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Former DeKalb school board member Don McChesney has a new essay on his blog criticizing what he deems the flawed and politically driven process that led to the 2011 hiring of Cheryl Atkinson to lead DeKalb schools.
McChesney raises his concerns now because he presumes that the DeKalb board will be embarking on yet another search because Atkinson appears ready to bolt. Neither Atkinson nor the school board will confirm her resignation, but it certainly appears that the board is interviewing interim candidates, including former labor Commissioner Michael Thurmond.
(McCheseney lost his seat to Marshall Orson in November.)
Some of the machinations that McChesney describes are a normal part of any major candidate search. I also think it's been shown that Lillie Cox, the front runner who withdrew from consideration, was not driven away by school board antics, but was more interested in a job closer to home. In less than two weeks of withdrawing her name in DeKalb, she took the top job in a North Carolina district where she used to work.
As for the overt political agendas that McChesney alleges, I covered three school boards, three city councils and assorted planning and zoning boards in my first years out of grad school. Hands down, the school boards were the most politically attuned and most politically motivated.
McChesney's essay is long, but here is an excerpt. Read the full piece here.
As speculation mounts that we'll soon be in need of a new superintendent, it's a good time to tell you the saga of the last superintendent search. It's a cautionary tale.
The superintendent search was the most arduous and difficult task I dealt with while on the Board. I almost resigned a couple of times due to the ensuing train wreck I was powerless to stop. I always thought reasoned argument amongst board members would win out in the end. I thought facts mattered. Alas, how naive I was.
Let's start with our search firm Ray and Associates. Some of our board will tell you Ray and Associates did a poor job. I thought they were quite professional and delivered quality candidates that met our requirements. As the BOE reviewed candidates, some of my fellow Board members ruled out candidates that had top-notch credentials and solid records that clearly met the requirements we designed. With each ridiculous objection, the selection criteria morphed into something else. Ray and Associates grew very frustrated because the BOE had them chasing their tail. In our original criteria we wanted a superintendent with communication and media skills, success in a challenged school system, ability to raise student achievement, and capable of removing the bloat from the central office . I was looking for a clean break and preferred that we not choose anyone with ties to DeKalb County.
We met to study resumes. We spent hours reviewing stacks of applications and resumes. I learned a great deal about my colleagues' study capabilities. We all isolated ourselves around the room and began to read. We did not have discussions with each other during the entire period. Representatives from Ray and Associates were in the room to answer any questions. I took notes on each candidate. Some Board members seemed to have difficulty staying on task. Attention spans were all over the place. Those who did not take notes had a very difficult time at the end of the process remembering who was who. That is when one of our members asked if we could have pictures of the candidates. I knew then we had a real problem.
After the ranking we came up with six candidates for the top of the list. This would be the group we interviewed. I did not like the list but my top two made the cut. Pam Speaks, Nancy Jester, and I talked after the meeting. We had each ranked the same candidate #1. We found out later that one other member also had this person first on their list. I was feeling optimistic.
Note that the person four Board members ranked number one was not in the final three.
In a fascinating set of events, the Board offered Dr. Cox a contract. One member sat in stunned silence with head in hands – speechless. The board had six or seven members in favor of offering the contract. I was surprised because, while Dr. Cox wasn't my first pick, she was a solid professional. Ultimately I was happy the process had worked. In hindsight, I should have known better.
As the Board was in negotiations with Dr. Cox, leaks hit the media. The two or three "no" votes had their victory. They obstructed the majority of the Board from carrying out its will.
The remaining candidates were not viable to me. Four of us pressured to bring back the candidate that we had ranked number one. It was a hard fight. Two of our board members were vehemently against my number one. At a previous interview, one of these board members sat near the candidate and fell asleep during the questions. This candidate had the best interview I have ever seen. Members that opposed this candidate either purposefully tried to twist the candidate's record or they weren't capable of understanding the facts. Either way, the interests of children were not served well.
At this time, you probably recall, Pam, Nancy, and I wrote a letter to express our frustration with the process. Our voices were being diminished by all means available to those on the board that wanted to further their hidden agenda. Nancy and I were summoned to SACS headquarters. We were told it wasn't good form to announce one's vote in advance of a meeting. We maintained that it was corrosive and hostile to leak information to thwart the will of the board until some hidden agenda is realized. At that meeting, I felt we were being nudged to "go along to get along". Nancy and I held our ground because we felt that it was the ethical thing to do. It didn't occur to me at the time but, the person, three of us viewed as the most qualified, came from a state that accredits its own schools rather than hand over that responsibility to SACS.
This is when Cheryl Atkinson entered the discussion. The entire board had previously reviewed her resume and took a pass. Come to find out Dr. Atkinson served on SACS committees before. I also sensed that SACS turned a fourth board member who had always agreed with me on the ranking of candidates. Soon, this board member began to speak out in favor of hiring Dr. Atkinson.
