Professional Standards and Ethics Committee
As an affiliate of NASP, this Association has adopted NASP's Principles for Professional Ethics. The Professional Standards and Ethics Committee shall be composed of the Professional Standards and Ethics Committee chairperson and his/her appointees. The duties of this committee shall be to:
Establish, review, and endeavor to maintain the professional standards of school psychology and school psychologists in Idaho.
Establish due process procedures for hearing alleged violations of the Code of Ethics.
Hear cases of alleged violations of the Code of Ethics and make recommendations to the Executive Board.
Pursue other activities as may be requested by the Executive Board.
The Program Committee shall be composed of the Program Committee Chairperson and his/her appointees. The duties of this committee shall be to:
Plan and coordinate all conferences and meetings of the Association, excluding regional meetings, which are scheduled by the regional directors.
Pursue other activities as may be requested by the Executive Board.
Nominating and Election Committee
The Nominating and Election Committee shall be composed of the officers of the Executive Board. The duties of this committee shall be to:
Conduct the elections of the Association.
Pursue other such activities relevant to election procedures.
The Awards Committee shall be composed of the Awards Committee chairperson and his/her appointees. The duties of this committee shall be to:
Develop a selection process for identifying the recipients of the Idaho School Psychologist of the Year Award and the Distinguished Service Award.
Confer awards at the annual meeting.
Communicate this information to local and state media (recipient's local newspaper, the ISPA newsletter, and the NASP Communiqué.
The Legislative Committee shall be composed of the Legislative Committee chairperson and his/her appointees. The duties of the committee will be to:
Inform the Executive Board and general membership of the Association of current and proposed state and federal legislation which might affect the Association or its objectives.
Act as a liaison between the Association and the State Legislature in matters of communication when appropriate.
Pursue other activities related to the State Legislature as may be requested by the Executive Board.
The Publications Committee shall be composed of the Publications Committee chairperson and his/her appointees. The duties of the committee will be to:
Solicit information of value to ISPA members from the membership and other sources.
Communicate this information through a regularly published newsletter.
Public Information/Public Relations Committee
The Public Information/Public Relations Committee shall be composed of the Public Information/Public Relations chairperson and his/her appointees. The duties of the committee will be to:
Promote a positive professional image of school psychologists in Idaho.
Collect newsworthy information from practitioners within the state and communicate it to the public through various news media.
Education practitioners on how to enhance the image of school psychologists within their respective communities.
The Technology Committee shall be composed of the Technology Committee chairperson and his/her appointees. The duties of the committee will be to:
Design and maintain a regular website for ISPA.
Solicit information of value to ISPA members from the membership and other sources.
Communicate this information through updating the website.
The Conference Committee shall be composed of the Conference Committee chairperson and his/her appointees. The duties of the committee will be to:
Develop the annual conference by finding the location, speakers.
Coordinating the awards luncheon and being responsible for all that is involved in holding a conference.
