State Certification Committee

Mission

The mission of the State Certification Committee is to promote excellence in education for students through certification of educational personnel.

Goals

The State Certification Committee has the following goals:

To function as a team
To model diversity
To maintain a vision for future changes in WTC certification

Functions

The State Certification Committee will have responsibilities in the following areas:

Policy Administration
Leadership
Problem Solving/Decision Making
Policy Implementation
Communication/Public Relations
Staff Development

Policy Administration
The State Certification Committee will:

clarify and interpret the certification code.
recommend policies related to changes/improvements in the certification code.
strive to maintain uniform administration of the certification code throughout the WTC system.
assist districts to maintain compliance with certification code requirements.

Leadership
The State Certification Committee will:

actively support the process of credentialing employees via the certification code.
support and promote the value of certification.
research improvements that will enable certification to remain dynamic and responsive to its customers.

Problem Solving/Decision Making
The State Certification Committee will:

respond to complaints, suggestions, or inquiries on matters regarding certification and/or issues arising from the implementation of the code.
make decisions in response to questions and concerns addressed to the Committee.
involve others within the WTC system as needed in the inquiry/decision-making process.
develop and evaluate its problem-solving decision-making process.

Policy Implementation
The State Certification Committee will:

facilitate the implementation of the certification code.
monitor the certification code implementation via formal/informal reporting systems and/or evaluation tools.
ensure flexibility in the interpretation of the certification code.
conduct periodic reviews of the certification code to ensure relevancy to current and emerging WTC system needs.
Monitor and evaluate Committee progress and provide annual reports to the State Director.

Communication/Public Relations
The State Certification Committee will communicate information and Committee activities/decisions.

Staff Development
The State Certification Committee will:

propose training activities for the state and district certification committee(s).
function as an informational resource to the districts.
Assist districts and employees in maintaining staff competence through the certification process.
facilitate the development and review of district in-service activities which fulfill code requirements.
evaluate the competencies/objectives of each of the required certification courses /in-service activities.

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Wisconsin Technical College System
State Certification Committee

Meeting Management

The State Certification Committee shall meet as determined by the committee in collaboration with the State Certification Consultant. The committee may create subcommittees or ad hoc committees to address special issues. No fixed or standing committee will be created.

Chairperson

The Chairperson of the State Certification Committee

shall be elected at the first meeting each year.
may not serve for more than two (2) successive annual terms.
will preside over committee meetings.
Will appoint a committee member to serve as chair in his/her absence.

Agenda

The agenda for the State Certification Committee meetings will be

set by the Committee Chair in collaboration with the State Certification Consultant.
finalized at least two weeks prior to the meeting date.
distributed with the meeting notice.

Agenda items for the next meeting will be identified by the committee at the end of each meeting. Additional items may be submitted to the State Certification Consultant for transmittal to the Committee Chairperson.

Meeting Structure

State Certification Committee meetings will include the following elements:

call to order
acknowledgment of invited guests/host institution
review and approval of meeting minutes
transaction of business
identification of future agenda items
establishment of future meeting times/location
adjournment

At least 6 of the 10 committee members shall be present. Members may participate by phone.

Voting Issues

The State Certification Committee shall strive to build consensus on issues; voting will be kept to a minimum. Where voting is required, the following procedures will apply:

All issues will be acted upon by the committee as a whole.
The Chair shall call for the questions, discussion, and the vote. The outcome of the vote will be duly recorded.
In the event of a tie, the issue will be brought up for further discussion and/or tabled for future study. If the second vote results in a tie, the Committee Chair will refrain from voting and the majority vote will be accepted.

It shall be the responsibility of individual committee members to determine if an issue before the committee presents conflict of interest. The State Certification Consultant also shall have the responsibility to identify issues which present a potential conflict of interest for individual members. In the event that a conflict of interest exists, the committee members shall:

be permitted to participate in the discussion of the issue.
abstain from voting and the record will reflect this action.

Minutes

District staff will be notified by E-Mail when the minutes are completed. This notification will be distributed to District Certification Committee Chairs by District Certification Officers. The minutes of the State Certification Committee meetings will be:

recorded and posted to the WTCSB web page by the State Certification Consultant.
reviewed and approved/amended at the next meeting.

Calendar

The committee shall establish a formal calendar for the year. Additional meetings may be added as needed.

Last reviewed: August 29, 2006

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