Missouri Advisory Council for Certified Educators
December 4, 2006
Capital Plaza Hotel, Jefferson City
The Missouri Advisory Council of Certification for Educators met December 3-4, 2006, at the Capital Plaza Hotel in Jefferson City.
Members Present:
Melissa Albright..................... Missouri National Education Association
Della Bell.............................. Missouri State Teachers Association
Al Cade Jr............................. Missouri Association of Colleges for Teacher Education
Donna Collins........................ Missouri National Education Association
Barb Dozier........................... Missouri National Education Association
Tim Ema............................... Missouri National Education Association
Andrea Flinders..................... AFT Missouri, AFL-CIO
Linda Gray-Smith................... Missouri Association of School Administrators
Gale “Hap” Hairston................ Missouri Association of Colleges for Teacher Education
Cindy Hart............................. Missouri State Teachers Association
Carol Lupardus...................... Missouri School Boards’ Association
Joyce Piveral......................... Missouri Association of Colleges for Teacher Education
Patrick Quick........................ Missouri State Teachers Association
Kim Robinson........................ Missouri Federation of Teachers & School Related Personnel
Paul Shrout........................... Missouri Chapter-American Association of School Personnel
Administrators American Association for Employment in
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Russell Smithson................... Missouri State Teachers Association
Girard “Jerry” Thornton............ Missouri Teacher of the Year
Julia Todd.............................. Missouri National Education Association
Judith Webb.......................... Missouri National Education Association
Robert Williams..................... Missouri Community Colleges Association
Members Absent:
Imogene Clark....................... Missouri State Teachers Association
Tammy Condren.................... Missouri Association of Elementary School Principals
Donna Gardner...................... Missouri Association of College for Teacher Education
Anna Marie Kulback............... Missouri State Teachers Association
Paula Shields........................ Missouri State Teachers Association
DESE Staff Present:
Kimberly Branson……………..Educator Certification
Mike Lucas........................... Educator Preparation
Randy Rook……………………Federal Programs
Rusty Rosenkoetter............... Executive Secretary, MACCE
Karen Shanks........................ Educator Certification
Rosalyn Wieberg………………Educator Recruitment and Retention
Visitors Present:
Jaime Brooks………………….Special School District
Lela K. Bunch........................ Missouri School Counselors Association
Lynnette Calder..................... Missouri National Education Association
Craig Frisby……………………University of Missouri
Kim Moore……………………..Missouri Assc of School Psychologists
Call to Order
The meeting was called to order by Patrick Quick.
Adoption of Agenda
Motion was made by Donna Collins to adopt the agenda with flexibility, seconded by Russell Smithson. Vote: 14 For, 0 Against, 0 Abstentions.
Approval of September 25, 2006 Minutes
On page 3 under Executive Secretary Reports need to change word “by” to word “to”.
Joyce Piveral and Julia Todd’s names were left off of Collaboration of Higher Education And Teacher Needs Committee roster.
Andrea Flinder’s name was left off of the Committee for Retention, Recruitment and Equity.
Russell Smithson made the motion to accept the minutes with corrections; motion was seconded by Melissa Albright Vote: 14 For, 0 Against, 0 Abstentions.
Public/Guest Welcome and Introductions
Patrick Quick welcomed the guests and the guests introduced themselves.
Rusty Rosenkoetter gave an update on Dr. King’s condition and treatment.
Presentation at the state board meeting
Hap Hairston represented MACCE at the last State Board meeting.
The board was receptive to the thoughts presented. A review of what MACCE does was given for new board members.
Board raised question about what MACCE saw with differences in urban and rural schools as far as class room management and students being prepared to teach.
MACCE will present to the State Board of Education on March 22, 2007.
Presentation on NCLB and HOUSSE by Randy Rook
Randy Rook gave a presentation on U.S. Department of Education’s NCLB requirements and how Missouri is meeting those requirements.
There are three basic requirements for how NCLB defines highly qualified teachers:
a bachelor’s degree; full state certification in the area that you are teaching; and subject matter competency and a way to prove it.
The goal of this NCLB is to have 100% of the core academic subject teachers highly qualified by the end of the 2005-2006 school year. No state made that goal. Missouri is close at 96.3% which puts this state in the top ten.
The US Department of Education wanted a revised plan submitted by each state to get another year to comply. That was submitted on November 30, 2006.
A copy of the report will be on the U.S. Department of Education’s and DESE’s web sites as soon as it is approved.
HOUSSE (High Objective Uniform State Standards of Evaluation) is a form used to
prove competency in the subject matter without having to take the Praxis examination.
In August DESE sent 16,507 HOUSSE forms out to lifetime certified teachers in an effort to certify them as highly qualified. There was a very good rate of return on these. Less than 10 forms were not returned. Subject areas affected by the HOUSSE are English, math, science, art, music, foreign language, and special education teachers who are core subject teachers in a high school.
