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From: STATE SUPERINTENDENT
Sent: Friday, September 13, 2002 5:11 PM
To: District Superintendents, ROEs, Directors of Special Education
Subject: Weekly Message from State Superintendent Robert Schiller - 9/13/02
Good afternoon. I have six items to outline for you this week, but I first want to follow up on my call for "a few good men and women."
Last week I told you that, as we seek to fill numerous anticipated management openings at the agency, I want to make sure persons with field experience are part of our candidate pool. Below is a list of positions that will be posted within the next two weeks via the formal process of the agency's Vacancy Bulletin. The positions on this list are currently vacant, filled on an "acting" basis, or will be made vacant by retirement.
If there is a position in which you are interested, please, please contact Personnel by calling
(217)782-6434, by sending your request to Personnel, Illinois State Board of Education, 100 North First Street, Springfield, IL 62777 or by e-mailing email@example.com.
I will notify all of you by means of this weekly message when the formal vacancy list is issued. It will be viewable on our web site.
Work Unit
Salary Range
Department of External Assurance
$80,000 - $116,000
Department of School Finance
Division Administrator
Budget & Financial Management
$70,000 – $100,0000
Division Administrator
Career Development & Preparation
$70,000 – $100,0000
Division Administrator
Curriculum & Instruction
$70,000 – $100,0000
Division Administrator
$70,000 – $100,0000
Division Administrator
English Language Learning
$70,000 – $100,0000
Division Administrator
External Assurance (A)
$70,000 – $100,0000
Division Administrator
Multi-Media & Web Services
$70,000 – $100,0000
Division Administrator
New Learning Opportunities
$70,000 – $100,0000
Division Administrator
Organizational Review (Internal Audit)
$70,000 – $100,0000
Division Administrator
$70,000 – $100,0000
Division Administrator
Program Support
$70,000 – $100,0000
Division Administrator
School Business & Support Services
$70,000 – $100,0000
Division Administrator
Staff Development
$70,000 – $100,0000
Division Administrator
System of Support
$70,000 – $100,0000
Division Supervisor
$50,000 - $85,000
Division Supervisor
Certificate Renewal & Leadership
$50,000 - $85,000
Division Supervisor
$50,000 - $85,000
Division Supervisor
Fiscal & Administrative Services (Fiscal)
$50,000 - $85,000
Division Supervisor
Fiscal & Administrative Services (Admin Serv)
$50,000 - $85,000
Division Supervisor
Professional Certification & Testing
$50,000 - $85,000
Division Supervisor
Regional Office Services
$50,000 - $85,000
Division Supervisor
Special Education Compliance
$50,000 - $85,000
Division Supervisor
Technology Support
$50,000 - $85,000
In addition, this week's message contains
§ 20-Minute Board Packet for September 18-19 Meeting
§ ISBE conducts first of four budget hearings on September 19.
§ State Technology Plan needs your scrutiny
§ Scholarships, annual stipend make NBPTS process more appealing
§ Federal grants support technology capabilities in new, renovated schools
§ Parent involvement is focus on TV public service announcements
20-Minute Board Packet for September 18-19 Meeting
Complete meeting materials, including specific documents mentioned below, are available at http://www.isbe.net/board/
I. Education Policy/Planning Issues
School District Showcase (Wednesday morning)
Background and Issues
· During the next several months, each State Board meeting will highlight an Illinois school or school district that has made significant educational progress. School personnel will have an opportunity to talk with Board members about the actions they have taken that contributed to their success, as well as the challenges and barriers they have faced.
· The first showcase will feature Irving Elementary School in Quincy.
What will happen at the Board meeting
· Representatives from Irving Elementary School and the Quincy district board/administration will talk formally and informally with State Board members.
Next Steps
· A similar session highlighting a local school will be scheduled for October.
2002 Statewide Achievement Data: SAT and Advanced Placement Exams (Wednesday afternoon)
Background and Issues
· The statewide results of the 2002 SAT I indicate that Illinois students who took this voluntary college entrance examination are doing significantly better than the national average.
· Nine percent of Illinois high school students participated in this exam. Their verbal scores were 77 points higher than the national average and 63 points higher than the national average in mathematics.
· The Illinois scores represent a continuing upward trend, with verbal scores up 2 points over last year and up 15 points from 1997. Math scores were up 8 points from 2001 and up 20 points from 1997.
· The average SAT I scores for minority students showed an increase over last year.
· Advanced Placement (AP) exam results for Illinois public school students also showed strong performance.
· 363 public schools had at least one student taking an AP exam, and 278 schools had at least ten students taking an exam. Student participation from these schools represented 60% of the total.
· 46% of Illinois public students scored a 4 or 5, as compared to 34% for the nation.
· Participation in AP programs by Black and Hispanic remains significantly lower than by White and Asian students
What will happen at the Board meeting
· The Superintendent and staff will present the data and policy implications for Board discussion.
Next Steps
· Staff will seek continued federal funding for incentives and support for student participation in the AP program.
· Staff will pursue additional program and funding improvements as directed by the Board and the State Superintendent.
Illinois Learning Standards (Wednesday afternoon/Thursday morning)
Background and Issues
· The fourth annual evaluation of the implementation of the Illinois Learning Standards (ILS) in Illinois schools identified significant correlations among overall ILS implementation and student ISAT performance in specific content areas. This is believed to be the first study in the country to establish significant quantitative correlations between standards use and achievement.
· The evaluation also showed that there is greater belief among local educators that the Standards are "here to stay," and greater buy-in for the concept of standards-led teaching and learning.
· Local educators particularly emphasized their belief that the ILS provide a means for assuring a more equitable education for all students "by asserting that schools are accountable for certain levels of content mastery for all their students."
· Despite increased acceptance of the Standards, the percentage of schools whose ILS implementation is at "Level 3" remained about the same this year as last. This prompted the question of what level of implementation is sufficient (on a 5-point scale) and if further growth is desired, what must be done to accomplish it.
· The evaluation also indicated that local educators continue to find it difficult to understand the link between ISAT and PSAE and the Learning Standards. The timeline and format for reporting assessment data create perceived barriers for use of test data.
