AnRept2018

Past IASA Executive Directors The IASA Past Executive Directors are listed at right for the year of their retirement from IASA:

Gerald W. Smith Roy A. Baker John G. Wargo

July 1, 1966

August 30, 1969

June 30, 1992 Walter H. Warfield, Emeritus June 30, 2006

IASA Superintendents of Distinction

In 2015, IASA announced a new program to recognize the outstanding performance of school superintendents in each of its 21 regions. The “Superintendents of Distinction” honorees are selected by their peers in their region based on the criteria set forth by the AASA for its National Superintendent of the Year program. Those general criteria include Leadership for Learning, Communication, Professionalism and Community Involvement. “In addition to honoring the Illinois Superintendent of the Year, our association’s highest honor, we wanted to also publicly recognize the extraordinary efforts that so many of our superintendents are making all over the state, so we created the Superintendents of Distinction” said IASA Executive Director Dr. Brent Clark. “These are school leaders who make a difference day in and day out for their school districts, their communities and, most importantly, for their students.” The 2018 honorees are identified by the IASA region they represent:

Abe Lincoln—AdamN. Ehrman Blackhawk—Scott D. Kuffel Central Illinois Valley—Sharon Desmoulin-Kherat Cook North—Dr. Daniel E. Cates Cook South—Dr. Sheila Harrison-Williams Cook West—Dr. Glenn T. Schlichting Corn Belt—Gary R. Tipsord

DuPage—Victoria L. Tabbert Egyptian—Timothy P. O’Leary Illini—Dr. Jean M. Neal Kaskaskia—Brad Skertich Kishwaukee—Rick A. Schmitt Lake—Dr. Michael Lubelfeld Northwest—Dr. PJ Caposey

Shawnee—Christopher S. Grode Southwestern—Jonathan Tallman Starved Rock—Mark R. Cross Three Rivers—Dr. Patrick M. Halloran Two Rivers—Dr. Kevin Blankenship Wabash Valley—Julie L. Kraemer Western—Jodi L. Scott

AASA National Superintendent of the Year

Dr. David R. Schuler of High School District 214 was named the 2018 National Superintendent of the Year by the American Association of School Administrators (AASA). He is first Illinois Superintendent to be named to such honor. He also holds the title of 2018 Illinois Superintendent of the Year for the Illinois Association of School Administrators. Schuler is nationally known for leading AASA’s Redefining Ready!, an initiative to introduce new research-based metrics to more appropriately assess that students are college ready, career ready and life ready. Schuler oversees the state’s second-largest high school district with more than 12,000 students at six high schools and four specialized learning programs in the northwest suburbs of Cook County. During his 12-year tenure as Superintendent of District 214, all six high schools have been consistently ranked among the best in the state and country.

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