Oops! Sorry I thought I sent the last one to Bill personally, but looks
like I missed. And on top of that never changed the subject line. Can
you tell I'm worried!!!! Sorry.  LindaLou

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Let me just quickly say that the comments we've received, in So.
Burlington,
Springfield, and in writing (so far) have been extremely valuable and
will
be very carefully reviewed. We all think that we should be approaching
these
DRAFT endorsements with caution so as not to create more problems than
we're
hoping to solve.

The professional manner in which folks presented their ideas during
the
public sessions has been a real plus to this process. I'm personally
very
pleased that the educational technology community in VT has been so
vocal in
this process.

Written comments (e-mail to [log in to unmask])will
continue to be accepted through the end of January and there is an ILN
public input session scheduled for 1/22 from 2:30-4:30 PM.

Bill Romond

Educational Technology Coordinator
Vermont Department of Education
120 State Street
Montpelier, VT 05620-2501
(802) 828-0064 (V)
(802) 828-3140 (F)
http://www.state.vt.us/educ
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-----Original Message-----
From: School Information Technology Discussion
[mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Tommy Walz
Sent: Friday, January 17, 2003 7:28 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Endorsement at Springfield


Jeff Everett and I were among those who went to Springfield yesterday
to
take
our turns at commenting on the proposed tech endorsements.  If one had
listened only to our formal statements, one would think that Jeff and I
were
almost diametrically opposed on some of the issues.  But we are not,
as
became clear in the informal Q&A and discussion.

We have some ideas we want to flesh out on the listserv and then to
provide
DOE as written comment when they have been given body.

Among them:
    The Bachelor's degree requirement for the Resource Teacher.
    Grandfathering those who have been on the job for at least three
years
so
they can opt to go straight for the Level II license.
    Clearly separating the definitions of the Tech Coordinator and MIS;
a
school (or SU) could have choices about what kind of services they
want:
strictly techie or the combination involving intimate knowledge of
teaching
and learning.

    We also gleaned some interesting information about "supplementing"
from
the regulations that actually cover many tech support positions.  Our
Network
Administrator, for example, here in Barre would not fall under the
proposed
endorsements both through existing regulations and also through the
fact
that
the proposed endorsements do not address that kind of position.

Jeff will also be making extensive comments to the list.


Tommy Walz
Technology Coordinator
Barre Supervisory Union #61
Barre VT 05641
802-476-5011
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