Independent School Educators' List (ISED-L)

Monday, April 7, 2008

ISED: Seminars at the University of Maryland

Dear educators,

The University of Maryland in College Park offers an exciting
professional development program which allows teachers to build content
knowledge, network with other teachers, and renew enthusiasm for
teaching. "Seminars for Teachers" brings K-12 teachers to campus to
attend one- or two-day seminars presented by the university's most
distinguished faculty on a wide variety of topics: J.R.R. Tolkien, media
and popular culture, King Lear, teaching history with film....and more!

These seminars are a terrific way for teachers to gain personal
enrichment while revitalizing their teaching and enhancing classroom
instruction.

I would like to invite all private schools in the Washington DC greater
metro area to participate. Please visit

http://www.arhu.umd.edu/outreach/sft/ or contact cmaclean@umd.edu for
more information.

Cheryl MacLean
Seminars for Teachers
University of Maryland

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Sunday, April 6, 2008

Re: ISED-L Digest - 4 Apr 2008 to 6 Apr 2008 (#2008-84)

I am out of the office on Monday and Tuesday and will get back to you as
soon as I can.

Thank you,

Ken Weinstein

Re: ISED- School Naming

Mark:
My school is PK-12, but our middle school campus is grades 4-8. We
have a Lower House of grades 4-5 and an Upper House of grades 6-8.
We actually change the model gradually over 4 years to move the
children from a self-contained classroom in 4th to a departmentalized
schedule by 7th grade. I'm grossly simplifying, but it's a structure
that has worked for a long time--at least the 18 I've been there.

You can email me offline if you want to know more.

John Zurcher
Director of Admissions & Financial Aid
The Montclair Kimberley Academy
201 Valley Road
Montclair, NJ 07042
www.montclairkimberley.org
973.509.7930/4526 fax

On Apr 6, 2008, at 4:08 PM, Mark Segal wrote:

>
>
> Are there any educators out there who have 4-8 grade Middle
> Schools? If
> so, do you have an "upper" and "lower" middle school? Or, do any of
> you
> have suggestions of what we can "call" ourselves?
>
> I am looking forward to your feedback.
>
> Mark
>
>

Job opening

Hello, all. We have a new opening for next fall for a computer science =
teacher. Computer Science is now a required course for 4-year students =
at Exeter, so enrollment is a given. Please see our website for more =
information and feel free to contact me offline if you have questions. =
I include the job description below. Best, Vi
<http://www.exeter.edu/about_us/about_us_490.aspx> =20
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Phillips Exeter Academy seeks a full-time instructor in Computer =
Science. Primary responsibilities include teaching introductory and =
advanced programming courses. An undergraduate degree is required and =
previous teaching experience is strongly preferred along with expertise =
in programming in Java. Additional contributions to boarding school =
life include dormitory residence, student advising, assigned committee =
work, sports and/or other student extracurricular activities. EOE

http://www.exeter.edu/about_us/about_us_490.aspx
____________________________________
Vi Richter
Instructor/Academic Technology Coordinator
Phillips Exeter Academy
20 Main Street
Exeter, NH 03833

Re: ISED- School Naming

That is one of the "names" we are considering. Have you seen 4-6 as
Intermediate and the 7 & 8 as Middle or the other way around?

Mark

Mark A. Segal
Head of Middle School,
St. Andrew's Episcopal School
8804 Postoak Road
Potomac, MD 20854
(301)983-5200 ext.234
msegal@saes.org
www.saes.org

A forum for independent school educators <ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU> writes:
>How about "intermediate"? While I have never seen a 4-8 division with
>this name, I have seen 3-6 divisions with this name.
>
>Best of luck!
>
>Andrea Jenkins

Re: ISED- School Naming

How about "intermediate"? While I have never seen a 4-8 division with
this name, I have seen 3-6 divisions with this name.

Best of luck!

Andrea Jenkins
On Apr 6, 2008, at 3:08 PM, Mark Segal wrote:

> Good Afternoon,
>
> My school, a 6-12 grade independent day school, will merge with a PS-3
> independent school this July. We are, over the next two years, going to
> add a 4th and 5th grade. Thus far, we have called grades 6-8 the Middle
> School. Starting next year, however, grades 4-8 will be considered the
> Middle School though we know the educational setting (self-contained
> classrooms vs. students moving from class to class) will be different.
> Our
> school administration is trying to come to consensus on what to call
> ourselves.
>
> Are there any educators out there who have 4-8 grade Middle Schools? If
> so, do you have an "upper" and "lower" middle school? Or, do any of you
> have suggestions of what we can "call" ourselves?
>
> I am looking forward to your feedback.
>
> Mark
>
> Mark A. Segal
> Head of Middle School,
> St. Andrew's Episcopal School
> 8804 Postoak Road
> Potomac, MD 20854
> (301)983-5200 ext.234
> msegal@saes.org
> www.saes.org
>
>
>
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ISED- School Naming

Good Afternoon,

My school, a 6-12 grade independent day school, will merge with a PS-3
independent school this July. We are, over the next two years, going to
add a 4th and 5th grade. Thus far, we have called grades 6-8 the Middle
School. Starting next year, however, grades 4-8 will be considered the
Middle School though we know the educational setting (self-contained
classrooms vs. students moving from class to class) will be different. Our
school administration is trying to come to consensus on what to call
ourselves.

Are there any educators out there who have 4-8 grade Middle Schools? If
so, do you have an "upper" and "lower" middle school? Or, do any of you
have suggestions of what we can "call" ourselves?

I am looking forward to your feedback.

