Proposal for Reform of Teacher Education Governance at MSU Morehead State University views teacher education as the responsibility of both the College of Education and the academic disciplines in the other colleges. The office of the Dean of the College of Education will maintain a list of these content-based teacher educators and will actively seek to keep them informed about teacher education issues. The Teacher Education Advisory Committee will meet at least once each semester, with additional meetings called and chaired by the Dean of the College of Education and Behavioral Sciences as needed. While the business of the committee will normally be done informally and guests are invited to participate in discussions, it is important that membership be formally designated to provide broad representation and wide dissemination of information. Membership shall consist of all content-based teacher educators, one representative from each of the three teacher education departments in CEBS, five elementary school teachers, five middle school teachers, five secondary school teachers, five public school administrators, and one representative from each community college in MSU's service region.
Membership is for three year terms.
The purpose of the TEC is to recommend requirements that govern Morehead State University Teacher Education Programs, to advise appropriate units of the University of teacher education policies, and to provide leadership in elementary, middle, and secondary education reform. The bylaws provide a framework for the deliberations and actions of the Teacher Education Council in carrying out duties and responsibilities. The bylaws establish rules for notification and conduct of meetings, the selection of officers, and set forth the committee structure under which the Council operates. The governing committee for teacher education at MSU shall be called the Teacher Education Council. The primary operating authority for Teacher Education Council actions comes from the Faculty Senate of Morehead State University.