| TO: | Members, Indiana Professional Standards Board Executive Committee | |
| FROM: | Roy Weaver, Chair, Executive Committee | |
| DATE: | November 19, 2002 | |
| SUBJECT: | Minutes of October 16, 2002 Executive Committee Meeting |
The Executive Committee of the Indiana Professional Standards Board (IPSB) met on October 16, 2002, in the conference room of the IPSB offices.
Committee members present: Michael Horvath, John Marsteller, Anne Moudy, Joseph Weaver, and Roy Weaver.
Staff members present: Philip McGovern, Shawn Sriver, and Marie Theobald
Other individuals in attendance: Marilyn Edwards.
I. Call to Order
Dr. Roy Weaver called the meeting to order at 10:00 a.m.
II. Approval of Agenda
The agenda was approved by consensus.
III. Approval of Minutes
Ms. Moudy moved and Mr. Marsteller seconded the approval of the minutes of September 17, 2002 as amended. The minutes as amended were approved unanimously.
IV. Comments from the Chair
Dr. Roy Weaver asked about meeting times for the executive committee and agreed that face-to-face meetings were needed for action items. He reported on the Deans Panel at the recent Education Roundtable meeting.
The policy manual task force will meet in Marion on October 29 at Burke House Bed and Breakfast. Mr. John Hill, Ms. Moudy, and Mr. Joe Weaver will meet with Mr. McGovern and Dr. Theobald to revise and update the manual.
V. Comments from the Executive Director
Dr. Theobald reported that the biennial budget request had been submitted to the State Budget Agency and that funding for stipends for mentors of beginning teachers was included in the request. She also reported that the original special education licensing committee would be invited to reconvene to review the requirements for visually impaired and hearing impaired licenses and to clarify the difference between mild and intense intervention.
VI. Planning Session - November 19 and 20, 2002 - Information
November 19, 2002
IPSB Large Conference Room
8:30 a.m. Executive Committee meeting
10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Orientation for new board members
Government Center Training Room 5
1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Planning session
6:30 p.m. Dinner at Buca di Beppo
November 20, 2002
One North Capitol, IDFA, 9th Floor Conference Room,
8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Planning session
12:30 p.m. Business meeting
VII. Testing Rule Testimony from Public Hearing - Action
Mr. Joe Weaver moved and Mr. Marsteller seconded the motion to move to the board the testing rule as revised. Based on testimony at the public hearing, the passing score for Elementary Education: Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment will be 165 effective September 1, 2003.
The motion passed unanimously.
VIII. Substitute Rule - Action
Ms. Moudy moved and Mr. Weaver seconded the motion to move to the board the substitute rule with the new language referencing IC 20-6.1-5-4 in regard to compensation for licensed teachers serving as substitutes. The motion passed unanimously.
IX. Adjournment
The meeting adjourned at 1:06 p.m.