It is here that I had to acknowledge the hidden agenda in this whole process. The superintendent had to be African-American. Anything that interfered with this agenda was irrelevant. The majority had completely lost focus on the students.
The BOE did not pick the most qualified candidate. I did not say that Dr. Atkinson was unqualified. She simply was not the best candidate we had before us. I talked with some people from Loraine including a board member. The things I was alerted to became a reality: micromanaging, lack of information, and traveling with an entourage and driver.
So I say go ask the six who hired this lady to defend their position. I bet you will be met with silence.
–From Maureen Downey, for the AJC Get Schooled blog
February 5th, 2013
9:16 am
Maureen, it appears that you are justifying this BOE's behavior. Seriously?
February 5th, 2013
9:46 am
They are not the only ones with political agendas but you would have to look far and wide to find one that had let their personal agendas let down the children they are supposed to be looking out for more. As the parent of a 1st grader in the DCSS, I don't have much faith this BOE even has the desire to improve the situation and I don't have much time to make a decision about how best to make sure my child gets a good education. Right now it is working OK but it is only a matter of time before all of the issues that this BOE has caused will further deteriorate the quality of the education provided by DCSS.
February 5th, 2013
9:51 am
Granted most politically elected or appointed school board members are political animals with agendas that sometimes don't have anything to do with making schools better.
Trying to divert attention to disasters by saying they all do it is not helpful. Some school boards are much worse than others, and we have rampant examples ITP.
February 5th, 2013
10:02 am
Couldn't it be argued that the DeKalb school board—so gloriously multiculti and dysfunctional—are ideal standard bearers for the unreformed public education this blog champions?
February 5th, 2013
10:04 am
Should we go to our children's schools and tell them the lesson of the day is, "Everyone else does it?" Sort of like the plagiarism lesson a week ago? And the "sleep during the meeting where you might lose your job" lesson a week before that?
I would place a considerable bet on the fact that the DeKalb Board of Education is THE worst sitting board in the entire country. I would also place a considerable bet on the fact that the DeKalb County School District is the school system in worst shape right now. There may be school systems with lower scores, but the depth and breadth of what is wrong here is unparalleled.
It isn't just a financial management problem. It isn't just a leadership problem. It isn't just a board problem. It isn't just a lack of funds problem. It isn't just a corruption problem. It isn't just a nepotism problem. It isn't just a racial problem. It isn't just a pure incompetence problem. It is all of these and more. We have it all here.
Maureen, I feel like your commentary makes excuses and makes light of the situation we are in. Shame on you.
February 5th, 2013
10:05 am
George, you are right to be losing faith. Walker's statement to the GaSBOE that they have to deal with so much supposition and rumors is one of the reason why they have so many problems. This man is an idiot. If they were capable leaders the job would be done. They are not capable.
I blame the low info voters in the South that seem to support these people. They keep electing him, Copelin-Wods and Cunningham to the seats. Maybe now some of these folks will begin to doubt the audacity of their leaders and move to unseat them. Whether is supporting the cause and writing letters to the GASBOE/Govenor or finding a new person in 2014. What ever it is, just do it. Board should be elected individually county wide not as a particularly districted area. I can't vote one of these fools out but their crap rolls down to my children.
February 5th, 2013
10:07 am
whatever, unfortunately the Fernbank area had a lot to do with Walker's reelection, not south DeKalb. I agree with everything else you said.
February 5th, 2013
10:14 am
Amen to The Deal's 10:04 post.
February 5th, 2013
10:19 am
Somebody got it right a couple days ago….the same people that hired Atkinson are going to choose her successor, and the cycle will repeat. And yet liberals are still against any form of school choice (including vouchers) to ensure status quo – THIS status quo – remains in place.
February 5th, 2013
10:26 am
Maureen, if you can read what McChesney wrote in its entirety and only come away with well, all BOE's are political, then you and I took very different views of what was written. As far as I am concerned Don's post was a further indictment of the dysfunction and corruption of this BOE. Wouldn't you have been better as to frame your post "Former DCSS BOE Member Exposes Political Motives of BOE's – what do we do to stop it". Instead, the tone of your post is one that appears to be excusing the DCSS BOE because well, "they all do it". I am shocked and disappointed in your view.
February 5th, 2013
10:30 am
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February 5th, 2013
10:30 am
We need to go to ELECTED superintendents.This political intrigue and constant infighting is shortchanging our kids. An elected super would have to perform,or he/she is gone after the next election.Cap their salaries and give them incentive pay for meeting tough (but doable) benchmarks.Include a recall provision in the law establishing elected supers so that they would have to do their job with the needs of the maximum number of stakeholders in mind.
February 5th, 2013
10:31 am
Political correctness is tyranny with manners.
