Leadership Matters - February 2013

Call for presentations-49th Annual IASA Conference

and evaluation of personnel; legal updates and school district reorganization. We look forward to reviewing what you have to offer! Click here to download the Proposal form. For additional information, contact Cherry Middleton at 217.753.2213 or cmiddleton@iasaedu.org . Proposals submitted by vendors will not be considered. The deadline for proposals to be received is Tuesday, May 28, 2013.

The School Administrators (IASA) is soliciting breakout session proposals for the 49th Annual IASA Conference, scheduled on October 9-11, 2013, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Springfield, IL. This is an opportunity to share your best practices on educational issues with your colleagues. Past sessions have addressed topics such as: assessments; technology; short-term borrowing solutions for schools; retirement planning for school professionals; violence prevention programs; curriculum alignment; hiring Illinois Association of

IASA Annual Meeting Notice

The IASA Annual Meeting will be held from 9:00 to 9:30 a.m., Tuesday, February 26, 2013, at the President Abraham Lincoln Hotel, 701 E. Adams St. in Springfield. This meeting will be held in conjunction with the IASA Leadership Week. The IASA Annual Business Meeting will include a "State of the Association" address by Dr. Brent Clark, IASA Executive Director and a Treasurer’s Update by Dr. Jane L. Westerhold. Those in attendance also will be asked to vote on by-law changes, including a proposal to merge the IASA Legislative and Resolutions/Position Statements Committees into a combined Governmental Relations and Advisory Committee. Click here to watch a six-minute video by IASA President Dr. Kathryn J. Robbins discussing the proposal. The proposed changes are also included in this year's Annual Report and are outlined below. (new language is underscored; deleted language has strikethrough) ARTICLE X – COMMITTEES  SECTION 1. REPRESENTATIVE COMMITTEES AND DELEGATIONS.  The Association shall have five four representative committees: IASA-ISBE Advisory Committee, Professional Development Committee, Legislative Committee, Membership and Communications Committee, and Resolutions and Position Statements Governmental Relations and Advocacy Committee. The Association shall have two delegations: Governmental Strategies and Membership Strategies. The Representative Committee shall include a representative elected from each of the Association’s Regions for a three -year term, with one-third of the members being elected annually. The representative shall be elected for the three-year term as normally scheduled or as vacancies occur by: (1) an election held by the membership of that Region if such election is scheduled and notice of that election is submitted in writing by March 15 by the director to the Association’s Executive Director; or (2) a primary and runoff election conducted through the office of the Association by May 1. The representative must be an Active Member. Any Region may remove an elected representative by using the same method used to so elect that person. The Chair and Associate Chair of each committee shall be members of the Board of Directors, appointed by the President and approved by the Board of Directors, except that the Chair of the IASA-ISBE Advisory Committee shall be the President and the Associate Chair shall be the President-Elect. If a vacancy exists in the membership of a representative committee for more than three months, the President, with approval of the Board of Directors, shall appoint a person from the appropriate Region to complete the vacant term. The Governmental Strategies Delegation shall include the representatives of the Board of Directors and Officers, IASA- ISBE Advisory Committee, Legislative Committee, and Resolutions and Position Statements and Governmental Relations and Advocacy Committee. The Membership Strategies Delegation shall include the representatives of the Board of Directors and Officers, Professional Development Committee, Membership and Communications Committee and Region Presidents. The Chair of the Delegations shall be the President with the President-Elect and Immediate Past President serving as Co-Associate Chairs.

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