Johanna Duncan-Poitier 11/16/04, 2004

Proposed agenda for meeting with Johanna Duncan-Poitier; letter from NYSUT vice president Antonia Cortese to Johanna Duncan-Poitier, deputy commissioner, State Education Department, urging consideration of appointments from segments of the higher education community not represented on the Professional Standards and Practices Board, specifically direct instructional faculty members from SUNY and CUNY, June 19, 2003; letter from Cortese to Duncan-Poitier, urging the appointment of three teachers recommended by NYSUT, July 16, 2004; draft of letter to Duncan-Poitier from NYSUT vice president Maria Neira, urging appointment of teachers to two remaining vacancies on the board, October 22, 2004; State Professional Standards and Practices Board Membership Matrix, 9/04; list of mentoring concerns; NYSUT's Review/Comments re SED Draft Rubric for Assessing District Teacher Mentoring Programs 11/5/04; letter to Richard Mills, Commissioner of Education, from co-chairs of Professional Standards and Practices Board, urging no reduction in 50% rule for full-time faculty in teacher education programs, November 4, 2004; letter to chancellor of the Board of Regents from the Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities re teacher accreditation process, October 20, 2004; letter to deputy assistant commissioner of education Duncan-Poitier from NYSUT vice president Cortese, expressing NYSUT opposition to change in Commissioner's Regulations requiring that a majority of teacher education courses be taught by full-time faculty, September 2, 2004; Report on the Regents Higher Education and Professional Practices Committee Statewide Plan for Higher Education 2004-2012; Certification Concerns under the New Requirements. See also Commissioner Mills