ESU 11 Welcomes Janelle Jack as Next HAL Leader

April 16, 2013 1 Comment

Janelle_JackIt is our pleasure to announce the addition of Janelle Jack as our next High Ability Learner leader starting July 1, 2013. Janelle has big shoes to fill as current HAL leader Tim Burke retires after 26.5 years of serving our area Gifted students. Janelle’s skills and abilities will be used to continue and to grow ESU 11’s HAL program.

Janelle has been active in Gifted (HAL programming) since 1999 in various capacities such as being the Eustis-Farnam Gifted Coordinator; an active contributor in the Nebraska Association for the Gifted (NAG); helping at ESU 11 Summer Honors Program and presenting at NAG conferences. More specifically, Janelle served as the NAG President in 2008-2009 and on the NAG Board from 2005-2010.

Janelle plans to get a jump start on her new position by working with Tim Burke at the 2013 Summer Honors Program. Join our excitement and welcome Janelle to ESU 11’s High Ability Learner program.

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ESU 11 Principals Analyze Teacher Evaluation Models

March 28, 2013 Leave a Comment

On March 28, 2013, ESU #11 hosted a workshop for area principals. Jan Hoegh, Associate Vice President of Marzano Research Laboratory, was the speaker for the morning. Jan spoke about the need for a “Highly Effective Teacher” in every classroom, and discussed two prominent models that can be used by principals in order to ensure that all of their teachers are highly effective.

In February 2012, the State Board authorized the development of evaluation models for teachers and principals based on the Nebraska Framework for Teacher and Principal Performance Framework for voluntary use by local districts. Since NDE utilized both the Charlotte Danielson and Robert Marzano’s models to construct this tool, this workshop provided information that gave principals a greater understanding of the theory behind the tool. As a result, they should be able to use the tool more effectively if they so choose.

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ESU 11 Hosts Autopsy Virtual Field Trip

March 28, 2013 Leave a Comment

On March 27, 2013, ESU 11 hosted an autopsy virtual field trip for five area schools.  Students viewed an autopsy that was performed at Ohio State University and had the opportunity to ask the pathologist questions during the process.  The participants learned about each organ and the dissection procedures so they could figure out the cause of death. You can learn more about this program offered through COSI here.

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An Introduction to the New Nebraska State Social Studies Standards

March 26, 2013 Leave a Comment

2013-03-26_Social_Studies_StandardsOn March 26, 2013, ESU #11 hosted a social studies workshop.  Harris Payne, Social Studies Curriculum Consultant from the Nebraska Department of Education, spent the morning sharing information regarding the newly adopted Nebraska State Social Studies Standards.  He also provided numerous resources to aid teachers in teaching these standards, and talked about how teachers could work to “bundle” standards together in order to teach multiple standards in one lesson, which will in turn make lesson more in depth.

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Board Minutes – March 18, 2013

March 22, 2013 Leave a Comment

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