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The Committee on Teacher Education (COTE) is an interdisciplinary advisory and policy-making council consisting of stakeholders who coordinate the total educator preparation program (EPP) of the institution. COTE meets four times a year, twice each semester. It consists of one representative from each of the licensure content areas (biology/chemistry, English/foreign language, history and social science, math/computer science, music, physical education, visual arts/theater), a representative from graduate teacher education-Harrisonburg & Lancaster, field placement coordinator, elementary/early childhood education faculty, special education faculty, secondary education faculty, three representatives from area public and private schools, two undergraduate candidates (6-12/PreK-12 and PreK-3/PreK-6/SPED), and one graduate candidate. The Chair of Undergraduate Teacher Education Program Director and the Director of Graduate Teacher Education serve as co-chairs. To maintain communication between the teacher education program and the core curriculum, the Director of EMU’s Core Curriculum holds a liaison role. COTE stakeholders systematically provide feedback and input into program evaluation, improvement, and decision-making activities.
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The Teacher Education Admissions Committee (TEAC) is composed of eight persons, four of whom are elected from the Committee on Teacher Education, with the Chair of Undergraduate Teacher Education or the Director of Graduate Teacher Education serving as chair and ex-officio members. By virtue of the position, the field placement coordinator and the assistant director of the Graduate Teacher Education program in Lancaster are automatically appointed to the committee. The function of the Teacher Education Admissions Committee is to admit applicants to: undergraduate teacher education, student teaching, M.A. in Education, graduate certificatesteacher education, and M.A. candidacy on the basis of departmental criteria.
TEAC usually meets six times a year to process candidates (October, December, March, May, July, and August.) Admission criteria for undergraduate programs are outlined in this handbook. Admission criteria for the MA in Education program is graduate teacher education program are outlined in the M.A. in Education graduate teacher education handbook. Students are invited to meet with academic advisors in their respective departments and their advisors within the education department if their application is below criteria standards or if they wish to appeal a decision of TEAC (see page 30).
Assessment Committee
Monitors the Assessment System
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Membership is composed of the Assessment Coordinator(s), a representative from the Institutional Research Office, the Chair of Undergraduate Teacher Education Program Director, the Director of Graduate Teacher Education, one representative from the education department, one other non-education department member of COTE, and a public school representative. The chair of the Assessment Committee is the Assessment Coordinator of the Educator Preparation Provider (EPP), as an appointed position with departmental load hours assigned (Refer to QAS manual for further details).
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The Graduate Education and Action Research (GEAR) Committee manages, assesses and makes policy recommendations regarding the culminating action research process of the graduate teacher education program. In addition, this committee advises the graduate department on program items under consideration. Recommendations are forwarded to the education department and to the Committee on Teacher Education. The Director of Graduate Teacher Education chairs the committee serving as an ex-officio member. The Assistant Director of the Lancaster EMU site serves as a standing member. Also, two EMU tenure-track education faculty and one Lancaster action research mentor will serve two-year terms. The remaining three members are appointed by COTE for a two-year term and may include program graduates, school representatives, and action research mentors. The committee meets four several times a year (may meet online) and serves the additional purposes of evaluating and updating "A Guide to Action Research Project."
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