EDUCATOR STANDARDS BOARD
DIRECTOR’S REPORT
September 19, 2005

The interim period between the August 7-8 ESB meeting and September 18-19 has been consumed with revising the draft standards, processing the August 11th stakeholder meeting feedback, and receiving and processing the Expert Reviewer feedback. It is fair to say that much of the time and effort of staff and the ESB has been focused upon readying the draft standards for submission to the State Board of Education in late September.

However, there are numerous elements to the ESB roles mandated by SB 2 that must be addressed in the coming months. As a part of my report to the ESB this month, I will be providing the board with materials that will help delineate the progress the ESB has made toward meeting the responsibilities outlined in legislation, and toward identifying and implementing an action plan to address those responsibilities not yet completed and those that are of an ongoing nature.

The August 11 stakeholder feedback meeting was held, and all indications are that the stakeholder organizations were pleased with the opportunity to provide input. Attendance was very good and a significant amount of feedback was received. The following groups sent teams to participate: Ohio PTA, Ohio Association of Secondary School Administrators, Ohio Federation of Teachers, Ohio School Boards Association, Buckeye Association of School Administrators, Ohio Middle School Association, Ohio Education Association, Ohio Association for Private Colleges of Teacher Education, State University Education Deans, Catholic Conference of Ohio, Ohio Association of Elementary School Administrators, and the Ohio Association of Community Colleges.

The Higher Education Committee meets this month for the first time since OTELAC ceased operation, and Dr. Michele Lehman will facilitate the committee in meeting the responsibilities carried over from the work of OTELAC.

Reminder: The ESB set the fall schedule of meetings to facilitate communication and response with the State Board of Education during that period. The ESB will meet September 18-19, October 16-17, and November 20-21. Additional meeting dates have not yet been set.

Lee Miller, Director