THE
FACULTY
SENATE
Senate
Document Number 0905F
Date
of Senate Approval
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Statement
of Faculty Senate Action:
Effective Date: Fall 2006
1. Delete: On p. 105,
delete the program description and all text under the title Reading
Licensure (K-12):
Add: On p. 105, in place of deleted entry:
Students may complete the K-12 Reading Licensure
program with any major. See the appropriate Education advisor for details.
I. Required courses in Education―36 hours: EDUC 310, 311, 313,
314, 317, 318, 380, 388, 389, 390, 455, and 490.
II. Required courses outside Education—14 hours: DRAM 103; PSYC 101,
318, 312, 328. Recommended
elective: ANTH 100 or SOC 240.
III. Other departmental requirements as
outlined above for all licensure students.
Impact:
Dropping
the requirement of a Psychology major will not significantly impact the number
of majors in the Psychology Department because we have had so few persons
completing the Reading Licensure program.
We have had only seven students completing the program from Fall 1999 to Spring 2005.
The
4-hour increase caused by requiring EDUC 314 as well as both EDUC 317 and 318
is balanced by not requiring PSYC 416.* Students in this program will still be
able to finish with less than 128 hours depending on their major. If they
select a Psychology major, they will be able to finish with 121 hours,
depending on an efficient coverage of ILS requirements.
The
impact of this change on the Education Department will be positive. Currently,
the capstone course for this program has very low enrollment requiring it to be
either taught as an independent study or as an under-enrolled course. Being
able to regularly schedule the course will ensure the consistency of its
quality. Also, increasing the numbers of students in this program will support
the efforts of the Education Department to increase the numbers of its
graduates.
Rationale:
Dropping
the requirement of a Psychology major was identified as very desirable in a
retreat in Spring 2004 including members of the Education Department, the
Psychology Department, and Buncombe County Schools. With the new federal
mandate for all students to succeed in reading, there is a growing need for
professionals licensed in reading to work in the schools. The low number of
students completing the reading licensure program is due in part to the
requirement of the Psychology major. By
opening up the academic major requirement, more undergraduates who have begun a
major outside of Psychology would be able to pursue this licensure program.
Also, there are significant numbers of post-baccalaureate students who did not
major in Psychology who have sought to enter the program. Every semester, the program coordinator
receives one or two inquiries about this from persons who did not major in
Psychology. In addition, the Title I
(Reading Program) lead-teacher for Buncombe County Schools reported that she
has been working with persons who would enter this program if the Psychology
major were not required.
The
addition of EDUC 314 as a separate requirement will help graduates meet state
and national standards. This course includes a fifteen hour tutorial in a
diverse middle school as well as in-depth coverage of strategies addressing the
reading and studying needs of students in 6-12 settings. This content
is only cursorily covered in EDUC 317 or 388.
*Currently,
seventeen hours are required outside of Education (PSYC 101 and 318 are not
counted in the current Catalog in the number of hours required outside of
Education).