POLICY FORUM 2003

Great Teachers for All Students:
Issues and Strategies for Washington State
Invitational Policy Forum, held October 1, 2003

Hosted by:
Professional Educator Standards Board; and
National Commission on Teaching and America's Future

Resource Documents

• SESSION BLOCK I
• SESSION BLOCK II
  • Breakout 1
  • Breakout 2
  • Breakout 3
• LUNCH KEYNOTE
• SESSION BLOCK III

SESSION BLOCK I
Promoting Improved State Data Systems that Provide an Accurate Picture of the Educator Workforce for Improved Decision Making

Dr. Marge Plecki, Dr. Michael Knapp, University of Washington

• Forum presentation: http://www.pesb.wa.gov/policyforum2003/WashingtonsTeacherWorkforce.pdf Voorhees, R., Barnes, G. (2003). Data Systems to Enhance Teacher Quality. Denver, CO: State Higher Education Executive Officers. (35 pages)
  http://www.sheeo.org/quality/data%20sys.pdf

• Esch, C., Shields, P., Young, V. (2002). Strengthening California's Teacher Information System. Santa Cruz, CA: The Center for the Future of Teaching and Learning. (14 pages)
  http://www.cftl.org/documents/CFTLdatabasepdf.pdf

• Southeast Center for Teacher Quality (2001). Center Drives Effort for Better Teaching Quality Data Best Practice and Policies, Issue # 5, September. (2 pages)
  http://www.teachingquality.org/BestTQ/issues/v01/issue05.pdf

• Southeast Center for Teacher Quality (2002). Data Driven School Reform: The Case of Chattanooga's Public Education Foundation Best Practice and Policies, Vol. 2 No. 2. July. (3 pages)
  http://www.teachingquality.org/BestTQ/issues/v02/v02n02.pdf

• Data Collection Framework of the Public Education Foundation's Teacher Quality Initiative
  http://www.publiceducation.org/tq_datacollect.asp

• From the PESB: Summary of Related State Activities (descriptions of exemplary/innovative practices in other states) http://www.pesb.wa.gov/policyforum2003/improved_data_systems.pdf

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SESSION BLOCK II
Upholding the Highest Possible Standards for Education Professionals, While Identifying New Ways to Simplify and Streamline Requirements and Processes for Obtaining and Maintaining Certification

Breakout 1:
Ensuring All Teachers Are Highly-Qualified In the Subjects They Teach

• Presented by Jennifer Wallace and Dr. David Anderson, PESB Staff
  Forum presentation: http://www.pesb.wa.gov/policyforum2003/highlyqualified.pdf
  
• National Education Association. (2002) Flow chart on web site through which teachers can determine if they are highly-qualified under the requirements of the federal No Child Left Behind law.
  http://www.washingtonea.org/static_content/accountability/highlyqualified5-06.pdf

• Education Commission of the States. (2003) NCLB and Highly Qualified Teachers: Three Questions That All States Must Ask and Answer. Denver, CO: Author. (8 pages)
  http://www.ecs.org/ecsmain.asp?page=/html/issue.asp?issueID=195

• Washington Professional Educator Standards Board ­ Chart depicting proposed new options for alternative routes for teachers to add subject endorsements to their certificates
  http://www.pesb.wa.gov/policyforum2003/endorsementpathways.pdf

• Washington State initial plan for meeting the highly qualified teacher requirements under No Child Left Behind. "Highly-Qualified Teachers begins on page 19.
  http://www.k12.wa.us/ESEA/pubdocs/ConsolidatedStateApp-090103.pdf

• Jerald, C. (2002). All Talk No Action: Putting and End to Out-of-Field Teaching. Washington, DC: The Education Trust. (13 pages)
  http://www2.edtrust.org/edtrust/product+catalog/special+reports

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Breakout 2:
Competency-Based Teacher Preparation: Progress and Future Direction

• Presented by Dr. Lin Douglas, PESB Staff and Dr. Lynn Beck, Dean, School of Education, PLU
  Forum presentation: http://www.pesb.wa.gov/policyforum2003/competencybased.pdf
  
