EDUCATION DIRECTORATE GOVERNANCE

Board of Educational Affairs (BEA) Mission Statement
The Board of Educational Affairs shall consist of not fewer than twelve members of the Association, who shall serve terms of not less than three years each. It shall have general concern for 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 interest characteristic of psychology in all its aspects.

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2009 Board of Educational Affairs
Louise A. Douce, PhD, Chair (2007-2009)
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Joseph F. Aponte, PhD (2009-2011)
Ronald Brown, PhD (2008–2010)
Linda Campbell, PhD (2008–2010)
Y. Barry Chung, PhD (2007–2009)
Celiane Rey-Casserly, PhD (2009-2010)
Carol Anne Dwyer, PhD (2009-2011)
Margaret E. Madden, PhD (2009-2011)
Janet Matthews, PhD (2008–2010)
Freddy A. Paniagua, PhD (2009)
Cheryl Lynn Brown Travis, PhD (2009-2011)
Jacquelyn W. White, PhD (2007–2009)

Staff Liaison: Luis Espinoza, (202) 336-5970

Reporting Through the Board of Educational Affairs

Commission on Accreditation
There shall be no fewer than 32 persons appointed to the Commission on Accreditation. To achieve appropriate balance between academic institutions and programs, practitioners of the profession, and the publics served by accreditation, appointments to the Commission on Accreditation shall represent in addition the following domains of perspective and responsibility with regard to professional education and training in psychology, each of which is essential to the balance of viewpoints expected in accrediting bodies and their activities.

Should you need to contact the Commission on Accreditation or any of its members regarding any accreditation issue that correspondence should be sent directly to the Office of Program Consultation and Accreditation. Members of the Commission on Accreditation, as part of their role and their responsibilities to the Commission, are prohibited from consulting with programs during their term of appointment, and for a period of one year thereafter. The email address for the office apaaccred.

Staff Liaison: Susan F. Zlotlow, PhD; (202) 336-5979

Continuing Education Committee
The Continuing Education Committee shall have responsibility for developing policy and program recommendations for the Association's continuing professional education program and for working collaboratively with the APA Office of Continuing Education to implement this policy and program recommendations. The Committee's tasks shall include, but not be limited to (a) developing and delivering continuing professional education programs and products; (b) providing educational and technical assistance to APA Directorates, Divisions, State Associations, and other sponsors; (c) collaborating with organizations that seek to become approved sponsors of continuing professional education; (d) providing review of all APA approved sponsors and organizations seeking APA sponsor approval; and (e) identifying, promoting, implementing and evaluating research, development and innovations in continuing professional education.

Douglas M. Wear, PhD, Chair (2007-2009)
Glenn A. Ally, PhD (2009-2011)
Stephen W. Cook, PhD (2009-2011)
Sally Oakes Edman, PhD (2008-2009)
Michele J. Karel, PhD (2009-2011)
William A. MacGillivray, PhD (2007-2009)
S. Morton McPhail, PhD (2008-2010)
Ramona J. Moss, PhD (2008-2010)
Joanne Peeler, PhD (2007-2009)
Jeffrey M. Rankin, D.M.H. (2008-2010)
Michael D. Roberts, PhD (2008-2010)
Susan J. Simonian, PhD (2009-2011)
W. Louise Warren, PhD (2007-2009)
Tony C. Wu, PhD (2008-2010)
Mark Zelig, PhD (2007-2009)

Staff Liaison: Arlette Tongue, MA; (202) 336-6079

Committee on Education and Training Award
The Committee selects up to two awards annually-Distinguished Career Contributions to Education and Training in Psychology and Distinguished Contributions to Education and Training in Psychology. The intent of the awards program is to recognize psychologists who make traditional contributions, who provide innovations, or who are involved in developmental phases of programs that influence education and training in psychology.