Mark

Mark A. Segal
Head of Middle School,
St. Andrew's Episcopal School
8804 Postoak Road
Potomac, MD 20854
(301)983-5200 ext.234
msegal@saes.org
www.saes.org

Friday, April 4, 2008

WordPress

Has anyone run into this problem...

We run Wordpress for all of our teachers. Today a few of our blogs
have said that they have had errors establishing a database
connection. I checked the config file along with the MySQL information
and it all checks out.

Any insight on this is welcome.

Thanks!
Lisa

---
Lisa Sjogren
Director of Technology
St. Raphael's Catholic School

763-504-9450, ext. 311
763-504-9460, fax

lisa.sjogren@srsmn.org
My Blog: http://lisasjogren.srsmn.org

Thursday, April 3, 2008

FW: Duchesne Job Decriptions

If you know of anyone who might be interested in the following job
opening at Duchesne Academy in Houston, Texas, please forward this to
them.

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Thank you,

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Janet Thorson

Director of Technology

Duchesne Academy of the Sacred Heart

10202 Memorial Drive

Houston, Texas 77024

ph: 713-468-8211, ext. 128

fax: 713-465-9809=20

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........................................................................
...................................

Helpdesk Support

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The Technology Department at Duchesne Academy of the Sacred Heart, in
Houston, Texas, is interviewing to find a technologically talented
individual with 3+ years experience in Computer Helpdesk Support.
Coursework, certifications and/or a degree in Information Technology is
a plus.

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Candidates must possess strong interpersonal, organizational and
language skills, and the ability to work well in a team environment.

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The job requires a person with high-energy, who is happy working in a
fast paced environment and who has the capability to think and react
quickly, as well as to multi-task.

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The ideal candidate has experience working with school-aged children and
can train and manage the high school students that work in our helpdesk.

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Other skills must include:

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Ability to troubleshoot and diagnose computer malfunctions, both
hardware and software=20=20=20=20

Ability to perform computer maintenance and repairs

Software support including Microsoft Office, Windows, Internet Explorer,
Mozilla, Outlook, Mac OS

Hardware support including desktops, laptops, LCD projectors, printers,
network connectivity

Strong documentation skills for tracking work orders

Strength in using a database system as well as to create reports using
Excel

Inventory management

Vendor communications

Ability to work well with all ages

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Resumes and references (required) should be emailed to
susan.clophus@duchesne.org or faxed to:=20=20

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Susan Clophus, Assistant to the Director of Technology, fax #:
713-465-9808

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For more information on Duchesne Academy and our Technology Program
please visit our website at:

www.duchesne.org
<http://www.duchesne.org/>=20

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Re: Electronic books

We have an extensive audio-book collection and are also replacing the more critical ones with CD versions. I bought a number of Playaways, easily available thru Follett (some are on Amazon), but they do not fly off the shelves for us. Most of our audio-book traffic is from families going on vacations in a car. THose with older cars are still using the cassettes and those with newer cars are taking the CDs. THe Playaways can be plugged into your car radio if youhave that set-up with the little I-pod-like connection in front, but most do not have them yet. I will continue to collect the CD-version for right now, and they are a few dollars cheaper than the Playaways. Personally, I was surprised and disappointed that our Playaways have not done better. Perhaps it is because we are a middle-upper school library.
Judith Lewis from Moses Brown School in Providence, RI

-----Original Message-----
From: Meyerson, Marilyn <Mmeyerson@KEYSCHOOL.ORG>
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Sent: Tue, 1 Apr 2008 10:12 am
Subject: Re: Electronic books

We also began an audio collection in our LS library this year using
Playaways. Though they are expensive, about $40 each, they are flying
off our shelves. The kids and parents love them. We usually try to have
kids check the book out also, so that they can listen and read
along--hitting two modalities at once.

Thanks,
Marilyn Meyerson
Head, Library and Technology
The Key School
<mmeyerson@keyschool.org>

-----Original Message-----
From: A forum for independent school educators
[mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Michele Gutierrez
Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 10:04 AM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Re: Electronic books

This does not address all of your questions, but our librarian started
building our audio collection this year, and she is going with a device
called a PlayAway. She was faced with all of the same questions about
what
is the best for the future, but did not have an existing collection to
worry about. These Playaways are self contained audio books and players.
There is no worrying about what form is best or any worry about students
who do not have access to an iPod.

Thanks,

Michele Gutierrez
Lower School Technology Coordinator
Lower School Diversity Coordinator
Durham Academy Lower School
3501 Ridge Road
Durham, NC 27705

http://academics.da.org/lowerschool/

A forum for independent school educators <ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
writes:
>Our school library is a bit different than most. Due to our population
>(all LD students) we offer our students a "reading library". We have
many
>fiction books, as all students are required to do nightly reading, and
>about 1200 books on tape. Over the course of the last couple of years
we
>are trying to move away from books on audio tape to books on CD, since
>nobody has a cassette player anymore! We have been converting the
>cassette tapes to CDs. Of course now we are starting to think about
how
>we can offer these books to our students that have iPods, which if it's
>anything like your school, it's most of the kids! I don't know if we
>should be converting these CDs to digital audio and putting them on
some
>kind of server for them to download, or if we should then podcast them
>some way. The idea is for kids to be able to listen and read along at
>home. I'm sure CD players will go the way of cassette players soon and
we
>want to be prepared. I would welcome any thoughts, suggestions or
>experiences with this issue. Thanks.
>
>:) Laurie
>
>Laurie Yalem
>Technology Coordinator
>Churchill Center & School for Learning Disabilities
>1021 Municipal Center Dr.
>Town & Country, MO 63131
>314-997-4343
>lyalem@churchillstl.org
>www.churchillstl.org
>
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Re: Classroom/Teacher Websites

Edublogs runs on Wordpress Multi-User --
http://mu.wordpress.org -- WPMU is open source -- free
to download and run for as many people as you want, as
long as you like.

