Meetings
- Minutes of Meeting of November 15, 2000 For
Approval January 24, 2001
The Indiana Professional Standards Board (IPSB) met on November 15, 2000, at the Indiana Government Center South, Conference Center Room C, 402 West Washington Street, Indianapolis, Indiana.
Discussion Session
Board members present included Jane Boultinghouse, Judith Briganti, Albertine Dent, Michael Horvath, Sandra Kelley, Dan Miller, Anne Moudy, Ena Shelley, Lee Slavinskas, Joseph Weaver, Roy Weaver and Steve Yager. Connie Griffith, John Marsteller and Suellen Reed were unable to attend.
Staff members present included Charle' Bourke-Walters, Richard Frisbie, Ray Graves, Tom Hansen, Jackie Holland, Teresa Knipstein, Kathy Meriwether, Judy Miller, Sheridan Rayl, Joy Seybold, Shawn Sriver and Marie Theobald. John Baker and Bet Kotowski were unable to attend.
I. Call to Order
Mr. Joseph Weaver called the meeting of the Indiana Professional Standards Board (IPSB) to order at 9:17 a.m. He welcomed and thanked Board members for attending.
II. Assessment Framework for Building Level Administrators Steven Heck, Executive Director, Indiana Association of School Principals
Dr. Heck presented the Assessment Framework for Building Level Administrators. He discussed teacher experience, accountability, and structure of the Mentor Team, and the re-organization of the Mentor Team to become the Professional Growth Team. Dr. Heck then responded to questions from the Board.
III. Teacher Testing Report
Dr. Judy Miller presented the Annual Testing Report and responded to questions from the Board regarding the two testing formats for the Praxis I test.
IV. Indiana Summit on Teaching Quality
Mr. Weaver and Mr. Hansen reported that on December 6, 2000, the Indiana Council on Quality Teaching for Student Learning (ICQTSL) is co-sponsoring the Indiana Summit on Teaching Quality. The goal of the summit is to broaden the dialogue on quality teaching in Indiana. In addition to the IPSB, the sponsors of ICQTSL are Governor Frank O'Bannon and Dr. Reed, State Superintendent of Public Instruction. Both Governor O'Bannon and Dr. Reed will speak, as will several members of the Indiana General Assembly. Funding is through Project E, the Milken Family Foundation, the Title II Teacher Quality Enhancement grant to the IPSB, and the IPSB's grant from the National Commission on Teaching and America's Future (NCTAF).
- V. Proposed Rules for Licensure, Induction and Continuing Education
Dr. Yager reported that the Executive Committee discussed funding for the Induction Program at its regular meeting November 14, 2000, and the need to determine what aspects of the program will be implemented in fall 2001 in light of uncertainty about funding until after the 2001 session of the Indiana General Assembly. Discussion followed on options to fully inform stakeholders and spring 2001 graduates what licensing and beginning teacher programs will be in place.
VI. Adjournment
Mr. Weaver adjourned the discussion session at 10:35 a.m.
Business Meeting
Board members present included Jane Boultinghouse, Judith Briganti, Albertine Dent, Michael Horvath, Sandra Kelley, Dan Miller, Anne Moudy, Ena Shelley, Lee Slavinskas, Joseph Weaver, Roy Weaver and Steve Yager. Connie Griffith, John Marsteller and Suellen Reed were unable to attend.
Staff members present included Charle' Bourke-Walters, Richard Frisbie, Ray Graves, Tom Hansen, Jackie Holland, Teresa Knipstein, Kathy Meriwether, Judy Miller, Sheridan Rayl, Joy Seybold, Shawn Sriver and Marie Theobald. John Baker and Bet Kotowski were unable to attend.
I. Call to Order
Mr. Weaver called the business meeting to order at 10:55 a.m.
II. Approval of Agenda
Ms. Moudy moved and Ms. Briganti seconded the motion to approve the agenda. Motion carried unanimously.
III. Approval of Minutes
Ms. Briganti moved and Ms. Dent seconded the motion to approve the minutes from the September 20, 2000 Board meeting with clarification that avoiding a Board meeting conflict with the state ISTEP fall testing dates applied to all future years. Motion carried unanimously.
IV. Comments
Chair
Mr. Weaver provided an Executive Committee meeting update and requested that the Standards Committee comment on the rationale of Induction and Continuing Education. He announced that Dr. Ciminillo had resigned from the Board effective immediately.
Dr. Yager thanked the staff and Dr. Graves for their good work in the absence of an Executive Director on board. Mr. Weaver commented that staff has produced quality work and recognized how stressful it can be without having an Executive Director.
Transition Coordinator
None.
V. Adjudications
None.
