Agenda

1) Welcome & Attendance
     a) Recognition of New Panel Members - NA

2) Zoom: Please mute yourself when not speaking, use the chat box to ask questions or easily add to the discussion, and drop a note in chat if you have to step away from the meeting for an extended period of time.

3) Course Review & Decision Options:
    a) Anything we need to discuss before looking at the submitted courses?
    b) Course Decision Options: Quick Accepts, Accepted, Conditional Approval, Not Enough Info, & Return
Courses For Panel Review
19 New Courses
10 Resubmitted New Courses
0 Ongoing Review Courses
0 Resubmitted Ongoing Review Courses
29 Total Courses

New Courses
IAICode: ESE901
Institution: Black Hawk College
Institution Course Number/Name: EDUC 100: Introduction to Education

IAICode: ESE901
Institution: Carl Sandburg College
Institution Course Number/Name: EDU 100: Introduction to Education

IAICode: ESE901
Institution: Harper College
Institution Course Number/Name: EDU201: Introduction to Education

IAICode: ESE901
Institution: Highland Community College
Institution Course Number/Name: EDUC 110: Introduction to Education

IAICode: ESE901
Institution: Illinois Valley Community College
Institution Course Number/Name: EDC 1000: Introduction to Education

IAICode: ESE901
Institution: Kankakee Community College
Institution Course Number/Name: EDUC 1713: Introduction to Public Education

IAICode: ESE901
Institution: Lincoln Land Community College
Institution Course Number/Name: EDU 201: Introduction to Teacher Education

IAICode: ESE901
Institution: Sauk Valley Community College
Institution Course Number/Name: EDU 101: Introduction to Education

IAICode: ESE901
Institution: Southwestern Illinois College
Institution Course Number/Name: ED 255: Introduction to Education

IAICode: ESE901
Institution: Spoon River College
Institution Course Number/Name: ED 201: Introduction to Education

IAICode: ESE902
Institution: Harper College
Institution Course Number/Name: EDU219: Students with Disabilities in School

IAICode: ESE902
Institution: Illinois State University
Institution Course Number/Name: SED 101: Disability, Learning & Educ: Found. & Philos. Pers

IAICode: ESE902
Institution: John Wood Community College
Institution Course Number/Name: EDU 205: Educating Exceptional Children

IAICode: ESE902
Institution: Kankakee Community College
Institution Course Number/Name: EDUC 1833: The Exceptional Learner

IAICode: ESE902
Institution: Kaskaskia College
Institution Course Number/Name: EDUC 190: Introduction to Special Education

IAICode: ESE902
Institution: Lincoln Land Community College
Institution Course Number/Name: EDU 215: Students with Disabilities

IAICode: ESE902
Institution: Northern Illinois University
Institution Course Number/Name: sese 240: Introduction to Special Education

IAICode: ESE902
Institution: Oakton College
Institution Course Number/Name: EDN 280: Educating Exceptional Learners

IAICode: ESE902
Institution: Southwestern Illinois College
Institution Course Number/Name: ED 265: The Exceptional Learner

Resubmitted New Courses
IAICode: ESE901
Institution: Governors State University
Institution Course Number/Name: EDUC-2310: Introduction to Education

IAICode: ESE901
Institution: Heartland Community College
Institution Course Number/Name: EDUC 101: Introduction to Education

IAICode: ESE901
Institution: John A. Logan College
Institution Course Number/Name: EDC 200: Introduction to Education

IAICode: ESE901
Institution: John Wood Community College
Institution Course Number/Name: EDU 100: Foundations of Education

IAICode: ESE901
Institution: Kaskaskia College
Institution Course Number/Name: EDUC 101: Introduction to Educational Practice

IAICode: ESE901
Institution: University of Illinois at Chicago
Institution Course Number/Name: ED 100: Introduction to Urban Education

IAICode: ESE902
Institution: Governors State University
Institution Course Number/Name: SPED 2100: Survey of Students with Exceptionalities

IAICode: ESE902
Institution: Highland Community College
Institution Course Number/Name: EDUC 224: The Exceptional Individual

IAICode: ESE902
Institution: John A. Logan College
Institution Course Number/Name: EDC 208: Introduction to Special Education

IAICode: ESE902
Institution: University of Illinois at Chicago
Institution Course Number/Name: SPED 410: Exceptional Learners

Ongoing Review Courses
No Courses
Resubmitted Ongoing Review Courses
No Courses

4) Panel Business
    a) Are changes needed for any of the panel’s current descriptors and/or course approval criteria?

    b) Outstanding / ongoing topics from previous panel meeting(s)

    c) Discussion items:
– Regarding the Exceptional Child course, do you feel that a joint working group with the ECE panel should be established to discuss concerns about schools using this course for both programs?

    d) Next meeting(s):
        i) Fall  '26 =  Wednesday, October 14th, 2026, at 10:00 am to 2:30 pm via Zoom
       ii) Spring '27 = TDB and all 2026 meetings announced at Fall '26 meeting
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Panel Approval Ratio
Panel: [Major] Elementary and Secondary Education Panel
Semester Fall 2025
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Ongoing Courses = 0
New Courses = 16
Total Courses = 16
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Approved Ratio = 6.25%
Conditional Approved Ratio = 6.25%
Approved & Conditional Ratio = 12.50%
Non-Approved Ratio = 87.50%
Total Ratio = 100.00%
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Special Notes:
· 1 or 2 short breaks may be scheduled or added as needed during a fully virtual panel meeting.
· IAI staff are happy to accommodate the scheduling and facilitation of additional virtual meetings throughout the year if needed to discuss proposed descriptors, etc.