May 2011 - Vol.2 No.5

Carolyn Rogers, Faculty Chair, P-12 Leadership & Licensure Programs                      

LEA Specialization Meeting Minutes - May 10, 2011, 8:00 AM CT

•  Attended
  Melissa McIntyre, Bill Wold, Randall Sampson, Jerry Horgen, Linda Rodgers, Claire Boyce, Steve Hinshaw, Debbie Schreiner, Mary Ann Nelson, Pat Guillory, Sue Slater, Alma Rodriguez, Traci Smith, Laura Trujillo-Jenks, Phil Corkill, Richard Humphreys, Shirlan Mosley-Jenkins, Ted Ray, Ruthenia Jackson, Lisa Connor, and Doug DeWitt.
  
  Introduction of New Faculty
  Ruthenia Jackson: Ruthenia began her career as a Special Education teacher working in both high and middle schools in the School District of Philadelphia, and later an as elementary teacher in the Cincinnati Public Schools. She has served as a school administrator in both the Columbus City Schools and Cincinnati Public Schools districts in the state of Ohio. Presently, she is the Principal of Carson School which was the first school of the district wide initiative known as the Turnaround School cohort to increase student academic performance, by focusing on closing the achievement gaps for regular and special education students. She was a finalist for the Dr. Lawrence C. Hawkins Educator of the Year Award hosted by Western & Southern Financial Group. In the spring of 2009, she hosted a Roundtable discussion with the Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan along with the superintendent, deputy superintendent, school board members, Cincinnati teachers, and community representatives.
  
  Ruthenia obtained a Bachelor of Science with a dual certification in Elementary and Special Education from Westchester University, a Masters of Arts in Administration from Antioch University, an Administration Certification from Xavier University, and a Doctorate of Education from Nova Southeastern University. With her experience in administration, and a passion to mentor, develop and grow future leaders, she has begun the process to become an instructional leader in higher education at Capella University. It is her desire to work collaboratively to bridge the K-12 practitioner’s experiences with the scholarly environment of higher education in an effort to improve the leadership capacity of school and district leaders in the United States and aboard.
  
  Capella Training
  Sexual Harassment: Faculty should have begun receiving information about completing the sexual harassment training. The course completion period is May 9-27 and takes approximately 30 minutes to complete. We encourage you to take this training early so that you don’t forget. Once you’ve completed the training, please email Melissa McIntyre (Melissa.mcintyre@capella.edu) so that she can keep a record for Dr. Rogers.
  
  Courserooms
  Visibility: Be in the courseroom 4 – 5 days per week; minimum of one response per learner per week; respond to all learner questions within 48 hours; a minimum of one contact per week for dissertation learners; contact Lead or Chair with any questions or concerns – no surprises.
  
  Learner Engagement:
  • Know if course history and the reasons they drop
  • Summary of research of online learning and getting learners posted….put it into the courseroom
  • Use Skype or conference call information
  • Follow up for learners with at-risk learners
  • Choose a controversial article and email to learners and get them
  • Video conference with the instructor and other learners throughout the quarter
  • Focus on building relationship by more frequent
  
  Mentoring
  SMR Process: The SMR process has already begun. However, clarification is needed on the process. The learner and mentor work together to complete section 1 and 2. Once the mentor has approved both sections, the mentor then submits these sections to CompDissSupport@capella.edu. Representatives will then forward section 1 and 2 to the specialization for approval of the topic. If the topic is appropriate, the specialization reviewer will notify CompDissSupport@capella.edu. If approval is not granted, the specialization reviewer will work with the mentor to help the learner to make revisions to the sections as deemed appropriate until approval is granted. CompDissSupport@capella.edu will document the approval and the learner and mentor work to complete the methodology section of the SMR form. Once the mentor agrees that this each point in this section meets the criteria and approves this section, the information from the SMR form will need to be cut/paste into the appropriate scientific merit review form. Then, the mentor will submit the completed Reviewer form for Scientific Merit Reviewers via CompDissSupport@capella.edu. The Scientific merit reviewer will review each item to determine whether or not you have met each of the criteria. You must meet all the criteria to obtain approval. The Scientific merit reviewer will review each item to determine whether or not you have met each of the criteria. You must meet all the criteria to obtain approval. The reviewer will provide feedback on any criteria that you have not met. The SMR will be approved, deferred for minor or major revisions, not approved, not ready for review, etc. If the SMR has been deferred, you will need to make the necessary revisions and obtain approval for the revisions from your mentor. Once you have mentor approval for your revisions, your mentor will submit your SMR for a second review. You will be notified if your SMR has been approved, deferred for major or minor revisions, or not approved. You will have up to 3 attempts to obtain scientific merit approval. Researchers, mentors, and reviewers should make every possible attempt to resolve issues before the SMR is failed for the 3rd time. If a researcher does not pass the scientific merit review on the 3rd attempt, then the case will be referred to the Research Specialists in the School of Education for review, evaluation, and intervention. Once you obtain SMR approval, proceed to write the dissertation proposal and prepare your IRB application. The methodology sections on the SMR correspond to the sections that are included in the School of Education Dissertation Chapter 3 Guide. Scientific Merit approval is required before IRB approval but does not indicate that IRB approval will follow scientific merit approval.
  
