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Setting standards
PICTURED: Gov. Hugh Carey greets NYSUT leaders Antonia Cortese, Dan Sanders and Tom Hobart.
 In 1976, Hobart crossed paths again with Buffalo lawyer Arnold Gardner. This time he and Gardner were both appointed to a Regents Advisory Board on Teacher Education. Gardner recalled how that report was visionary for such now customary practices as mentoring and internships for new teachers and for the creation of teacher centers to provide professional development.
Hobart, who was working in tandem with Cortese on educational issues, was specifically "pushing for the creation of a professional practice board that would parallel the licensing and standards board in other professions," Gardner said.
Gardner said discussions during that task force deepened his appreciation for the leader Hobart was becoming. "Of course NYSUT had and has specific responsibilities to its membership for economic matters, security concerns and personal status issues," said Gardner, who went on to serve as a trustee of the State University of New York and now serves on the state Board of Regents. "During our discussions at the task force, Hobart's commitment to the mission of public education and the role of education in the personal fulfillment and upward mobility of students, the quality of their citizenship and even the human capital needs of the state, was recognized more fully."
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