The College of Education Executive Committee met on Thursday, November 11, 1999, at 8:30 a.m. in the Conference Room in the Education Center with Dean Toth presiding. Members present were: Drs. McGahee, Ducharme, Gunter, Atterbom, Siegrist, M. Reed, Swank, Price, Bauer, T. Reed, Ms. Judd (for Dixey), and Ms. Roberts. Guests: Drs. Livingston and Davis.

Dean Toth announced that deans, directors, and department heads would be required to attend a workshop dealing with sexual harassment on December 9; the time and location will be announced later. He also announced that a COE meeting would be held at 2:00 p.m. on December 9. The purpose of this meeting will be to elect six faculty senators (four replacements and two new ones) and one person to the university Institutional Planning Committee.

Dr. Siegrist moved approval of revisions in the M.Ed. program with a major in Building and System Level Leadership; the motion was seconded by Dr. Bauer. Dr. Davis explained the proposed changes. Some of these proposed changes were: LEAD 7210 would no longer be required for students in this major--the content from this course will be added to LEAD 7010 and the credit hours changed from two to three; LEAD 7000 has been dropped from the program and the content from this course added to LEAD 7100 and LEAD 7500; LEAD 7700, an existing course not currently required in the program, was put back as a required course; LEAD 7610, LEAD 7620, LEAD 7630, and LEAD 7640 were dropped from the program; the six, two-hour internship courses, LEAD 7901, LEAD 7902, LEAD 7903, LEAD 7911, LEAD 7912, and LEAD 7913 were condensed into two, three-hour internship courses, LEAD 7900 and LEAD 7910. Dr. Davis explained that these revisions were made in order to comply with the Board of Regents' Principle Four; these revisions have also been approved by the department's advisory committee. These revisions also conform to the ISLLC (Interstate School Leadership Licensure Consortium) Standards. Dr. Siegrist noted that the ISLLC standards have been adopted by PSC as the Georgia Leadership Standards.

Dr. Ducharme noted that LEAD 7500 (Human Resource Management/Development) was similar to an existing course in the Department of Psychology and Counseling; Dr. Bauer responded that he felt that there were significant differences between the two courses. Dr. Price noted that all seven departmental outcome statements were listed on all courses being added or revised; Dr. Siegrist responded that it was possible to have all ISLLC standards addressed in all of the courses but that he would re-examine the syllabi. Dr. Price also noted that there were differences in the wording of the standards among the syllabi. Dr. Siegrist stated that he would make needed changes. Dr. Gunter asked if the primary focus of LEAD 7700 (Supervision of Instructional Programs) would be on programs or personnel. Dean Toth asked if there were any performance-based activities in LEAD 7700. In other words, at the end of the course, how could it be determined that the students could actually supervise school personnel? Dr. Davis responded that changes would be made in the course to make it more performance based.

Dean Toth suggested changing the names of LEAD 7900 and 7910 from Internship and Advanced Internship to Internship in Educational Leadership I and Internship in Educational Leadership II; Dr. Siegrist agreed to make this change. Dean Toth expressed concern about students being allowed to complete internships in the summer semester, but Dr. Davis responded that he felt this could be done effectively. Dean Toth suggested changing the name of the major from "Building and System Level Leadership" to "Educational Leadership." Dr. Siegrist agreed to make this change. The motion was approved with the suggested changes by a vote of eight in favor, no one opposed, and four abstentions.

Dr. Siegrist moved approval of an Ed.S. program for professionally certified teachers with master's degrees in other educational fields; the motion was seconded by Dr. Gunter. Dr. Livingston explained the program. This program is designed for people who are asked to get leadership certification in order to be put into leadership positions. The program requires 39 hours of coursework, some of which is master's level coursework. Dr. T. Reed felt that it needed to be clarified that entry to this program required a T-5 certificate and a stated number of years of experience. It was finally decided that the admission statement would read: This program requires a T-5 certificate; other certification areas will be considered on an individual basis. The motion was approved by a vote of 11 in favor, no one opposed, and two abstentions.

Dr. M. Reed made a motion to approve the list of courses being deactivated from the Department of Educational Leadership as a result of the curricular changes approved earlier; Dr. Price seconded the motion. The motion was approved by a vote of 10 in favor, no one opposed, and one abstention.

Dean Toth distributed a copy of the approved COE syllabus format and reminded department heads to use this format when submitting curricular changes.

Dean Toth asked each department head to explain how the student teaching seminar was conducted in his/her department. He emphasized that the seminar was a reflective experience for student teachers and that it was not to be used to teach course content.

Dean Toth distributed copies of a draft proposal for the cooperative doctoral program between VSU and Columbus State.

Dean Toth distributed a survey from PSC dealing with the accreditation process which he asked department heads to complete and return to him.

Dean Toth announced that background checks on students applying to teacher education this semester had revealed 15 students with police records. Among the types of crimes were: shoplifting, criminal trespassing, simple battery, DUI, contributing to the delinquency of a minor, and theft. These students were counseled by Dr. Swank against their remaining in the teacher education program.

Dean Toth reminded department heads that Visitation Day was Saturday.

Dean Toth distributed copies of the minutes from the first meeting of the Education Preparation Academic Advisory Committee. This committee is composed of deans of the colleges of education, arts and sciences, and the academic vice presidents from the two-year institutions.

Dean Toth discussed the budget situation. Dean Toth has been asked to come up with $900,000 in budget reductions for next year. If the Child Care Center is closed, a savings of $190,000 would be realized. A change is being made in how the salaries of all coaches, with the exception of football, are charged to budgets. The Athletics Department must now pick up 60 percent of the cost of a head coach's salary and 50 percent of the cost of an assistant coach's salary; the remainder may be charged to academics. The savings in the coaches' salaries, plus the savings from closing the Child Care Center, would equal approximately $422,000, less than half of the $900,000.

Dean Toth reported that he is currently reading the promotion and tenure materials; he must have his recommendations to Dr. Benjamin by next Friday.

Dean Toth asked department heads to encourage their faculty to attend the meeting with Dr. Zahner concerning the administrator evaluation process.

There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 10:40 a.m.

Respectfully submitted,