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To:	Members, Indiana Professional Standards Board
From:	Steve Yager, Chair Teacher Induction Committee
Date:	June 17, 1999
Subject:	Teacher Induction Committee - Minutes of April 29, 1999, Meeting

Members present: Karla Hall, Thomas Pickering, Joy Seybold, Patricia Strawbridge, Richard Therrien, Lynne Weisenbach, Sheridan Rayl, and Steve Yager.

Members unable to attend: Jacqueline Greenwood and Jill Taylor.

Others in attendance: David Weber.

The Teacher Induction Committee (TIC) of the Indiana Professional Standards Board (IPSB) was convened on April 29, 1999, at 10:00 a.m. in the Conference Room D of the Indiana Government Center South by Steve Yager, Chair.

I.	Consultations with representatives of education stakeholders groups: There were none at this time.
II.	Materials reviewed as related to the TIC's charge:  A. Concepts of new language for rules and statutes and proposed draft statutory changes   B. The TIC report to the Assessment Coordinating Committee
III.	Issues/Questions examined as related to the TIC's charge:   A. The Committee approved the minutes of the April 14, 1999, meeting.   B. The Committee received a status report of the induction contract renewal with Region 8 Education Service Center (ESC) and the Request for Proposals process for subcontractors; reviewed the revisions to the draft rules concepts and statutes for the induction program; established the time line for a broader dissemination of the draft standards and program training guidelines for mentors; and scheduled a meeting to assess the third quarter of the induction contract services, receive recommendations from the Region 8 ESC for regional subcontractors, and review the report from the external evaluators regarding the services rendered as of May 3, 1999, through the induction contract with Region 8 ESC.

The meeting was adjourned at 12:00 p.m. by Steve Yager.