College of Education and Human Services
Faculty Assembly Minutes
Friday, October 2, 2015
Room 1100A, 12:15 p.m.
Present: Carolyne Ali-Khan, Betty Bennett, Stacy Boote, Luciana Braga, Kim Cheek, Luke
Cornelius, Nick Eastham, Suzanne Ehrlich, Darcey Gray, Liz Gregg, Wanda Hedrick, Laura
Jackson, Chris Janson, Jennifer Kane, Dilek Kayaalp, John Kemppainen, Jennifer Kilpatrick,
Dwayne Kohn, Wanda Lastrapes, Jason Lee, KoSze Lee, Marsha Lupi, Sophie Maxis, Cathy
O’Farrell, John Ouyang, Nicole Pece, Megan Schramm-Possinger, Kelly Scott, Lena Shaqareq,
Sherry Shaw, Nile Stanley, Carolyn Stone, Susan Strickland-Ripple, Kristi Sweeney, Madalina
Tanase, John Venn, Dawn Wessling, Lunetta Williams, Hope Wilson, Christian Winterbottom,
and Brian Zoellner.
Call to Order: The meeting was called to order at 12:20 p.m.
Approval of Minutes: The minutes of the September 4, 2015 meeting were approved as
submitted.
Announcements: Nile Stanley is holding a session on Tuesday, October 6 at 5 pm in building 1,
room 2002 for graduate students. It is titled “How to Publish in Graduate School” and is open to
all majors.
Marsha Lupi communicated to faculty that there will be an Education Career Exploration Open
House event on Saturday, October 3 from 8:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. in building 57. We are
expecting 59 students with their families so approximately 150 people will be attending. Marsha
thanked Chris Janson, Dwyane Kohn, Kelly Scott, Jade Yuen, and John Kemppainen for
attending tomorrow’s open house.
Nile Stanley mentioned that Folio Weekly announced “best of” contest winners and UNF won
best local college.
Sophie Maxis encouraged faculty to participate in Earle Traynham’s visitation program for the
dorms to help make UNF a welcoming place.
Carolyne Stone announced that the First Lady will be coming to UNF on November 2, 3 and 4.
More information will be forthcoming.
Nile Stanley reminded faculty about John Ouyang’s Confucius Institute hosting an international
conference at UNF on October 23, 24, and 25. Scholars will be coming from all over the United
States and China and the conference is free to faculty and students.
Betty Bennett said a 2015 EPI graduate, Alyssa Knight, was just named “Teacher of the Year”
for Bridge to Success High School 2015-2016.
Dean Search: Luke Cornelius reported that the committee had their first meeting last week.
They are updating last year’s announcement and hoping to get it out quickly so people can take it
to conferences.
Kristi Sweeney communicated on behalf of the Executive Committee a request for the dean
search committee to take a look at the bylaws and make sure the requirements of the dean follow
our bylaws.
Standing Committees:
Executive Committee - Sophie Maxis confirmed the committee members were all voted in and all
positions were filled. Sophie reminded committees to email Sue Syverud their newly elected
chairs.
Personnel Committee –report was emailed to Sue Syverud.
Long Range Planning Committee - Kim Cheek reported the committee will meet Wednesday
afternoon and will select a chair at that meeting.
Student Issues Committee – Bess Wilson reported they were waiting for the list of members
before setting up their first meeting.
Technology Committee – Laura Jackson reported the committee met yesterday and Laura
Jackson was elected chair.
Undergraduate Standards and Curriculum Committee - Wanda Hedrick said the committee met
and elected Katrina Hall as the chair.
Graduate Standards and Curriculum Committee - no report.
Jennifer Kane suggested the college bylaws be sent to new faculty to review and keep bylaws in
mind during the dean search. The bylaws were already sent in the meeting reminder.
Laura Jackson noticed the bylaws are missing the Technology Committee under the Standing
Committee section. Laura was advised to send the change to Sue Syverud and Sue will correct
it.
Reminder: Each standing committee has charges written in the bylaws - follow your charge and
check to make sure your committee is up to date on the academic policies.
Department Chair Reports: none.
Dean’s Report:
Shout Outs:
 Confucius Institute’s musical event last night was really wonderful and 1300 people
attended.
 Visitors from Belize visited our Professional Development Schools – Thank you to Sue
Syverud, John Kemppainen and Debbie Reed. It was a very successful trip with the
Belizeans here and was very well received.
