MINUTES

COUNCIL FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING

September 3, 1999

I. PRELIMINARIES

A. Attending: Belzer, Das, Nitse, Jones, Kunicki, Pehrsson, Devine, Price, Dobson, Eggers (guest), Bain

Excused: Hjelm, Bosworth, Enos, Fisher, Wabrek,

Absent: Paulson

B. Minutes. MSC to approve CTL Minutes for May 13, 1999

II. BUSINESS

A. Introduction of new members to the Council for Teaching and Learning: Dr. Catherine Kunicki, representative from Academic Skills, Hailey Price, undergraduate student representative and Chris Dobson, graduate student representative were introduced. Two council members are yet to be appointed from the College of Arts & Sciences. Sharolyn Belzer is to check on the status of members for the Council.

B. Alan Egger, assistant vice president of academic affairs talked with the council. He said his appointment is a three year term and his responsibility primarily focuses on faculty development. He has been asked by vice president Lawson to study the relationship of the Council for Teaching and Learning and the Teaching and Learning Resource Center and bring some issues to closure. Some of the issues identified include: What the Center should be named; How the Center should be staffed; Where the Center should be located; How the Center and Council should interact; and What should be the clerical support for the Center. Additional issues are to study the Council's relationship to Instructional Teaching Resource Center, and to explore what the Council and Center should be doing. Dr. Egger reported that he would like some input from the Council on these issues. He said that in particular, he would like some suggestions as to the structure and activities of the Center and Council. Monies are available for Council members to attend conferences and visit other campuses to identify administrative structures and activities employed by other institutions that might be implemented at Idaho State University. Additional resources might be available to bring people to campus and to fund small teaching projects.

C. Task Force: It was MSC to form a task force for the Council to investigate structure and activities of Centers and Councils at other institutions. Sharolyn Belzer, Phil Nitse, and Barbara Bain volunteered for the task force. The task force is to report back to the Council at the October 1, 1999 meeting. Agenda items 4 ( Location, Staffing, Funding, and Roles for the Teaching and Learning Resource Center, the Council's suggested name for the Center for Teaching and Learning) and 5 (Forging a working relationship between the Council for Teaching and Learning & the Teaching and Learning Resource Center) will be deferred until Council members have more information from the task force.

D. Faculty Senate recommendations for Council consideration this year: Sharolyn reported that Jennifer Attebery, chair of the Faculty Center has requested the Council to change/update the Council's bylaws so that they are consistent with the description of the Council in the Faculty Handbook. Some discussion centered on priorities of activities for this semester. Many council members thought that the relationship of the Center and Council needed focus for this semester. A suggestion was made that perhaps the by-laws could be reviewed and revised during one of the Council's meetings. The topic is to be addressed during an upcoming meeting.

E. Student Senate: Hailey Price reported that the student senate is considering a resolution not to allow a gun show on campus this fall. The gun show has been held at ISU for the past 15 years.

F. Draft of Policy Statement on Assessment: Item deferred until a future Council meeting.

G. Status of Goal 9 Assessment: Barb Bain reported that the data have been collected. She is to write a draft of the report, circulate it to Goal 9 task force members for their input and revisions before submitting it to the Council.

H. Revisiting Summary Reports by Discussion groups - Assessing student learning: Sharolyn reported that the Council will need to revisit the Assessing Student Learning Summary Report. This will be done at a future meeting.

I. Other priorities for the Council for Teaching and Learning this year:

Assessment of general education goals was discussed. Members considered whether one or more goals should be assessed. The assessment status for the general education goals was summarized. The following goals have been assessed and final reports have been completed: Goal 1 (Report submitted September, 1992); Goal 2 (Report submitted September, 1994); Goal 3 (Report submitted September, 1993); Goal 4 (Report submitted September, 1994); Goal 5 (Report submitted September, 1994); and Goal 8 (Report submitted September, 1998). Assessment activities have occurred for Goal 6 and Goal 10A but no final reports have been submitted. As mentioned previously, the report for Goal 9 is in progress and is expected be completed this semester.

Council members were unsure as to why the reports were not submitted for Goal 6 and 10A. The suggestion was made that perhaps only one general education goal be assessed during the current academic year. The suggestion was made to provide a task force committee with the structure that was used to assess Goal 9. Barb said she would outline the process and present it at the next meeting. The suggestion was also made to contact those departments involved with the remaining general education goals to see which ones might want to be involved in the assessment process this year.

III. Next meeting was scheduled for 1:30 on Friday, October 1, 1999.

IV. ADJOURNMENT: 2:30 p.m.

Approved: October 1, 1999