The College of Education Executive Committee met on Thursday, August 10, 2000, at 8:30 a.m. in the Conference Room in the Education Center with Dr. T. Reed presiding. Members present were: Drs. McGahee, Bauer, Ducharme, Gunter, Gerber, Atterbom, Siegrist, M. Reed, Price, Swank, Gibbs, and Ms. Roberts.

Dr. T. Reed welcomed Dr. Gibbs as the acting head of the Department of Early Childhood and Reading Education and Dr. Gerber as the faculty representative to the Executive Committee.

Dr. Bauer announced that Ms. Laura Bridges had accepted a position within his department; she will teach in the developmental psychology/human growth and development areas. Dr. Gibbs announced that Ms. Julie Maina had accepted a half-time position within the Department of Early Childhood and Reading Education; she will supervise student teachers.

Dr. T. Reed announced that Dr. Gerber has agreed to serve as the project director for the SERSI grant.

Mr. Bobby Watson reported on the state of technology within the COE. The COE has received a number of new computers. The majority of these will go to faculty, based on prioritized need. The first priority will be new faculty; second priority will be department heads and secretaries; third priority will be teacher workstations (Education Center, PE Complex, and Psychology Building); fourth priority will be faculty with machines having less than 128MB RAM and 350 mhz. Department heads and secretaries have to have upgraded machines in order to run the new GUI version of Banner, which will be available in September. Department heads were asked to determine the RAM and mhz of current faculty machines and send a list to Mr. Watson, along with each faculty member's office number and e-mail address. The software which will be installed on faculty machines is: Office 2000, Netscape, Adobe, Real Player, and anti-virus software. Eudora will NOT be installed on machines. Danny Smith from the Department of Special Education and Communication Disorders will assist with the installation of the new faculty computers. Dr. T. Reed asked department heads to poll their faculty to see how many really needed SPSS installed on their office computers.

Mr. Watson asked that faculty be reminded to delete any unneeded files from drive "u"; the COE servers are running at about 60 percent capacity. Faculty who are selected to receive new computers will need to back up data on their current computers before new ones can be installed (instructions for doing this will be provided). Mr. Watson emphasized the importance of keeping copies of any really important files on disk.

A discussion was held about ways to surplus old computers. It is possible for the COE to donate old computers to public schools; a committee will be formed to develop a policy for accomplishing this task.

Mr. Watson announced that a search committee had met about filling Danny Williams' position; there were several applicants. The search committee is composed of: Mr. Watson, Ms. Roberts. Dr. Brovey, Dr. Judd, Dr. Stanley, and Dr. Cox. This position will be classified as a Computer Specialist I position. The primary responsibilities for the person hired for this position will be maintaining labs and faculty offices. Six candidates will be interviewed for the position; a decision should be made within the next 2-3 weeks.

Dr. T. Reed announced that he is examining the possibility of having some Valdosta Technical Institute CIS majors to complete their internships here in the COE so that they can assist with resolving technology problems within the COE. Dr. T. Reed also announced that he plans to purchase some more scanners to be placed throughout the COE.

Dr. T. Reed announced that a committee formed by Mr. Archibald will determine how the new student technology fee ($38) will be used.

The committee discussed how the small group sessions held on Tuesday had been received by faculty. Generally, the consensus was that faculty had enjoyed the sessions and had found them to be informative.

Dr. M. Reed distributed handouts dealing with HB 1187 and the revised pre-conditions for NCATE. Dr. M. Reed also has a final copy of the SACS report; department heads were invited to borrow the report from her if they wished to read it. Dr. M. Reed also announced that there is a good deal of used furniture (desks, tables, etc.) located in the room next to Dr. Cox's office. Department heads were encouraged to get anything from the room that they might need in their departments.

Ms. Roberts reminded department heads that the last In-Sight would be held on Monday at 3:00 p.m.

There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 10:11 a.m.

Respectfully submitted,

Donnie J. McGahee