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  • L2L News: September 2011 L2L News: September 2011

  • L2L News: August 2011 L2L News: August 2011

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      ASCD Leader to Leader (L2L) News is a monthly e-mail newsletter for ASCD constituent group leaders that builds capacity to better serve members; provides opportunities to promote and advocate for ASCD’s Whole Child Initiative; and engages groups through sharing and learning about best practices. To submit a news item for the L2L newsletter, send an e-mail to constituentservices@ascd.org.

      This Month’s L2L News

      • ASCD Leaders in the Media
      • People Improvement=School Improvement
      • Follow/Like/Join Us
      • Virginia ASCD Advocates for Flexible Approach to Assessment
      • New York ASCD Announces Recipients of 2011 Whole Child for 21st Century Awards
      • Considering Running for Elected Office?
      • Tell Us: What Does a Whole Child Approach in Your School or Community Look Like?
      • Throughout August: Inclusive Learning on www.wholechildeducation.org
      • 2011 L2L Conference in Review
      • Taking on the Real Deal of School Improvement
      • New: Health and Learning Updates Newsletter
      • ASCD Elections Are Online-Only Starting  in September
      • Something to Talk About
      • Association News 

       

      Join the L2L Conversation on Twitter: Add #ASCDL2L to your tweets and follow the feed to share news and resources with your fellow ASCD leaders.

       

      ASCD Leaders in the Media

       

      People Improvement = School Improvement

      “Organizations will only improve as the people who work there improve their practices,” says 2010 Outstanding Young Educator Award Winner Brian Nichols. Read the rest of his blog post on ASCD EDge.

       

      Follow/Like/Join Us

      •  Congratulations to our newly formed ASCD Affiliate groups on ASCD EDge:
      1. California ASCD
      2. Minnesota ASCD Board
      3. New Hampshire ASCD
      4. North Carolina ASCD
      • Professional Interest Community Facilitator Lori Stollar also started a Professional Learning Communities group on ASCD EDge. Please join the group and the discussion!
      • The Mentoring Professional Interest Community started a Twitter account that is shared by the members to tweet ideas, concepts, and suggestions about mentoring.  Follow us @MentorTeachers.

       

      Virginia ASCD Advocates for Flexible Approach to Assessment

      Virginia ASCD’s influence and advocacy efforts have centered on supporting a group of Virginia superintendents who have asked the state Board of Education for a waiver from existing standardized test procedures at the middle school level. As part of a pilot program designed to move toward a more flexible accountability system and allow time for deeper levels of instruction beyond the standards, VASCD issued the following public comment (PDF) on the request, “This more flexible approach is an important step toward meaningful assessments that support a high quality curriculum characterized by rich and rigorous work and differentiated instruction for all students.”  As of L2L press time, the Board of Education has not taken action on this matter.

       

      New York State ASCD Announces 2011 Winners of Whole Child for 21st Century Award

      The 2011 recipients of the 2011 New York State ASCD Award program are Bronx Charter School for Children in New York City; Fishkill Plains Elementary School; Wappingers Falls Elementary School; The Monitor School-PS-110 in Brooklyn, New York City; Washington Drive Primary School; and Harbourfields School District in Long Island, N.Y. Congratulations to the winners!

       

      Interested in Running for Elected Office?

      Do you have an interest in serving the association in a leadership position? ASCD’s nominations process is now open. Go to www.ascd.org/nominations for information on the open positions in 2012, the time commitment involved, and the qualifications for office and to access the nominations form. Applications must be completed by January 31, 2012.

       

      Tell Us: What Does a Whole Child Approach in Your School or Community Look Like?

      Do you know of a school or community that is doing innovative and interesting things in a sustainable way to ensure kids in the community are healthy, safe, engaged, supported, and challenged? We would love to hear about them. Several school and community profiles are already featured on www.wholechildeducation.org, and with your help, we would like to expand these examples and highlight them on our upcoming interactive map for users to access. Please send your suggestions to agholston@ascd.org and include the name of the school or community, city and state, and a brief description about its exemplary whole child approach. We would like this to be an ongoing process, so as you continue to come across schools, districts, and communities that are doing great work in whole child education, please consider sharing with us.

       

      Throughout August on www.wholechildeducation.org:

      Inclusive Learning

      Creating an inclusive environment where each student feels safe and supported in an engaging and appropriately challenging environment is rarely easy, yet it is essential to educating the whole child. Regardless of strengths and challenges, each student has unique needs and deserves full membership within the classroom and school community. Although each student benefits from an inclusive environment, it is vitally important, and often challenging, to provide one for students with special needs. Join us throughout August as we focus on creating inclusive learning environments that develop students at all levels. Download the Whole Child Podcast to hear from Tim Shriver, chairman and CEO of the Special Olympics; LaToya Dean, a content mastery/ helping teacher in Garland, Tex., and a doctoral student at the University of North Texas in the Leadership for Students with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders program; and Evan Heller, a recent high school graduate and a member of the National Youth Activation Committee. As always, visit the Whole Child Blog often to read engaging posts from diverse writers, leave your comments, and get free resources to help you create an inclusive learning environment that meets each student’s special needs.