· Recommendations from the evaluation, which was conducted by Lizanne DeStefano and Nona Prestine at the University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign, indicate that the State Board should:
ü set explicit expectations for local ILS implementation;
ü foster and support capacity building for effective standards implementation; and
ü clarify the relationship between state assessments and the ILS.
· Staff analysis of the implications of this report highlighted the potential use of the high school performance standards to develop "curriculum frameworks" for the core courses needed for strong performance on the PSAE and for college preparation.
What will happen at the Board meeting
· The evaluation team will present their findings and recommendations for Board discussion and response.
· The Board will consider the recommendations from the State Superintendent that it do the following:
ü direct staff to conduct a gap analysis of the recommendations in the report in relation to current ISBE activities and to develop a work plan for continuing standards implementation in Illinois;
ü ask the Assessment and Accountability Task Force to consider the report recommendations regarding assessment;
ü authorize a project to develop high school coursework "frameworks" and pursue additional policy discussions around core curriculum; and
ü authorize a second-phase evaluation/study to answer additional questions about state policies and support that can help districts improve student achievement in relation to the Learning Standards.
Next Steps
· Staff will disseminate the evaluation report to the education community.
· Staff will initiate actions consistent with the Board's decisions and directions on the recommendations described above.
No Child Left Behind: Highly Qualified Teacher Guidance Document
(Wednesday afternoon/Thursday morning)
Background and Issues
· The No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) requires that during the FY03 school year, all newly hired teachers in programs supported by Title I funds must be "highly qualified" according to the definition set forth in this law. By 2006, all teachers in the core academic areas (as defined in the law) must be "highly qualified" for their assignments.
· The proposed guidance document indicates that most of the certificates issued through the Board's current certification system are aligned with the NCLB requirements.
· A notable exception is the transitional bilingual certificate (Type 29) which will be continued (with proposed changes) but will not meet the federal requirement for "highly qualified." Teachers who hold the Type 29 certificate can be considered "highly qualified" for purposes of federal law if they pass the applicable examinations. However, teachers who pass these examinations still have to complete an approved program to qualify for receipt of an Illinois certificate when their Type 29 certificate expires.
· The No Child Left Behind Act also requires that school districts notify parents when their child has been taught for four or more consecutive weeks by one or more teachers who are not "highly qualified."
· Staff have developed sample information and notice forms that can be used by districts to meet this federal requirement.
What will happen at the Board meeting
· The Board will discuss and take action on the recommended guidance document.
Next Steps
· Pending Board approval of the guidance document, it will be widely disseminated along with the sample information and notice forms.
No Child Left Behind: Supplemental Educational Services (Wednesday afternoon/Thursday morning)
Background and Issues
· The No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) requires that schools that have not made Adequate Yearly Progress for a third consecutive year must provide "Supplemental Educational Services" or SES for their students.
· The State Board is required to develop a list of approved providers of SES, which can include public, private and faith-based organizations as well as local school districts. The Board is also required to monitor and publicly report on the quality and effectiveness of services provided by approved providers, and withdraw approval from those providers that fail to demonstrate student achievement.
· As the first step in meeting these and other state responsibilities regarding SES, the staff have developed draft criteria for review and approval of potential SES providers. These criteria were developed consistent with federal law and draft guidance and with the advice and counsel of numerous stakeholders in the public and private communities.
· The proposed criteria include the following requirement:
ü evidence of previous success by the provider;
ü the use of programs and practices that reflect research and are aligned with the Illinois Learning Standards;
ü instruction that is linked with the academic program services received by eligible students during the regular school day and that is secular, neutral and non-ideological;
ü evidence of employment of competent staff who at a minimum meet the requirements for paraprofessionals under NCLB and have successfully completed a recent criminal background check; and
ü evidence of the provider's financial soundness and capacity to supply uninterrupted quality services for the term of the contract with the local school district.
What will happen at the Board meeting
· The Superintendent and staff will present the proposed criteria for SES providers and ask the Board to adopt the document.
Next Steps
· Staff will disseminate the criteria and, in early October, release an "Application for Supplemental Service Providers."
· In November, the Board will be asked to take action on approvable providers that have submitted early applications.
· In December, the Board will take action on approvable providers that have submitted applications subsequent to those reviewed at the November meeting.
· The list of approved providers will be disseminated and staff will provide technical assistance for those schools that must provide SES during the second semester of the FY03 school year.
Report on ISAT and PSAE Cut Score Setting (Wednesday afternoon/Thursday morning)
Background and Issues
· In response to Board member questions, the staff have prepared a summary of the process and history of cut score setting for ISAT and PSAE, as well as the IGAP which preceded these tests.
· With the exception of the cut scores for 4th grade science on ISAT, all cut scores for the state assessments (whether IGAP, ISAT or PSAE) have remained exactly as initially set by the State Board.
· The 4th grade ISAT cut scores, which were set by the Board in 2000, were reexamined upon a special request and partially re-set in 2001. The only change was between the bottom two performance categories (i.e., Academic Warning and Below Standards).
· Assessment best practices call for maintaining cut scores for 5-7 years to ensure that longitudinal trends can be maintained and progress in any given year is measured against the same standards.
What will happen at the Board meeting
· The Superintendent and staff will respond to Board member questions/comments about the report in the Board packet.
· The Board will be asked to refer further discussion of cut score setting to the Task Force on Assessment and Accountability for its consideration within the broader context of refining and improving the state testing process.
Next Steps
· Further action will be based on Board direction at this meeting and the recommendations from the Task Force on Assessment and Accountability.
The Illinois After-School Initiative Task Force (Wednesday afternoon/Thursday morning)
Background and Issues
· Identical resolutions passed by the Illinois House and Senate in 2001 led to creation of the Illinois After-School Initiative Task Force. This group's assignments were to (1) assess the state of after-school services in Illinois, the number and location of students in need of after-school programs, and the funding streams for such programs; and (2) develop a plan for coordinating after-school services and "achieving a goal of providing after-school services for every school age child in the state."
