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Committee selection takes place at the General Meeting.
ECU TF/MS Committees
Each Teaching Fellow is expected to actively participate in a selected committee's meetings and activities. It is a violation of program policy if the Fellow/Scholar is not an active member of the committee. Senior II Fellows/Scholars are not required to attend committee meetings but are required to participate in any planned committee events. Each committee works at the Teaching Fellow and Maynard Scholar concessions kiosks at home ECU football games.
All committee meetings are preset and students should select a committee that does not conflict withclass schedules. Committee selection takes place at the General Meeting in the fall. The office then assigns students to committees and makes every attempt to assign first choices. However, some students my be assigned to a second choice.
The following are general guidelines for the responsibilities of each committee.
COMMITTEE DESCRIPTIONS & RESPONSIBILITIES
The Communications Committee is responsible for facilitating communication about program accomplishments and events with current TF/MS, College of Education and Teacher Education faculty across campus. This committee creates a system that allows Teaching Fellows, Maynard Scholars, prospective students, alumni, the state Teaching Fellows office, NCTF Commission and the College of Education to stay informed of program happenings and continue networking. Committee activities include: creating bulletin boards outside of the TF/MS office, preparing the bi-annual Chalkdust newsletter, sending birthday cards to current students, writing and sending holiday cards to alumni, updating the Teaching Fellows/Maynard Scholars blog for the webpage, and creating the annual Teaching Fellows/Maynard Scholar t-shirt.
The Recruitment Committee is responsible for encouraging high school students to consider the teaching profession as a career choice and recruiting potential Teaching Fellows and Maynard Scholars to East Carolina University. Committee activities include: hosting an interview skills workshop each fall, calling prospective students during the recruitment “phone bank” period, planning the annual Recruitment Day event for regional TF finalists in January, assisting program staff with recruitment events with the College of Education, making visits to high schools to speak with prospective students, assisting with private visits by providing campus tours and allowing prospective students to “shadow” them, and host the annual Regional Screening for regional finalists’ interviews.
The Service Committee is responsible for connecting the Teaching Fellows and Maynard Scholars with service projects in the community. This committee identifies specific needs in the community and develops projects to address these needs. Examples of TF/MS service work include: volunteering for Special Olympics, tutoring at local community organizations, creating boxes of toiletries for children in poverty , organizing the annual Toys for Tots drive, volunteering with the Animal Shelter and cleaning the TF/MS Adopt-A-Highway street in Greenville.
The Student Activities Committee is responsible for TF/MS students with a variety of opportunities available on campus and encouraging active involvement. Also, Student Activities plans social networking opportunities within and outside of the program. Committee activities include: arranging pirate pal events, facilitating Teacher Education homecoming activities, planning the annual TF/MS Talent Show, organizing intramural teams, hosting “exam breaks” at the end of each semester for all Teacher Education students, and assisting with the annual holiday seminar and senior banquet program.
The Travel Committee is responsible for assisting the program staff with the planning and organization or all TF/MS travel opportunities. This committee researches possible travel destinations, presents choices to peers, makes arrangements for dining and any group activities, and designs a travel brochure for each trip.
The Pirate Tutor Committee is responsible for providing the ECU Pirate Tutoring Center with peer tutors. In addition to tutoring, committee members also assist with recruiting peer tutors from across campus, promoting PTC events and other organizational tasks associated with the operations of the PTC.
**Each committee is assigned to one home football game for ECU Concessions. Schedules are planned prior to the fall and committee members are expected to work with their assigned committees**
COMMITTEE CO-CHAIRS
Each committee has at least two student co-chairs that are responsible for planning and facilitating meetings and committee activities. Co-chairs for the upcoming academic year are elected at the last committee meetings in the previous spring.
Co-chairs are expected to do the following:
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Create and update a committee notebook with guidelines, expectations and goals to pass along to future co-chairs;
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Facilitate and organize professional meetings;
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Mentor committee members;
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Develop a clear agenda prior to each meeting and provide a copy to the program staff prior to each meeting;
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Elect a committee secretary to record minutes from each meeting that will be reported to the program staff;
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Schedule committee members for concessions assignments and collect attendance for the program office;
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Collect attendance sheets following each meeting and deliver to the program staff in a timely manner; and
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Report committee happenings at Coordinating Council meetings.
COORDINATING COUNCIL
The Coordinating Council is the student governing group of the ECU Teaching Fellows and Maynard Scholars Programs. This group consists of an elected representative from each class and committee co-chairs. The Coordinating Council recommends program policies, evaluates program events, creates programming opportunities and reports on class and committee happenings. The Council also meets with students that the director believes is not meeting program requirements. Student conferences wit the council offer students peer support while determining appropriate consequences. All student conference information is kept confidential. The Coordinating Council elects an Executive Board each fall and this consists of a Chair, Vice-Chair, Secretary and Parliamentarian. The Executive Board meets before each Coordinating Council meeting to create the agenda. The Coordinating Council meets the second Wednesday of each month at 4:00 p.m. unless notified otherwise. Members are allowed to serve more than one year