VI. Committee Reports
Dr. Graves presented the Executive Committee recommendation that all limited criminal history checks will be valid for one calendar year from its issuance date. In addition, staff recommends that this change be effective immediately.
Mr. Slavinskas moved and Dr. Yager seconded the motion to approve the validity period for criminal history reports. Motion carried unanimously.
Dr. Graves presented the Executive Committee recommendation that the IPSB take action as follows:
· Change the name of the existing Standards Committee to the Licensure Review Committee and charge it with: 1) addressing licensure-related needs, such as consideration and recommendations concerning proposals and issues regarding new licensure and certificate areas, and 2) overseeing subsequent advisory groups that might be appointed for the creation of new standards; and
· Appoint a separate standing committee to be known as the Standards Committee and charge it with: 1) reviewing and revising existing standards for state-of-the-art maintenance, and 2) overseeing subsequent expert work groups that might be appointed to complete specific assignments.
Ms. Moudy moved and Mr. Miller seconded the motion to approve the recommendation. Motion carried unanimously.
Ms. Rayl presented the Executive Committee recommendation that the Board approve adding a license renewal option for beginning teachers with a standard 5-year license under Rules 46/47 who complete a field test of a portfolio assessment, and that a beginning teacher with a two-year Initial License under Rules 2001 who completes a field test of a portfolio assessment instead of an alternative assessment would earn the Proficient Practitioner License for that area.
Dr. Kelley moved and Ms. Dent seconded the motion to approve the recommendation. Motion carried unanimously.
Ms. Rayl presented the Teacher Induction Committee (TIC) recommendation to the IPSB that an initial pilot of up to 15 applicants be solicited for mentor training programs by February 1, 2001. Programs will be selected, scored, and approved by the TIC members. Program providers will bear the cost with the exception of the scoring of applicants by the TIC.
Ms. Briganti moved and Dr. Yager seconded the motion to approve the recommendation. Motion carried unanimously.
Dr. Frisbie presented the Continuing Education Committee (CEC) recommendation that upon successfully meeting all IPSB teacher license renewal pilot project requirements, participants may renew all currently active licenses.
Ms. Briganti moved and Dr. Yager seconded the motion to approve the recommendation. Motion carried unanimously.
Mr. Sriver presented the External Committee for Building Level Administrators recommendation that the IPSB approve the Statement of Purpose and the Assessment Framework for Building Level Administrators. Mr. Sriver suggested changes to Mentor Team becoming Professional Growth Team.
Steve Heck, Indiana Association for School Principals commented on the Draft Framework for Building Level Administrators.
Dr. Yager moved and Ms. Briganti seconded the motion to adopt the recommendation with the suggested changes. Motion carried unanimously.
Mr. Weaver asked if there were any questions concerning the committee reports. Hearing none, the committee reports were accepted as written.
VII. Agency Reports
Preservice Education
Dr. Miller reported that Dr. Kotowski was on a National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE)/IPSB accreditation visit at Taylor University and sent apologies for her absence.
Dr. Miller then reported on Preservice Education Division activities that occurred since the last Board meeting.
An Institutional Session was held on September 29th. The agenda focused on Unit Assessment System development, during the morning session and on portfolio assessment, during the afternoon session. Institutional Sessions for 2001 have been scheduled for February 9 and September 28. The exact agenda topics for the February 9th session are being developed with input from the Indiana Association of Colleges for Teacher Education.
The Teacher Education Committee (TEC) for 2000-2001 met on October 13 and began with an orientation session for new members. Another meeting was held on November 10, and the next is scheduled for December 8.
Unit Assessment System Examiner training occurred on October 26 and 27. Participant evaluations of the training were positive, and materials are being revised in response to the suggestions received. A training session for Board observers is being planned by the TEC Consultants and is expected to occur early in 2001.
Four accreditation visits occurred in fall 2000, and three are scheduled for spring 2001. In the spring, two institutions will pilot the NCATE 2000 Standards.
A Praxis II workshop is scheduled to occur on Friday, November 17. There are 45 confirmed participants, and all interested parties know that there are openings still available.
Dr. Miller also updated the Board about the status of the reading instruction skills test for newly licensed elementary teachers under consideration for use in Indiana. She explained that the Executive Committee has agreed for staff to notify the institutions of the status in advance of a formal recommendation being approved by the Board.
Dr. Miller stated that IPSB's state Title II Report was sent on time to the United States Department of Education (USDOE) and has been reviewed favorably. The IPSB Report is one of eight now posted on the USDOE web site. She also explained the status of the data-matching process.
Induction and Continuing Education
Dr. Frisbie reported that for 2000-2001 Beginning Teacher Internship Program has received 3,065 enrollment forms. Of that total, 2,660 beginning teachers are currently eligible and 405 beginning teachers are not eligible due to pending licensing questions.
