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2006 – 2007 CONSTITUTION
THE COUNCIL FOR TEACHER
EDUCATION
AUSTIN PEAY STATE UNIVERSITY
Article I: Purpose and
Definition
The Council
for Teacher Education (TEC)
shall exercise general oversight
of all phases of the teacher
education unit and its programs
in the context of the existing
academic governance structure.
Its responsibilities include the
development of policies and
procedures related to: state
program approval and NCATE
accreditation; teacher candidate
recruitment, selection,
admission and retention;
instruction (courses, programs
and delivery); field experience
and clinical practice, candidate
and program evaluation; and
certification. It is the
designated unit of the
University for all basic
(initial licensure) programs and
shares the responsibility for
advanced programs with the
Graduate and Research Council.
The
Council acts upon all course and
program proposals related to
teacher education forwarded from
college curriculum committees
and makes appropriate
recommendations. It may also
initiate academic or curricular
studies or recommendations for
revision related to teacher
education, and may challenge the
assignment of instructors to
teach or supervise for any
service in the teacher education
unit. Final authority to assign
instructors will reside in the
academic departments.
Its
actions become recommendations
to the Academic Council or the
Graduate and Research Council.
The Council may appeal certain
decisions to the President.
Article II:
Membership
Section 1. Membership by
academic position is provided
for the:
- Director of
Teacher Education
-
Director of Clinical Teaching
Experiences
-
Coordinator of Graduate
Education
- NCATE
Coordinator or NCATE Assessment
Coordinator
- Dean, College
of Professional Programs and
Social Sciences (ex officio)
- Dean of
the Graduate School (ex officio)
- Vice
President for Academic Affairs
(ex officio)
-
Certification Officer (ex
officio)
All
of these members have voting
rights, except for the Director
of Teacher Education, who serves
as chairperson of the Council,
and the ex officio members.
Section 2. A minimum of one
member shall be appointed from
each of the following academic
areas or categories:
School
of Education (3)
K-6, 4-8, PreK-3
Special Education
Educational Leadership, Ed.S.
College of
Professional Programs and Social
Sciences (2)
Psychology/Political Science
Health & Human
Performance
College
of Arts and Letters (3)
Languages &
Literature
Art; Music;
Speech, Communication & Theatre
Social Science
(History and
Philosophy)
College
of Science and Mathematics (2)
Natural Sciences
Mathematics
LEA
Teacher/Administrator (one
Elementary)
LEA
Teacher/Administrator (one
Secondary)
Two
Teacher Candidates (one
undergraduate, one graduate)
Section 3. All members shall be
appointed by the President upon
recommendation from the Director
of Teacher Education.
Section 4. Appointment shall
include consideration of the
following criteria to assure
that a minimum fifty percent
(50%) of the membership has K-12
experience and involvement in
teacher education and public
schools:
a.
continuous involvement, concern
and interest in teacher
education
b. K-12 experience
c.
representative membership from
disciplines with a major leading
to
Teacher licensure, and
d.
relative enrollment numbers in
available licensure programs.
Section 5. There shall be a
maximum of 21 members, exclusive
of ex officio members.
Article III:
Terms of Office
Membership, as defined in
Article II: Section 1, is
permanent in terms of the
functioning roles. Membership,
as defined in Section 2, shall
be for a three-year period for
each position except for LEA
Teachers/Administrators
(Elementary and Secondary) and
Students (undergraduate and
graduate) who will serve
one-year terms. Consecutive
terms are permitted.
Article IV: Meetings and Quorum
Meetings shall be held at the
call of the chairperson or upon
the written request to the
chairperson by at least five (5)
members, or by the Council at a
prior meeting. At least one (1)
meeting shall be held each
semester of the academic year.
A
quorum shall be those persons
present at a meeting called in
accordance with the previous
paragraph at which a majority of
voting members are present.
Notices shall be distributed to
members by regular mail or
e-mail at least three working
days before the meeting.
Article V:
Amendments
These
policies and procedures may be
amended by a vote of the
majority of Council members at a
meeting subsequent to the one at
which a formal proposal to amend
is accepted. Such amended
policies become effective upon
approval of the Academic
Council.