February 5th, 2013
10:47 am
@Clutch Cargo-
Excellent idea. BOE's are just a snakepit of corruption and cronyism.There needs to be a check and balance on their power mad machinations.I would go you one better- Make elected superintendents answerable to the voters and only removeable from office with a 3/4 vote of the school board of if convicted of a specific set of crimes.Then the BOE will HAVE tow work together with the super.
February 5th, 2013
10:48 am
Disagree again, Maureen. McChesney's information just verifies the belief of those of us who INTIMATELY followed the Superintendent search that ended with the hiring of Dr. Atkinson. I find it a little insulting that you think that I am taking Don's "word for it" without viewing and seeing what occured with my own two eyes and ears and talking with other individuals involved with the school district.
February 5th, 2013
10:53 am
But Maureen, don't you think that the size of our county and the sheer number of students, teachers, and taxpayers affected by the DeKalb Board's actions elevate our problems to a different level? There may be some slimy individuals in those tiny districts, but the actions of our board members have far more devastating effects on, really, the state of Georgia.
The economic future of the metro Atlanta area and the state of Georgia greatly depends on the viability and success of the public schools in the third-largest system in the state. This isn't some backwoods Hatfield and McCoy arguing going on. This is large-scale, high stakes political corruption going on. I just can't believe how you are minimizing it. So disappointed.
February 5th, 2013
11:00 am
"Hands down, the school boards were the most politically attuned and most politically motivated."
Well I certainly hope that APS isn't unfairly painted with that broad brush. Numerous 9-0 votes. Consensus. Award winning All of course leading to unparalleled success a success that propelled APS to the very apex of educational achievement in the modern civilized world.
February 5th, 2013
11:00 am
Partisans put on blinders or make excuses for failures when their pet projects don't work out.
Our forefathers saw democratic abuses and purposely set up our system of government as a representative republic – meaning that sometimes more intelligent/ knowledgeable representatives are meant to look into and fix problems. We need the Governor and Legislature to replace some school administrations which have been overtaken by outside issues, sloganeering, and pandering. Sure, liberal bloggers and posters will scream as if this constitutional action were bloody murder, but it simply needs to be done.
February 5th, 2013
11:02 am
Centrist, don't paint all of us liberals with such a broad brush. I'm as lefty as they come, and I want to see this board and superintendent gone, at this point, by any means possible.
February 5th, 2013
11:03 am
Many thanks to Don for adding to the drama!!! The "two or three no votes" = Cunningham, Edler, Copelin-Woods? "Fell asleep during the interview" = Copelin-Woods?
February 5th, 2013
11:03 am
Just because internal politics are "business as usual" doesn't make them less worthy of sunshine. McChesney's blog gives credence (at least from his retelling) to DeKalb teachers' and parents' feelings of impotence and frustration. No doubt that MD's long years of covering the politics of public education has made her somewhat jaded when it comes to stories like this because what's happening here isn't unique. Nonetheless, it's important for advocates to maintain a can-do spirit and continue the good fight. The goal of quality education for ALL children is worth the effort. Don't give in to a feeling of helplessness … keep fighting!
February 5th, 2013
11:06 am
As I retired Dekalb Teacher I was often worried by the central office staff's reverse racism in their actions. They were not color blind in decisions justified as fixing past injustices. This was acceptable and correct until about 1980. There was an internal north-south, economic and racial divide. Funding from the county mainly went north where "it was appreciated" while less mauve schools had to make do . Opened McNair's 'new' English books to find they had been used the year before at Dunwoody, which now got all new books since "those students will appreciate and care for books unlike your kids".
February 5th, 2013
11:06 am
"Do some of them lack the skills to run what is the equivalent of a multimillion dollar company."
Some of these people couldn't run a fever if they were infected with the Andromeda Strain, much less run a multimillion dollar company.
February 5th, 2013
11:18 am
It's not just the dysfunction of the BoE but of the group that Walker is a part of that has gained control of DeKalb, period. Collectively they have ruined what was once a great place to live, work, and go to school.
February 5th, 2013
11:23 am
And these same players are attempting to bring in Michael Thurmond. Not saying he's a bad guy, but he's not a good fit for this superintendency and is seriously lacking education experience. An well-seasoned outsider with a strong reputation is needed to restore public confidence. The board's consideration of Thurmond smacks of cronyism and a last-ditch misguided effort to save themselves from replacement by the Governor. I predict it backfires.
February 5th, 2013
11:23 am
@Maureen Downey
February 5th, 2013
11:00 am
Do some of them lack the skills to run what is the equivalent of a multimillion dollar company. Yes — but I would say that for most school boards in the country. And most city councils, for that matter.
