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IV. INSTITUTIONAL NEED
(9/01)
Since I received my 4th. year review 16 months ago, which gave a strong
endorsement of my CCT-based work, questions have been raised about the
institutional location, mission, and even survival of CCT. Although I would
have preferred a stable context for my work, I have responded constructively
and taken initiative in ways that the following table summarizes.
My ability to adapt to change and uncertainty in institutional need is evident
in this table and in the earlier sections of this statement. Let me affirm,
however, that my ideal is to continue the scholarly development described in
this statement and serve UMB from a base in CCT, which would continue as an
innovative graduate program for mid-career teachers and other educators as well
as for leaders or change-agents in other kinds of organizations.
At this point the CCT Program remains housed in the GCOE in the Department of
Curriculum and Instruction (C&I) and so for the purposes of this tenure
review I would like to assume that the mission of the CCT Program will be seen
as part of--not apart from--the educational mission of C&I and GCOE. The
materials I and others are submitting should document contributions and an
impact beyond my primary responsibilities in the CCT Program. Nevertheless, my
hope is that formal changes in expectations for CCT and thus for my work at UMB
will be left as a matter for consultation with the full CCT faculty after my
tenure decision. Anyhow, whatever emerges from these processes of review and
institutional change, I look forward, as long as I am involved in public
education, to continue learning about how to secure space and support for
critical thinking and reflective practice, especially about environment,
science and society.
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