Leadership Matters September 2014

IASA News in Brief

IASA Video Library available on website The IASA Video Library is a virtual resource containing video recordings by experts in education. Best practices for educational instruction and curriculum will be highlighted. In addition, the Library will feature keynote speakers at IASA Conferences. Click here to access the IASA Video Library. In Memoriam Dr. Edward L. Olds III passed away August 18. He was employed with several area school districts as a school administrator for the past 34 years retiring out of LaGrange School District 105 in June of 2002. Curriculum Writing project on Lincoln, Race and Slavery The Illinois State Board of Education, Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum and Illinois Supreme Court Historic Preservation Commission collaborate to offer engaging educational opportunities to Illinois’ educators interested in Illinois’ history. This year the topic is “Lincoln, Race and Slavery”. Events will be held in Springfield at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum on Friday, October 24 through Monday, October 27. Ten Illinois educators will be selected by application to participate, interact with local and national experts on the topic, and use primary and secondary sources to create middle school and high school lesson plans aligned to the new Illinois Learning Standards. These lessons will be posted to the ISBE website for public access and sharing. Click here for additional information and here for the application. Applications are due to Linda Brissenden ( lbrissenden33@gmail.com ) by September 10, 2014. Those selected will be notified by September 30, 2014. TRS to host Annual Fall meetings to explain Retirement process/benefits TRS will be hosting statewide meetings this Fall designed to explain the retirement process and to provide you with information about disability, death and insurance benefits. The meetings have been prepared for Tier I members. You are a member of Tier I in the Teachers’ Retirement System of the State of Illinois (TRS) if you first contributed to TRS before Jan. 1, 2011 or you have pre-existing creditable service with a reciprocal pension system prior to Jan. 1, 2011. The meetings are being conducted in cooperation with regional offices of education and selected school districts and are scheduled to begin at 4:30 p.m. Click here to view a schedule of the meetings. Alternative School Breakfast grants available from AASA AASA’s Children’s Programs department has alternative school breakfast funding available for school districts. Apply for a grant from AASA! Download the application here . Deadline is September 26, 2014. For additional information, contact Kelly Beckwith at kbeckwith@aasa.org or 703.875.0758

ISDLAF+ August 2014 Monthly Update

Click here to view the August 2014 ISDLAF+ rates, economic indicators and general economic news brief. To obtain additional information regarding this IASA sponsored service, contact Emmert Dannenberg, statewide marketing director/ ISDLAF+ at 815.592.6948. To check daily rates, visit the ISDLAF+ website at www.isdlafplus.com .

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