Leadership Council
September 7, 2017
9:00 – 10:30 a.m.
PCOB 209
Notes
Attendees:
David Hough, Russ Brock, Gilbert Brown, Denise Cunningham, Kim Dubree, Janice Duncan, Karen Engler, James Satterfield, Emmett Sawyer, James Sottile, Ximena Uribe-Zarain
University President Clif Smart and Provost Frank Einhellig attended the last LC meeting. A major initiative they discussed was to reduce the number of hours it takes for a student to graduate. At that time, the Dean was also asked to work with DESE to confirm that their requirements are competency based, not course based. One suggestion was to have some supplemental information available online, rather than having students take extra classes. Ximena was asked if she could develop online statistics classes or modules. She said she could. If offered as courses, however, the modules could be variable content and hours, 1 -6, so students could complete what they need to support the research, whether undergraduate or graduate. After a discussion with LC members, including the suggestion that the class offers multiple credits so a student could take as much of the course as needed, it was decided to have Ximena work with Brittany Wittenberg and Denise on revising the CFD580/680 courses, as well.
Dean Hough had copies of Notes on Action Plan for 2017-18 handed out. The group was asked to look at all items that pertained to academic colleges and departments. One that stood out was decreasing the number of hours taken by students to graduate. “Expand co-requisite course offerings, decrease developmental courses, and assess the effectiveness of co-requisite courses.” Competencies need to be combined. Denise said CFD is ready to drop their required amount of hours to 120. CLSE is working on one program going to 130 hours. Our required program hours do compare to other education programs in the state. Dean Hough encouraged departments to discuss the feasibility of doing this, noting that even with competencies, not courses, being required by DESE for certification, it would be difficult for some programs to meet the 120-hour minimum.
The Missouri State Teachers Association is having a College Fair for 500+ high school students associated with FTA November 8, 8:00 -10:00 a.m., in Columbia, Missouri. The dean asked who would want to do this. Denise said she would get volunteers from her department. The dean will cover the registration fee. Gilbert will also send academic advisors.
Sara Clark, Director, Office of Web and New Media, emailed the dean regarding information that is on our website that is outdated. Kim has someone working in her area for her. The dean asked everyone to make it a priority to look at their web information and work through James Sottile on getting it updated.
Zachary Cull, Student Government Association President, met with to the dean about one of their initiatives. They are proposing to have two students from each college as members of SGA. The process on how to decide on students will need to be discussed, but first, the initiative must be approved by Student Senate and then voted on by the student body. Zachary is hoping this will be during homecoming but will keep deans informed of the progress. LC members would be willing to help with this if approved.
Gilbert discussed some recruitment/marketing events:
- Majors Fair: Wednesday, September 27, 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m., PSU Ballroom
- Fall Showcase: Saturday, October 7, 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m., Plaster Student Union
It is important to have faculty attend the above two events. He asked department heads to stress that to faculty members. People could attend in shifts.
MarooNation Ball-St. Louis: Saturday, January 13, 2018, 7:00 – 11:00 p.m., Palladium, St. Louis
Contact Gilbert if you could attend this. It is important to have representation. This is a great opportunity to network with alums and discuss the One Missouri Initiative.
- MarooNation Ball-Kansas City: Saturday, February 10, 2018, 7:00 – 11:00 p.m., KC Mariott Downtown
Gilbert and James Satterfield, along with their spouses will attend this one. There will also be KC area alums seated with them.
- China Initiative: There will be 24 faculties from China coming for a seminar this semester and 19 in the spring. Gilbert will be visiting China in the spring.
- One Missouri: The purpose of this is to extend COE programs to underserved students in rural areas of Missouri. Bear Up is one of their initiatives, which was held this summer for the first time. On October 26, Gilbert is meeting with Michael Fulton, superintendent of Pattonville to have further discussions with him and some of his staff from 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. James Satterfield and Denise will also attend.
The last item Gilbert discussed was to write a report on CAEP diversity data. He has started the draft that will be enriched as it goes along. He needs information on clinical partnerships and recruiting. He will be contacting everyone for the information.
