Academic Standards Committee

The committee is composed of one faculty member from each department within the College of Education that offers undergraduate courses and one student representative. Faculty members are elected by their departments for 2-year terms. Terms are staggered across departments. The student representative is chosen from a pool nominated by COE faculty for a 1-year term. The chair is appointed by the Dean for an unspecified term.

The work of the committee is to formulate and implement COE academic standards that conform to University and COE academic policies, to review and recommend on individual student cases which are referred to it by units of the COE, or the undergraduate Academic Advising Office, to develop and update appropriate materials and policy statements and to monitor and to execute the COE policy probation, suspension and readmission by recommending action on individual student cases to the Dean following the conduct of appropriate hearings.

In order to conduct the aforementioned work of the committee, a quorum of no fewer than one third of the committee or no less than two members must be present.

Bylaws Committee

Purpose

1. To maintain an up-to-date file of the NSHE Code, UNLV Bylaws, and COE Bylaws.
2. To revise the COE Bylaws whenever so authorized by the COE Faculty.
3. To edit the COE Bylaws in accordance with the NSHE Code and the UNLV Bylaws.
4. To serve in an advisory capacity to the Dean and Department Chairs to prevent violations of the COE Bylaws.

The COE Bylaws committee shall review the NSHE Code, UNLV Bylaws, and COE Bylaws and recommend revisions to the COE Bylaws as needed. It shall also serve to interpret the COE Bylaws and recommend such interpretations to the COE faculty. The committee should obtain copies of the COE Faculty meeting minutes regarding actions that affect the College Bylaws, and take responsibility for confirming that the current edition of the COE Bylaws is posted on the COE website.

Amendment of Bylaws

Amendment of the COE Bylaws may be accomplished in the following manner:

1. A prepared amendment must first be submitted to the Bylaws committee. The COE Bylaws committee will review the proposed amendment to check conformity with UNLV Bylaws and NSHE Code.
2. The proposed amendment shall be forwarded to the Faculty Chair. The Faculty Chair will circulate the proposed amendment one (1) week prior to a properly called meeting of the COE Faculty.
3. The proposed amendment shall be discussed in a COE faculty meeting. If the proposed amendment is approved by a two-thirds (2/3) majority of the voting membership of the COE faculty, the amendment shall not take effect for 10 days.

Membership of COE Bylaws Committee

• One academic faculty from each department.
• One member from the Classified staff.
• Senior Faculty Senator (ex-officio).
• Membership shall be two year staggered terms.

Council on Field Experiences

The Council on Field Experiences (COFE) shall coordinate and oversee all college field experiences including the International Student Teaching Program.

COFE shall consist of members appointed by the Dean of the College of Education. These members shall include but are not limited to the Associate Dean who shall chair this Council and Departmental program field experience coordinators.

The International Student Teaching Program may necessitate the addition of sub-committee members appointed by the committee. The Associate Dean and representatives appointed by the Associate Dean concurrently serve on the Joint Consortium Committee and meet with Clark County School District members.

Curriculum Committee

COE Curriculum Committee (CCC). The Committee shall consist of faculty selected for two-year staggered terms. One faculty member is elected by each Department, and a student representative is selected by the committee with the concurrence of CSUN. The Chairperson shall be elected by the committee. The COE representative to the University Curriculum Committee and/or representative(s) to the Graduate Curriculum Committee serve as nonvoting members of the COE Curriculum Committee, unless they are also the chosen representative for the COE Committee from their respective departments, then they shall be voting members.

The committee shall receive and review all undergraduate and graduate curriculum and program recommendations or proposals developed and forwarded by the Departments or the Teacher Education Committee. This shall include all new course proposals, suggested dual listings, course deletions, changes to course descriptions, prerequisite changes, substantive editorial rewording of program descriptions, credit modifications, changes affecting course integrity, new degree programs including minors and program changes other than editorial rewording. The committee shall also resolve interdepartmental disputes regarding programs and curriculum, handle curriculum appeals, recommend modifications in college curriculum regulations, and/or policy regarding curriculum matters.