Article VI:
Committees
The Council for
Teacher Education chair shall
appoint members to the following
committees for two year terms.
Each committee shall meet a
minimum of once per-semester
Section 1. An
Admission/Retention Committee of
no fewer than 5 faculty members
from within the teacher
education unit shall review and
approve applications for
candidates as they move through
the milestone process. In
addition they shall determine
fairness and appropriateness of
assessment process. The
committee chair shall be
appointed by the Director of
Teacher Education and approved
by the Teacher Education
Council.
Section 2. An Appeals Committee
of no fewer than 5 faculty
members shall
handle all
appeals submitted by candidates
seeking a waiver to the
milestone review process. The
committee shall also be
responsible for review of
candidate dispositional issues.
The committee chair shall be
appointed by the Director of
Teacher Education and approved
by the Teacher Education
Council.
Section 3. A Secondary/K-12
Advisory Committee of all
external K-12 and secondary
education methods teachers (or
TEC members representing these
programs), and a methods teacher
from programs in either
elementary or special education
shall review and coordinate
field and clinical experiences
and methods courses taught in
these academic departments. It
shall be chaired by the Director
of Clinical Teaching
Experiences.
Section 4. A Unit Assessment
Committee composed of no less
than six members of the Council,
selected to represent all
colleges and programs, and no
less than one LEA
representatives shall review
unit data and make
recommendations for unit
changes. The committee chair
shall be appointed by the
Director of Teacher Education
and approved by the Teacher
Education Council.
Section 5. A Program Evaluation
Committee composed of
representatives from the School
of Education and the
secondary/K-12 coordinators
shall analyze data related to
programs and to suggest program
changes based on state mandates
and data analysis. The
committee chair shall be the
Director of Teacher Education.
Article VII:
Relationships With Other
Councils
Section 1. Relation to the
Academic Council. All proposals
regarding undergraduate programs
approved by the Council for
Teacher Education must be
submitted to the Academic
Council for final approval
before they progress to the
President. The Academic Council
may not amend proposals but may
return them to the Council for
Teacher Education with
recommendations or suggestions
for changes. In the events of
an unresolved conflict, the
Council for Teacher Education,
by a vote of the majority, may
file a formal appeal with the
President, who will resolve the
issue.
Section 2. Relation to the
Graduate and Research Council.
All proposals regarding advanced
(graduate) programs in teacher
education will be submitted to
the Council for Teacher
Education and then to the
Graduate and Research Council
for consideration. If both
Councils approve the proposal,
the Dean of the Graduate School
will forward it to the Academic
Council. In the event a
proposal is approved by the
Council for Teacher Education
and minor changes are
recommended by the Graduate and
Research Council, the Director
of the School of Education and
the Dean of the Graduate School
will attempt to resolve the
dispute and resubmit it to the
Graduate Council before it goes
to the Academic Council.
If
substantive issues are raised,
it will return to the Council
for Teacher Education with the
recommendation from the Graduate
and Research Council.
If
the matter is not resolved at
this point, the proposal will be
sent to the Academic Council
which will arbitrate the
disagreement after both the
Council for Teacher Education
and the Graduate and Research
Council present their concerns.
Article VIII:
Adoption
These
policies and procedures shall
become effective by a majority
vote of the existing Council for
Teacher Education and additional
approval by the Academic
Council.
Approved by
Council for Teacher Education
on January 27,
1981
Endorsed by
Graduate and Research Council
on February 3,
1981
Endorsed by
Academic Council
on February 5,
1981
Approved by the
University Assembly
on February 26,
1981
Approved by
President Robert O. Riggs
on March 27,
1981
Revisions
approved by the Council for
Teacher Education 11/08/88
Revisions
approved by the Council for
Teacher Education 10/21/93
Revisions
approved by the Council for
Teacher Education 11/19/97
Revisions
approved by the Council for
Teacher Education 4/9/02
Revisions
approved by the Council for
Teacher Education 11/14/02
Revisions
approved by the Council for
Teacher Education—01/12/06 |
