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Changing A Vision Into An Education Reality, Gloria Hoffmann

Institute for Educational Leadership Monograph Series

“Where There is No Vision, the People Perish" (Proverbs 29:18). This ominous message points to "vision" as more than a buzz word for those involved in educating the citizens of the 21st century.

But, just what is meant by "vision?" One dictionary definition may have special implications for educators: The power of perceiving something not actually present to the eye, whether by supernatural insight, imagination, or clear thinking. Clear thinking leads to the realization that our focus must be on expectations and student outcomes that result in responsible and productive citizens. Teaching techniques, technology, and curriculum content, as important as …

People Skills, Beverly S. Barr

Institute for Educational Leadership Monograph Series

Communication, whether short-term or long-term, is obviously a two-way process. Both parties have to be able to listen as well as verbalize. Both have to be able to work with a variety of people. Therefore, to ensure communication between a superintendent and a board of education, or any other group or individual, training and continued growth are needed in how to work with different types of people and how to develop better people skills.

In talking to a variety of superintendents and board members, a mixture of key terms and ideas were repeated that they felt were necessary for good …

Where The Education Meets The Goal, Brad Rasmussen

Institute for Educational Leadership Monograph Series

Recently we celebrated Martin Luther King's birthday and he had a dream-all people would be treated equally. I believe he wanted all to have advantages and chances to be successful. Arthur Ashe, also a leader for equal opportunities and having patience for all, knew each wild mistake is necessary for children to learn. However, I guess we have not learned this and probably never will. Facilitators have actually succeeded at raising the standards of all individuals and not just a select few. I really do not have time for the teachers who feel only a select few should enjoy the …

Issue Area Three: Impact Of Various Assessment Models On Students, Schools, And College Entrance, Cheryl Budlong

Institute for Educational Leadership Monograph Series

Assessment can be defined as the broad process of collecting data used to make decisions about students or programs. Data may include quantitative (measurement) data, qualitative data, or both as a crucial aspect leading toward evaluation. Evaluation, the highest level of assessment, is the process of judging the value or worth of something. In education, this may refer to the quality of a student's performance or a program. As judgment, therefore, evaluation is predominantly a human activity, not a technical one (Boody).

Educational leaders are discussing assessment from a multidimensional perspective: norm-referenced, criterion-referenced, performance-based, authentic, alternative, and others (Phye). Frequently …

Assessing Readiness Of Students To Start School: Ready For What?, Dania S. Clark-Lempers

Institute for Educational Leadership Monograph Series

In assessing the readiness of students to start school, many facets must be considered. In the field of early childhood education, it has become a stock statement that "the school needs to be ready for the child," rather than, "The child needs to be ready for the school." However, as we look at the reality of what is possible in schools with limited resources, the questions become, "How can we meet the needs of the diverse group of children entering our schools?" and "What are the limitations in meeting those needs?" Only when we can answer these questions at each …

All Children Are Ready To Learn In A School Setting, Linda Gray Smith

Institute for Educational Leadership Monograph Series

All children are ready to learn in a school setting. The real question is-is the school ready for the child? Young children are natural learners. They are unique individuals who develop and learn at different rates, in different ways. They learn through sensory experiences; expressing and representing thoughts and feelings through a variety of media and forms. When they are secure and valued, young children learn best. They are curious, enthusiastic learners who want to know about the world around them. Young children learn through whole-body activities, active participation, and play. They construct knowledge; they continually act upon and organize …

Sets, W. D. Blackmon

Short Story

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Short Story, Volume 1, Number 1, Spring 1993 [Download Entire Issue]

Short Story

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The Lonely Seat, Mary Helen Stefaniak

Short Story

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Plunkett, Greg Garrett

Short Story

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Short Story, Volume 1, Number 2, Fall 1993 [Download Entire Issue]

Short Story

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Interview With Robert Coover, Farhat Iftekharuddin

Short Story

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Editor's Note, Fred Antczak

Iowa Journal of Communication

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For Abby Kelly Foster, Susan Zickmund

