PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION COMMITTEE
MONTHLY MEETING
Wednesday, December 10, 2010
3:30 p.m.—5:00 p.m.
PSU 308
Members Present: Steve Willis, Chair; Debra Agee, FID; David Ashley, MTH (for Gay Ragan,
MTH);Kevin Evans, GGP (for Alice Black, GGP); Scott Fiedler, Certification, Ex-Officio; Kim
Finch, CLSE; Judith Fowler, ART; Denise Fredrick, ex-officio, Director of Secondary Education;
Daniel Hellman, MUS; Jim Hutter, AGR; Shae (Cheryl) Johnson, GLS; Jason Jolley, MCL;
Dennis Kear, Head of the Unit, Ex-Officio; Carol Maples, TD, Immediate Past Chair, PEC;
Sarah Nixon, RFT & MSEd Chair; Tara Oetting, CSD; Diana Piccolo, CEFS; Gayle Runke,
HPER; Georgianna Saunders, BIO (and proxy for Bryan Breyfogle, CHM); Rebecca Thompson,
LIS; Glenna Vanderhoof, CIS; Cheryl Wrinkle, PAM; Jessica Barnes, Local School Teacher;
MacKenzie Smith, Undergraduate Student Representative; Debbie Pitts, Local School
Administrator; Stephanie Marinec, Advisement, Ex-Officio; Keri Franklin, BSEd Chair, ExOfficio; Juan Meraz, Diversity Chair, Ex-Officio;
Members Absent: Jamaine Abidogun, HST; Michael Foster, TD; Eric Morris, COM; Bill
Agnew, Assistant to the Dean, COE; David Besaw, Undergraduate Education Student
Guests Present: Josephine Agnew-Tally, CEFS; Vicki Simons, PEC
I.
Call to Order: Steve Willis, PEC Chair
Georgianna Saunders introduced MacKenzie Smith as the new undergraduate
representative, Early Childhood BSEd major.
Denise Fredrick introduced Debbie Pitts, the new local school administrator who is
currently serving as the coordinator of quality improvement and accountability for
Springfield Public Schools.
II.
Minutes: Approval of November 13, 2010 PEC Minutes. Amendment to add “s” to
“Julie Comb” Motion to accept as amended. Seconded. Approved as amended.
III.
Announcements
1. PEC Office & Secondary Education Office Move
The PEC Office has moved to Hill Hall 402 and the Secondary Education
Office has moved to Hill Hall 404.
IV.
Curricular Proposals
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PED 370 Content and Materials in Safety Education – Course Change -Approved
PED 371 Driver Education – Course Change – Motion to accept. Approved
PED 372 Problems in Driver Education and Traffic Safety – Course Change –
Approved
PED 373 Multiple Care Driving Ranges Simulation – Course Change –
Approved
Health, Physical Education and Recreation – Driver Education – Program
Change – Approved
GRM 535 Advanced German Composition and Conversation – Course Change Approved
CFD 365 Families in Later Life – Course Change - Approved
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V.
Childhood Education and Family Studies – Early Childhood Education –
Program Change - Approved
Childhood Education and Family Studies – MS in Early Childhood and Family
Development – Program Change - Approved
Art & Design – Art History (Non-Certifiable) – Program Change - Approved
Art & Design – Art Education – Program Change - Approved
PAIE Art Education BSEd – Program Change - Approved
PAIE English BSEd (Certifiable grades 9-12) – Program Change - Approved
PAIE Speech and Theatre Education/Theatre BSEd – Program Change Approved
PAIE Music-Instrumental BME – Program Change - Approved
PAIE Music-Vocal Choral BME – Program Change - Approved
PAIE Physical Education BSEd – Program Change - Approved
PAIE Biology Education BSEd – Program Change - Approved
PAIE Physics Education BSEd – Program Change - Approved
Actions:
1. Recognition for Accreditation Work
Discussions on updating the document are continuing and will now focus on
research and exclude service. This change would allow departments to apply it
the work where appropriate.
Dean Kear supplied Dr. McCarthy with a sample of a graduate program report
for review.
VI.
Old Business:
1. Diversity Placement Tracking
Steve Willis encouraged the PEC members to send program diversity
information to Juan Meraz or Leslie Anderson as soon as possible if they have
not done so and to remind their department heads to do the same.
Scott Fiedler reminded the committee that diversity tracking will primarily be
done through the clinical log so students that have a practicum need to make a
clinical log entry in their e-portfolio.
The transition point system for undergraduates has been launched. The only
data currently in that system has been migrated from Banner and e-portfolio.
There are still some programming issues to be resolved.
The transition point system does recognize when there is not a clinical log entry
and will not accept approval of the first transition point.
Scott Fiedler reported that his staff will be adding the dispositions checklists to
students’ transition points over the next three to four months for students who
are currently student teaching.
