Initial Meeting via TeleconferenceTuesday, March 29, 2011

10:00-11:00 a.m.

Florida’s Race to the TopTeacher and Leader Preparation

Implementation Committee (TLPIC)

Meeting AgendaWelcome

Background Introductions

Project Overview Committee purpose and expectations Project goals Subcommittee development Overview of future meetings

Next Steps and Questions

BackgroundFlorida’s Race to the Top application

includes establishment of committees for the Great Teachers and Leaders assurance area, specifically to provide input and collaboration on improving the performance of teacher and school leader preparation programs.

IntroductionsFlorida Department of Education Key StaffKathy Hebda, Deputy Chancellor for Educator

QualityEileen McDaniel, Bureau Chief, Educator

Recruitment, Development and RetentionGenae Crump, Program Director for Educator

PreparationJulie Orange, RTTT Project Manager for

Educator Preparation ProgramsHope Street GroupLauren Gibbs, Deputy Education Director

Teacher and Leader Preparation Implementation Committee (TLPIC)Includes teachers and school leaders from

postsecondary institutions and school districts, district administrators, superintendents, and school board members

Membership contributes expertise in various teaching subjects and grades and educational administration at various levels

Membership represents Florida’s diversity in culture, community, and region

Committee members serve at the appointment of the Commissioner to the four-year term of the Race to the Top grant

IntroductionsTeacher and Leader Preparation Implementation

Committee Members Dr. Vivian Posey, Postsecondary, Barry University Dr. Elisa Calabrese, District Administrator, Broward Dr. Susan Trauschke-McEachin, School Based

Administrator, Dade Mark Howse, Postsecondary, Daytona State College Carla Dawson-Jackson, School Based Administrator,

Duval Catherine S. Boehme, Teacher, Escambia Dr. Adriana Garcia McEachern, Postsecondary, FIU Carolyn Herrington, Postsecondary, FSU Jamalya Jackson, District Administrator, Hillsborough Dr. Henri Sue Bynum, Postsecondary, IRSC Susan Moxley, Superintendent, Lake Dr. Gregory K. Adkins, District Administrator, Lee

IntroductionsTeacher and Leader Preparation Implementation

Committee Members Debbie Cooke, Professional Association Jason Driver, School Based Administrator, Okaloosa Brian D. Branks, Teacher, Orange Lisa Levison, Teacher – ESE, Pasco Megan Pankiewicz, Teacher, Seminole Beverly Slough, School Board, St. Johns Joe Joyner, Superintendent, St. Johns Ashley Hendrickson, Postsecondary, St. Pete Dr. Gloria Artecona-Pelaez, Postsecondary, U. Miami Dr. Lance J. Tomei, Postsecondary, UCF Jasmine Ulmer, Teacher, Union

TLPIC Purpose and Expectations

The purpose of the TLIC is to provide input, feedback and recommendations to the state in the development and implementation of performance standards and targets for continued approval of state-approved teacher and school leadership preparation programs.

The TLPIC will not be responsible for final decisions regarding the changes to standards and requirements for continued program approval.

TLPIC Purpose and ExpectationsThe TLPIC members are expected to actively participate in all

meetings and work with the Department and the Student Growth Implementation Committee to provide input, review, feedback, and recommendations on:

Uses of student growth models in evaluation of teacher and principal preparation programs

Performance measures for continued program approval and standards for “high-performing” preparation programs based on (but not limited to): The impact of program completers on student achievement,

specifically using the state’s new student growth measure(s) and potentially other measures used in LEAs.

Meeting LEA and state needs for new and retained effective teachers, especially in hard to-staff subjects and schools.

The program’s contribution to the induction and professional development of program completers.

Overall Project GoalsImprove performance of teacher and school leaderpreparation programs through:

• Revision of the Continued Program Approval of Educator Preparation Programs process. (Primary goal) Input on site visit protocols

• Identification of gaps in current Florida Principal Leadership Standards and revision of standards to align with contemporary research.(Intermediate goal)

Subcommittee DevelopmentMembers from William Cecil Golden, Southern

Regional Education Board, Florida Association of Professors of Educational Leadership, and other interested participants will also hear the Reeves research discussion and may share recommendations for the committee’s consideration.

These representatives are not appointed members of the TLPIC and will not be included in any decisions made by the committee.

Overview of TLPIC MeetingsMeeting Date Topics

Teleconference

March 29, 2011

•Introductions•Project and process overview•Confirm meeting dates

In PersonOcala

May 9-10, 2011

•Review a variety of leadership standards•Begin discussions on current standard refinement•Video presentation from Dr. Douglas Reeves on contemporary research on principal development •Guidance and feedback on revision process provided by The Leadership and Learning Center

In PersonOcala

June 8-9, 2011

•Continue refinement of current Florida Principal Leadership Standards•Input provided from small group currently modifying principal evaluation•Input and recommendations provided from subcommittee•Consider input and reach consensus on draft standards

Next Steps

Information about the activities, membership, meeting

schedule and materials, and recording of conference calls of the

TLPIC are posted at www.fldoe.org/arra/racetothetop.asp.

Questions

Contact InformationFLDOE:Julie Orange, Project ManagerRTTT Educator Preparation Programs850-245-7804 (office)Julie.Orange@fldoe.org