Councils and Committees Library

Committees Library

(FAC Approved 11.10.23, LC Approved 7.18.24)

College Budget Committee

The COE Budget Committee is chaired by the Dean and is composed of two elected faculty members from the two academic schools and one representative from the Greenwood Laboratory School. Ex-officio members are appointed by the Dean. All members serve two-year terms, staggered by academic school year.

Elected representatives

SELPS	Holly Metcalf (2024-2026)
	Bill Agnew (2024-2026)
	Kennedy Ongaga (2023-2025)
	Krista Tate (2023-2025)
TLDS	Stacie Finley (2024-26)
	Jennice McCafferty-Wright (2024-2026)
	Tammi Davis (2023-25)
	Suzette Kelly-Williams (2023-25)
GLS	Jacob Anderson (2024-2026)
ATLL	Sandy Humbyrd, DJ Butcher (backup) (2024-2026)

Ex-officio representatives

• Barri Tinkler, Dean
• Marjorie Shavers, Associate Dean
• Reesha Adamson, Associate Dean
• Minor Baker, TLDS Director
• Kayla Robinson, SELPS Director
• David Geurin, Greenwood Director
• Rose Lee, Executive Assistant

Personnel Committee

As required by the Missouri State University Compensation Plan (2006), the College Personnel Committee (CPC) is comprised of one tenured faculty member from each academic school, and the Greenwood Laboratory School. The faculty member who is the chair, or co-chair, of the department’s Promotion and Tenure Committee will be the rep on the COE Personnel Committee. The charge of the Personnel Committee is as follows:

1. To review department Reappointment, Promotion and Tenure (PT) guidelines for compliance with university policies and congruence within the College;
2. To hear and deliberate upon faculty appeals related to compensation or other personnel matters;
3. To evaluate applications received for Sabbatical leave and make recommendations to the Dean, and
4. Other matters that arise related to personnel.

Current members

SELPS	James-Sottile
TLDS	Chloe Bolyard
GLS	Abby Burch

Scholarship Committee

The COE Scholarship Selection Committee is comprised of elected representatives from each department in the College of Education and secondary education. Three-year terms are preferred as it takes a while to understand the money and financial aid award process. Members can choose to renew their term upon approval of the department. Staggering the committee representatives is preferred so that at least 2 of the 4 have previous experience on the committee. Committee members elect the Chair at the end of the spring semester of the current Chair’s 3rd year. The Chair serves 3 years in that capacity with at least 1 previous year membership on the committee, the chair can serve successive terms. In January members make announcements to their departments to encourage students to complete FAFSA’s and the financial aid application form. In February members post, distribute, and make announcements in classes to promote scholarships. The committee members review scholarship applicants in early March and then meet in March and/or April to make decisions on awards. The Chair reports recommendations to the foundation and financial aid for review and approval. Once all awardees are identified and approved The Foundation notifies the students of the awards and their responsibilities in accepting the awards. Occasionally, some follow- up work is needed by the committee between first awards in the spring and the beginning of the fall semester when scholarship recipients must decline the award for any reason.

Membership

Elected representatives from each school serve three-year terms. These should be staggered to ensure continuity. Each school will have two representatives, and secondary education will have one representative. The Chair is a non-voting member of the committee.

Elected Representatives

SELPS	Nate Quinn (2023-2026)
	Kennedy Ongaga (2023-2026)
TLDS	Kewman Lee (2022-2025)
	Joanna J Cemore Brigden (Chair), 2015-2018, 2018-2021, 2021-2024
Sec Ed	Tonia Tinsley

Graduate Program Advisory Committee (GPAC)

The following charge is a revision of the original charge given to the COE Graduate Programs Advisory Committee by the office of the Dean. This revised charge is given as guidance to the committee as work continues related to improving graduate programs and initiatives in COE.

Committee Charge

The COE Graduate Programs Advisory Committee is a standing committee which meets regularly to address ongoing issues related to graduate programs in the College of Education. The scope of work for the committee may include, but not be limited to the following:

1. Support CAEP and DESE accreditation of advanced programs.
2. Support and monitor assessment plans and data for graduate programs.
3. Advocate on behalf of COE graduate faculty and programs.
4. Assist units in COE with graduate faculty criteria, admission criteria, and other components of graduate program operations.
5. Promote opportunities for research/scholarship for faculty and students which strengthen and enhance graduate programs and experiences.
6. Assist in the recruitment, promotion, and public awareness of COE graduate programs and activities.
7. Review/support curricular proposals generated at the department/school level impacting graduate programs in COE. Note: the purpose of this committee is advisory in nature, and not an additional level or step in the governance or curricular process. The COE Graduate Programs Advisory Committee is pro-active in the support of all graduate programs and faculty and makes recommendations to the Dean’s office and/or appropriate unit administrator.
8. The COE Graduate Programs Advisory Committee is not associated with the Missouri State University Graduate Council in terms of governance; however, the Missouri State University Graduate Council member(s) from COE must be a member(s) of the COE Graduate Program Advisory Committee.

Membership

COE Graduate Programs Advisory Committee members include each graduate program coordinator or designee. School Directors will choose a designee for programs without an identified coordinator. In cases where the School DIrector is also a program coordinator a faculty member in that program area will be identified as the COE Graduate Programs Advisory Committee representative. Additional members may be appointed by the Dean.

