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Indiana Professional Standards Board
External Committee for District Administrators Selections
January 21, 2000
Members Present: Fred Bechtold, Larry Gambaiani, Peggy Hinckley, Dan Grayson, Becky Libler, Sue Switzer, Earlene Holland, and Gary Collings
Members Absent: Mike Horvath, Walter Harrison, and Ted Kowalski
Others Present: Shawn Sriver, Ann England, and Roger Thornton
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The External Committee for District Administrators of the Indiana Professional Standards Board convened at 9:00 a.m. on January 21, 2000, at the Administrative Service Center of MSD Washington Township Schools located at 3801 East 79th Street, Indianapolis.
Fred Bechtold called the session to order and the December 17, 1999, selections were accepted.
1. Draft Frameworks - Roger Thornton noted that the committee's work has been sufficiently circulated and seems to be well received among the Indiana Association of Public School Superintendents (IAPSS) membership. Members discussed the personnel demands with the mentorship requirements and the current lack of funding for stipends for mentors. Roger Thornton commented that the IAPSS in-service model is an additional consideration.
Dan Grayson received feedback from a Department of Education representative, providing a format for members to complete an extensive review of the draft framework for a Director of Career and Technical Education (see separate document dated 1/21/00). With a few exceptions members agreed that the additions/deletions on this framework should be transferred to the other three frameworks. (The four revised frameworks will be mailed separately from the minutes prior to next month's meeting.)
Rebecca Libler noted that on October 29, 1999, the IPSB approved the committee's recommendation that "the district administrator will be required to complete one two-year administrative induction period during his/her professional life."
Gary Collings reviewed the feedback for the Director of Exceptional Needs framework from his project board of nine directors of special education from across the state. Their comments centered on two areas.
First, they advocated maintaining the three career paths of: special education teacher, speech, language and hearing clinician, and school psychologist as prerequisites for seeking this district administrator license. This representative group of special education administrators did not recommend allowing school counselors to be eligible to seek such licensure. This discussion, including a base teaching certificate requirement, was tabled until next month's meeting.
The second area of feedback from the directors of special education centered on questions of applicability of the Interstate School Leaders Licensure Consortium (ISLLC) to any of the three Director frameworks. In response, members consider the ISLLC integral to all four district administrator frameworks since the assessment is standards- based and is consistent with the adopted standards from which the four licensure frameworks are being developed.
2. Pilot Program - Shawn Sriver reported that in February the Building Administrators Committee will recommend, to the Executive Committee of the IPSB that it be allowed to move forward on portfolio assessment to be normed by the Educational Testing Service (ETS). Fifty (50) practicing principals will be selected in March-May to be included in the pilot study. In June-August the fifty participants will be trained. From August to May 2001, the participants will develop their portfolios. By June 2001, the completed portfolios will be turned into ETS for scoring. ETS will complete the reliability/validity data. If the recommendation is accepted, the fifty participants will have any license renewal requirements waived based on their portfolio development. Indiana will be allowed to set its own cut scores.
PROPOSAL: Members agreed that it would be advantageous to have one or two superintendents and perhaps one or two other district administrators serve as ex-officio members on the Building Administrators' pilot study. These four ex-officio representatives would be involved in the whole process from training through portfolio development and mentorships. Roger Thornton will work with Shawn Sriver on this proposal.
3. Reciprocity - Shawn Sriver briefed the members on the two types of reciprocity: Compact/NCATE and "Other." IPSB has a Compact agreement with 41 states for teachers, 21 states for administrators and 22 states for school services personnel. This agreement allows states to accept the programs from each other without question providing they meet the minimum requirements (appropriate degree and appropriate teaching experience). In addition IPSB has reciprocity agreements with colleges and universities with NCATE accreditation in all fifty states, thereby allowing it to accept candidates without looking for specific course requirements.
The "Other" type of reciprocity is for an applicant who has a valid license from a non-Compact state. In this case the applicant can be granted a one (1) year reciprocal license allowing time to remove any course work deficiencies as long as the applicant has met minimum requirements.
Shawn Sriver presented four relevant questions for which the members reached the following conclusions (merging two of his questions into one answer):
(a.) If an applicant holds an Indiana administration and supervision license under any other rules, but has never used it, the applicant would be responsible for completing the two-year induction program on entering the profession unless he/she holds a life license.
(b.) If an applicant has completed an administration and supervision program at a college/university without NCATE accreditation and is not in a state with which we share in the Compact agreement, but has a valid license from that state, a reciprocal license would be issued and the applicant will be held to the two-year induction period. The induction period may be waived if the applicant has two or more years of experience (in the same licensure area) and a proficient practitioner license granted.
(c.) If an applicant has completed an administration and supervision program in another state, but has not completed the appropriate teaching experience to gain a proficient practitioner license, the applicant may NOT be issued an initial district administrator license.
NEXT MEETING: February 18, 2000
The selections were prepared by Gary Collings and edited by Ann England.