New AASA Rural, Small School Superintendent's Special Interest Group Created.At The National Conference on Education[C] in March, AASA AASA American Association of School Administrators AASA Asian American Student Association AASA Association of Academies of Sciences in Asia AASA Aging and Adult Services Administration AASA Administrative Assistant to the Secretary of the Army held an organizational meeting for its new Rural, Small School Superintendent's Special Interest Group to discuss how AASA can provide better services to this, the largest, segment of our membership. AASA is currently looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. members interested in joining this SIG. While the benefits and services of this SIG have yet to be fully defined, as an AASA and SIG member, you will receive the weekly electronic newsletter for small and rural school leaders, and information about special sessions at our national conference, the summer conference, and a new September legislative conference. AASA Executive Director Paul Houston asked that a new group be formed within AASA to ensure passage and funding of the Rural Education Initiative, a bill providing new federal funds Federal Funds Funds deposited to regional Federal Reserve Banks by commercial banks, including funds in excess of reserve requirements. Notes: These non-interest bearing deposits are lent out at the Fed funds rate to other banks unable to meet overnight reserve to rural, small school districts. The bill has passed in the House and is close to passing in the Senate, the final step will be to fund the bill for implementation in fall of 2001. AASA Unveils New, Improved Proposal Process for The 2001 National Conference on Education[C] In March, AASA announced a new, online conference proposal submissions process for people interested in speaking at The 2001 National Conference on Education.[C] The new online process makes it easier to submit proposals, and streamlines proposal review. The process allows you to submit your proposal quickly, without having to send multiple copies via snail mail Mail sent via a country's government-regulated postal system. (messaging) snail mail - (Or "snailmail", "smail" from "US Mail" via "USnail"; "paper mail"). Bits of dead tree sent via the postal service as opposed to electronic mail. as in the past. And you will also be able to check on the progress of your proposal -- all online. Today's Headlines Today's Headlines provides you with just that -- a daily compilation of the stories of interest to school leaders from newspapers across the country. Headlines and links to full stories are posted at www.aasa.org daily by 7 a.m. (EST EST electroshock therapy. EST abbr. electroshock therapy ), so you stay on top of what's happening even on your busiest days. * An Exceptional Effort for Special Education With too few trained teachers, some local school districts are resorting to unusual recruiting methods. From The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Feb. 24 * Behvioral Drug Use In Toddlers Up Sharply Doctors are prescribing stimulants such as Ritalin and antidepressants Antidepressants Medications prescribed to relieve major depression. Classes of antidepressants include selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (fluoxetine/Prozac, sertraline/Zoloft), tricyclics (amitriptyline/ Elavil), MAOIs (phenelzine/Nardil), and heterocyclics such as Prozac for preschoolers at rates that appear to be rising rapidly. From The Washington Post, Feb. 23 * Important Date Nears for Falling Schools, Efforts at Reform Time is running out under federal law for the states to turn around about 8,000 of the nation's worstperforming schools in povertystricken neighborhoods. From The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Times Morning daily newspaper. Established in 1881, it was purchased and incorporated in 1884 by Harrison Gray Otis (1837–1917) under The Times-Mirror Co. (the hyphen was later dropped from the name). , Feb. 16 * A Conservative Picks a Path Less Taken Arizona's Keegan, conservative flag-bearer and voucher advocate in the education wars, would be on GOP short list for ED secretary. Hot Off the Presses * AASA has added three new titles to its Parents: Partners in Education series. Reading, Writing, Speaking, and Listening Skills: Keys to Your Child's Success, Helping Your Child Succeed in Elementary School elementary school: see school. , and Helping Your Child Succeed in Middle and High School are the latest additions to this series designed to help parents work with schools to promote student achievement. Each book provides parents with useful information about the importance of parental involvement, concrete ways to work with children and schools to promote success, and a list of resources for further reading. Order and review the whole series today for only $15 ($18 non-members) plus S&H. Then order copies of individual titles for the parents in your school or district. Check out the New Improved AASA Job Bulletin (Online and In Print) Now that the AASA Job Bulletin has become primarily an online resource, it is attracting more attention than ever. The online Job Bulletin allows you to access the latest job openings for superintendents, assistant and associate superintendents, central-office staff, principals and others, 24 hours a day/7 days a week at www.aasa.org. Job Bulletin let's you search postings by job title, state, salary or any combination thereof, so finding the positions that match your experience and interests is easy. As an AASA member, you can even set up a search agent that automatically notifies you via e-mail when jobs matching your specified criteria are posted. Jobs posted on www.aasa.org for 8 weeks or more also appear in the Job Bulletin print version in the AASA Bulletin (see page 6 this month). These abbreviated