Introduction

  • This election is for CAPC College of Education and Social Work Department Representative(s). The rules for this election are listed below.
  • The nominees for the CAPC College of Education and Social Work Department Representative(s) election are listed to the right. The list to the right is not a ballot.
  • This list in not official until nominations have been closed and the list of nominees has been reviewed and verified by the APSCUF Nominations and Elections Committee.
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The nominees for CAPC College of Education and Social Work Department Representative(s) are:

Beatrice Adera
Wan-Yi Chen
Mary A. Houser
Cheryl Neale-McFall
Diane Santori

Nominations close May 1, 2016.
Regular Faculty in the College of Education and Social Work may be nominated.

Rules for the Election

    • Nominees must be from the (future) College of Education and Social Work
    • Faculty in the following department may not be nominated: Early and Middle Grades
    • Nominees from the departments of Special Education, Undergraduate Social Work, and Professional and Secondary Education will elected for 3 year terms (expiring in Spring 2019)
    • Nominees from the department of Counselor Education will be elected for a 2 year term (expiring in Spring 2018)
    • Nominees from the departments of Literacy and Graduate Social Work will be elected for 1 year terms (expiring in Spring 2017)
    • This is a college-wide election.
    • Each department can have at most three representatives on CAPC.
    • The election is decided by a plurality of those casting votes unless such results violate the previous rule or the number of candidates does not exceed the number of positions to fill. In the later case, each candidate will be voted on by an approve/disapprove ballot.
    • Each ballot submitted counts as a cast vote.
    • Members elected to at-large seats cannot be nominated for department representative seats.

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Beatrice Adera


Department: Special Education

This is my sixth year as a faculty member in the Special Education Department. I serve as the coordinator for student teaching supervision and member of our department curriculum committee. I am also the department representative to CPE Field Experiences Committee and a member of the CAPC Culture Cluster sub- committee. During my time at WCU, I have had the opportunity to co-author the development of new courses that are part of the Autism minor, currently being offered by our department. I have also had the chance to redesign two upper-level undergraduate courses to hybrid format and three graduate courses to an online format. These experiences helped me gain some insight on how the CAPC process works including the different components that are important for course and program success. Serving as one of the College of Education representatives on CAPC will equip me with additional knowledge and experience in curricular review and development as we continue to collaborate on strengthening our curricular programs and policies. Thanks in advance for you vote.


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Wan-Yi Chen


Department: Graduate Social Work

I am a 5th year faculty member in the Graduate Social Work Department at West Chester University. I truly appreciate the opportunity to serve on CAPC to support my colleagues and create strong and innovative academic programs for our students. I have proven experiences in successfully developing and launching new graduate courses at West Chester University and Syracuse University, at which I was a faculty member before. My commitment to quality teaching is evidenced by my consistent revision of every course that I have taught in order to reflect any advancement in knowledge and integrate improvements in technology and pedagogical approaches. Thank you very much for your consideration and support.


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Mary A. Houser


Department: Special Education

It is my desire to serve as a CAPC College of Education and Social Work Department representative. I will begin my fourth year at WCU in the fall. I have five years of past experience as a special education curriculum developer (graduate-level) where I served as a subject matter expert in the area of autism and designed several courses for an M.Ed.in Special Education. I have served as a co-chair for the COE Assessment and Accreditation committee for the past year and a half and would like to combine and expand my knowledge in these two areas through serving on CAPC.In addition, I currently serve as the chair of the COE Technology Resources and Planning Committee.


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Cheryl Neale-McFall


Department: Couselor Education

My name is Cheryl Neale-McFall and I would be honored to serve as our CAPC departmental representative. I am in my fourth year here at West Chester University and in that time I have had the opportunity to serve on many departmental and college committees. I also had the opportunity to serve on the Program Review Subcommittee, a component of the CAPC Academic Review Committee. This subcommittee performed the important task of reviewing the previous year’s PASSHE Program Review Reports in order to produce a report for CAPC based on analysis and findings. I would now like to extend that experience to serving as a full-time member of CAPC in order to assist in developing, revising and recommending academic programs and academic policies. I thank you for your time.


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Diane Santori


Department: Literacy

This is my eighth year at WCU and I would be honored to serve as the Literacy Department's representative on CAPC. From 2012-2014, I served as the College of Education representative on CAPC and co-chaired the Course Review and Revalidation Subcommittee. I found this work to be informative and important for the university. I was the co-chair of the Committee for Excellence in Learning and Teaching (CELT) these past two years. I believe my knowledge and experience from the various committees I have served on and the departmental work that I have engaged in would be an asset to the CAPC process. Thank you.


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