Utah State Board of Education
Differentiated Compensation Work Group

Meeting Summary

Date of Meeting	June 9, 2008
Presentations:	Larry Shumway: Review Sydnee Dickson: Exercise: Developing Group Beliefs Laura Goe: Measuring Teacher Effectiveness
Next Meeting:	July 14, 2008
Summarized by:	Mark Peterson (mark.peterson@schools.utah.gov)

In Attendance:

Name Representing

Work Group

Debra Roberts, Co-chair	Utah State Board of Education
Larry Shumway, Co-chair	Utah State Office of Education
Dixie Allen	Utah State Board of Education
Diana Bevan	Parents/PTA
Mark Cluff	Utah State Board of Education
Patti Harrington	Utah State Office of Education
James Johnson	Iron County School District
The Hon. Bradley G. Last	Utah Legislature
Dave McNaughtan	Park City High School
Sarah R. Meier	Granite School District Board of Education
Richard R. Tranter	Murray School District

Guests

Connie Steffan	Office of Legislative Research & General Counsel
Laura Goe	ETS (Joined meeting electronically)
Holly Langton	Utah PTA
Geoff Leonard	Utah School Employees Association
Lisa Stricker	Salt Lake Tribune

Staff

Sydnee Dickson	Utah State Office of Education
Mark Peterson	Utah State Office of Education
LesLee Snelson	Utah State Office of Education

Presentation: Larry Shumway: Review

Co-chair Larry Shumway reviewed the May 12 session.

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Exercise: Sydnee Dickson: Developing Group Beliefs

Sydnee Dickson, Utah State Office of Education Educator Quality and Licensing Director, took work group members through an exercise in refining their beliefs about differentiated pay for educators. The exercise also made use of two readings on differentiated pay: Rewarding Teacher Excellence and Standards-based Teacher Evaluation as a Foundation for Knowledge- and Skill-based Pay.

Presentation: Laura Goe: Measuring Teacher Effectiveness

Laura Goe, research scientist at ETS, reported on different methods of measuring teacher effectiveness.

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