After deliberation, the COE Curriculum Committee shall recommend appropriate action regarding all proposals. Feedback will be provided to all faculty via distribution of its committee minutes. It may (1) return the proposal to the originator for amendments or corrections, (2) reject it with stated reasons, or (3) accept and forward it with recommendation for its approval to the Dean. A full faculty vote is not required to confirm acceptance unless five or more voting faculty request such action in writing to the Dean within five working days from the date of distribution of committee minutes. After such a full faculty vote, if required, the proposal(s) is (are) forwarded to the Dean of the COE for his/her approval or rejection. If rejected, the proposal(s) is (are) returned to the originator accompanied by stated reasons. The Dean forwards approved proposals to either the University Program and Curriculum Committee or the Graduate Curriculum Committee as appropriate.

If a recommendation or proposal is rejected by the COE Curriculum Committee, an appeal for a general faculty discussion and vote may be made in writing if signed by ten faculty and presented to the Dean of the COE. Such an appeal must be filed within ten working days from the date of faculty notification. The Dean shall then place this matter on the agenda of the next COE faculty meeting for full faculty review and action.

Dean's Advisory Council

The Dean’s Advisory Council (DAC) shall be advisory to the Dean of the COE. Membership shall consist of faculty elected for two-year staggered terms, from among the full-time, tenured or tenure-track faculty of the COE. One faculty member is elected by each department. The CSUN College of Education senators will serve as the student representatives on this committee. The faculty chairperson (FC) shall call the first meeting of the DAC by October 1 and serve as ex-officio. The committee will elect a chairperson from among the members.

The DAC as an advisory body shall receive, review and recommend action relative to any and all matters submitted to it for consideration by faculty as well as the Dean. The DAC shall advocate for equity and fairness among COE units in all matters, including but not limit to personnel, curricular, budget and program decisions. The DAC will also conduct the periodic evaluations of the Dean as described in Chapter 3, section 2.3 of the COE Bylaws.

Graduate Studies Committee

Graduate Studies Committee (GSC). The GSC shall consist of one elected representative from the graduate faculty of each department which has one or more approved graduate program(s). Terms of GSC members will be for two years and will be staggered to insure continuity. A graduate student representative from the Graduate Student Association shall be added each year with the approval of the GSC.

The general responsibility of the GSC shall be to recommend policies and procedures which insure comparable rigor and the maintenance of consistent quality control across all graduate programs in the COE. More specifically, it will monitor practices and suggest policies for COE consideration pursuant to student admission, advisement, retention, evaluation, exit criteria and appeals standards, criteria for graduate faculty status at varying graduate levels and academic standards for graduate programs. It will also serve as a liaison body between the Graduate College and COE relative to general graduate programs, concerns, and issues.

Merit Review Committee

See Appendix E - Merit Process

Multicultural and Diversity Committee

(document from MC&D committee regarding Mission, Structure, Goals and Service)

Peer Review Committee (PRC)

Election of the Peer Review Committee, Steps For Requesting a Peer Review, & Procedural Guidelines for Disagreeing With an Annual Performance Evaluation.

At the beginning of each academic year, the COE Faculty Chairperson shall call for two (2) nominations from each department in the COE in order to provide a pool of tenured faculty to be considered for the COE Peer Review Committee (PRC).

All voting members of the COE faculty will vote for one individual from each department; The Peer Review Committee will be composed of the faculty members (one from each department) receiving the most votes in the College-wide election. The other nominated faculty members will become the alternate from their respective departments. The COE faculty Chairperson shall call the first meeting of the PRC by October 15 and inform committee members of the process and to elect a committee chairperson. (See Appendix D for the process for requesting a peer review.) 

Promotion and Tenure Committee

Roles and Responsibilities

The COE Promotion and Tenure Committee reviews the applications of each candidate for tenure and/or promotion. The committee is advisory to the Dean of the College. After reviewing the candidate’s materials the committee forwards a written report (votes and reasons for votes) to both the candidate and the Dean. The written report of the COE Promotion and Tenure Committee becomes part of the candidate’s promotion and/or tenure file (dossier of materials).

The COE Promotion and Tenure Committee, as a faculty committee, will forward a report of the actions of the committee (votes and reasons for the votes) to the Academic Freedom, Tenure and Promotion Committee, the faculty committee at the university level.

