Members Present: Steve Brace, Jeannine Browning, Mike Garringer, Michelle Harrell, Ernie Krug,  David McIntosh, Phil Metcalf, Cathy Palmer, Roy Weaver, Kate Webber, and Eugene White

Guests Present: Jody Britten, assistant professor of Education Studies

President Eugene White called the meeting to order at 9:40 a.m.

MINUTES

After a review of the October 12, 2002 minutes, Phil Metcalf made a motion to accept, seconded by David McIntosh.  The minutes were approved by voice vote.

Before the faculty presentation, Dean Weaver updated the board on the electronic field trips sponsored by Best Buy, Inc.  The next field trip will be held at Wrigley Field on March 18.  Best Buy will be promoting the field trips by placing posters, flyers, and a hi-definition 30-second looped video in over 500 stores nationwide.  An estimated 13 million viewers will see the field trip.

FACULTY PRESENTATIONS

Professional Growth Plan Concept  -- http://www.bsu.edu/web/PGPBSU

The Professional Growth Plan Concept helps students understand and develop an appreciation for professional growth.  Students must complete nine professional growth plan experiences before graduation.  Many of the experiences are online.   By fall semester there will be approximately 100 modules available online.  Faculty and students each have their own areas of access and are password protected.

Students can view activities.  Special education has been an area of weakness.  There are three modules in reading, secondary education and all grade students.  Students starting early with PGP make this a part of their program.

DEANS REPORT

Dean Weaver walked the board through the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education and the Indiana Professional Standards Board Institutional Report.  NACTE visit will be April 12-16, 2003.  The following are areas Dean Weaver highlighted for the board:

• lConceptual framework

• lPage 5 – Offices and services associated with Teachers College

• lPage 10 – Administrative and school services, licensure programs and related non-licensure programs

• lPage 17 – Description of Ball State professional educator

• IPages 41-48 – Skeleton view of PGP, Learning Assessment Model (LAM), Edfusion, a digital infrastructure for standards-based teacher education reform

• lPage 54 – Role of the PDS network in overall field experience program

• lPage 65 – Experiences working with diverse faculty

• lPage 71 – Breakdown of school size

• lPage 74 – Overview of faculty

• lPage 84 – Current Teacher College organizational chart (will be changing)

• lPage 87 – Teacher’s College general fund support summary

• lPage 88 -- Overview of the University’s expenditures

• lPage 90 – Giving donations to the Teachers College

• lPage 91 – Instructional support personnel

• lPage 92 – Distribution of faculty FTEs, all faculty and all GA FTEs

• lPage 94 – Travel expenditures

• Dean Weaver gave an overview of the following three additional handouts:

•  lThe Ball State University Strategic Plan -- very specific data was collected about the progress that has been made.

• lThe Teachers College Development Plan -- this plan is in its initial stages.  The technical infrastructure is a high priority.  Funding issues are mentioned in the plan as well.

• lThe Pass Rates Summary – this summary includes every institution in each of the licensure areas.

UPCOMING EVENTS

The board agreed to co-sponsor one event at this time with the Alumni Association.  The Teachers College Alumni Association and the Indianapolis Area Alumni Club will co-sponsor the annual Symphony of the Prairie outing on Saturday, July 16, 2003.  Eugene White will pay for two Symphony on the Prairie Tickets for each board member.  On

May 16, 2003, a TGIF gathering will be held for Southern Indiana and Northern Kentucky area alumni at Buckhead Mountain Grill in Jeffersonville, Indiana.  Dean Weaver will attend.  Roy Weaver will send letters to area Teachers College alumni encouraging them to attend the events.  There was also some discussion about hosting an event at Churchill Downs this summer, as well.

FINAL COMMENTS

Board members may make an annual fund gift anytime during the year.  The Dean’s fund and the Scholarship fund are both used by the Teachers College Alumni Association.  The board asked the Dean to send a reminder in early December to board members who have not made an annual gift.

Potential Outstanding Alumni Award nominees should be e-mailed to Dean Weaver before the next meeting.

NEXT BOARD MEETING

The next board meeting is Tuesday, June 10, 2003 at the Alumni Center.  Committee meeting will be at 8:30 a.m.; meeting at 9:00 a.m., and lunch will be served at 11:00 a.m.

ADJOURNMENT

The meeting adjourned at 11:40 a.m., and lunch and basketball game followed.