Edublogs, as a hosted service, has some advantages,
particularly for organizations who don't want to deal
with setting up a hosting infrastructure.

Drupal would also do this well, particularly with the
Organic Groups module to break up the site into
classes.

Both Drupal and WPMU have modules that allow LDAP
authentication:

http://drupal.org/project/ldap_integration
http://sourceforge.net/projects/wpmu-ldap/

Cheers,

Bill

--- "Montagne, Matt" <mmontagne@usmk12.org> wrote:

> Edublogs campus is another tool to
> consider...depending on the size of
> your organization, it can get expensive. But it is
> a great way to get
> up and running with teacher and student blogs:
>
> http://edublogs.org/campus/
>
> We'll most likely be using edublogs campus to host
> our middle school
> student blogs next year.
>
> Matt Montagne
> Middle School Technology Coordinator
> University School of Milwaukee
> 414-540-3247
> http://middleschoolblog.blogspot.com

>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: A forum for independent school educators
> [mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Inman,
> Alex
> Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2008 9:26 AM
> To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
> Subject: Re: Classroom/Teacher Websites
>
> Consider a tool like Moodle. It's easy and secure.
> You can tie
> authentication to your directory.
>
> Alex Inman
> Director of Technology
> Whitfield School
> St. Louis, MO
> 314.434.5141
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: A forum for independent school educators
> [mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Wade
> Thaxton
> Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 1:06 PM
> To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
> Subject: Classroom/Teacher Websites
>
> Good afternoon all,
>
> We are currently looking into teachers creating
> classroom websites for
> interaction and communication purposes with their
> respective students.
>
>
>
> With that said what are some concerns, comments,
> and/or ideas you might
> have on:
>
>
>
> * student identity security
>
> * web traffic appropriateness (using links)
>
> * intranet vs. internet (using Google to
> create/host classroom
> websites)
>
> * Plan ol' liability of the school for such
> websites conducting
> school related business
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
>
>
> Wade Thaxton
>
> The de Paul School
>
> www.depaulschool.org
>
>
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Re: Classroom/Teacher Websites

Edublogs campus is another tool to consider...depending on the size of
your organization, it can get expensive. But it is a great way to get
up and running with teacher and student blogs:

http://edublogs.org/campus/

We'll most likely be using edublogs campus to host our middle school
student blogs next year.

Matt Montagne
Middle School Technology Coordinator
University School of Milwaukee
414-540-3247
http://middleschoolblog.blogspot.com=20

-----Original Message-----
From: A forum for independent school educators
[mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Inman, Alex
Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2008 9:26 AM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Re: Classroom/Teacher Websites

Consider a tool like Moodle. It's easy and secure. You can tie
authentication to your directory.

Alex Inman
Director of Technology
Whitfield School
St. Louis, MO
314.434.5141

-----Original Message-----
From: A forum for independent school educators
[mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Wade Thaxton
Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 1:06 PM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Classroom/Teacher Websites

Good afternoon all,

We are currently looking into teachers creating classroom websites for
interaction and communication purposes with their respective students. =20

=20

With that said what are some concerns, comments, and/or ideas you might
have on:

=20

* student identity security

* web traffic appropriateness (using links)

* intranet vs. internet (using Google to create/host classroom
websites)

* Plan ol' liability of the school for such websites conducting
school related business

=20

Thanks,

=20

Wade Thaxton

The de Paul School

www.depaulschool.org

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Re: Classroom/Teacher Websites

Consider a tool like Moodle. It's easy and secure. You can tie
authentication to your directory.

Alex Inman
Director of Technology
Whitfield School
St. Louis, MO
314.434.5141

Good afternoon all,

We are currently looking into teachers creating classroom websites for
interaction and communication purposes with their respective students. =20

=20

With that said what are some concerns, comments, and/or ideas you might
have on:

=20

* student identity security

* web traffic appropriateness (using links)

* intranet vs. internet (using Google to create/host classroom
websites)

* Plan ol' liability of the school for such websites conducting
school related business

=20

Thanks,

=20

Wade Thaxton

The de Paul School

www.depaulschool.org

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Stories of Excellence deadline extended

Dear Colleagues,

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In response to requests from schools, NAIS is extending the deadline for
Stories of Excellence submissions to Friday, April 11. We've had a
wonderful response so far and would like to extend a special thanks to
schools that have already submitted outstanding examples of teaching and
learning with technology. For more information about the Stories of
Excellence, to view case studies, or to submit a case study, please go
to:

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http://naisnet.ning.com/group/storiesofexcellence

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Best,

Susan

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Susan Booth

Director of Products and Services Development

NAIS

1620 L Street, NW

Washington, DC 20036

booth@nais.org

202-973-9763

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Re: Electronic books

Some interesting thoughts/ideas on Fair Use from Joyce
Valenza:

http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/1340000334/post/1420024142.html

or http://tinyurl.com/354wqp

Cheers,

Bill

--- Lucy Gray <elemenous@gmail.com> wrote:

> I agree with Kurt that you might want to look into
> copyright issues. I'm not
> an authority on that either, and the law seems to be
> a bit murky on these
> matters. I'm pretty sure you will not legally be
> able to republish
> copyrighted material in the form of a podcast, but
> check with a lawyer.

