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University of South Australia
SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
SCHOOL BOARD MEETING
21st May 2010, 3.00pm – 5.00 pm
Magill Campus 172/73
DRAFT M I N U T E S
1.
WELCOME
Present;, Marie Brennan, Anne Carrington Briony Carter, Glenn Cupit, Tony Densley,Trevor Feder, Brenton Fopp, Heather Foster,
Ruth Geer, Judy Gill, Pauline Harris, Roger Harris, Robert Hattam, Bruce Johnson, Steve Keirl, Rosie Le Cornu, Lin, Zheng, David
Lloyd, Bill Lucas, Faye McCallum, Colin MacMullin, Alison Nairn, Meg Napper, Erina Newnham (Library Rep), Sue Nichols, Helen
Nixon, Kathy Paige, Judy Peters, Gwen Phillips, Debbie Price, Greg Restall, Anna Rogers, Sarah Rose, Margaret Scrimgeour,
John Sellar, Sue Shore, Michele Simons (Chair), Richard Smith, Barbara Spears, Tom Stehlik, Elspeth Stephenson, Christy Ward,
Julie White, Greg Yates, Yvonne Zeegers and Lew Zipin.
Minutes: Vikki Hopwood
1.1
Congratulations and Celebrations:
Staffing:

Michele introduced Professor Pauline Harris - The Lillian de Lissa Chair in Early Childhood (Research),

