The first meeting of the Superintendent’s Task Force on Ethics and Licensure will be held this Thursday, March 20, beginning at 9:30 a.m., in Room 224, Education Building, 301 N. Wilmington Street, Raleigh.
Comprised of local school administrators, deans of education schools, teachers, local school board attorneys, and representatives from the teacher organizations, the task force will be considering issues including: fingerprinting at the state level, the list of grounds for disciplinary actions, the range of available disciplinary actions, how to distribute the code of teacher ethics more effectively, whether to license substitutes and teacher assistants, when to require local school systems to report to the state regarding misconduct of teachers, and generally how to strengthen our system of teacher discipline.
The task force also will examine the teacher discipline approach in other states as well as rules and procedures used to license other professionals in North Carolina. Ultimately, the task force will review whether changes to NC rules are advisable and perhaps the need for additional legislation.
The end result will be a report with recommendations to the State Board of Education and State Superintendent. If you have any questions, please contact the NCDPI Communications division at 919.807.3450.