Present: Henry Aglio, Ragina Copeland, Denise Honaker, Al Edwards, Tina Edwards, Cindy Gissy, Vickie Hyre, Larry Keaton, Cindy Kelley, David Lancaster, and H. G. Young

It is important that all students meet the standards set forth in the Teacher Education Handbook. Students are introduced to these standards in Education 100, and they are part of the education admission/retention policy. Due process policy is in place to deal with students who are not meeting standards. Due process is meant to be developmental rather than punitive. If instructors have concerns about a student, they should talk with student and the Education Division.

Ragina’s class, English 290 Classroom Communication Skills, has been helpful. This course needs advertised among faculty, possibly through division meetings.

Course syllabi will need to be given to NCATE. All syllabi have been reviewed and submitted to the academic dean’s office for NCA review, however, some are less complete than others. Please be sure that each has good objectives and an assessment plan. The syllabus needs to reflect the discipline’s national organization criteria.

Standards for NCATE are performance based. Each standard is reviewed in a rubric format. NCATE approval will not be given if any area is unsatisfactory. It is important that the division be able to document performance.

The Education Division needs to be able to document our performance. Grades are not acceptable as a performance assessment. We need to be able to tie student performance to the conceptual framework, and we need to show that what we do here affects public schools. The handouts are examples of performance assessments used by the division.

Key Assignments (Handouts)

One method the Education Division is using to document performance is by identifying key assignments in each education course. These assignments are used to track performance in that course–an assignment that is key to the course objectives-- and a rubric be developed for that assignment.

We must have samples of all levels of student work–commendation, meets standard, does not meet standard. A student release form needs to be signed and on file.

Strategies instructors are asked to designate one assignment in their classes as a key assignment and develop a rubric to use as a performance evaluation. We will meet again in January.