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School of Education

Dean/Faculty Meeting

Agenda

December 11, 2014

1. Lunch and Celebration

2. Welcome and Overview

3. Dean’s Update (MSR)

4. Accreditation/Assessment (Sunny/MSR)

a. Initial Report from Team

b. Response Addendum Plans

c. AFI Focus

d. Visitation Plans

e. SPA Reports

f. Assessment System

g. Curriculum Maps

5. Associate Dean’s Update (Aaron)

a. Reorganization Task Force

b. First Year Admission Support Group

c. Scheduling Update

d. Low Course Enrollments

6. Selected Project Updates

a. Center for Innovation in Education/TEN (Karen)

b. Master Teacher (Ro)

c. Newburgh/Community Outreach (MSR/Lenore)

7. Other Items/Announcements/Events/Activities (All)

Michael S. Rosenberg

August 27, 2014

Welcome Back and Much Appreciation Getting Started

◦ New Scholars, Promotions, and Projects ◦ Updates: Many Successes ◦ Academic Affairs Priorities ◦ Being Student Centered Through Faculty and Staff Support ◦ Announcements

SoE Priorities: Setting the Agenda for the Coming Year (Dean’s View)

Putting the Agenda into Action ◦ Associate Dean Portfolio ◦ Assessment Retool Activities ◦ Center For Innovation in Education

Final Thoughts, Positive Academic Leadership Q and A

◦ Accreditation Visit ◦ Enrollment and Outreach ◦ Program Admission Timeline ◦ Logical and Painless Reorganization ◦ Assessment System Retool/LiveText/Data

Utilization ◦ Center for Innovation in Education (The TENs) ◦ Field Experiences ◦ Infrastructure Efficacy/Consumer Satisfaction ◦ Orientations ◦ Faculty Support and High Visibility of

Accomplishments

◦ Associate Dean’s Portfolio Reporting Workload: Increased Efficiency

Accepting First-Year Students into the Education Program: First-Year Admission Task Group

Reorganization of the SoE: Guiding Assumptions, Faculty Input, and EDCO Support

Rolling-out LiveTEXT & Modifying SoE Assessment System

◦ Assessment System Retool

◦ Center for Innovation in Education

Annual Reporting Cycle

Conceptualizing Program-Level Assessment

Receive Annual Data

Report (Early Fall)

Review and Discuss

Annual Data Report;

Document and Plan

Accordingly

Document Data-Driven

Decisions

Receive Spring Data

Update (Early Spring)

