ࡱ> JLI 0bjbjVV 4J<<(,8DS$a fwwhhh$!i$f hhhhh  222h02h22Z0^G^r1 0a z$<$$4hh2hhhhh  2hhha hhhh$hhhhhhhhh : WIU Council on General Education Meeting Minutes 3 November 2011 Elected Members Present: Patrick McGinty (Soc & Anthro, Chair), Jess White (Soc & Anthro, Vice Chair), Diana Allen (English & Journalism), Esteban Araya (Physics), Cheryl Bailey (Communication), Jongnam Choi (Geography), Keith Holz (Art), Zee Mutairi (SGA), Cynthia Struthers (IIRA), Pengqian Wang (Physics), Dean Zoerink (RPTA), Ginny Boynton (History, Secretary) Ex-officio Members Present: Sue Martinelli-Fernandez (for Russ Morgan, Deans Council), Nancy Parsons (Provosts Office) Elected Member Not Present: Andrea Hyde (EIS) Ex-officio Member Not Present: Candace McLaughlin (Advisors Council) Guest: Mark Mossman (English & Journalism Chair) CGE Chairperson Patrick McGinty called the November 3 meeting of the Council of General Education to order at 3:30 p.m. in 60 Horrabin Hall on the Macomb campus. Due to the absence of Andrea Hyde, CGEs Quad Cities Campus representative, the Council would not need its usual video-conference connection to the QC campus for this meeting. Dean Susan Martinelli-Fernandez of the College of Arts and Sciences attended the meeting in place of Interim Associate Dean Russ Morgan, who normally represents the Deans Council on CGE, but who was away at a conference. Minutes and Reports The Minutes from October 20 were considered. Motion: Dean Zoerink moved approval of the October 20 Minutes; Esteban Araya seconded the motion. The Minutes were unanimously approved. Interim Associate Provost Nancy Parsons reported that she will have the assessment data ready for CGEs consideration by the next meeting. The Fall reminder to conduct assessment in all sections of all Fall General Education courses has been sent to department chairs, to be distributed to their faculty members. She still needs electronic copies of General Education Assessment Plans for all courses. CGE Chairperson Patrick McGinty informed the Council that he has been summoned to the Faculty Senates November 8 meeting to clarify the confusion regarding the universitys General Education Assessment Plan. The Senate had given tacit approval to requiring assessment in every section of every course in every semester, when it approved without objection CGEs earlier ֱ Report, but the Senate had never voted specifically on any change in the universitys General Education Assessment Plan, which the Senate had previously approved. It has requested an explanation of how the current Gen Ed Assessment Plan changed from the version originally approved by the Senate. Dr. McGinty reported that he is still engaged in conversations with Dr. Carter of CIS regarding transfer articulation of courses from international universities and has nothing yet to report to CGE on that front. New Faculty Orientation Dr. McGinty has arranged for Roger Runquist, Director of CITR, to attend the Councils November 17 meeting. Director Runquist will have met with Interim Provost Ken Hawkinson prior to the 17th and will be prepared at that time to discuss with CGE the appropriate place for General Education in New Faculty Orientation. Dean Martinelli-Fernandez reported that both she and Director Runquist have met with Dr. Hawkinson on this issue and the Provost made several suggestions of ways in which attention to the universitys General Education curriculum could be incorporated into New Faculty Orientation. Suggested possibilities included: having the Faculty Senate chair speak about General Education during his lunchtime address to the new faculty; having a keynote speaker from CGE give a 10-15 minute presentation on General Education during the lunch; and providing a 10-15 minute presentation on General Education during the Teaching at WIU component of orientation. Dr. Martinelli-Fernandez also remarked that during the College-specific portion of the orientation, CAS faculty are introduced to the assessment and writing requirements for all WIU General Education courses; she welcomed CGE representatives participation in that process, if desired. Dr. Parsons emphasized the necessity for a consistent message to new faculty across all colleges. Ginny Boynton observed that since the largest proportion of General Education courses are taught by CAS faculty, it was appropriate for that colleges new faculty to receive additional orientation to General Education expectations (beyond what other faculty receive). However, since all four colleges offer General Education courses and all WIU students must complete the General Education curriculum, Dr. Boynton agreed that new faculty in all colleges should receive an orientation to the place and nature of General Education at WIU. Reading Comprehension in General Education Courses Jess White suggested two possibilities concerning reading comprehension in General Education courses: (1) surveying the faculty about their experiences with students reading skills and comprehension; and (2) establishing a subcommittee of CGE to focus on reading comprehension. Cindy Struthers observed that the regular CGE faculty survey on writing practices in their Gen Ed courses is