Western Kentucky University TopSCHOLAR® WKU Archives Records WKU Archives Fall 1977 UA77/1 Western Alumnus, Vol. 48, No. 3 WKU Alumni Relations Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_ua_records Part of the Higher Education Administration Commons, Journalism Studies Commons, Mass Communication Commons, Public Relations and Advertising Commons, Social History Commons, Sociology Commons, and the Sports Studies Commons Recommended Citation WKU Alumni Relations, "UA77/1 Western Alumnus, Vol. 48, No. 3" (1977). WKU Archives Records. Paper 5987. https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_ua_records/5987 This Magazine is brought to you for free and open access by TopSCHOLAR®. It has been accepted for inclusion in WKU Archives Records by an authorized administrator of TopSCHOLAR®. For more information, please contact [email protected]. WE T LVMNVS W K U College of Education By The Reorganization J. T. SANDEFUR C lockwi •• from center top: Dr. J . T. Sandefur. Dr. Norman Ebrelman, Mr. J.,,&' Neel, Dr. Curti. EDl:lebricht .Dd Dr. K • ••etb E.t••. The College of Education Building still looks the tion or Reading and Special Education will find them same, but the organizatioll<ll structure of the Co l~e g.e listed in a different place. These academic a reas will be has changed. Although no functions have been ehml­ found under either two new departments entitled the nated, several have been merged to form new depart­ Department of Teacher Education and the Department ments with different names. of Educational Leadership, or the Division of Educa­ Alumni visiting the campus in search of the former tional Services. Departments of Elementary Education, Second a~y . Edu­ The reorganization was authorized by Western's cation, Counselor Education, Educational Admmlstra- Board of Regents July 30. The planning for r eorganiza- 1 tion, however, was begun in August of 1976 at the The proposed plan was placed before the College of initial meeting of the College of Education faculty. At Education's 32-member Advisory Council for considera­ Dr. Kenneth Estes that meeting, as dean of t he College of Education, it was t ion and was unanimously endorsed on Feb. I, 1977. Dr. Kenneth E stes, a native of Departments of the Counselor suggested that the careful examination of the organiza­ The organizational structure adopted by the Board tional structure be made a priority of the college for the Hancock County, Ky., and former Education and Educational Admin­ of Regents reduce the number of academic departments supcrintendent of the Owensboro istration and Foundations. 197G-77 academic year. fram 10 to five, and created a new unit called the With that objective in mind, an Organizational Study City Schools, will head the new Dr. Estes received the bachelor's Division for Educational Services. The new organization Department of Educational L€ader­ degree from Western and the 'M.A. Committtee was appointed nnd given the following cri­ can best be understood by examining the accompanying teria for evaluating the existing structure : ship. and Ed.D. degrees from George organizational chart. Peabody College in Nashville, Tenn. Whereas the College of Education is primarily re­ The significant changes that should be noted from Estes, who had been serving as Before joining the Western faculty sponsible for programs that provide preparation the organizational chart are the creation of two new director of Field Services in the in 1968 , he had taught in Daviess and in-service education fo r professionals in a departments and a Division for Educational Services. College of Education, will now be and Hnncock Counties, at Lewis­ variety of areas in which both the job market and The Department of Teacher Education, for example, responsible for the department port High School and in t he the requirements of the professional programs are has been designed to prepare classroom teachers from which will educate its students for Owensboro City System where he rapidly changing, it is imperative that any existing kindergarten through grade 12 at both the baccalaureate positions as school principals, became superintendent in ] 954. He or newly proposed administrative organizational and post-graduate levels. The former faculties of ele­ supervisors, guidance counselors, n.nd his wife, the former Dorothy structures provide or facilitate the following : mentary education, secondary education and reading and personnel directors and school Smith, have two daughters, Pa­ superintendents. 