· The Task Force, co-chaired by leaders from the State Board of Education and the Department of Human Services, has developed a preliminary report which emphasizes that its goal is to make high-quality after-school services available to all Illinois students and not to mandate student participation.
· The preliminary Task Force report identifies the desired roles of families, communities and the state and includes guiding principles for after-school services, core elements of such services, funding streams and funding issues, critical policy questions and recommendations for priority and secondary actions.
· The key recommendation calls for continued work by the Task Force and others to answer the strategic questions in the report and to develop a plan for meeting the goal of universal after-school program availability.
· Policy issues associated with the report include (1) the challenge of funding after-school programs at a time when there are so many other priorities for state education dollars, and (2) the potential impact of the federal "Supplemental Educational Services" requirement on the development of after-school programs and services in Illinois.
What will happen at the Board meeting
· Staff will present the preliminary Task Force report and respond to questions.
· The Board will be asked to endorse the preliminary recommendations for inclusion in the Task Force's final report.
Next Steps
· The final report will be provided to the Board in October for Board approval.
· The report is to be submitted to the General Assembly by the end of October.
Rules for Initial Review: Part 29 – Standards for Administrative Certification and Part 226 – Special Education (Wednesday afternoon/Thursday morning)
Background and Issues
· The proposed amendments to Part 29 put in place a new credential that will eventually be required of all individuals who wish to serve as directors or assistant directors of special education. The standards for this new credential were adopted previously.
· The proposed amendments to Part 226 phase out the current approval requirements of the special education director position.
· The State Teacher Certification Board has reviewed and endorsed these complementary sets of proposed rules.
What will happen at the Board meeting
· The Board will be asked to authorize distribution of the proposed amendments for public comment.
Next Steps
· Consistent with Board authorization, the proposed rules will be submitted for publication in the Illinois Register and made available for public comment through various other means.
· Following the public comment period, the rule amendments will be brought to the Board, with changes as indicated by the public comment, for final action.
Rules for Adoption: Part 1 – Public Schools Evaluation, Recognition and Supervision
(Wednesday afternoon/Thursday morning)
Background and Issues
· These amendments respond to legislation that established requirements for the supervision of speech-language pathology assistants and paraprofessionals. The proposed rules set out specific requirements and exempt individuals with experience.
· The Board reviewed the proposed rules in June and submitted them for public comment.
· The only comment, from the State Advisory Council on the Education of Students with Disabilities, expressed concern about the underlying legislation, fearing that it could decrease student access to services by fully qualified speech-language pathologists and possibly increase the cost of such services.
· Since this comment did not pertain to the proposed rules, no changes have been made to the version presented in June.
What will happen at the Board meeting
· The Superintendent and staff will present the proposed rule amendments for adoption by the Board.
Next Steps
· Staff will submit the adopted rules to the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules for its required review.
· When that process is complete, the adopted rules will be filed with the Secretary of State and disseminated as appropriate.
Rules for Adoption: Part 25 – Certification (Wednesday afternoon/Thursday morning)
Background and Issues
· The proposed rules deal with electronic registration for certification tests, making that a more feasible option. Other changes are technical in nature.
· The Board reviewed the proposed rules in June and submitted them for public comment. There was none so the rules are presented as they were in June.
What will happen at the Board meeting
· The Superintendent and staff will present the proposed rule amendments for adoption by the Board.
Next Steps
· Staff will submit the adopted rules to the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules for its required review.
· When that process is complete, the adopted rules will be filed with the Secretary of State and disseminated as appropriate.
Waiver Report to the General Assembly (Wednesday afternoon/Thursday morning)
Background and Issues
· The Fall 2002 Waiver Report is the fifteenth report to be submitted to the General Assembly pursuant to the waiver law. It contains 33 waiver requests covering ten topic areas, all of which must be acted on by the General Assembly, as well as 220 requests that have been approved by the State Board of Education under its statutory authority.
· Three waiver requests are highlighted because of staff concerns about their impact on student learning:
ü The Boone/Winnebago Regional Learning Academy request to count as full days of attendance sessions of no less than three and one-half clock hours for some students:
ü The Sauk Village Consolidated School District #168 request to provide every-other-day physical education for students in K-5 and to provide students in grades 6, 7 and 8 with nine weeks of computer instruction in place of daily physical education; and
ü The Fisher Community Unit School District #1 request to excuse students in grades 9-12 from daily physical education in order to participate in the band during school time.
· The Superintendent has recommended that the Fall 2002 Waiver Report be submitted without comment, except for a recommendation from the Board to deny the three requests described above.
What will happen at the Board meeting
· The Superintendent and staff will respond to Board member questions about the report and recommendations.
· The Board will be asked to take final action regarding the transmittal of this report with three recommendations for General Assembly denial.
Next Steps
· Consistent with Board direction, the waiver report will be submitted to the General Assembly on or before the due date of October 1, 2002.
2002 Title II State Report Card (Wednesday afternoon/Thursday morning)
Background and Issues
· Title II of the Higher Education Act requires that each state submit to the public and the U.S. Department of Education a "report card" on the status of teacher preparation.
· The law requires specific data elements in the state report card, including statewide and institutional pass rates on state certification exams, criteria for assessing the performance of teacher training programs, a listing of "low-performing" teacher preparation programs in the state, information on waivers of the state's certification or licensure requirements, information on alternative routes to certification, and a description of efforts by the state to improve teacher quality.
· This is the second State Report Card to be developed consistent with these requirements and, with one exception, the data are similar to that in the 2001 Report Card.
· The exception is in the area of waivers to state certification and licensure, where the data indicate that Illinois has a greater percentage of teachers on waivers in 2000-2001 than in 1999-2000. In 1999, 2.6% o the teaching force held one of the waiver certificates; that percentage increased to 3.2% in 2000. This increase is noteworthy because the total teaching population increased by nearly 4000 between the two years.
· The percentage of teachers on waivers in high-poverty districts (6.5%) remains higher than the state average or percentage in low-poverty districts. Moreover, that percentage grew from 5.4% in 1999 to 6.5% in 2000.
· Pass rates on certification tests remain high among all teacher preparation institutions in Illinois; however, this picture may change next year when the results of the Enhanced Basic Skills test will be reported.
