Governor’s Committee for Teacher Quality and Support
(Amending Executive Order 2005-11)
1) The Committee shall:
-Develop a teacher training delivery system to address the lack of uniform access to quality instruction, mentoring and ongoing professional development that includes embedded training and teacher collaboration;
-Identify opportunities and obstacles in teacher preparation programs to recruit highly motivated students who are focused on success, and provide them world class training;
-Identify pay gaps and systems concerns that lead to pay disparities across counties and districts for the same performance and experience;
-Identify possible governance issues and solutions related to teacher quality and support;
-Facilitate a survey of Arizona’s certified teachers and identify working condition impediments; and
-Report to the Governor preliminary recommendations for action or additional study by December 1, 2005, and every September 1st thereafter.