COE Leadership Council
February 2, 2017
9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Hill 314
Notes
In attendance: David Hough, Gilbert Brown, Christine Combs, Denise Cunningham, Janice Duncan, Cathy Pearman, James Sottile, Kim Dubree, Kim Finch, John Kuykendall
Dean Hough welcomed Dr. John Kuykendall, RFT Department Head candidate, who attended LC to meet everyone and discuss his experience, expertise and ideas. He is currently the Interim Director of the School of Education at University of Arkansas at Little Rock. John has experience with budgets including cuts. He works with 22 faculty members, 8 Per Course and 3 supervisors. John believes he has a lot to offer to our college and the university.
Faculty Advisory Council met yesterday. Kim Finch discussed their ideas regarding budget cuts.
- Professors teaching extra courses (alternating semesters)
- Larger class sizes
- Reexamine program coordinator positions
- Doing the above would reduce per course expenditures
- Ask faculty to volunteer to give up something such as travel funds although they agreed faculty working toward tenure/promotion need it
The FAC also discussed a revision to the COE Research Active Policy. They would like to see an annual review of research to determine whether the faculty member should continue as research active rather than have three years.
Denise said the Budget Committee had the same comments regarding budget cuts. She was also pleased that some of the members who were assistant professors were in favor of also picking up an additional course.
The dean said LC did not need to continue talk/discuss budget cuts until the governor releases his FY18 budget and President Smart meets with deans and other on February 13. The dean will attend the Governor’s budget address today in Nixa along with others. Regarding budget cuts for our college, the dean reiterated that we are fine for the remainder of this fiscal year but will need to work on cuts for FY18 depending on the outcome. He said he would keep department heads informed as he receives more information but that no college-level decisions will be made until after February 13th.
Dean Hough attended the University Space Committee meeting yesterday. The Dean’s recommendation to the USC is:
2nd Floor COE Student Services, Teacher Certification, Advisement, Field Experiences in the center; Dean, Associate Deans (All College-level offices)
3rd Floor RFT & CEFS departmental offices in the center and Psy departmental office on the east or west side or on east or west side of the 2nd floor
1st and 4th Floors = computer labs and IT classrooms
RFT, CEFS, and PSY faculty offices should be distributed proportionally throughout the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th floors.
Regarding temporary offices, Cathy needs to meet with Rose to assign offices for her faculty at Glen Isle. Cathy is going to look at Glen Isle first, then meet. Another space besides Greenwood is now available for Advisement and the CEFS office in Strong Hall. Denise and Juli Panza need to look at it today or tomorrow to see how it could work and then meet with Rose so we can move ahead. The dean’s office, CEFS faculty, James Sottile, assessment, student services, teacher certification and field experiences will be at PCOB.
Around the Table
Gilbert Brown
Unfortunately, no COE faculty were able to attend the MarooNation Ball in St. Louis. The Kansas City MarooNation Ball is April 22. Gilbert will attend. The Dean reminded the LC that MarooNation Ball events are costly and are intended for COE representatives to engage with alumni, donors, and friends living in the area where the event is being held. Dr. Gilbert Brown is the COE representative in charge of managing these events.
Janice Duncan
They are still enrolling new students. A Store Front is now in place so any faculty collecting money for something are required to use it. This has not been taking place, but they will get there. They are finalizing their search for a social studies instructor.
Cathy Pearman
They are also still enrolling new students. Cathy then reported that they are making progress on the ATT with OTC. Tuesday Roberts has agreed to adjust her syllabus to accommodate OTC issues. She will have a report for the dean on Friday. Regarding ATT, the dean met with other deans across the State representing the 13 public four-year IHEs. Others are having issues aligning with the AAT because the courses do not contain the same competencies. Dean Hough said “the devil’s in the details” but he remains confident it will get worked out and not disadvantage our students as is being reported by other IHEs across the State.
Denise Cunningham
The search committee for the CFD position is in the process of making a recommendation. Thirteen students have applied for the Child Life Masters Program next year and are coming from different states.
Kim Finch
She and other faculty members are working on increasing enrollment for EAD by promoting ZOOM. A new program, Springfield Connect, has been created to allow for credit by assessment. They are also working with rural schools.
Chris Combs
She met yesterday with some of their student teachers and two have contracts for the fall. On the average, 94% of their students are hired in their seven county area.
The dean asked Chris if she was in the communication loop regarding the Rural Education “Grow Your Own” project in which Jane Ward has requested to participate. Chris explained that Jane would like to work with Ozark Teacher Corps teachers and MSU alumni to mentor select high school students in rural schools that would like to pursue a degree in education. Jane was named the Community Foundations of the Ozarks New Community coordinator for rural schools at the beginning of the year. The dean mentioned a note of caution that students recruited could also go to other IHEs, so care needs to be taken in terms of not using MSU resources to recruit for other institutions. Gilbert noted that recruitment should not be focused on specific racial groups but should include any and all disadvantaged students in rural areas.
James Sottile
During the MoTAC meeting on Wednesday, February 1, 2017, in Jefferson City, the Pearson representatives described how they organized the MEGA assessments in the system to be analyzed. Pearson noted that the score report for a candidate would include more details/feedback. This feedback is language directly taken from the rubric used to assess the items on the tests. The consensus was that while this is better, it is still not enough information for candidates.
During the afternoon, faculty/staff from UM’s office of social and economic data analysis (OSEDA) discussed the first year survey for teachers and principals. There are four surveys: 1st year teachers and their principals, and 1st year principals and their supervisor. OSEDA described their website. Attendees suggested having the data summarized by program and Hap noted he would put this topic on the next MoTAC agenda.
The meeting adjourned at 10:25 a.m.
Submitted by Sharon Lopinot