listings include district name, state, position, salary and contact information. If you see a job listed in the print version, be sure to go online for a more detailed description. In many cases, you can even contact the district or search firm directly online. And if you have a job to post, doing so is easy. Simply go to www.aasa.org, click Job Bulletin, and follow the instructions. If you're posting an ad for 8 or more weeks, the following cut-off dates apply for the print version: April 20 for the June issue; May 20 for the July issue; June 20 for the August issue; and so forth. A 4-week ad costs $200 (an additional charge is assessed for ads not submitted online; discounts are given for ads that run more than 4 weeks). For more information about submitting your ad, contact Tina Daberkow at 1.703.875.0777. For more information about the Job Bulletin, log on to AASA Online today! You'll be glad you did. SUPERINTENDENTS Alabama; Tuscaloosa City School District; Negotiable; 4/15/00; Harold D.Patterson, 5020 Neely Avenue, Guntersville, Alabama Guntersville is a city in Marshall County, Alabama, and is included in the Huntsville-Decatur Combined Statistical Area. As of the 2000 census, the population of the city is 7,395. The city is the county seat of Marshall County. 35976; (phone) 256-582-8428, (fax) 256-582-8428; Hpatterson@netnav.com Colorado; Morgan County Morgan County is the name of a number of counties in the United States of America, generally named for Daniel Morgan, Revolutionary War General:
Colorado; Lake County School District; $60,000 to $75,000; 4/15/00; L J Dawson or R. Quinn, Aspen Group International, Inc., P.O. Box 260301, Highlands Ranch, CO 80163-0301; (phone) 303-478-0125 or 303-882-9888, (fax) 208-247-6084 Colorado; Boulder Valley School District The Boulder Valley School District is the local school district for Boulder, Colorado and ten neighboring communities including Louisville, Lafayette, Superior, and Nederland. The Boulder Valley Board of Education officially appointed Dr. ; More than $100,000; Gary L Ray, Ray and Associates, Inc., 4403 First Avenue, SE, Suite 407, Cedar Rapids Cedar Rapids, city (1990 pop. 108,751), seat of Linn co., E central Iowa, on the Cedar River; inc. as a city 1856. The second largest city in Iowa, it is named for the surging rapids in the river. , IA 52402-3221; (phone) 319-393-3115, (fax) 319-393-4931 Connecticut; City of Waterbury Civil Service; $75,000 to $100,000; Edmund A.S. Jayaraj, Personnel Director, 236 Grand Street, Chase Municipal Building, Waterbury CT 06702; (phone) 203-574-6761, (fax) 203-574-8087 Connecticut; Cromwell Public Schools; More than $100,000; 5/5/00; Herb Pandiscio, Herbert William Consulting, Inc., P.0. Box 1404, Avon, CT 06001-1404; (phone) 860-673-9616, (fax) 860-675-0213; hwconsult@aol.com; www.jobs-in-education.com Illinois; Bartonville School District 66; Negotiable; 4/5/00; Dr. Douglas P Blair, Senior Director of Field Svc, 430 East Vine Street, Springfield, illinois 62703; (phone) 217-528-9688 ext. 1117, (fax) 217-528-2831; cbolt@iasb.com; www.iasb.com Illinois; Staunton Community Unit School District 8; Negotiable; 4/10/00; Dr. Douglas P. Blair, Senior Director of Field Svc, 430 East Vine Street, Springfield, Illinois 62703; (phone) 217-528-9688 ext. 1117, (fax) 217-528-2831; cbolt@iasb.com; www.iasb.com Illinois; East Alton-Wood River Community H.S.D. 14; Negotiable; 4/12/00; Dr. Douglas P. Blair, Senior Director of Field Svc, 430 East Vine Street, Springfield, Illinois 62703; (phone) 217-528-9688 ext. 1117, (fax) 217-528-2831; cbolt@iasb.com; wwwiasb.com Kentucky; Fayette County Schools; More than $100,000; 4/6/00; Kendrick Scott, 260 Democrat Dr., Frankfort, KY 40601; (phone) 502-695-4630, (fax) 502-695-5451; www.fayette.k12.ky.us Michigan; Elk Rapids Schools; $75,000 to $100,000; 4/7/00; Tim Quinn, Michigan Leadership Institute, 206 E. Front Street, Grand Ledge, MI 48837; (phone) 517-627-1660, (fax) 517-627-1660; mli@gte.net Michigan; Manchester Community Schools; $75,000 to $100,000; Tim Quinn, Michigan Leadership Institute, 206 E. Front Street, Grand Ledge, MI 48837; (phone) 517-627-1660, (fax) 517-627-1660; mli@gte.net; www.mcs.k12.mi.us Michigan; Oxford Area Community Schools; More than $100,000; 4/6/00; Dr. Terre Davis, TD & Associates, 6818 Old 28th St., SE, Grand Rapids, Michigan “Grand Rapids” redirects here. For other uses, see Grand Rapids (disambiguation). Grand Rapids is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 197,800. 49546; (phone) 616-977-9980, (fax) 616-977-9976; terredavis@aol.com Minnesota; Princeton Public Schools; Negotiable; 4/7/00; BKB BKB Basler Kantonalbank (Switzerland) BKB Black King Bar (gaming weapon) BKB BV Kwaliteitsverklaringen Bouw (Dutch) BKB BankBoston Corporation Search Consultants, Brian E. Boettcher, EDD Noun 1. EdD - a doctor's degree in education DEd, Doctor of Education doctor's degree, doctorate - one of the highest earned academic degrees conferred by a university , 200 Chancery Lane, Mankato, MN 56001; (phone) 507-345-7461, (fax) 507-389-5863; brian.boettcher@mankato.msus.edu Minnesota; Rochester Public Schools; More than $100,000; 5/31/00; Jerry Williams, 615 7th St. SW, Rochester, MN 55902; (phone) 507-285-8573, (fax) 507-285-8137; humanres@esc.rochester.k12.mn.us; www.rochester.k12.mn.us Minnesota; Shakopee Public Schools; Negotiable; 4/14/00; Arthur Brunning, PNR PNR Partner PNR Passenger Name Record (airlines) PNR Policía Nacional Revolucionaria (Cuban police) PNR Philippine National Railways PNR Point of No Return PNR Polymerase Chain Reaction Associates, 190 Colleen Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55126; (phone) 651-484-6030, (fax) 651-483-8913; cjerickson@mindspring.com Mississippi; Laurel School District Laurel School District is a name shared by several school districts in the United States.