       

      Taking on the Real Deal of School Improvement

      In Molly McCloskey’s new column on the Whole Child Blog, she examines the best questions that move us from school improvement models that offer quick fixes and instant strategies to meaningful and sustainable changes that make a difference for kids. Read her first post about school environments and leave your comments and questions. Look forward to her forthcoming column about the best questions for creating inclusive learning.

       

      2011 L2L Conference In Review

      233 ASCD leaders from throughout the United States, Canada, Argentina, Finland, and the Caribbean met in Chantilly, Virginia from July 21-23 for ASCD’s 2011 Leader to Leader Conference. At the opening and closing general sessions, ASCD leaders were charged to join the association in Revolutionizing the Way We Learn through innovative and highly interactive experiences facilitated by the Next Institute.

      In his blog post From Learner to Leader, Constituent Services director, Walter McKenzie discusses his experience with L2L Conference attendees as they immediately rose to this new challenge. Christina Yuknis also vlogged about her experience at the L2L conference and the impact it had on her as a 2011 Emerging Leader. Visit the Leader to Leader group on ASCD EDge for more exciting videos and highlights from this year’s conference! Looking for conference materials to help share your learning? All conference session handouts and Power Point presentations are available on ascd.org in the online program book.

       

      Don’t miss out on the NEW Health and Learning News and Updates!

      Healthy School Communities has just launched its official e-newsletter, Health and Learning News and Updates. The e-newsletter, sent every other week, serves as bulletin of current school health news, free educator resources, announcements for grants, conferences, and action steps for subscribers. Health and Learning News and Updates will have the potential to broaden its outreach to the wider ASCD community and beyond. We encourage you to forward the e-newsletter to your networks and invite interested colleagues to subscribe. We want this e-newsletter to be useful and of interest to you, so we welcome your feedback and invite you to comment on the issues on the Healthy School Communities group page on ASCD EDge.

       

      ASCD’s 2011 Elections: Online-Only Starting in September

      Beginning this year, ASCD’s elections are online only! The September issue of Education Update will include information on the candidates for president-elect, the Board of Directors, and members-at-large of the Leadership Council. When the General Membership election opens on September 1, eligible members can go to www.ascd.org, click on the “vote” button, and then enter their Member ID and password to access the online election.

       

      Please contact Governance Director Becky DeRigge (bderigge@ascd.org, phone: 1-800-933-2723 or 1-703-575-5601) with any questions. If you need your Member ID or password, you can contact ASCD’s Service Center at  1-800-933-ASCD (2723) and then press 1, or send an e-mail to membermail@ascd.org.

       

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               

      Something to Talk About

      Most popular on ASCD Inservice in July:

      ·         Three Myths About High Expectations

      ·         The Power of “Leverage”

      Check out the Most-Clicked Stories from ASCD SmartBrief.

       

      Association News

      ·          ASCD EDge® Social Media Network Adds 25,000th Educator—ASCD EDge, the social networking tool empowering educators to support the success of each learner, recently celebrated the addition of its 25,000th member. The platform, supported by ASCD, is free and open to all—teachers, principals, administrators, researchers, school staff, authors, and any professional who works or has an interest in education. Read the full press release.

      ·          Westerville City School District Renews Partnership with ASCD to Support Ongoing Professional Development—Westerville City School Districtin Ohio has renewed its partnership with ASCD to provide ongoing professional development to educators across the district through an ASCD Institutional membership. “Westerville City School District’s vision is to be the benchmark of educational excellence,” said Karen McClellan, chief academic officer of Westerville City School District. “We know that to achieve this vision, we need to provide our educators with the information and resources they need to continue their professional growth. Our ASCD Institutional membership is a powerful, cost-effective tool helping us meet this challenge.” Westerville City School District has been an ASCD Institutional member since 2008. Read the full press release.

      ·          New ASCD Publication Empowers Educators to Connect Latino Families and U.S. Schools—ASCD is proud to publish Reaching Out to Latino Families of English Language Learners, a new book by three advocates of Latino achievement and powerful voices in education, David Campos, Rocio Delgado, and Mary Esther Soto Huerta. A play-by-play strategy guide for educators, Reaching Out to Latino Families of English Language Learners offers educators the valuable insight and resources they need to break down linguistic and cultural barriers to engage Latino parents in student learning. Read the full press release.

      ·      ASCD's Publications and Resources Honored for Video, Publishing, and Design Excellence—ASCD recently garnered 26 awards and several finalist designations across five highly regarded national and international competitions that identify excellence in publishing, design, and web-based publications. Member benefits, such as the flagship magazine Educational Leadership and newsletter Education Update, were recognized across multiple categories. Read the full press release.

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