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DRAFT MOTION 20180807_5-I:

I move to approve USD’s request to reorganize the Division of Curriculum & Instruction

in the School of Education at the University of South Dakota as presented.

SOUTH DAKOTA BOARD OF REGENTS

Academic and Student Affairs

Consent

AGENDA ITEM: 5 – I

DATE: August 7-9, 2018

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SUBJECT

USD Realignment Request – Division of Curriculum & Instruction

CONTROLLING STATUTE, RULE, OR POLICY

BOR Policy 2:14 – Campus Organization Structure

BACKGROUND / DISCUSSION

The University of South Dakota requests authorization to divide the Division of

Curriculum & Instruction in the School of Education into two divisions: 1) Teacher

Residency and Education; and (2) Curriculum & Instruction.

IMPACT AND RECOMMENDATIONS

These changes would provide students a clearer path toward PK-12 licensure and to allow

the School of Education to grow in the areas of instruction and learning that is not directly

related to PK-12 education.

Board staff recommends approval.

ATTACHMENTS

Attachment I – USD Request to BOR: Realignment of the Curriculum & Instruction

Division

July 10, 2018 Dr. Paul D. Turman System Vice President for Academic Affairs South Dakota Board of Regents 306 East Capitol Avenue Pierre, SD 57501 RE: Changes to the Division of Curriculum & Instruction in the School of Education Dear Dr. Turman, In accordance with Board policies 2:14 “Campus Organizational Structure” and 1:6 “Appointment, Authority, and Responsibilities of Presidents and Superintendents,” I ask you to request Board approval to divide the Division of Curriculum & Instruction in the School of Education into two divisions: 1) Teacher Residency and Education; and 2) Curriculum & Instruction. After an academic review, the School of Education leadership and division faculty have determined that this change would provide students a clearer path toward PK-12 licensure and to allow the School of Education to grow in the areas of instruction and learning that is not directly related to PK-12 education. We believe that this change would enhance our School of Education without requiring significant additional resources to implement. We would request that this letter, along with the attachment providing a more detailed description of the proposed plan, be added to the July 12, 2018 AAC meeting agenda. Thank you for your consideration and support of this request. Sincerely, Kurt Hackemer Interim Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs KH/lk cc: Donald Easton Brooks, Dean, School of Education Daniel Palmer, Associate Vice President, Institutional Research, Planning & Assessment Beth Freeburg, Assistant Provost

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Realignment of the Curriculum & Instruction Division

Goal: To divide Curriculum & Instruction into two divisions 1) Teacher Residency and

Education and (2) Curriculum & Instruction Purpose: To provide students a clearer path toward PK-12 licensure and to allow the

School of Education to grow in the areas of instruction and learning that is not directly related to PK-12 education.

Alignment:

Curriculum & Instruction Teacher Residency and Education Focus on educational programs not necessarily related to PK-12 teacher licensure. The focus here is on principles of learning and instruction through a framework of diversity, technology, differential instruction, and special education.

Focus on preparing classroom teachers and leaders geared to improve learning in a PK-12 classroom setting. Focused on PK-12 practice.

Gary Cheeseman Bill Sweeney Susan Gapp Gary Zalud Dyanis Popova Don Versteeg Lisa Hazlett Kevin Reins New SPED Hire

Karen Kindle (Chair) Sherrie Bosse Monica Iverson Jing Williams Dan Mourlam Marcy Drew Andrea Wange Kristen DeMuth Amy Pohlson Theresa Skinner

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C & I: Context Areas: Non-PK-12 Teaching Minors, Graduate Certificates and Programs: American Indian Education Certificate, American Indian Education Graduate Certificate, Curriculum and Instruction (Ed.D.), Elementary Education (M.A.); English Language Learners Graduate Certificate, Literacy Leadership & Coaching Graduate Certificate, Reading Interventionist Graduate Certificate, Science, Technology, & Math Pedagogy Graduate Certificate, Secondary Education (M.A.), Secondary Education Plus Certification (M.A.), Special Education (M.A.), Technology for Education & Training (M.S.)