The U.S. Department of Education made the determination that social studies could be highly qualified by other certification requirements.
Post HOUSSE, 96.3% of the teachers in Missouri are highly qualified.
Elementary level- 96.4%
Secondary level- 96.3%
Elementary high poverty- 91.2%, low poverty- 98.6%
Secondary high poverty- 89.1%, low poverty- 98.3%
There is a correlation between the schools that have not met Adequate Yearly Progress and numbers of not highly qualified teachers.
Classes by subject:
Language Arts- 4.8%
Social Studies- 2.41%
Math- 3.9%
Elementary- .78%
Art- 2.4%
Music- 2.9%
Science- 5.45%
Foreign Language- 3.5%
Educators of all subjects with 1 year experience - 8.13% not highly qualified.
A break down was given on school buildings in Missouri and numbers for highly qualified teachers.
Discussion was held on how to lower the numbers of non-highly qualified teachers. Randy Rook gave numbers on how federal money was used in Title I and II areas.
Hap requested that as soon as the report on NCLB was approved that MACCE members be notified via List Serv. There will be a statement made to media once the report is finalized in order to provide the public information on the report’s contents.
Presentation by Missouri Association of School Psychologists
Kim Moore, Missouri Association of School Psychologist
Janice Brooks, Special School Districts, training and certification co-chair
Craig Frisby, School Psychology educator from University of Missouri, Columbia
MASP is requesting that MACCE recommend to the State Board of Education that any NCSP (Nationally Certified School Psychologist) licensed psychologist could have reciprocity when requesting certification in Missouri. As it stands, only psychologists who are already certified by another state’s education department have that reciprocity. They also request that NCSP be approved as meeting the requirements for exemption for reporting hours on career continuous certification requirements.
A handout was given to members comparing information on licensing requirements from different organizations. MASP states that the standards for qualifying for NCSP are higher than Missouri standards. The Praxis exam is required at a higher passing score of 660 as compared to 620 in Missouri. Professional development required per year is 25 contact hours; Missouri requires 20.
Questions were raised about the accuracy of information on handout. National Board for Professional Teaching Standards column on the handout from NCSP does not have current information.
Questions include: What is the process to get this program approved? Should the State Board expand their definition of National Board Certification? What is the difference between national and state certification? Why has it not been done before?
Donna Collins made the motion to table the vote until the next meeting so that members could review the information handed out and check for accuracy; the motion was seconded by Andrea Flinders. Vote: 14 For, 0 Against, 0 Abstentions.
It was requested to fix the inaccuracies in the report and get it to the members before the next meeting for review. Kim Moore will work on that.
Competency Reviews
Rusty gave a brief overview of the competency review process. The competencies come up for review on a rotating basis. This year, the first areas are: school guidance counselors and art. The first draft has been sent out to the appropriate people for review. The national credentialing agency, CACREP (Counsel for the Accreditation of Counseling Related Programs), is revising their standards. The recommendation is to hold the counseling competency area until the national standards are approved and it will be brought back to MACCE at a later date.
The motion was made by Joyce Piveral to table counseling review until the national standards are revised, seconded by Della Bell. Vote: 14 For, 0 Against, 0 Abstentions.
A question was raised about counseling and the need for a person to have a practicum in the school in order to be a school counselor. How significant of an increase have we seen in counseling certificates issued since that practicum piece was dropped? The education route to certification as a counselor still requires a practicum and counselors entering via the other route do 300 contact hours.
There was a lot of discussion on the alternative route to certification for counseling. The strong opinion seems to be that school counselors need to have worked with children in a school setting. Some members want to know what can be done to change the requirements. It was brought up that sometimes in small rural areas there is a need to be able to get people into the position by means other than traditional programs. There is a shortage of counselors, but it is one of the farthest down the list.
In the area of Art, the major difference proposed is that more general competencies are added. Originally there were 11 and these have been increased to 25. They are more specific to align with the Praxis II test, and national standards.
Julia Todd moved to accept the art competencies, Judith Webb seconded. Vote: 14 for, 0 against, and 0 abstentions.
Report on Educator Preparation Programs
Mike Lucas gave a report on how his office monitors the university and college education programs and their interaction with PK-12 school districts. A handout was provided with the information that MACCE requested from him at the last meeting.
Mike gave an overview of how higher education teacher training impacts the school districts.
The institutions have to provide MoSTEP proof of interaction between the colleges of teacher education and PK-12 school districts. The institution decides how they provide the proof to the state.
Executive Secretary Reports
We have an appointment for the Secondary School Principals association. There has been a person nominated to replace Bob Steffes. This new person should be approved at the State Board meeting in January.
The statutes for revocation of licenses were included in the packet for the meeting. Rusty gave a brief overview of the procedures of clearing a person through the State Board if they have had a conduct problem.
