AGENDA
State P-16 Council
December 12, 2006
9 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. (EST)
State Board Room, Capital Plaza Tower
Frankfort, Kentucky

I. Roll Call

II. Welcome and Introduction of New Members – Chair Wattier

III. Approval of Minutes (September 20, 2006)

IV. Report of the Secretary of the Education Cabinet

V. Update from Local Councils– Dr. Dale Duvall

VI. Educator Quality and Supply

A. Panel Discussion: Educating School Teachers - A report by Arthur Levine – Panelists: Dr. James Cibulka (Dean, College of Education, University of Kentucky), Dr. Cathy Gunn (Dean, College of Education, Morehead State University)

§ Educating School Teachers (full report)

§ Educating School Teachers (Executive Summary)

BREAK

B. Teacher Quality Initiatives Update – Dr. Dianne Bazell

§ 2006 Teacher Quality Summit (report)

§ Partnerships for Professional Development: The Improving Educator Quality State Grant Program Conference

C. Following the Illinois High School class of 2002: Three years into college – Follow-up study from Dr. Jennifer Presley – Informational Item

§ Following the Illinois high school class of 2002: Three years into college

VII. Teaching and Learning

A. Dual Credit Issues - Discussion of American Youth Policy Forum Report The College Ladder: Linking Secondary and Postsecondary Success for All Students

– Professor Mark Wattier

§ The College Ladder (report)

§ The College Ladder (summary)

B. Discussion on A Test of Leadership: Charting the Future of US Higher Education - the final report of the USDOE’s Future of Higher Education Commission – Dr. Tom Layzell

§ A Test of Leadership (report)

LUNCH

C. Developmental Education Task Force Update –

Update on Statewide Placement Policy and Implications of the Policy – Dr. Jim Applegate and Dr. Dianne Bazell

§ Developmental Education Update (report)

D. The Kentucky Virtual Campus, the Kentucky Virtual High School, and Interagency Collaboration - Implications for Adult Ed., teacher quality, the HS online program, and delivering the rigorous HS curriculum – Al Lind and Linda Pittenger

§ Supporting Kentucky’s eLearning Ecosystem Strategic Plan of the Kentucky Virtual University: 2006-2009

E. The Academy of Mathematics and Science in Kentucky – Dr. Julia Roberts (Mahurin Professor of Gifted Studies, College of Education and Behavioral Sciences, Western Kentucky University)

§ The Academy of Mathematics and Science in Kentucky (presentation)

VIII. Leadership Searches - Update on Kentucky Department of Education Commissioner and Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education President Searches –Linda France and Professor Mark Wattier

IX. Legislative Update– Bonnie Brinly, Lee Nimocks, Dr. Phil Rogers

X. Update on Regional Stewardship – Dr. Jim Applegate

XI. Other Business

XII. Next Meeting: March 21, 2006

Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) State Board Room

Capital Plaza Tower

Frankfort, KY