Committees

University Academic Undergraduate Curriculum Committee Members 2024 - 2025

University Academic Graduate Curriculum Committee Members 2024 - 2025

2024 - 2025 University Academic Undergraduate and Graduate Curriculum Committee Meetings

The Educator Preparation Council (EPC) is a college-wide committee established to represent the entire Educator Preparation Program (EPP) in curricular and policy matters. It includes faculty, staff, and community stakeholders involved in educator preparation of both initial and professional certifications (i.e., elementary, secondary, P-12, and other academic departments that lead to teacher certification). EPC represents one voice in advocacy of educator preparation at national, state, and local forums by aligning the committee’s mission and values to that of the College’s vision. The committee members must hold a 2-year or 3-year term.

Educator Preparation Committee Members 2023 - 2024

2024 - 2025 Educator Preparation Committee Schedule

Faculty Committee Responsibilities

The committee reaches a consensus on issues relating to policies and implications on curriculum, candidates’ denials of admission, academic infractions, certification, testing, and criminal background check reviews.

The committee is responsible for monitoring candidate requirements for both initial certification and professional certification programs. Responsibilities include review of issues relating to the post-baccalaureate program and student post-baccalaureate admission, adequate student progress, and review of academic and other infractions. Also, this committee reviews criminal background history cases of students. The committee reviews curricular and policy changes (including initial certification and professional certification) impacting teacher education, post-baccalaureate, and graduate programs leading to state certification. The Associate Dean for Initial Preparation Program and the Director of the Educator Preparation and Accountability each serve as committee co-chairs (both are non-voting members). The Educator Preparation Council shall at no time override the department faculty decisions regarding curricular and policy changes (including initial certification and professional certification) impacting teacher education, post-baccalaureate, and graduate programs leading to state certification unless such changes are in direct conflict with state law or regulation.

The Undergraduate Recruitment and Outreach Committee (UROC) serves to promote the academic programs, events, and activities in the College. The goal is to have a strong presence in the Rio Grande Valley by offering professional knowledge, academic programs of study, and other information to prospective students, families, businesses, and other community members. The committee members hold a 3-year term.

Undergraduate Recruitment and Outreach Committee Members 2023 - 2024

A college-level cross-departmental committee, Teacher Preparation Program Standing Committee includes UG department chairs, program coordinators, and faculty engaged continuously on teacher preparation program curriculum alignments and participate in a programmatic continuous improvement process to strengthen and deliver a high-quality teacher preparation program. As core faculty of the teacher preparation programs, the group will have stable membership that includes department chairs, UG program coordinators, and key faculty.

Teacher Preparation Program Standing Committee

The College of Education and P-16 Integration (CEP) Assessment Committee is composed of faculty representing every department in the CEP and ex-officio staff members. The committee is organized into faculty-led sub-committees. The assessment committee focuses on ensuring continuous program improvement by 1) facilitating and monitoring evidence-based decision-making at the program and unit levels, 2) reviewing unit assessments, and making recommendations for the development and revision of unit assessments, and 3) overseeing systematic data collection at the program and unit levels. The goal of the assessment committee is to ensure a culture of inquiry guides decision-making in the CEP. The committee members hold a 2-year term with the term beginning on September 1st and ending on August 31st.

Assessment Committee Members 2024 - 2025

The College Council is committed to ensuring a healthy and robust academic environment through dialogue that supports teaching, learning, research, and general productivity and development of the college faculty and staff. The college council examines general issues and makes recommendations to the general faculty and the Dean regarding faculty and staff issues such as workload, morale, and internal processes of the college. The council has a subcommittee: the Faculty Research Council. The committee members hold a 3-year term.

College Council Committee Members 2023 - 2024

The purpose of the Faculty Research Council is to participate in the selection of applications for CEP research-related competitions such as (1) review applications for the CEP Graduate Research Assistant program, (2) establish criteria and rubrics for limited submission grant opportunities, (3) review limited submission grant proposals, and (4) provide feedback on other college research-related matters. The committee members hold a 3-year term.

Faculty Research Council Committee Members 2023 - 2024

The Student Scholarships & Awards Committee shall administer CEP scholarships and awards. The Committee evaluates applications, makes recommendations to UTRGV, and reports to the Dean. The Committee shall be composed of one faculty member from each department. The committee members hold a 3-year term.

Student Scholarships and Awards Committee Members 2023 - 2024

The purpose of the Endowed Chair committee* is to solicit nominations for the endowed positions from the relevant departments and ensure there is an open and fair search process in which all qualified candidates, internal and external, are given thoughtful consideration. Committee membership will be determined according to the UTRGV HOP (Handbook of Operating Procedures) Policy ADM 06-403: Endowed Appointments and Reappointments. The committee will adhere to the UTRGV HOP Policy ADM 06-403: Endowed Appointments and Reappointments. The committee members hold a 3-year term.

^{*This committee is selected as needed and comprised of individuals based on HOP policies.}

The Tenure, Promotion and Annual Review Committee shall conduct independent evaluations and provide substantive feedback to reviewed faculty every year, faculty seeking tenure and/or promotion, tenure-track faculty in their fourth year of employment, and other faculty as determined by the UTRGV HOP ADM 6-505 (Faculty Tenure and Promotion) and ADM 6-502 (Annual Faculty Review). These independent evaluations shall highlight each faculty member’s strengths and weaknesses and areas for improvement. The Committee shall follow the timeline specified by UTRGV procedures. The composition shall follow the composition of the department [school] Tenure and Promotion Committee specified in the UTRGV HOP: ADM 6-505 (Faculty Tenure and Promotion), Sections E.2.b.ii and iii (Bylaws). The committee members hold a 1-year term.

College Review Committee Members 2023 - 2024

Faculty Pool for Grade Appeals Committee Members* 2023 - 2024

^{*The committee members hold a 1-year term.}