Review, Discuss,

Document and Plan

Submit Annual Program

Assessment Report

Program Level Assessment

COMPLIANCE

Unit Wide Assessments State Certification Exams

NCATE & SPA Standards NY STATE

Planning P-12

Learning

STIFA Dispositions

LAST CST/MST

El Ed Sec Ed Literacy Sp Ed TESOL Ed Admin

Content Knowledge

Planning

P-12 Learning

Pedagogical Skills

Dispositions

Content Knowledge

Content Knowledge

Planning

P-12 Learning

Pedagogical Skills

Dispositions

Content Knowledge

Content Knowledge

Planning

P-12 Learning

Pedagogical Skills

Dispositions

Content Knowledge

Content Knowledge

Planning

P-12 Learning

Pedagogical Skills

Dispositions

Content Knowledge

Content Knowledge

Planning

P-12 Learning

Pedagogical Skills

Dispositions

Content Knowledge

Content Knowledge

Planning

P-12 Learning

Pedagogical Skills

Dispositions

Content Knowledge


Content Knowledge

Planning P-12

Learning Pedagogical

Skills Dispositions

Conceptual Framework & SPA Standards

Literacy

Content Knowledge

Planning

P-12 Learning

Pedagogical Skills

Dispositions

Content Knowledge

El Ed Sec Ed Sp Ed TESOL Ed Admin

Content Knowledge

Planning

P-12 Learning

Pedagogical Skills

Dispositions

Content Knowledge

Content Knowledge

Planning

P-12 Learning

Pedagogical Skills

Dispositions

Content Knowledge

Content Knowledge

Planning

P-12 Learning

Pedagogical Skills

Dispositions

Content Knowledge

Content Knowledge

Planning

P-12 Learning

Pedagogical Skills

Dispositions

Content Knowledge

Content Knowledge

Planning

P-12 Learning

Pedagogical Skills

Dispositions

Content Knowledge


Content Knowledge

Planning P-12


Skills Dispositions


Literacy

Content Knowledge

Planning

P-12 Learning

Pedagogical Skills

Additional IRA-Aligned

Content Knowledge


Content Knowledge

Planning P-12


Skills Dispositions


Additional IRA-Aligned

Action Research Project Rubric

Assessment Results and Intervention Plan Rubric

Student Response to Intervention Rubric

Clinical Experiences Rubric

Collaborative Professional Development Presentation Rubric

Cumulative GPA for Core Courses

Collaborative Professional Development Presentation Rubric

EDI 775

EED 747

EED 747

EED 747

EED 745

Cumulative

EED 745

Conceptual Framework & IRA


Content Knowledge

Planning P-12


Skills Dispositions


COMPLIANCE CAEP & SPA Standards NY State


Content Knowledge

Planning P-12


Skills Dispositions


Unit Level Assessment

Operational Assessment

Enrollment Employer

Satisfaction

Completer Satisfaction

Field Experience

Advising Career

Services

SEIs

Candidate Assessment

EAS ALST

CST edTPA

Dispositions Planning

P-12 Learning

Pedagogical Skills

Annual Data Report

Annual Assessment Report Template

Call for CCA Membership

LiveText – Spring 2015 Course Information

EXCO Meeting Agenda Tuesday September 2, 2014

1. Welcome Back and Overview

2. Approval of Minutes

3. Education Council Report (Terry)

4. Reflections on 2013/14 – Setting the Agenda for 2014/15 (MSR)

5. Update on Positions (MSR)

6. Reports From Departments and Centers (All)

7. Associate Dean’s Report (Aaron)

8. Accreditation/LiveText/Orientation (Sunny/MSR)

9. Communication and Marketing/JRTEP (Amanda/MSR )

10. Budget/Workflow (Sharon)

11. Other Items

12. Announcements/Events/Activities (All)

EXCO Meeting Minutes

Tuesday September 2, 2014

Wendy Bower, Maryellen Whittington-Couse, Sharon Tozzi, Amanda Merritt, Terry Murray, Nick

Fronczak, Tonda Highley, Mark Bellomo, Sunny Duerr, Lindsey Russo, Michael Rosenberg,

Maggie Veve, Aaron Isabelle, Karen Bell

1. Welcome Back and Overview


Approved with changes.


David Gorlewski from Ed Administration has joined the committee.

4. Reflections on 2013/14 – Setting the Agenda for 2014/15 (MSR)

13-14 was a year of great accomplishments:

- Lots of positive community impact.

- NCATE report is stellar.

- We’ve been asked to send a rep to the state-wide edTPA taskforce.

- We have 37 Master Teachers currently. The program has been very positive.

For the coming year:

- Accreditation visit in March, details will be forthcoming. March 8 – showcase/reception

Reorganization – logical and painless structure that makes sense. Aaron will work with EDCO

The new structure should be ready to go 7/01/15. Strategic plan – take into consideration

when reorganizing?

- Admission of Ed majors as freshmen

- New major orientation

- Retool of assessment system with LiveText being a centerpiece of this system

- Center for Innovation and Education

- Andrea Noel serving on Academic Advising task force

5. Update on Positions (MSR)

Two searches:

- 1) ELL/TESOL lecturer to replace Vern Todd.

- 2) Autism position to replace Spence Salend. Will not just be in one area – interdisciplinary

position will be developed to serve campus community.


- Elem Ed – looking to help transfers who need more support. Possible mentor program for

students who find transition from a community college to New Paltz difficult. Kiersten

developing a writing course to be offered as a 593.

- Ed Admin – They have 2 new faculty: David Gorlewski and Katie Zahedi started during

summer. New 15- month accelerated program to go through EDCO. Internship extended to

full year. Enrollments are high. Will start another cohort at Rockland in the Spring. Expect to

revise Master’s program. Hoping to resurrect Doctoral program with Albany. Center for

Innovation will have 3 areas of focus and an interdisciplinary approach, 3D printing, lending

program with MHTC, TeachLive.

- Migrant Ed – summer school in Sullivan County very successful. Transportation and food

paid were for so they were able to add another class.

- Tutoring center – strapped for cash and very busy. Mark working on grant writing this

semester. Increase in minimum wage hitting them hard.

- Communication Disorders – have been doing orientation to get freshmen involved in pre-

major. Had 60 students this year (normally 4-5). Advising will be a challenge. New autism

adjunct. 2 wk study abroad in Ethiopia w deaf population. There will be a workshop w more

info in Sept.

- CRC – Nick doing some panels on how to get into substitute teaching in October. November

will offer “how to get jobs out of state”. 3/18/15 is Teacher Recruitment Day. Will try to do

more mock interviews w teacher candidates, possibly in conjunction with Ed Admin, using

their students as mock interviewers.