Maureen, you just absolutely refuse to condemn one of the most inept BOE and School Administration in the metro atlanta area. Is this part of your job description? writing for the AJC? Are your editors pulling your strings? Something is amiss because you aren't seeing what most of the people in DeKalb County that care, see. In my view, in your position, you are acting irresponsibly and are not tuned in to the realities of the situation. The realities are if this school system doesn't get fixed shortly, the whole of DeKalb County will begin to feel the effects and will finally be bankrupt because all of the highest tax paying citizens will be moving out and no new businesses will be moving in because of the school system. So you see, you have become a small part of the problem with your rosy blogs.
February 5th, 2013
11:27 am
Maureen, I guess you have to be a parent in DCSS to see the "real" picture here.
February 5th, 2013
11:28 am
the real criteria in the search:
-what can they (the finalist) do for ME?
-how much can I control them?
-are they the proper gender/race currently in political favor?
-do I owe them, or somebody who supports them?
February 5th, 2013
11:31 am
most distressing is the implication/accusation that SACS was actively involved in wonking up the process to get Cheryl into place.
its an ugly, incestuous process.
February 5th, 2013
11:32 am
@bootney…that's pretty much the search critieria….
February 5th, 2013
11:35 am
"It is here that I had to acknowledge the hidden agenda in this whole process. The superintendent had to be African-American. Anything that interfered with this agenda was irrelevant. "
This about sums up the actions of the Board.
February 5th, 2013
11:40 am
I believe that blogs like Get Schooled and DeKalb School Watch Two, social media, and commenters able to post anonymously are the reason DeKalb power brokers and "business as usual" in DCSS are finally getting much-needed scrutiny. I have watched DeKalb schools implode with ever-increasing rapidity over the fourteen years my children have attended public school here. At the same time, social media has erupted as a mechanism for sharing inside information that doesn't always hit the "guaranteed readership" goals of electronic and print media.
For many years, parents and teachers were able to buffer the classroom from the stupid decisions made in the Central Office with volunteers filling in the gaps, fundraisers to augment cuts in budgets, etc. Those efforts became ineffective when the School Board and Central Office decided it was okay to cut teachers' salaries, increase classroom populations, delete gifted education by mixing it with accelerated classes and calling a 'code" adequate to meet federal guidelines, took away parapros in elementary schools and special education classrooms, etc.
Which comes first? The insider comment on a blog or a reporter's coverage of public education news? They're intertwined.
So while I may not like the tenor of MD's post, I nonetheless value it for catalyzing these discussions and updates.
February 5th, 2013
11:48 am
there's a broader issue here. the relationship between DCSS and county management. don't think for a moment they aren't scratching each others backs intensely.
face it. the whole of DeKalb county management is corrupt. best to treat it like Escape from New York. wall it off, cut off all ties, and let it hunger games itself.
since state law is fuzzy on creating new counties, parts of DeKalb should petition to join Gwinnett.
February 5th, 2013
11:50 am
@DunMoody…So while I may not like the tenor of MD's post, I nonetheless value it for catalyzing these discussions and updates
Oh, I agree. I totally disagree with Maureen's view on this, but am glad I have an outlet to disagree.
February 5th, 2013
11:54 am
Those who are advocating for an elected superintendent are fooling themselves if they think the issues surrounding elections for BOE members won't exist for a superintendent election. Who do you think would be voting?–The same folks that voted in this BOE.
February 5th, 2013
11:55 am
I disagree with McCheseney on one point. the board never lost sight of the students in its quest for appointing a black super above all else.
the board never had the students anywhere on their collective radar to begin with.
for the life of me, I can't figure out why the GBI isn't occupying the main DCSS palace doing a top to bottom investigation of the whole county. DeKalb is working the old 1950s Louisiana playbook. if you ain't cheating, you ain't trying. pretty soon a criminal record will be a political plus when running for office
February 5th, 2013
11:58 am
Remember when your paper printed confidential information about the negotiations with Ms. Cox and then protected the names of the board members who leaked that information to you?
Is aiding and abetting corrupt Board Members a 'normal part of the process'?
While it is certainly convenient for the AJC to claim she never wanted to come to DeKalb in the first place, the more likely explanation is that we were competing for the services of a well-qualified and desired educator whose decision became easier when your paper printed sensitive details about the contract negotiation leaked by corrupt board members to whom you granted anonymity.
February 5th, 2013
12:00 pm
totally agree with Maureen on one important point. the board is much more a symptom than the actual problem.
if the citizens didn't de facto endorse this mess, those idiots would not be in place to begin with. the same criteria I posted above for super selection applies at the lower level of voters choosing the DCSS and their various corrupt elected officials.
DeKalb is a cesspool because the citizens WANT it to be a cesspool.
February 5th, 2013
12:01 pm
Actually, MD, I'm not counting on the potential School Board overhaul to "fix things." I've said all along that's just part of the solution. A Central Office overhaul, local school control (instruction and materials quantified and delivered for the specific needs of each school's student population), and restoration of public education funding all have to take place. Gonna keep tilting at that windmill …
February 5th, 2013
12:04 pm
Hopefully, the Dekalb County School Board will be replaced soon.
