Teacher Standards and Practices Commission

465 Commercial Street NE

Salem OR  97301

 

February 9-11, 2011

 

ITEM:

 

 

COMMISSIONER’S HANDBOOK

 

ACTION:

 

ACTION ITEM

RECOMMENDATION:

Commissioners Robert Sconce and Gordon Munck recommend adoption of the following resolution:

 

RESOLVED that, the Commission adopt the proposed amendments to the Commissioner’s Handbook and that the Handbook be reprinted and published for distribution at the May 2011 Commission meeting.

 

 

INFORMATION:

 

The Commissioner’s Handbook is a book of procedures that was developed in the late 1990s to guide the Commission’s work.  Some of the language in the handbook restates current or former statutes and administrative rules unnecessarily.

 

The Handbook was reviewed by Commissioners Sconce and Munck and the Executive Director.  Proposed amendments were incorporated into the attached draft.  Several sections are proposed to be deleted either due to subsequent legislative changes or due to the fact that the same provisions may be located in statutes or administrative rules and do not need to be repeated in a procedural handbook.

 

It is recommended that Commissioners review the Handbook at least once every other year to review certain procedures which were designed to assist in the consistent running of Commission meetings and business.