Minutes of the Committee on Teaching & Learning
for August 23, 2007

Present: Lori Allen, Dirk Baldwin, Theresa Castor, Pat Eaton, Pam Handrow, Fran Kavenik, Jim Robinson, Jonathan Olson.

Meeting was called to order at approximately 2:00 p.m. by Theresa Castor as past chair. 

• The Committee elected Theresa Castor as chair for the 2007-2008 academic year. 

• The committee reviewed and approved the committee Activities report for the previous year and the minutes from the last two meeting of last year. 

• Individuals from the various groups connected to the CoTL and represented on the committee gave brief reports. Groups included: FYE (Lori Allen), GenEd (Fran Kavenik), CBL (Dirk Baldwin), OPID (Jim Robinson & Theresa Castor), TLC (Jim Robinson), D2L/instructional technology (Pat Eaton). 

• Jim Robinson announced that Bonnie Peterson was selected to be one of the UW-System’s Academic Staff representatives on the OPID Council. The committee decided to invite her to attend CoTL meetings given her new position.

• Jim Robinson requested that the committee specifically address:

• New faculty/staff support, especially for tenure-track faculty

• Possible revisions/updates to instructions and information on the Stella Gray award

• Course evaluations and assessment (to continue the momentum began last year). Jim already has plans for a possible Fall mini-conference on evaluations set for Oct. 5.

• The committee began discussion of possible projects for the upcoming academic year. These will need to be discussed in greater depth in following meetings. Possible projects consist of:

• Course evaluations and assessment.

• Addressing the “Elements of Action Plan” document developed from the Spring all-faculty meeting.

• New faculty/staff mentoring. 

Meeting adjourned at 3:30 p.m.

Minutes respectfully submitted by Theresa Castor.