College Leadership Team
April 22, 2015
Present – Marsha Lupi, Jennifer Kane, Megan Possinger, Linda Sciarratta, Cathy O’Farrell, Karen Patterson, John
Kemppainen, Jeff Cornett, John Venn, Dan Dinsmore
Call to order – The meeting was called to order at 9:35am.
Minutes- March 25 minutes are tabled until next meeting
Announcements
Planning of the April 30th scholar convocation is in progress. Numerous RSVPs have been received. Presenters please
wear your regalia and arrive at 4:45. Dr. Kane will be sending out an email to the departments. The dean’s office has
decided to celebrate the graduation ceremony after commencement on Friday, May 1; graduates and their families have
been invited back to COEHS for celebration cake.
During the advising directors meeting yesterday, April 21st Dr. Kemppainen shared that there will be a change in banner
within the next year. New programs/systems are being considered which will eventually replace banner. It is feared
that any new system’s technology may lesson face to face contact between student and academic advisor.
Last week the dean’s office met with five designated honor students coming into COEHS as freshman. Drs. Stanley and
Syverud also attended in support of the students interested childhood education and exceptional student education.
Drs. Kane, Dinsmore, David, and Hall met with Diane Boyle from the Ronald McDonald House. COEHS is establishing a
partnership with the Ronald McDonald House committing to a regular flow of COEHS students as readers and tutors. Dr.
Hall’s classes will be developing educational materials to leave at the Ronald McDonald House – efforts to serve the
needs of the new clients they have at the RMH. The Times Union will be featuring our COEHS Partnership with the RMH.
May 29th will be a half day retreat to review the common core courses. Everyone has been invited and to date have
received a good response from those who would like to attend.
There will be one candidate interviewing on April 30 for the COEHS Director of Development position. Originally there
were two candidates but one declined due to medical reasons.
Dr. Jeff Coker will be leaving UNF to take a deanship in Virginia. There will be an internal search for Associate VP/Dean of
Undergraduate Studies.
At the international council meeting, Dr. Kemppainen shared that the Provost attended and concerns were discussed
regarding the changes Dr. Colom instituted in the cease of international transcript evaluations in the international
center. Provost Traynham, Dr. Colom, and Dr. Kemppainen will meet to discuss UNF articulation agreements currently in
place with international schools. Dr. Kemppainen will keep the leadership team informed of future discussions and
outcomes.
Monday, April 27th is the final internship seminar. Be proud of our interns; they are finding jobs. Also, the students are
wonderfully representing our college to their peers in the field II presentations. The interns have also been providing
feedback to the field II students about the certification exam and sharing creative ways of test taking. Dr. O’Farrell will
be working with a different team from Duval County. Dr. O’Farrell will be educating a new group the finger printing
process, etc… The MOU for Clay County has been approved. During the upcoming board meeting for Duval County, the
two RCF position announcements will be on the agenda.
ECATS – CO/MSP
ECATS currently has to be used in its current form. Once all the departments know how they want to change the field
and Dr. O’Farrell and Dr. Possinger know how they want to change the system to alleviate all the challenges that arise,
Dr. Possinger will be doing one big overhaul
The Dean’s office, Academic Affairs, Dean’s and VP’s have been working on the budgets, but no news at this time to
share. Dr. Possinger will be sharing capacity data and implications for the fall schedule which will give a better
understanding of their decisions of allocating funds.
Graduate Assistantships – LS and MHL
Referring to your handout - Each department will be given a lump sum to work with. Paperwork will still be processed
through the Dean’s Office, Linda Sciarratta. The funds have been lessened from last year but the dean’s office is trying to
receive more equitability to last year’s funds. Linda gave a breakdown of allocation per student per funding.
Departments please come to some decisions as soon as possible, but no later than August.
Evaluation of CUEP Faculty Associate Position – JJK
Remembering it was decided that the department chairs, as a group, would complete the review of the work of the
faculty associate and make the determination whether Dr. Katrina Hall should continue. Dr. Kane can facilitate this
review by asking Dr. Hall to complete a summary. Dr. Kane will share Dr. Hall’s summary to the department chairs and
decisions as how to proceed will be addressed in the near future. Dr. Mary Rose will also be weighing in on productivity.
Modified Program submission for Reading Endorsement – JPK
The elementary education program has been offering a reading class for students who need their reading endorsement
in addition to their ESOL endorsement. It was suggested by the state that this reading class be part of a practicum with a
reading specialist with the proper credentials to serve as the observer during practicum. The department is working
through this and further discussion will be on a future agenda.
Update on marketing meetings with Enrollment Services – Chairs
With the Long Range Planning committee and input from the CLT, our goals will be revisited and added to our action
plans. Based on where this institution is going, COEHS may need to change their strategies. Dr. Colom and Dr. Lupi will
meet again in the near future. Dr. Colom will be also following up with the program directors.
Update on Searches/Hiring-Chairs - MHL
One candidate was hired for the Educational Leadership Department. Dr. Lupi will be contacting the second candidate
with an offer no later than April 23.
Dr. Kayaalp was hired for multicultural education foundations.
EDIE is in the interview process of a permanent instructor for Deaf Education. An Assistant Professor for ASL has been
hired.
A candidate will be in today from CELT and another candidate next week.
Maurice Graham was hired as instructor for Sport Management.
An offer was made to the Asst. Professor of TESOL. Dr. Soonhyang Kim
Completers’ open-ended responses in reference to the question: “Is there anything else you would like to tell us
about your teacher preparation program?” – MSP
This agenda item will be tabled for a future CLT meeting.
Completers’ perception of effectiveness in various facets of practice such as classroom management, using assistive
technologies, making date-driven curricular decisions, and the like – MSP
The current report recently uploaded to the COEHS Dean’s Office website has a list of the completers’ self-perceptions
of competencies the state has collected. The data shows the areas the completers have been well prepared to create a
positive classroom environment. Some areas the completers feel they could improve; historically this has been in
relation to using data to guide decision making etc… Dr. Possinger will address this more extensively during a future
meeting.
Dr. Lupi stated that working on a six-year graduation rate more communication is needed if COEHS is going to have
internal and external partners. More capacity utilization discussion is needed.
Faculty Associate Review/CUEP – JJK & MHL
Discussions will begin this summer to screen a new CUEP advisory board. Dr. Rose is working on completing her reports
before she goes on maternity leave in May.
Meeting adjourned at 11:05 am