New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of ; Kendall School District; $75,000 to $100,000; 4/14/00; C. Tod Eagle, District Superintendent, Kendall Search, Monroe 2-Orleans BOCES BOCES Board Of Cooperative Educational Services , 3599 Big Ridge Road, Spencerport, NY 14559; www.monroe2boces.org New York; The Penfield Schools; More than $100,000; 5/12/00; Richard Castallo, Education Management Associates, P.O. Box 100, Syracuse, NY 13215; (phone) 315-492-4478, (fax) 315-492-4478; RCasta1lo@aol.com North Carolina North Carolina, state in the SE United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), South Carolina and Georgia (S), Tennessee (W), and Virginia (N). Facts and Figures Area, 52,586 sq mi (136,198 sq km). Pop. ; Dare County School District; Negotiable; 4/5/00; Dr. Kenneth E. Underwood, Suite 201/6532 Lost Horizon, Austin, TX 78759; (phone) 512-342-9777, (fax) 512-418-9139; info@haroldwebb.com; www.haroldwebb.com ASSISTANT/DEPUTY/ASSOCIATE SUPERINTENDENT Connecticut; Assistant Superintendent; Greenwich Public School Greenwich Public School is a local primary school in Greenwich, Australia, on the lower North Shore. There are two separate campuses located 1.5 km apart. Vision Statement: ; More than $100,000; 5/5/00; Herb Pandiscio, Herbert William Consulting, Inc., P.O. Box 1404, Avon, CT 06001-1404; (phone) 860-673-9616, (fax) 860-675-0213; hwconsult@aol.com; www.jobs-in-education.com Pennsylvania; Assistant Superintendent; Jim Thorpe Area School District; $75,000 to $100,000; 4/28/00; Dr. Jerry B. Stout, 4750 Orchard Road, Schnecksville, PA 18078; (phone) 610-799-4111, ext. 1919, (fax) 610-799-1099; stoutjb@cliu.org; www.cliu.org CENTRAL OFFICE South Dakota; Director; Western Dakota Technical Institute; $60,000 to $75,000; Director of Personnel, Rapid City Area Schools, 300 Sixth Street, Rapid City SD 57701; (phone) 605-394-4014, (fax) 605-394-4011 Vermont; Special Education/Title I Coordinator; Franklin Central Supervisory Union; Negotiable; Charles P. Memoe, Trace Educational Services and VSBA VSBA Virginia School Boards Association (Charlottesville, Virginia) VSBA Virginia State Beekeepers Association , Wheelock Office Park, Suite 16, 31 Old Etna Road, Lebanon, NH 03766; (phone) 603-448-8877 PRINCIPAL Texas; Principal Plano Independent School District Plano Independent School District (PISD or Plano ISD) is a public school district in Plano, Texas (USA). Plano ISD also takes students from some areas of Dallas, Richardson, Allen, Murphy, and Parker. [1] Led by Superintendent of Schools Dr. ; $75,000 to $100,000; 4/15/00; Dr. Sandra McKinnon, 2700 W. 15th Street, Piano, TX 75075; (phone) 972-519-8101, (fax) 972-519-8511; smckinn@pisd.edu; www.pisd.edu/principal.htm HIGHER EDUCATION West Virginia; West Virginia University West Virginia University, mainly at Morgantown; coeducational; land-grant and state supported; est. and opened 1867 as an agricultural college, renamed 1868. ; Negotiable; Gail Martine, College of HR&E Advanced Educational Studies, 508C Allen Hall, P.O. BOX 6122, Morgantown, WV 26506-6122; (phone) 304-293-2515 ext. 1351, (fax) 304-293-2279; gmartine@wvu.edu; www.wvu.edu |
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