February 5th, 2013
12:14 pm
A new board is only one part of the solution. Just because this one part won't resolve the entire problem doesn't mean it doesn't need to happen. There is no silver bullet; if there was, we would have already done that.
The complication, convolution, and confusion surrounding who the authority figures are in this situation is part of why we can't get it resolved quickly. There is no one throat to choke. SACS, DA, Governor, state BOE, voters, local leaders, state legislators, and media all have a part in how we got to this point, and they will all need to do their part in improving it.
I, for one, have lost my faith in this county and its future. With as many good people we have here, there are apparently more bad or apathetic. This county may need to implode and put a huge hit on the state's economy and appeal before anything drastic is done. That won't happen in the next 10 years while my kids are in school, which is a good reason to leave and watch from my rear view mirror.
February 5th, 2013
12:15 pm
"Our forefathers saw democratic abuses and purposely set up our system of government as a representative republic – meaning that sometimes more intelligent/ knowledgeable representatives are meant to look into and fix problems. We need the Governor and Legislature to replace some school administrations which have been overtaken by outside issues, sloganeering, and pandering. Sure, liberal bloggers and posters will scream as if this constitutional action were bloody murder, but it simply needs to be done."
The idea that the people should choose and not some appointed or hereditary group is really pretty conservative in today's definition and consistent with the founding fathers. The loudest voices for removing the board, however, interestingly, come from the most conservative part of the county. The idea that government knows better is really much more a liberal idea.
February 5th, 2013
12:16 pm
Maureen, great reporting, again.
Too few of us have "institutional memory". I recall the last vestiges of the "original school board" model. Being on the school board represented community service. Boards were comprised of local business/professional leaders, pastors, sometimes college professors, sometimes their wives.
Then, following SCOTUS rulings that: forced "integration" through busing both black and white students all over "the checker board" and the children were indeed reduced to checker pieces, kids whose study, after-school work, and community-involvement diminution "didn't matter" ; that outlawed school prayer, and any mention of God in history books. The "good people" fled to private schools, and school board membership morphed from performing community-beneficent voluntary service into a first-step opportunity to acquire the skills of politics, as preparation to statehouse legislative offices, and even Washington, D.C. ultimate career posts.
Cheryl Atkinson isn't a villainess, Michael Thurmond isn't going to "rescue" APS. But it makes for good theatre. "The play's the thing."
February 5th, 2013
12:23 pm
Maureen, I think you have let a little publicity go to your head and how dare YOU have a slightly different opinion. Geeeze, soon you, like me will be accused of being on crack or an angry **** for criticizing the only sunshine on the DKBOE or something like that… just kidding,. I feel you pain as I have challenged every members of the DKBOE even the sacred cows but I bet you are used to it. Maybe I'm wrong, but maybe not. I am entitled to my opinions and Deal can reinstate anyone he thinks will an asset. I want a chance at a reset.
I think you are probably right about GA corruption but wanted to bring your attention to "that" GA law that I think does more than remove BOE on probation. I can't find any record of "Code of Ethics" for DCSS being passed at a BOE meeting as required or one being submitted GADOE. It was required by this law:
and put in place by this timeline and checklist:
This is the ONLY reference I can find on an attempt to pass one at a BOE meeting.
I am not a lawyer or an expert but I can read! I have called DCSS and asked for the copy… and left GABOE s message. Maybe you can look into this for us? Just saying not all states have this kind of corruption and this law, if enforced could force improvement and we can all get back to being normal 'moms"!
February 5th, 2013
12:26 pm
I've got to defend Maureen on putting perspective to this. Its bad, but its not Clayton County.
One different perspective might be that Don, Nancy and Pam tried to cram their choice down the throat of others who had some serious objection to that person (which wasn't necessarily race-maybe it was but we don't know). Those 3 held a meeting and discussed superintendent candidates by themselves in a violation of the spirit if not the rules of the board and the open meetings laws. Ms. Cox was very young and inexperienced and that could be objectionable to some. Being white, bright, young and energetic doesn't make her a good candidate. (now I'm not saying this is my perspective, just that there can be very different perspectives on the same situation. And from reading Don's website he is about as far from objective as you can get).
February 5th, 2013
12:32 pm
School boards everywhere, unfortunately, get many aspiring politicians who see it as an easier place to win a first election than other elected offices and use it as a springboard to other posts.


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This video was shown today by the principal at my school to students and teachers and may be one you have seen or heard before, but it is still worth listening to. I thought it was particularly timely as in our Humanities class we are reading One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, and just the other day we were talking about language, the power of our words, and what it means to be normal. The word "retard" is one I am constantly discouraging in the same way as I discourage other inappropriate words.