- Working with EDCO on reorganization. Will ask departments to come up with models, which

will be discussed in a reorganization group meeting. Process is underway.

- Working with Joanna Schroer to gather information on how other schools accept first year

students.

- Working with Laurel Garrick Duhaney and chairs to close GE Loop. Will eventually become

part of assessment process.

- Wants email blast every sent 2 weeks that lists faculty accomplishments.

a) Looking at 2nd Master’s degree Literacy program.


- New accepted students orientation scheduled for 9/3 and 9/4, morning and evening

sessions. Will introduce students to LiveText.

- NCATE report up. Evaluation group will provide feedback in November, then will visit

campus in March.

- Redesigning assessment system from ground up.

9. Communication and Marketing/JRTEP (Amanda/MSR)

- JRTEP – no update

- There are a number of publicity opportunities coming up, Amanda scheduling photographer.

10. Budget/Workflow (Sharon)

- Sharon sent the budgets to the departments. Summer ’13 money was split between

departments, the Dean’s Office didn’t keep any.

11. Other Items


- Natalie and Maggie doing taping to encourage placements in NYC. More districts looping.

- Volunteer program – Volunteer fair 9/11, 12-4 in SUB MPR. Link Education students with

volunteer programs. Erica Wagner is the coordinator. First year internship program – alums

develop project for 1st yr students to do in spring semester

EXCO Meeting Agenda Tuesday, October 7, 2014




4. Dean’s Report (MSR)

a. Strategic Planning and Budgets

b. Community Outreach

c. New Program Issues

d. Fieldwork

e. Open House 10/25

f. Untenured Faculty Meeting

g. TeachNY

h. Institutional Profile

i. Proposed Teacher Prep Regulations U.S DOE

j. Update on Positions (MSR)





9. Other Items


EXCO Minutes

October 7, 2014

Amanda Merritt, Tom Albrecht, Sharon Tozzi, Aaron Isabelle, Wendy Bower, Lindsey Russo,

Tonda Highley, Sunny Duerr, Maggie Veve, Gowri Parameswaran, Karen Bell, Laura Dull,

Maryellen Whittington-Couse, Michael Rosenberg

2. Approval of Minutes: approved

3. Education Council Report – Terry absent


a. Strategic Planning and Budgets – Wonk meeting on 10/6 included a discussion of the

budget process. There are two different types of budget requests: one-time funding and

recurring. Everything we do must somehow be aligned with the Strategic Plan, including

both types of budget item requests.

- Recurring funds - not much money anticipated (2.4 mil) so they’re looking for

the“best” proposals from each area. Items for the SOE proposal will be discussed

at next EXCO meeting.

- One-time funding: 1.1 million in funding. Most of the proposals submitted seem

backed into the Strategic Plan. SoE requested another lab space with a sink for

Old Main.

b. Community Outreach - SOE doing a lot of community outreach:

- Multi-Cultural Conference

- Monticello 5th

graders coming to campus to provide exposure to the idea of

Higher Education.

- Newburgh Armory- starting fieldwork at Armory

- Let’s Get Ready partnership

- STEP

- Today’s Students Tomorrow’s Teachers

- Saturday Arts Lab

c. New Program Issues - Backlog of new program proposals. Submitted proposals in May-

they’re still on campus, awaiting review. (MS for T + MEd) Dean’s office aware of the

problem and is working to resolve it.

d. Fieldwork - Has been problematic this semester. MSR has had several meetings with

related faculty/ staff and communication is improving- problem solving successful.

Working to make sure these issues don’t happen again.

e. Open House 10/25 - Highlight Teachlive. Tours at 11:00 and 1:00.

f. Untenured Faculty Meeting – We are scheduling a meeting for untenured faculty. Faculty

in their first few years face different difficulties than those approaching tenure. Two

different meetings a possibility.

g. TeachNY - New initiative from the chancellor; funding comes from RTT money. They’re

tasked with looking at teacher preparation. MSR is on the advisory board, which met in

NYC in September. Chancellor and commissioner both attended meeting.

h. Institutional Profile - Looks at each teacher education school and collects and releases

data. Data is released to schools but not publicly. According to data they’ve sent, we

exceed statewide testing averages. MSR has hard copy if anyone wants to review the

report.

i. Proposed Teacher Prep Regulations U.S. DOE - New proposed regulations coming. MSR

has email to forward to chairs with details.

j. Update on Positions (MSR) - Lecturer line approved. Search committee’s first meeting

10/8. Autism position being discussed.

5. Reports from Departments and Centers (All)

- Second Ed- HVWP was at Vassar this time and it went well.

