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DANIEL BRUE
has
been named
Superintendent of
Meridian District 15 in
Macon effective July
1. Brue currently is Superintendent
of Bement Community Unit District
5. He will be replacing Interim
Superintendent
FRANK MEYER.
DAN OAKLEY
has
been named
Superintendent of
Fieldcrest School
District 6 effective
July 1. Oakley
currently is Superintendent of
Avon Community School District
176. He will replace
JOSHUA
OLSEN
, who will become
Assistant Superintendent at
Olympia School District 16.
DR. BETH SAGETT
-FLORES
has been
named
superintendent of
Golf Elementary
School District 67 effective July 1.
Sagett-Flores currently is the
Human Resources Director in the
Evanston School District 65. She
is replacing
DR. JAMIE S.
REILLY.
DR. BHAVNA
SHARMA-LEWIS
has been named
superintendent of
Riverside
Elementary School District 96
effective July 1. Dr. Sharma-Lewis
currently is Superintendent of
Harrison School District 36. She
will replace
DR. JONATHAN
LAMBERSON
who is retiring.
DR. KATHY L.
WOLFE
has been
named
superintendent of
West Chicago
District 33. She was previously
Assistant Superintendent for
Business & Operations there. She
replaced
DR. ED LEMAN
, who
retired in March.
STEPHANIE
HAWKINS,
a teacher
at Lynne Thigpen
Elementary School in
Joliet, has been
named winner of the national
Milken Educator Award. Hawkins
is the only Illinois winner this year
and will receive a $25,000 prize.
STEVE PTACEK
became
Superintendent of
Jacksonville District
117 on April 8.
Ptacek, who had been
Superintendent of Joppa-Maple
Grove Community Unit District 38,
replaces Interim Superintendent
BARBARA SUELTER.
TERRY BOWERS
of Milledgeville
recently passed
away. He was
formerly
superintendent at the
Chadwick-Milledgeville school
District
.
PAUL TOBIN
of Mt. Carroll
passed away May 4, 2013. He
was a former IASA Board member
and former superintendent at the
Mt. Carroll School District.
Member News
from the Regions
Olympia teacher helped design state science curriculum
Ms. Chris Embry Mohr
, who heads
Olympia 16
’s science department, was part of a 41-member team
that developed the science and engineering practices and content that all K-12 students should master to
prepare for college, careers and life.
“Science is about doing. It’s not just learning facts to answer Jeopardy-style questions,” Mohr said. The
new standards reflect that. Students will learn, model and examine the “big picture,” she said.
“She’s a very hard worker,” said
Superintendent Brad Hutchison
, adding, “We are extremely
honored” she is part of the school and the national team.
The new guidelines call for teaching science in context and encourage integration with multiple core
concepts. These methods can be found in Olympia’s greenhouse where students help with climate control
and filtration for fish that are raised along with vegetables, many hydroponically grown, and also used in the
school cafeteria.
The new standards are based on the Framework for K-12 Science Education developed by the National
Research Council, Mohr said. She was on the life science team. Every standard was created with three
dimensions: disciplinary core ideas; scientific and engineering principles; and cross-cutting concepts. The
Next Generation Science Standards are now moving through a timeline for adoption in Illinois to become
the new state standards.
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