PECC Meeting Minutes

November 19, 2003

ATTENDING: Jean Adams, Verlinda Angell, Bruce Barker, Jerry Bowler, Arlene Braithwaite, Kathy Croxall, Merlene Ellington, Kate Grandison, Deb Hill, Wayne Hinton, Prent Klag, Marty Larkin, Mike McGarvey, Virginia Stitt

1. Bruce provided update on Lee Montgomery’s health status.

2. Approval of minutes from last meeting: Wayne Hinton motioned for approval of last PECC Meeting minutes. Seconded by Jerry Bowler, opposed none. Approved

3. Deb talked briefly about trip to D.C. with focus on visit to NCATE offices.

4. Bruce talked about NCATE’s formal notification of accreditation approved October 31, 2003.

5. Bruce made a clarification regarding Item #3 on the PECC Meeting minutes from October 15, 2003. Each state was required by the U.S. Department of Education to provide a local (State) definition for “Highly Qualified Teachers,” in response to “No Child Left Behind.” You can be “Highly Qualified” in a minor provided you pass the PRAXIS content exam. No cut scores have yet been determined.

6. Bruce talked about 120 hour construct for a degree program – spreadsheet

Action recommended:

• No longer require Psy 1010
• Delete EDUC 2020 – propose general ed. course for Education
• SPED 2030 – to be renumbered to SPED 3030
• Change EDUC 3200 to ELED and SCED prefix
• Delete SCED 3550
• Delete EDUC 2020 course
• SCED 3720 – reduce from 3 to 2 sch
• SCED 4520 – practicum course to be offered same semester as student teaching
• Student teaching total hours – 9 sch (7 sch in Teacher Education, 2 sch in Content Departments)
• Dept. 4980 changing from 5 to 2 sch
• It was recommended that Department’s which require 3 sch for their Content Methods courses (4900) consider reducing the course to 2 sch. Any action on this would be left at the discretion of individual departments.

This model has been approved by the Teacher Education Departments

7. General Ed. proposal for EDUC 2000, “Exploring Education” course to be proposed in the interdisciplinary category – 3 sch. COE would count General Ed. among the gen. ed. requirements. SCED 4520 practicum would front end the student teaching semester.

Some questions asked:

• Q: With reduction in secondary students can we see farther in advance of what the schedule would be?
• A: Will work closer to keep content areas informed

• Q: The local practicum – are they going to be completely off campus?
• A: It will be 1 week on Tuesday and Thursday mornings, equivalent to 1 week’s time.

Verlinda Angell moved to propose Teacher Education model - excluding action- Department 4900 courses. Seconded: Wayne Hinton -unanimously approved

9. Jerry Bowler discussed and presented curriculum change proposals as follows:

· ELED 3530 Instructional Planning, Delivery, and Assessment for Elementary Teachers- Changed to ELED 3555 and ELED 3550 Curriculum Development and Improvement for Elementary Teachers – Changed to ELED 3535. Motion to accept: Prent Klag, seconded: Deb Hill - unanimously approved

· PE 4900 Methods for Teaching Secondary PE – Changed from 3 hours to 2 hours. Motion to accept: Verlinda Angell, seconded: Wayne Hinton –unanimously approved

· SCED 3720 Content Literacy – Changed from 3 hours to 2 hours. Motion to accept: Wayne Hinton, seconded: Deb Hill -unanimously approved

· SCED 3550 Curriculum Development and Improvement for Secondary Teachers – Delete Course, SCED 3570 (Classroom Management) & SCED 3590 (Instructional Design) to incorporate TWS information from 3550 into these courses. Motion to accept: Verlinda Angell, seconded: Kathy Croxall -unanimously approved

· SPED 2030 Foundations of Special Education – Changed to SPED 3030. Motion to accept: Virginia Stitt, seconded: -unanimously approved

· SPED 4130 Curriculum Strategies – Changed from 4 hours to 3 hours and SPED 4170 Advanced Teaching Strategies – Changed from 2 hours to 3 hours. Motion to accept: Wayne Hinton, seconded: Kate Grandison -unanimously approved

· SPED 4180 Elementary Practicum & SPED 4181 Secondary Practicum – Delete Course to 2 hour course to be made into one 3 hour course (SPED 4185) and SPED 4185 Elementary and Secondary Practicum. Motion to accept: Wayne Hinton, seconded: Deb Hill -unanimously approved

· EDUC 3200 Educational Psychology - Delete Course, ELED 3250 Educational Psychology for Elementary Teachers – Create new course, and SCED 3250 Educational Psychology for Secondary Teachers – Create new course. Motion to accept: Merlene Ellington, seconded: Wayne Hinton -unanimously approved

· Dept. 4980 Clinical Practice – Changed from 5 hours to 2 hours. Motion to accept: Verlinda Angell, seconded: Wayne Hinton -approved. The motion to approve on a vote of 7 in favor, 5 opposed. Concern was expressed by Kate Grandison that workload expectations would likely not change even though credit hours for content departments would be reduced from 5 to 2 sch. The feeling was also aired that there should be equity between content departments and Teacher Education on the extent of semester hour cuts among pedagogy courses in response to 120 construct mandate.

· EDUC 2020 Foundations of Teaching K-12 – Delete course and proposed to EDUC 2000 Exploring Education (An Interdisciplinary General Education Course). Motion to accept: Deb Hill, seconded: Kate Grandison -motion passed with 1 disenting vote.

10. Mike McGarvey proposed creation of a Technology Education track within the SUU MED degree. Motion to accept: Deb Hill, seconded: Kate Grandison - unanimously approved

11. Verlinda Angell – Regarding EDRG 4040 Reading Minor Capstone – Proposing changing 4050 to 4055 – no new course. Motion to accept: Verlinda Angell, seconded: Kate Grandison -unanimously approved

Kate Grandison and Jean Adams need copy of USOE accreditation report.

Conclusion and adjournment