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We are pleased to introduce a completely
revamped,
rebranded
newsletter
called
Leadership Matters. It will be a monthly newsletter
as opposed to the sporadic installments of the
former E-News & Notes. If there are breaking
items that we need to communicate to you
quickly, we will send you a direct email as we
currently do. Capitol Watch, professional
development announcements and other news will
continue to be sent in timely fashion.
We have been searching for the right vehicle
to better connect and get information to our
members, and I really think we are on the right
track – a nice way to kick off 2013!
Probably the first thing you will notice is that
this looks more like a magazine than a newsletter.
While we hope you find the graphic design to be
pleasing to the eye, we also hope you notice that
the newsletter is fresh and contains content you
will find interesting and useful.
Each month we will have a cover story, and we
are kicking off this newsletter with an in-depth
profile of the 2013 Illinois Superintendent of the
Year, Dr. Jane Westerhold of Des Plaines
Consolidated Community District 62. By
interviewing others, as well as Dr. Westerhold,
certain leadership traits emerged, characteristics
that make a superintendent successful.
Inside you will find stories such as a
suggestion for a New Year’s resolution from Rich
Voltz’s professional development perspective, a
primer from Diane Hendren for what promises to
be a challenging spring session of the General
Assembly, and a column written by guest
attorneys lined up by Sara Boucek in order to give
our members a variety of legal views on current
hot topics.
Also, standing items in Leadership Matters
include:
•
An interactive 60-day calendar, color-coded to
make it easy to find professional development
classes, important legislative events or IASA
events
•
News items about superintendents from the 21
IASA regions, something we think is worth
reviving. If you have any items of interest,
please send those to
•
A monthly tip from one of our
new Field Services Directors
based on their experience
and topics raised by their
visits
with
current
superintendents.
•
Profiles of IASA Board
members
each
month,
including some regular information, but also
information to give you a deeper look at their
outside interests and their viewpoints on
issues affecting public education.
•
A brief survey each month on a hot topic. This
month’s survey is about the truancy issue that
was the subject of a compelling Chicago
Tribune series. State Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
introduced legislation to form the “Truancy in
Chicago Public Schools Task Force,” and
while the issue is about Chicago right now, it
certainly is a topic of interest to all of us in
public education. If you would take a moment
to answer the two questions – as well as
offering us your narrative opinion if you wish –
that would give us some statewide information
that the task force might find helpful. Please
click
to go to the page containing the
survey questions.
I think everyone will agree that this is an
improvement in our newsletter, one that we hope
will give us an even stronger monthly connection
with you going forward. If you like the newsletter,
please let your colleagues know that they might
want to take a look at the new product.
Finally, we welcome suggestions on how to
make the product even better. Whether it’s a
newsletter like Leadership Matters or any other
part of our operation, the goal remains to serve
you, our members.
Thank you for your support of IASA, and best
wishes for a happy and productive New Year --
one in which we once again live up to our vision of
“Maximum Educational Success for All Students.”
Brent Clark
A message from
Executive Director
Dr. Brent Clark
