The Pennsylvania Association of Colleges and Teacher Educators

A State Unit of the Association of Teacher Educators
and The American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education

 

PAC-TE Board of Directors
Friday, September 16, 2011
(Held via Phone Conference)

Call to Order
The meeting was called to order by President Fred Savitz at 9:09 a.m.

MINUTES
The minutes of the June 23-24, 2011, Board of Directors Meeting were approved unanimously as corrected. On page 10, under “XII. D. TEA 2012 Planning,” the second date in the first sentence was changed from “2012” to “2013.”

Motion -- Bernard Badiali
Second -- Tammy Feil

REPORTS
(All reports may be accessed by consulting the PAC-TE Web site at www.pac-te.org.)

President’s Report
The President’s Report was offered by President Fred Savitz.

Fred shared a draft request to PAC-TE members inviting them to volunteer for a joint PAC-TE/PASCD panel to be held at the PAC-TE Spring 2012 Conference. The panel would present a shared vision of excellence in teacher preparation, K-16 and beyond. Directors enthusiastically supported this initiative and suggested that collaboration be pursued with other groups in Pennsylvania.

Following Kathy Ruthkosky’s suggestion, Fred will request clarification from the Pennsylvania Department of Education on the August 5 PDE Weekly Email indicating that agencies other than baccalaureate degree granting institutions in Pennsylvania are empowered to prepare and recommend candidates for teacher certification. He will ask how such agencies will be held to the same rigorous standards for program approval as are institutions of higher education.

Executive Director’s Report
The Executive Director’s Report was offered by Executive Director Linda Cook. She highlighted PAC-TE’s involvement in and support of the August 5-9, 2011, Association of Teacher Educators Summer Conference in Philadelphia. Bookmarks and flyers highlighting the upcoming PAC-TE Teacher Education Assembly were inserted into conference packets. PAC-TE staffed a table, snacks and beverages in the registration area on the opening day of the conference. PAC-TE provided a special session on our advocacy, professional development, and management initiatives. PAC-TE sponsored a ¼ page ad in the conference program. PAC-TE encouraged members to respond to the conference RFP, resulting in 13 sessions provided by PA teacher educators. Linda thanked Fred Savitz and Lynn Orlando for their on-site support of these programs.

Linda reported that she has received the bonding, general liability, and directors/officers liability insurance policies, which were effective on July 1, 2011. She also reported that she had just sent out the first electronic NewsNotes, using Constant Contact and that she has outlined our needs for the upgraded Web site so as to begin discussions on the building of the site.

To date for 2011-2012, PAC-TE has 51 institutional members, 53 individual members, and 220 institutional member representatives. These numbers are higher than at this time last year. Linda challenged directors to each recruit at least one new individual member and one conference newcomer this year.

Audit Committee Report 2010-2011
President Savitz reported that the Audit Committee consisting of Bob King, Chair, Joseph Domaracki, and Larry Vold has completed the audit of PAC-TE’s 2010-2011 Association and Conference accounts and found the records to be accurate. The committee members commend the Treasurer, Richard Fuller, for his diligence and accuracy in maintaining the financial records for PAC-TE. A motion to approve the Audit Committee’s report was approved unanimously.

Motion – Jay Hertzog
Second – Bernard Badiali

Treasurer’s Report
The Treasurer’s Report was offered by Treasurer Richard Fuller.
The final report of the 2010-2011 Association Account, Conference Account and Certificate of Deposit was approved unanimously as presented.

Motion – Connie Nichols
Second - Sally Winterton

The 2011-2012 year-to-date report of the Association Account, Conference Account and Certificate of Deposit was approved unanimously as presented.

Motion – Jay Hertzog
Second – Sally Winterton

Rick informed the Board that he will again be sending out Form 1099s for the Executive Director and Treasurer, and filing the federal 990-EZ. He is also working on gathering the information and artifacts needed for our 501(c) (3) application, which must include 5 years of financial data. He will clarify several items with our lawyer. He will file after our new bylaws are approved on October 27.

In discussions with our representative at PNC Bank Rick has learned that the bank cannot take credit card payments until we are approved as a 501(c) (3).

President Savitz, Executive Director Cook, and Director Nichols expressed thanks to Rick for his extensive work on these issues, with consensus expressed among the other attending directors.

OLD BUSINESS
Government Relations Committee
A report on the activities of the Government Relations Committee was offered by Chair and President-Elect Jay Hertzog. The committee had hoped to host a luncheon for the State Board during its Spring 2012 meeting, but were informed by the Board’s staff that ethics rules prohibited such a luncheon.

The committee will hold a breakfast meeting at the TEA on Friday morning. Current members are Jane Bray, Carla Claycomb, Mary Dupuis, Jackie Edmondson, Connie Nichols, Jim Nolan, Linda Norris, and Lew Strouse. Those attending the Wednesday banquet and Thursday luncheon at the TEA will be invited to join the committee.

Linda briefly reviewed the parameters for PAC-TE’s involvement in legislative activities and will send this information to Jay.

