MINUTES
COUNCIL FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING
NOVEMBER 6, 1998
1. PRELIMINARIES A.     Attending: Sirotnak, Hjelm, Mullin, Nitse, Das, Bain, Pehrsson, Bosworth, Thackray, Wabrek.

GUEST: R. Hatzenbuehler.

Excused: Belzer, DeJesus.

B.     Minutes. MSC to approve CTL Minutes (previously distributed) for 1 I/ 1 1/96, 1/24/97, 10/31/97, 12/5/97 and 10/7/98.

II. BUSINESS
 

A.     Election of Vice-Chair: Sirotnak nominated Sharolyn Belzer; seconded by Bain. Carried.   B.     Faculty Senate Ad Hoc Task Force: Mullin reported that the Faculty Senate ad hoc task force to clarify the responsibilities of and improve the communication between CTL and Faculty Senate had met. It appears that the description of the Council in the Faculty and Staff Handbook is at variance with the descriptions of the other Councils that report to Faculty Senate. Mullin distributed copies of the current wording and the ad hoc committee's working draft of revisions. Concerns were raised by members concerning whether CTL should be viewed as a body that recommends "policies and procedures" and, if so, "policies and procedures" for what. Hjelm provided useful background information about the origins of the Center for Teaching and Learning. Mullin said she would carry the Council's concerns to the ad hoc committee at its next meeting on November 13. C.     Goal 9 Task Force: Discussion resumed concerning the formation of a task force to assess General Education Goal 9 (U.S. History and Culture). To carry out the assessment with attention to goals and standards and to continue the process of having assessment task force members from both "inside" and "outside" the department, we decided to involve members of CTL on the Goal 9 Task Force so that the process of assessing the goals might be clarified. It was noted that Barbara Lawrence had provided the continuity to assessment of goals and standards in the past. Bain, Mullin and Pehrsson agreed to serve as representatives of CTL. History Department participants will probably be A. Christelow (chair), Hatzenbuehler and Swanson from the History Department. Other participants who will be asked to participate are T. Engebretsen (Director of the American Studies Program) and J. Kilpatrick (Business--member of the Goal 8 Task Force). The task force will begin its deliberations during the first week of classes in spring semester.
III.     NEXT MEETING: December 2, 1998 at 2:00 p.m.
IV. ADJOURNMENT: 5:15 p.m. Approved:

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