Members supporting the request were Val DeFever, Sue Gamble, Carol Rupe, Harold Voth, Bill Wagnon, Janet Waugh, and Bruce Wyatt. Opposing the request were Steve Abrams and John Bacon. Sonny Rundell was ill and did not attend the meeting. These standards were developed by 27 committees made up of over 200 practitioners and representatives of higher education institutions. They were reviewed initially by the Regulations committee of the Teaching and School Administration Professional Standards Advisory Board.
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The Board is scheduled to take action on these standards, probably at the September meeting. These standards will form the basis for the performance assessment, the pedagogy assessments and the content assessments required under the new licensing system. After a year of work, the QPA Task Force submitted its recommendations to Dr. Andy Tompkins, Commissioner of Education, and to the State Board in August. Address issues of clarity and inconsistency. A. Develop a one-page rubric to measure the criteria for the accreditation decision.