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Re: Electronic books (UNCLASSIFIED)

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Caveats: NONE

Also on the worth watching is Audible.com's new kids site. While it is
pay to play and geared to parents and children they are working with RIF
to develop free educator resources.

"Newark-based Audible.com, the largest provider of downloadable audio
books, yesterday launched its AudibleKids.com division at the North Star
Academy in Newark. Dozens of middle-school students got a free Zen Stone
Plus MP3 player to download some of the 4,000-plus titles on the new
website. Audible has been very successful: Amazon just bought the
company for $300 million."
http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/index.ssf?/base/news-13/1207028247273570.x
ml&coll=3D1
___________________________________

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Web Services Branch - Walter Reed Army Medical Center Ingenium (ISO
9001:2000 certified)
Office: 202-782-1047
Cell: 202-262-0516
jason.johnson@ingenium.net
jason.p.johnson2@us.army.mil=20

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Wednesday, April 2, 2008

Starting the Academic Year

Greetings Everyone,

Though many of us are working to close this school year successfully, we are
also looking at next school year. Getting the school year started with an
appropriate tone is important and can have a long term effect on students and
faculty. I am researching how schools sevrving grades 6-12, or combinations of
those grade levels, start the year.

I would appreciate any feedback that can be provided to the following
questions:
1. Type of school - boarding or day school
2. Grade taught at your school
3. Schedule for 1st day and/or week of school - what does your school do
to set the tone for the year? Matriculation ceremony, opening day ceremoney,
a "welcome" assembly whhere school rules are addressed, etc.
4. Who can I contact at your school with further questions? (Name and
email)

Thank you for your time and assistance,
Respectfully,

Marie L Hone
Communication Arts Department Chair
Norfolk Collegiate School

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Re: Electronic books

I agree with Kurt that you might want to look into copyright issues. I'm not
an authority on that either, and the law seems to be a bit murky on these
matters. I'm pretty sure you will not legally be able to republish
copyrighted material in the form of a podcast, but check with a lawyer.

A couple of ideas come to mind..... I've heard of libraries buying several
iPod shuffles, loading them with purchased content from the iTunes store,
and letting patrons check the iPods out. Also, if you use iTunes software,
you can make shared playlists of audio material and people can listen to
these shared lists over a network. It's not possible to download the audio
files in these playlists, but others can listen to the files if you have
enabled sharing in your iTunes preferences. Finally, my third grade daughter
loves to listen to audio books, so we purchase them from iTunes, put them on
an iPod Nano, and play them at bedtime on a boombox which the iPod fits
into. FYI, if you do buy audiobooks through iTunes, I believe (but am not
positive), that the copyright is a bit different. You can burn the purchased
audio files to a max of 7 CDs and load them on multiple iPods.

Keep in mind, too, you can import your CDs into the iTunes software. You
don't have to use the iTunes software just for purchasing audio files from
the iTunes store. The software itself basically serves as an organizer for
your digital content, both on the Mac and PC platforms.

Finally, and this is off on a bit of a tangent, there's lots of free digital
content in the form of podcasts through iTunes. I highly recommend Lit To Go
through the University of South Florida, for instance:
http://etc.usf.edu/lit2go/

Hope this helps,

Lucy Gray
University of Chicago Charter Schools

On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 2:22 PM, Laurie Yalem <lyalem@churchillstl.org>
wrote:

> Our school library is a bit different than most. Due to our population
> (all LD students) we offer our students a "reading library". We have many
> fiction books, as all students are required to do nightly reading, and
> about 1200 books on tape. Over the course of the last couple of years we
> are trying to move away from books on audio tape to books on CD, since
> nobody has a cassette player anymore! We have been converting the
> cassette tapes to CDs. Of course now we are starting to think about how
> we can offer these books to our students that have iPods, which if it's
> anything like your school, it's most of the kids! I don't know if we
> should be converting these CDs to digital audio and putting them on some
> kind of server for them to download, or if we should then podcast them
> some way. The idea is for kids to be able to listen and read along at
> home. I'm sure CD players will go the way of cassette players soon and we
> want to be prepared. I would welcome any thoughts, suggestions or
> experiences with this issue. Thanks.
>
> :) Laurie
>
> Laurie Yalem
> Technology Coordinator
> Churchill Center & School for Learning Disabilities
> 1021 Municipal Center Dr.
> Town & Country, MO 63131
> 314-997-4343
> lyalem@churchillstl.org
> www.churchillstl.org
>
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Re: Sanyo projector question

Carl,
If you are looking for a Sanyo with network capabilities, then this is =
not
the unit you want. The only Sanyo units that operate the same way
(connectivity and software wise) as the PLC-XU87 are the PLC-XU83/84,
PLC-XU86/87 and the PLC-XU110/111 (lower numbers indicate older models,
higher numbers newer models-but the only thing that really changed was =
the
country they are manufactured in).

You can try my vendor if interested, he has always been good to me. He =
is
local to DC/VA/MD area, but there are CCS offices all over the country.

Rob Morris
CCS Presentation Systems
410-796-6001 phone
410-900-7094 cell
rmorris@ccsprojects.com
http://www.ccsprojects.com/

Good luck,
Chuck

Chuck Andres
Norwood School
8821 River Road
Bethesda, MD 20817
301-841-2171 office
240-328-7031 cell
candres@norwoodschool.org

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Subject: Sanyo projector question

Hello list.