  Mentoring Meeting
  The next mentoring meeting is May 17, 2011 at 8pm CST. It will be facilitated by Skot Beazley and Sam Song. The call information is as follows: Phone Number: 888-227-5650 Access Code: 29213.
  
  Kudos

• Ted Ray: Ted Ray has been awarded the Red Carpet Award! Ted was nominated because he brings his collaborative creative skills to all of his responsibilities as a core faculty member in the P-12 Leadership and Licensure Programs (LLP). Specifically, during the past year his skills were especially evident in the following initiatives: Editor of the LEAD newsletter for all P-12 LLP specializations. Link: http://leadnews.tedray.com, Exemplary Dissertation Courseroom, Video Welcome Message in his courserooms, and Portrayal of Dr. Raymond Tay during Track 1 Colloquium during the Foundations of Research session.
   

• Lisa Connor: Lisa is getting married on July 3 at South Padre Island, Texas.
   

• Melissa McIntyre: Melissa McIntyre has won the Harold Abel Distinguished Scholar award.
  
  Colloquium
  The next colloquium will be held on May 19-22, 2011 in Minneapolis. While learners are attending, we would like for them to focus their time and energy on the colloquium sessions. As such, please be flexible with due dates if possible and allow them additional time after the colloquium ends to complete their work.
  
  Assigning LEA Mentors and LEA Committee Member
  Mentoring and committee assignments will be made for ALL faculty. We will begin making these assignments while learners are in the comprehensive process to alleviate the amount of time that learners spend on this task.
  
  For the Good of Group
   

• Doug DeWitt: Doug will be the keynote speaker in China.
   

• Mary Ann Nelson: Mary Ann has been affiliated with the Malcolm Baldridge group and has just returned from training in Washington, DC.
  
  Next LEA Faculty Meeting
  The next LEA specialization meeting will be held on Tuesday, June 14, 2011 at 8:00 am CST.

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C&I Specialization Faculty Meeting Minutes - May 10, 2011, 9:00 PM CT

Date:         Tuesday, May10, 2011 Time:        9 – 10:00 CST   Note:         None Location:  Conference Call Purpose:   C&I Faculty Meeting

Phone Call In Number:  888-227-5650 Passcode: 85378#

 

Attended

Skot Beazley, Sam Song, Lisa Aaroe, Donna Flood, David Ibarra, Michael Jazzar, Salha Jeizan, Amy Kuo-Newhouse, Carol Perez, Chris Stabile, Amy Williamson, Steve Obrien, Carol Burnworth, Irene Singletary, Carolyn Rogers

 

