Missouri State Inter-Office

Memorandum

Date: July 30, 2001

To: Members of the GLS Faculty Advisory Committee

From: Dr. David Hough, Acting Dean COE

RE: My notes, per our meeting 7/24/01

Members present: Doris Grevillius, Vicki Dunlop, Charles Facer, Trish Goddard, Jennifer Cvitak, D’Arcy Simmons

Members absent: Janice Reynolds, Mark Fisher, Linda Azeez

I explained the purpose of the GLS Faculty Advisory Committee: 1) to help ensure that accurate information is communicated from COE to GLS community, 2) to obtain suggestions for improving GLS as it becomes a laboratory setting over time.

We discussed certain aspects of the evaluation reports (i.e., focus groups, consultant’s visit, and GLS Evaluation Task Force) that have not yet been made public. I explained that the plan is to share evaluation information with the GLS faculty and administration and then the GLS parents and entire community as soon as President Keiser’s task force completes its review.

We discussed alternatives to the principal’s position. One suggestion was to provide an administrative intern from the Dept. of Edu. Admin. This holds promise as a way to involve the Edu. Admin. Dept. and to provide assistance to GLS, as well.

Discussion of teaching assistants and student teachers took place; most agreed that having a Teaching Academy at GLS could be an effective way to provide quality classroom assistance while preparing future teachers in a more in-depth manner. Student teachers would remain at GLS for 16 weeks instead of 8. Mention was made of the MAT students already placed at GLS and the 301-302 students, as well.

The FAC agreed that placement of GLS faculty in academic departments (or joint appointments) would be a viable way to integrate the school’s culture into the University culture, noting however the importance classroom instructional consistency to protect students from disjointed learning.

Members of the FAC agreed that GLS should be an integral component of teacher education and the University culture, noting that connections between the school and Missouri State academic departments had not always been encouraged.

Ways to differentiate GLS fees were discussed. Perhaps Missouri State employees’ fees and non-Missouri State employee fees could be different, and perhaps the former could apply their 12-hour tuition credit toward GLS fees.