Leadership Matters December 2013

IASA News in Brief

New Superintendent at Washington 308 Dr. Kyle Freeman will become the new District 308 superintendent on July 1, 2014. He is currently in his fourth year as assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruction at Mascoutah District 19 in southern Illinois. Superintendent Jim Dunnan will retire June 30, 2014 ending 10 years on the job. The superintendent also serves as principal at Washington Community High School.

Through the camera lens: A look into Illinois school districts Share a piece of your district with the rest of us! Leadership Matters invites you to send in photos from your day to day happenings out in the field. Beginning in January, we will highlight photos from IASA members with a different topic each month. What would you like to share? Check out the monthly categories below for ideas or create your own category.

Photos can be taken using a digital camera or your own mobile phone. Simply email the picture to mbuch@iasaedu.org along with identifying information including category, date, names if applicable, location and anything else you might want to add. If a student is included, please make sure you have a photo release on file. January -Athletics in your school; February -Technology use in your school; March -Fine Arts in your school; April -Community involvement; May -Countdown to summer break

Illinois Public Sector Labor Relations Law Conference to be offered Date: Friday, December 6, 2013 Location: IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law For more information or to register online: http://cle.kentlaw.edu/ Registration Fee: $235, $5/person discount groups of 3 or more; After 11/29 $275, no group discount available (fee includes continental breakfast, lunch, reception and course materials) Keynote address: Craig Olson, LER Alumni Professor of Labor & Employment Relations, School of Labor & Employment, Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to speak on Employee Benefits in the Public Sector. Deadline for IASA’s Moon Scholarships is January 10, 2014 Are you a superintendent or an aspiring superintendent? Are you pursuing graduate study to become the best superintendent you can be? Do you know there are scholarships available through IASA to help offset the costs of your coursework? Established in 1993 in memory of Dr. James V. Moon, a former superintendent at Morton High School District, the James V. and Dorothy B. Moon Scholarship program is committed to im- proving the education and qualifications of school administrators. Since its inception, 67 scholarships totaling nearly $143,000 have been awarded to current or aspiring superintendents. Practicing school administrators in Illinois qualify if they are college graduates pursuing an advanced de- gree in educational administration at an accredited college or university. Several scholarships ($2,500 mini- mum each) are awarded each year and are paid directly to the college or university to cover tuition, fees and/ or textbook expenses. A copy of the applicant qualifications, process and 2014 Application are available by clicking here . Appli- cations are due no later than January 10, 2014. To get more information on the application and awards process, contact Cherry Middleton at 217/753-2213 or cmiddleton@iasaedu.org . A list of previous recipients is available by clicking here .

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