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AGENDA

INDIANA PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS BOARD

Wednesday, April 25, 2001

Indiana Government Center - South
Conference Room C
402 West Washington Street
Indianapolis, Indiana

Special Order of Business - 1 p.m. -- Public Hearing
Proposed Rule 00-287: Qualifying Scores for Praxis II Tests for Specialty Areas and Elementary Reading Instruction Skills

DISCUSSION SESSION (Order Subject to Change)
9:00 a.m.

1. Call to Order
   
   
2. Report on Graduate Preparation for Initial Licenses - Marie Theobald
   
   
3. Licensing Framework - Marie Theobald
   
   
4. Beginning Teacher Induction Performance Assessment Program - Steve Yager
   
   
5. Adjournment
   
   

BUSINESS MEETING (Order Subject to Change)
Fifteen minutes after Discussion Session

1. Call to Order
   
   
2. Approval of Agenda - Action
   
   
3. Approval of Minutes
   
   Minutes of March 21, 2001, Meeting - Action
   
   
4. Comments
   
   
   1. Chair
      
      
   2. Executive Director
      
      
   3. Other
      
      
5. Adjudications None.
   
   
6. Committee Reports
   
   
   1. Executive - Joseph Weaver
      
      
      1. Recommendations on Annual School Performance Reports - Action
         
         
      2. Request to Expand Charge of External Committee for School Psychologists - Dick Therrien and Kathryn Snyder - Action
         
         
      3. Minutes of February 21, 2001, Meeting - Information
         
         
   2. Board Relations - Lee Slavinskas
      
      
   3. Licensure Review - Anne Moudy
      
      Minutes of March 6, 2001, Meeting - Information
      
      
   4. Teacher Education - John Marsteller
      
      
   5. Proficiency Evaluation - Connie Griffith
      
      Minutes of March 22, 2001, Meeting - Information
      
      
   6. Teacher Induction - Steve Yager
      
      
      1. Draft Guidelines for Programs of Support to Beginning Teachers - Action
         
         
      2. Minutes of March 15, 2001, Meeting - Information
         
         
   7. Continuing Education - Judy Briganti
      
      Minutes of March 22, 2001, Meeting - Information
      
      
   8. External Committee for School Leaders - John Hill
      
      Selections for March 16, 2001, Meetings - Information
      
      
   9. External Committee for School Psychologists - Richard Therrien
      
      Selections for March 7, 2001, Meeting - Information
      
      
   10. External Committee for School Counselors - Peggy Hines
       
       Selections for March 7, 2001, and April 4, 2001, Meetings - Information
       
       
7. Agency Reports
   
   
   1. Preservice Education - Bet Kotowski
      
      
      1. Proposed Rule 00-287: Qualifying Scores for Praxis II Tests for Specialty Areas and Elementary Reading Instruction Skills - Action
         
         
      2. Update - Information
         
         
   2. Induction and Continuing Education - Richard Frisbie
      
      Update - Information
      
      
   3. Licensing - Ray Graves
      
      
      1. Appointment of Business Education Advisory Group Members - Information
         
         
      2. Update - Information
         
         
   4. Operations and Information Technology - John Baker
      
      
      1. Third Quarter Budget Report - Information
         
         
      2. Title II Budget Report - Information
         
         
      3. Update - Information
         
         
   5. Legal and External Affairs - Tom Hansen
      
      Update - Information
      
      
   6. Title II Teacher Quality Enhancement Grant - Richard Bowers
      
      Update - Information
      
      
   7. Executive Management - Marie Theobald
      
      
      1. Schedule of Meetings - Information
         
         
      2. Update - Information
         
         
8. Other
   
   
   1. Appeal of Denial of Experimental Program Request - Indiana Wesleyan University
      
      
9. Public Comments
   
   
10. Approval of Expenses - Action
    
    
11. Adjournment - Action