Education Council

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Meeting and Background Information

For past Education Council agendas, minutes and background information, click here.   For the current Education Council Agenda, please click on the appropriate meeting date below. 

This information is searchable by year, title, description or key word.  Agenda packages and minutes are available on-line from January 2000 to the present date.  Packages and minutes prior to January 2000 can be obtained by contacting the administrative assistant for Education Council or searching the Education Council archives in the Library.   

Meeting Schedule

All meetings are held on a Tuesday at 3:00 p.m. in the board room unless otherwise notified.

MEETING DATE	PROPOSAL / SUBMISSION DEADLINE
September 27, 2011	September 13, 2011
October 18, 2011	October 4, 2011
November 15, 2011	November 1, 2011
December 6, 2011	November 22, 2011
January 17, 2012	January 3, 2012
February 14, 2012	January 31, 2012
March 13, 2012	February 28, 2012
April 17, 2012	April 3, 2012
May 15, 2012	May 1, 2012
June 12, 2012	May 29, 2012

When submitting items for the agenda please make sure all information / documentation is complete as outlined in the education council handbook and forward it to the administrative assistant for Education Council for circulation to the program advisory committees.  The Education Council Proposal Coversheet  is available here. 

Submit agenda items via email or fax listed above. (See submission deadlines above)

History

Education Council was created in 1995, as required by amendments to the College and Institute Act, 1994. The purpose of this legislation was to increase participation by students, staff, faculty, and administrators in governance of the institution, by creating a system of institutional governance similar to the type of governance found in Canadian universities. The College of New Caledonia had initiated a concept of governance similar to Education Council in 1991. Academic Council, as it was known, had a similar composition and set of responsibilities to the present Education Council. CNC's Academic Council was often noted as a successful practice during the provincial discussions leading to the formal establishment of Education Councils.

Membership

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The College of New Caledonia Education Council has twenty voting members: 10 faculty, 4 students, 4 administrators, and 2 support staff. Each member is elected by his or her constituency except the educational administrators who are appointed by the President. The President is a non-voting member of Education Council and in addition, the Board of Governors may appoint one person to be a non-voting member. Faculty, staff and administrators are elected for two-year terms and students for one year terms.

 

 

Educational Administrators	TBA, Member College Board, Ex-Officio
	John Bowman, President, Ex-Officio	On-going
	Cathe Wishart, (Alternate - Dr. Bryn Kulmatycki, Associate VP Academic) Acting Vice President, Academic Vice President, Community and Student Services	April 2012
	Maureen Mallais, (Alternate, Joan Ragsdale)  Regional Director, Vanderhoof Campus	April 2012
	Patricia Covington, (Alternate, Dr. Jackie Stokes) Dean, School of Health Sciences	April 2012
	Dale Grundman, Registrar	April 2012
	Jane Warburton, Administrative Assistant, Recording Secretary	On-going
10 Faculty Members (2 year term)	JOHN NEUMANN, Chair	April 2012
	JACOB MADJITEY, Vice Chair	April 2012
	David Rourke, (Alternate, Marta Tejero) PG Campus, Member-at-large	April 2012
	Jacob Madjitey, (Alternate, Bruce Bennett) Academic Studies (Business)	April 2012
	Anne Guarasci, (Alternate, Shannon Bezo) Lake, Nechako, and Mackenzie Campuses	April 2013
	Alain Lavoie, (Alternate, Carl Burton) Trades and Technology	April 2013
	Peter Maides Academic Studies (Arts)	April 2013
	Michael Pratt, (Alternate, Tammy Skomorowski) Counselling	April 2013
	John Neumann, (Alternate, Dave Stearns) Academic Studies (Sciences)	April 2013
	Yvonne Yaschuk, (Alternate, Guillermo Leon-Torres) Health Science	April 2012
	Marina Tobin, (Alternate, Alison Anderson) Academic Foundations and Human Services	April 2012
	Eva Gregory, Quesnel Campus, Member-at-large	April 2012
4 Students (1 year term)	Dylan Field	September 2012
	Andrew Steele	September 2012
	Chad Avery	September 2012
		September 2012
2 Operational Staff Representatives (2 year term)	Lynn Synotte, (Alternate, Nancy Delury) Lakes Campus	April 2013
	Marnee Boman    Prince George Campus	April 2013

 

Power and Duties

The objective of Education Council, a representative body of the College analogous to a university Senate, is to democratically develop and review policy affecting teaching, learning, and the support of teaching and learning in the institution. In furthering those objectives, Education Council fulfills three principal roles and responsibilities as follows:

1. sole decision-making responsibility in setting policy concerning instruction and student evaluation. Exclusive powers of Education Council relate to such matters as: examinations, academic standing, academic standards, student awards, student appeals, and the setting of curriculum content. [s. 24(2)]

2. joint decision-making responsibility with the Board, on matters relating to transfer of courses and other matters agreed to by Education Council and the Board. [s. 25(1)]

3. advisory responsibilities on matters of educational policy. Education Council must advise the Board, and the Board must seek advice from Education Council, in relation to broad institutional issues such as educational goals and strategies, proposals regarding program priorities, evaluation of programs, admission policies, etc. [s. 23(1)].

 

*paraphrased from the College and Institutes Act [RSBC 1996] Chapter 52

Relationship with the Board

The operational relationship between Education Council and the Board is not clearly articulated in the College and Institute Act. In very general terms, the Board is responsible for the financial management of the institution and Education Council is responsible for the educational management of the institution. There is however considerable overlap and interplay between these two roles. While Education Council has final authority on the curriculum content of courses, many other matters of an educational nature come under the "advisory" section of the Act. At the same time, many decisions of Education Council such as the setting of priorities regarding programs, involve budgetary considerations.