Utah Board of Education Elects New Chair
Tami Pyfer, of Logan, a special education teacher at Utah State University, is the new chairwoman of the Utah Board of Education. The USU Teacher wants her main goal to be communication. She believes that the Board members need to take more of a leadership role at the Capitol and in their local school districts.
Ms. Pyfer has pledged to continue working on updating and revising policies for licensing educators, looking at the structure of board committees and to take more input from board members.
Ms. Pyfer is replacing Debra Roberts, of Beaver, who has been the chairwoman the past five years. Her full time job at USU, teaching undergraduate special- education classes, will be modified to part-time in January thus giving her more time to serve.
