Professional Standards, 1971-1984

NYSUT conference report re “Teacher Education and Professionalism,” May 25, 1977; press releases and letters from various professional associations (engineers, dentists, nurses, CPAs) re proposed Regents Rules Relating to Unprofessional Conduct; State Education Department press release, “Regents Action Gives Consumers More Precise Standards of Professional Conduct,” July 28, 1977; statement by Regent Genrich, chair of the Committee on Professional Discipline; text of speech by Jonathan Messerli, dean of the School of Education, Fordham University, “Teacher Militancy and the Public Authority to License and Set Professional Standards,” October 13, 1975, with personal note to NYSUT president Tom Hobart; State Education Department paper, “A New Style of Certification,” March 15, 1971; NEA directory of teacher standards and practices commissions, 1973; NYSUT memos re state-mandated professional development day, 1984