The UNC Policy Manual
400.4.3
Adopted
Section 7
of House Bill 2335 adopted by the reconvened session of the General Assembly in
1990 provides that:
The Board
of Governors of the University of North Carolina shall adopt standards to
create and enhance an organized program of public service and technical
assistance to the public schools. This
program shall:
1. Provide
systematic access for public schools to consultation and advice available from
members of the faculties of the constituent institutions;
2. Facilitate
and encourage research in the public schools and the application of the results
of this research;
3. Link
the education faculties of the constituent institutions with public school
teachers and administrators through public service requirements for the
education faculties; and
4. Create
partnerships among all constituent institutions, their schools or departments
of education, and the maximum number of public schools that could benefit from
these partnerships.
The
constituent institutions of the University of North Carolina shall provide
service to the public schools in accordance with the mission of the University
to address state needs through teaching, service and research. The University's commitment to students
requires that teaching be the primary responsibility at all constituent
institutions. Although the duties of
individual faculty members vary from time to time, all are responsible for
performance of service activities at a level which enables the institution to
fulfill its teaching and research missions as well as its service mission.
To
promote the efforts of the constituent institutions of the University in
assisting public schools through appropriate service activities, the Board of
Governors calls upon the constituent institutions offering programs for the
preparation of school teachers and administrators to establish partnerships
with public schools; and, further, the board adopts the following standards:
Standard 1
Each
constituent institution offering programs for the preparation of teachers and
school administrators shall have a committee on public school services. The committee shall be named by the
chancellor and it shall include at least two members of the education faculty,
at least one member of the arts and sciences faculty, two school
superintendents, and such other members as may be appropriate. The committee will advise the dean/chair of
education on the fulfillment of service commitments including, but not limited
to those described in the standards below.
Standard 2
Each
school/department of education shall establish an office of school services to
coordinate and encourage service to the public schools. The office will maintain an inventory of
campus resources that could be of service to the public schools through
technical assistance or research initiatives.
The office will also disseminate to school districts information on
campus resources; receive requests for assistance from school districts; and
direct the requests to the appropriate campus resource.
Standard 3
Each
school/department of education shall plan and implement annually a program for
service to the public schools that describes the service to be rendered,
identifies the faculty members who will be involved, and the sources of support
for the program.
Standard 4
The
University of North Carolina General Administration shall compile a directory
of the offices of school services at the constituent institutions and provide
the directory to all public school districts.
Standard 5
The
chancellor shall report periodically to the University of North Carolina
General Administration on the service and technical assistance provided to the
public schools.