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PRE-MEETING DOCUMENTS

COLLEGE MISSION:

The College of Education is a voice of innovation for learning across the lifespan. We prepare professionals who educate and lead. Our inquiry and practice reflect integrity, a commitment to social justice, and the value of diversity in a global community.

COLLEGE VISION:

To be a nationally ranked, research-­-intensive, professional college of education with distinction for work in teaching and learning in technology-­-enabled environments.

8:00 - 8:30 Registration & Coffee
8:30 - 9:00 Getting-to-know-you Activity
9:00 - 9:15 Welcome & Introductions - Dean Fleener
9:15 - 10:30 Community Connections:
 
  • Goals of Retreat
    • Communicate across departments
    • Make recommendations for action or next steps from small-group conversations
    • Facilitate faculty and staff development
    • Communicate dean’s vision including college priorities and rationale
    • Contribute to positive college culture and morale
    • Tap talent in college
 
 
 
10:30 - 11:40 Breakout Session I Initial Topics for consideration
BB&T

1. Innovations in Graduate Programs

  • Areas of focus for innovation
  • Current issues to be addressed
  • Potential design of an interdisciplinary Ph.D.
  • Managing and coordinating an interdisciplinary doctorate
Logan

2. Reappointment, Promotion & Tenure

  • Laden, B. V. & Hagedorn, L. S. (2000). Job satisfaction among faculty of color in academe: Individual survivors or institutional transformers?
  • Stanley, C. A. (2006). Coloring the academic landscape: Faculty of color breaking the silence in predominantly white colleges and universities.
  • Tillman, L.C. (2011). Sometimes I’ve felt like a motherless child: Being Black and female in the academy. In S. Jackson & R.G. Johnson (Ed.), The Black Professoriat: Negotiating a habitable space in the academy (91-107). New York: Peter Lang.
  • Moody, Joanne (2004). Good Practices in Recruitment. Faculty Diversity, Ch. 5. New York, RoutledgeFalmer, 114-128.
  • Communicating expectations
  • Life balance
  • Faculty mentoring
  • Workload policy
  • Role of DVF with regard to SMEs (and FARS)
  • Tenure and Promotion transparency and consistency between departments
  • Expectations across ranks
Nortel A

3. Diversity

  • Summary of Diversity Terms
  • Moody, Joanne (2004). Good Practices in Recruitment. Faculty Diversity, Ch. 5. New York, RoutledgeFalmer, 114-128.
  • Hispanic Professionals
  • Laden, B. V. & Hagedorn, L. S. (2000). Job satisfaction among faculty of color in academe: Individual survivors or institutional transformers?
  • Stanley, C. A. (2006). Coloring the academic landscape: Faculty of color breaking the silence in predominantly white colleges and universities.
  • Tillman, L.C. (2011). Sometimes I’ve felt like a motherless child: Being Black and female in the academy. In S. Jackson & R.G. Johnson (Ed.), The Black Professoriat: Negotiating a habitable space in the academy (91-107). New York: Peter Lang.
  • Disability Chronicle Article
  • If they come, we should listen
  • Coordinated efforts to help honor and support our diverse students and faculty
  • Doctoral student support (and recruitment)
  • Climate & Community
  • Recruiting minority faculty and students
  • College culture
Clark 4. Recruitment and Support of Graduate Students
  • Expectations in different programs/departments
  • What are our quality expectations of our graduate students
  • Understanding different types of graduate students: Full-time/Part-time; On-Campus/Off Campus
  • Balance of full-time and part-time faculty teaching in graduate programs (including use of external partners and adjunct faculty) 
  • Mentoring and advising
  • Graduation rates 
  • Distance education programs
Nortel B

5. 21st Century Colleges of Education

  • Change process 
  • Moving forward; being adaptive
  • Taking advantage of opportunities 
  • External constituents 
  • What are our priority areas of strength 
  • How might we “manage” differently? 
  • How might we become more data driven?
Penick

6. Collaborative Research:

  • Advocacy Research that Impacts Social Justice and Equity Agendas
Wachovia

7. Staff Opportunities for College Leadership & Direction

  • Open discussion of staff involvement and contributions
  • Recommendations for creating leadership opportunities
  • Contributing to college culture and morale
  • Personal professional development opportunities
11:40 - 12:15 Institutional Review Board (IRB) for the Protection of Human Subjects in Research, and Data Security
12:15 - 1:00 Lunch
1:00 - 2:00 Breakout Session II Initial Topics for consideration
Wachovia

1. Innovations in Graduate Programs

  • New participants respond and add to previous group’s conversations
Logan

2. Reappointment, Promotion & Tenure

  • Laden, B. V. & Hagedorn, L. S. (2000). Job satisfaction among faculty of color in academe: Individual survivors or institutional transformers?
  • Stanley, C. A. (2006). Coloring the academic landscape: Faculty of color breaking the silence in predominantly white colleges and universities.
  • Tillman, L.C. (2011). Sometimes I’ve felt like a motherless child: Being Black and female in the academy. In S. Jackson & R.G. Johnson (Ed.), The Black Professoriat: Negotiating a habitable space in the academy (91-107). New York: Peter Lang.
  • New participants respond and add to previous group’s conversations
Nortel B

3. 21st Century Colleges of Education

 

  • New participants respond and add to previous group’s conversations
BB&T

4. International Experiences for Faculty & Students

  • Information about I+DEA
  • Potential areas of research focus and emphasis
  • Utilizing CED partners
  • What is a Global College of Education?
  • Communicating and promoting global opportunities
Clark

5. Teacher Education Research & Programs

  • Passport to success
  • Determining program success
Discovery

6. Collaborative Research and/or Cluster Hire Brainstorming

 

  • New participants respond and add to previous group’s conversations
Nortel A

7. Good Teaching: We're supposed to be the Experts

  • Incorporating 21st century learning tools
  • A new literacies approach to graduate programs
  • Meeting the needs of 21st century learners
  • Innovation and creativity vs. Lecture 101
2:00 Adjourn

 

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