TEC Teacher Education Council
Kennesaw State University
Policies and Procedures
Meetings
Meetings are generally held monthly on Thursday, in KH 1203, from 11:00-12:30 p.m. The TEC co-chair reserves the meeting room for the year of the co-chair’s term of office and sets the meeting dates. See http://www.kennesaw.edu/tec/2012-2013/ for exact dates and meeting rooms.
Major Changes and New Proposal
- Proposals are to be submitted on the appropriate forms: undergraduate program forms can be accessed on the UPCC web site at http://www.kennesaw.edu/upcc/forms.html and graduate program forms can be accessed on the GPCC web site at https://web.kennesaw.edu/academicaffairs/gpcc
- Proposals for posting on the TEC website must be submitted to Dr. Cherry Steffen (csteffen@kennesaw.edu) a minimum of two weeks before the date of the first reading.
Table 1. TEC standardized file naming system.
UPCC Forms TEC file name
Example
Change in existing course
Add program name & course number
ARED4425ChngCrse
Adding a new course
Add program name & number
MUED6200NwCrse
Discontinuing a course
Add program name & course number
EDUC2110DiscnCrse
Change a major
Add program name
ECEChngMajor
Change a major (Policy)
Add program name
MATHChngPlcy
Adding/changing a minor/certificate
Add program name
TSOLAdMinor -or-
TSOLChngCertif
GPCC
TEC file name
Example
Course Cross-Listing
Add program name & course number
AREDCrosLst
Program/Concentration
Approval/RevisionAdd program name
BIOLPrgrmRev
Course Proposal/Revision
Add program name & course number
MATH6500CrseRev
E-Z (Simple course change)
Add program name & course number
ARED6200LEZ
Special Topic Approval
Add program name
MusicSpecialTopic
Policy Change
Add program name
MEdPolicyChange
The proposal submission dates are posted on the TEC website with the meeting schedule. In Table 1, the standardized file naming procedure for TEC proposals is listed. If corrections or additions are made at the first reading, please add "(revised)" to the title for the second reading.
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Each proposal must be submitted as an electronic attachment either as a Word document file or a portable document format (pdf) file.
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Proposals will be posted to the TEC web site.
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The original and signature page can be delivered to the committee co-chair through campus mail or hand delivered at the time of the first reading.
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A representative from the department submitting the proposal must be present at the first and second readings or the proposal will be tabled.
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Proposals without the proper signatures and those that are not in the correct format will be tabled.
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All proposals must have the first reading completed before or during the last January meeting (with the second reading on or before the last February meeting), in order to be included in the following year’s catalog.
Minor Changes to Programs:
- Minor changes to existing programs consist of:
- Changes to program admissions standards
- Changes/clarifications/corrections to the program’s catalog description
- Minor program changes can be presented in memorandum form, and approved by the GPCC with a single reading, once approved by the TEC.
Minor Changes To Courses : EZ Form
- Minor changes are defined as a change to one of the following
- change to the title of a course
- simple editing changes to a course description
- course discontinuations
- course numbering changes
- Multiple changes to any combination of title, numbering, or description DO NOT constitute a Minor Change, and must go through the full proposal approval process.
- Changes that appear to be more than simple editing changes must go through the full proposal approval process (committee chair discretion).
Committee Actions:
- Actions require a quorum of voting members (8; there are a total of 12 voting members—10 faculty; 2 students).
- A simple majority approves an issue.
- Deliberation format will be
- Presentation of proposal
- Discussion
- Floor open for motions; voting and non-voting members can make a motion.
- Motions require a second (voting and non-voting members can second a motion).
- For motions to be approved, a simple majority of voting members is required.