- Ed Admin- New faculty members working out well. Karen was at AASCU meeting in

Chicago a few weeks ago as part of a team of 5. There are number of collaborative

projects with Ulster BOCES. C-TEN/ S-TEN projects moving along smoothly. Thursday

10/9 1-3 and 4:30-6:30 ALST/ EAS- review sessions in the 1907 Room.

- CRC- Nick left and is now at Lehman College. Emergency hire approved. CRC business

as usual while they fill the position.

- Ed Studies- MCC on November 21st. More faculty than usual signing up- had to use

lottery system for first time.

- Elem Ed- Kathleen Lord developed ALST course with 6 meetings in Sp’15. 1 cr.

Module. They will be giving students a timeline for certification. Met with Rockland and

Ulster, both went well.

- Migrant Ed- 17 tutors out in the field. Statewide migrant student numbers are down. 10/9-

14 Orange County sweep to audit student numbers and see if we’ve missed any. Program

looking for ELA and math support/partnerships. Going through standardization process,

very intensive.

- Communication Disorders- Doing 2 cr. bilingual course and bilingual clinic. One new

retirement; they’re planning a replacement search.

- Student Teaching- Michelle left, trying to upgrade that position from KB1 to KB2.

Fieldwork problems being fixed. Lots of looping happening. Trip going to SUTEC 11/5

with 17 students going.

- Arts Ed- Twp initiatives: 1. Saturday Arts Lab, which is trying to build a larger music and

theatre presence. 2. Summer arts course- looking to build on that for this summer and it’s

being used as a recruitment tool. Art Ed graduates a higher number of students than other

programs nationally. In the midst of writing 3-yr plan for Provost.


- Reorganization- departments have started their internal discussions. A faculty forum to

discuss reorganization ideas is on 10/29 from 10:00-12:00 in the 1907 Room. Task force

will meet in early November to discuss models presented, then provide feedback. Will go

to EDCO in January who will make a recommendation to Dean in February.

- 1st year Ed support group formed; in planning stages. Meeting 10/22. Goal is to support

1st year students.

- Winter and Spring schedules are online.

- Aaron submitted GE close the loop report last week.

- Internship survey was last completed in 2007. New survey will include SOE; it didn’t last

time. Will be emailed to chairs later today.


- SPA reports are done (responses to conditional reports). More expected to be completed

in spring (TESOL) and fall (Literacy). G. Giordano will do his off-site review of the

materials at the end of October then will provide feedback in November. Preliminary

campus visit in January then the entire team will visit March 8-10. Sunny will be sending

details to faculty by the end of the week.

- LiveText- course catalog has been integrated with LiveText. Sunny can now upload

rubrics. Professors not limited to using LiveText assessments, they have to use those but

can also use others if they choose.

8. Communication and Marketing/JRTEP (Amanda/MSR)

- Faculty has been helpful in submitting info for digital signage. Campus photographer

scheduled to take photos of classes in the upcoming weeks.

- JRTEP- not much activity there. Amanda trying to set up a meeting.

9. Other Items Nancy Cooney had questions regarding ordering new microscopes. MSR collected info from

EXCO to answer these questions and the microscopes will be ordered.


Academic equipment replacement due to Sharon 11/5.

EXCO Meeting Agenda Tuesday, November 4, 2014




4. Reports From Departments, Offices, and Centers (All)

5. Center For Innovation in Education (Karen)

a. S-TEN

b. TeachLive

c. 3D printing

d. Space implications


a. Reorganization Task Force

b. First Year Admission Support Group

c. Scheduling Update

7. Accreditation/LiveText/Assessment (Sunny/MSR)

a. Visitation Plans

b. Revising Assessment System


9. Strategic Planning Update (Guest: Ray Schwarz)


a. Autism Initiative

b. Sabbaticals

c. Reappointment, Tenure, Promotion

d. Teacher Scholar

e. Advisee Numbers

f. Open House Results

g. TeachNY

h. Budget Plans

i. Update on Positions

j. Multicultural Conference

11. Other Items (All)


EXCO Meeting Minutes Tuesday, November 4, 2014 Attendees: Sharon Tozzi, Aaron Isabelle, Gowri Parameswaran, Mark Bellomo, Lindsey Russo,

Sunny Duerr, Karen Bell, Thomas Albrecht, Tonda Highley, Maryellen Whittington-Couse,

Laura Dull, Maggie Veve, Terry Murray, Michael Rosenberg, Amanda Merritt

Special guest: Ray Schwarz

2. Approval of Minutes - October minutes approved.


At its October meeting, EDCO reviewed, discussed and passed four new course proposals

from Secondary Education:

SED 567: Hudson Valley Writing Project – Invitational Institute III: Teacher as Leader

SED 604: Practicum in Secondary Education (7-9)

SED 605: Practicum in Secondary Education (10-12)

SED 606: Practicum Seminar

4. Reports From Departments, Offices, and Centers (All)

Education Administration- Offered SBL exam reviews; they’ve been well attended.