My vendor no longer has the Sanyo PLC XU87 projector. He does have =20
a PLC XU78 @ 3000ansi lumens , under $1000 ? Does anyone have or know =20
about this projector ?

thanks

Carl Campion
Director of Academic Technology
Archmere Academy

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Re: ISED-L Digest - 31 Mar 2008 to 1 Apr 2008 (#2008-80)

I am out of the office on Wednesday and will get back to you as soon as I
can.

Thank you,

Ken Weinstein

Sanyo projector question

Hello list.

My vendor no longer has the Sanyo PLC XU87 projector. He does have
a PLC XU78 @ 3000ansi lumens , under $1000 ? Does anyone have or know
about this projector ?

thanks

Carl Campion
Director of Academic Technology
Archmere Academy

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* intranet vs. internet (using Google to create/host classroom
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Re: Electronic books (UNCLASSIFIED)

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I was hoping a librarian would chime in with some specific guidance but
you may want to spend some time with the TEACH Act. =20

http://www.utsystem.edu/OGC/intellectualProperty/teachact.htm

The regulations are very nuanced and really require some reading
(because fair use arguments enter as well), but in this case if the
cassette books you are copying are offered for sale as CDs or MP3s
WITHOUT copy protection (often referred to as DRM) it is unlikely that
you are allowed to make your own digitized copies in any format unless
the purchase agreement or licensing on the audio cassette allows for it
or another arrangement has been made with the copyright holder. =20

In the one instance when I did this we felt it safest to have a physical
CD audio book purchased for each student in the class (just as we would
have with a physical book). We placed the books (each chapter with its
own MP3) on a file server restricted to students in that class (again to
comply with our understanding of the copy right issues). The students
could download them to their laptop and then sync them with the device
of their choosing or play them directly from the laptop. This was for
6th grade students.

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-----Original Message-----
From: A forum for independent school educators
[mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Laurie Yalem
Sent: Monday, March 31, 2008 3:22 PM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Electronic books

Our school library is a bit different than most. Due to our population
(all LD students) we offer our students a "reading library". We have
many
fiction books, as all students are required to do nightly reading, and
about 1200 books on tape. Over the course of the last couple of years
we
are trying to move away from books on audio tape to books on CD, since
nobody has a cassette player anymore! We have been converting the
cassette tapes to CDs. Of course now we are starting to think about how
we can offer these books to our students that have iPods, which if it's
anything like your school, it's most of the kids! I don't know if we
should be converting these CDs to digital audio and putting them on some
kind of server for them to download, or if we should then podcast them
some way. The idea is for kids to be able to listen and read along at
home. I'm sure CD players will go the way of cassette players soon and
we
want to be prepared. I would welcome any thoughts, suggestions or
experiences with this issue. Thanks.

:) Laurie

Laurie Yalem
Technology Coordinator
Churchill Center & School for Learning Disabilities
1021 Municipal Center Dr.
Town & Country, MO 63131
314-997-4343
lyalem@churchillstl.org
www.churchillstl.org

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Re: Electronic books

Sure not a problem.

Greg
On Apr 1, 2008, at 10:23 AM, Kurt Johnson wrote:
> Greg-
>
> I maintain a wikipage of all things 'electronic books.' It is used
> to organize my thoughts, the trends in electronic books, and share a
> compilation of information with others who hold an interest in the
> subject.
>
> Could I post your description below about DAISY and related hardware
> into my wiki, giving you attribution for the text?
>
> http://lab-inst.usu.edu/groups/inst4010/wiki/25b70/Electronic_Books.html
>
>
> --
> Kurt Johnson
> Assistant Director
> Center for Open and Sustainable Learning
> Utah State University
> 2830 Old Main Hill
> Logan, UT 84322-2830
> (435) 797-3611
>
> http://cosl.usu.edu/
>
>
> On Apr 1, 2008, at 9:27 AM, Greg Kearney wrote:
>
>>>
>>
>> Hello this is a topic about which I happen to know a great deal.
>> There
>> is a international standard for digital talking books which the
>> Library of Congress, Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic and the
>> world's libraries for the blind all use. It is called DAISY www.daisy.org
>> and unlike traditional recording of books provides for navigation,
>> going to a particular chapter or page, as well as displaying the
>> text
>> while reading in some cases.
>>
>> DAISY books are played on special DAISY play back devices the best of
>> which, in my opinion are made by Humanware. www.humaware.com These
>> will also play standard audio and services like Audible as well. As
>> you are dealing with Dyslexic students you would have access to books
>> from the National Library Service for the blind and disabled, RFB&D
>> and Bookshare.org which have extensive collections of books in DAISY
>> and other formats.
>>
>> You can also make your own DAISY books from text or from
>> recordings. I
>> wrote DTBmaker for Macintosh which is free and can be downloaded from
>> w3.wmcnet.org/dtbmaker
>>
>> The DAISY Pipeline is a free professional tool to do the same a link
>> can be found at www.daisy.org
>>
>> Finally permit me to rant a bit here. The reason I am such a DAISY
>> expert is because I am a profound dyslexic (Landmark School 1972). As
>> much as Landmark did for me and it was a fantastic accomplishment
>> getting me to read at the fourth grade level. One thing they did not
>> do and which is still not being done that I am aware of anyway, was
>> to
>> train me how to study and use talking books and other such
>> techniques.
>> Like it or not some dyslexics, such as myself, will be using talking
>> books for the rest of our lives. Over time I learned how to learn and
>> study with them but it would have been much easier for me had I been
>> given instructions like the blind get.
>>
>> I can understand that schools such as Landmark and Churchill Center
>> must and should focus their attention on teaching reading. However it
>> seems that some attention should also be given to the skills needed
>> to
>> continue education if you are unable to achieve normal grade level
>> reading abilities. While I am able to read well enough to get by I
>> will never trust my skills in critical settings and I will never read
>> for enjoyment.
>>
>> Greg Kearney
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> A forum for independent school educators <ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
>>> writes:
>>>> Our school library is a bit different than most. Due to our
>>>> population
>>>> (all LD students) we offer our students a "reading library". We
>>>> have many
>>>> fiction books, as all students are required to do nightly reading,
>>>> and
>>>> about 1200 books on tape. Over the course of the last couple of
>>>> years we
>>>> are trying to move away from books on audio tape to books on CD,
>>>> since
>>>> nobody has a cassette player anymore! We have been converting the
>>>> cassette tapes to CDs. Of course now we are starting to think
>>>> about how
>>>> we can offer these books to our students that have iPods, which if
>>>> it's
>>>> anything like your school, it's most of the kids! I don't know
>>>> if we
>>>> should be converting these CDs to digital audio and putting them on
>>>> some
>>>> kind of server for them to download, or if we should then podcast
>>>> them
>>>> some way. The idea is for kids to be able to listen and read along
>>>> at
>>>> home. I'm sure CD players will go the way of cassette players soon
>>>> and we
>>>> want to be prepared. I would welcome any thoughts, suggestions or
>>>> experiences with this issue. Thanks.
>>>>
>>>> :) Laurie
>>>>
>>>> Laurie Yalem
>>>> Technology Coordinator
>>>> Churchill Center & School for Learning Disabilities
>>>> 1021 Municipal Center Dr.
>>>> Town & Country, MO 63131
>>>> 314-997-4343
>>>> lyalem@churchillstl.org
>>>> www.churchillstl.org
>>>>
>>>> [ For info on ISED-L see http://www.gds.org/ISED-L ]
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>>>> attribution,
>>>> Snon-commercial, share-alike license.
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>>>
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>
>
>
>
>
>
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Re: Electronic books

