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IASA News in Brief

Wabash Valley teacher named finalist for Global Teacher Prize

Joe Fatheree, a former teacher of the year and current high school teacher from Effingham has been named a top 10 finalist for the 2016 Varkey Foundation Global Teacher Prize. The honor awards $1 million to a remarkable educator who has made a significant contribution to teaching and also illustrates teachers’ crucial role in society.

The central Illinois teacher, who has used hip-hop, technology and even video games to get his students excited about learning, will travel to Dubai where the winner will be announced March 13.

IASA to offer free Leadership in Literacy workshops in April

IASA will bring together key ingredients for superintendents as they address Leadership in Literacy. These innovative solutions include resolving grade level reading deficiencies through the Sonday System from Winsor Learning and the influence of reading preparedness on lifelong learning supported by myOn. Academically, nothing is more important in a school district than having students reading at or above grade level and this is a tremendous opportunity for district leaders to learn. Sonday System publisher Winsor Learning and Amanda Burnette, Senior Consultant renowned Turn- Around Specialist for the South Carolina Department of Education, discuss strategies for closing the literacy gap for underperforming schools and readers. Learn practical strategies for leading the literacy initiative in school districts using the Sonday System-Orton Gillingham multisensory language instruction. Quickly build capacity and avoid obstacles and excuses with these tried and true methods proven to work at the most challenged sites. Jason Turner, Professional Development Director at MetaMetrics, speaking on behalf of myOn will focus on the importance of reading preparedness, reading on grade level by third grade and understanding the effects of early literacy on lifelong success. He will discuss measuring and monitoring reading growth to differentiate instruction and using measures to ensure students are on a trajectory to college and career readiness. Jason will also speak to the power of incremental, daily summer reading to mitigate the concerns and negative impact associated with summer slide.

IASA is proud to bring this seminar to our membership FREE of charge. Please register so that we have accurate counts for lunches. For information contact Kim Herr at 217-753-2213 or kherr@iasaedu.org .

April 19 th : Normal, Illinois Click here to register.

April 18 th : Lisle, Illinois Click here to register.

April 20 th : Mt. Vernon, Illinois Click here to register.

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