Department of Special Education

Department of Special Education

Graduate Meeting

3/30/16

In attendance: Casey, Katy; Collet-Klingenberg, Lana; Collins, James; DeVore, Simone; Gwalla-Ogisi, Nomsa; Robinson, Rowand; Schultz, Tia; Stevens, Amy; Stuart, Shannon; Toms, Ozalle; Troemel, Eileen; Winchell, Brooke; Latorraca, Ellen

Absent: Kolb, Sharon

Item / Time / Person / Action
Check In
Approve minutes from 3/17/16
Review action items from previous meeting / Moved NGO
Seconded KC
Carried Unanimously
Kanopy Trial
·  Showed where to go to try out the service for Kanopy
·  2 ways
·  Pay for a year and have access to everything for a year
·  After 4 views – it gets charged to a fund which is set up
·  Trial through 4/25
·  It is defaulted to Education but there are others available
·  Would like feedback on this. The more they can get the better
·  Can create a playlist, send the playlist to the class for all selection
·  Book talk – 1 – 3 minute talk about a book they are interested in / 10 min / Ellen
PD MSE Update
·  Numbers are higher than they have ever been for summer
·  Have QM which need to be updated – 708 (Shannon will do) & 707 – ask Lama if she wants to update for next summer
·  709 (ready), 711 (2017), & 640(ready)
·  710 – Tia and James
·  781 was QM last year
·  706 needs to be done and needs to be updated – James plans to look at it as he incorporates the new books
·  702 is good
·  704 was never QM and it may not need to be in case a faculty wants to work one on one, there’s no syllabi;
·  Summer institute numbers are good
·  Good to send out info to WCEC – seating for 400
·  Another planning committee meeting next Friday / Shannon / Lana will ask Lama
Shannon create a syllabi for 704
Cross Cat MSE Update
·  Numbers lower for the summer
·  3 in Web now to admit
·  Fall numbers are really low
·  658 is still on Course Leaf – are we going to keep or delete this / Shannon
Undergraduate fieldwork discussion
·  Review of current state of fieldwork
·  385 - implement academic interventions individually or in small groups – targeting gened classrooms – tier 2 intervention - elementary
·  410 – co-teaching – rationale provide collaboration experience in gened setting – collaboration, lesson planning, and differentiated instruction - middle school
·  485 – Teaching and intervention with special populations – to provide specialized special education experiences, assessing challenging behavior, implementing behavior interventions, teaching students in special education – high school
·  ELL minor – may change the order of the field
·  Problems – people are confused about fieldwork
o  We are drafting a quick guide that describes all of our fieldwork
o  We are going to update our syllabi to increase alignment and use common language
o  More emphasis on dispositions
·  Working on creating a joint orientation for ALL fieldwork students – help the students understand the “big picture”
o  Developing mentoring relationships
·  We are creating a cooperating teacher training and professional development workshop
·  We need to improve how we evaluate dispositions
o  Developing a rubric to assess dispositions
o  Developed a plan
·  Presented plan at LEAP conference – was well received
o  Submitted a faculty development grant
·  Disposition Evaluation Tool – content
o  Communication, problem solving, critical thinking, initiative, cultural competence, collaboration, self-reflection
·  One form follows the student through their sequence of fieldwork / Tia
Other
·  Katy would like 783 to be reviewed and determine what is key for them to have in this course or re-evaluate what is appropriate to put in this course. This should be done before we teach this again SP17. What are the gaps in our program? Is there a better use for these 3 credit than how we are currently using it?
·  Lana is launching her advising survey.
·  Shannon moved, Simone seconded, motion carried / Add 783 & sequence for CC grad curriculum to the next grad agenda