Iowa Journal of Communication

Abby Kelly arose from Worcester, Massachusetts to become a foremost defender of equal rights in the eighteenth century. Praised by William Lloyd Garrison as a "moral Joan of Arc," and by Parker Pillsbury as "the woman of the age," Kelly battled discrimination as she spoke out publicly for the rights of the slave. Inspired by the platform orations of Angelina Grimke, Kelly decided upon a career as an abolitionist speaker in 1839, choosing initially to lecture in rural Connecticut. Over the next thirty years she spoke tirelessly in support of Afro-American's and woman's rights, traversing the backwoods of New England …

For Emma Goldman, Lisa Cuklanz

Iowa Journal of Communication

Emma Goldman, one of the foremost Anarchists of the "Progressive Era" in the United States, is an essential contributor to this collection of responses to the Gettysburg Address. Goldman was and still is known above all for her willingness to question assumptions. While other respondents might be asking and answering the questions of why this speech is so significant, so unique, and so successful, Goldman would ask different questions: What's the big deal about this speech? What does it really commemorate? In celebrating the speech, what are we condoning? Why was the speech given? Whose interests did it serve? What …

Teaching The Nature Of Science, Gerald R. Walsh

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Early in my teaching career, I came to the conclusion that my colleagues did not approach science in the same manner as language arts, social studies or math teachers approached their subjects. While we were trying to "stuff' our students with all kinds of information of a specific nature, they focused upon producing a general literacy. They did not presume the majority of their students would one day become authors, mathematicians or social workers; instead they assumed that all students required communication skills within their respective subjects. Their mission seemed to be the promotion of literacy within the framework of …

Iowanet Update, Jack Gerlovich, Paul Joslin

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

"How come space is so dark if it is occupied by trillions of stars that are all so bright like our Sun?" asked a Des Moines second grader. His question was answered by three very different people: a physics teacher, a high school physics student and a retired attorney. All gave slightly different answers; the student received a rich and immediate response to a question that could not be answered with local school resources. This student's opportunity was made possible by his school's participation in the IOWANET computer conferencing network. The following article will help teachers understand and appreciate the …

Implications For Counselors When Working With Gay And Lesbian Adolescents, Lois Groth

Graduate Research Papers

Living as a member of the gay and lesbian community has become increasingly accepted by the general public. However, some people continue to view the homosexual population with fear and hatred (Thomas, 1992). Although statistics vary, the Federation of Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays, Inc. (1987), estimated that 10% of the population is homosexual. Of that 1 0%, as many as 34% have attempted suicide

Outcome-Based Education: A Description And Indirect Analysis, Mary L. Jensen

Graduate Research Papers

The Des Moines Register headlines proclaimed "Outcome-based education; State's effort at reform under fire as stressing attitude" (March 22, 1993, p. 3A). The Iowa Farm Bureau Spokesman announced ·outcome Based Education--a controversy· (April 10, 1993). Education Week described a bitter fight over school funding in Pennsylvania, with the news that "Pennsylvania House Votes to Nullify State Board's LearnerOutcome Rules· (February 17, 1993, p. 19). The Program News bulletin of the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development advertised its version of the Outcome-Based Education videotape series, devoting its whole May, 1993, issue to promotion of outcome-based strategies.

The Iowa Science Teachers 1993 Fall Conference, Iowa Academy Of Science

Iowa Academy of Science Documents

Contents:

Luncheon Speaker ... 2-3
Exhibitor Checkoff ... 4
Raffle ... 5
Door Prizes ... 6 - 8
Housing Information ... 9
Concurrent Sessions I ... 10
Concurrent Sessions II ... 14
Concurrent Sessions III ... 19
Luncheon Information ... 24
Conference Registration Form ... Centerfold
Application for Membership ... Centerfold
Concurrent Sessions IV ... 25
Concurrent Sessions V ... 30
Corporate Sponsors ... 35
Exhibitors ... 36-37
Science Center of Iowa ... 38
Map ... 39
Acknowledgments ... 40
ISTS Officers and Regional Directors ... Inside Back Cover

