The College of Education Executive Committee met on Thursday, June 12, 1997, at 8:30 a.m. in the Conference Room in the Education Center with Dean Toth presiding. Members present were: Drs. McGahee, Dorminey, Ramsey, Gunter, Slate (for Morgan), Corbin, Bauer, Price, Swank, Monroe, and Ms. Roberts. Guest: Mr. Lee Bradley. 

Mr. Bradley had been invited by Dean Toth to discuss the new semester catalog. Mr. Bradley reported that December, 1997, had been established as the deadline for distribution of the semester catalog. This deadline means that the final copy will need to be submitted to the printer by the middle of October, which means that the last individual changes must be made in all catalog copy by September. Mr. Bradley has received all approved courses and course descriptions, all senior curricula for all majors and minors, and the university core curriculum. Mr. Bradley is attempting to have only one version of the core curriculum listed in the catalog, with footnotes defining exceptions for various majors. Using this format, the catalog copy for each major will begin with Area F, followed by the senior curriculum for that particular major. The first part of the College of Education section will contain information relevant to all departments within the COE, such as the mission statement, information about NCATE, opening school experience, student teaching, etc. The COE section will be followed by individual departments, listed alphabetically. Mr. Bradley asked each department head to submit to him an opening paragraph for his/her departmental section of the catalog; this material should be submitted to Mr. Bradley by July 15. This material should be submitted on disk to Mr. Bradley, using Microsoft Word, Times New Roman, 10 point font. It is Mr. Bradley’s opinion that individual program outcomes should not be listed in the catalog, mainly because they will take up so much space and cause the catalog to be much longer in length. Dean Toth showed Mr. Bradley a copy of the catalog from the University of Southern Colorado. This catalog is done in a full-page format; several of the department heads commented that they preferred this format to the half-page format used by VSU. 

Dean Toth asked Mr. Bradley if the dates listed in the back of the VSU catalog in the faculty section were accurate; these dates tell the year that each faculty member came to VSU and the date of each faculty member’s last promotion. Mr. Bradley responded that he had gotten these dates from Ms. Doris Overby and that as far as he knew they were correct. Dean Toth stated that he needed these dates for implementation of pre- and post-tenure review. 

Dean Toth reminded department heads that the semester conversion charts were due today. 

At the Deans' meeting yesterday, Dr. Levy announced that the Summer Quarter, 1998, schedule would be due earlier than usual, although he did not give an exact date. 

Dean Toth announced that all of the deans had endorsed the Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning. A full-time director for the center will be hired, hopefully by September 1. Dr. T. Reed will write the job description for the position. Some activities of the center will be conducted jointly with Valdosta City Schools. Dean Toth felt that the center might be used to assist faculty who were identified during the pre- and post-tenure review as needing professional development. 

Dean Toth announced that Dr. Laurie Walters’ request for a leave of absence without pay had been approved by the Board of Regents. 

Dean Toth discussed the results of the COE faculty survey about the course evaluation instrument currently used by the COE. He will ask the appropriate COE standing committee to review the survey results and address some of the concerns identified. 

Dr. Dorminey presented outcomes developed by the COE Curriculum Reform Committee for advanced degree (graduate) programs. There are four of these general outcomes, and they were adapted from the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards. The committee felt that each department could take these four general outcomes and tailor them to fit individual departmental programs. Dean Toth asked department heads to review these outcomes; they will be considered for adoption at a future meeting. 

Dean Toth has received a memo from the Board of Regents about “Post-Exposure and Accident Insurance for Students Who Participate in Applied Learning Experiences.” Dean Toth asked Dr. Swank to review this document and discuss it at a future meeting. 

Dean Toth announced that the last day to submit purchase orders is June 18. Any “extra” departmental money could appropriately be used to purchase paper for the COE Copy Center. Dean Toth announced that the Copy Center had run approximately 2.6 million copies since September 1, 1996. 

Dean Toth announced that the Honors Program will be given its own house at 2 Brookwood Circle. Twenty-one students completed the Honors Program this year; these students took 24 hours or more of Honors courses. Thirty-one Honors courses were offered during the year. Sixty students have been accepted into the Honors Program for fall quarter. 

Dean Toth stated that he had sent out the deadlines for applying for professional leave to the COE faculty over coedean. 

Dean Toth announced that the Board of Regents had placed the addition to the Odum Library on the capital projects list as item #6. 

Dean Toth stated that there are still discussions about building a Performing Arts Center, to be jointly funded by VSU, the City of Valdosta, and private donations. One possible site for the Center is on Norman Drive. 

The Board of Regents will consider the name change for the Department of Secondary Education at its July meeting. 

Dean Toth announced that all travel expense statements must be submitted by July 3. 

Dean Toth asked department heads to please reserve Monday, June 23, for a luncheon given by Dr. Bailey for Dr. Bill Grow. Dr. Grow is a member of the State Board of Education, as well as the State Board’s liaison to the Board of Regents. 

Ms. Roberts announced that orientation is scheduled for Sunday, June 22, at 2:00 p.m. 

Dean Toth announced that contracts will be ready on Monday, June 16. 

There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 9:49 a.m.

Respectfully submitted