EDUCATOR STANDARDS BOARD
DIRECTOR’S REPORT
OCTOBER 17, 2005

The interim period between the September 19 ESB meeting and October 17 has been extremely busy and productive. The revisions suggested by the State Board of Education (SBOE), the stakeholder feedback, and the national reviewers were incorporated into a new draft of the standards that was communicated to ESB members electronically for review. Once tacit approval was reached to support the revised drafts, they were communicated to the SBOE for one final informal review prior to submission.

Having no additional feedback from that review by the SBOE, the need for the planned special ESB meeting was eliminated and the meeting was cancelled. Consequently, staff worked to ensure standardization of the format for the three draft standards, and they were presented to the Capacity Committee of the SBOE on October 10th in a presentation made by Bill Shriver, Marilyn Troyer, and Cyndi Yoder

Updated drafts of the PD standards were communicated to Stephanie Hirsh and Joellen Killian of the National Staff Development Council for review. An updated draft of the principal standards was communicated to Michael Fullan for review, and an updated draft of the teacher standards will be communicated to Charlotte Danielson for a second review.

Time will be spent on October 17th to discuss the mandates of SB 2, the progress of the ESB in meeting those mandates, and next steps for the ESB. Discussion will also take place around the development by staff of “awareness” tools that ESB members can use in presentations until a full roll out of the standards occurs after the SBOE formally adopts the standards.



Lee Miller, Director