Welcome to Alison Nairn the School Manager

Welcomed Colin McMullin.
2.
APOLOGIES
On Leave; Valerie Aloa, Barbara Comber, Rosie Kerin, Janet McDowall, Clare Nocka Michael O’Donoghue, Brenton Prosser,
Wendy Schiller, Lyn Tonkin, Dave Williams, Landy Yann.
Apologies Received; Wing Au, Jenny Barnett, Jenni Carter, Mike Chartres, Julie Grant, Maureen Hegarty, Sue Hill, Sue Knight,
Sharon Russo, Moira Simpson, Ian Thomson, Lyn Tonkin, Bruce Underwood, Bruce White, Victoria Whitington, Peter Willis.
3.
CONFIRMATION OF AGENDA ITEMS
Agenda confirmed.
4.
MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING
Motion:
Minutes of meeting 23rd April 2010 be accepted with the addition of Zheng Lin as an apology, as a true and
accurate record.
Moved:
Faye McCallum
Seconded: Rob Hattam
Motion Carried
5.
BUSINESS ARISING from Minutes of last meeting (not listed elsewhere on the Agenda)
Lew Zipin reported that the report on staff workloads was almost completed; Marie would report later, Michele suggested the
report would be held over to next meeting
6.1. PRESENTATIONS
Loh Lan Lee presented the new Personal Learning Environment (PLE) ‘Learnonline’.
Learnonline will replace the University’s current online teaching environment (UniSAnet) with the new learning platform
There will be a number of new tools that will allow academics to create active and innovative learning courses plus retain all of
the existing capabilities of UniSAnet.
Learnonline will include: CEI & SET, Moodle, Copyright Monitoring, a virtual classroom tool, plus other functions that will be
introduce over the coming months. Loh Lan advised staff that by SP5 2010 all courses must be converted to learnonline.
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6.2. Review of Masters programs and courses
Colin McMullin presented his recommendations on the Review of the Masters of Education (MMEU) to the school.
The task was to:
Review the MMEU with a view to rationalising the degree. Suggest which specialisations and courses
should be retained and which should be retired. Suggest a structure for the degree that is efficient and
sustainable. Examine possibilities for the degree with regard to the enrolment of international students.
Examine the Graduate Certificate in Education – Specializations (LCAV) and the Graduate Certificate in
Education (MCED) in regard to their relationships with the MMEU.
Colin discussed the reasons behind the 17 recommendations.
After a lengthy discussion the paper was accepted in principle with the approval and adoption pending consideration of options
to be drawn up by Colin.
Staff offered to email Colin with their concerns, ideas, and correction, ready to be discussed at the next school board with a view
for a decision.
7. LIBRARY MATTERS
7.1 School noted the report from the library.
8. LEGISLATIVE ITEMS
8.1
Minor amendments to EDUC 3050
Motion: to approve the minor changes to EDUC 3050 updating text and assessments as outlined in the document
Moved: Sue Shore
Seconded: Bruce Johnson.
Motion Carried.
8.2
Minor Amendment to EDUC 3043
Motion: to approve the minor changes to EDUC 3043 updating text and assessments as outlined in the document
Moved: Sue Shore
Seconded: Yvonne Zeegers.
Motion Carried
8.3
Minor Amendments from DUICER
Motion: to approve the minor changes from DUICER updating course statements as outlined in the document.
Moved: M. Simon
Seconded: S Shore
Motion Carried
8.4
Ratification of change to credit arrangement [CHI11 and CHI12]
Motion: to ratify changes to Chi11 and CHI12 Open University Australia (OUA) in the MBCE program. This will reflect changes
to the MBCE program introduced in 2010.
Moved:
Christy Ward
Seconded: G Cupit.
Motion Carried
9.
9.1
SCHOOL UPDATES
Head of School Report
M Simons
9.1.1. Expenditure of Professional Development Funds. Any unspent funds prior to 2008 may be ‘taken back’ by the
university early 2011. The money will go to the university not the school.
9.1.2. Response to the External Review: School Board resolved to submit the original response to the School
Review as well as the amended version.
Moved: Bill Lucas
Seconded: Glenn Cupit
Motion Carried
9.2
Associate Dean – Teaching and Learning Report
9.2.1 Application Process for International Students was made available to staff with the agenda.
9.2.2 A reminder to consider applying for a T&L grant. If there are staff who have been successful in
winning grants in the past and who are willing to share their applications, can you please let
Faye know. If you are considering applying for a grant in 2010 – please let Faye know.
9.2.3 We are invited to get feedback on the APPM by June 25 to SASPolicyTeam@unisa.edu.au
9.2.4 National Curriculum response from the school was sent by the due date with a copy to the
Minister: Jay Weatherill. Thanks to Amy Paten for her help in compiling the report.
F McCallum
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9.3
Associate Dean – Research Education Report
9.3.1 Honours in Education, amendments will be presented at the next school board in June.
T Stehlik
9.4
Associate Dean – Research and Consultancy Report
Report will be emailed to staff
R Hattam
9.5
School Manager Report
No report.
L Copus
9.6
School Academic Staffing and Workloads Committee
Since last School Board, Marie reported two further meetings have been held, one issue still of major
concern is the staff workloads. A detailed report will be presented at the next School Board.
M Brennan
9.7
Education Sustainability Committee
Richard reported on the very successful presentation by Professor Ian Lowe AO emeritus professor
of science, technology and society at Griffith University in Brisbane, as well as being an adjunct
professor at Sunshine Coast University and Flinders University. On 25 March he provided the
School’s inaugural Education Oration Education for Sustainability: Too Little, too Late?
which attracted over 200 people – and several very positive comments from those attending.
On 26 March he and his partner Patricia Kelly provided major contributions to a CREd seminar on
how sustainability might be shown in School programs which was attended by Program Directors
and members of the Education Sustainability Committee. The outcomes of this seminar will be taken
to Program Committees for their consideration.
Richard Smith
10.
FOR NOTING
11.
10.1
ACARA response*
10.2
Registration is now open for the 5th International Middle Years of Schooling Conference to be held
in Adelaide on September 6th at the Adelaide Convention Centre.
10.3
TESOL positions have been added to the Hayes Web site, anyone who is interested can register Michele Simons
on-line
ANY OTHER BUSINESS
No other business.
NEXT MEETING: 25th June, 3 – 4.30pm Mawson Lakes G2.49
Meeting concluded at 4.45pm.
Bill Lucas