Shared Governance: Professional Education Programs (PEP) Unit

Updated November, 2012

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Charge

The Professional Education Programs (PEP) Unit, has as its primary charge, the provision of programs in education or human services that seek professional education accreditation in order to prepare future professionals to work in school environments. Accreditation, both regional and specialized, is under the purview of the PEP Unit as part of its self-regulatory process of academic governance.

This Committee has the following authority:

• The PEP Unit is the designated unit charged with the responsibility to develop both undergraduate and graduate curricula in the preparation of human services professionals. The governance system of the Professional Education Programs (PEP) Unit Faculty should be considered a separate yet complementary and cooperative venture with other schools and divisions within the University.

Membership

All full-time Gallaudet faculty within departments with responsibility for teaching, supervising, or administering programs seeking professional education accreditation shall constitute the voting membership of the PEP Unit Faculty. Currently, such Unit faculty are in the following departments or programs: Counseling, Education, Educational Foundations and Research, School Psychology, and School Social Work Members of future professional education programs are included under this definition. Chairs of departments who have professional education accredited programs shall submit annually for their program(s) a list of full-time Gallaudet faculty who should be included as PEP Unit faculty for the academic year.

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