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1999 Annual Report Board of Educational Affairs
The APA Bylaws charge the Board of Educational Affairs
(BEA) with "general concern for all education and training affairs which
transcend more than one Division or group of psychologists. Members of the
Board of Educational Affairs shall be selected to represent the range of
interests characteristic of psychology in all its aspects." The members
of the BEA in 1999 were
Leon D. VandeCreek, Ph.D., Chair
Norman Abeles, Ph.D.
Leona S. Aiken, Ph.D.
Laura H. Barbanel, Ed.D.
Robert G. Frank, Ph.D.
E. Mavis Hetherington, Ph.D. (resigned on October 1999)
Virginia Andreoli Mathie, Ph.D.
Arthur L. McDonald, Ph.D.
Sharon A. Nelson-Le Gall, Ph.D.
Rueben J. Silver, Ph.D.
Stanley Sue, Ph.D.
Barbara H. Wasik, Ph.D.
In 1999, the BEA employed three overarching goals: (1) to
make the study of psychology relevant and consistent with a changing
marketplace and diverse society; (2) to advance the application of psychology
to education; and (3) to increase access to federal funding and develop
supportive public policies for education and training in psychology. These
goals include comprehensive priorities and objectives to provide a focus for
the Board's broad agenda. The following initiatives were implemented in 1999
to further BEA's mission to advance quality education and training in
psychology and the application of psychology to education.
To Enhance Professional Education in the Changing
Marketplace, BEA:
- approved the formation of the Continuing Professional Education Committee
(CPEC), a merging of the Continuing Education Committee (CEC) and the
Committee for the Approval of Continuing Education Sponsors (CACES);
- instituted 4 new BEA working groups on -- Marketplace Issues, to address
issues in the changing marketplace for professionals, trainers, and
educators of psychology; Curriculum, to consider all aspects of teaching and
learning; Technology, to address the interface between technology and
education; and Advocacy, to oversee policy and implementation of Education's
lobbying efforts.
- approved sponsorship of the conference, "Creating our Future:
Doctoral Level Education of Clinical, Counseling, and School
Psychologists," organized by the Council of Chairs of Training Councils
(CCTC) and scheduled for mid-winter of 2000.
- For additional information, please see annual reports from the Continuing
Professional Education Committee and the Committee on Accreditation.
To Advance Education Advocacy, BEA:
- sponsored its annual education advocacy breakfast in Boston, featuring Mr.
Neil Sampson, Deputy Director of the Department of Health and Human Services'
Bureau of Health Professions, who addressed the Bureau's efforts to increase
psychology's participation in its programs;
- participated in an education advocacy training workshop and met with
Neil Sampson;
- identified priorities for 2000 which include Older American's Act and
National Health Service Corps Act Reauthorization and appropriations for the
National Service Corps, Bureau of Health Professions, and Indians into
Psychology (INPSYCH);
- supported the education advocacy efforts of PPO staff and need for
additional resources for APA to lobby on the reauthorization of the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA).
To Ensure Quality Education at all Levels, BEA:
- sponsored the passage of the National Standards for High School
Psychology document which was approved by the Council of Representatives
in August 1999;
- sponsored the National Forum on Academic Partnerships held at James Madison
University in June 1999;
- developed objectives for a Working Group on Teaching and Educational Issues
to serve graduate students who are planning a career in academia;
- co-listed convention programming with 44 Divisions, APAGS, Psi Beta, Psi
Chi, TOPSS, and BSA at the annual convention in Boston;
- supported development and mission of the 2-Year College Working Group.
- For additional information, please see annual reports for the CPEC and the
Committee on Accreditation.
To Advance the Application of Psychology to Education and
Training, BEA:
- supported work of the BEA Advisory Committee to the Center on Psychology in
Schools and Education to assist with development of outreach initiatives and
new projects;
- established the Task Force on Early Education and Child Care, to advocate
for optimal development of young children in early education and care;
- sponsored a symposium on Learner Centered Principles: Pre-K Through High
School at APA's annual convention, as part of the BEA Miniconvention on
Education and Technology;
- continued its lead role in the APA School to Work Task Force who
submitted its final report to Council, titled How Psychology Can Contribute
to the School-to-Work Opportunities Movement: Report of the School-to-Work
Task Force, to be disseminated widely to APA constituents.
To Meet the Demands of Changing Technology for Psychology as
Teachers, Researchers, and Practitioners, BEA:
- sponsored roundtable on teaching and learning at APA convention in Boston;
- showcased its 1999 Miniconvention on Education and Technology, highlighted
demonstrations, presentations, and hands-on workshops on the latest technology
available for psychology education and training;
- featured sessions on telehealth, with co-sponsorship from BPA, and
technology innovations for clinical supervision and training at the 1999 BEA
Miniconvention on Education and Technology.
Education Committees Reporting to the Board of Educational
Affairs
- Teachers of Psychology in Secondary Schools (TOPSS)
- Education and Training Awards (E & T)
- Continuing Professional Education Committee (CPEC)
- Committee on Accreditation (CoA)
1999 BEA Task Forces and Working Groups
- 2-Year College Faculty Working Group
- Advisory Committee to the Center on Psychology in Schools and Education
- Task Force on Early Education and Child Care
- Academic Partnerships in Psychology Working Group
- BEA-APAGS Working Group on Teaching and Educational Issues
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