STP Reports and Documents
Current Bylaws, Policies, Procedures, and Guidelines
Executive Committee Meetings and Teleconferences
EC Meetings
The link above contains records from past Executive Committee meetings, teleconferences, and discussions:
- Agenda books from meetings and teleconferences, organized chronologically in folders for the 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, and 2020s
- Minutes from Executive Committee meetings and teleconferences from 1989 through 2019 organized chronologically in a single PDF
- Minutes from Executive Committee meetings and teleconferences from 2020 through the present organized chronologically in a single PDF
- A repository of discussions, organized by year and month, from STP's Extended Executive Committee electronic discussion lIst (abbreviated TOPEC, an acronym for Teaching of Psychology Executive Commitee). This discussion list was created in September 1999 on Kennesaw State University's Listserv and was disbanded in June 2015 as a result of the Executive Committee's decision to move all electronic discussion lists to APA's Listserv.
Annual Business Meetings
Business Meeting Minutes (1990-2020)
The link above contains the minutes from past Annual Business meetings from 1990 through 2020 available in a single PDF and individually for each year. The minutes from meetings in 1994-1998 and 2000-2001 are currently missing and will be added if located. There is also a folder that contains materials shared during the business meetings from 2016 through 2020.
Presidential Task Forces and Reports
Task Force Reports (2008-2019)
The link above contains a repository of Presidential Task Forces from 2008 through 2019. Each document contains one or more of the following:
- A record of the initial charge to the task force
- Updates from the task force (e.g., if their work is not yet complete)
- Report(s) from the task force
- Records of EC discussions and votes on the task force's recommendations
- Resources that resulted from the work of the task force
Here is a list of the task forces that appear in the repository.
- 2019 President Rick Miller
Diversifying Membership (Charge, Update, Report, EC Discussion)
Mentoring Teachers and Civic Engagement Awards (Charge, Announcements during inaugural year)
Promoting (Improving) Undergraduate Research (Charge, Update, Report: Cover Letter and Resource)
SoTL: Evidence-Based Teaching (Charge, Update)
STP Program Evaluation (Charge, Update)
Teaching Tips Revised (Charge, Update)
Two E-books (Charge)
- 2018 President Sue Frantz
Re-Envisioning Introductory Psychology (Charge, Update)
Promoting the Value of the Psychology Bachelor's Degree (Charge, Update)
Restructuring the STP Graduate Student Teaching Association (Charge, Report, Vote)
- 2017 President Ken Keith
Psychology in American Colleges and Universities: The Nature of the Pipeline (Charge, Updates)
- 2016 President Janie Wilson
International Outreach (Charge, Report, Updates, Vote)
Teaching Psychology in the Community (Charge, Report, Update, Vote)
- 2015 President Suzie Baker
Core Concepts for Introductory Psychology (Charge, Report, Update, Vote)
(in collaboration with APA Division 1: General Psychology)
MCAT-related Teaching Resources (Charge, Update)
- 2014 President Eric Landrum
National Advocacy for Psychology Undergraduates (Charge, Report)
Skills Matter (Charge, Report)
The Power of Story (Charge, E-book)
- 2013 President Victor Benassi
Note from President Benassi (No task forces)
- 2012 President Norine Jalbert
Documenting Department Benchmarks (Charge)
Documenting Teaching Competencies (Charge, Report, Vote, Update)
Statistical Literacy (Charge, Report, Vote, Update, Resource)
- 2011 President Regan Gurung
Advancing Pedagogical Science (Charge)
Empowering Teachers (Charge, Report, Vote; refer to 2012 Working Group on Mentoring)
Model Teaching Competencies (Charge, Report, Votes; continued as 2012 Documenting Teaching Competencies)
Strengthening Psychological Literacy
- 2010 President Dana Dunn
Identifying Best Practices for Employing Part Time Teachers of Psychology (Charge, No report)
Identifying Best Practices for Employing Undergraduate Teaching Assistants (Charge, Reports, EC Discussion)
Integration of New STP Bylaws into Procedures Manual (Charge, Reports, EC Discussion, Vote)
High School Teachers and the Blueprint Book/Project (Charge, Report, Vote)
STP Media (Charge, Report, EC Discussion)
Emerging Scientific Advances and the Teaching of Psychology (Charge, Report, EC Discussion)
Exploring Interdivisional Connections with Divisions (Charge, Report, EC Discussion, Vote)
STP Members as APS Fellows (Charge, Report, Vote)
- 2009 President Janet Carlson
Targeted Membership Recruitment (Charge, Report)
Member Involvement (Charge, Reports)
Interdivisional Relationships (Charge, Report, Vote)
Communication (Charge, Report, Vote)
STP Awards (Charge, Report, Vote)
Electronic Rules of Order (Charge, Report, incorporated into Policies & Procedures Manual)
- 2008 President Maureen McCarthy
Unification (Charge, Report, Vote)
Resources (Charge, Report, Vote)
Restructuring (Charge, Report, Proposed Bylaws Revisions, Votes)
Working Group, Ad Hoc Committee, and Long Range Planning Committee Reports
- 2017: Division 2's Responses to APA Ethics Committee
- 2017: Front Porch Project: A Proposal to Benefit Psychology Administrators
- 2016: Ad Hoc Committee: Development of Consultant Training Program
- 2016: Ad Hoc Committee: Fund for Excellence Review (Charge, Reports, Votes)
- 2016: Ad Hoc Committee: STP Listservs (Vote, Charge, Report, EC Discussions and Updates)
- 2015: Working Group: Social Media (Charge, Report, Proposal for committee, Vote)
- 2015: ACT-APA Subcommittee (EC Discussion, Charge, Report, Votes)
- 2014: Working Group: SoTL Consulting Service (Charge, Report, Vote, Announcement)
- 2011: Working Group: Mentoring (Charge, Report, Vote)
- 2011: Working Group: STP Archives (Charge, Report, Vote)
- 2010: Working Group: National Standards for High School Psychology (Inclusion in EC Agenda Book)
- 2009: Sharing STP Membership Lists: Policies & Processes (Report, Vote)
- 2009: Working Group: Principles for Quality Undergraduate Education in Psychology (Charge, Report, Vote)
- 2008: Release Time/Course Buy-out Working Group (Request for data, Report, Vote)
- 1994-2009: Long Range Planning Committee Reports: LRPC Reports (1994-2009)
Reports from STP's Representatives to APA Council
Treasurer Reports & Forms
- Note that the Treasurer makes an annual report of Society finances at the annual meeting which can be found in Teaching of Psychology (Official Journal of the Society for the Teaching of Psychology).
- Reimbursement forms
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Past Bylaws, Policies, Procedures, and Guidelines