Greg-

I maintain a wikipage of all things 'electronic books.' It is used to
organize my thoughts, the trends in electronic books, and share a
compilation of information with others who hold an interest in the
subject.

Could I post your description below about DAISY and related hardware
into my wiki, giving you attribution for the text?

http://lab-inst.usu.edu/groups/inst4010/wiki/25b70/Electronic_Books.html

--
Kurt Johnson
Assistant Director
Center for Open and Sustainable Learning
Utah State University
2830 Old Main Hill
Logan, UT 84322-2830
(435) 797-3611

http://cosl.usu.edu/

On Apr 1, 2008, at 9:27 AM, Greg Kearney wrote:

>>
>
> Hello this is a topic about which I happen to know a great deal. There
> is a international standard for digital talking books which the
> Library of Congress, Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic and the
> world's libraries for the blind all use. It is called DAISY www.daisy.org
> and unlike traditional recording of books provides for navigation,
> going to a particular chapter or page, as well as displaying the text
> while reading in some cases.
>
> DAISY books are played on special DAISY play back devices the best of
> which, in my opinion are made by Humanware. www.humaware.com These
> will also play standard audio and services like Audible as well. As
> you are dealing with Dyslexic students you would have access to books
> from the National Library Service for the blind and disabled, RFB&D
> and Bookshare.org which have extensive collections of books in DAISY
> and other formats.
>
> You can also make your own DAISY books from text or from recordings. I
> wrote DTBmaker for Macintosh which is free and can be downloaded from
> w3.wmcnet.org/dtbmaker
>
> The DAISY Pipeline is a free professional tool to do the same a link
> can be found at www.daisy.org
>
> Finally permit me to rant a bit here. The reason I am such a DAISY
> expert is because I am a profound dyslexic (Landmark School 1972). As
> much as Landmark did for me and it was a fantastic accomplishment
> getting me to read at the fourth grade level. One thing they did not
> do and which is still not being done that I am aware of anyway, was to
> train me how to study and use talking books and other such techniques.
> Like it or not some dyslexics, such as myself, will be using talking
> books for the rest of our lives. Over time I learned how to learn and
> study with them but it would have been much easier for me had I been
> given instructions like the blind get.
>
> I can understand that schools such as Landmark and Churchill Center
> must and should focus their attention on teaching reading. However it
> seems that some attention should also be given to the skills needed to
> continue education if you are unable to achieve normal grade level
> reading abilities. While I am able to read well enough to get by I
> will never trust my skills in critical settings and I will never read
> for enjoyment.
>
> Greg Kearney
>
>
>
>
>> A forum for independent school educators <ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
>> writes:
>>> Our school library is a bit different than most. Due to our
>>> population
>>> (all LD students) we offer our students a "reading library". We
>>> have many
>>> fiction books, as all students are required to do nightly reading,
>>> and
>>> about 1200 books on tape. Over the course of the last couple of
>>> years we
>>> are trying to move away from books on audio tape to books on CD,
>>> since
>>> nobody has a cassette player anymore! We have been converting the
>>> cassette tapes to CDs. Of course now we are starting to think
>>> about how
>>> we can offer these books to our students that have iPods, which if
>>> it's
>>> anything like your school, it's most of the kids! I don't know if
>>> we
>>> should be converting these CDs to digital audio and putting them on
>>> some
>>> kind of server for them to download, or if we should then podcast
>>> them
>>> some way. The idea is for kids to be able to listen and read along
>>> at
>>> home. I'm sure CD players will go the way of cassette players soon
>>> and we
>>> want to be prepared. I would welcome any thoughts, suggestions or
>>> experiences with this issue. Thanks.
>>>
>>> :) Laurie
>>>
>>> Laurie Yalem
>>> Technology Coordinator
>>> Churchill Center & School for Learning Disabilities
>>> 1021 Municipal Center Dr.
>>> Town & Country, MO 63131
>>> 314-997-4343
>>> lyalem@churchillstl.org
>>> www.churchillstl.org
>>>
>>> [ For info on ISED-L see http://www.gds.org/ISED-L ]
>>> Submissions to ISED-L are released under a creative commons,
>>> attribution,
>>> Snon-commercial, share-alike license.
>>> RSS Feed, http://listserv.syr.edu/scripts/wa.exe?RSS&L=ISED-L
>>
>> [ For info on ISED-L see http://www.gds.org/ISED-L ]
>> Submissions to ISED-L are released under a creative commons,
>> attribution, non-commercial, share-alike license.
>> RSS Feed, http://listserv.syr.edu/scripts/wa.exe?RSS&L=ISED-L
>
> [ For info on ISED-L see http://www.gds.org/ISED-L ]
> Submissions to ISED-L are released under a creative commons,
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Re: Electronic books

