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Retreat Minutes

June 21-22, 2004

University of Mary, Harold Schafer Leadership Center, Bismarck

The Education Standard and Practices Board (ESPB) meeting was called to order by board chair, Dean U. Koppelman. Board members were present were Amy Benz, Chris Douthit, Kathy Kiedrowski, Dean U Koppelman, Marianna Malm, Neil Nordquist and Dan Vainonen. ESPB personnel present were Diane Weber and Janet Welk. Others present were LeAnne Nelson from NDEA, Bill Peterson from the AG's Office and Janel Coles from the Fargo Forum.

Board members who were not able to attend were Laura Carley, Pam Cronin and Kirk Welstad.

Janet asked that James Martin be added to the agenda of board cases. A motion was made by Marianna to approve the addition to the agenda. Second by Chris. Motion carried. Board members who voted yes were Amy Benz, Chris Douthit, Kathy Kiedrowski, Dean U. Koppelman, Marianna Malm, Neil Nordquist and Dan Vainonen.

CASES

Linden, Anne, Administrative
The board asked that Janet contact the school for further information, Ms. Linden and small claims court. Ms. Linden's license was brought to the board due to a possible code of ethics issue. Ms. Linden was employed at Rolette Public Schools as an elementary teacher. Ms. Linden has been hired by the Carson Public Schools as a principal.

Bosch, Derek
A motion was made by Amy to issue an initial, two-year license. Second by Marianna. Motion carried. Board members who voted in agreement were Amy Benz, Chris Douthit, Kathy Kiedrowski, Dean U. Koppelman, Marianna Malm, Neil Nordquist and Dan Vainonen. Mr. Bosch's license application was brought to the board due to his background check.

Martin, James
A motion was made by Neil to issue an initial, two-year license. Second by Amy. Motion carried. Board members who were in agreement were Amy Benz, Chris Douthit, Kathy Kiedrowski, Dean U. Koppelman, Marianna Malm, Neil Nordquist and Dan Vainonen. Mr. Martin's license application was brought to the board due to his background check.

Offerdale, Brent
At the advice of Bill Peterson, the board will be contacting the school district, the mother of the juvenile, social services and the police department. Mr. Offerdale will also be contacted for further information. Mr. Offerdale was employed at Fargo Public Schools as a basketball coach and a math teacher. The board is reviewing Mr. Offerdale's license due to a possible code of ethics issue.

Pender, Daniel
A motion was made by Neil to issue a two-year, initial license. Second by Dan. Motion carried. Board members who voted in agreement were Amy Benz, Chris Douthit, Kathy Kiedrowski, Marianna Malm, Neil Nordquist and Dan Vainonen. Dean U. Koppelman did not vote. Mr. Pender's license was brought before because he had checked yes to question #2, part 2 of the application form, even though his background check revealed no criminal history.

Schaffer, Stacy
The board has been waiting for documentation on Mr. Schaffer's treatment evaluation. The information that was submitted did not pertain to his evaluation. Mr. Schaffer will again be contacted. If no response from Mr. Schaffer is received by the August meeting, the board will take action on his license.

Wilkie, Sherri
A motion was made by Neil to take disciplinary action against Ms. Wilkie's license and offer an informal settlement agreement of a $250 fine. Second by Dan. Motion carried. Board members who were in agreement were Amy Benz, Chris Douthit, Kathy Kiedrowski, Dean U. Koppelman, Marianna Malm, Neil Nordquist and Dan Vainonen. Ms. Wilkie taught at Turtle Mt. Community Middle School on an expired license. NDCC 15-1-13-17

A motion was made by Marianna to approve the May board minutes. Second by Dan. Motion carried. Board members who voted yes were Amy Benz, Chris Douthit, Kathy Kiedrowski, Dean U. Koppelman, Marianna Malm, Neil Nordquist and Dan Vainonen.

