Notice of Scheduled Meeting

The Telecommunications Curriculum Advisory Committee of the Board on Public Safety will hold a regular meeting at 9:00 a.m. on Wednesday, July 15, 2026, at the Department of Public Safety Standards and Training located at 4190 Aumsville Hwy SE, Salem, Oregon. For further information, please contact Chris Nelson at chris.nelson@dpsst.oregon.gov and (503) 551-0531.

The meeting will be recorded and posted on the DPSST YouTube page after the meeting: https://www.youtube.com/@DPSST

Agenda Items:

1.   Introductions

2.   Approve TCAC Meeting Minutes, May 18, 2026

3.   Review and Confirm Standing Meeting Schedule August - November 2026

     Presented by Kathy Fink

4.   Curriculum Review Process & EMD Programs

     Presented by Kathy Fink

           a.  File Sharing; Teams External Folder

               i.  July 2026, E-mail

               ii.  August 2026 Onward: Teams External Folder

           b.  Review of NHTSA Standards

           c.  EMD Medical Guide Cards

5.   Guiding Curriculum Review Feedback with DPSST Curriculum Development Model

     Presented by Christy Hess

           a.  Committee Involvement and Workload: Edit recommendations to include

               i.  Course Content

                   1.  Relevancy, accuracy, clarity, complementarity to Basic Telecom, up-to-date content

               ii.  Breaking up material into more units

               iii.  Reorganizing information and content around for more coherent flow

               iv.  Activities, breakout sessions, videos, audio examples, articles, role-play, games, etc.

               v.  Updating terminology to be clearer and more current

           b.  Review Discussion Unit 1 (E-mail DPSST Curriculum Feedback Form or have available)

                Presented by Kathy Fink and Christy Hess

6.   Next TCAC Meeting: Wednesday, August 19, 2026, at 9:00 a.m.

Administrative Announcement

This is a public meeting, subject to the public meeting law and it will be recorded. Deliberation of issues will only be conducted by Telecommunications Curriculum Advisory Committee members unless permitted by the Chair. Individuals who engage in disruptive behavior that impedes official business will be asked to stop being disruptive or leave the meeting. Additional measures may be taken to have disruptive individuals removed if their continued presence poses a safety risk to the other persons in the room or makes it impossible to continue the meeting.

DPSST provides reasonable accommodations to ensure equal access for people with disabilities and those with limited English proficiency. To request a sign language interpreter, translation services, or other accommodations, please contact Juan Lopez at (503) 551-3167 or at juan.lopez-hernandez@dpsst.oregon.gov, at least 48 hours before the meeting.

DPSST proporciona acomodaciones rasonables para asegurar el acceso igual para personas con descapacidades y para personas con competencia limitada de inglés. Para pedir un interprete de lengua de señas, servicios de traducción, u otras acomodaciones, por favor de contactar a Juan Lopez marcando al (503) 551-3167, o a juan.lopez-hernandez@dpsst.oregon.gov, al menos 48 horas antes de la reunión.