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U.S. Department of Education

Teacher Preparation Issues Negotiating Committee

Meeting Summary

January 18 - 20, 2012

Welcome

Dr. Eduardo Ochoa, Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education, welcomed the 

members of the Teacher Preparation Issues Negotiating Committee and thanked them for 

agreeing to assist the Department in developing proposed regulations on teacher 

preparation.

Introductions

All members who were present introduced themselves. 

Overview of the Negotiated Rulemaking Process 

The facilitators provided an overview of the negotiated rulemaking process. They explained 

that the committee’s discussions would focus on developing consensus regulatory text for 

the Department’s proposed rule on teacher preparation.

Review and Adopt Minutes

This was the initial meeting of this negotiating committee, so there were no minutes from a 

previous meeting.

Organizational Protocols and Membership

The members discussed the draft Organizational Protocols, suggested some revisions for 

clarity, and approved the revised protocols. The membership of the committee was 

presented. The following Primary and Alternate negotiators were proposed and accepted.

Constituency Primary Alternate

Postsecondary 

students

Eric Mann

Student teacher

Sandpoint High School

Idaho

Eric Gregoire

Student

Boston University School of Education

Candidate for Master of Education in 

Policy, Planning and Administration
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Teachers Katie Hartley

Middle School Math Teacher and 

Value Added Specialist Miami East 

Junior High

Ohio 

Qualyn McIntyre

Teacher in Residence

Atlanta Urban Teacher Residency

Organizations 

representing 

teachers and 

teacher 

educators

Segun Eubanks

Director, Teacher Quality 

Department, National Education 

Association

James Alouf

President

Association of Teacher Educators

Financial aid 

administrators 

at 

postsecondary 

institutions

Joseph Pettibon 

Associate Vice President for 

Academic Services

Texas A&M University 

David Smedley 

Associate Director

Compliance and Training Office of 

Student Financial Assistance

The George Washington University

Business 

officers and 

bursars at 

postsecondary 

institutions

Julie Karns 

Vice President for Finance

Rider University 

Karl Brockenbrough

Vice President for Administration and 

Finance

Bowie State University 

State officials George Noell

Professor, School of Psychology 

Louisiana State University 

Vance Rugaard

Executive Director 

Tennessee Office of Licensing

Two-year 

public 

institutions

Glenn DuBois

Chancellor of Virginia’s Community 

Colleges 

Ray Ostos

Director, National Center for Teacher 

Education, Maricopa Community 

College 

Four-year 

public 

institutions

David Steiner

Dean, Hunter College School of 

Education 

Ronald Marx 

Dean

College of Education

University of Arizona 

Private 

nonprofit 

institutions

David Prasse

Dean of the School of Education, 

Loyola University Chicago 

Mary Kay Delaney 

Head of Department of Education

Meredith College 
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Private forprofit 

institutions

Meredith Curley 

Dean

College of Education University of 

Phoenix

Bonnie Copeland 

Vice President, Education and 

Regulation, Walden University 

Tribal 

Institutions

Cindy O’Dell 

Chair, Education Department; 

Instructor, Early Childhood and 

Elementary Education Salish 

Kootenai College 

Linda Sue Warner 

Special Assistant

President of Tribal Affairs 

Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College

HBCUs Leontye Lewis 

Dean of Education 

Fayetteville State University 

VerJanis Peoples 

Dean of Education 

Southern University of LA

HSIs Beverly Young

Assistant Vice Chancellor Academic 

Affairs 

California State University System 

Michael Morehead

Dean

College of Education

New Mexico State University

Operators of 

programs for 

alternative 

routes to 

teacher 

certification

Heather Harding

Vice President of Research and 

Public Affairs, Teach for America 

Diann Huber

President

iteachU.S. 

Accrediting 

agencies

Jim Cibulka

President

National Council for the 

Accreditation of Teacher Education 

and the Council for Accreditation of 

Education Preparation 

Frank Murray

H. Rodney Sharp Professor, University 

of Delaware; Chair of the Board of 

Directors of Teacher Education 

Accreditation Council and the Council 

for the Accreditation of Educator 

Preparation

Elementary 

and Secondary 

Students and 

Parents

Sarah Almy

Director of Teacher Quality, the 

Education Trust 

Charmaine Mercer 

Director of Policy and Research 

Communities for Teaching Excellence 
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School and LEA 

officials

U.S. 

Department of 

Education

Scott Thompson 

Director of Teacher Effectiveness 

Strategy

District of Columbia Public Schools 

Sophia McArdle

Thalia Nawi 

Director

Denver Teacher Residency

Denver Public Schools

Alternates for the principals in the following three areas were nominated and approved by 

the committee:

HBCU’s – VerJanis Peoples, Dean of Education, Southern University of LA

Two year public institutions – Ray Ostos, Director, National Center for Teaching Education

Maricopa Community College

Elementary and Secondary Students and Parents - Charmaine Mercer, Director of Policy 

and Research, Communities for Teaching Excellence

Review Negotiating Agenda of Issues

The committee reviewed and discussed the list of agenda items. The Agenda of Issues was 

accepted (see below). 

Workshop-Style Review of Issues 

Negotiators participated in discussions on each item of the Agenda of Issues listed below. 

The negotiators approved these issues as the agenda for the negotiated rulemaking.

Issue 1 – Recommendations regarding current institution of higher education, teacher 

preparation program, and State reporting requirements on teacher education program 

quality

Issue 2 - Recommendations for supplemental State reporting on teacher education 

program quality that would either replace or augment current reporting requirements

Issue 3 - Criteria used by States to assess the performance of teacher preparation 

programs

Issue 4 - Standards for State identification of low-performing or at-risk teacher 

preparation programs

Issue 5 - Termination of eligibility of teacher preparation programs to enroll students 

receiving Title IV student assistance in cases where the State has withdrawn its 

approval or terminated its financial support based on the program’s poor performance
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Issue 6 - Definition of “high quality teacher preparation program”

Issue 7 - Service and repayment obligations for the TEACH Grant Program: Teaching 

service performed for an Educational Service Agency

Issue 8 - Teaching in a high-need field to fulfill the TEACH Grant Agreement to Serve

Issue 9 - Eligibility for a new TEACH Grant after receiving a discharge of the TEACH 

Grant agreement to serve based on total and permanent disability

Issue 10 - Discharge of the TEACH Grant agreement to serve based on the total and 

permanent disability of a TEACH Grant recipient

Public Comment

Several opportunities were provided for the public to provide comment. One public 

comment was received at the end of the first day of the meeting and one at the end of the 

third day.

Logistics

The second session of the Teacher Preparation Negotiating Committee is scheduled for 

Monday through Wednesday, February 27-29, 2012, with the following schedule:

Monday, February 27, 2012, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm

Tuesday, February 28, 2012, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm

Wednesday, February 29, 2012, 9:00 am – 12:00 pm

The session will be held at the U.S. Department of Education in the 8th Floor Conference 

Center located at 1990 K Street, N.W. in Washington, D.C.

Next Steps

The non-federal negotiators agreed to provide the Department with suggestions on Issues 

1, 2, and 6 before the next meeting. Jim Cibulka, primary representative for Accrediting 

Agencies, agreed to coordinate the collection of comments. Prior to the next meeting, the 

Department will provide the agenda for the second meeting and draft regulatory text to the 

committee that reflects the workshop discussions of the first session. The facilitators will 

distribute the approved Contact List and Draft Meeting Summary of the first meeting.