Graduate Faculty Goofing

February 10, 2009

February 10 March 10

February 24 March 31

March 3 April 14

May 5

II. Reading Specialization

A. Convene faculty connected to the delivery of the Program

B. Examine possible redundancy between the Thesis and EDUC 6395 (Demonstration Project)

C. Examine possibility of moving summer practicum hours into a fall/spring sequence tied to teacher practice.

D. Work group proposal

III. Course and Program Component Review

A. Review of syllabi, outcomes, delivery of on-line courses, course rigor, on-line best practices

B. Revise field and clinical experiences to parallel changes being made in undergraduate program

C. Clearly define distinctions between undergraduate and graduate courses in the M.A.T. and M.Ed. programs. COURSE NUMBERS? How can you have UG courses in Grad programs??

D. Limit on-line programs to north central West Virginia; cap course enrollment; Geographically limit student enrollment to facilitate stronger field and clinical components

NOT LOOKING THE STUDENTS ONLINE IS NOT THAT DIFFERENT THAN NOT LOOKING AT THEM F2F

USE SOME OF THE GOLDEN EGGS TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO CLINICAL SUPERVISION, DON’T KILL THE GOOSE THAT IS LAYING THEM.

IV. Faculty Work Load Issues It only affects 2 people and they or admin are the only ones who should vote on issues that impacts faculty wallets.

A. Limit class size for graduate courses WHY ARE WE TALKING ABOUT THIS? YOU CANNOT NO YOU DON’T KILL THE GOOSE. THIS KILLS THE DRAFT ON LOAD BELOW.

B. Limit faculty workload to allow for more faculty scholarship (3/3) NO, YOU DON’T HAVE THE RESOURCES, WHAT SCHOLARSHIP?

C. Hire more graduate faculty to meet teaching needs; divide teaching loads equitably; reverse the trend of using adjuncts/overloads. WHY ARE WE TALKING ABOUT THIS? YOU CANNOT HIRE ANYONE ELSE!

Supplemental Pay Plan (is this better than the overload cash cow of yesteryear?)

Enrollment	Instructor Pay
25 or fewer	Base section pay
26 – 30	$200 per student for each additional student over 25
31 – 35	$175 per student for each student between 31 – 35
36 – 40	$150 per student for each between 36 – 40
41 – 45	$125 per student for each between 41 -- 44

Graduate Teaching Load Scenario

IF YOU DON"T HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE TO TEACH THE CLASSES TO BEGIN WITH, HOW DOES THE QUESTION OF LOAD OR RELEASE TIME COME UP?

DRAFT STRUCTURE

# Graduate Courses per Year	Course Credit Hour Load	Credit Hours
6	18 Graduate	18
5	15 Graduate and 3 UG	18
4	12 Graduate and 9 Undergraduate	21
3	9 Graduate and 12 Undergraduate	21
2	6 Graduate and 18 Undergraduate	24
1	3 Graduate and 21 Undergraduate	24
0	0 Graduate and 24 Undergraduate	24

Note: Under any circumstances (not including contractual courses releases) a faculty member would be expected to teach at least 18 combined credit hours in the fall/spring semesters.

Note: There will have to be some restriction related to section enrollment. A low enrollment course (e.g. less than 12) would not count as a “graduate” course” for load purposes.