SECONDARY EDUCATION COORDINATING COMMITTEE
October 11, 2011
8:00 a.m.
Steve Brown, Dr. Sunghee Choi, Dr. Hazel Coltharp, Gil Cooper, Dr. Jean Dockers, Cris
Elliott, Dr. Gloria Flynn, Dr. John Franklin, Dr. Kenny McDougle, Dr. Lyle Morgan, Dr.
John Oppliger, Dr. Eric Rojas, Dr. Dixie Smith and Dr. Kelly Woestman attended the
meeting. Doug Bennett attended in place of Gil Cooper.
Ex-officio members in attendance were Dr. Alice Sagehorn, Dr. Khamis Siam and Dr.
Howard Smith.
Members absent were Dr. Chuck Blatchley, Dr. Rob Hefley, Dr. Andy Klenke, Dr.
Matthew Montague, Mike Neden, Dr. Kent Runyan, Dr. Rozanne Sparks and Dr. Irene
Zegar.
The newly drafted Assessment System graphic was distributed and discussed.
Recommendations were made for small changes. Dr. Dockers noted that the Assessment
Committee is working to outline what information is due from each program and when it
should be submitted.
Dr. Dockers posed the question of accepting PSYCH 357 Educational Psychology from
other institutions. Discussion ensued. There were many points opposing the acceptance
of the course from any other institution, particularly community colleges. A proposal
was made that the course could be accepted for any student that presented a passing score
on the PLT and completed the classroom management project within their first semester
at PSU. This topic will be revisited in the future.
Dr. Dockers has asked that each department share what is required for their 479 and 579
courses. This is simply an attempt to better understand each program and allow for
collaboration across the unit. Dr. Kelly Woestman and Gil Cooper will share at the
November meeting.
The next meeting will be Tuesday, November 8th at 8:00 a.m. It will be held in 126
Hughes Hall.