an information-gathering tool for the Council. To gather information from the faculty on reading as well, she suggested adding a few questions about reading to the regular survey about writing practices. Dr. Parsons commented that the issue of reading comprehension had arisen in multiple venues at WIU in recent weeks and seems to be a matter of general concern. Dr. White suggested that what CGE needs to do is gather information on what is happening in General Education classes with regard to reading expectations and realities. Dean Zoerink asked if we knew what other schools are doing in the area of reading comprehension? Keith Holz asked for clarification of how reading comprehension fit into CGEs charge, and Drs. Parsons and White replied that it was part of the Communication Skills goal of the General Education curriculum, particularly given its connection to writing skills. Mark Mossman, Chair of the English and Journalism Department, reported that several members of the English Literature faculty and the English Education faculty had recently had a productive meeting about sustained silent reading and other increasingly common reading practices in secondary schools. Dr. Mossman reported that the two groups of English faculty are going to be working together on related reading comprehension issues for English majors, as part of a larger conversation on the place of reading in the curriculum. Dean Martinelli-Fernandez commented that the College of Arts and Sciences stood ready to coordinate with CGE on this issue and help in any way it could, via the CAS Faculty Councils Essential Skills Committee. She also invited a representative from CGE to meet with the CAS Chairs Council at its next regular meeting, to alert chairs to both the concern and the forthcoming survey. Dr. Martinelli-Fernandez commented on the difficulties of teaching students ones content knowledge and critical thinking skills when their basic writing and reading comprehension skills were deficient; faculty members responsibility as professionals is compromised when they must spend prep time, class time, and grading time addressing concerns about students essential skills. Motion: Jess White moved that CGE establish a Subcommittee on Reading Comprehension in General Education. Cindy Struthers seconded the motion, which was unanimously approved by CGE. The Subcommittee is charged with: (1) investigating how WIUs peer institutions handle reading comprehension concerns; and (2) constructing survey questions on reading comprehension in General Education classes, to be included in the General Education writing survey. After the subcommittee has collected the data, CGE will determine how best to share the results with potentially interested bodies in the university community, including the CAS Essential Skills Committee, CCPI, the WID Committee, the Senate, and the faculty as a whole. Jess White, Diana Allen, Cindy Struthers, Ginny Boynton, and Pat McGinty volunteered to serve on the subcommittee. General Education Assessment Feedback Loop Jess White suggested that we use Tere Norths survey service to find out what faculty members would like to learn about the results of General Education assessment. Discussion of this possibility included concerns about how to keep from inundating faculty members with an increasing numbers of surveys, which might lead to the surveys being ignored. Dean Zoerink reported that he shares general information from his departments Gen Ed Assessment Report with the departments faculty so that they might consider how well they are meeting the goals of General Education. Pat McGinty suggested that CGE craft a synopsis from the data we collect to share with the faculty as a whole. Nancy Parsons reported that she now has the data from past years, although it is not yet sorted by goal. Cindy Struthers pointed out that Council members could obtain the data from our own records for the past year or two, since former Associate Provost Judi Dallinger had emailed the Excel spreadsheets to all members in past years; since several Council members are in their third year on CGE, they may still have the emails with the results from 2009-10 and 2010-11. Dr. McGinty suggested that the past years data could give CGE a start on the longitudinal summary that could be shared with the faculty. Dr. Parsons pointed out that since CGE does not have a permanent Civil Service Secretary, it has no permanent record. Jess White and Cindy Struthers recalled that former CGE Secretary Sean Cordes had volunteered to set up a location for CGE on the universitys shared S drive. That could serve as a permanent repository of our records, data, and reports. Dr. Struthers observed that once CGE has collected sufficient data, the Council will need to determine what that data means for the General Education curriculum. Dr. McGinty reminded the Council that CGE will also need to generate its own understanding of the effectiveness of WIUs General Education curriculum. Adjournment: The Council, having completed its business for the day, adjourned at 4:15 p.m. CGE will next convene on Thursday, 17 November 2011. 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