Minutes

Education Department Faculty Meeting

September 6, 2001

12:30 to 2 pm

Present: Leslie Ricklin, Chair; Jeanelle Bland, Diane Cerreto, Ken Dobush, Shirley Ernst, Ann Gruenberg, Hari Koirala, Teresa Picard, Dan Rothermel, Mitchell Sakofs, Hanna Sellers, and Jeff Trawick-Smith

Absent: Richard Reynolds, Delar Singh

The meeting opened at 12:30 with faculty introductions; Dean Kim Freeland participated.

Dean Freeland noted that 1) the Connecticut State Department of Education will conduct a site visit/program review in the Spring of 2002 and 2) the NCATE program review may be conducted in the Spring of 2003. The specifics of both visits are yet to be determined.

I. Selection of Committee Members

Faculty members volunteered to serve on various committees as follows:

Budget: Ricklin (Chair), Reynolds and Mares

CARE: Sakofs (Chair), Ricklin, Rothermel, Trawick-Smith, Dobush and Cerreto

CEDE: Gruenberg (Convenor), Reynolds, Dobush, Sellers and Picard

DEC: Reynolds (Convenor), Gruenberg, Ernst, Ricklin, Trawick-Smith and Koirala

Ed. Tech: Koirala (Convenor), Dobush, Sakofs and Sellers

PDS & Field Experience*: Sakofs (Chair), Reynolds, Rothermel, Bland, Cerreto, Dobush and Ricklin

Grad Studies: Koirala (Chair), Reynolds, Ernst, Gruenberg, Bland, Ricklin and Picard

Library Builders: Bland (Convenor), Cerreto, Gruenberg, Picard, and Sellers

Faculty Senate**: Sakofs (departmental representative) and Rothermel (alternate)

* Motion 1: Merge the PDS and Field Experience committees. (Ernst, Rothermel)

Motion carried unanimously

** Motion 2: Rothermel to serve as alternate representative to the Faculty Senate. (Gruenberg, Koirala)

Motion carried unanimously

II. Search Committee Updates

Ernst reported that the RLA job announcement was placed in appropriate venues and the committee is waiting to receive applications; Dobush reported that the Tech Ed position announcement was placed in appropriate venues and the committee is waiting to receive applications as well.

III. Intersession Schedule

Courses to be offered during the 2001 winter intersession were announced. Faculty were invited to submit additional course offerings to Dobush ASAP.

IV. Field Placement Update

Sakofs reported the following:

Core I: 8 Middle and 19 ECE (totaling 27) students are in the field

Core II: 16 secondary and 29 ECE (totaling 45) students are in the field

Student Teaching: 43 ECE, 9 El ED and 12 Middle (totaling 64) students in the field

V. Departmental Goals

To be disucssed at next meeting

VI. Secondary Education Masters Degree

Koirala distributed revised proposal. Revisions to approved proposal incorporated faculty recommendations

Motion 3: To accept revised Secondary Education Masters proposal. (Trawick-Smith, Gruenberg)

Motion carried unanimously

VII. Departmental Mission Statement

To be discussed at next meeting

VIII. Center for Educational Excellence

Dr. Marty Levin, the Center's new director, shared with faculty information concerning upcoming programs and sought input for additional programs that would be of interest.

Motion 4: Meeting Adjournment (Ernst, Dobush)

Motion carried unanimously

Respectfully submitted for departmental approval: Mitchell Sakofs