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The Illinois Association of School Administrators
(IASA) is adding two veteran educational leaders
to its cadre of Field Services Directors. Retired
Superintendent Tim Bleyer will be Field Services
Director for eastern/southern Illinois and retiring
Galesburg Superintendent Ralph Grimm will be
handling northwestern/western Illinois effective July 1.
Bleyer will be replacing Dr. Nick Osborne, who will
be retiring as Field Services Director June 30. Dr.
Osborne will continue his part-time work with the
IASA School for Advanced Leadership (ISAL), which
began its fourth two-year cohort in January.
“With the ever-growing challenges for
superintendents, the demand for mentoring by our
Field Services Directors has grown, so with Nick’s
retirement the IASA Board of Directors decided to
add another Field Services Director and divide the
state into four areas to give us better coverage,” said
IASA Executive Director Dr. Brent Clark. “Nick has
provided such great mentoring and assistance to
superintendents that he leaves some big shoes to fill,
but we are truly blessed to have educators the quality
of Tim and Ralph joining the IASA team.”
Bleyer will be assisting superintendents in the
Egyptian, Illini, Shawnee and Wabash Valley IASA
regions, while Grimm will be taking over duties in
the Blackhawk, Northwest, Two Rivers, Starved
Rock and Western regions. Dr. Zabilka will handle
the Cook North, Cook South, Cook West, DuPage,
Kishwaukee, Lake and Three Rivers regions, and
IASAadds FieldServicesDirectors tomeet demand
BleyerandGrimmjoinIASAteamasDr.OsborneretiresfromFSDrole
By Mike Chamness
IASA Director of Communications
Dr. Nick Osborne
Tim Bleyer
Ralph Grimm
Zabilka
Grimm
Phillips
Bleyer