Dean Hough would like to develop a proposal to establish some type of rural education center in the West Plains area. After much discussion, the LC recommended making this a component of the “One Missouri” initiative. Dean Hough agreed to draft something and share with the LC for further comment.
As part of the CAEP efforts, departments were asked to consider ways to collect and report data pertaining to student admission rates, program completion rates, licensures, employment, and job performance.
Denise asked if the COE Marketing and Recruitment listed in COE web pages is an active committee. Gilbert said he ended up doing most of the work and thought it would be better to dissolve the committee until it is better organized. Dean Hough brought up that there is a university policy to purchase clothing (Bear Wear) for recruitment events. If committee members committed to attending the four major events, they could be given a shirt. Gilbert said he could reorganize the committee and add expectations of members. For now, this is being tabled and will be discussed again.
The dean discussed an audit report on university travel. Auditors reported money would be saved by using rental vehicles instead of personal vehicles. We will follow this policy, and use Enterprise when feasible. Sometimes using your own vehicles for day trips is more convenient, but is also more expensive. Dean Hough asked if we needed a “rental vehicle” policy on the COE website to address the parameters guiding personal auto v. rental vehicles. The LC recommended only posting the University policy. Some noted this would be redundant.
Around the Table
Sharon Lopinot
The College has two homecoming events in October. Friday, October 27, 1:45 p.m., is the One-Room Schoolhouse Scholarship Event. Blane Redus is the recipient. The MSU Class of 1967 will attend. Refreshments will be served. The College will have a tent at Bearfest Village on Saturday, October 28, 11:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Free games, prizes and food catered by Famous Dave’s BBQ. Sharon asked everyone to remind their faculty/staff of these two events and to encourage them to attend.
James Sottile
James distributed information for CAEP on Special Education: Students’ Observed Diversity in Early Experimental Log – SP15-Sp17. The greatest amount of diversity was reported in Abilities, Ethnicity/Nationality, Gender, and Race. This shows that students are thinking about this and that it touches all programs.
Janice Duncan
Some of her students attend President Trump’s speech when he was in town. This led to a number of discussions among parents/teachers/students. There will be 94 practicum students at Greenwood this semester. She would like to keep it at 75, which is more workable. She would like to see an evaluation form for the students to complete when it is over. They had 14 Chinese college students for a two-hour tour. They have three new classes: Competitive Fitness, Forensic Science and American Revolution. Greenwood Homecoming is the last week of September. Saturday, September 30, is the Alumni Awards Banquet. They will have new locker rooms in November and will start a big fundraiser later this year.
Denise Cunningham
CEFS is finalizing agreements with State Fair Community College and Metropolitan Community College. This will assist in promoting the elementary programs in their area.
Karen Engler
Karen told Denise to let her know if she would like secondary faculty at the MSTA College Fair in Columbia.
Kim Dubree
They have changed the wording “clearances” to “compliances” in their documents. This is more in line with requirements. They will be working on Spring student teaching placements. They are going to require every compliance to be valid before being placed.
Dean Hough
All of our programs are going to be reviewed through various venues. Department Heads need to track as best as they can the number of students we have recruited into their programs. We then need to see how many have applied to our programs, been accepted and admitted. After that how many graduated, got certificates, hired, hired in their area; how they are doing on the job and does it relate to anything specifically that we did. The Department of Education and DESE are behind this. They are looking at teachers earning degrees that don’t help them as teachers but help them advance in the schools.
In addition, how do we assess the rigor of our programs? A discussion followed on why getting certain degrees but not following through with certification. Some do it to have options/back up areas for jobs. Next week we will discuss how many adjuncts you hire, where did they get their degrees, and attendance policies re: do you offer a three-hour course, but meet one hour a week?
The dean asked everyone to start looking at data to share at the meetings.
Meeting adjourned at 11:23 a.m.
Submitted by Sharon Lopinot, Exec. Asst. II