· Beyond next year, the percentage of teacher candidates reported as passing the state certification tests will be impacted by new legislation that requires passage of the Basic Skills and content area tests as a condition for (respectively) teacher education program admission and student teaching. When those changes are made, teacher preparation institutions should be able to report 100% passage on the assessments.
· If the Assessment of Professional Teaching (APT), which will assess core knowledge, language arts and technology knowledge and skills of all teachers beginning in October 2003, is retained as a certification test, future Title II reports could show a disparity between results on the APT and the other types of tests. If it is required as a condition of program completion, all institutions should be able to report 100% passage on all three assessments. The State Board has not yet made this policy decision.
· These factors will make the Title II more difficult to understand as an accountability measure. Further complicating the Title II report is a difference in the definition of federal definitions for "highly qualified" teachers and teachers on "waivers."
· With the continuation of high pass rates in the 2002 State Report Card, it is problematic to assign credible meaning to the quartile rankings.
What will happen at the Board meeting
· The Superintendent and staff will present the report and its policy implications for Board discussion.
· The Board will be asked to approve the report for submission to the U.S. Department of Education.
Next Steps
· Based on Board action, the report will be submitted to the federal government and to the citizens of Illinois, as required by the federal statutes.
II. Finance and Audit Issues
Budget Development/EFAB Report (Wednesday afternoon and Thursday morning)
Background and Issues
· State Board budget hearings have been tentatively scheduled for September 19 and 24 and October 7 and 17 in Springfield, Naperville, Chicago and Collinsville.
· The recommendations of the Education Funding Advisory Board (EFAB) will be considered during the development of the FY04 budget.
What will happen at the Board meeting
· Bob Leininger, chairman of the Education Funding Advisory Board, will present the findings, conclusions and preliminary recommendations of that group. No Board action is expected at this meeting.
· The Board will continue to discuss the process and structure for development of the FY04 budget proposal and it will adopt a schedule for budget hearings.
Next Steps
· Announcements regarding the budget hearings will be widely disseminated.
Finance, Audit and Agency Operations Reports Report (Wednesday afternoon and Thursday morning)
Background and Issues
· The State Board is now receiving regular reports on various aspects of agency operations, including headcount, grants, expenditures, and performance results. This is the second such presentation.
What will happen at the Board meeting
· The Board will discuss the reports and their implications and accept the reports for September and October.
Next Steps
· Staff will take action consistent with the results of this discussion and continue preparation of reports for following months.
III. Governmental Affairs Issues
State Legislative Status Reports (Thursday morning)
Background and Issues
· The Board's Governmental Affairs Committee has met twice to discuss legislative issues associated with the fall and spring sessions.
· The Superintendent and members of the Governmental Affairs Committee have been meeting with constituent groups, and several more such meetings are scheduled for the coming month.
· The schedule for development of the Board's legislative proposals calls for completion of that process in December.
What will happen at the Board meeting
· The Board will discuss the plan for development of the FY04 legislative agenda and issues that have been identified for potential inclusion in that package.
Next Steps
· The Governmental Affairs Committee, the Superintendent and staff will continue to work with stakeholders toward development of a legislative proposal for FY04.
Federal Legislative Status Reports (Thursday morning)
Background and Issues
· Congress has returned to Washington after the August recess to begin working on a number of major legislative initiatives. This includes thirteen FY03 appropriation bills, none of which are ready for the President's signature.
· Minority Leader Trent Lott is reported to believe that the appropriations decisions will be deferred until after the election, during a "lame-duck" session. Lott predicts that this may be fraught with problems since he has "never seen a good lame duck session."
· The decisions on the education appropriations will have implications for Illinois programs and budget.
· Reauthorization of the Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA) will be a major focus during the fall and winter. The House Education and Workforce Committee is expected to include voucher provisions in its IDEA bill.
What will happen at the Board meeting
· The Board will discuss the federal legislative report and its implications for Illinois.
Next Steps
· Staff will take action consistent with the results of this discussion.
IV. Additional Agenda Items and Meeting Activities
· Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) – The Board will acknowledge receipt of IIT's notice of objection to the Certification Board's recommendations concerning provisional unit accreditation and program approval and defer the matter for further consideration during the next Board meeting.
· Resolution of Appreciation for the members of the Round Lake School District Finance Authority
· Approval of closed session minutes
· Information items, including the monthly status report on rulemaking
· Reports and announcements by Board members and the State Superintendent
· Closed sessions
ISBE conducts first of four budget hearings on September 19
The State Board needs your input to help shape the FY04 education budget, and the first of four such opportunities will be September 19 in Springfield, just prior to the Superintendent's conference.
You can present your views from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Governor's Room at the Crowne Plaza Hotel. A printed copy of your testimony would appreciated. The Board members are just beginning their budget development process and wanted input from local educators before preparing a preliminary line-item proposal. At their August meeting, they reviewed the financial and economic context for the FY 04 budget. During their work-study session on September18, Bob Leininger will present the Education Funding Advisory Board's recommendations for discussion with the State Board.
For more information, contact Budget and Financial Management at 217/782-0249.
State Technology Plan needs your scrutiny
Just a reminder that ISBE is soliciting your views about a five-year plan for using technology in the state's classrooms before taking action at their November 20-21 meeting.
The plan, "Digital-Age Learning," builds upon the first state technology plan adopted in 1995. That plan outlined many of the strategies used to help Illinois move from 49th in the nation to first in the nation in the use of digital technology in K – 12 education.
The purpose of the 2002-2007 Illinois State Technology Plan is to set a course for the convergence of technology literacy, higher-order thinking, 21st Century skills, and academic standards for Illinois students.
The Plan outlines the progress of the state since the 1995 plan and describes the goals and strategies developed to guide the state in building on that progress over the next five years. Strategies fall within four primary spending categories: hardware, software, infrastructure and personnel development. Using the strategies to reach every student and every teacher in the state over the next five years will take an investment of a little over $1 billion, the report estimates.
Copies of "Digital-Age Learning," the State of Illinois Five-Year Plan, may be accessed on the Internet at http://www.isbe.net/board/meetings/aug02meeting/digitalfiveyr.pdf. Questions should be directed to eLearning at 217/782-5439.
