Florida’s Race to the Top Teacher and Leader Preparation Implementation Committee (TLPIC)

1. Florida’s Race to the TopTeacher and Leader Preparation Implementation Committee (TLPIC) Initial Meeting via Teleconference Tuesday, March 29, 2011 10:00-11:00 a.m.

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

3. Background • Florida’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.

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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.

9. 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 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.

10. 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)

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

12. Overview of TLPIC Meetings

13. 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.

14. Questions

15. Contact Information FLDOE: Julie Orange, Project Manager RTTT Educator Preparation Programs 850-245-7804 (office) Julie.Orange@fldoe.org