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To: Members, Indiana Professional Standards Board (IPSB)

From: Lew Ciminillo and Carolyn Babione, Co-Chairs, Standards Committee (SC)

Date: April 26, 2000

Re: Minutes of March 14, 2000, Meeting

Committee Members present: Carolyn Babione, Lew Ciminillo, Daniel Grayson, Earlene Holland, Gertrude Howard, Faye Iorio, Kathy Klawitter, John Marsteller, William Rentschler, Michael Rokicki, Kevin Walter, and Phillip VanFossen.

Committee Member/Staff absent: Jody Whicker and Bet J. Kotowski.

Others in attendance: Tom Hansen, Director of Legal and External Affairs, IPSB; Carol Israel, SC Facilitator; and Anna Lynch, Support Assistant.

 

The SC was convened by Lew Ciminillo, Co-Chair, on March 14, 2000, at 9:00 a.m. in Conference Room 6, at the Indiana Government Center-South in Indianapolis.

I. Welcome/Introductions

II. Approval of February 15, 2000, SC minutes.

III. Materials reviewed as related to the group's charge:

• March 15, 2000, SC Meeting Minutes
  
  
• SC Draft Letter to Stakeholders
  
  
• SC Informal February Meeting Notes

 

IV. Issues/questions as related to the group's charge:

• The Committee approved the March 14, 2000, minutes.

 

• Lew Ciminillo reported on the IPSB Executive Committee's response to the SC plan of action. The Executive Committee supports the SC plan but expects a written plan of action before official approval is given. Anna will draft the plan of action according to SC directive, and submit to Lew Ciminillo and Carolyn Babione, Co-Chairs, SC; and Bet J. Kotowski, IPSB staff, for review.
  
  
• Lew Ciminillo indicated that the Executive Committee approved the language change in the Standards Review Cycle Committee (SRCC) September 1999 Report as recommended by the SC: In Criteria #7 (Criteria for the Creation of New Standards for Licensure) and Criteria #5 (Criteria for the Recognition of Certificate Areas), "cannot be included in existing standards" revised to "is not currently included in existing standards."
  
  
• The Committee engaged in a detailed review of the Draft Letter to Stakeholders. It was agreed that a shorter, concise letter directly addressing the concerns of the three stakeholder groups that the SC has been charged by the IPSB Executive Committee to look at (Journalism, Business Education, and Communications Disorders), be drafted by Carol Israel and submitted to the Committee for review. It was further agreed that these letters should be sent out with enclosures detailing the procedure for submitting official proposals for creating new standards for licensure or recognizing certificate areas. A flier regarding reciprocity issues, drafted by IPSB staff, will be included with the letter. A recommended timeline was established for the submission and presentation of these groups' evidence.
  
  
• The Committee members were asked to submit to Anna Lynch the names of any additional stakeholders in the areas of Journalism, Business Education, and Communications Disorders that should be included in the dissemination of the informational letter.
  
  
  • The Committee suggested that the letter parallel website updates.
    
    
  • The Committee agreed that a longer, more detailed letter outlining the procedure for submitting official proposals for creating new standards for licensure or recognizing certificate areas, be drafted by IPSB staff and sent out to stakeholders in other areas. A flier regarding reciprocity issues, drafted by IPSB staff, will be included with the letter.
    
  • The Committee reviewed the information to be included as enclosures with the new letter to stakeholders, and offered editing comments. The following recommendations were made:
    
  • It should be specifically stated in the certificate review process, that renewal of certificates is subject to IPSB approval for continued recognition of certificate area.
    
  • In Criteria #7 (Criteria for the Recognition of Certificate Areas), the following language should be inserted: "the professional organization or agency has established performance-based assessment procedure for initial issuance of the certificate and for continuing education and certificate renewal."

 

It was agreed that Lew Ciminillo would bring these recommendations before the Executive Committee for approval.

I. The following questions were posed regarding the role of professional organizations in the procedure for submitting official proposals for creating new standards for licensure or recognizing certificate areas:

 

• What is the relation between professional organizations and higher education?
• What is the relation between professional organizations and the IPSB?
• What is the relation between professional organization standards and the IPSB?

 

It was agreed that Earlene Holland would head a workgroup to address these questions. The workgroup will attempt to answer whether this information is sufficiently specified in the current SRCC report, or whether it should be included in clearer language. Tom Hansen will also define the term "professional organization" clearer in the rules.

J. The Committee drafted a tentative agenda for the April meeting.

The meeting was adjourned at 4:00 p.m.