Council Purpose, Roles and Responsibilities
PURPOSE
The general purpose of each Instructional Council (IC) is to improve communication and coordination among faculty working in common discipline areas in the Maricopa Community Colleges and other Arizona postsecondary educational institutions. The ICs recommend improvements to the teaching-learning process and the quality of the instructional program of the colleges.
ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
The Instructional Council:
- Evaluates course and new occupational
program general studies proposals.
- Receives from the initiating college, occupational program modification proposals as informational items.
- Evaluates the quality and appropriateness for content of a curriculum proposal, and the impact of a proposal on the disciplines that have been assigned to it.
- Reviews and makes recommendations to cross-referenced courses.
- May be responsible for selecting a college to develop and process
any new courses, course modifications, or course deletions needed as a
result of
university
curriculum
action.
- Determines ATF lead members.
- Is responsible for developing Maricopa and ASU General Studies/NAU
Liberal Studies proposals.
- Explores early articulation of course or program
modifications with state universities,
either at local meetings or through statewide ATF meetings.
- Reviews course proposals from Arizona State University for all
new, modified and deleted courses.
Note: The Health Care Integrated Educational
System (HCIES) Coordinating Instructional Council has two co-Chairs. Only
one of the co-Chairs needs to submit the written recommendation of the Council
to the initiating college.
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