• Washington Professional Educator Standards Board. (2003). Getting and Keeping the Teacher We Need: The Role of Alternative Routes. Olympia, WA: Author. http://www.pesb.wa.gov/Policybriefs/alternativeroutes.pdf

• Washington Professional Educator Standards Board plan for expansion of alternative route programs and establishment of new Regional Teacher Preparation Centers.
  http://www.pesb.wa.gov/policyforum2003/RegionalTeacherPrepConsortia.pdf

• Roach, V., Cohen, B. (2002). Moving Past the Politics: How Alternative Certification Can Promote Comprehensive Teacher Development Reforms. Alexandria, VA: National Association of State Boards of Education. (33 pages) www.nasbe.org/archives/alt_cert_report.pdf

• Allen, M. (2003). Eight Questions on Teacher Preparation: What Does the Research Say? Denver, CO: Education Commission of the States. (Summary = 8 pages; Full report with research references = 92 pages) http://www.ecs.org/ecsmain.asp?page=/html/educationIssues/teachingquality/tpreport/index.asp

• Wilson, S., Floden, R., Ferrini-Mundy, J. (2001) Teacher Preparation Research: Current Knowledge, Gaps, and Recommendations. Seattle, WA: Center for the Student of Teaching and Policy, University of Washington. (Summary =12 pages; Full report = 96 pages)
  http://www.ctpweb.org

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Breakout 3:
Continued Professional Development: Moving From Clock-Hours and Credits To Professional Growth Plans

• Presented by Ed Wilgus and Starla Manchester from Vancouver School District
  Forum presentation: http://www.pesb.wa.gov/policyforum2003/professionaldevelopment.pdf

• OSPI Bulletin No. 19-03: Pilot: Use of Professional Growth Plans to Renew Continuing or Professional Teacher Certificates. http://www.k12.wa.us/bulletinsmemos/bulletins2003/b019-03.pdf

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LUNCHEON KEYNOTE
Dr. Kelly Green, Director of State Policy and Partnerships,
National Commission on Teaching and Americas Future

• Forum presentation: http://www.pesb.wa.gov/policyforum2003/NCTAFpresentation.pdf
  National Commission on Teaching and America's Future. (2003) No Dream Denied: A Pledge to Americas Children. Washington, D.C.: Author.
  http://www.nctaf.org

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SESSION BLOCK III
Support Development of a Career and Compensation Structure For Educators
Dr. Allan Odden, Professor and Co-Director,
Consortium for Policy Research in Education, University of Wisconsin-Madison

• Forum presentation: http://www.pesb.wa.gov/policyforum2003/performancebasedteacherpay.pdf Professional Educator Standards Board. (2003). Getting and Keeping the Teachers We Need: Paying for What We Value. Olympia, WA: Author.
  http://www.pesb.wa.gov/Policybriefs/Compensation.pdf

• From the PESB: Cases to illustrate disconnect between SAM and new performance-based system of teacher certification and ongoing professional development.
  http://www.pesb.wa.gov/policyforum2003/sam_disconnect.pdf

• Odden, A. (2001) Rewarding Expertise. Education Next. Spring. Palo Alto, CA: The Hoover Institute, Stanford University. http://www.educationnext.org/2001sp/16odden.html

• Consortium for Policy Research in Educations Teacher Compensation Project web site with links to resource documents.http://www.wcer.wisc.edu/cpre/tcomp/research/

• Bryan Hassel. (2002) Better Pay for Better Teaching. Policy Report. May. Washington, D.C.: Progressive Policy Institute. http://www.ppionline.org/ppi_ci.cfm?knlgAreaID=110&subsecid=134&contentid=250543

• Partnership for Learning. (2003) Paying Teachers for What They Know and Can Do. Better Schools E-Briefing. Vol. 1, No. 4., February. http://www.partnership4learning.org/newsletter/e-briefing1.4.htm

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