The first IACTE meeting for the 2009-2010 academic year will be Friday, September 18th. The focus of the meeting will be to prepare for the public hearings and comments phase of the Rules for Educator Preparation and Accountability (REPA) promulgation. A copy of the public REPA draft is attached. You are encouraged to attend and to invite additional interested administrators and faculty. Also, we encourage individuals to bring along lap tops if available. The meeting details are:

WHEN: Friday, September, 18th
9:30 - 2:30 (Indianapolis Time)

WHERE: University of Indianapolis
Schwitzer Center Room 013
http://www.uindy.edu/maps/

CHARGE: $10/Person

RSVP: Please advise Jill Shedd (jshedd@indiana.edu) NO LATER THAN TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15TH of your plans to attend and number of individuals coming from your institution

MEMBERS: Please see the "Events" section for a complete agenda.

The meeting of the Advisory Board for Thursday, September 3 at 10:00am will be in a NEW location.

Indiana State Library, History Reference Room , 2nd floor
315 West Ohio Street

Agenda
A. Call meeting to order.
B. Pledge of Allegiance
C. Approve minutes from the July 29th and August 20th meetings.
D. Dr. Bennett comments

Old Business
E. Review Rules for Educator Preparation and Accountability

New Business
F. ETS presentation on School Leaders exam

Public comment: Public comment is limited to 3 minutes in length.

Members of the IACTE Executive Committee will be making public comments; final drafts of those comments are being written presently.

REPA Update and IACTE Next Steps

A number of individuals attended the professional standards advisory board work session last week on August 20th. The majority of the questions involved licensing issues and little on teacher preparation. Attached is a document distributed by the Department of Education which outlines changes made thus far or anticipated. While some issues about teacher and administrator preparation were corrected there are several remaining concerns.

Also attached is a new IACTE position paper which is being sent to the Advisory Board this week. The IACTE Executive Committee has decided that it will be best that the Association focus on these main issues. It is so easy to get lost in the details. Please contact individual Advisory Board members regarding additional, individual matters if you are so inclined. Note: Advisory Board members are receiving a large number of e-mails about many topics. It will be important that any contact be direct, concise and include supportive data and/or rationale.