EPPC BSEd Secondary Oversight Committee
April 10, 2015, 1:30 pm (PSU 314)
Monthly Meeting Minutes
BSED Members
Paul Ajuwon, Kim Dubree, Tara Oetting, Andrew Homburg, Angela Kohnen, Carol Maples, Debra Price,
Gayle Runke, Gigi Saunders, Tonia Tinsley, and Rebecca Woodard
Advisory Board Members
Stephanie Blake, Jason Bradley, Kim Cline, Donita Cox, Jennifer Dinamarca, Martha Doennig, Lori
Elliott, Cyndie Everson, Rhonda Galbraith, Jessica Jordan, Kathy McGrane, Beth McIntyre, Tamra
McNabb, Danyel Rickard, Vicky Scott, Laurie Sullivan, Amy Walker, Annie Wallenmeyer, and Darci
Friberg.
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Call to Order
A monthly meeting of the Missouri State University BSEd Secondary Oversight Committee convened
at 1:30 pm. Chair Dr. Andrew Homburg. A quorum was established.
Approval of Minutes
Motion was made and seconded to approve the minutes of the March 20, 2015 meeting. Motion
carried.
Advisory Board Meeting
The BSEd Committee broke off into groups with the Advisory Board Members. A summary is below
each of the questions that were discussed:
1. How do you as teachers or administrators identify potential teacher education
candidates? How can MSU help you identify these potential future teachers?
Support the work that still needs to be done to create 5-6 year programs of study with
high schools. The counselor or advisory who begins working with the 7th or 8th grade
student in preparation of their personal plan of study needs support in helping create a
plan that gives the student the experiences that will help them determine if teaching is for
them as well as the background course work so that they will be able to pass the
assessments that lead to a major in this area. Programs of study need to exist that go
from the high school to MSU and also from the high school to OTC to MSU.
Support the work that is being done in Future Teachers of America clubs in the area
schools. Within the FACS division there is a program called Career Pathways for
Teaching Profession. Learning about this and providing resources and support for high
schools that implement this pathway would be beneficial.
Holding a major career day in the high school setting was suggested.
Within the schools, the language clubs and associations like FTA can identify students
who show an aptitude for teaching. The classes can also look at dispositions in the High
School classes (so that students are aware of what those dispositions for success are,
since they are general predictors of success). A+ tutors might be a group from which
future teachers for all content areas could be recruited or at least mentored. SPS has
something called GoCAPS which is profession-based learning, teaching would fit into
that well, but teachers have to be able to articulate that their profession is just that, and
not simply a job, because of the stereotype generally that teaching is not a highly-skilled
profession (“anyone can do it” type of attitude). Also discussed was the possibility of a
Civic badge or endorsement on diploma if the K-12 student participated in a shadowing
program (1x a month min) with either a practicum student (with clearances) on MSU
campus (into the prof ed and content classes) and in the practicum school. Maybe this
could be done as a tutoring in a lower-level school, or as part of Dual Credit, or ServiceLearning.
2. For those with student teachers in your district, has your mentoring time been affected by
the MoPTA Tasks? In what ways?
The MoPTA has definitely changed the student/cooperating teacher relationship and the
student teaching experience. There is too much time and paperwork and perhaps the
students are not supported enough. It was suggested to survey students on how much
time was spent on completing tasks and who assisted them in completing tasks. Also in
which areas was the student confused and needed clarification in order to complete the
task. It was felt that better support and resources could be given if those questions were
answered. Other suggestions were to assist students in preparation that can be done at the
university on completing tasks, and to make districts more aware of information student
teachers will need to access so they can facilitate the process.
Even though the MoPTA is an overwhelming task for student teaching candidates, the
MoPTA does provide the candidate with the opportunity to become more familiar with
more “formal educational language”.
Student teaching is already a financial hit, students cannot work outside of the placement;
the MoPTA just seems like more of a way to discourage future teachers.
3. How can MSU better prepare our future teachers for the issues surrounding
standardized testing?
Student teachers need an awareness that the accountability is very high for some areas
and they should take it very serious. Specific knowledge of the testing is probably less
valuable because the guidelines for testing change frequently. During their careers,
teacher evaluation maybe tied to student achievement. They also must have a high level
of content knowledge.
The testing and expectations themselves keep changing and students need to be able to
articulate their thought processes, to explain how they get to an answer or solution. They
also need to learn to use the technology that will be used in the test administration, so that
this does not negatively affect their scores.
It was suggested that MSU focus more on “how to teach to standards” and “building
relationships with K-12 students” rather than focusing on the mechanics of standardized
testing in the public schools.
Teacher candidates need more training in working with all different levels of
socioeconomic status so that they can relate to a variety of children and not just one
class/status of students.
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Announcements & Updates
1. PEC Chair Update – No report.
2. Taskstream – Travis Marler
Travis asked to whom the contact information form for students should be submitted. The
Committee said that it should go to Program Coordinators.
3. Secondary Education Update – Rebecca Woodard
If you have any students who need a class that is closed, contact the Department Head.
Old Business
1. Advisory Board Wrap-up – Send your synopses to Cindy. Be thinking about what we want to
discuss at the next Advisory Board Meeting. From the feedback of the Advisory Board
Meeting, it was decided that for the next academic year, the committee would meet with SEC
302 instructors and work out what is best for all programs involved.
2. Professional Education Student Contract Agreement – In the fall the Ad-Hoc Committee will
be revising and updating the contract.
3. Secondary Education Curricular Proposal – Rebecca Woodard
The Committee discussed the proposal and made some changes. History will need to drop
something to add RDG 574. EDC 350 was made as an option for programs since some want
to keep it and others will incorporate it into their program. A motion was made and second to
approve all the friendly amendments. Motion carried.
VI.
New Business
1. Chair-elect – A motion was made and second to nominate Michelle Morgan. Dr. Morgan
accepted. Motion carried.
VII.
Adjournment at 3:30 pm
Mandate of the BSED-Secondary Education Oversight Committee: The BSED-Secondary Education
Oversight Committee shall monitor the common elements of the BSED-Secondary Education program. The
committee shall have responsibility for initiating program changes within common elements of the program
and reporting those recommended changes to the PEC [Profession Education Committee]. Every
department/school having a BSED-Secondary Education program shall select a representative from their fulltime PEU faculty. The School of Teacher Education shall select two representatives from their full-time PEU
faculty who have responsibility for core courses in the BSED-Secondary Education program. The Director of
Secondary Education, Head of the PEU or his/her designee, the Director of Certification and Compliance, a
representative from both the Education Field Experience office and the Professional Education Advisement
office shall serve as non-voting, ex officio members of this committee. At the March session, the chair-elect
from the previous year shall assume duties as the chair of the BSED committee and a new chair-elect from the
current committee membership shall be elected and assume duties as chair-elect. The chair of the committee
shall be a delegate to PEC. (PEC Bylaws 2010).