Chair/Leadership

Comparable to other committee structures, this committee should elect a chair for a two-year term. The chair must agree to make sure that appropriate minutes are maintained for all meetings, communicate with administrators and faculty, and is willing to advocate for COE graduate programs in venues such as the EPP and the Graduate Council. The committee may have the flexibility to extend the terms of a chair.

The Dean or designee will serve as an ex-officio member of the committee.

Chair: Annice McLean

SELPS	Kim Finch (EAD)
	Kaleigh Pickett (SEACT)
	Ching-Wen Chang (EDT)
	Annice McLean (MAT)
	Krista Tate (MATL, SETL)
	Chris Craig (BLV, O&M)
TLDS	Mandy-Benedict Chambers (ELE)
	Debra Price (FCS)
	Elizabeth King (CFD)
	Lindsey Murphy (CLS)
	Cathy Pearman (Literacy)
Ex-Officio	Barri Tinkler (Dean)

EdD Advisory Committee

Shared governance within the EdD program has been at the forefront of decision-making as the EdD has been developed. The EdD Development Committee was comprised of faculty from both TLDS and SELPS. Many of the current members of the development committee will be rolling onto the 1st Advisory Committee starting in the Fall of 2024. Advisory committee members serve three-year terms and are elected by their Schools (TLDS or SELPS) or the Advisory Committee (non-COE Representative). All advisory committee members must meet the requirements detailed below.

• Must have a terminal degree
• Must have Graduate Faculty status (in the College of Education)
• No more than one faculty member from a program
• Three-year term

The committee is designed to include three representatives from SELPS, three representatives from TLDS, and two representatives from outside the College of Education.

Current members

Director: Dr. Nicole West

SELPS	Dr. Kennedy Ongaga (EAD)
	Dr. Steve Jones (MATL)
	Dr. Ginny Norton (SPE)
TLDS	Dr. Hailey Cho (CFD)
	Dr. Chloe Bolyard (ELE)
	Dr. Sarah Baker (ECE)
Non-COE Members at Large	Dr. Bonni Behrend
	Dr. Gautam Bhattacharyya

 

Councils Library

(revised 10/27/2022)

Leadership Council

The COE Leadership Council (LC) comprises administrators from each academic and service unit in the college, and/or their designees. This includes the School Directors of the School of Special Education, Leadership and Professional Studies, the School of Teaching, Learning and Developmental Sciences, the Greenwood Lab School, and each auxiliary unit. The COE LC is advisory to the Dean, seeks and provides input from their faculty and staff constituencies, and collaborates as needed for decision-making.

Membership: Unit administrators from each academic and service unit in the college—CLSE, CEFS, RFT, GLS, ATLL, Secondary Education, Dean and Associate Deans. Faculty and staff may be invited by the Dean, Associate Deans, or Department Heads to attend, as well.

Faculty Advisory Council

FAC provides advice to the Dean pertaining to college policies, curricular matters, and other issues that impact the COE. FAC members are responsible for disseminating pertinent information pertaining to these meetings to, and receiving feedback from, colleagues within their respective departments and units.

Membership

The Dean’s Faculty Advisory Council (FAC) is comprised of faculty elected from each of the academic units. Representatives serve two-year terms, staggered by academic school years. Members may succeed themselves one time. Each school may elect up to four representatives. There will also be one representative from Greenwood and the ATLL.

Elected Representatives

SELPS	Holly Metcalf (2024-2026)
	Bill Agnew (2024-2026)
	Kennedy Ongaga (2023-2025)
	Krista Tate (2023-2025)
TLDS	Stacie Finley (2024-26)
	Jennice McCafferty-Wright (2024-2026)
	Tammi Davis (2023-25)
	Suzette Kelly-Williams (2023-25)
GLS	Jacob Anderson (2024-2026)
ATLL	Sandy Humbyrd, DJ Butcher (backup) (2024-2026)

Community Advisory Council

The Dean’s Community Advisory Council (CAC) meets twice a year, generally in September and February. The CAC is comprised of a wide range of community stakeholders including area business professionals, state legislators, alumni, and other persons representing diverse private and public agencies from southwest Missouri and around the State. Members are invited by the Dean and may serve as long as actually agreed upon. The CAC’s deliberations are key to college operations and provide one important mechanism through which the efficacy and design of professional education programs within COE are assessed.

College Council

College Council is under Faculty Senate.

Purpose: The primary purpose of each discipline-based undergraduate college council is to act upon curricular matters that are referred to it by academic departments within the college.

Powers: Each discipline-based undergraduate college council is empowered to approve a departmental proposal, reject and return a proposal to the originating academic department, or amend and approve the proposal.

Membership: A discipline-based undergraduate college council shall consist of one member from each academic department of the college, and one student representative, majoring in a discipline in that college. The academic dean of the college shall be an ex officio member of the council without vote. Each college council member shall serve for a term of two years and may be reelected for one immediately succeeding term but shall not then be eligible for reelection until after the lapse of an intervening year.  Department heads are not eligible for election except in the case where a department head is the only member of an academic department. 

We are using the old academic structure until Faculty Senate updates the committee to our new structure.

CLSE	Kennedy Ongaga (2024-2026)
RFT	Ching-Wen Chang (2024-2026)
CEFS	Stacie Finley (2023-2025)* Chair
GLS	Tim Pfeil (2023-2025)

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