Agenda

ITEM	NOTES FROM DISCUSSION
Welcome and Congratulations   Congratulations to Dr. Ted Ray – LEA for the Red Carpet Award   Congratulations to Dr. Melissa McIntyre for being selected as the SOE Harold Abel Distinguished Faculty for 2011   Dr. Adrienne Gibson was the SOE Harold Able Distinguished Faculty for 2009   Thank you to Amy Williamson for making significant revisions for the Internship Courses last quarter. – Thanks for the Hard work   Adrienne Gibson is deep into the process of revising the PhD/EdS Internship courses – Thanks for the hard work	Carolyn Rogers attended and spoke to the LEA Template and the need for quality and content – not to get too hung up on the “minimum number of pages”   Sam Song asked for News Letter items and pushed the Sharepoint for LEA – great resource for lots of good stuff.   Fairly extensive conversation about the Scientific Merit Review process – appears to be positive and moving forward. No major issues or problems.   Michael needs 48 Comp Readers – we have identified 40 to date – still need 8 more – Skot will provide those additional readers…We will also be developing a list of available Mentors and Committee members for Michael within the next two weeks. In this way we will be able to ensure that All of our new mentees coming out of comps will have a mentor and committee members assigned before they leave the comps course.   Mentor training to be held next Tuesday – come one come all.
Comps Reader Requirement – Michael Jazzar
Mentoring Status –   Faculty who have Learners Achieved IRB Approval or Completed their Dissertations?   Scientific Merit Process – Status Report and Discussion – How is it working? Any problems? Any suggestions?   At Risk Learner Process – Group Discussion   Mentoring Training - When: May 17th (Occurs every month on the third Tuesday of the month) from 8:00 PM to 9:00 PM effective 7/20/2010 until 6/21/2011. (GMT-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada) Where: 888-227-5650/29213# Dr. Donna Flood will demonstrate her Mentoring Course Room via Breeze. Details to follow
Course Status for Q2 –   Minor Revision Process – Any problems Thank you to Amy Kuo Newhouse for doing a revised text book review   Engaging learners in the courses - Faculty Expectations – In the course room 4 – 5 days per week; minimum of one response per learner per week; respond to all learner questions within 48 hours; a minimum of one contact per week for dissertation learners; Contact Lead or Chair with any questions or concerns – no surprises.
General Reminders ·         ALL Faculty – Required to attend faculty meetings (Not Optional); ·         Units for Part-time faculty – 15.99 – Notify Leads or Chair if you have a problem with assignments. ·         Teaching and Mentoring – Mentoring assignments will be made for ALL part-time faculty.  If you have questions or comments, please contact the Chair. ·         Scientific merit review process in place for new Mentees this quarter Q2. ·         Mentoring Meeting Strongly Encouraged: o    May 17, 2011 at 8pm CST o    Facilitated by Skot Beazley and Sam Song o    Phone Number:  888-227-5650 Code: 29213# ·         Visiting Scholars Needed o   Send resume to me and Hongzhuan “Sam” Song.
For the Good of Group

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SEL Specialization Faculty Meeting Minutes - May 11, 2011

To: SEL Faculty, Carolyn Rogers, Greg Reynen
From: Carol Pasanen, SEL Core Faculty
Date: May 11, 2011
Re: Notes from May 2011 SEL Meeting

Present at Meeting: Bill Brown, Ron Dougall, Dennis Flood, Scott Hollinger, Kathy Mondell, Carol Pasanen, Carolyn Rogers

1. Congratulations
   Congratulations are in order for Melissa McIntyre, recipient of the Harold Abel Award and Ted Ray, recipient of the Red Carpet Award!
    

2. Quarter 2 Update—Courses and Mentees
   Bill Brown reported that ED7542 is being revised in order to meet NCATE requirements. He has been working with Melissa McIntyre on this.
   Ron Dougall reported ED7550 is going well and there are 11 learners in his comps courseroom. One of his mentees recently successfully completed her dissertation.
   Dennis Flood reported that the work on revising ED7554 and ED7555 is nearing completion.
   Scott Hollinger reported that his section of ED7545 is going well.
   Kathy Mondell reported meeting weekly with her mentees. Two have successfully completed their dissertations this term.
   Carol Pasanen reported that there are 12 learners in the first half of the internship course this term and all are making good progress.
    

3. Scientific Merit Review (SMR)Process
   Carol Pasanen reported having one of her mentees successfully complete the SMR process. It was suggested that mentors advise their mentees to make sure they have a sound understanding of their methodology and data analysis procedures before completing their SMR form. This may mean contacting the Research Help Desk (Larry Reynolds—qualitative, Bill Tetu-quantitative, Adell Newman Lee) for assistance, purchasing an appropriate text written by an authority in their methodology, and working with a statistician.
    