Teacher Education: Context Areas: Four-Year Programs: Elementary Education (B.S.Ed.), Elementary Education & Early Childhood Emphasis (B.S.Ed.) , Elementary Education & Kindergarten Education Emphasis (B.S.Ed.), Elementary & Special Education (B.S.Ed.), Secondary Education & Biology Education (B.S.Ed.), Secondary Education & English Education (B.S.Ed.), Secondary Education & History Education (B.S.Ed.), Secondary Education & Mathematics Education (B.S.Ed.), Secondary Education & Spanish Education (B.S.Ed.), Secondary Education & Speech Communication Education (B.S.Ed.), Art Education (B.F.A.), Music Education (B.M.) Certifications: Art Education, B.F.A., Biology (B.S.) with Secondary Education Certification, Chemistry (B.S.) with Secondary Education Certification, Communication Studies (B.A./B.S.) with Secondary Education Certification, Earth Sciences (B.S.) with Secondary Education Certification, English (B.A./B.S.) with Secondary Education Certification, French and Francophone Studies (B.A.) with Secondary Education Certification, German (B.A.) with Secondary Education Certification, History (B.A./B.S.) with Secondary Education Certification, Mathematics (B.S.) with Secondary Education Certification, Music Education (Instrumental or Vocal), B.M., Physics (B.S.) with Secondary Education Certification, Political Science (B.A./B.S.) with Secondary Education Certification, Spanish (B.A.) with Secondary Education Certification, Secondary Education Plus Certification (M.A.), Teaching Minors

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Supportive Policies: BOR Section 4: Unless specified otherwise, this chapter applies to all Board of Regents

personnel. No contract may obligate an institution to make payment in any future fiscal year without noting the limitations placed on the campus by the Legislature's appropriations process. Any contract that purports to extend to any future fiscal year must contain a clause that permits the institution to terminate the contract without default or liability of any kind in the event that the Legislature fails to appropriate moneys or expenditure authority needed to perform the contract.

Dean’s response: There are no contract changes, appointment changes, or terminations

associated with this realignment. Appointment changes references to changes in a faculty member’s tenure, tenure-track, or lecture appointment.

BOR Section 2.23: Purpose: To define the process by which academic curricula and

programs receive approval and modification. Definitions: Intent to Plan: is a preliminary, conceptual proposal

requesting authorization to plan a new academic degree or major. Policy: Academic Program Approval: The Board of Regents approves academic programs that are recorded on a transcript, including specializations, certificates, undergraduate minors, undergraduate degrees and majors, and graduate degrees and programs. Dean’s response:

This realignment does not require any curriculum, program, or prefix changes. The Curriculum & Instruction Division will serve as a service unit for the Teacher Education program at the undergraduate level. The unit is expected to build on its current Masters and Doctoral level programs utilizing existing resources. There are opportunities for the Division to develop an undergraduate program and other graduate level programs. At that point, the Division will need to follow Section 2.23. Both the Teacher Residency & Education and the Curriculum & Instruction Division will use current prefixes, until such time curriculum changes are made in either Division.

COHE 4.2: SPECIFIC MANAGEMENT PREROGATIVES

These management rights include but are not limited to the following: 1. To utilize personnel, methods, and means in the most appropriate

and efficient manner possible.

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2. To manage and direct the employees of the Board. 3. To hire, promote, transfer, assign, reassign or retain employees in

positions under the jurisdiction of the Board. 4. To establish standards of conduct and performance for unit members,

including policies regulating conflicts of interest and conflicts of commitment, together with reasonable work rules of conduct.

5. To establish policies regulating intellectual property, except for matters related to sharing net royalty revenue.

6. To suspend, demote, discharge or take other appropriate disciplinary action against employees for just cause.

7. To determine the sizes and composition of the institutions in its charge and to lay off faculty unit members as provided for under Article XVI.

8. To interpret the mission of each institution and the methods and means necessary to efficiently fulfill that mission, including the contracting out for or the transfer, alteration, curtailment or discontinuance of any services.

Dean’s Response:

This realignment is within the management rights of the dean as outlined in the July 1, 2016-June 30, 2019 COHE agreement.

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