebecca Woodard, and Cheryl Wrinkle
Guests
Fred Groves and Charlotte Hardin
I.
Call to Order
The monthly meeting of the Missouri State University Professional Education Committee
convened at 3:30 pm. Chair, Brenda Goodwin presiding. A quorum was established.
II.
Minutes
Motion was made and seconded to approve the minutes of December 4, 2013 meeting. All
approved. Minutes stand.
III.
Announcements
a. Update of UAPB – Gilbert Brown (Brenda Goodwin reported for Dr. Brown)
The UAPB committee is meeting January 23 and will be working on setting up definite
events and will give a report in February.
b. Legislative Update & Announcements – No current news to report.
IV.
Administrative Updates
a. Unit Update – Chris Craig, Head of the PEU
On the compendium discussion most people received the results in a DESE webinar. It
stated there were 640 independent requests and concerns about the rule change. They
will keep the grade levels constant with what they currently are. The competencies can
be considered with building a program and may not lean on the addition of x number of
hours. The perspective on the 12 week student teaching block that is embedded in
MoSPE has not changed. It was also mentioned that Ruby Payne will be in Springfield
on February 11th at the White River Conference Center, and February 12th at Juanita K.
Hammons Hall from 8 to 11:30 am.
b. Accreditation update – Dr. Hough and his team submitted a well written rejoinder.
The report was a good documentation of all that we had done, and our recruitment
efforts are continuing on.
c. Diversity Scholarship update – One application for an advanced diversity scholarship
for this semester. They will be interviewing that student next Wednesday. The
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e.
f.
g.
V.
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deadline for the Diversity Scholarship for transfer students is March 1 and April 15 for
advanced candidates.
COE update – David Hough, Dean of COE
The letter we receive in April from CAEP will say we are fully accredited and did a
great job, but we will have one area to improve on; our candidates need to interact with
other diverse candidates. It will also say when CAEP will be back again. From this
point forward all of our diversity, multicultural efforts needs to be imbedded in all the
standards. On Friday, the COE faculty are meeting and taking the 8 goals the BOG
have developed and taking stock of what we are doing in the college to meet those goals
and what we need to eliminate what we need to expand and what we need to take on.
Dr. Hough will share the results of the meeting at the next PEC meeting. State Board
of Education met Monday and Tuesday and they formed a new Dean’s group, the
Missouri Council of Deans and they meet monthly. They will have a presence at the
Missouri State Board of Education meetings.
Assessment update – Dr. James Sottile
There have been 59 students as of last week to complete the MoGEA. Once we have
more data we will have something to present to the PEU.
Clinical Log – A reminder to faculty that if their students have any diverse experiences
they need to record them in their Clinical Log. Any rich diverse experiences outside of
school may also be included. Contact Dr. Sottile or Scott Fiedler if they need any help
with the clinical log. A flyer was passed out with information on the 5th Annual
Springfield African American Read-In (Theme: Civil Rights and America).
Secondary Education Update – Rebecca Woodard, Director
If anyone did not receive the email about the webinar regarding the MEGA assessment
that was sent out on Monday, let Dr. Woodard know and she will get it to you. Summer
of 2015 DESE will set the cut scores.
Committee Reports
a. Admissions, Procedures, & Retention – Chair needed.
b. Membership & Professional Development – Chair Beth Hurst
The committee is working on the application process and making it more streamlined.
c. Program Review – Chair Roberta Aram
No report. Will meet again in February.
d. Diversity – Chair Steve Willis
They met this morning, and covered many topics. The UAPB, Diversity Conference,
and the Diversity Scholarships. Rachelle Darabi will be giving a workshop on the
Middle East February 7 (1-3pm), and Katheryne Staeger-Wilson will be giving a
workshop on Reframing Disability on March 24 (11am-12:30pm). Activities are
planned for the MLK, Jr. Celebration. The committee requests that the Executive
Committee discuss the possibility of there being a section on the PEU application that
addresses diverse experiences, training, background, teaching, etc.
e. Conceptual Framework – Chair David Goodwin
Needs a replacement chair.
f. BSED Secondary Oversight – Chair Tonia Tinsley
Andrew Homburg reporting – Will meet Friday and discuss items previously
mentioned.
g. MSED Secondary Oversight – Chair Lynda Plymate
Met in December and will meet again in February.