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I went to a workshop a while ago on visual journaling. They talked about the importance of letting children play in their sketch books and letting them paint and have fun in them. After attending the workshop we had an afternoon of playing with paints and pastels in our sketchbooks in my class. The children had so much fun and really embraced the freedom to create.
I think that time to play is hugely important for children. Children don't always need to be "taught" something in order to learn. Whenever we give children the freedom to explore, they learn a great deal, possibly more than we could teach them in a "structured" activity. Any time I give my class time to play or explore something without restrictions they amaze me with their creative minds.
"The Montessori learning method, founded by Maria Montessori, emphasizes a collaborative environment without grades or tests, multi-aged classrooms, as well as self-directed learning and discovery for long blocks of time, primarily for young children ages 2 1/2 to 7."
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Here's what's happening in pop culture:
• Michael Jackson would have turned 55 today, so it's as good a time as any for the music producer Timbaland to announce a Jackson project. [Vulture]
• Get to know Sarah Horn, the music teacher who became a YouTube sensation when singer Kristin Chenoweth brought her up onstage at the Hollywood Bowl. [The Hollywood Reporter]
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Huskers preparing for Wyoming
Lincoln, Neb.- The Nebraska football team started its game one preparations for Wyoming during a two and a half practice held inside the Hawks Center and outside at the Ed and Joyanne Gass Practice Fields in half pads Monday evening.
Offensive Coordinator Tim Beck met with media after practice, noting that he believes the team is ready to let the team bonding begin during the season, while also talking about the transition from fall camp to game one preparations.
"I think our guys have had a really competitive fall---and physical, and I think our guys are looking forward to having an opportunity to come together and bond." Beck said.
As for starting Wyoming preparations, Beck mentioned that the Huskers are already full speed ahead in game one preparations for the Cowboys.
"I think they (Wyoming) play really hard, and all indications is that they switched the team around, so we are preparing for everything." Beck said, "We want to make sure our guys go out there and play fast, and play hard."
Watch out for Wyoming's secondary, Beck believes that the Cowboys could wreak some havoc against the Husker high octane offense.
"I think that is where more of the veteran players are, you don't know much about some of the lineman or the linebackers." Beck said, "They play hard."
Today marked the first day of fall semester classes at Nebraska, and according to Coach Beck, he believes practice today was one of the best practices he has been a part of on the first day of classes.
"Actually (today) might be one of the better 'first day of school practices' I have ever been a part of, I have been other places and we wouldn't have practiced today, we would have practiced yesterday." Beck said, "It's such a crazy day, this first day, some of our guys handled themselves pretty well."
Nebraska will continue preparations Tuesday as the team moves closer to its season opener. NU will face Wyoming on Aug. 31 at 7 p.m. CST.
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For years, the Chautauqua County budget has controlled county legislators. A proposal discussed recently by the Audit and Control Committee could help legislators lead the process for a chang....
Rushed budget or not, real change and fiscal responsibility for the taxpayers of Chaut Co will not happen until the Legislators are willing and able to make some very tough decisions and stop kicking the budget problems down the road.
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Evaluate/develop and implement treatment plans, with the interdisciplinary team, in response to the vocational rehabilitation needs of persons receiving services. Work under minimum supervision.
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Evaluates/relates the persons served work/educational history, interest, aptitude, and ability and physical skill to vocational potential and necessary training. Develop with interdisciplinary rehabilitation team, vocational rehabilitation treatment plan based on evaluation results and goals of person receiving services.
Administers direct treatment utilizing vocational rehabilitation techniques. Sets up programs to build the skills necessary to progress persons served toward the highest level of independent functioning. Emphasizes skills related to vocational pursuits.
Design pre-vocational program to measure the current skill, ability, and interest of person receiving services. Oversee individual program/treatment plan implemented by supported rehabilitative staff.
Design community reintegration activities to assist the person receiving services with their vocational needs during physical activity. Assist the person receiving services in understanding their various needs and limitations and how to manage them during function.
Provide training to the person receiving services and as appropriate, all others involved in that person's rehabilitation. Analyze and document the result of any training.
Perform a thorough evaluation, assessing the needs of the person receiving services, and set measurable objectives that are formulated in conjunction with the rehabilitation team. Adjust treatment to achieve maximum results.
Responsible to apply professional knowledge and skills in accordance with accepted standards of clinical practice, to facilitate problem resolutions, and thereby the achievement of individualized goals and outcomes for the person served.
Report progress to the rehabilitation staff, person receiving services and family members.
Observe/document and report changes in the condition of the person served to the Clinical Coordinator/ designee, attending physician and other treatment team members as appropriate.
Provide treatment progress and status documentation in accordance with the Plan of Treatment.
Participate in the team process, provide input and effective treatment strategies. Attend case conference and family educational meetings.
