COUNCIL FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING

Minutes

 

Date:               April 25, 2005

Time:              10:00 am

Place:              Room 208, Gale Life Sciences Building

Present:          Adkison, Bunde, Dean, Devine, Devaud, Neill, Kunicki, Nuhfer, Reis, Reynolds, Sato, K. Schroeder (for Schneider), Smith (Chair)

           

1.       It was established that a quorum was present.  Introduction of Kevin Schroeder, substituting for Echo Schneider representing ASISU.

 

2.       Minutes of January 24, 2005.

Action: Motion by Devaud and seconded by Adkison to approve the Minutes of January 24, 2005.  Passed unanimously.

 

3.       Update: Classroom renovation project –

Smith stated that the Council received a charge from Faculty Senate to "pursue the ideal classroom in cooperation with Campus Planning."  Nuhfer reported on the report he authored on classroom environments (available as a link on the CTL website).  Discussion followed on two fronts: providing the classroom condition survey to faculty (Geoff Dean will get the links to Faculty Bulletin Board and News and Notes) and eventually students and enlisting the support of Darrell Buffaloe to move forward on a classroom renovation plan.

 

4.       Changes to By-laws-

Steve Adkison reported on the suggested changes to the Council By-laws (as discussed in the previous CTL meeting, during which there was not a quorum).  The two major changes are to amend the charge and to revise the membership.  The new charge of the CTL will add coordinating with the OIR and the General Education Requirements Committee to coordinate and implement campus-wide program assessment.  The change to membership will add as permanent members the Director of General Education in the COT and the Faculty Coordinator for Assessment in the OIR.

Action: Moved by L. Devaud moved and seconded to accept the changes to the By-laws.  A vote on the changes will occur at the next Council meeting  (scheduled for Monday May 2 at 10:00 AM).

 

5.       Nominations from the floor were taken for the Chair and Vice-Chair positions for the 2004-2005 academic year.  Dr. Priscilla Reis was nominated as Chair, Dr. Steve Adkison as Vice-Chair.  Both graciously accepted the nomination and were duly elected by a unanimous vote of the Council members.

Action:  The Council voted unanimously in favor of electing Priscilla Reis as Chair and Steve Adkison as Vice-Chair for the 2005-2006 academic year.

 

6.       As per a request of Faculty Senate, the Council selected the first Tuesday of each month at 4 pm as the regularly scheduled meeting time of the Council for the 2005-2006 academic year.

 

Adjourned at 10:40 AM.                                   

 

Respectfully Submitted

Rosemary Smith, Chair, CTL

Approved:  By CTL on May 2, 2005.  By Faculty Senate on October 17, 2005