College Leadership Team
Minutes
July 30, 2014
Present – Marsha Lupi, Linda Sciarratta, Jennifer Kane, Candice Carter, John Kemppainen, Karen Patterson,
Jeffrey Cornett, John Venn
Call to order – The meeting was called to order at 9:35am.
Minutes – The minutes were approved with minor corrections.
Leadership team discussion before Announcements
LSCSM hired Anne Swanson, Visiting Instructor; to replace Dr. Johnson. Anne will coordinate the school leadership
cohort at the district level. Anne recently served as the Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum within a school district
of Illinois and has numerous years of experience.
New Degree in Training and Development – The dean’s office graduate student has researched universities that have
programs in training and development. Dr. Lupi recommended convening a small group to discuss the possibilities.
Dr. Lupi and Dr. Kemppainen met with Dr. Coker at the undergraduate level.
Special Event Funding – Academic Affairs confirmed that paying internal faculty speakers/presenters is not something
they will provide matching funds. Special Event funding is due in the dean’s office January 12, 2015.
Dr. Lupi asked the team which programs they felt have the capacity to grow if COEHS had more money. Dr. Lupi will
meet with Dr. Kantner bringing with her information she received from Dr. Cornelius on narratives, numbers, and charts
for higher education administration.
Dr. Lupi will address the concerns of department chairs and faculty regarding ISQ online submission.
Dr. Kemppainen reported on an email he received from General Council regarding dual enrollment agreement UNF has
with the Teacher Academy at St. Johns County High School. Dr. Lupi will meet with Dr. Kemppainen to discuss the
memorandum of understanding and general council understandings.
Announcements
Dr. Kemppainen - David Yazdiya, Principal, Bishop John Snyder High, is looking for a faculty member to do workshops in
the assessment areas for the school staff. The school is willing to pay an honorarium. November 10 and March 16 are
the proposed dates. Department Chairs will email their faculty to see if there is an interest.
Dr. Venn shared that Dr. Ouyang is the Interim Director of the Confucius Institute.
Dr. Carolyn Stone was invited to Washington, DC to participate in an all-day forum for improving readiness for postsecondary.
Education Technology Center – Extend the hours of the center three days a week until 7pm. The exact days and hours
will be announced when Dr. Eastham returns from vacation.
UI Budget Revised – MHL/LS
Dr. Lupi and Linda reviewed all the ideas that were shared at the last CLT meeting in terms of re-positioning the monies
to best benefit the college, faculty, staff and students. The team discussed the changes to the revised proposed budget
(See handout) The CLT moved to approve the urban internship budget.
CUEP – M. Rose
It was recently discovered that the Center for Urban Education and Policy does not need an Executive Director. This is
year three of the center and Dr. Rose’s third year as director. In order to continue this project, this year is very important
to look at things that will sustain the center, which has to do with funding. Dr. Rose, Dr. Lupi, and Pat Hanford recently
met and this is what is proposed:
 Dr. Mary Rose, Director, CUEP
 Marianne and Lehman Barnes will help Mary/CUEP with grant writing and writing grants during the fall 2014
semester.
 Josh Merchant, VP, Institutional Advancement, will help seek funds to continue the work of the center.
 How can COEHS faculty be brought into the center in a professional and scholarly way? According to policy of
UNF – bring people in as Faculty Associates. Based on regulations overseeing centers – centers do have an
opportunity to help contribute to faculty promotion and tenure processes.
 A stipend and a two-course release can be provided.
 Per UNF policy and regulations, if a faculty member spends a minimum 25% of their efforts within a year
towards a university center, faculty efforts can be added to their dossier and/or portfolio. The Center will find a
common project that will benefit the faculty member and align with the center’s visions and goals.
 Dr. Carter suggests elaborating that the center and faculty associates be research partners; not just grant
writers.
 Faculty continuation will be based on productivity. Need productivity piece – need umbrella – dean and
department chairs to evaluate the faculty for productivity and accountability.
 Dr. Lupi and Dr. Rose would like to put this forward at the first faculty assembly meeting.
The Leadership Team liked the concept of having faculty associates. Dr. Lupi will keep Dr. Rose up-to-date when the
team meets to discuss the processes. As this is structured, email Dr. Rose your thoughts.
Lower Level Prerequisites/Sequencing (JPK)
Dr. Kemppainen shared his concerns regarding lower level students not having the three pre-requisite courses. Students
have registered concurrently for the Intro to Education and the Intro to Diversity class. Since the Intro to Diversity course
is not really a pre-requisite discussions need to continue to allow these students to take these courses. Dr. Cornett
recommended Dr. Kemppainen to come to a FSE meeting and include Dr. O’Farrell.
Search Update 2015-2016
Dr. Lupi was informed by Academic Affairs to officially move forward with the following faculty searches in addition to
the COEHS Dean position. (CELT Chair, ASL/Interpreting, Sport Management, TESOL, Deaf Education, Educational
Foundations, and an Assoc. Professor line to replace Dr. Johnson in Educational Leadership). Dr. Lupi asked the
department chairs to submit a rationale for one more faculty line within their departments since AA has reinstated the
early childhood line to the college. Outcome: Start search in Early Childhood; prioritize higher education for next year.
Dr. Lupi will meet with department chairs to discuss the needs of the doctoral program.
Changes in part-time faculty longevity raise (8 semesters) MHL
The salary cap was raised to $750.00 per credit hour. Please share this information with your office managers.
Missing Text Books (MHL)
Office Managers send in both CRN numbers if the instructor is teaching more than one section of the same course. The
team discussed text book orders for courses that do not have an instructor of record established when the course
schedule is released each semester.
Other Business
Grad reception Friday, August 1st 11:00 – 12:00, COEHS, Third Floor Lobby; commencement is at 2pm.
Albert Colom, Enrollment Services, will be attending the August 27 meeting.