Laurie-

Concerning copyright of what your outlined on the listserve... it
sounds a bit sketchy. I would be concerned. However, I'll leave
copyright to someone with more experience and background. I love what
you want to do but would be concerned about how it's being done.

Perhaps I can be of help in one aspect. I have compiled a wiki page
about electronic books and am planning my dissertation research around
the scenario you described. Feel free to look at the wiki page and
use it as much as you need. There are also a several great blogs out
there discussing electronic/digital books, their trends, and issues
related to them. If you want, I can send you my blog list.

Good luck in your efforts. It sounds like you have some great ideas
to help your students. If I can help out in your 'electronic book
journey,' please feel free to contact me at any time.

http://lab-inst.usu.edu/groups/inst4010/wiki/25b70/Electronic_Books.html

--
Kurt Johnson
Assistant Director
Center for Open and Sustainable Learning
Utah State University
2830 Old Main Hill
Logan, UT 84322-2830
(435) 797-3611

http://cosl.usu.edu/

On Apr 1, 2008, at 8:04 AM, Michele Gutierrez wrote:

> This does not address all of your questions, but our librarian started
> building our audio collection this year, and she is going with a
> device
> called a PlayAway. She was faced with all of the same questions
> about what
> is the best for the future, but did not have an existing collection to
> worry about. These Playaways are self contained audio books and
> players.
> There is no worrying about what form is best or any worry about
> students
> who do not have access to an iPod.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Michele Gutierrez
> Lower School Technology Coordinator
> Lower School Diversity Coordinator
> Durham Academy Lower School
> 3501 Ridge Road
> Durham, NC 27705
>
> http://academics.da.org/lowerschool/
>
>
>
> A forum for independent school educators <ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
> writes:
>> Our school library is a bit different than most. Due to our
>> population
>> (all LD students) we offer our students a "reading library". We
>> have many
>> fiction books, as all students are required to do nightly reading,
>> and
>> about 1200 books on tape. Over the course of the last couple of
>> years we
>> are trying to move away from books on audio tape to books on CD,
>> since
>> nobody has a cassette player anymore! We have been converting the
>> cassette tapes to CDs. Of course now we are starting to think
>> about how
>> we can offer these books to our students that have iPods, which if
>> it's
>> anything like your school, it's most of the kids! I don't know if we
>> should be converting these CDs to digital audio and putting them on
>> some
>> kind of server for them to download, or if we should then podcast
>> them
>> some way. The idea is for kids to be able to listen and read along
>> at
>> home. I'm sure CD players will go the way of cassette players soon
>> and we
>> want to be prepared. I would welcome any thoughts, suggestions or
>> experiences with this issue. Thanks.
>>
>> :) Laurie
>>
>> Laurie Yalem
>> Technology Coordinator
>> Churchill Center & School for Learning Disabilities
>> 1021 Municipal Center Dr.
>> Town & Country, MO 63131
>> 314-997-4343
>> lyalem@churchillstl.org
>> www.churchillstl.org
>>
>> [ For info on ISED-L see http://www.gds.org/ISED-L ]
>> Submissions to ISED-L are released under a creative commons,
>> attribution,
>> Snon-commercial, share-alike license.
>> RSS Feed, http://listserv.syr.edu/scripts/wa.exe?RSS&L=ISED-L
>
> [ For info on ISED-L see http://www.gds.org/ISED-L ]
> Submissions to ISED-L are released under a creative commons,
> attribution, non-commercial, share-alike license.
> RSS Feed, http://listserv.syr.edu/scripts/wa.exe?RSS&L=ISED-L

Re: Electronic books

Hello this is a topic about which I happen to know a great deal. There
is a international standard for digital talking books which the
Library of Congress, Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic and the
world's libraries for the blind all use. It is called DAISY www.daisy.org

and unlike traditional recording of books provides for navigation,
going to a particular chapter or page, as well as displaying the text
while reading in some cases.

DAISY books are played on special DAISY play back devices the best of
which, in my opinion are made by Humanware. www.humaware.com These
will also play standard audio and services like Audible as well. As
you are dealing with Dyslexic students you would have access to books
from the National Library Service for the blind and disabled, RFB&D
and Bookshare.org which have extensive collections of books in DAISY
and other formats.

