LM March 2017

IASAadds FieldServicesDirectors tomeet demand BleyerandGrimmjoinIASAteamasDr.OsborneretiresfromFSDrole By Mike Chamness IASA Director of Communications Dr. Nick Osborne Tim Bleyer Ralph Grimm

The Illinois Association of School Administrators (IASA) is adding two veteran educational leaders to its cadre of Field Services Directors. Retired Superintendent Tim Bleyer will be Field Services Director for eastern/southern Illinois and retiring Galesburg Superintendent Ralph Grimm will be handling northwestern/western Illinois effective July 1. Bleyer will be replacing Dr. Nick Osborne, who will be retiring as Field Services Director June 30. Dr. Osborne will continue his part-time work with the IASA School for Advanced Leadership (ISAL), which began its fourth two-year cohort in January. “With the ever-growing challenges for superintendents, the demand for mentoring by our Field Services Directors has grown, so with Nick’s retirement the IASA Board of Directors decided to add another Field Services Director and divide the state into four areas to give us better coverage,” said IASA Executive Director Dr. Brent Clark. “Nick has provided such great mentoring and assistance to superintendents that he leaves some big shoes to fill, but we are truly blessed to have educators the quality of Tim and Ralph joining the IASA team.” Bleyer will be assisting superintendents in the Egyptian, Illini, Shawnee and Wabash Valley IASA regions, while Grimm will be taking over duties in the Blackhawk, Northwest, Two Rivers, Starved Rock and Western regions. Dr. Zabilka will handle the Cook North, Cook South, Cook West, DuPage, Kishwaukee, Lake and Three Rivers regions, and

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