Scholarships, new annual stipend make NBPTS process even more appealing
An annual $3,000 stipend is one more good reason for Illinois teachers to seek certification through the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS). On August 10, 2002, Governor George Ryan signed legislation changing the state stipend for Illinois public school teachers who hold a Master Certificate from a one-time payment to an annual $3000 stipend.
Scholarships covering the entire $2300 fee for teachers seeking National Board Certification are still available for
Increases in NBPTS federal and state appropriations will allow more Illinois teachers to participate in this outstanding professional growth experience during the 2002-2003 school year. The scholarship application period extends through October 31, 2002.
Both the national NBPTS application and the state scholarship application may be completed on paper or electronically. The national application can be accessed on the NBPTS website at http://www.nbpts.org/. The state scholarship application is available at https://sec1.isbe.net/NBPTS .
A short video and information packet have been developed to help promote the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards process and the scholarships available for it among Illinois teachers.
During the thirteen-minute video, Illinois National Board-certified teachers describe why they participated in the process and the impact it has had on their students and teaching. The video provides a useful introduction to NBPTS certification and would be suitable for use at faculty meetings or as part of continuing professional development activities.
NBPTS application packets and/or the video information packet are available through the Division of Professional Preparation and Recruitment at 217/782-4330 or by e-mailing a request to email@example.com.
Federal grants support technology capabilities in new, renovated schools
Federal technology grants will give 53 school districts funds they need to make technology improvements associated with new or recently completed renovation projects.
The districts will share in nearly $5 million allocated to Illinois through the technology portion of the federal School Renovation, IDEA and Technology Grant Program. The grants must be used for technology improvements in conjunction with renovation projects that are current or have been completed within the past year. Allowable technology expenditures include wiring; acquiring hardware and software; costs associated with connectivity linkages and resources; and costs associated with microwave, fiber optics cable and satellite-transmission equipment.
More than 330 proposals, requesting about $60 million, were submitted in response to the request for proposals. External evaluators, as well as agency technology staff, reviewed the proposals and selected recipients based on the quality of the proposals with weighting factors applied for low-wealth districts and those with fewest computers in classrooms.
Following is the list of districts awarded federal Technology Grants by the State Board of Education:
District Name
Depue Unit School District 103
Savanna Community Unit District 300
Rantoul City School District 137
North Clay Community Unit School District 25
Germantown School District 60
St Rose School District 14-15
Berwyn North School District 98
Bloom Township High School District 206
Chicago Public School District 299
General George Patton School Dist 133
Lincoln Elementary School District 156
Orland School District 135
Thornton Township High School District 205
Teutopolis Community Unit School District 50
Ramsey Community Unit School District 204
St Elmo Community Unit School District 202
Akin Community Consolidated School District 91
Benton Community Consolidated School District 47
Benton Consolidated High School District 103
Christopher Unit 99
Ewing Northern Community Consolidated District 115
Sesser- Valier Community Unit School District 196
Zeigler- Royalton Community Unit School District 188
North Greene Unit District 3
Carthage Community Unit School District 338
Dallas City Community Unit School District 336
Elverado Community Unit School District 196
Summersville School District 79
Woodlawn Community Consolidated School District 4
Buncombe School District 43
Cypress School District 64
New Simpson Hill Consolidated District 32
East Alton- Wood River Community High School District 14
Livingston Community Consolidated School District 4
Iuka Community Consolidated School District 7
Raccoon Consolidated School Dist 1
Salem Community High School District 600
Salem School District 111
Pinckneyville Community High School District 101
Pope County Community Unit District 1
Meridian Community Unit School District 101
Coulterville Unit School District 1
Carrier Mills- Stonefort Community Unit School District 2
Community Unit School District 16
St. Clair
Brooklyn Unit District 188
St. Clair
Cahokia Community Unit School District 187
St. Clair
Signal Hill School District 181
Cobden School Unit District 17
Jonesboro Community Consolidated School District 43
Georgetown- Ridge Farm Community Unit District 4
Herrin Community Unit School District 4
Johnston City Community Unit School District 1
Hononegah Community High School District 207
Parent involvement is focus on TV public service announcements
Keep an eye out for two 30-second public service announcements (PSAs) promoting parental involvement that have been distributed to all commercial TV stations, major cable TV systems, cable operators and CATV programming in high schools. Produced by ISBE and featuring 1999 Illinois Teacher of the Year Val Pierce of Peoria and 2000 Illinois Teacher of the Year Kevin Murphy from LaGrange, the PSAs are also posted on the Internet. They can be accessed at "Parent/Teacher Conference" http://video.isbe.net/ramgen/general/parent-psa-conf.rm and "One Day in the 4th Grade" http://video.isbe.net/ramgen/general/parent-psa-oneday.rm.
If you would like a videotape copy for local use, contact Public Service and Communication at 217/782-4648.
State Superintendent
of Education


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By Anthony Marshall - Newcastle United Club Reporter
At the Etihad Stadium
Manchester City 3 (Balotelli 41pen, Richards 44, Aguero 72)
Newcastle United 1 (Gosling 89)
Newcastle United suffered their first Premier League defeat of the season as they slipped to a 3-1 defeat away at table-toppers Manchester City.
Goals from Mario Balotelli, Micah Richards and Sergio Aguero gave the hosts a deserved win, but the Magpies may feel a touch aggrieved at the scoreline, having created some good chances of their own and been far from outplayed, with only a late Dan Gosling strike to show for their endeavours.
Ultimately, it was two efforts late in the first half which made life tough for United, as Balotelli stroked home a penalty and Richards capitalised on a slip with the interval approaching.
Aguero added another from the spot after the restart and Gosling tapped in from close range for the visitors with time running out, but Newcastle will point to a couple of attempts from Demba Ba, and Hatem Ben Arfa hitting the woodwork as a sign of what might have been.
After some heavy early pressure, the home side created the first chance on nine minutes. Yaya Toure spread he ball out to the right flank where full-back Richards had powered forward.
