Minutes of the Council on Teacher Education

Minutes of the Council on Teacher Education – February 8, 2000

The Council on Teacher Education met at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, February 8, 2000, in the Arcola-Tuscola Room of the MLK University Union.

Members present: Dr. K. Bower, Dr. Campanis, Dr. Edwards, Dr. L. Greathouse, Dean Hitch, Dr. Hooser, Dr. Hussey, Ms. Karwoski, Dr. Olsen, Dr. Poulter, Ms. Traub, Dr. Sylvia, Dr. Wolf.

Staff present: Dr. D. Bower, CEPS; Mrs. Chancellor and Ms. Herrington-Perry, Academic Affairs.

Guests present: L. Butler and R. Luft.

Minutes.

The Minutes of January 25, 2000, were approved.

Announcements.

1. Illinois Content Standardards are available for comment . Please review them on the ISBE website at:

www.isbe.state.il.us/profdevelopment/standardsltr.htm.

Patty Poulter and Christy Hooser will serve on the planning committee for the Teacher Quality Forum.

Dr. Hooser requested that the Council suspend the rules and act on 99-18 today.

Dr. Greathouse moved and Dr. Olsen seconded the motion. This motion passed unanimously.

99-18 Merger of Business Education, Family Consumer Sciences, and Technical Education.

Dr. Butler, Technology, presented the proposal and answered questions of the Council.

The motion passed with a vote as follows:

Yes: Dr. K. Bower, Dr. Campanis, Dr. Edwards, Dr. L. Greathouse, Dr. Hooser, Dr. Hussey, Ms. Karwoski, Dr. Olsen, Dr. Poulter, Ms. Traub, Dr. Wolf.

Abstain: Dr. Sylvia.

This action will eliminate the current Teacher Certification options and minor in Business Education, Family and Consumer Sciences, and Technology. The new program and minor will become effective Fall 2000, pending IBHE approval.

Career and Technical Education Major

1. General Education—47-48 semester hours

Language Arts-9

ENG 1001G-3, ENG 1002G-3, SPC 1310G-3 Must have a grade of C or better in each course.

Humanities and Fine Arts-9

Social and Behavioral Sciences-9 Must have a US Constitution Course

Scientific Awareness-9 Biological-a minimum of 3, Physical-a minimum of 3, Elective to complete 9 hours Must include one lab course.

Mathematics-3 (Business Education students must take MAT 2250G-4) Must have a grade of C or better.

Senior Seminar-3

US History-3 HIS 2010 or HIS 2020

Health and Physical Development-2

One course should meet the Third World/Non-Western category required by ISBE. Under Humanities and Fine Arts, the following courses also meet the Third World/Non-Western requirement. They are A/H 2012G, MUS 3562G, or ART 3610G.

Students are required to take a third English course. Any English course in the Humanities will satisfy teacher certification requirements.

Students are required to take a U.S. government course.

2. Career and Technical Education Core—10-12 semester hours

CTE 2000-2

CTE 3100-3

CTE 3400-3, concurrently with

Business Education CTE 3401-2 and CTE 3402-2

Family and Consumer Sciences Education CTE 3403-2

Industrial Technology Education CTE 3404-2

Students must have a grade of C or better in each of the above courses.

3. Professional Education—23-30 semester hours

EDF 2555, 4450--6

SED 3330-3

EDP 3325-3

SPE 3500-3

STG 4000, STC 4001--15

EDF 2555-3

SED 3000, 3100, 4000--20

Note: Students must have a C or better in each of the above courses, except for SED 3000, 3100, and 4000 which are credit/no credit.

4. Emphasis in Business Education, Family and Consumer Sciences Education, or Technology Education

Business Education Emphasis—36 semester hours

AIS 2630, 3610, 3100, 3200--12

BUS/CTE 1420, BUS 1950, 2101, 2102, 3710--15

CTE 3000-3

ECN 2801, 2802--6

Family & Consumer Science Education Emphasis—37 semester hours

FCS 1120, 1800, 2234, 2244, 2270, 2800, 2850, 3300, 3307, 3853, 4140, 4400, 4840--37

Technology Education Emphasis—34-35 semester hours

INT 1012, 1363, 1413, 2064 (or 1263 +4002), 2324—16-17

One Concentration of Construction, Drafting/Design, Electronics, Graphic Communications, Industrial Technology, Manufacturing--9

Industrial Technology restricted electives-9

Item Pending Future Discussion.

Post Baccalaureate Process for Calculating and Using GPAs for Selection.

COTE will sponsor discussion at the March 7 meeting, regarding the post baccalaureate selection process.

Executive Director's Report:

Changes in General Education program. Departments with questions about revising catalog copy pertaining to professional education programs should contact the Dean's office.

2. Teacher Education Forums.

Forum on Teacher Quality

Time and place will be announced at a later date.

Integrating Technology in the Classroom

March 2, 5p.m. in the Charleston/Mattoon Room

Design of Professional Education Inservice, with forums on assessment (using rubrics and portfolios)

and clinical experience.

March 3, 8a.m.-12p.m. in the Arcola/Tuscola Room

3. Teacher Preparation Legislation under Discussion. The Dean reported on bills that would:

eliminate professional development time for K - 12 teachers during the school day.
change the school code to allow payment of interns, particularly in alternate certificate programs

The meeting was adjourned at 2:48 p.m. Kathy Chancellor, Recording Secretary

All Council Minutes and Agenda are available on the Web at http://www.eiu.edu/~eiucote.

ANNOUNCEMENT OF NEXT MEETING

Tuesday, February 22, 2000 at 2:00

Arcola/Tuscola Room