Leadership Matters May 2014 working doc

IASAwill celebrate itsGoldenAnniversary atAnnual Conference tobeheld inOctober

The year was 1964.

President LyndonBaines Johnsondeclaredhis “War onPoverty.”

TheSurgeonGeneral issueda report saying that smokingmay behazardous.

Message from the ExecutiveDirector Dr. Brent Clark

TheBeatlesmade their first appearance on the “EdSullivanShow.”

Planswereannounced to construct theWorldTradeCenter inNewYorkCity.

The Warren Commission issued its report concluding that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in assassinatingPresident JohnF. Kennedy.

TheCardinals beat theYankees towin theWorldSeries.

TheCivil RightsAct was signed into law.

It also was the year that the Illinois Association of School Administrators (IASA) ended its affiliation with the Illinois Education Association (IEA) and became a stand-alone statewide association representing school superintendents and other school administrators. Fast-forward 50 years to 2014 and the IASA stands as one of the nation’s largest associations for school administrators with more than 1,700 members. Our history is rich, and theassociation remains focusedon its vision of “MaximumEducational Success for All Children.”

We are marking the 50 th anniversary of IASA becoming a stand-alone association in several ways, including introducing a new logo and the design for a commemorative coin that will be given to attendees of our Annual Conference. Speaking of the conference, we are working very hard to make the conference the highlight of our Golden Anniversary celebration, so please save thedatesOctober 8-10. In fact, I can tell you now that while we still are in the process of finalizing a couple of general sessions, we already have confirmed many of our main speakers and it is an outstanding group, including:

 Hall Davidson , Director of the Discovery Education Network and a nationally known educator and speaker on education in the digital age. Before coming to the Discovery Education Network, Davidson was Director of Educational Services at KOCE-TV, a PBS station in Orange County, California and taughtmath ona television show that earned anEmmy.  Noted author and business consultant Jon Gordon , who has written books on such topics as leadership, culture and teamwork. He has authored nine books, including OneWord, The Energy Bus and TheSeed , FindingPurposeandHappiness in LifeandWork .  Suhail Farooqui is CEO of K12 Insight, a company that specializes in survey design and deployment in public schools, and the impact of surveys and community-wide communication on public schools. He is widely recognized as a visionary helping America’s public schools become more relevant andeffective at their coremission.

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