In November Mike Lucas, Rusty, and Dr. Schulte attended a conference in New Mexico on teacher quality. There will be meetings in January with higher education concerning special education teachers and meeting the standards of highly qualified since they do not have a specific subject area of concentration.
Recruitment and Retention
Rosalyn Wieberg gave highlights from the 2006 Educator Recruitment and Retention Report. The report monitors several significant areas such as increasing the numbers of teachers that are minority, reviewing the age and experience of teachers, and also retaining teachers for a significant period of time. Some statistics were given from the report on teacher retention.
Rosalyn went over several programs in place that are trying to recruit and keep teachers in the profession longer including scholarships, loan forgiveness, tuition reimbursement program, and two-year mentoring program. There is also an alternative certification process and the A+ program in place.
Retention programs include the career ladder program with 339 districts and over 17,000 teachers participating.
There was discussion on where the information was attained on why teachers are leaving the classroom. Sources came from Superintendent Mike Wutke’s master’s thesis, Missouri’s New Teacher Attrition, Why Are They Leaving the Classroom?, profile of teachers in US conducted by the National Center for Education information, American Educators, as well as other sources.
Subcommittee Work
Patrick Quick provided information on Springfield’s new teacher induction program. They were losing 33% of their teachers. Since they have started the program (the last 3 years) they have dropped the attrition rate to 12%.
Retention, Recruitment, & Equity Subcommittee Report
Linda brought a lot of information from McREL on effective schools, effective school leadership and effective teachers. You can have a highly effective teacher in an ineffective school and the student achievement will grow. If you have a highly effective teacher and a highly effective school you could have the student achievement jump from 50th percentile to 96th.
The subcommittee discussed if there is a financial dollar amount that will keep a person in the classroom even if the other factors are not favorable. Does any organization have data on this?
Pension portability creates a problem in going from rural to urban, with larger cities having their own retirement. Are there advantages to having MOHELA look into financial incentives to help with the equity issue?
Linda Gray talked with John Jones from MSTA on salaries. The prediction rate is 36% based upon the size of the school district correlating with the salaries. Rural schools that offer lower salaries have a hard time attracting and maintaining quality teachers.
Joyce discussed work done with Kansas City School District on getting student teachers into that area. She described the Residential Internship Program that is partnered with higher education and several universities to send student teachers into urban areas. Student teachers are sent into areas for a full year, paid salary, given a mentor, and lodging is provided by the Kaufman Foundation.
Redesign Subcommittee Report
Tim gave the report for the redesign committee.
The committee is trying to narrow its focus. There are some things they feel that DESE needs to change. The subcommittee would like DESE to look at a state curriculum, (there are certain things that every child needs to know) and would like to see some sort of testing that is nationally acceptable for assessment, as opposed to state-to-state.
They discussed current MAP testing. They think the MAP test should follow the child as opposed to testing grade levels. Rusty brought up the point that MAP tests have already changed to do that.
They discussed professional development practices. They think teachers should have professional development time during the day. They discussed the possibility of reconstructing the day. And they suggested that they need to have contact with other teachers and collaborate more in their own areas.
Higher Education Subcommittee Report
Al Cade gave the report for higher education. They looked at beginning teacher needs. They listed classroom management, differentiated instruction, and working with special needs as the main concerns.
The Subcommittee looked at the possibility of providing faculty from universities for assistance in the mentoring program.
Higher education can not increase the number of credit hours required. They are looking at restructuring and redesigning the teacher education program and student teaching. Some universities are looking at increasing student teaching to a full semester.
Mike Lucas talked about an issue with student teaching. Most districts do not want student teachers teaching during the MAP testing.
There was discussion on the need for the cooperating teacher to have training on what is expected of them during the time they have the student teacher in the classroom.
Mike Lucas said there are minimum requirements for the teacher that has a student teacher in the classroom. Della said that she received good instruction as to what her role would be at the time the student teacher was in the classroom.
Also discussed was the making of a uniform survey to put on the Web for first-year teachers to complete. The first survey would be piloted this year and then one taken annually after this year. This survey would examine how well the educational institution and beginning teaJuly 18, 2008n.
Mike said that they have this in the works and will pilot it this spring and hopefully have it fully available soon.
A question was brought up on whether the student ID number that is assigned to all students will follow them through college? It is unlikely at this time, as colleges have a totally different way of collecting data.
Other Business
MACTE will present to the State Board of Education on January 11, 2007.
MACCE will present to the State Board of Education on March 22, 2007.
Next MACCE meeting will be on February 25-26, 2007.
Could we get a report on the activity of the Website and how it is doing? Rusty will bring this information to the next meeting.
Will there be a fee for the mentoring site? Possibly in the future, not this initial year.
Will MAP scores be tied to the teachers? Rusty said not at this time.
Adjournment
A motion was made by Jerry Thornton to adjourn, seconded by Barb Dozier.
The meeting was adjourned at 12:10 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Rusty Rosenkoetter
MACCE, Executive Secretary