2nd EPPC September Minutes

California State University, Chico                                                                                              

Academic Senate

(530) 898-6201, Zip 020 

SUBJ:                     EPPC Minutes – Sept. 16, 2010, K-207, 2:30pm

Present:               Way (Chair), Lillibridge (Secretary), Allen (Shepard), Justus, Boyd, Challinger, Cross, Crotts, Dizzard, Matray, Nice, Nichols, Schindler, Sudduth (Selevester), Rowberg, Wolf, Long, Dev, Loker, Owens (Ford), Baumgartner   Not Present:      Brady, Kaiser, Barger       Guests: Dean Ferland, Debbie Summers, Terry Davis, Esther LaRocca, Rebecca Lytle, Cathrine Himberg, Eugenie Rovia, Aiping Zhang                     

1.            Approve minutes of May 6, 2010 – approved minutes

2.            Approve September 16, 2010 – item 6 removed from agenda, approved

3.            Announcements

• London announced - Octoberthan barbeque support for cancer pts from St Jude, shaving heads
• Tasha Dev - 2-3 hosts needed for international and American students. Host dinner at your house, helps integrate international students into CSUC
• Loker - Don’t forget book in common The Boy who Harnessed the Wind, talked about activities surrounding the book
• Rowberg – CNSA (student nursing organization) organizing food drive with flu clinics, donate a can when you come to get a flu shot
• Way – plan is to have the GE Pathway recommendations from GEAC and I Team to EPPC on Oct 28 as discussion item

4.            Introductions – all introduced self

5.            Suggestions for Professional Conduct – Discussion Item – looked over, LB explained and

 asked for suggestions/changes etc. no discussion ensued

6.            EPPC Guidelines – Introduction Item – eliminated from agenda today

7.            Secretary Sign-Ups – signup sheet went around

8.            Copies of Proposals – Discussion Item – some people want hard copies, if want this let

 Way know and will be sent out, name and zip signup sheet went around. Owens made the suggestion to create a vista community for proposals, Way will follow up on this so as to have a central place for agenda items.

9.            School of Education Reorganization – Introduction Item

Phyllis Furland – gave history of the process of reorganization over 3 years, comprehensive discussion and debate has taken place, including looking at 11-12 models of schools of education, organization chart attached, 10 depts with liberal studies program, merge 2 departments to one school with single director with functions of department chair. Rationale -  accrediting bodies wanting this and would make for smoother transition of information easier when working with communities. Terri Davis – chair Professional Studies in Education. Lots of faculty and staff here to support proposal, spent an incredible amount of work looking at duplication between departments; this proposal rectifies a lot of identified problems, streamlining communication model with region K-12 communities. Debbie Summers– worked on project collaboratively and cooperatively so pleased with outcome. Lots of letters of support.

Discussion then ensued. There was a general question for committee: what is difference between a school and department?  Answered: school has close parallel, professional, lots of programs. There was concern that with the new changes that the Department maintain current faculty level. Answered by Furland, yes no diluting of faculty other than what has already happened with budget cutting. No cutting of faculty positions. Have suspended programs with low student demand, example library and media studies.

There was a question about the difference between school and dept. Crotts explained related to funding, grants, and accreditation.

Question - any negatives that were considered? One point of concern for non-tenured faculty was how this would affect promotion. Answer: Committee working on issue with RTP documents, status of faculty will not change, Personnel committee configuration will be broader based because now consisting of two departments. Answered by Davis. Summers added set parameters. Another area of concern, perhaps consolidation would lead to job loss, but helped to have faculty on committees to help be more centralized. Despite concerns and difficulties have reached consensus to ensure everyone is willing to accept changes.

Guest Michele Cipillo, director of special education relayed that the reorganization is in sync with what is happening in other schools such as Early intervention programs. Looking at standards, are they meeting the needs of all groups? Collaboration between general and special education, co teaching, more creative ways to address needs of campus

Vote as introduction- passes unanimously

10.          Discontinue Minor in Applied Social Research Methods – Introduction Item

• Introduced by Jeanne program coordinator
• Underutilized as minor – passed as intro item
• Suspended rules to pass as action item Loker/Crotts passed unanimously
• Discussion – no discussion
• Vote called  - passed unanimously

11.          Significant Change to the Option in Physical Education Teacher Education – Introduction Item

• P.6 – catalog copy now available – however this copy proved to be old and was therefore not used in discussion.

Catherine Himberg explained the drive for the changes. Not enough students went through in part because how it was presented in the catalog was confusing to students, few students going through blended program, getting BA units including credential program for 132 units. The previous way the program was being presented wasn’t working for either faculty or students. Rebecca Lytle indicated that previously PETE was a degree and 2 semesters of student teaching. Blending the program was pushed, difficulties for students who didn’t’ want credential. Going back to what they were doing, because the state is now not acknowledging blended programs. Undergrad program now accepted Teacher credential program CCTC. Students not suffering.

Committee discussion ensued. It was noted that last year Senate passed a blended math program. Is retreat from blending programs just in PE? Answer – state has pulled back from requirements for blended programs. Esther Larocca explained that CSU also hasn’t pushed for blended, notion of blended content area matched with practicum experiences, no longer requiring everything to be completed in 4 years, blended in content and pedagogy, graduate after 120 units and finish with the credential program. Owens noted that math doesn’t have a problem with blended programs but not 100% sure. A campus concern regarding blending programs is that we have learned there has to be a release valve, has to have a fallback position rather than only having the option of completing a blended program.