Since July 1, 2000, 118 new programs have been approved for Certification Renewal Units (CRUs), and 71 programs have been renewed.
Dr. Frisbie reported that the CEC Teacher License Renewal Backmapping Pilot Project had received 275 eligible applications by the October 31, deadline - 228 accepted offer, 5 declined, and 42 are still pending. One orientation session is scheduled for November in twelve cities throughout the state. One update/support session scheduled for April/May in the same twelve cities. The final reports will be due from participants July 1, 2001.
Ms. Rayl reported that the first Beginning Teacher Induction Performance Assessment Program newsletter, Teaching Under Construction, has been released to a constituency of over 300 educators and stakeholders. It is primarily designed to inform and /or develop understanding for the roles of beginning teachers, mentors, and scorers who are participants in the induction program.
Eighty-seven first year beginning teachers have been recruited to participate in mathematics, science, and English/language arts this year of the induction program. Support seminars are currently being conducted in each discipline in the four regions of the state. Support seminars have been conducted for an additional number of 24 beginning teachers participating in the second year of the program.
Local Advisory Group Sessions have been held in three of the regions with the fourth regions meeting scheduled for early December.
- A new Teacher-in-Residence, Theresa Knipstein, began working with the Board on Monday, November 13, 2000. Ms. Knipstein's area of expertise is in special education. She is a recipient of the Milken Award as of November 2000.
Licensing
Dr. Graves reported that the Licensure Review Committee needs a new Board member appointment to succeed Dr. Ciminillo.
At the October 2000 Executive Committee meeting, a recommendation to eliminate all Social Security numbers from future licenses was approved. All licenses printed after October 19, 2000 does not show the person's Social Security number. This will not affect the federal statutory requirement that applicants include their Social Security number on applications for licensing (Form 9331).
The Division of Licensing has hired four of the five new positions that were authorized by the Indiana State Department of Personnel in September 2000. Dr. Graves and Mr. Sriver are now completing interviews for the fifth position. By early December, all new Licensing staff will be in-place and undergoing training.
Dr. Graves reported that he has conducted training for new Licensing Advisors at eight higher education institutions and will be conducting this training for new Licensing Advisors at two additional universities later in November.
Operations and Information Technology
Dr. Graves presented the staff recommendation that the IPSB approve the 2000-2001 Management Plan and Budget.
Dr. Yager moved and Dr. Shelley seconded the motion to approve the recommendation. Motion carried unanimously.
Mr. Weaver expressed thanks to Mr. Baker and to all staff who developed the annual management plan and budget for an outstanding job.
Dr. Graves presented the First Quarter Budget Report for 2000-2001.
Legal and External Affairs
Mr. Hansen thanked Board members who have served recently as administrative law judges.
Title II Teacher Quality Enhancement Grant
The Title II Teacher Quality Enhancement project is now fully staffed. K-16 Transition Partnership contracts have been signed so the partners will be able to be reimbursed for invoices that are due with the first quarterly progress report on December 1, 2000. The research consultant position has also been filled.
Executive Management
Dr. Graves presented the Schedule of Meetings for 2000-2001, and indicated that unless Board members hear otherwise, the balance of the Board meetings for 2000-2001 will occur in Conference Room C of the Government Center South. Dr. Graves indicated to the Board Chair that staff will amend the Schedule of Meetings to reflect that Board meetings will be for one day only as follows: January 24, March 21, April 25, and June 20.
VIII. Other
Ms. Briganti moved and Mr. Miller seconded the motion to discuss funding and timelines for beginning teacher induction at the next Executive Committee meeting scheduled for December 2000, and to include it as an action item for the January Board meeting. Motion carried unanimously.
IX. Public Comments
Steve Heck, Indiana Association for School Principals commented on the Draft Framework for Building Level Administrators.
X. Approval of Expenses
Mr. Miller moved and Ms. Dent seconded the motion to approve the expenses for the Board meeting. Motion carried unanimously.
XI. Adjournment
Ms. Moudy moved and Mr. Miller seconded the motion to adjourn the business meeting. Motion carried unanimously.
Mr. Weaver adjourned the business meeting at 1:28 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Ena M. Shelley
Secretary- List of Attendees
The following attended the discussion and business sessions:
Name Organization
Cheryl Boyer-Schrock Indiana Department of Education
David Chaney Indiana State University
Kathy Dietz Purdue University
Steve Heck Indiana Association of School Principals
Dwayne James Department of Education
R.E. Mays University of Southern Indiana
T.J. Oakes Purdue University
Dorothy Slota Indiana University Bloomington
Michele Solida The Indianapolis Star
Jerry Summers Indiana State University
Ed Wall University of Indianapolis
- V. Proposed Rules for Licensure, Induction and Continuing Education