A motion was made by Dan to approve the May financial report. Second by Chris. Motion carried. Board members who voted in favor were Amy Benz, Chris Douthit, Kathy Kiedrowski, Dean U. Koppelman, Marianna Malm, Neil Nordquist and Dan Vainonen. The May financial report showed 35,614.79 in revenue, $24,563.64 in expenses, with a net income of $11,051.15. The May teacher licenses report showed 409 total licenses issued. A motion was made by Marianna to approve the licensure report. Second by Neil. Motion carried. Board members in agreement were Amy Benz, Chris Douthit, Kathy Kiedrowski, Dean U. Koppelman, Marianna Malm, Neil Nordquist, and Dan Vainonen.

Janet informed the board that Paul Cordova is not waiving his right to an administrative hearing and appealing the board's decision of not issuing a one-year, substitute license. Janet also informed the board the Julie Jensen's case cost the board approximately $4,500 in legal fees.

Janet indicated that the fees increase is being well received by educators. The May licensure renewal numbers are high and could be due to the fees increase which become effective July 1st.. Janet and Diane have not had the opportunity to work on the National Board reimbursement dollars but will have this completed by fiscal year end.

Janet indicated to the board that the federal grant draw is taking about two weeks for the dollars to reach our grant account. Janet said thru the grant dollars additional people have been hired to help with NCLB for transcript reviewers, file clerk, data entry and license proofing and to assist the ESPB office personnel wherever necessary. Starting June 29th, state by state licensure research will be done at in the computer lab at Horizon Middle School. The information gather will be useful documentation for the upcoming legislative session. Janet is also hoping to call on these individuals to report during the legislative session.

A motion was made by Marianna to move the technology saving account dollars ($74,998.47) and the CD dollars (35,080.07) into $100,000 CD locked rate of 2.3% for 24 months. Second by Neil. Motion carried. Board members who voted yes Amy Benz, Chris Douthit, Kathy Kiedrowski, Dean U. Koppelman, Marianna Malm, Neil Nordquist and Dan Vainonen. In hopes that interest rates will be going up, the board will revisit the issue of moving the money market dollars into a higher interest bearing accounts.

Janet gave a brief overview of the 2004-2005 budget. A motion was made by Neil to approve the 2004-2005 budget. Second by Amy. Motion carried. The budget approved showed $507,389.00 as total income, $505,287.63 as total expenses with a net income of $2,101.37. The budget also provided for 4% salary increases to all personnel, with the exception of assistant director and anyone who is paid an hourly wage. The assistant director, Deb Jensen, just returned from a nine-month leave of absence. Board members who voted yes were Amy Benz, Chris Douthit, Kathy Kiedrowski, Dean U. Koppelman, Marianna Malm, Neil Nordquist and Dan Vainonen.

Janet indicated that the office move would happen toward the end of September, because September is a slower month and the Capitol rent is paid three months at a time/July, August, September. The ITD programming estimate will no longer be $25,000 but much higher because of the additional reports that are being placed into production.

Neil summarized the Program Approval Advisory Committee (PAAC) meeting of June 11, 2004. The PAAC recommended that Virginia Clark-Johnson fulfill Jim Wigtil's NDACTE term. A motion was made by Neil to accept the recommendation of Virginia Clark-Johnson. Second by Chris. Motion carried. Board members who voted yes were Amy Benz, Chris Douthit, Kathy Kiedrowski, Dean U. Koppelman, Marianna Malm, Neil Nordquist and Dan Vainonen. It was also recommended by PAAC to accept the health education from NDSU as an approved program. A motion was made by Marianna to accept the NDSU health education course. Second by Amy. Motion carried. Board members in agreement were Amy Benz, Chris Douthit, Kathy Kiedrowski, Dean U. Koppelman, Marianna Malm, Neil Nordquist and Dan Vainonen. PAAC recommended that the NDSU health education is a K-12 course. Since biology, health and family/consumer science (have concentrations of health) are at the level of 7-12 preparation and the lack of student teaching at the elementary level. A motion was made by Neil to have PAAC revisit the level of preparation from K-12 to 7-12. Second by Chris. Motion carried. Board members who voted yes were Amy Benz, Chris Douthit, Kathy Kiedrowski, Dean U. Koppelman, Marianna Malm, Neil Nordquist and Dan Vainonen.

Dan reported on the Alternative Subcommittee meeting on June 16th. Dan indicated that alternative licensure route is not alternating our standard but modifying the route/not changing the licensure route. This is not what other states may be doing. The applicant must:

The alternative license would be another licensure vehicle as well as the emergency licensure.

