COUNClL FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING

 

Date: October 26, 2001

Time: 1130 a.m.

Place: Faculty Senate Room

 

Present: Joe Kruger, Laura McKnight, PhiIii Nitse, Alyce Sato, David Squires,

Janet House, Catherine Kunicki, Alan Egger (guest).

 

Excused: Patricia Dean, Patricia Packer

 

Absent: Sudip Das, Tracy Montgomery, Malinda Reynolds, Richard Wabrek,

Dennis Walsh, Undergraduate Student

 

Absent (non voting members): Jennifer Fisher, John Jones, Donald Paulson

 

Presiding: Joe Kruger

 

In the absence of a quorum, official business could not be conducted. Discussion was held on the following topics.

1. Minutes of 5-I l-01 and g-28-01 were tabled.

 

2 . Phil reported that advertisement for a Director for the Center for Teaching and

Learning has been started. There is not a closing date. Dr. Lawson is helping the

search committee by writing personal letters to colleagues in higher education to invite names of candidates.

 

3. Alyce reported that Rudy Kovacs has consented to chair the committee to assess

goal 6. Alan suggested that assessment of the goals be documented to show the

Northwest Accreditation team that assessments are conducted on a regular basis not

just once every ten years.

 

4. David and Cathy reported on the history of the CTL and presented a draft of Article

ll;Purpose of the Bylaws. After much discussion, it was suggested that David, Cathy and Malinda revise the ByLaws and Functions of the CTL incorporating suggestions that were discussed such as the linkage between the Center for Teaching and Learning and the Council for Teaching and Learning.

 

5 . Presentation of the Innovated Teaching Grant for Council approval was tabled.

 

6. The next meeting will be November 30,200l at 1130 in the Faculty Senate Room as discussed at the September 28 meeting.

 

The meeting disbursed at 1255 p.m.

 

Respectfully submitted,

Alyce Sato, Acting Secretary