Develop, teach and assess the plan of treatment. Guide the Rehabilitation Specialist/Certified Nursing Assistant in fulfillment of the plan. Use appropriate methods and tools in all teaching and training activities, including those associated with discharge.
Maintain the highest standards of professional conduct in relation to information that is confidential in nature. Share information only when the recipient's right to access is clearly established and the sharing of such information is clearly in the best interest of the person served.
Collect and document items necessary for the organization to complete a thorough and effective program evaluation and program improvement.
Attend, participate in and/or conduct internal staff development programs, obtain continuing education as required by Company policy and regulations. Maintain and enhance clinical practice skills.
Perform other duties as assigned in response to the person serviced, office and/or program needs.
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To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
The candidate must successfully complete any/all required pre-employment evaluation test(s) per policy in each assigned area of practice. Good organizational and communication skills are needed. Ability to function with minimum supervision. Reliable transportation is required. The candidate will have the physical ability to perform job related duties which may require lifting, standing, bending, stooping, stretching, walking, pushing, and pulling with or without reasonable accommodation. A health examination must be successfully completed prior to assignment and periodically thereafter, as required by Company policy, and/or state regulations, to verify that he/she is physically capable of performing assigned duties with or without reasonable accommodations.
The candidate will have the physical ability to perform job related duties which may require lifting, standing, bending, stooping, stretching, walking, pushing, and pulling with or without reasonable accommodation. A health examination must be successfully completed prior to assignment and periodically thereafter, as required by company policy, and/or state regulations, to verify that he/she is physically capable of performing assigned duties with or without reasonable accommodations.
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Masters Degree in Rehabilitation Counseling or the equivalent plus a minimum of two years vocational counseling experience with individuals with neurological impairments is required. Knowledge of complex neurologic injury and orthopedic rehabilitation techniques generally required. Maintain professional license and/or certification as required by the state in which the therapist practices. Effective communication skills also required.
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FDA proposes sweeping new food safety rulesBy MARY CLARE JALONICK
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Jensen Farms near Holly, Colo., is among hundreds of thousands of U.S. food producers affected by major changes in food safety rules.WASHINGTON The Food and Drug Administration on Friday proposed the most sweeping food safety rules in decades, requiring farmers and food companies to be more vigilant in the wake of deadly outbreaks in peanuts, cantaloupe and leafy greens.
The long-overdue regulations are aimed at reducing the estimated 3,000 deaths a year from foodborne illness. Just since last summer, outbreaks of listeria in cheese and salmonella in peanut butter, mangoes and cantaloupe have been linked to more than 400 illnesses and as many as seven deaths, according to the Centers for Disease Control. The actual number of those sickened is likely much higher.
The FDAs proposed rules would require farmers to take new precautions against contamination, to include making sure workers hands are washed, irrigation water is clean, and that animals stay out of fields. Food manufacturers will have to submit food safety plans to the government to show they are keeping their operations clean.
Many responsible food companies and farmers are already following the steps that the FDA would now require them to take. But officials say the requirements could have saved lives and prevented illnesses in several of the large-scale outbreaks that have hit the country in recent years.
In a 2011 outbreak of listeria in cantaloupe that claimed 33 lives, for example, FDA inspectors found pools of dirty water on the floor and old, dirty processing equipment at Jensen Farms in Colorado where the cantaloupes were grown. In a peanut butter outbreak this year linked to 42 salmonella illnesses, inspectors found samples of salmonella throughout Sunland Inc.s peanut processing plant in New Mexico and multiple obvious safety problems, such as birds flying over uncovered trailers of peanuts and employees not washing their hands.
Under the new rules, companies would have to lay out plans for preventing those sorts of problems, monitor their own progress on those safety efforts and explain to the FDA how they would correct them.
The rules go very directly to preventing the types of outbreaks we have seen, said Michael Taylor, FDAs deputy commissioner for foods.
The FDA estimates the new rules could prevent almost 2 million illnesses annually, but it could be several years before the rules are actually preventing outbreaks. Taylor said it could take the agency another year to craft the rules after a four-month comment period, and farms would have at least two years to comply meaning the farm rules are at least three years away from taking effect. Smaller farms would have even longer to comply.
The new rules, which come exactly two years to the day President Barack Obamas signed food safety legislation passed by Congress, were already delayed. The 2011 law required the agency to propose a first installment of the rules a year ago, but the Obama administration held them until after the election. Food safety advocates sued the administration to win their release.
The produce rule would mark the first time the FDA has had real authority to regulate food on farms. In an effort to stave off protests from farmers, the farm rules are tailored to apply only to certain fruits and vegetables that pose the greatest risk, like berries, melons, leafy greens and other foods that are usually eaten raw. A farm that produces green beans that will be canned and cooked, for example, would not be regulated.