4. Dissertation Guidelines
   Carolyn reviewed guidelines for chapter 2 of the literature review making sure learners address the theoretical framework that is aligned with the research questions, present literature from opposing viewpoints, discuss related studies that have been completed and gaps in the literature. The focus should be on quality rather than quantity even though we have used a minimum of 30 pages as the length standard. She mentioned that it would be difficult to address all required elements in a quality literature review in less than 30 pages. It is important that learners become “experts” in their topic and should be knowledgeable about the leading experts in the field and should be able to talk confidently about the literature that supports their studies.
    

5. Attracting and Retaining Learners
   The following suggestions were discussed for attracting new learners.
   Scott Hollinger suggested hosting a reception at a CEC conference.
   Carol Pasanen mentioned that some of our SEL learners currently in the internship course attended the recent CEC conference in Maryland and shared information about Capella’s program—there was much interest on the part of the conference attendees and some of the presenters as well.
   Bill Brown said that he and Kathy Mondell attended a CEC conference in the past where Capella students were present in the Capella booth in the vendor area. They felt that several new learners were recruited for Capella.
   Bill Brown also felt it would be important to highlight our NCATE accreditation if we attended a CEC conference.
   Carolyn said that we would have SEL faculty representation at the next national CEC conference. We discussed getting Capella’s Marketing Department involved.
   Scott Hollinger suggested making a Capella presence at statewide conferences for directors of special education.
   
   The following suggestions were discussed for retaining learners.
   Carolyn suggested contacting learners’ advisors when the learners are falling behind.
   Carol Pasanen stated that it was important to find ways to keep learners engaged.
    

6. Preventing Workplace Harassment Training May 9-27
   All SEL faculty should complete this training ASAP and let Carol P. know when they have completed the training.
    

7. Looking toward Quarter 3
   Carol P. mentioned that ED7550 will most likely not be taught next term. Carolyn said it will be offered Q2 and Q4 in the future due to low numbers in the course. Carol will contact each faculty member individually about teaching assignments for next term. We continue to need dissertation mentors.
    

8. Ed Academy
   Carolyn discussed the Ed Academy project that will offer professional development for current school leaders. She is looking for faculty who would be interested in being presenters. Send her an e-mail describing the types of workshops or presentations you might like to give if you are interested in this project!
    

9. Engaging Faculty
   Carol P. mentioned that we will spend time at our June meeting talking about some of our personal and professional activities to help us learn more about each other.
    

10. Next Meeting—June 8, 8:00 a.m. CDT
     

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Meetings At-A-Glance (Thank you, Dr. Rodriguez!)

                                       Meetings At-A-Glance                 (revised 4-5-11)

Specialization	Date(s)		Time	Number	Code			Person(s) Responsible
Quarterly  P-12 LLP:  C&I, SEL, & LEA Faculty	7-5-11 10-4-11		8:00 a.m. CST	888-227-5650	28228#			Dr. Carolyn Rogers
C & I Monthly	2nd Tuesday each month		8:00 p.m. CST	888-227-5650	85378#			Dr. Skot Beazley
LEA Monthly	2nd Tuesday each month		8:00 a.m. CST	888-227-5650	29215#			Dr. Melissa McIntyre
SEL Monthly	2nd Wed. each month		8:00 a.m. CST	888-227-5650	56473#			Dr. Carol Pasanen
Monthly Mentoring     P-12 LLP:  C&I, SEL, & LEA Faculty (encouraged to attend)	5-17-11   6-21-11   7-19-11   8-16-11   9-20-11   10-18-11   11-15-11   12-13-11		8:00 p.m. CST	888-227-5650	29213#			Skot & Sam   Ted & Doug   Melissa & Alma   Phil & Carol   Skot & Sam   Ted & Doug   Melissa & Alma   Phil & Carol
Residential Colloquia 2011
Spring 2011			May 19-22, 2011				Minneapolis, MN
			June 9-12, 2011				Atlanta, GA
Summer 2011			July 14-17, 2011				Anaheim, CA
			August 4-7, 2011				Dallas, TX
			September 22-25, 2011				Jacksonville, FL
Fall 2011			October 27-30, 2011				Arlington, VA
			November 3-6, 2011				Phoenix, AZ
			December 27-30, 2011				Orlando, FL

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