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Welcome Eric Neessen - DE Liaison to Iowa ASCD Board
Eric Neessen is the newest board member of Iowa ASCD, serving as the liaison to the Iowa Department of Education. He has worked at the DE for the past nine years as the consultant for school psychological services, co-lead of Instructional Decision Making (IDM), facilitator of special education advisory panel (SEAP) and, most recently, dispute resolution consultant. Neessen also serves on the Indianola school board, where he is midway in first term. He is also teaching a special education assessment course at Simpson this fall. Neessen shares, "My beautiful wife, Kim, is a pre-school teacher and the sole voice of reason in our house of 3 boys." His oldest son is a junior at Roosevelt/Central Academy, his middle son is a freshman at Indianola High School, and his youngest son is a 5th grader - in a school in need of assistance. Welcome, Eric. You obviously bring multiple perspectives to the board of directors of Iowa ASCD. |
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Iowa ASCD Awarded ASCD Influence Grant
Iowa ASCD has learned that we are a recipient of the ASCD Influence Grant. ASCD commended Iowa ASCD for "expanding your influence efforts by establishing relationships with key state education leaders and building the advocacy skills of your members." This grant will provide Iowa ASCD with support to conduct an "On the Hill" advocacy training for members of Iowa ASCD. Leadership Council members of ASCD, Susan Pecinovsky and Pam Vogel, will be working with an advisory team and David Griffith, ASCD's Director of Public Policy, to plan for and provide this opportunity to interested members of Iowa ASCD. Watch for details later this fall. |
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Advocacy and Influence
As Congress is back in session, this is a great time to contact your federal lawmakers and share your insights on improving education policy and fixing No Child Left Behind. Read these easy steps provided by ASCD to get you started.- Access contact information for your lawmakers' district offices, and schedule an appointment with them or their education staffers. They were expected to return to Washington, D.C., following the Labor Day ho
 liday. - Do background research to determine where your lawmakers stand on education and how much knowledge they have on the subject. Their web pages are a good place to start.
- Convey the urgency in rewriting No Child Left Behind by leveraging the new school year, increasing numbers of schools not meeting the law's adequate yearly progress benchmarks, and Secretary Duncan's plan to provide states with NCLB waivers.
- Identify one to two key education issues to highlight during your conversation. Not sure where to start? Take a cue from the House, which is poised to introduce two ESEA bills focused on teacher effectiveness and accountability in the fall.
- Share real-world examples to illuminate your points, and suggest solutions and alternatives instead of talking only about what's broken in federal education policy.
Access a recent PowerPoint presentation (PDF) from ASCD's policy team that provides an update on reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act and shares more advocacy tips and strategies. |
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Tip for Teachers: How to Informally Assess Student Learning
This ASCD clip shows how teachers at Hunters Woods Elementary School in Reston, VA., assess students in an informal manner because of their various backgrounds in learning. Each day educators informally assess their students to ensure that they are up to speed with the curriculum and to help them if they are having problems grasping the material. Every student has different needs, and this clip shows how teachers can use their individual assessments to help students learn. |
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INTEL� Teach Elements: Assessment in 21st Century Classrooms
Take an in-depth look at assessment that meets the needs of 21st century learners. Learn how to plan, develop, and manage student-centered assessment in this free on-line learning opportunity. Great resources for formative assessments, too!
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 Traditional advice about motivating reluctant learners rarely works because they rely on complicated programs using rewards and punishments, carrots and sticks. In this webinar, Robyn R. Jackson shares an alternative view of motivation that helps teachers entice students to learn using their own currencies.
Learn what currencies are, how to determine what currencies students carry and value, and how to use the four universal currencies of autonomy, mastery, purpose, and belonging to motivate even your most reluctant learners.
Based on the third workbook in her best-selling series Mastering the Principles of Great Teaching, this webinar will help teachers motivate their reluctant learners to invest in their own learning. By using the mastery principle "Start where your students are," Jackson will share practical ways to motivate reluctant learners to take ownership over their own learning.
Register for this free ASCD webinar now!
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Iowa ASCD - Twitter!
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Technology Tool: Evernote
Have you ever needed to remember and locate ideas, images, projects, and documents for a project? Well, if you have, you know that keeping track of multiple ideas from a range of sources and formats can be difficult to consolidate. What if there was a program that allowed you to capture images using your phone and save those images to a virtual space where you could interact with them at your connivence? Now, that is nice, but let's take it a bit further. Imagine you took a photo with your phone that included your hand-written note, and the program you are using can read your handwriting and tags your image accordingly. This is Evernote!
Evernote is more than just capturing images on a phone. This program is all about keeping your ideas and findings organized. The best part is that you h ave access to your Evernote documents and files using a range of devices. Smart phones, ipads, laptops, and desktop computers can be utilized to access and submit artifacts to your Evernote profile. The best part? It is free!
What does this mean for educators or their students? Evernote gives you and your students the power to digitally collaborate without all the issues of e-mail. Think of a group of student who are working on a Civil Rights project. One student may be focused on the view points of minorities. Another student is working on the views of the Supreme Court, and yet another student is racking the perspective of the White House. These students will have found digital documents, created Word documents, found/taken photos, located audio recordings, obtained video, and a range of other media and resources. Evennote allows these students to capture, organize, and compile these resources - all without the problem of e-mail accounts, file size, and compatibility.
Evernote is truly a program and service that deserves your attention. To find out more about Evenote, visit their site at http://www.evernote.com and be sure to checkout their introduction video.
To discuss educational technology and more, please join us on the Iowa ASCD ning at http://iowaascd.ning.com.
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Iowa ASCD is the source for developing instructional leadership. Serving more than 600 educators - teachers, principals, superintendents, directors of curriculum, technology specialists, college professors, AEA staff - Iowa ASCD strives to develop the collaborative capacity to impact the learning of each and every student in Iowa.
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Fall Institute: Unlocking the Strategy RTI2 - Response to Invervention II
October 20, 2011. Doug Fisher will guide educators in identifying components of quality core instruction; defining guided instruction, including robust question, prompts, and cues; analyzing teaching videos to determine needed interventions; and exploring a feed-forward model for taking action on formative assessments.
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Iowa ASCD Contacts President Leslie Moore President-Elect Jason Ellingson Past President Julie Davies Membership Information Bridget Arrasmith Secretary Marcia Tweeten Treasurer Julie Davies Members-at-Large Julie Grotewold Bart Mason Cindy Swanson Kevin Vidergar DE Liaison Eric Neessen Higher Education Jan Beatty-Westerman Elaine Smith-Bright Communications Editor Tom Ahart Leadership Council (ASCD) Pam Armstrong-Vogel Susan Pecinovsky Curriculum Leadership Academy Sue Wood Fall Institute Kelly Adams Summer Institutes Cindy Swanson Technology Chris Welch Membership Relations and E-Learning Amy Wichman Executive Director Lou Howell |
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