FACULTY PERSONNEL COMMITTEE -Serves in an advisory capacity to the Dean regarding tenure & promotion, three-year review, post-tenure review, and other faculty personnel issues.

Membership : Chair recommends one person and the Dean appoints two people at large

UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES COMMITTEE -Reviews all undergraduate course changes. Also is charged with oversight of undergraduate program development and review.

GRADUATE STUDIES COMMITTEE -Reviews all graduate course changes, additions, and deletions. Also is charged with oversight of graduate program development and review. The graduate advisors serve on the graduate studies committee.

HONORS AND AWARDS COMMITTEE -Reviews and makes recommendations for College of Education honors and awards, including the: 1) Faculty Distinguished Achievement in Scholarship; 2) Faculty Distinguished Achievement in Teaching; 3) Faculty Distinguished Achievement in Service; 4) Outstanding Staff Service; and 5) student awards. Also reviews and makes recommendations for COE Awards for honors to outstanding K-12 teachers (outstanding novice teacher award and outstanding mentor teacher awards).

STUDENT REVIEW COMMITTEE -Reviews, supports, and makes recommendations to and for students referred by UTEP or clinical faculty because of academic or other concerns that may impact the student’s ability to serve as an effective educator.

TECHNOLOGY PLANNING COMMITTEE -Develop and aid in the implementation of a College of Education strategic technology plan that aligns with UTEP strategic technology plan.

CERTIFICATION TESTING (TExES) STRATEGIC PLANNING COMMITTEE -Plans and makes recommendations to the Dean to supports student and faculty regarding ExCET and TExES to enhance student achievement on state certification examinations.

US-MEXICO (AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL) INITIATIVES COMMITTEE -Develop a College of Education strategic plan in alignment with UTEP strategic plan of Excellence in US-Mexico and other international initiatives.

Faculty members can volunteer to serve.

WEEKEND COLLEGE/ALTERNATIVE SCHEDULING COMMITTEE -Develop and implement a strategic plan for creative scheduling for courses in the College of Education designed to allow students to complete a certification or degree program in timely, convenient fashion.

Call for faculty volunteers.
Suggestion: To invite someone from university public relations office.

ENHANCING THE CLIMATE COMMITTEE -Develop and implement a plan to enhance the physical climate of the Education Building to make it more comfortable and productive for students, faculty and staff.

LIBRARY COMMITTEE -Provide guidance for reviewing and obtaining resources for faculty for instructional and research purposes.

STUDENT SUCCESS COMMITTEE (formerly, the QEP Committee) -Works with faculty, staff and students to develop a comprehensive plan for student success at every level in the College of Education, aligned with UTEP's comprehensive plan, including a focus on program review and advising (recruitment, advising, graduation and certification). Implements and evaluates the effectiveness of initiatives developed in the comprehensive/strategic plan for COE student success.

EDWEB TEAM COMMITTEE -Maintains and updates the COE website and provides an interface between IT and the COE. Provides technical support to COE personnel in uploading information about COE projects and activities. Members of the EdWeb Team Committee have demonstrated understandings of the UTEP institutional Web design and development interface, as well as expert abilities with Web authoring tools, including DNN, CSS and HTML.

PDS PLANNING COMMITTEE –Works with partners from UTEP's Colleges of Education, Science and Liberal Arts as well as K-12 partner/PDS schools to strengthen existing UTEP-K12 partnership activities. Develops plans for enhancing the existing model and implements/evaluates modifications to current practices/ policies, and partnership sites.

TExES/ExCET ADVISORY COMMITTEE -Provides support to the Student Data Coordinator in implementing COE activities in relation to student success. This includes monitoring the quality of review sessions, implementation of effective qualifying examination sessions, and communication with students/staff/faculty about policies. The Committee also will serve as a forum for student, staff, or faculty grievances about any of the above matters.