 Military workshop was very successful - kudos to all that participated.
 Scholarship dinner was a very good event and thanked Nicole Pece and Chris Slack for
their hard work planning the event.
 LSCSM: shout out to Carolyn Stone who was recently awarded the distinguished
professor award. Also, Matt Ohlson and Anne Swanson are building a partnership with
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NEFEC to build another cohort for principal preparation which would involve summer
community based learning workshops.
EDIE: was granted a site visit for accreditation.
FSE: Bess Wilson just returned from the Florida Association of Gifted Conference and it
was fabulous.
CELT: congratulations to Alison McLarty who was promoted to Office Manager for the
Confucius Institute.
Field: Cathy O’Farrell finished the placements.
Search Updates:
 Educational Leadership, Doctoral Program Director position just got posted.
 Elementary Education Social Studies position is currently waiting for approval from the
VP office.
 Chair, Childhood Education, Literacy, and TESOL position has co-chairs Chris Janson
and Lunetta Williams. It is posted and if you want a flier please email Lunetta Williams
or Jenny Neidhardt.
 Dean Search was already discussed.
Jennifer Kane explained the FTCE workshops which will start on October 19. We will
concentrate on the GK and the K-6 and will provide workshops, study guides, study groups and
resources. Thanks to Kelly Scott and Cathy O’Farrell for leading the workshops. If anyone
would like to provide input, please let us know.
Writing group – Shut Up and Write will meet right after this meeting.
Faculty Support Grant application has a link on the Dean’s Office website. It’s due on October
30. We have 2 awards for $1,500.
COEHS Scholarships and Fellowships – please make your students aware of scholarships and
fellowships even if you have to call them to apply. We would love to make these more
competitive. It was suggested to set-up a table before the deadline, come into classes to tell them
about it or have an awardee say how beneficial it was. Application deadline is Friday, January
23, 2016 at 5 pm.
Undergraduate Core Review – There is a State regulation of 120 hrs. per week so Jennifer Kane
brought people together to see how best to handle this. We decided to make changes in the core
based on the conceptual framework but our current framework is the IMPACT statement. The
task of coming up with an updated conceptual framework statement has been given to the Long
Range Planning Committee.
It was recommended that new faculty attend the Faculty Association meetings held on the first
Thursday of each month.
Megan Possinger thanked faculty for clicking on ECATS. We have to report to the State soon
and the timeframe is from May 15, 2013 – May 15, 2014. They want to know what degree our
students met these uniform core curriculum matrix and any new curricular matrices. If your
curriculum has changed, send the changes to Megan for 2012 – 2015. Nick Eastham is helping
Megan with the repository so we can refer to old data. You will probably receive an email from
Megan soon to find out who the program faculty and directing teachers were and what the school
staff qualifications were.
Indicator 3.5A narrative is provided describing the formal annual evaluation process including
how data are analyzed and disseminated. A description of how decisions are made based on the
data analyses is provided, including specified elements. Megan referred faculty to a green
handout that showed a good example of how to evaluate this with goals, measures, results and
changes. Megan is open to suggestions and encourages you to email her with any suggestions.
Marsha Lupi explained the Faculty International Support Grant. It will help fund part of your
travel to find a partner school in another country. The additional money will help pay your bills
if taking students overseas with you.
CUEP – We are inactivating it in December since we do not have the funds to keep it. Thanks to
Mary Rose for her work there.
Reminder: Please support the 26-in-26 Annual Giving Campaign.
Director of Development - Nicole Pece has a lot of great ideas and wants to move us forward.
You can help by going to Nicole with your inspiring stories, your needs, your grant ideas, your
lab school ideas or programs. Put them in writing and send to Nicole or meet with her. There are
naming opportunities available that range from faculty offices, conference rooms, technology
and sign language labs, to department suites.
John Kemppainen said the three lower level education prerequisites are coming up for review
again. In two weeks, John will be in Tallahassee attending a committee meeting about this.
EPI uses the conference room on Saturdays and reminded faculty to reset the room to a
traditional classroom style.
Save the date for Saturday, November 7 to enjoy Springfield’s Porch Fest. It is a great
opportunity for faculty and staff to spend some time together.
Adjournment: The meeting adjourned at 1:31 p.m. and the next meeting will be on Friday,
November 6, 2015.