I know who ITK is!  She is close to someone in the Dome!!!!!

In the Know wrote:

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I have not "tipped" my hand.  Sorry to disappoint!  Think broader than the Dome!!!!

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Well, there's one possibility outside the Dome--but not where you're trying to misdirect me to.

RC

it's the professional education council. probably more info than you want but here's an excerpt from the faculty handbook:

"The Professional Education Council (PEC) ensures that the professional education programs at The University of Southern Mississippi comply with the standards of NCATE and other professional accrediting agencies, and the Mississippi Department of Education. By virtue of the committee structure and membership, the Council has a continuous source of information for use in considering policy and program development and revision. The Council serves as a sounding board for the professional education needs of public and private agencies and recommends actions regarding the development, administration, evaluation, and revision of all professional education programs, i.e., undergraduate and graduate programs leading to licensure in education, to the Dean of the College of Education and Psychology. The Dean of the College of Education and Psychology is the designated University official charged with the responsibility for and authority to provide direction and leadership to the Professional Education Unit at The University of Southern Mississippi. The Professional Education Unit is defined as the College of Education and Psychology and the professional education faculty located in other colleges, schools, and departments in the University.

Membership on the PEC includes faculty, students, community educators, and a representative from the Office of Field Experiences. The faculty representatives come from the departments of the College of Education and Psychology and the colleges housing professional education programs."

i don't know but i would guess so since her department is heavily involved in teacher education. i think NCATE would question the chair of a large (if not the largest) teacher education unit not being on the committee.

Totem Pole wrote:

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I have noted that NCATE standards and expectations are not very high when compared with the expectations of the accrediting organizations in other disciplines. 

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TT,

I haven't studied up on NCATE but, for a variety of reasons, I would not be surprised if its standards proved rather lax.

However, when it comes to failing at accreditation, the Thames administration is up to any task

Robert Campbell

Actually, I know of some non-Ed departments at Clemson that had responsibilities to NCATE (because of their role in teacher training) and screwed up pretty badly.

Robert Campbell

Emma, you are so correct, and your response is so you. Remember the audience though. Most don't know diddley squat about the teaching of literacy skills in the language arts, but I DO know what you say is true!!!!!!  It's closing in, and we'll see it through.

Third Witch wrote:

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Dean Pierce may have one of the most thankless jobs in America. However, I wonder what DT is planning to do for a living once Daddy steps down. It's not like she ever really taught. Is she even certified?

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The office must have some cache.

Didn't the COEP Deans ascend to their positions in this administration the same way that the President did?

Weren't they both members of the search committee to find a replacement for Carl Martray?

Wasn't the President a member of the search committee to find a President?

Mitch - a good guy

Dana - a spolied brat

DeCassale - Ready to be anyplace than where she was a year ago.

Pierce - Stuck in the middle with all of them

CISE - didn't they used to have about 20 plus tenured and tenure track faculty

Psych - A great program that is being bulldozed by SFT

ELR - too many rats off the ship to be able to figure it out

Adult Ed - Rachal - Master and Commander of one spot on the College's Academic Council

Peggy Smith - the last great person to jump ship

Psychology will not stand by the stupid mistakes that DT delivers. She might be the chair of CISE but her Daddy is the Prez and all suffer from Pierce on down the Tier IV steps.

As far as I can tell, and I'm there, Psychology is doing just fine, thank you. Oh, granted, I suppose the Shelb could wreak havoc wherever he wants, but I'm not aware of any rumblings unless you can enlighten me??? And DT has no effect/influence on Psychology..............?????

Pete

Feral CATerpillar tractor wrote:

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Pete wrote: As far as I can tell, and I'm there, Psychology is doing just fine, thank you. Oh, granted, I suppose the Shelb could wreak havoc wherever he wants, but I'm not aware of any rumblings unless you can enlighten me??? And DT has no effect/influence on Psychology..............????? Pete That exactly what I thought. Psych is fine and dandy. I can't imagine it allowing itself to be pushed around. Thanks

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Psych unfortunately is in the same College as Daddy's girl - so she influences everything. Prove that what I'm saying is wrong Psych teachers who have the guts to talk.

And DT has no effect/influence on Psychology..............?????

What world are you living in, man?

Jeffrey Lebowski:

I'll tell you what world I'm living in "MAN."

I'm living in a psychology department with a damn strong chair who is highly respected within the university along a number of fronts. Our chair has constant big money grants that take him to the gulf coast, California, etc. with his highly respected research with dolphins and their communication systems. He also regularly teaches graduate courses in the department (Advanced Developmental). I can guarantee that if Stan Kuczaj were getting an amount of flak, especially from DT, he'd tell them all to take a hike and he'd step down and join the faculty. DT may TRY to push her weight around, but the day it starts affecting psychology, our chair is history. And, as far as I can tell, our department is fairly respected across campus. Stan could move on to other higher Tier universities, I can assure you. On the whole, he treats his faculty with respect and lets us do our jobs -- teaching, research, and service. 

We have APA accredited (American Psychological Assoc.) Ph.D. programs in Clinical Psy, School Psy, and Counseling Psy, as well as a growing experimental doctoral program and a master's program in counseling psychology.

We have over 30 faculty and with very few exceptions, our faculty are bright, productive, ethical, and have a great deal of integrity. We've held the line on grade inflation, and we're trying to do our part to teach our students and maintain standards, maintain productive research programs, and provide service to our deparment, college (e.g., NCATE), and university (e.g., SACS, graduate council, faculty senate, President's PC, grade review committee, etc.). Morale is not very good with all the shenanigans going on in the dome, but much of that doesn't iminge on our day-to-day work and we try to do our jobs and handle our careers as best we can.

Our Ph.D. students are getting internships at outstanding sites, such as Va Hospitals, Johns Hopkins, Meyer Rehab Institute in Omaha, the May Institute in Boston, etc. etc..........

We could stand to increase our grant securement, but even that is picking up........

So, we're not afraid of DT -- she's a non entity. As I said previously, The Shelbster could decide tomorrow to give us tons of grief, but he's had ample opportunities and it hasn't happened. I think he sees us as separate in many ways from the rest of the departments in the college were in. We're a fairly sizeable producer of Ph.D.s every year and psychology undergraduate students.

So, Jabroni Lebowski, you asked me to prove that DT isn't influencing us. How in the hell am I supposed to do that? I can't point out ALL the areas and policies that she is NOT affecting or influencing in our deparment. But I'm not aware of anything she's "doing" to the psychology department.

Your job is easier......just point out clear evidence of one or two ways that she IS somehow wreaking havoc on psychology????? What clear, objective evidence, or empirical data do you have to support such a claim????

Again, I maintain that Psychology is rolling along quite nicely. There, I tooted our own horn!

Pete