Staff Liaison: Sharon Leiss, (202) 336-5970

Teachers of Psychology in Secondary Schools (TOPSS)
There shall be an American Psychological Association of Teachers of Psychology in Secondary Schools (TOPSS) Committee whose mission shall be to (a) promote the highest standards in teaching of Psychology both as a science and discipline; (b) promote professional development and other means for lifelong learning for high school teachers of psychology; (c) increase professional identity and promote leadership for high school psychology teachers of psychology; (d) facilitate networking, including the formation of both horizontal and vertical linkages, among teachers from all teaching levels of psychology; (e) encourage recruitment and retention of students, particularly minorities, in the field of psychology; (f) enhance visibility and legitamacy of high school psychology within theAmerican Psychological Association; (g) enhance the visibility of legitamacy of high school of high school psychology with other members of the psychological community; (h) recommend the appropriate response advocacy, education policy, and certification issues that impact on the quality or viability of teaching of high school psychology.

Barney Beins, PhD, College Faculty Rep. (2009-2011)
William Elmhorst, Chair (2008-2010)
Marie T. Smith, PhD, Member-at-Large (2008-2009)
Nancy Fenton, Member-at-Large (2009-2010)
Regan Gurung, Ph.D., College Faculty Representative (2006-2008)
Diane Halpern, PhD, College Faculty Representative (2008-2010)
Jann Longman, Member-at-Large (2009-2010)
Viviana Mendoza, Membership Coordinator (2008-2009)
Katherine Minter, Chair-Elect (2009-2011)
Hilary Rosenthal, Past Chair (2007-2009)

Staff Liaison: Martha Boenau, (202) 572-3013 

Committee on Psychology Teachers at Community Colleges (PT@CC)
The Committee of Psychology Teachers at Community Colleges was established to: (a) represent community college psychology teachers; (b) promote, within the 2-year college community, the highest professional standards for teaching psychology as a scientific discipline with applications to a wide range of human concerns; (c) cultivate a professional identity with the discipline of psychology among psychology teachers at 2-year colleges; (d) develop leadership qualities among psychology teachers at 2-year colleges and increase their participation and representation in professional psychology activities and organizations; (e) establish and maintain communication with all groups involved in the teaching of psychology and with the greater psychological community; (f) encourage psychological research on teaching and learning at 2-year colleges for the purpose of giving students the best possible educational opportunities.

Wynn Call, PhD (2008-2010)
Sue Frantz, MA (2009-2011)
Salvador Macias, III, PhD (2007-2009)
Julie Penley, PhD (2008-2010)
Nancy Schaab, PhD (2007-2009)
Lawrence Venuk, MS (2009-2011)

Staff Liaison: Martha Boenau, (202) 336-6140 

APA Task Forces and Working Groups reporting to the Board of Educational Affairs:

• BEA Steering Committee for the National Conference on Undergraduate Education in Psychology
• BEA/CIRP Working Group on Internationalizing the Curriculum
• Task Force on Translating Psychological Science into Classroom Practice
• National Standards for High School Psychology Working Group
• BEA Task Force on Classroom Violence Directed at K-12 Teachers
• BEA/CAPP Task Force to Develop Process for Postdoctoral Psychopharmacology Education and Training Programs

Reporting Through the Board of Directors (Staffed by Education)

Commission for the Recognition of Specialties and Proficiencies in Professional Psychology (CRSPPP)

The Commission shall consist of nine Commissioners serving staggered terms of three years each. Commissioners shall be limited to two successive full terms of service and may not further succeed themselves without a break in such service. With the exception of a Public Commissioner, all Commissioners must be licensed psychologists and members of the Association. Commissioners shall be nominated also in such a fashion that insures representation among them of (a) the broad scope of the practice of professional psychology, its scientific bases, and the Association's commitment to diversity and the public interest, and (b) an array of expertise in such matters as professional education, practitioner credentialing, program accreditation, continuing professional development, the identification of emerging patterns of practice, and legal and regulatory affairs. For a members roster please see http://www.apa.org/crsppp/members.html.

Staff Liaisons:
Catherine Grus, 202-336-6021
Jan-Sheri Morris, 202-336-5855

For more information please contact the Education Directorate Governance Office at 202-336-5970.

Updated 04.23.09