1. Interdepartmental coopcrntion in the develop­ special education have been consolidated to fonn this t ricia Ann Podlipec, who lives in ment and operation of professional programs new department. The newly-formed Department Chippewa Falls, Wis., and Sara J ill 2. Program accountability to the clients served by Using the same organizational philosophy, the Depart­ of Educational Leadership will Dantic, who lives in Falls Church, the program as well as to the college administra­ ment of Educational Leadership was designed for the consolidate t he faculties of former Va. tion preparation of educational leaders who will hold posi­ 3. A dynamic commUniCl.ltion system where there tions as school principals, supervisors, counselors, per­ is shared decision making and an open informa­ sonnel directors and school superintendents. All instruc­ tion flow from the top down as well as from the tion in this department will, of course, be at the post­ grass roots up. This system should incl ude con­ graduate level. The former faculties of counselor educa­ sideration of an administrative span of control tion and educational administration were consolidated Dr. Curtis Englebright that enables each faculty member to have open to form this Department. access to the administration Recognizing that there are functions of an effective Dr. Cu rti s Englebright, a for­ mini stration of the faculties in 4. Support for individual initiative and responsi­ college that cut across departmental lines of responsi­ mer administrator of Wayne elementary education, secondary bility that encourages individual creativity, pro­ bility, a Division for Educational Services was estab­ Coun ty (Ill.) schools will head the education, reading and special fessional growth, and leadership development lished to provide interdepartmental services. This divi­ new Department of Teacher E duca­ education, the offices of teacher 5. A collegial working environm ent for each faculty sion will administer the Center for Career and Voca­ tion. education admissions, s t u d e n t teaching and certification, and the member where day-to-day cooperative planning tional Teacher Education, the Center for Child Study Englebright wa s reassigned and dialogue about common professional con­ and Learning, several projects supported by outside competency-based teacher educa­ from his former post as head of t ion programs. cerns takes place funds, the Jones-Jaggers Laboratory School, the Office the Department of Readi ng and 6. A true college learning community \vhere there of Educational Research, and other new or developing Englebright earned the bach­ Special Educntion as a result of elor's and master's degrees in is an emphasis on creative endeavors and active interdepartmental activities. a reorganization of the College of dialogue over new developments and pertinent While it is true that it may take time for one to education from Southern Illinois Education. He has been a member University. He received the doc­ issues become accustomed to the new structure, there is reason of the Western faculty since 1967. to beli eve that through consolidation and reduction of torate from t here in 1965. He and The Organizational Study Committee submitted its As head of the Department of his wife, Alice Clark Englebright, fi nal report on Jan. 4, 1977. That report proposed an administrative units, the college will be able to respond more quickly and effectively to the new and changing Teacher Education, Dr. Engle­ have three daughters, Jane, J ill organization that would (1) reduce the administrative bright will be responsible for ad- and Donna. positions in the College, (2) reduce the number of in­ demands of education. It is the hope of the administra­ dividuals reporting directly to the dean, (3) rename tion and faculty of the College of Education that the administrative units with titles that more nearly re­ new structure will enable us to provide even more f lected the functions of those units and (4 ) rearrange effective educators and services to our l~gion and state. the boundaries of academic areas in such a way as to Dr. Norman Ehresman help in the development of academic programs, better DR. SANDEF'UR is dean of the College of Education Dr. Norman D. E hresman will Educational Research, Jones-J ag­ ways to provide instruction and improve systems of at Westem Kentucky University. head the new Division for Educa­ gers Laboratory School, a Profes­ accountability. tional Services of the College of sional Development Center Net­ Education. work and Field Services, a Center for Child Study and Learning and Ehresman, a native of St. Joseph the Adult and Community Educa­ Mr. Jack Neel County, Ind., has been serving at tion programs. Western as director of the Center Ehresman attended pub I i c The Board of Regents at Western the College of Education's Division for Career and Vocational Teacher schools in Lakeville, Ind., and re­ Kentucky University has named of Educational Services. Education since he joincd the ce ived a B.S. degree in agriculture an Owensboro native, J ack Neel, Neel received the bachelor's and f~lcu l ty in 1969. and an M.S. degree in education who had been serving Western as master's degrees from Clemson The Division for Educational from Purdue University in West an associate professor of educa­ University. He and his wife, Services will function as an ad­ Lafayette. He received an Ed.D. tional administration, to replace Maxine, have four children, Karen ministrative unit responsible for degree from the University of Dr.