A View From The Boardroom, Lametta Wynn

Institute for Educational Leadership Monograph Series

Each director has her/his own reason for seeking a seat on the board. Perhaps a district conflict brought the person on the board, a particular agenda, or an axe to grind. No matter what the reason, we soon learn, if we don't already know, that as board members conflict is inevitable. For example, conflict may be among board members, between board and certain community members, or between board and district employees. A means of bringing a board together if conflict persists might be a workshop directed at sharpening listening skills, seeking alternative solutions, and stressing the importance of being certain …

Issue Area Six: Developing Positive Links With The Community, Wayne J. Lueders

Institute for Educational Leadership Monograph Series

This focus group first defined the structure within which positive links with the community take place. The following vision statement was developed:

The board, staff, and community exist in a dynamic entity encompassing the learner. The components of the entity expand and contract in relation to the world (society/environment) in which they exist.

A model was developed in an attempt to graphically represent the vision statement. The model consists of three overlapping circles surrounded by a fourth large circle. The smaller individual circles represent (a) the board, (b) the school staff, and (c) the community/parents. The larger circle which encompasses …

Service-Oriented, Student-Centered Approach Will Help Schools Gain Community Credibility, Thomas E. Davis

Institute for Educational Leadership Monograph Series

If educators are truly concerned about the future of schools, and education in general, we must recognize the importance of a positive relationship between a community and its schools. Each of us has a common interest in looking at school/community relations to improve education and the learning for students, to prepare students to succeed in a rapidly changing world, and to ensure a bright future for our communities and our country.

To be successful, educators will need to shed the image of maintaining the status quo and waiting to see what happens. Instead, they will develop more innovative and proactive …

Executive Summary, Dave Else

Institute for Educational Leadership Monograph Series

Since the Nation At Risk report was presented to the American public in 1983, there has been a combination of increasing demands for accountability and the desire to measure a variety of complex educational outcomes in elementary and secondary schools.

State standards, national standards, natural assessment, performance assessment, authentic assessment, evaluation, standardized tests, norm- referenced tests, and outcomes-based education are just a few of the euphemisms that swirl around educators as they address the intricacies of school transformation (Biemer, 1993).

While many voices call for a variety of changes in education, the primary challenges have been deciding what it is …

Executive Summary, David Else

Institute for Educational Leadership Monograph Series

It is not surprising that the relationship between superintendents and boards of education has become frayed. ''The current pressures to improve schools and increase their accountability to the public have been one of this century's longest and most sustained periods of national attention," according to Stanford professor, Larry Cuban (cited in Goldstein, 1992, p. 15). He further noted the attention has been all negative. Often boards of education and superintendents are viewed as the persons responsible for American education that does not fare well in world comparisons, higher taxes, a struggling economy, and a host of other educational ills. The …

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Iowa Journal of Communication

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Iowa Journal Of Communication, Volume 25, Number 2, Fall 1993 [Download Entire Issue]

Iowa Journal of Communication

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Iowa Journal of Communication

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For The Ghost Of Anne Hutchinson, Bethami Dobkin

Iowa Journal of Communication

Anne Hutchinson (1591-1643) was a pivotal figure in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, as she helped divide the community along theological lines of the covenant of grace and divine revelation. Although she has been portrayed as a fringe-group fanatic, Hutchinson's preachings drew the allegiance of several prominent Bostonians, including Governor Henry Vane. Her teachings were meant to revitalize piety in the community, but they were perceived as a threat to accepted structures of authority. In 1637 Hutchinson was called before the General court where, under examination, she declared that the Holy Spirit had spoken to her with an "immediate voice." Hutchinson's …

For The Ghost Of Daniel Webster, James Farrell

Iowa Journal of Communication

Daniel Webster, if given the opportunity, would respond to Lincoln's Gettysburg address with an oration of his own. If he were among us today, Webster would deliver an oration to commemorate the historical occasion of Gettysburg, and of Lincoln's eloquent performance. In typical Webster fashion, his oration on that occasion could not be confined to 272 words, but would be a grand patriotic composition, on the model of his orations at Plymouth and Bunker Hill.