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To: Members, Indiana Professional Standards Board

From: Roger Thornton, Executive Director, Indiana Association of Public School Superintendents

Stephen Heck, Executive Director, Indiana Association of School Principals

Date: June 21, 2000

RE: Consolidation of External Committees for Administrators

 

The External Committee for District Administrators and the External Committee for Building Level Administrators have completed assessment frameworks for all administrative licenses. In April of 2000, a Stage I pilot involving approximately 50 district and building administrators working on a portfolio assessment project linked with the Interstate School Leaders Licensure Consortium (ISLLC) and Educational Testing Service (ETS) was launched. The committees request to begin work on a Stage II pilot that would encompass all elements of the two-year induction period. To accomplish this task in the most efficient manner, the Indiana Association of Public School Superintendents (IAPSS) and the Indiana Association of School Principals (IASP) recommend a joint effort for 2000-2001 by consolidating the two external committees into one. The new committee will be called the External Committee for School Leaders.

 

The composition of this committee would include the following members of both external committees (listed in alphabetic order):

 

• Frederick Bechtold, Superintendent, Elkhart Community Schools
• Bob Brower, Principal, Westfield High School
• Edward Burkhalter, Principal, Northwestern Junior-Senior High School
• Gary Collings, Executive Director, ISEAS Project
• Cynthia Finney, Teacher, Syracuse Elementary School
• Larry Gambaiani, Assistant Superintendent, MSD Washington Township
• Dan Grayson, Director of Vocational Education, Twin Lakes School Corporation
• Stephen Heck, Executive Director, Indiana Association of School Principals
• John Hill, Superintendent, Plymouth Community Schools
• Earlene Holland, Indiana Department of Education
• Mike Horvath, Director of Special Education, Monroe County Schools, IPSB Member
• Debra Lecklider, Director, Indiana Principals Leadership Academy
• Rebecca Libler, Interim Dean, Indiana State University
• Miriam Matthews, Principal, Southwestern Elementary School
• Peggy Ondrovich Hinckley, Superintendent, Laporte Community Schools
• Richard Roames, Purdue-Calumet University
• Ena Shelley, Professor, Butler University, IPSB Member
• Kathleen Sherman, Assistant Principal, Carroll High School
• Shawn Sriver, Assistant Director of Licensing, Indiana Professional Standards Board
• Susan Switzer, Coordinator, Indiana Partnership Center
• Roger Thornton, Executive Director, Indiana Association of Public School Superintendents (ex-officio)
• Earl Williams, Superintendent, North Putnam Community Schools

 

The committee also recommends the following:

 

• The chair will be selected by the committee at their first meeting and will be a current P-12 building or district level practitioner; and,
• a facilitator selected by the Indiana Professional Standards Board will be assigned to work with the committee.

 

The charge of this committee would include the following items associated with a Stage II pilot:

 

• creation of a governance system for implementing and operating a pilot study;
• establishment of appropriate timelines;
• selection of candidates, mentors, and alternates subject to IPSB approval;
• determination of a reporting process;
• determination of appropriate outcomes;
• plans for an effective mentoring program;
• establishment of a field-based support system for pilot participants;
• establishment of a problem-solving system;
• establishment of incentives for participation subject to IPSB approval; and,
• development of first professional growth plans and teams.

 

In addition, the committee will address any other relevant issues connected to the Stage II pilot or any other appropriate administrator issues.

 

Recommendation:

 

The Indiana Association of Public School Superintendents (IAPSS) and the Indiana Association of School Principals (IASP) recommend a joint effort for 2000-2001 by forming an External Committee for School Leaders. The committee will address a Stage II pilot and other appropriate administrator issues. Membership is listed above, including a facilitator as described above.

 

Indiana Professional Standards Board Action:

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