Department Meeting

DEPARTMENT MEETING

Minutes – October 13, 2011

Don Norman (chair), Cindy Anderton, Krista Kim, Amber Schoepke, Dave Van Doren and Brenda Rust O’Beirne (recording) were present for the meeting that was held Thursday, October 13, 2011 beginning at 9:30 a.m.

Minutes of the last meeting were approved on a Van Doren/O’Beirne motion (with unanimous approval).

Reviews of progress were shared by Anene and Dave and Don; there was discussion regarding each of the students – and all will be sent letters by Don (all are “good to go”).

There was a reminder of dates for upcoming events. The practicum workshop is scheduled for 4:00 – 7:00 p.m. on January 11, 2012.

We will set the date for the e-portfolio workshop early in the spring semester (where the IT staff will meet with us as a department).

We discussed the matrix that reflects the CACREP standards and our courses. We will continue to study the “missing pieces” of our curriculum. Cindy also mentioned the importance of tying assignments to CACREP standards (and to note this explicitly on the syllabus). We talked about the process for how we will move forward; the matrix will be redesigned and Dave and Ricardo will do the reviews for the Appraisals and Research. Each of us needs to be familiar with the Clinical Mental Health Standards (Don will work on a matrix that helps to reflect those standards – and will have in our hands by next week).

There was discussion regarding the internship placements and the process for 2012-2013. Dave has put together six sessions for next year (they are tentative and Dave will send a copy to us). Cindy and Anene and the new faculty person will be supervising internship; hopefully Denny will also be interested and we’ll check with several other adjuncts.

Brenda will serve as Clinical Director for the next academic year (and perhaps beyond). There was discussion about how the seventh position might affect how we think about the clinical director position. There was also discussion about how cross training might assist others to move into the Clinical Director role. We will revisit that discussion once we know about the seventh position.

Our open position is on the Career Link. Dave will send us the link for the Link! There was discussion about how the process will work.

We moved to issues of student concerns. Anene raised the issue of credit loads during the semester; students are requesting 12-credit loads. It was agreed that that student who has made the request will be approved. There was discussion about another student concern. Brenda also mentioned an alum whose daughter will be having surgery; there is interest in offering a gift for the family from alums. Brenda will work with Kim Simes to help that happen.

Don is working on the spring schedule to try to reschedule 745. We will check schedules and get that information back to Don.

There was also discussion about ACES and class scheduling. Anene will be the point person on that Thursday.

Meeting adjourned at 11:43 a.m. (Okocha/Anderton motion).

Respectfully submitted,

Brenda Rust O’Beirne