Leadership Council
August 10, 2017
9:00 – 10:30 a.m.
PCOB 127
NOTES
Attendees: David Hough, Gilbert Brown, Denise Cunningham, Janice Duncan, Karen Engler, James Satterfield, James Sottile, Chris Combs, Kim Dubree, Jenay Lamy, Travis Marler
Dean Hough welcomed everyone. THE first COE Mentor Leadership Seminar is Monday, August 14, 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Everyone is attending. Janice will have four people attend who will refer information back to others at GLS. Dates for the remaining seminars will be discussed at the meeting.
The COE College Meeting on August 18 is also ready to go. President Smart will provide University updates; he and Mark Wheeler will discuss and answer questions about the Hill Hall renovation.
Dean Hough is taking on the interim RFT department head position until something else is decided. He is meeting with faculty on Friday, August 18 to discuss other options.
Instead of meeting August 24, Leadership Council will meet Tuesday, August 22. President Clif Smart and Provost Frank Einhellig will attend the meeting. The discussion will focus on the Hill Hall renovation. The meeting will be a question and answer format. Department heads and the associate deans may bring faculty and staff with them. The meeting is open to everyone. The location has been moved to PCOB 209. Dean Hough met with Clif Smart, Frank Einhellig, Matt Morris and Doug Sampson on July 28 and sent them a follow up memo regarding thirteen questions he had received from faculty, staff, and his administrative team. A major concern is the allocation, location, and distribution of among the three academic departments. The purpose of the meeting on August 22 is to ensure everyone promotes the positive nature of the $11 million renovation project, i.e., new HVAC, new offices and classrooms, new restrooms. Dean Hough noted that the University chose Hill Hall and Ellis Hall for renovations among a longer list of buildings that all need remodeling. A discussion included:
-Was any thought/consideration given to the fact that departments have similar needs for space? Was the number of faculty/staff in departments considered? What about the number of students served?
– Why is spacing being provided for per course, emeritus faculty, and an assistant department head when none of these spaces existed prior? If those spaces are being provided for one department, they should be provided for all.
We have not been given the guarantee that our college will have a large conference room to schedule as we had previously in Hill Hall. Our scheduling was first priority; others can ask and be booked if open. In addition, the conference room is located in the middle of a departmental office. The last plan we saw had the dean’s office greatly reduced in size with a conference room that could seat 6-8 attached, but available for anyone to use. At the meeting on July 28, Mark Wheeler informed the group that the conference room would be dedicated to COE. However, this is not in agreement with Doug Sampson’s March 20, 2017, memo in which he says it is open space and will be scheduled centrally. We will need to get clarification on this issue.
Dean Hough reminded everyone that we should be thankful for a newly remodeled building. He believes it is good that faculty offices will be consistent in size. While some faculty will have less office space than in the old Hill Hall, many will actually have more, as their previous space was woefully inadequate. The group stated that the concerns they have and have heard from faculty are that the academic departmental offices and respective space for faculty, including space for research is not fairly distributed in the new design. The design seems to equate a department with an entire college. Denise Cunningham stated that her programs are growing and she fears the new design will not accommodate this growth. Others agreed and noted that with new faculty hires the new design may not include enough office for RFT and CEFS faculty while another department may have extra space for emeritus faculty, per course faculty, and storage for research.
James Sottile handed out Taskstream information on secondary education programs as far as the number of student information submitted versus the total number of responses expected. He will send the department heads information about their COE programs noting the lack of data related to the disposition assessments. They need more student data and the EPP as a whole needs more student data. Denise will look at Early Childhood and Elementary Education rubrics. Something needs to be figured out regarding a way to help everyone understand the assessment process. More professional development workshops were suggested. Karen Engler, Director of Secondary Education, will help secondary faculty to move forward to resolve any gaps in the data. Dean Hough said he would talk to Frank Einhellig on how to continue professional development related to assessment with EPP educators. Students need to engage the system. Karen said that sometimes students submit their information, but then faculty need to evaluate it in order for it to be posted. This needs to be second nature to all program coordinators. James was asked by the dean to send him an email that he can forward to the provost encouraging the faculty and deans to do more.
Jenay Lamy, Green Dot Program Coordinator to the Title IX Office, attended LC to discuss the program. Jenay implements the Green Dot Program, which is about violence prevention and bystander participation. The program is used to try to change the culture on campus to reflect safety. Students are not able to be successful if they are not safe. Prevention starts with all of us. Green Dot is a comprehensive prevention program. Similar programs are also being implemented in the armed services. Jenay handed out a Toolkit for faculty, staff and administration. It explains how to be reactive, proactive and support students by doing “green dots”. Jenay has trainings for faculty/staff/administration and trainings for students. Students are trained on how to overcome barriers, how to intervene, to be direct, delegate and distract. Student organizations are welcome to contact her. She is having trainings in September, October and November. She can also personalize trainings. Student sessions are for 10 – 20 people and take a minimum of 2 and one-half hours. Jenay distributed green dots and posters. She will bring more posters over and email her PowerPoint to Sharon.
As a follow-up to the Green Dot presentation, Dean Hough informed the group that he is asking department heads and Janice to include a goal in all annual reviews and ADPS regarding faculty/staff obligations to students including oversite and protection. He will discuss this individually with them. Everyone has a responsibility for their students and it goes beyond the classrooms.
Around the Table
Karen Engler
There are two EPP program coordinator meetings coming up.
Chris Combs
Seven of their fifteen student teachers this year have been hired as a teacher of record.
Janice Duncan
Regarding the upcoming solar eclipse, students in grades 6 – 12 will participate in the CNAS program. Students in K – 5 will have a program on the Greenwood playground. This is Greenwood’s 110th year. Special activities will occur during the week of the 110th day. They may do some Go Funding and ask for donations in multiples of 100. They are in Phase I with money for accessible locker rooms. New and current students have orientations this week. They are looking for substitutes. Contact her if you know of anyone. Junior High will have drama this year.
Denise Cunningham
Outreach and CEFS have hired a coordinator to be in the Lebanon area for students in the elementary completion programs. This person will also work in Camdenton and Lake of the Ozarks. Next Tuesday she will visit Pen Valley Community College to finalize articulation for Child Life students to have labs at Children’s Mercy and Early Childhood students. As far as program reports they have met the standards but have conditions for Early Childhood and Elementary Education. Classes look full and are ready to go.
James Satterfield
He submitted the last matrix. They are working on last minute course scheduling for fall due to a faculty member resigning and a new hire.
David Hough
Eric Sheffield, RFT, resigned. If anyone has ideas regarding the department head position for RFT let him know. He meets with their faculty next Friday. Regarding state funding, the dean also reminded everyone that more cuts are probably coming for the next year or so.
Sharon Lopinot
The college will participate in the MSU Homecoming Events – One Room Schoolhouse event and a tent for Saturday. She will send out dates/times soon.
The meeting was adjourned at 11:10 a.m.
Submitted by Sharon Lopinot
Janice, James Sottile and Denise were asked to meet with the dean separately after the meeting.