The defender took a touch before volleying a low cross into the heart of the penalty area, which United's rearguard managed to scramble clear just before Balotelli could apply the decisive touch from a couple of yards.
The hosts continued to press and Argentine forward Aguero spun neatly on the edge of the box before firing narrowly over the bar, while Nigel de Jong saw a fierce long range strike blocked before it caused any real danger.
In between those chances, it had taken Newcastle 26 minutes to carve out anything of note, and it came from the boot of teenager Sammy Ameobi.
Making his full debut in the black and white stripes, Ameobi exchanged passes with Danny Simpson, before cuting in from the right and driling and low cross-cum-shot into the arms of City keeper Joe Hart.
But it was straight back down the other end and in the 29th minute Tim Krul came to the Magpies' rescue with an outstanding stop to deny Balotelli. The striker had risen above Steven Taylor to plant a firm header goalwards, but Krul stuck up a hand to somehow tip over the bar to safety.
Despite spending much of the first half on the back foot, Newcastle proved they could match the visitors going forwards. On 33 minutes some neat footwork by Ben Arfa created space on the edge of the box, and as he shaped to shoot the Frenchman instead slipped the ball into the path of Ba.
United's top scorer took his chance instantly and struck towards the bottom corner, only to be denied by the fingertops of a full-length Hart.
Minutes later Ba was given another opportunity to break the deadlock, but could only head Yohan Cabaye's right wing corner well wide of the upright.
Just as it looked as though the visitors were coming into the contest, City broke the deadlock on 41 minutes from the penalty spot. As Newcastle failed to clear their lines, Toure controlled the loose ball on his thigh and fired goalwards, with his effort striking the arm of Ryan Taylor.
Referee Chris Foy had no hesitation in pointing to the spot, and Balotelli produced a cool finish, slotting past Krul into the bottom right corner of the net.
Things went from bad to worse for United three minutes later. Ryan Taylor midsjudged a ball into the area from Sergio Aguero, and Richards nipped in to plant a strike past Krul and double the lead on the stroke of half-time.
Into the second period and City continued where they had left off - determined to put te game out of sight.
In the 57th minute, a neat give-and-go between Samir Nasri and Aguero saw Krul forced to come racing off his line. And although Aguero dinked the ball over the keeper from a tight angle, Steven Taylor as on hand to hook away with Balotelli lurking.
But still Newcastle would not lie down. Ben Arfa tricked his way through the challenges of Vincent Kompany and Nigel de Jong before placing a shot against the foot of the post. And then, after City had scrambled the ball behind, the resulting corner saw captain Fabricio Coloccini volley just wide through a body of players.
In the 67th minute, Newcastle were again inches away from halving the deficit. Danny Guthrie skipped clear down the left, made his way into the box and struck low and hard across the face of goal. But Hart managed to get a hand to the ball and divert it just out of reach of Steven Taylor, who was sliding in behind.
But, just as it had been in the first half, Newcastle's good spell was instantly followed by a Manchester City goal, and it came again courtesy of a penalty.
Richards burst down the right into the box, only for Ben Arfa - attempting to get back and win possession - to bundle the full-back over from behind. Again, Mr Foy had little choice but to award a spot kick, with Aguero doing the honours this time.
Newcastle grabbed a consolation with a minute remaining through substitute Gosling. Fellow replacement James Perch played a ball through the City back-line, and although Ba was unable to prod past Hart, the loose ball fell to Gosling to tap home his first goal for the club.
But the visitors were not able to produce a grandstand finish and ended up tasting league defeat for the first time this season.
Manchester City (4-2-3-1): Joe Hart; Micah Richards, Vincent Kompany (c), Joleon Lescott, Gael Clichy; Nigel de Jong, Yaya Toure (Gareth Barry 84); James Milner, Sergio Aguero (Adam Johnson 75), Samir Nasri; Mario Balotelli (David Silva 69)
Subs not used: Costel Pantilimon, Aleksandar Kolarov, Kolo Toure, Edin Dzeko
Newcastle United (4-4-1-1): Tim Krul; Danny Simpson, Steven Taylor, Fabricio Coloccini, Ryan Taylor; Sammy Ameobi (Dan Gosling 78), Yohan Cabaye (James Perch 85), Danny Guthrie, Jonas Gutierrez; Hatem Ben Arfa (Peter Lovenkrands 76); Demba Ba
Subs not used: Rob Elliot, Davide Santon, Alan Smith, Shola Ameobi
Referee: Chris Foy (Lancashire)
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Authorities in Sherwood, Ark., said a bull running loose through area yards proved that it was more of a lover than a fighter when efforts to corral it led to the animal trying to mount its handler against a deputy's patrol car.
The Faulkner County Sheriff's Office said the deputy was dispatched to an area home when someone reported seeing the man trying to catch the bull and then leading it down a roadway, the Log Cabin Democrat reported.
According to the newspaper, as the patrol car approached the animal, it reared up and pinned its handler against the vehicle in an effort to "mate with him."
Sheriff's Office officials said that after a short time, the bull lost interest in the target of its affection and instead followed a truck passing down the road.
The deputy reported that the patrol car sustained minor damage during the incident and that the bull's handler said he was not injured. The deputy said the man left the scene before his information could be collected for a report.
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June 7-10, 2004
Indiana natives Blumenherst and Potter take early Girls Division lead
CARMEL, Ind. â Dodge Kemmer of Wichita, Kan., Brian Keating of Cincinnati, and Chris Smith of Alpharetta, Ga., share the Boys Division lead after the first round of the PING Indianapolis Junior after shooting even par-72s. Fort Wayne, Ind. native and current Scottsdale, Ariz. resident Amanda Blumenherst finds herself tied atop the Girls Division leader board with Julia Potter of Granger, Ind., after ending the first round with a 3-over-par 75.
The PING Indianapolis Junior, conducted by the American Junior Golf Association, features 100 players â ages 12-18 â from 22 states, Canada, and Argentina. The 54-hole stroke play event is being played on the beautiful Pete Dye designed par-72 Bridgewater Club course.
