Faculty Meeting

Curriculum & Instruction

October 6, 2002

 

David Bell                    Dennis Fleniken                        Connie Zimmer

Scott Adams                Tim Leggett                              Gwen Morgan

Michele Linch               Tim Carter

           

 

 

  1. Comments from the Dean
    1. Funding

                                                               i.      Dr. Fleniken will cover SRATE registration and 2 meals, with a van.

                                                             ii.      Sid Womack is coordinating transportation.

    1. Assessing professional dispositions PPT available from the dean
    2. Tomlinson remodeling

                                                               i.      Potential ECE renovations

    1. Potential of Fall 2003
  1. Forms for withdrawing students with excessive absences
  2. Dr. Hamm’s request – by next faculty meeting
    1. Strengths of the department
    2. Needs department wide
    3. Needs University wide
  3. NCATE Documentation
    1. http://education.atu.edu/SOEblog/outlines/ncate.html
    2. Request was made for submission of NCATE documentation for inclusion in this site.
  4. Open House
    1. Be there at 9 am
    2. Saturday October 12, 2002
  5. Portfolio guidelines
    1. 3-4 examples from students

                                                               i.      Unit detail vs. pretest question

                                                             ii.      Student work samples in unit plan used to set prior knowledge

    1. Students and reviewers

                                                               i.      Students are using email in Taskstream

                                                             ii.      Faculty should use Taskstream email

    1. Formative observations need to go to Gwen
    2. Switch dates

                                                               i.      Oct 14 – ECE

                                                             ii.      Oct 21 – Secondary

    1. Seminar – November 14? For ECE students
    2. Crawford Cohort questions
  1. Next year – insurance – 2004, January
    1. Wellness coverage returns