Such flexibility, along with the growing realization that outbreaks are bad for business, has brought the produce industry and much of the rest of the food industry on board as Congress and FDA has worked to make food safer.
In a statement Friday, Pamela Bailey, president of the Grocery Manufacturers Association, which represents the countrys biggest food companies, said the food safety law can serve as a role model for what can be achieved when the private and public sectors work together to achieve a common goal.
The farm and manufacturing rules are only one part of the food safety law. The bill also authorized more surprise inspections by the FDA and gave the agency additional powers to shut down food facilities. In addition, the law required stricter standards on imported foods. The agency said it will soon propose other overdue rules to ensure that importers verify overseas food is safe and to improve food safety audits overseas.
Food safety advocates frustrated over the last year as the rules stalled praised the proposed action.
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Lecturers in English as a Second Language
The Department of Humanities invites applications for two full-time Lecturer positions in ESL (English as a Second Language) to begin August 2014. The Lecturer position is a two (2) year renewable contract.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Teach a range of ESL courses that focus on preparing international undergraduate and graduate students for academic study at the university. Courses include any or a combination of intermediate, advanced and transitional (bridge) levels of reading, vocabulary, writing, grammar, listening/speaking during the fall/spring semesters for up to 18 contact hours per semester.
Other duties and responsibilities include but not limited to:
Assist with student advising/mentoring, manage testing and placement, participate in curriculum and course revision processes, collaborate in materials development and textbook decision-making, utilize technology in teaching and coordinate conversation and lab activities. Perform related duties as assigned. Hold regular office hours.
Candidate should have evidence of continuing professional development. Candidate should have a strong background in assessment and program review.
Additional Duties and Responsibilities:
The IESL Program provides a fourteen (14) week Summer Session. Candidate may be expected to teach every other summer.
Minimum Qualifications:
Master's in TESL/TESOL, or Master's in a closely related field and substantial ESL teaching experience at the college level. Excellent Proficiency in English.
Preferred Qualification:
PhD in TESL/TESOL, Applied Linguistics or closely related field and post-secondary teaching experience.
Please send a letter of application, curriculum vitae, evidence of teaching effectiveness, and three confidential letters of recommendation to:
Beatrice Smith
Chair, ESL Lecturer Search Committee
Department of Humanities
Michigan Technological University
1400 Townsend Drive
Houghton, MI 49931-1295
Review of applications begins on February 7, 2014 and continues until the position is filled.
Michigan Technological University is an Equal Opportunity Educational Institution/Equal Opportunity Employer, which includes providing equal opportunity for protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.
Michigan Tech is an internationally renowned doctoral research university, with a diverse community of 7,000 undergraduate and graduate students and cross-disciplinary faculty. Located on Lake Superior in Houghton, MI, its community offers year-round recreational and cultural opportunities.
Michigan Tech is an ADVANCE institution, one of a limited number of universities in receipt of NSF funds in support of our commitment to increase diversity and the participation and advancement of women in STEM.
Michigan Tech acknowledges the importance of supporting dual career partners in attracting and retaining a quality workforce. Michigan Tech is committed to offering career exploration advice and assistance whenever feasible and appropriate at the University and in the local community. See www.dual.mtu.edu for additional information.
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EDINBURG – The Museum of South Texas History will host their fourth annual Summer Nights at the Museum to be held at 7 p.m. on June 12, July 10 and Aug. 7. During the three night series adventure the museum's signature exhibition, Rio Grande Legacy, will come to life section by section, providing three different adventures through time.
Each Summer Night program follows a schedule of events that will promptly kick off at 7 p.m. with a puppet show — popcorn included – to tie into the spotlighted exhibition section. Guests should arrive early to get their snack before show time.
Following the puppet show, children will receive a game card to begin playing "Find Me if You Can," a quest to find the character, artifact or image that inspired the puppet characters. Once completed, the game card can be entered into a drawing for a prize to be awarded at the end of each night. If the children play the game each month, they will not only have three chances to win but also a chance to win a grand prize at the conclusion of Summer Nights.
When the sun goes down, the museum will come to life. While children are on their quest, that evening's spotlighted exhibition section will come to life through costumed interpreters talking about and demonstrating their everyday life.
For "kids" of all ages there will be many hands-on activities including "Digging up History," "Frontier Defense" and the ever popular "Atlatl Target Practice." One of the new activities this year, "Treasure Chest," is a challenge that brings out the competitive spirit in a race for the gold.
Be sure to attend the entire Summer Nights series as each one is a different adventure. And, complete the game card for the series and qualify for an entry in the grand prize.
The three themes are "Sweet Dreams of the River Frontier," June 12; "A Place Called Home," July 10; and "I Used to Be a Star," Aug. 7.
Admission is included in the regular admission price. The museum is located at 200 N. Closner in Edinburg.
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