Present: Athinarayanan, Bertrand, Buis, Cron, Curtis, Ferguson, Hathaway, Hinkle, Janzow,
Jones, McDougall, McGowan, Prater, Redmond, Shepard, Starrett, Stephens and Syler.
Guests: Bob Buchanan, Anthony Duben, Beth Easter, Bob Hamblin, Mike Hogan, Carol McDowell,
Gale McMahan, Gary Miller, Steve Overmann, Joe Pujol, and David Reinheimer.
A. Minutes of February 1, 2005. Upon a motion by McGowan and seconded by Syler, minutes were unanimously approved.
B. Action Items
Because some of the items from the last meeting listed as Information Items were brought
back to this meeting as Action Items, Stephens explained if the Phase II curriculum
revisions do not raise issues with another college but are truly internal, they would
be considered Information Items; however, if they impacted another College, they would
be considered an Action Item and put on the agenda for voting/discussion purposes.
1. Revisions in Sport Management Curriculum. (Council members were previously provided a copy with the agenda.) Pujol explained
that the revisions were minor and internal to the College. Upon a motion by Prater;
seconded by Jones, the changes to the Sport Management Curriculum were approved.
2. Revisions in Elementary, Early and Special Education – B.S. in Elementary Education;
B.S. in Exceptional Child Education; and B.S. in Early Childhood Education. (Council members were previously provided a copy with the agenda.) Shepard explained
that the revisions lowered the hours required for program completion but remained
within the certification requirements for elementary teachers. Jones introduced McDowell
from the Department of Music. She strongly opposed the deletion of MU356 as a pre-requisite
for ED255. She explained that elementary teachers needed this breadth for music in
elementary school curricula. Stephens questioned whether a one-hour in the pre-requisite
provided breadth and also inquired about the concern of the other colleges since DESE
certification requirements did not include this music class. Others supported Dean
Jones’ position against the deletion of the pre-requisite. There was a request to
split the motion into 2 parts; deletion of MU356 and the programmatic revision. McGowan
moved and McDougall seconded the motion that the pre-requisite be retained. The motion
passed. After much discussion regarding the concerns of deleting MU 356, Shepard
withdrew the second part of the motion for revisions from the table.
3. Revisions in Middle and Secondary Education – Secondary Teacher Education and Middle
Level Teacher Education. (Council members were previously provided a copy with the agenda.) McMahan explained
that these revisions had approval of the effected departments. After discussion and
upon a motion by Shepard; seconded by McGowan, revisions were approved.
4. Title Change: B.S. in Applied Computer Science to B.S. in Computer Information
Systems. (Council members were previously provided a copy with the agenda.) McGowan moved
for approval of the name change. McDougall seconded. Anthony Duben explained that
the name change was for accreditation purposes and that there are no degree requirement
changes. The motion passed.
5. New Options in B.S. in Environmental Science – Biology; Business; Chemistry; Environmental
Health; Geoprocessing and Soils; and Information Systems. (Council members were previously provided a copy with the agenda.) McGowan explained
that this action was to convert “concentrations” into “options” to match with the
earlier approved definition of an “option.” Steve Overmann was on hand to answer
questions. McGowan moved to approve the changes; McDougall seconded. Motion passed.
6. Revision in Master of Arts in Elementary Education; Exceptional Child Education;
and School Counseling. (Council members were previously provided a copy with the agenda.) Janzow explained
that the revisions had Graduate Council approval. McMahan discussed the need for
the revisions and noted that DESE requirements were met. Discussion arose about admission
standard requirements to the program. It was agreed that it was a separate issue.
Janzow moved and Buis seconded the revision. The motion passed with one dissenting
vote.
The Master of Arts in School Counseling was discussed. Changes have been made in
order for community counselors to become certified as school counselors according
to DESE requirements. Upon a motion by Janzow; seconded by McDougall, the motion
passed.
7. New Program: Specialist in Educational Leadership Development. (Council members were previously provided a copy with the agenda.) Janzow stated
that the new program had received Graduate Council approval. There was discussion
as to whether this was a new option under the Specialist Program or whether this is
a new degree. Buchanan explained that the new degree is in response to market demand
because most teachers now have a Master’s degree and want to be able to advance in
the salary scale but not to be a principal or superintendent. Buchanan noted that
the forms listing the delivery sites would be changed from “Three Rivers Community
College” to “Poplar Bluff.” He presented a handout with the numbers of certificated
staff in 42 school districts. Buchanan said the current admission standards would
apply and every class would be offered at all sites on a 3-year rotation. Upon a motion
by Jones; seconded by McGowan, the new program was approved.
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C. Discussion Items
1. EN100 Requirements. Jones introduced Hamblin, Hogan and Reinheimer to lead the discussion concerning
the EN 100 English requirements. Reinheimer distributed three handouts. A flowchart
showing the process of composition and writing assessment and placement statistics
were discussed. Due to the length of the meeting and hour of the day, Stephens asked
that the discussion be continued at April 5th Academic Council meeting and asked the
guests to return for further discussion.
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