With temperatures reaching above 90 degrees and wind a factor throughout the day, The Bridgewater Clubâs already challenging greens became even tougher than originally expected. Kemmer didnât alter his play though.
âI tried to keep it in play as much as I could today,â said Kemmer. âI kept it simple on the greens and avoided big numbers as much as I could.â
Keating and Smith also ran into their share of tough situations around the greens.
âI had some pretty easy chips around the greens today, but I didnât hit the ball that well,â said Keating. âI just need to stay focused and try not to get greedy out there.â
âIf you hit it into the rough, you really had to hit it high to make it stick on the greens,â said Smith. âI figured it out though, and I managed to grind it out.â
Smith and Keating did just that, both making par on every hole on the front nine.
Following the three leaders is Ben Bastel of Upper Sandusky, Ohio, at 73. George Gandranata of Bradenton, Fla., Alex Martin of Middletown, Ohio, Robert Riesen of Pinehurst, N.C., and Patrick Kelly of Lexington, Ky., find themselves tied for fifth at 74. Kellyâs strong first round comes on the heels of an impressive qualifying round capped off by a hole-in-one on the par-3 15th hole.
Blumenherst, a first-team Rolex Junior All-American, and Potter grew up playing junior golf together in Indiana. The duo finished the first round with a pair of 75s.
âI thought I could have played better today, but the greens were tough,â said Blumenherst. âIt was hard to stick anything close, but I just have to come out tomorrow, and not worry about what my competitors are shooting.â
Potter missed only two fairways all day, but couldnât find consistency around the green.
âThe greens were a little harder than Iâm used to,â said Potter. âI made a lot of putts, but missed a few I shouldnât have.â
Tied for third at 76 behind the Indiana natives are Jennie Arseneault of Grinnell, Iowa, and Jennifer Hong of Windermere, Fla.
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I don't allow myself to play with chemicals. Not since I turned on the spigot to the anhydrous ammonia in science class my junior year in high school. It about knocked me out of my chair.
I'm not sure why each of the lab tables came equipped with ammonia; I didn't take chemistry in high school to find out. I waited until college, and the huge lecture hall was not equipped with them.
The only really dangerous chemical I work with on a regular basis – weekly – is bleach. And I am using more bleach than normal because we are in the middle of a War Against Fleas, and more loads of wash are being treated with bleach to kill the vermin.
My history with bleach also goes back to my days in high school. I learned about its potency in much the same way I learned about the potency of anhydrous ammonia.
I had bought a pair of blue jeans, which I haven't done for going on 11 years because my parents bought me a pair of black jeans as a gift, and I decided then – after 30 years in blue jeans – that only cool people wear black jeans. People like Johnny Cash. I might not actually be cool, but my jeans would be.
But that pair of jeans was new and stiff and really blue, and that just wasn't the style. And style meant you tried to fit in, not so much that you were styling. I had worn clothing that wasn't styling, and I paid the price for it: incessant teasing. I'll never forget that first day of school at Central High School in Argyle, Iowa, just after winter break in January 1973.
I found out right off that you don't wear tan elephant bells to school. You wear blue jeans. The stares and the snickers and the taunts left an impression.
I had heard the way to break in new jeans so they looked like old jeans was to add bleach while you washed them. Mom did all of the laundry, and we children really were not supposed to go messing in her domain. We'd break it. Or something.
It was the "or something" that I got caught up on.
I knew you needed plenty of detergent to do the actually washing, and I guessed that once the machine filled up with water, you poured the bleach on top. Wait a while, and soon you would have stylish, broken-in blue jeans.
The first problem was the amount of detergent used. It was foaming out of the top of the machine, and I was scooping the suds as fast as I could into the tub sink next to the washer. After panicking and scooping, I got the suds situation under control. No one would be the wiser; Mom and sisters were out of the house.
But the bleach did not work as planned. Instead of evenly fading the color of the blue jeans, the legs were splotched with large white marks. The bleach had ruined the jeans.
When I poured the bleach in what I thought was a machine full of water, the bleach must have settled directly on the jeans. I was crestfallen. And I learned a lesson about the potency of bleach, a chemical not to be trifled with.
Now, whenever I use bleach – washing machines now have a drain to pour bleach into to dilute it in the water – I hold the bottle of bleach at arm's length and ever so slowly pour in the bleach, making sure not to splash or dribble, and I replace the cap with the bottle still at arm's length and put it back where it belongs.
For many years, those precautions have been successful.
In the midst of this War Against Fleas, I have been going to the coin-operated laundry to wash all of the extra clothes and bedding to kill the fleas in hot, bleach-empowered water while I fogged the house.
And I let my guard down. Not in pouring the bleach into the machines, but in moving the bottles of detergent, softener and bleach. The bleach must have dribbled down the outside of the bottle without me noticing it.
When I got home, I noticed the definite markings of bleach on my favorite black Village People T-shirt. It was just a tiny amount that had moistened the bottle, and I apparently held it against my body as I moved it from the laundry to the car.
I've ruined the shirt. Chemical collateral damage in the War Against Fleas. Dang.
• Dick Peterson, who lives in Woodstock, is a mental-health advocate. He is a freelance writer and a former Northwest Herald Opinion Page editor. He can be contacted at email@example.com.


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ROCKVILLE CENTRE - A rally was held this afternoon in Rockville Centre to protest Sen. Dean Skelos' recent vote for the NY SAFE Act.
Some say the new gun law passed last month chips away the constitutional rights of law abiding citizens.
Members of the Conservative Society for Action say New York's new gun law violates their Second Amendment rights to bear arms. They also say that the law was passed in the middle of the night, so to speak, without letting the public comment.
Sen. Skelos told News 12 Long Island that most New Yorker's recognize that what was ultimately passed was a more comprehensive, more balanced and better bill because Senate Republicans insisted on doing something about illegal guns, including requiring stronger penalties for those who use a gun in a crime or on school grounds. It also ensured that those who pose a danger to themselves or others never have access to a gun.


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Two BSC Nursing Faculty Participate in Workshop for Home Health Nurses
Bluefield State College nursing faculty Beth Pritchett and Betty Nash Blevins were featured presenters at a recent one day statewide workshop for home health nurses in Flatwoods. The program, "The Patient With Diabetes at Home," was presented by the West Virginia Council of Home Health Agencies, Inc., and the West Virginia Diabetes Control Program.
