President's Report

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

President's Report
September 16, 2011
Since the conclusion of the PAC-TE Board of Directors Meeting on June 23, 2011, I have engaged in the following association-related activities:
As President –

Consulted with national, regional, and state stakeholders in teacher preparation organizations’ leadership;
Corresponded with Pennsylvania Department of Education officials about program approval guidelines;
Attended meetings of the PA State Board of Education;
Attended meetings of PA State Board of Education Committee on Teacher and School Leader Effectiveness;
Engaged in planning for PAC-TE’s participation in ATE summer 2011 national conference with ATE planning committee and local arrangements committee;
Attended the ATE summer conference in Philadelphia and co-presented at a session highlighting the initiatives of PAC-TE;
Communicated with Secondary Certification Programs Focus Group and with PDE on the question of an implementation timeline for field experience requirements mandated by 49-2;
Prepared announcements and shared information from AACTE on the U.S. News and World Report/National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) project intended to evaluate teacher preparation programs;
Drafted announcements and introductions about teacher preparation issues and events for TidBits releases;
Corresponded with ACSR unit representatives and with ACSR national coordinator at AACTE about new and revised U.S. DOE regulations impacting teacher preparation programs offered by IHE’s;
Fielded questions from various PAC-TE institutional and individual members;
Contacted PAC-TE members identified as possible Audit Committee participants and coordinated their appointments with Audit Committee Chairperson;
Collaborated with PASCD President on the development of a K-16 and beyond partnership under the theme of excellence in teacher preparation;
Offered testimony on assessment of teacher and administrator effectiveness during the public comment session of the 20 July 2011 meeting of the PA State Board of Education in Harrisburg;
Drafted and sent an invitation to the PA Secretary of Education to participate in the 2011 PAC-TE Teacher Education Assembly;
Coordinated the organization of a Master Plan Work Group;
Introduced plans for a Government Relations Committee meeting with Harrisburg legislators and policy makers and followed up with telephone and electronic correspondence;
Coordinated selection and appointment of TEA Planning Committee Chairpersons Designates.

Submitted by:
Dr. Fred Savitz
PAC-TE President

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