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h. Screening – Chair Gayle Runke
Met December 11 and will meet again January 29.
i. Exceptions and Compliance – Chair Gayle Runke
The committee met last week and dealt with a large number of contracts.
j. TEA Update – Diana Piccolo
The committee’s research is focused on tracking and gathering data as students go on to
be teachers. They will meet next on Feb 14 from 9:30 am to 12 pm.
VI.
Action Items
a. Curricular Proposals
NEW COURSE
DEPT
SPE 730 Health, Functional and Psychosocial Aspects of Disability
SPE 733 Methods of Teaching Independent Living Skills to
Persons with Blindness or Low Vision
COURSE CHANGE OR DELETION
CLSE
Approved
CLSE
Approved
ART 590 Art Studio Workshops for Art Educators
EDT 365 Educational Applications of Technology and Media
ELE 429 Methods of Teaching of Mathematics in Elementary
Schools
ELE 434 Methods of Teaching of Science in Elementary Schools
ELE 438 Methods of Teaching Social Studies in Elementary
Schools
ELE 499 Clinical Experiences in Teaching II
ELE 500 Current Issues and Applications in Elementary Education
ELE 510 The Reflective Practitioner
SPE 606 Principles of Orientation and Mobility
SPE 608 Low Vision, Anatomy and Physiology of the Eye
SPE 607 Services and Diversity in Blindness & Low Vision, &
Additional Disabilities
PROGRAM CHANGE OR DELETION
ART/DESIGN
Approved
RFT
Approved
Middle School Education Program
MSED Special Ed - Blindness & Low Vision
Graduate Certificate - Orientation & Mobility Emphasis
MSEd Special Education - Orientation & Mobility Emphasis
CEFS
CEFS
CEFS
Approved
as a group
CEFS
CEFS
CEFS
CLSE
CLSE
Approved
as a group
CLSE
Approved
RFT
CLSE
CLSE
CLSE
Approved
Approved
Approved
Approved
CHM
GEO
CEFS
MTH
RFT
PHYSICS
CLSE
Approved
PUBLIC AFFAIRS CAPSTONE REQUIREMENT
Chemistry Education (BSEd)
BSEd in Earth Science
Elementary Education BS
Mathematics BSEd
Middle School Education Program (BSEd)
BSEd Physics
BSEd: K-12 Special Education Mild/Moderate Cross-Categorical
VII.
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Approved
as a group
Personnel Actions
a. Recommendation of New PEU Members
Beth Hurst, Chair, Membership & Professional Development
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No applications to put forth.
b. Teacher Education Program Candidates
 Juli Panza, COE Advisement – Members received candidate rosters from the
College of Education. Motion was made and seconded to approve all
candidates. Motion carried.
 Rebecca Woodard, Secondary Education Director – Members received
candidate rosters from the Secondary Education office. Motion was made and
seconded to approve all candidates. Motion carried.
VIII. Old Business
a. Coordination of Student Placements in Practicums and Student Teaching – The
response has been minimal, so the idea seems to not be going anywhere.
b. Curriculum Program Changes (items concerning MEGA and revised catalog
descriptions) – We will continue to table until more concrete information is available
from DESE and we determine when/how to incorporate the items into our programs.
c. MO Educators (online framework review of test materials) – Pearson is scheduled to
post the majority of the content assessment frameworks and correlation tables on
Tuesday, January 14 on their website.
d. Membership Committee – Two Tier Membership proposal draft will be brought forth in
February. This committee is also looking at ways to simplify the entire process as
discussed earlier.
IX.
New Business
a. Formation of Task Force to work on scheduling the DESE Assessments and address the
12 week student teaching block – This group should include representatives from West
Plains and OTC as well as representatives from various departments on campus. Send
Brenda Goodwin an email if you want to volunteer for this Task Force.
b. Implementation of acronym changes to align with CAEP – This will be worked out at
the PEC Executive Committee and presented at the next PEC meeting.
c. 2014-2015 Chair elects are needed for several committees. Faculty are encouraged to
volunteer for these positions.
d. Compendium Changes – Period for responses has closed. Information has been sent out
concerning these responses. Faculty are encouraged to sit in on any webinars they are
able to.
X.
Adjournment
Meeting adjourned at 4:46 pm.
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