Initial Meeting via Teleconference

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Floridas Race to the TopTeacher and Leader
Preparation Implementation Committee (TLPIC)

• Initial Meeting via Teleconference
• Tuesday, March 29, 2011
• 1000-1100 a.m.

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Meeting Agenda

• Welcome
• Background
• Introductions
• Project Overview
• Committee purpose and expectations
• Project goals
• Subcommittee development
• Overview of future meetings
• Next Steps and Questions

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Background

• Floridas 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.

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Introductions

• Florida Department of Education Key Staff
• Kathy Hebda, Deputy Chancellor for Educator
  Quality
• Eileen McDaniel, Bureau Chief, Educator
  Recruitment, Development and Retention
• Genae Crump, Program Director for Educator
  Preparation
• Julie Orange, RTTT Project Manager for Educator
  Preparation Programs
• Hope Street Group
• Lauren Gibbs, Deputy Education Director

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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 Floridas 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

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Introductions

• Teacher 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

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Introductions

• Teacher 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

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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.

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TLPIC Purpose and Expectations

• The 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 states 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 programs contribution to the induction and
  professional development of program completers.

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Overall Project Goals

• Improve performance of teacher and school leader
• preparation 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)

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Subcommittee Development

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

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Overview of TLPIC Meetings
Meeting Date Topics
Teleconference March 29, 2011 Introductions Project and process overview Confirm meeting dates
In Person Ocala 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 Person Ocala 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
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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/racetotheto
  p.asp.

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Questions
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Contact Information

• FLDOE
• Julie Orange, Project Manager
• RTTT Educator Preparation Programs
• 850-245-7804 (office)
• Julie.Orange_at_fldoe.org