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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS

    
FOR EDUCATORS RESOLUTION

    
1998 GENERAL SESSION

    
STATE OF UTAH

    
Sponsor: Keele Johnson

    Lloyd W. Frandsen
    Sheryl L. Allen
    Ron Bigelow
    Duane Bourdeaux
    Judy Ann Buffmire
Dave Hogue
Susan J. Koehn
Patricia B. Larson
Tammy J. Rowan
Richard M. Siddoway
A. Lamont Tyler
Bill Wright
Patrice Arent


    A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE LEGISLATURE AND THE GOVERNOR
    RECOGNIZING THE IMPORTANCE OF TEACHER PREPARATION AND
    PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS; AND ENCOURAGING THE JOINT
    LIAISON COMMITTEE AND ITS ADVISORY TASK FORCE TO CONTINUE TO BRING
    RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE LEGISLATURE FOR LEGISLATION OR POLICIES TO
    IMPROVE THOSE PROGRAMS.
    Be it resolved by the Legislature of the state of Utah, the Governor concurring therein:
        WHEREAS state and federal policymakers are realizing that the success of education
    reforms, such as higher academic standards for students and better technology in classrooms,
    hinges on the skill and knowledge of classroom teachers;
        WHEREAS teaching is becoming a more complex and difficult task at the same time that
    public expectations about student performance are rising;
        WHEREAS in 1995 the Staff Development Task Force created by the State Office of
    Education issued a report that included a number of recommendations for improving teacher
    development within the state's public education system, some of which were adopted but many of
    which were not implemented because funding was not approved;
        WHEREAS in 1996 the Joint Liaison Committee approved the formation of an Advisory
    Task Force on Teacher Preparation and Professional Development to advise the committee on
    ways to link the initial preparation and continuing professional development of teachers through
    collaboration by public and higher education;


        WHEREAS the task force has made several recommendations for improving teacher
    professional development programs throughout the state, including the need to develop a funding
    plan to support partnerships between teacher preparation programs and school districts as they
    address such issues as teaching and learning, mentoring and assisting preservice and beginning
    teachers, and parental involvement; and
        WHEREAS state and national policymakers are realizing that time is the most critical, and
    most scarce, resource for professional development:
        NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of the state of Utah, the
    Governor concurring therein, encourage the Joint Liaison Committee and the Advisory Task Force
    to continue to bring to the Legislature recommendations for legislation or policies, or both, to
    improve teacher learning opportunities in the state and focus professional development activities in
    support of standards-based reforms.
        BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this resolution be sent to the members of the
    Joint Liaison Committee, the Advisory Task Force, the deans of the colleges of education in the
    state's higher education system, and the state's local boards of education.

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