HCSD, health education for teachers – why pulling out of curriculum as needed, adding course Ken 306, self defense. Seems like a trade-off not needed, responded by Katrina (advisor), everyone takes health education course for credential, state requirement because requirement already in credential program if room in schedule but don’t want to repeat in 2 places.  95 % take health courses, covered in program for those students who want to teach. Have to be competent in certain areas, chose to put certain CCTC requirements into one course to teach pedagogy of the content. Skills tests must be passed and must pass or take 1 unit course in area unless take CSET test. Rebecca Lytle KINE 306 relates to blended course, components in class that wouldn’t see in normal pedagogy class.

It was noted that the program no longer was going to use any GE waivers. These changes are very welcome by Advising and Evaluation.

• Passed unanimously as intro item, Way will forward changes needed when introduced as Action Item in 2 weeks.

13.       Significant Change to the BA in Liberal Studies – Introduction Item

• Ester – explained changes to BA in Liberal Studies: Currently housed under 4 colleges, most students will become elementary teachers, CCTC was crediting body, not anymore; subject matter approved program, students had to take regardless of major. Changes in 4 components: 1) new science education, so changes in science education to new course listing, now NS from geosciences,  basically cleaning up catalog copy 2) align areas of concentration with K-8 standards, 19 areas of concentration now aligned with standards, reduce plethora of courses not populated to extent should be, 3) change in bilingual option so students got content they were being tested on in history areas, 4) replace old ITC with new ITEC, to continue blended program, no longer required to complete in 4 years, replaces area of concentration with special education content, more interaction between content classes and field experiences for freshman, 5) old option students recruited from honors program, had special population, mainly women without diversity. Taking away 4 year limit can recruit from other more diverse areas, and 6) general education credential now and education specialist
• Way – Appendix B, p. 16 considered exception to have these areas of concentration
• Rowberg – 3 areas of concentration not listed because no changes? Yes.
• Nice – Q about history, clarified about history courses and areas of time studied. Hum 222 is this related to the history of social science and arts. Attempt to take 2 history classes. Is there a way to break down classes on how to students do, testing agency doesn’t break down what areas the students are not performing well in. No feedback once students past test.
• Tasha – course substitution in overseas studies
• Matray – clarify history courses teach history and conflict between saying that art teaches history, etc. Why aren’t students taking history 101 and 102 so that students could pass tests, meet standards? Strong reservations for substitution 101 and 102 for anything so history is taught by historians for student who will be teaching history. Only for the bilingual option, not in other options. Why is bilingual in a different category. Currently not required to take both. Students only have 1 elective.
• Nice – new option one might not get one area of history. Susan Green will send a statement about concerns of Tracy Butts, if both courses not required classes might not make enrolment targets. Enrolment 135, generally 2 sections in spring and one in fall from Matray.
• Sudduth – p. 6 students being encouraged to take 2 history courses not one
• Challenger – proposed catalog copy Appendix A, needs clarification of ITEC, needs to say it is an option. Another confusion, next page, is ITEC bilingual option separate or is it suboption? Can’t be suboption. It is adding bilingual to ITEC. Difficulty following catalog copy.
• Rowberg – why eliminating EDDT 220 out and it is WP course, how to teach how to teach writing, not a WP course, so still has WP course. Deleted because adding the special minor trying to make it more student friendly due to high units EDDT 220 was deleted, and math course 110, 111 and 311, adding hands on requirement to compensate for getting content form deleted course Math 117.
• Mahaley – special education minor – is this really a minor if required as part of the degree. P. 12. Way - Are you attempting to require a minor as part of the degree? Yes from Challenger it can be done. Needs to be listed in catalog as required minor.
• Chris – p. 2 one new course SoSc 302, new course to bilingual students but not the major answer by Esther. Esther didn’t know the original thinking of this decision
• Loker – 1) ITC part of honors program, no GPA requirement to get in. ITEC goes through no longer part of honors program, do they know, yes they know. Will still recruit from honors but not all students will be from honors. 2) 4 courses linked will move to 3 hindered LS students so reducing number of linked courses. Students want less linked courses but doesn’t give them much room for anything but the major courses, can’t mingle with other LS students in 85% of classes to have variety of instructors. P. 9 AOC visual and performing arts, could take a 100 level or 500 level course, many examples of extremes of courses, rationale for that? Looking for courses without pre-requisites. Arts dept. Departments made up areas of Concentrations 3) Social Science and temporal concepts is this history or not. Social science has variances of courses that are slightly different labels.
• Wolf – Rationale for removing not the same as what is in the proposal on p. 13. Clarification of history of teaching writing to elementary school teachers. EDDT is a writing course, so they also learning writing. So an additional course has actually been lost. Short term addition that has no long history of being taught. Developed for ITEC students only. Calls attention that no one else is being hurt because not required by other students. Eng 333 serves to serve both populations. Rationale EDDT for using could be cleaned up and clarified.
• Nice – Soc Sc temporal concepts, is it always California ethnic history? Yes by Esther.
• Vote unanimously passed as Introduction item.

12.          Discontinue Pattern in Literary Editing and Publishing – Introduction Item –

Straight forward CCTC, they don’t like it not germane to teaching of high school English, had to drop as they refuse to sign off.

• Only eliminated because state won’t sign off, Question from Wolf, can still take courses for electives and other purposes.
• Crotts – Option in English Ed will still exist,
• Mahaley – clarification of pattern. Way provided position should be no more patterns from the Provost, went to areas of study to get around, Provost doesn’t want that either. Can write areas of curriculum and give students options without having areas of studies.
• Point of clarification – no issue for us to review, remove 4 courses on page 3, courses still offered for other programs, no further action needed, deletion of courses in curriculum, doesn’t need to deal with it.

14.          Election of Vice Chair – Way nominating Judy Challenger , move election by acclamation.

Matray moved and seconded by Crotts.

15.          Other - none

16.          Adjourn by Way 4:30 pm

 Respectively Submitted,
Jennifer Lillibridge