THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT ASHEVILLE

                           FACULTY SENATE 

                              Senate Document Number    0696F 
                              Date of Senate Approval   12/05/96


Statement of Faculty Senate Action:

     APC Document 4:  Department of Education Curriculum Changes

Effective Date:     Fall, 1997

A.   Page 113 

     Delete:   The titles and course descriptions for 

     EDUC 100 - Teaching: A Human Endeavor (1)
     A freshman seminar for teaching fellows dealing with the
human qualities of teachers.   Prerequisite: enrollment in
Teaching Fellows Program. Course offered every fall semester.

     EDUC 101 - Observing in the Schools (1)
     A freshman seminar for teaching fellows focusing on
observation in the schools.  Field experiences required. 
Prerequisite: EDUC 100, enrollment in Teaching Fellows Program. 
Course offered every spring semester.

B.   Page 114
     
     Delete:   The titles and course descriptions for 
     
     EDUC 200 - Alternative School Structures (1)
     A sophomore seminar for teaching fellows focusing on
alternatives to traditional public schools.  Prerequisite:
enrollment in Teaching Fellows Program or permission of
instructor.  Course offered every fall semester.

     EDUC 201 - Participating in the Schools (1)
     A sophomore seminar for teaching fellows requiring that
fellows tutor and teach in the schools.  Field experiences
required.  Prerequisite: EDUC 200, enrollment in Teaching Fellows
Program, or permission of instructor.  Course offered every
spring semester.

     EDUC 301 - Schooling: A Multi-Cultural Perspective (1)
     A junior seminar for teaching fellows dealing with the
multi-cultural aspect of U.S. public education.  Prerequisite:  
enrollment in Teaching Fellows Program or permission of
instructor.  Course offered every fall semester.



     EDUC 302 - Multi-Cultural School-Based Practicum (1)
     A   junior seminar for teaching fellows requiring
observation and participation in a multi-cultural public school
situation.  Field experiences and participation in multi-cultural
field trip required.  Prerequisite: EDUC 301, enrollment in
Teaching Fellows Program, or permission of instructor. Course
offered every spring semester.

     Rationale: 
     The consensus is that these courses fulfill their primary
purpose in that they allow students in the Teaching Fellows
Program the opportunity to get to know one another and/or to have
some exposure to the Licensed Education Agency (LEA) system. 
However, it is also agreed that there are at least two negative
outcomes:

     1.   Matriculants must take six semester hours more than
those normally required in their respective programs of study.

     2.   Often, scheduling conflicts have led to either student
delay of enrollment in essential major and licensure courses or
instructor need to offer an excessive number of independent
studies.   (For one member of the Department, the number during
the 1995-96 school term was 24).


     In consideration of the foregoing, there is no need for
these courses, given that the students can satisfy expectations
from their state governing body, The Teaching Fellows Commission,
through more comprehensive and better means which already exist
or are in the process of being developed.  In this sense, the
prevailing program of the Department of Education accords
far-above-average academic and pedagogical content coverage and 
skill building.  In addition, the Director of the Teaching
Fellows Program, assisted by others, has already completed the
draft of a plan which not only reflects substance but far exceeds
expectations of the Commission.

     Impact:  
     Adoption of this proposal will mean that Teaching Fellows
will have 

     a)   a reduction of six semester hours in their
requirements, bringing them in line with other licensure students
as well as in closer compliance with the GA 128-hour mandate.

     b)   greater opportunity for completion of their program of 
study in timely fashion, a move which more closely adheres to
legislative concerns.
 
     It will also mean elimination of the need for faculty to
provide an inordinate number of independent studies.