Responsibilities
The Teacher Education Committee is a university level committee, which has responsibility for the professional education programs. The Teacher Education Committee reviews and votes to approve or disapprove proposals from program areas around the university when those programs affect the teacher/professional education programs. The Teacher Education Committee is also a forum for sharing information from state agencies and for making recommendations to other university, college, and departmental committees.
Membership Composition
Because teacher/professional education is a university-wide responsibility, the Teacher Education Committee has representatives from all of the colleges of the university, a representative of the on-line learning community and the directors of the extended campuses, as well as the community public schools, and the student body. The Dean of the College of Education is/or appoints the chair of the committee and members are nominated by the university Committee on Committees and are approved by the president of the university.
Chair
The Dean of the College of Education or his designated representative serves as the Chair of the Teacher Education Committee. In this capacity s/he exercises approval authority for changes in the Professional Education Unit.