College Council

Duties and Responsibilities include:

1. Provide advice and consultation to faculty members who are planning curriculum proposals.
2. Review and approve or disapprove all COE curriculum proposals in terms of the following conditions:
   1. issues of program quality and consistency;
   2. relationship of the proposal to department/school, college, and university missions, as well as to strategic or five-year plans; and
   3. the impact of the proposal upon other programs and procedures within the department/school, college, or across the university.
3. Submit a fall report to the COEC on planned actions and discussions of the COE Curriculum Committee.
4. Submit recommendations to the COEC for policies concerning curriculum in the College. These policies may include, but are not limited to, the relationship of external accrediting standards to curriculum, conduct of periodic curricular reviews, and interdepartmental cooperation in curriculum development.
5. Request meetings with department/school, or college representatives to update the Curriculum Committee on actual or proposed changes in the criteria of external review bodies that will or might have implications for the college curriculum.
6. Submit a completed spring report (see Appendix and present it to the COEC prior to the last scheduled meeting of the academic year of the Council.

This position is a two-year term; the end of each representative's current term is noted in parentheses. Tenured and tenure-track faculty are eligible to serve.

• Amanda Quesenberry, TCH (‘24)
• Mohamed A. Nur-Awaleh, EAF (‘24)
• Mindy Ely, SED (‘24)
• John Rugutt, EAF (‘25)
• Debbie Shelden, SED (‘25)
• Beth White, TCH (‘25)
• Ryan Brown, Dean's Rep

Duties and Responsibilities include:

1. Periodically review practices in the COE that impact students, faculty, and curricular implementations related to diversity education.
2. Identify and provide activities and resources for teacher candidates to gain competencies in knowledge and application of skills necessary to effectively address diversity in schools.
3. Identify and provide activities and resources to enhance opportunities for all faculty members to demonstrate the practice of diversity education as a pedagogical process through their own teaching practices and content, as well as through research and service activities.
4. Coordinate College efforts to provide opportunities and incentives for the professional development of students, faculty, and staff in diversity education.
5. Submit a fall report to the COEC with the committee’s plan of work for the academic year.
6. Submit a completed spring report and present it to the COEC prior to the last scheduled meeting of the academic year of the Council.

This position is a three-year term; the end of each representative's current term is noted in parentheses. Tenured and tenure-track faculty, and full-time Lab School faculty associates are eligible to serve.

• Ruqayyah Perkins-Williams, EAF (‘26)
• David Harnish, Lab Schools (‘26)
• Xiaoying Zing, TCH (‘26)
• Antonio Causarano, SED (‘24)
• Sarah Ballard, SED (‘24)
• Ellis Hurd, TCH (‘24)
• Stacey Jones-Bock, Dean's Rep

Duties and Responsibilities include:

1. Recommend to the COEC policies and procedures related to election issues.
2. Review, and make recommendations to COEC to revise election procedures.
3. Develop and maintain a database of all College of Education committees, including respective membership rosters and terms of office.
4. Perform other duties as recommended by the COEC.
5. Submit a fall report to the COEC with the committee’s review of procedures, issues, and concerns for the academic year.
6. Submit a completed spring report and present it to the COEC prior to the last scheduled meeting of the academic year of the Council.
7. As faculty elections occur, report results via memoranda to (a) the COEC, (b) department chairs, school directors, and laboratory school principals for posting, (c) chairs of committees involved in the elections, and (d) the COEC Secretary for record keeping.

This position is a two-year term; the end of each representative's current term is noted in parentheses. Tenured and tenure-track faculty, and faculty associates are eligible to serve.

• Andy Goveia, Lab Schools (‘24)
• Anna Smith, TCH (‘24)
• Mohamed Nur-Awaleh, EAF (‘24)
• Jeongae Kang, SED (‘25)
• Stacey Jones-Bock, Chair

Duties and Responsibilities include:

1. Seek appropriate linkages and communication with College departments and laboratory schools to strengthen, promote, and support research.
2. Recommend, sponsor, or conduct faculty development activities to enhance research and scholarly productivity within the College.
3. Review University procedures for accessing research resources, and identify practices and procedures likely to enhance access of the College to such resources.
4. Advise the Associate Dean responsible for research and the COEC on matters related to supporting the research and grant activities of the College.
5. Review, rank, and submit recommendations for proposals to be funded under University research grant program(s).
6. Develop guidelines related to the College research grant program(s) for consideration by the Dean.
7. Nominate COE faculty members and graduate students for research award(s) consideration.
8. Submit a fall report to the COEC with the committee’s plan of work for the academic year.
9. Submit a completed spring report and present it to the COEC prior to the last scheduled meeting of the academic year of the Council.

Provides activities that strengthen, promote, and support research within the College. This is a two-year staggered term; the end of each representative's current term is noted in parentheses.

• April Davenport, Lab Schools (‘24)
• Lydia Kyei-Blankson, EAF (‘24)
• Kim Fisher, SED (‘24)
• Do-Yong Park, TCH (‘24)
• Heather Sandy, Lab Schools (‘25)
• Beth MacDonald, TCH (‘25)
• Diane Dean, EAF (‘25)
• Stephanie Gardiner-Walsh, SED (‘25)
• Ryan Brown, Chair

Duties and Responsibilities include:

1. On the basis of input from the faculty, develop and recommend to the COEC for approval policies that include, but are not limited to:
   • Learning - (1) methods to assess student performance; (2) expected proficiency with learning technologies
   • Teaching - (1) ethical standards for undergraduate and graduate teaching; (2) minimum standards for course syllabi; (3) use of Internet and other instructional technologies for on-campus and distance education
2. Review annually, with input from the faculty, policies on teaching and learning and recommend to the COEC such revisions and additions as deemed necessary.
3. On the recommendation of the Dean or the COEC, review and make recommendations for revisions to COE procedures for student evaluations of faculty teaching.
4. Evaluate nominations for and select the recipient of the Outstanding COE Teacher Award.
5. Conduct in cooperation with other appropriate administrative and faculty personnel an orientation at the beginning of the fall and spring semesters for new tenure-line, adjunct, temporary, and part-time faculty members on policies related to teaching and learning in the College.
6. Submit a fall report to the COEC with the committee’s plan of work for the academic year.
7. Submit a completed spring report and present it to the College Council prior to the last scheduled meeting of the academic year of the Council.

This position is a two-year term.

• Janese Nolan, EAF (‘25)
• Melinda Snodgrass, SED (‘24)
• Mark Zablocki, SED (‘25)
• Grace Kang, TCH (‘24)
• Adel Al-Bataineh, TCH (‘24)
• Stacey Jones-Bock, Dean's Rep