Directors discussed the alternative of inviting State Board members and legislators to PAC-TE Board meetings, Government Relations Committee meetings, and/or conferences, or holding an information session in Harrisburg for these individuals.

It is the Board’s current intent to have the President-Elect chair the Government Relations Committee, but this will not be placed in the bylaws, giving flexibility to each president to appoint chairs of ad hoc committees.

Spring Conference 2012
Spring Conference chair Jay Hertzog reported on the e-mail discussions of the 2012 Spring Conference Planning Committee consisting of Tammy Feil, Sally Winterton, and Fred Savitz. Input will be solicited at the TEA after the Wednesday banquet and in a handout in the conference packets. The theme of collaboration has been selected. The PASCD/PAC-TE joint panel will be included. Other ideas discussed to date include the NCATE/TEAC merger into CAEP, an AACTE/ATE joint panel, three topics AACTE would like to bring to state unit conferences, measuring teacher effectiveness by measuring student learning, the chair of the PA State Board Council of Higher Education or PDE Executive Deputy Secretary on the common core standards, and the West Virginia Superintendent of Schools on quality people in schools as the base of student success.

Bylaws Revision – Linda Cook, Executive Director
Executive Director Linda Cook reported that the bylaws document has been revised as voted upon by the Board at its June 2011 meeting. Directors agreed that:

Teacher Education Assembly 2011
Executive Director Linda Cook updated directors on the plans for the 2011 Teacher Education Assembly being held October 26-28, 2011, at the Holiday Inn Harrisburg/Hershey.

Teacher Education Assemblies 2012 through 2014 – Linda Cook, Executive Director
Executive Director Linda Cook provided directors with information around which to make a decision on the site for the 2012, 2013, and 2014 Teacher Education Assemblies, to include:

After discussion, a motion to authorize the Executive Director to enter into contract with the Best Western Premier, the Central Hotel and Conference Center, in Harrisburg, as the site for the 2012, 2013, and 2014 Teacher Education Assemblies, as outlined in the Best Western Premiere’s proposal, was approved unanimously.

Motion – Kathy Ruthkosky
Second – Sally Winterton

Connie Nichols thanked Linda and Lynn for their efforts in preparing the RFP and a summary of the proposals. Linda will inform the Holiday Inn Grantville sales staff and PAC-TE members of this decision at the conclusion of the 2011 TEA, after the minutes of this meeting are approved.

Awards Committee
Kathy Ruthkosky, Past President and Chair of the Awards Committee, reported that service awards to their charities of choice have been processed for outgoing directors Jackie Edmondson, Linda Norris, Lew Strouse, and John Butzow. These individuals will be recognized at the Wednesday evening, October 26, awards banquet at the TEA.

Kathy has received two nominations for 2011 Teacher Educator of the Year. She will convene the committee, consisting of Jackie Edmondson and Bob King, which will use the TEOY nomination evaluation rubric to select this year’s awardee. The award will be presented at the Wednesday evening, October 26, awards banquet at the TEA.

John Tarka will receive the 2011 Friend of Education Award at the final general session of the 2011 TEA on Friday, October 28, at which he will be the speaker.

Nominations and Elections Committee
Kathy Ruthkosky, Past President and Chair of the Nominations and Elections Committee, reported that the slate of nominees for the election to be conducted at the 2011 TEA 2011 and via absentee ballot before the TEA, has been finalized as follows:

Executive Director Linda Cook will contact Nominations and Elections Committee Members via e-mail as to the schedule for working the polls and counting votes on Thursday, October 27, at the TEA.

Focus Group Facilitator Appointments
Directors provided Executive Director Linda Cook with suggestions of members to contact for facilitation of the Field Experiences and Supervision Focus Group. Directors discussed the advisability of this focus group being co-chaired by a higher education and basic education member and of providing Act 48 hours for TEA participation.

NEW BUSINESS
Community Colleges
Directors provided the Executive Director with suggestions as to how to recruit community colleges as PAC-TE institutional members. A letter will be sent to the head of the education program at community colleges and current PAC-TE members will be asked to communicate their collaboration with community colleges.

Important PAC-TE Dates
The Executive Director asked directors to calendar the following meetings and events for their participation:
10:30 a.m. – 2:50 p.m.
with lunch -- at the TEA		 Wednesday, October 26, 2011 Board of Directors Meeting
9:00 – 9:50 a.m. – at the TEA Friday, October 28, 2011 Institution-Alike Sessions Facilitation
9:00 a.m. – NLT Noon Friday, January 13, 2012 Board of Directors Meeting Phone Conference
11:00 a.m. – NLT 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Sleep Inn, State College 		Board of Directors Meeting. An afternoon meeting of the 2012 TEA Planning Committee will also take place, and a 7:00 p.m. dinner for the Board of Directors and Planning Committee will be sponsored by PAC-TE.
10:30 a.m., Thursday, June 21 NLT Noon, Friday, June 22, 2012
Sleep Inn, State College 		Board Retreat – to include overnight lodging and dinner

ADJOURNMENT
The meeting adjourned at 11:26 a.m.

 

Respectfully submitted,
Linda S. Cook
Executive Director

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