The COE Promotion and Tenure Committee shall work with the faculty in each department to establish minimal standards and criteria for promotion and tenure that are congruent with the NSHE CODE for all COE candidates. These standards serve to guide the committee’s votes and reasons for the votes. Procedures, criteria, and standards established by the COE Promotion and Tenure Committee should undergo periodic reevaluation. The basic document and all changes resulting from reexamination are shared in writing with all COE faculty.

Procedures to be followed in the promotion and/or tenure process

At the time of hire, each candidate shall be furnished a letter of appointment which includes written guidelines and standards for review. Copies of annual reviews from the department chair(s) and the mid-tenure evaluation from the department will be provided to the candidate in written form. If specific concerns are identified by the department chair and department promotion and tenure committees, written suggestions for addressing those concerns should be provided to the candidate. It is the candidate’s responsibility to insure that copies of these evaluations (annual reviews and mid-tenure evaluation) be a part of the promotion/tenure dossier.

The faculty of each department shall establish written procedures to be followed for the evaluation and recommendation of members of the department for promotion and/or tenure.

Each September the Dean’s office will provide the COE Promotion and Tenure Committee with a complete list of all faculty in the college who must be considered for promotion and/or tenure during the academic year. A list of additional faculty who have requested to be considered will also be provided. Department and college promotion and tenure deadlines must be set to allow time for due process.

Candidates are responsible for preparing a dossier of materials. The dossier must contain the following: The University of Nevada System Recommendation for Tenure or Promotion form (“The Regents’ Form”); Vita; Mid-tenure Evaluation; Annual Evaluations by Department Chair(s); summary of teaching evaluation; examples of course syllabi; and samples of scholarly work. Candidates are responsible for providing additional materials to support their activity if requested to do so by the COE Promotion and Tenure committee.

Once the department promotion and tenure committee has evaluated the candidate’s materials, the following parties have access to the dossier: members of the COE Promotion and Tenure Committee, appropriate administrators, and members of the Academic Freedom, Promotion and Tenure Committee.

Candidates are first considered at the department level by a committee of colleagues as specified by department by-laws. The report from the committee, including the votes and the reasons for the votes, will be transmitted in writing to the chair, the COE Promotion and Tenure Committee and the candidate.

The department chair reviews the entire record and makes an independent recommendation that is transmitted in writing along with the material from the department committee to the candidate and the Dean. The Dean refers each dossier, which includes reports from the department promotion and tenure committee and the department chair, the COE Promotion and Tenure Committee for review.

The COE Promotion and Tenure Committee will review each dossier and file a written report to the Dean of the COE, the Academic Freedom Promotion and Tenure Committee and to the candidate. The College Promotion and Tenure Committee may request and/or gather additional evidence before completing the report. If additional material is added to the dossier, the department will be notified.

Following completion of deliberations by the COE Promotion and Tenure Committee, the Dean reviews the entire dossier and makes an independent recommendation that is transmitted in writing to the candidate and becomes part of the dossier of materials.

Scholarship and Honors Committee

The Scholarship and Honors Committee shall consist of one elected representative from each department in the College of Education. Terms of membership will be for two years and will be staggered to ensure continuity. The Chair will be elected from the membership of the committee. A chair-elect will also be elected and will serve as chair the following year.

The primary, responsibility of the Scholarship and Honors Committee is to select a recipient for the following facultt, awards: Distinguished Research Award.
Distinguished Teacher Award, Distinguished Service Award, Collaboration Group Award, and Early Career Award. In addition, the committee will select the
student recipients of the scholarships that are available each year.

Teacher Education Committee

The Teacher Education Committee (TEC) shall consist of one elected representative from each of the departments. The Department of Curriculum and Instruction shall have two representatives. Terms of membership will be for two years and will be staggered to ensure continuity. The Director of the Division of Teacher Education shall chair the TEC but will vote only in case of a tie.

The general responsibility of the TEC is to carry out the continuous review of teacher licensure, so as to ensure the maintenance of NCATE accreditation and Nevada State Program Approval.

TEC will be expected to 1) work with the Departments on the articulation of teacher licensure with the academic degree programs which reside in these units, 2) recommend and, if adopted, subsequently monitor generic requirements for teacher licensure that are college-wide and 3) serve as an advisory committee on the operations of the Teacher Education Division (TED) to its Director.