Saint Paul – Governor Tim Pawlenty today announced the reappointment of Jim Bartholomew and Janet Schutz to the Minnesota Board of Teaching. Both are public members and are reappointed to four-year terms that expire January 2, 2012.

Bartholomew, of Edina, is the education policy director at the Minnesota Business Partnership. His professional experience includes; serving as the director of government relations for the Minnesota Department of Education, serving as a member of the State Board of Education, the Minnesota Academic Excellence Foundation and the Board of the Minnesota Council of Economic Education. Bartholomew and his wife Julia have two children in public school.

Schutz, of Medina, is the current chair of the Wayzata Public Schools Education Foundation. She served as a member of the Board of Education for Wayzata Public Schools from 1997 until 2003, including serving as the Board's Chair from 2000 to 2001. She was a member of the Executive Committee of the Association of Metropolitan School Districts from 2000 until 2003. Schutz served as a member of Governor Pawlenty's Education Finance Reform Task Force. She and her husband have three adult children who have all graduated from public school.

The Board of Teaching provides leadership for improvements in teacher education programs and assures that the state has well-qualified, professional teachers. The board determines the standards and practices that will serve the state's teachers and teacher preparation institutions. The board consists of 11 members appointed by the Governor