Department Committees 2009-2010

Committee Assignments 2009-2010

Leadership Team

Chuck Achter
Tom Andre
Al Campbell
Barbara Dougherty
Corey Drake
Anne Foegen
Carolyn Holt
Pat Leigh
Kouider Mokhtari
Marcia Rosenbusch
Carl Smith
Ann Thompson
Dave Whaley

Advisory Committee

P & T Committee

This committee’s major emphasis would be with the promotion and tenure review and the post-tenure review processes. They would help faculty members gather and write their scholarship packages. They could also serve as a Faculty Development Committee for any faculty member who wanted to improve his/her performance in a specific area.

Awards, Scholarships, and Recruitment Scholarship Committee

This committee has three primary responsibilities:

1) Nominate faculty, staff, and students for university/college/departmental and external awards and, as needed, help those nominated for the awards to gather and prepare their materials for submission; The chair of ASR shall serve as a member of the College Awards Committee.

2) Work with the college scholarship committee in recommending students for scholarships; The committee shall appoint a member to serve on the College Scholarship Committee.

3) Review practice and make recommendations for department recruitment policies, including policies that encourage and facilitate the recruitment of students from underrepresented groups into graduate and undergraduate programs.  As part of this duty, the committee will periodically review the department web page and make recommendations for change.  It will also coordinate with other recruitment efforts on campus such as with the College Minority Liaison Officer and the Graduate College ’s Graduate Minority Assistantship and Scholarship Programs.

Undergraduate Studies Committee

This committee will be responsible for overall curriculum development, catalog changes, course sequence and coordination and assessment; subcommittees may be formed in one or more of these areas to deal with specific issues.  In addition, this committee is responsible to bring forward to the larger department any issue or policy that impacts the undergraduate teacher education program.

Graduate Studies Committee

This committee will be responsible for overall curriculum development, catalog changes, course sequence and coordination, and assessment; subcommittees may be formed in one or more of these areas to deal with specific issues. In addition, this committee is responsible to bring forward to the larger department any issue or policy that impacts any graduate program. This committee also is responsible for reviewing and approving each team’s standards for admissions and recommendations for admissions into their program. They would also serve as the “final say” in any grievance procedure brought forward by a student who was not admitted to a specific program. This committee would also oversee orientation programs for graduate students just entering any departmental program, review and recommend students to fill departmental graduate assistantships, and plan and conduct seminars or activities that help with the professional development of our graduate students.

Early Childhood Coordinating Committee

The ECCC shall be a joint committee between C&I and HDFS to coordinate our joint administration of the Early Childhood Education major.  This committee shall help to maintain coordination of the programs across the departments including coordinating staffing and scheduling needs, enrollment issues, and other such curricular and administrative needs.  The C&I members of the ECCC shall consist of one member from groups 1, 2, 3.

Field Advisory (UTEP) Committee

This committee includes members of the faculty and the field experience staff.  The committee establishes and reviews policies for student teaching and practicum experiences and responds to student requests for special arrangements for field placements.  The committee also gathers and analyzes input from student teachers, ISU supervisors, and cooperating teachers to support continuous improvement of field experiences; results of this work is shared with the Undergraduate Studies Committee and the Department.  The Field Experience Advisory Committee also coordinates field experiences with on-campus courses, collaborates with Regents’ and other institutions on issues related to field experiences, and gathers and shares information related to field experiences with other departmental, college, and university committees.

Computer Advisory Committee

This committee allocates student computer fee resources for educational and instructional purposes.  Input is solicited from faculty and students about hardware, software, and maintenance needs within the department.  The committee identifies possible expenditures, prioritizes these, and makes final decisions about the allocation of the student computer fees that are returned to the department.  Students play an important role on this committee because the funds must be allocated to support computer-related expenses associated with classroom instruction or student computing needs.  A faculty/staff member and a student member of this committee serve on the College Computer Advisory Committee.

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