Once that is completed, students what are student teaching in the spring will be
updated next and then students have been admitted to the Teacher Education
Program.
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2. NCATE/DESE Update
a. Draft IR
Dean Kear has received agreement from NCATE on the outline for the
institutional report related to the teacher education alliance project.
b. Support for Program Writers
Dean Kear is looking for someone to support the program writers, but in
the meantime continue to contact him for help.
c. Financial Report
All deans have been working on a presentation to the Academic Affairs
Budget Committee tomorrow morning. Dean Kear is continuing to
work on the financial data related to teacher education and that data will
be made available to program writers for DESE reports.
Dean Kear is working with the assessment team regarding CBASE and
PRAXIS data to ensure the data is in the correct data table.
3. Out of State/Country Application
Scott Fiedler reviewed the form from the Student Services Website. Motion to
accept. Seconded. Approved.
4. New CT Online Orientation
The online orientation is ready for use.
Jessica Barnes recommended that MSU have an on campus orientation for first
year cooperating teachers on campus
VII. Personnel Actions:
Recommendation for new PEU members - None
Candidates for admission to the Teacher Education Program - Stephanie Marinec –
None
VIII. New Business
1. Public Affairs
The BSEd proposal addressing the public affairs intensive experience for all
students was reviewed.
Programs can develop their own designation of courses for students to collect the
public affairs experiences and then document what courses will be used or
designate student teaching courses for their programs.
Gayle Runke suggested using the Physics Education BSEd program change on
the agenda (#19) as a model.
If language will be changed in the descriptions for the courses designated, a
curricular change will have to be made.
2. Giving Voice
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No report.
3. Project ShIFT
No report.
4. Cultural Lens
The Cultural Lens event began at 4:00 today in Meyer Library on the second
floor where five faculty members are displaying photographs capturing diversity.
5. Student Teaching Fees
Due to budget constraints, the deans have been discussing the possibility of
charging additional student teaching fees. Steve Willis encouraged the PEC to
discuss this situation with their colleagues to discuss at the January PEC
meeting.
IX.
Committee Reports:
Screening (Gayle Runke) – GayleRunke@missouristate.edu - Gayle wanted to make
clear that on the Art & Design – Art History (Non-Certifiable) – Program Change
(#10) that students may not use both ART 480 and ART 484 to fulfill the nine hours
of electives.
MSEd Secondary Oversight (Sarah Nixon) – SarahNixon@missouristate.edu – The
committee met on November 11th. Dr. Steve Jones attended to answer questions
about the Masters Program in Teaching and Learning.
Diversity (Juan Meraz) – JuanMeraz@missouristate.edu - The second training for the
President and his administrative council is complete and will continue in February.
Training will begin for the Provost and her academic leadership council next
semester. Elizabeth Bradbury, President of the Board of Governors along with the
Board of Governors may receive training also.
There will be a diversity and economic development pre-summit held on February
11th for leaders in the Southwest Missouri area to include education, religious,
civic and business groups.
The summit will be held on April 28th which will include presidents from Drury
University, Evangel University and Southwest Baptist University. President Cofer
will give the welcome speech. This event will be open to the faculty.
The schedule will be presented at the February PEC meeting.
Exceptions & Compliance (Gayle Runke) – GayleRunke@missouristate.edu – this
committee will meet on January 6th or January 7th.
Conceptual Framework & Bylaws (Daniel Hellman) –
DanielHellman@missouristate.edu – The committee met last week and is
continuing to discuss revisions to the Conceptual Framework by explicating some
of the connection between the public affairs mission and the Conceptual
Framework by tying in action research and social justice.
The committee would like to have educational marketing of the Conceptual
Framework across campus to show how it is tied into programs by using the
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reflective practitioner theme. Possible ways to accomplish this would be frequent
reference on the Provost’s communiqué, a higher presence on the Provost’s
website and presentations to the Provost’s Academic Leadership Council by the
PEC chair.
The development and distribution of bookmarks similar to the ones that were
distributed across campus in 2003 with the general learning outcomes was
discussed.
The committee is continuing to review the PEU Website. The PEU course list is
not up to date and Daniel encouraged the PEC to check their departments’ courses
and send any updates to Vicki Simons.
A table of contents for the PEU Handbook has been drafted.
The next meeting is tomorrow at 2:00 in Strong Hall 437.
BSEd Secondary Oversight (Keri Franklin) – KeriFranklin@missouristate.edu – The
updates to the document on clearances on Faculty Safety Care Registry
violations by practicum and student teaching students brought forward at the last
meeting by Peggy Preston were reviewed by Denise Fredrick.
Denise requested access to the Faculty Safety Care Registry for Secondary
Education students.
Program Review (Jamaine Abidogun) – JamaineAbidogun@missouristate.edu Steve Willis reported that the programs being reviewed have been divided among
the members of the committee.
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Meeting Adjourned
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