SDBL review sessions are planned. There’s interest in resurrecting Doctoral program

with Albany. 11/17 Open House at Rockland Teacher Center.

Elementary Education- Two edTPA success camps were held in August. Both went well

and were well attended. Interest from Anthropology department to open up a content

major. Geography department now has a Geography for Teachers professor on staff and

can start offering the class again. Held two transfer student meetings- only a few students

attended but they’re hoping to build on that for next time. Open House was packed and a

huge success.

CRC- Gearing up for Teacher Recruitment Day 3/19/2015. Tonda putting in a request to

replace Nick.

Student Teaching- Working on new system for placements. Application is online. Maggie

setting up a cycle to meet with students during the semester. Planning to meet with

Monticello and Wappingers Schools. Thirty students are going to NYC for SUTEC.

Maggie emailed newly admitted New Paltz students who expressed an interest in

Education; is planning an orientation. Submitted request to upgrade KBI position.

Tutoring Center- Added two positions. Tutoring Center now always packed. Overflow

going to CMC and a few reserved classrooms. They’re trying to adjust to demand. Space

is a huge issue for them.

Migrant Education- Recruitment sweep completed and they found a lot of students who

are eligible for the program. As a result their numbers are up. The state is looking at

school enrollment processes. Part 154 should be approved; bilingual teachers will be

mandatory in school districts with >20 students of the same age. MSR requested

everyone forward the names of people to get involved with providing a bilingual

education program to meet the anticipated demand. Offering immigration workshop at

Multicultural Conference.

Secondary Education- Also held edTPA success camp- well attended. 12/9 is their

student teaching/end of semester orientation. Everyone is invited to attend; it’s in the

South Lobby LC from 4:30-6pm. Doctoral student from Ireland on campus- gave great

presentation. Catherine Paolucci has been coordinating her visit. Laura went to UCCC to

do a review of their education program. Met with students and faculty and a half-year

plan being worked on.

Education Studies- Workshop next Monday at 5pm re: Assistive Technology at Ulster

BOCES.

Art Education- Has started to collect data from comparative institutions for Provost. Our

numbers look good in comparison. Summer Arts Lab will happen again this summer- two

week intensive program. The co-director will be from our Arts Education department.

Target age group is high school. Currently looking to partner with KHS + NFA.

5. Center for Innovation in Education (Karen) - skipped

a. S-TEN

b. TeachLive

c. 3D printing

d. Space implications


a. Reorganization Task Force - Faculty Forum was last week- eight models discussed. Task

force meeting today to go over those models. Aaron will provide information about that

meeting to chairs afterward.

b. First Year Admission Support Group - Brainstormed different ideas: 1 cr. Freshman

Seminar was one of them. Will be offered as a selected topic

c. Scheduling Update - Full academic year schedule will be submitted in February, not just

fall semester as has always been the case.

7. Accreditation/LiveText/Assessment (Sunny/MSR) - skipped

a. Visitation Plans

b. Revising Assessment System

8. Communication and Marketing/JRTEP (Amanda/MSR) - skipped

9. Strategic Planning Update (Guest: Ray Schwarz)

Ray chairs the Strategic Planning Council. He asked for input in the areas of content and

process. The specific questions asked:

What are some activities and programs within the SoE that clearly follow the

Strategic Plan? (content)

What opportunities do we see for new initiatives that will benefit our school while

helping the plan to move forward? (content)

What conversations have been taking place about the Strategic Plan? (process)

If they haven’t been happening, why might that be and how can we fix it? (process)

The chairs gave their input. The Strategic Planning Council plans to have a luncheon with

chairs and department secretaries to provide an open conversation about the Strategic Plan.

10. Dean’s Report (MSR) - skipped

a. Autism Initiative

b. Sabbaticals

c. Reappointment, Tenure, Promotion

d. Teacher Scholar

e. Advisee Numbers

f. Open House Results

g. TeachNY

h. Budget Plans

i. Update on Positions

j. Multicultural Conference

11. Other Items (All) - skipped

12. Announcements/Events/Activities (All) - skipped

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School of Education Dean/Faculty Meeting · MSR has had several meetings with related faculty/ staff and communication is improving- problem solving successful. Working to make sure