Kathy gave summary of from the Testing Committee meeting of June 21st. The board accepted the recommendations made by the Testing Committee. A motion was made by Kathy to approve the English language, literature and composition: content knowledge (0041) the ETS study validation-qualifying score of 151. Second by Chris. Motion carried board members who approved were Amy Benz, Chris Douthit, Kathy Kiedrowski, Dean U. Koppelman, Marianna Malm and Dan Vainonen. A motion was made by Dan to approve the world and United States history: content knowledge (0941) ETS study validation-qualifying score of 151. Second by Neil. Motion carried. Board members who voted yes were Amy Benz, Chris Douthit, Kathy Kiedrowski, Dean U. Koppelman, Marianna Malm and Dan Vainonen. A motion was made by Amy to approve the mathematics: content knowledge (0061) ETS study validation-qualifying score of 139. Second by Marianna. Motion carried. Board members in favor were Amy Benz, Chris Douthit, Kathy Kiedrowski, Dean U. Koppelman, Marianna Malm and Dan Vainonen. A motion was made by Neil to accept the middle school English language Arts (0049) ETS study validation-qualifying score of 157. Second by Dan. Motion carried. Board members who agreed were Amy Benz, Chris Douthit, Kathy Kiedrowski, Dean U. Koppelman, Marianna Malm and Dan Vainonen. A motion was made by Chris to approve the middle school mathematics (0069) ETS study validation- qualifying score of 148. Second by Marianna. Motion carried. Board members who voted yes were Amy Benz, Chris Douthit, Kathy Kiedrowski, Dean U. Koppelman, Marianna Malm and Dan Vainonen. A motion was made by Neil to approve the middle school science (0439) ETS study validation-qualifying score of 145. Second by Amy. Motion carried. Board members who voted in agreement were Amy Benz, Chris Douthit, Kathy Kiedrowski, Dean U. Koppelman, Marianna Malm and Dan Vainonen. A motion was made by Dan to approve the middle school social studies (0089) ETS study validation-qualifying score of 152. Second by Neil. Motion carried. Board members who voted yes were Amy Benz, Chris Douthit, Kathy Kiedrowski, Dean U. Koppelman, Marianna Malm and Dan Vainonen. A motion was made by Amy to accept the general science: content knowledge (0435) qualifying score of 150. Second by Kathy. Motion carried. Board members who were in agreement were Amy Benz, Chris Douthit, Kathy Kiedrowski, Dean U. Koppelman, Marianna Malm and Dan Vainonen. The compiling reason to not recommended ETS recommend qualifying test score of 170 was that science is a critical shortage area in North Dakota and the national science average score is 150. A motion was made by Marianna to accept the Spanish: content knowledge (0191) ETS study validation-qualifying score of 155. Second by Dan. Motion carried. Board members who voted in agreement were Amy Benz, Chris Douthit, Kathy Kiedrowski, Dean U. Koppelman, Marianna Malm and Dan Vainonen.

The results of the individual test scores are saved by ETS for 10 years. An applicant who has taken the same test for other state licensure requirement and has met our test score qualifications, which test and test score, can be accepted by our state. The next set of test validation studies will be in the areas of social studies, biology and music.

During the lunch break, Deb Jensen gave her Harvard doctoral studies education presentation on mind and brain research. Deb had just returned from her doctoral studies and returned to office on June 15th.

A motion was made by Marianna to accept last year's critical shortage areas. Critical shortage areas for the school year 2004/05 have been designated by ESPB as all areas EXCEPT social studies, physical education and elementary education. Second by Dan. Motion carried. Board members who voted yes were Amy Benz, Chris Douthit, Kathy Kiedrowski, Dean U. Koppelman, Marianna Malm and Dan Vainonen.

Janet informed the board the new additions of the Personnel Policy Manual have been distributed to all personnel. The next policy review will be done on performance development.

The board set the following 2004-05 board meeting dates:

The next board meeting will be on August 12th. The August board meeting will also be election of officers. The retreat business meeting adjourned at 11:30 on Tuesday, June 22. It was suggested for future board retreats that presentations be done on professional development, professional code of ethics, etc.

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