Pritchett, Director of the BS Nursing Program at BSC, presented "The History & Physical Exam of the Client with Diabetes Mellitus," and Blevins, Associate Professor of Nursing at BSC, presented "The Pathophysiology of Diabetes Mellitus."
Sixty-five RNs from throughout West Virginia attended the conference, and individual presentations were videotaped for future use as a teaching resource for home health nurses.


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Dordt College is a private institution of higher education, committed to the Reformed Christian perspective. Located in the heart of the midwest in the thriving community of Sioux Center, Iowa, Dordt College seeks to provide a holistic learning experience for our students, in which they can develop Christian insight to discern and challenge the worldviews of our age in light of God's Word from a Reformed perspective.
Dordt enrolls approximately 1,400 students from more than 35 states, 8 Canadian provinces, and 25 other countries. We are a residential campus with approximately 90 percent of students living on our beautiful 150-acre campus.
Dordt College has nearly 300 employees, including faculty, staff, coaches, and adjunct faculty. Faculty and staff at Dordt College enjoy a great spirit of collaboration and community in which all are committed to helping our students grow through the integration of faith and learning opportunities.
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Two Ohio Northern University students selected as Goldwater scholars
Two Ohio Northern University students have been selected as Goldwater Scholars by the trustees of the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation. This marks the ninth consecutive year that ONU students have been recognized by the trustees of the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation. During this time, 10 ONU students have been selected as Goldwater scholars, and five have received honorable mention.
Morgan Hammer, a senior chemistry and mathematics double major, and Courtney Olson, a junior ACS chemistry major, have been selected to receive Goldwater Scholarships, the premier undergraduate award in the fields of mathematics, the natural sciences and engineering. Both Hammer and Olson have physics minors and membership in ONU's Honors Program.
A native of Findlay, Ohio, Hammer conducted his research on "Computational Studies of Functionalized Porphyrins for OPV Applications" under the guidance of Dr. Trilisa Perrine, assistant professor of chemistry at ONU. Hammer has presented his research on this topic three times: twice during October 2011 at the Midwestern Symposium on Undergraduate Research in Chemistry at Michigan State University and the Joint Midwest/Great Lakes Regional ACS Meeting in St. Louis, and again in April 2012 at the ONU Student Research Colloquium. He will present further developments on this project at the ONU Student Research Colloquium this spring.
Prior to working with Perrine, Hammer conducted research into residual gas mass analysis with Christopher Bowers, an associate professor of chemistry at ONU. He completed a National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates in computational chemistry at the University of Michigan during summer 2012 and presented the results of this research at the University of Notre Dame summer undergraduate research symposium. In fall 2012, Hammer joined the analytical chemistry research group of Nicole Dickson, assistant professor of chemistry at ONU.
A native of Hayward, Wis., Olson was honored for her Goldwater research essay, "Observations of Dimer Behavior of a Donor-Acceptor Cross-Conjugated Molecule in Different Solvents." Olson is conducting this research at ONU under the guidance of Dickson. Olson, a 2012 recipient of the chemistry department's summer research fellowship, presented her research in October at the ONU Summer Research Poster Session. She will present further research on this project at the ONU Student Research Colloquium in April 2013.
Under the mentorship of Perrine, Olson is writing a laboratory procedure for the department's differential scanning calorimeter (DSC) to be used in future physical chemistry laboratory courses. This project is an extension of her physical chemistry coursework and counts towards her completion of the Honors Program. As a sophomore, Olson was selected for the department's Undergraduate Award in Analytical Chemistry.
Established in 1986 to honor Sen. Barry M. Goldwater, the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation fosters and encourages outstanding students to pursue careers in mathematics, the natural sciences and engineering. Since its first award in 1989, the Foundation has bestowed more than 6,550 scholarships worth approximately $40 million.
For the 2013-14 academic year, the Foundation awarded 271 scholarships to undergraduate sophomores and juniors from the United States. The Goldwater Scholars were selected on the basis of academic merit from a field of 1,107 students nominated by the faculties of colleges and universities nationwide.


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A federally chartered advisory work group charged in June with devising recommendations on privacy and security policies to support the government's electronic health-record system subsidy program presented today its near-final list of guidelines to the Health Information Technology Policy Committee.
The work group, known as the privacy and security tiger team, met Monday and released what amounts to a consensus report on its recommendations, said Deven McGraw, co-chair of the tiger team and director of the Health Privacy Project at the Center for Democracy and Technology, a Washington think tank. The Health IT Policy Committee advises the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology at HHS…
According to the tiger team's draft document posted on the HIT Policy Committee's website, the team's recommendations are based on "fair information practices," a now globally accepted set of privacy policy guidelines that stems from a 1973 report by the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare.
"All entities involved in health information exchange—including providers and third-party service providers like Health Information Organizations (HIOs) and intermediaries—follow the full complement of fair information practices when handling personally identifiable health information," according to the tiger team proposal.


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Crawford is the 2nd biggest reason why we've been an 8-17 team. Atleast Marbury tried to play defense while injured.
Marbury averages more assist, less turnovers, and is a better shooter in 31 minues compared to Crawford's 40 minutes; despite the circumstances Marbury has went through this season.
Out of all the players who get 40 minutes a game, Crawford is the worst, BY FAR.


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back to my point in getting teams to spend up to the cap limit as all the top 5 teams did this season . if you want more teams to be better then they have to either spend more money and sign better players or get a decent academy structure in place to produce the players themselves .
It's far more than just spending up to the cap though. London have proved that this year, and a substantial part of their salary cap spend apparently went on just one player. As for a 'decent' Academy structure to produce your own players, don't all SL clubs have an Academy structure anyway? Some areas just don't produce as many young players as other areas do. And certain clubs can afford to go out and cherry pick young lads from other areas - which brings us back to finances again. Warrington's rise up the pecking order has come from substantial investment in all areas - again, something many clubs just don't have.


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