Policies and Procedures

• The committee meets as often as necessary (usually three or four times per semester) to carry out its duties.
• The committee develops and supervises a system of selection, interviewing, and enrollment of students for admission to the teacher education program.
• The committee determines standards to be met by students for the satisfactory completion of teacher education curricula.
• The committee provides guidance for students who have been admitted to the teacher education program and for their advisors.
• The committee makes decisions on committee business through normal parliamentary procedure and a majority vote of members present.
• The Chair selects another committee member to record the minutes of the meetings.
• The committee notifies the Department of Education and the subject area department (for secondary education majors) of a teacher education applicant's admission or rejection to the program.
• The committee notifies the general faculty of any curricular or policy changes concerning teacher education through communication with the Curriculum Committee and/or the University administration.