<p> CITF Meeting November 1, 2012</p><p>Present: Sue Scheibler, George Hess, Blake Mellor, Richard Fox, Margaret Kasimatis, Stella Oh, Michele Hammers, Marc Lony, Kathy Reed, Glenn Johnson-Grau, Tracy Tiemeier, Jeffrey Wilson, Chuck Erven, Michael Manoogian</p><p>Excused: Michael Horan, Dorothea Herreiner </p><p>1. The minutes from the meeting on October 4, 2012 were approved.</p><p>2. There was a discussion regarding the recommendations for Rhetorical Arts. a. It was suggested to emphasize that the Rhetorical Arts rolled out in spring 2014 is a pilot. The use of part-time faculty is a temporary solution. b. CITF will state that training will be provided for faculty. Using part-time faculty to teach Rhetorical Arts provides the opportunity of greatly improving part-time faculty training. c. The pilot can also allow the CITF to assess library skills and other pedagogies. d. All faculty will receive an email that describes the plan for Rhetorical Arts e. CITF unanimously approves the recommendations for Rhetorical Arts. </p><p>3. There was a discussion regarding the Writing Instructor Policy. The intent of the document is to provide additional clarity on the role of the writing instructors. a. Writing instructors actually have to work with students. Also, faculty members are required to design the course model in dialogue with the writing instructors. b. This document is consistent with the feedback the FYS approval committee is providing to the FYS proposers. c. Number one, third bullet – The language is changed to: “There are multiple possible models the faculty member may choose for the role of the writing instructor in the FYS." d. There was a suggestion to add a brief introduction describing the role and philosophy of the writing instructors. The introductory description will have the exact language used in the Core document. e. CITF unanimously approves the Writing Instructor Policy.</p><p>4. There was a Registrar’s report given by Kathy Reed. a. A course cannot be added to the schedule of classes unless it has been added to the catalog. The Registrar’s Office needs to know the title of the course, the course number, and the unit value in order for the course to be added to the schedule of classes. b. The UCCC will approve all Core courses by November 16th. c. Once a number is assigned to a course, the course number cannot change for ten years. Therefore, associate deans are hesitant about assigning a Core class to a four-digit number. d. There was a proposition of assigning new courses offered in fall 2013, spring 2014, and summer 2014 a 700 number for one year since the 700 numbering system has never been used before. The Core Steering Group did not accept this proposition. </p><p>5. There was a discussion regarding the course approval process. An appeal process will be developed since UCCC is not reviewing the proposals first (unanimous approval).</p><p>6. Next meeting: Thursday, December 13th in VDA 190 during convo.</p>