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AEA Advocate | Summer 2015 23 EduCATIon nEWS EduCATIon nEWS EduCATIon nEWS Four Members of the State Board of Education, including the Superintendent of Public Instruction: President Greg Miller chuck Schmidt Jared taylor Supt. Diane Douglas Business community members: Maureen tsosie, Vail Dr. richard rutkowski, Family Physician, Scottsdale/ Fountain Hills Three Deans of Colleges of Education or directors of Board approved teacher preparation programs, with at least one representative of an institution under the jurisdiction of the Arizona Board of Regents, and one representative of an institution under the jurisdiction of an Arizona Community College: Dr. Mari Koerner, ASU Dean of the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College Dr. Nora reyes, Mesa Community College Dean of Education Dr. Karol Schmidt, Grand Canyon University Associate Professor and Program Division Lead Three parents, including one parent of an elementary, middle, and high school: Olga terro, Oro Valley (elementary parent) Grant Peterson, Gilbert (middle school parent) Dexter Albert, Flagstaff (high school parent) Two teachers: Jan Ogino, Peoria Education Association member Marshall Ranch Elementary Teacher christine Marsh, Scottsdale Education Association member Chaparral High School Teacher One administrator of an Arizona charter school: Lynn robershotte, Eduprize Schools School district administrator: Matt Strom, Chandler Unifi ed School board member: Scott Leska, Amphitheater Unifi ed Last month, the State Board of Education (SBE) established the Arizona Standards Development Committee to oversee the development of Arizona K-12 mathematics and English language arts standards. In March, Governor Doug Ducey called upon SBE to make any necessary changes to the standards to ensure they are vetted, approved and controlled by Arizona, and that the standards are the best for Arizona's students. The current College and Career Ready Standards will be the starting point for the process and comments will be sought to inform revisions to ensure that the newly adopted Arizona standards are excellent and rigorous. "Our Board will operate with integrity and transparency while being inclusive and accountable to the people of Arizona," said Greg Miller, Board President. "Our goal is to develop and activate the best academic standards review and development process for Arizona's children by working with parents, leaders, the Superintendent and the Governor." The seventeen-member Arizona Standards Development Committee includes representation from the Board, business community, deans of colleges, parents, classroom teachers, a school administrator and a school district governing board member. The Superintendent of Public Instruction Diane Douglas is also a member of the Committee. Members of the Committee will be an equal mix of those who have and have not participated in the standards development process in the past. According to board policy, the Committee is required to complete its work so that SBE may adopt revised standards before the close of the 2015-2016 school year. The Committee will oversee the process for the solicitation of public comments on the standards, which will include public hearings across the state. Additionally, the Committee will oversee subcommittees responsible for the technical drafting of the standards. The subcommittees will be comprised of English Language Arts and Mathematics content experts selected from K-12 school districts and charter schools, higher-education faculty, teacher professional organizations and foundations providing content expertise and professional development. The Arizona State Board of Education adopts academic standards to address what K-12 students are expected to learn (i.e., multiplication, grammar, understand simple words and expressions in a foreign language). Arizona retains authority to approve and modify academic standards, as there is no federal law requiring the adoption of specifi c standards. Local governing boards (both district and charter) retain exclusive authority to adopt curriculum (i.e., textbooks, math problems, reading material), which serve as the tool for how students are taught the standards. n State Board of Education Sets Process to Revise Standards Two AEA Members Named to Committee Arizona Standards Development committee Members