The College of Education Executive Committee met on Thursday, July 13, 2000, at 8:30 a.m. in the Conference Room in the Education Center with Dr. T. Reed presiding. Members present were: Drs. McGahee, Siegrist, Gunter, Wiley (for Bauer), Atterbom, Price, Swank, M. Reed, Ducharme, Dallman, and Ms. Roberts. Guest: Ms. Pat Brignati.

Dr. T. Reed introduced Ms. Pat Brignati, who will coordinate the mandated Board of Regents' first-year teacher quality assurance program. Ms. Brignati stated that she had researched other Georgia institutions as to how they were handling this BOR requirement. She feels that the first three issues which need to be decided are: (1) what will we call this program, (2) when it will begin, and (3) will it begin for all COE teacher education programs at the same time or will the programs be phased in. Ms. Brignati announced that consideration is being given to developing a newsletter and a website to keep students informed about this program. The BOR requires that the program begin by Fall Semester, 2002; but Ms. Brignati feels that we should have it in place by the time of our NCATE visit during Fall Semester, 2001. After discussion, it was decided to call the program EQIP (Educators' Quality Induction Program).

Relative to the issue of EQIP, Dr. M. Reed distributed the results of a survey concerning the performance of COE graduates. She had given the survey to some teachers and administrators who had participated in the Education Career Day 2000. The survey was attempting to determine the strengths and weaknesses of COE graduates. This information is the same type that will be needed as part of EQIP. Discussion followed about how best to obtain data about first-year teachers--whether to send a survey to school principals and/or teachers. Discussion followed about the pros and cons of the various approaches. Dr. T. Reed will appoint a task force to study this issue and make a recommendation to the committee. Names suggested for the task force were: Drs. Recesso, Siegrist, Swank, and Shirley Andrews. Dr. T. Reed will make a final decision about the composition of the task force. The task force will work with Ms. Brignati on this issue. Ms. Brignati will call the first meeting of the task force; at that meeting, a chair will be selected.

Dr. M. Reed distributed a copy of the "Teaching for School Improvement" Graduate Degree Program (M.Ed.); she announced that the Ed.S. program would follow at a later date. The committee spent a great deal of time reviewing this proposal. Dr. McGahee noted that some majors have a requirement that to be admitted into an Ed.S. program, students must have a master's degree in the major. He stated that this requirement should be noted in the proposal so that students entering the M.Ed. program in School Improvement would be informed. Dr. M. Reed responded that this requirement would be incorporated into the proposal. General discussion followed about other issues relating to the proposed program: the impact this program would have on existing graduate programs, the need to get more faculty input about the program, and the timeline for getting the program approved. Dr. T. Reed decided that department heads should have an opportunity to discuss the program with departmental faculty at fall faculty meetings; the program will be considered for approval after the beginning of fall semester.

Dr. Price announced that the Department of Curriculum and Instructional Technology and the Graduate School would sponsor "Curriculum Vision 2000" on July 14, 2000, at University Center.

Ms. Roberts announced that the next orientation would be for transfer students and it would be held on Saturday, July 22, from 3:00-5:00 p.m. Ms. Roberts also announced that the College of Arts and Sciences had been most cooperative in scheduling support courses for our majors.

There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 10:05 a.m.

Respectfully submitted,