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TO:	Members, Indiana Professional Standards Board
FROM:	John Marsteller, Chair Continuing Education Committee (CEC)
DATE:	June 17, 1999
SUBJECT:	Continuing Education Committee - Minutes of April 29, 1999, Meeting

CEC members present on April 29, 1999: Richard Frisbie, Stephen Greiner, Denise Kelly, John Marsteller, Amy Schellenberg, and Roger Sutton.

CEC members unable to attend: Leslie McClung, Maryanne McMahon, Shelley Moyers, and Ena Shelley.

Others in attendance: Marilyn Edwards, Jeff Gangloff, Anita Hershman, Carol Reed, Jana Root, Marie Theobald.

The Continuing Education Committee (CEC) of the Indiana Professional Standards Board (IPSB) was convened on April 29, 1999, at 10:00 a.m. in Conference Room C of the Indiana Government Center - South, by Mr. Marsteller, Chair. The minutes of the March 3, 1999, meeting were approved.

I.	Consultations with representatives of education stakeholders groups: None.
II.	Materials reviewed as related to the CEC's charge:   A. Continuing Education Committee 1998-99 Rules Recommendations. March 3, 1999.   B. Continuing Education Committee 1998-99 Recommendations Worksheet: Fort Wayne Community Schools   C. Continuing Education Committee 1998-99 Recommendations Worksheet: Greater Clark County Schools   D. Continuing Education Committee 1998-99 Recommendations Worksheet: MSD Decatur Township Schools    E. Continuing Education Committee 1998-99 Recommendations Worksheet: North Judson-San Pierre Schools   F. Continuing Education Pilot Project Proposal. North Judson-San Pierre Schools, April 1999.   G. Continuing Education Committee 1998-99 Recommendations Worksheet: Vigo County Schools
III.	Issues/Questions examined as related to the CEC's charge:   A. The committee approved the draft rules recommendations to be submitted to the Assessment Coordinating Committee (ACC) in the afternoon.   B. The committee discussed the individual pilot district recommendations worksheets. They agreed to submit individual district final reports to the Board at the June 16, 1999, Discussion Session. Where possible, they will bring sample Professional Growth Plans (PGPs) and Professional Portfolios (PPs). Written Final Reports are due to Richard Frisbie by June 1, 1999.   C. The committee agreed it would not be productive for them to attempt to arrive at consensus on any further recommendations beyond those already approved for submission to the ACC. It was agreed that the best course of action was for the Executive Committee to review the individual pilot district final reports and make a determination of next steps.   D. The committee agreed John Marsteller would recommend to the ACC and the Executive Committee that any teachers currently participating in a continuing education pilot will be given the option to continue their Professional Growth Plans and receive a waiver from the license renewal requirement to earn six semester hours or the equivalent number of CRUs.

The meeting adjourned at 12:00 p.m.

No further meetings of the CEC are scheduled.