Legislature(2021 - 2022)BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
04/18/2022 01:30 PM Senate LABOR & COMMERCE
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| Start | |
| SB160 | |
| SB225 | |
| Adjourn |
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| += | SB 160 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| += | SB 225 | TELECONFERENCED | |
SB 225-TEACHER REGISTERED APPRENTICE PROGRAMS
1:45:44 PM
CHAIR COSTELLO announced the consideration of SENATE BILL NO.
225 "An Act relating to a paraprofessional training program;
creating a teacher resident certificate; creating a teacher
residency program; relating to requirements to issue a teacher
certificate; relating to subject-matter expert limited teacher
certificates; relating to limited teacher certificates; creating
a teacher registered apprenticeship program; and creating a
teacher registered apprenticeship program fund."
She solicited a motion to adopt the committee substitute.
1:46:00 PM
SENATOR MICCICHE moved to adopt the work draft committee
substitute (CS) for SB 225, work order 32-LS 1439\O, as the
working document.
1:46:15 PM
CHAIR COSTELLO objected for purposes of an explanation.
1:46:25 PM
ED KING, Staff, Senator Roger Holland, Alaska State Legislature,
Juneau, Alaska, paraphrased the following changes between
version G and version O of SB 225:
Page 5, Line 24 Page 8, Line 1
Provides clarifying language regarding the teacher
residency program.
MR. KING stated the changes to the teacher residency program
were made to align to national best standards.
Page 9, Line 30
Makes a conforming change to the alternative
competency demonstration language added in Section 4.
Page 10, Line 9
Adds a technical fix to account for a teacher getting
fully certified during the extension of a two-year
subject matter expert certificate.
Page 11, Line 1 Page 12, Line 17
Restructures the apprenticeship language to more
closely align with the new structure of the residency
program in Section 2.
CHAIR COSTELLO asked for a description of the structure of the
residency program and how it would work.
MR. KING explained that the residency program provides an
alternative path to full certification for individuals who have
a college degree, but not in education. A post-graduate teacher
preparation program is required to become a fully certified
teacher. The teacher residency program creates a way for an
individual with a degree to get paid while receiving in-class
instruction and doing the necessary course work. This CS
provides more definition and makes it more consistent with what
other states are doing in their teacher residency programs.
CHAIR COSTELLO asked if this affects the Master of Arts in
Teaching program. In that program the student is in a school for
one day a week for a school year.
1:49:20 PM
MR. KING replied this provides a third alternative approach. The
typical approach would be to go to school for a year to get a
teaching certificate. An existing alternative is the subject
matter expert program that allows the student to work as they go
to school. This isn't very structured and the data indicates
that the turnover is high for individuals who take that
approach. The national best practice is to do a structured first
year in the classroom with an experienced teacher. The proposed
teacher residency program creates a third path as an alternative
to the other two.
1:50:10 PM
CHAIR COSTELLO removed her objection. Finding no further
objection, version O was adopted.
CHAIR COSTELLO commented that she was pleased to be looking at
alternative ways to hire more teachers, particularly people who
were raised in Alaska because they understand the problems.
SENATOR MICCICHE agreed and said he believes this will solve
problems in both urban and rural Alaska.
1:51:11 PM
SENATOR MICCICHE moved to report the CS for SB 225, work order
32-LS 1439\O, from committee with individual recommendations and
attached fiscal note(s).
1:51:29 PM
CHAIR COSTELLO found no objection and CSSB 225(L&C) was reported
from the Senate Labor and Commerce Standing Committee.
| Document Name | Date/Time | Subjects |
|---|---|---|
| SB 160 CS Work Draft ver. I.pdf |
SL&C 4/18/2022 1:30:00 PM |
SB 160 |
| SB 160 Explanation of Changes ver. I.pdf |
SL&C 4/18/2022 1:30:00 PM |
SB 160 |
| SB 160 Fiscal Note 970 - DOL.pdf |
SL&C 4/18/2022 1:30:00 PM |
SB 160 |
| SB 160 Fiscal Note 344 - DOL.pdf |
SL&C 4/18/2022 1:30:00 PM |
SB 160 |
| SB 160 Letter of Opposition - APCI.pdf |
SL&C 4/18/2022 1:30:00 PM |
SB 160 |
| SB 225 Work Draft version O.pdf |
SL&C 4/18/2022 1:30:00 PM |
SB 225 |
| SB 225 Explanation of Changes version O.pdf |
SL&C 4/18/2022 1:30:00 PM |
SB 225 |