You can also make your own DAISY books from text or from recordings. I
wrote DTBmaker for Macintosh which is free and can be downloaded from
w3.wmcnet.org/dtbmaker

The DAISY Pipeline is a free professional tool to do the same a link
can be found at www.daisy.org

Finally permit me to rant a bit here. The reason I am such a DAISY
expert is because I am a profound dyslexic (Landmark School 1972). As
much as Landmark did for me and it was a fantastic accomplishment
getting me to read at the fourth grade level. One thing they did not
do and which is still not being done that I am aware of anyway, was to
train me how to study and use talking books and other such techniques.
Like it or not some dyslexics, such as myself, will be using talking
books for the rest of our lives. Over time I learned how to learn and
study with them but it would have been much easier for me had I been
given instructions like the blind get.

I can understand that schools such as Landmark and Churchill Center
must and should focus their attention on teaching reading. However it
seems that some attention should also be given to the skills needed to
continue education if you are unable to achieve normal grade level
reading abilities. While I am able to read well enough to get by I
will never trust my skills in critical settings and I will never read
for enjoyment.

Greg Kearney

> A forum for independent school educators <ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
> writes:
>> Our school library is a bit different than most. Due to our
>> population
>> (all LD students) we offer our students a "reading library". We
>> have many
>> fiction books, as all students are required to do nightly reading,
>> and
>> about 1200 books on tape. Over the course of the last couple of
>> years we
>> are trying to move away from books on audio tape to books on CD,
>> since
>> nobody has a cassette player anymore! We have been converting the
>> cassette tapes to CDs. Of course now we are starting to think
>> about how
>> we can offer these books to our students that have iPods, which if
>> it's
>> anything like your school, it's most of the kids! I don't know if we
>> should be converting these CDs to digital audio and putting them on
>> some
>> kind of server for them to download, or if we should then podcast
>> them
>> some way. The idea is for kids to be able to listen and read along
>> at
>> home. I'm sure CD players will go the way of cassette players soon
>> and we
>> want to be prepared. I would welcome any thoughts, suggestions or
>> experiences with this issue. Thanks.
>>
>> :) Laurie
>>
>> Laurie Yalem
>> Technology Coordinator
>> Churchill Center & School for Learning Disabilities
>> 1021 Municipal Center Dr.
>> Town & Country, MO 63131
>> 314-997-4343
>> lyalem@churchillstl.org
>> www.churchillstl.org
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Re: Electronic books

Thanks,
Marilyn Meyerson
Head, Library and Technology
The Key School
<mmeyerson@keyschool.org>

Thanks,

Michele Gutierrez
Lower School Technology Coordinator
Lower School Diversity Coordinator
Durham Academy Lower School
3501 Ridge Road
Durham, NC 27705

http://academics.da.org/lowerschool/

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Re: Electronic books

This does not address all of your questions, but our librarian started
building our audio collection this year, and she is going with a device
called a PlayAway. She was faced with all of the same questions about what
is the best for the future, but did not have an existing collection to
worry about. These Playaways are self contained audio books and players.
There is no worrying about what form is best or any worry about students
who do not have access to an iPod.

Thanks,

Michele Gutierrez
Lower School Technology Coordinator
Lower School Diversity Coordinator
Durham Academy Lower School
3501 Ridge Road
Durham, NC 27705

http://academics.da.org/lowerschool/

A forum for independent school educators <ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU> writes:
>Our school library is a bit different than most. Due to our population
>(all LD students) we offer our students a "reading library". We have many
>fiction books, as all students are required to do nightly reading, and
>about 1200 books on tape. Over the course of the last couple of years we
>are trying to move away from books on audio tape to books on CD, since
>nobody has a cassette player anymore! We have been converting the
>cassette tapes to CDs. Of course now we are starting to think about how
>we can offer these books to our students that have iPods, which if it's
>anything like your school, it's most of the kids! I don't know if we
>should be converting these CDs to digital audio and putting them on some
>kind of server for them to download, or if we should then podcast them
>some way. The idea is for kids to be able to listen and read along at
>home. I'm sure CD players will go the way of cassette players soon and we
>want to be prepared. I would welcome any thoughts, suggestions or
>experiences with this issue. Thanks.
>
>:) Laurie
>
>Laurie Yalem
>Technology Coordinator
>Churchill Center & School for Learning Disabilities
>1021 Municipal Center Dr.
>Town & Country, MO 63131
>314-997-4343
>lyalem@churchillstl.org
>www.churchillstl.org
>
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Re: Workshop for department heads

I agree that SLI is a tremendous program and it can help anyone in a leader=
ship role. But the work of a department chair can be very particular. Last =
year I ran a year-long program for our chairs, of varying experience, with =
the theme of "How do I be a more effective department chair?" I found Rodne=
y LaBrecque's book _Effective Department and Team Leaders_ a great help. It=
's out of print, but you can find it through used dealers via Amazon or B&N=
.

Mark Crotty
Director of Curricular Programs Pre-k--12
Greenhill School
4141 Spring Valley Rd.
Addison, TX 75001
P 972.628.5437
F 972.628.5237
www.greenhill.org

-----Original Message-----
From: A forum for independent school educators [mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.=
EDU] On Behalf Of Ari M. Betof
Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 5:23 AM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Re: Workshop for department heads

SLI is a wonderful program! I was a participant several years ago, and
I was incredibly impressed with the program NAIS and Triangle Associates
put together.

-Ari

Bassett, Patrick wrote:
> NAIS's School Leadership Institute (SLI) is for leaders at all levels, fo=
cusing on leadership skills and EQ (self-awareness) skills.
>
> Cheers.
>
> Patrick F. Bassett, President
> National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS)
> 1620 L St., NW
> Washington, DC 20036
> bassett@nais.org
> 202.973.9710 (O)
> 202.973.9790 (F)
> 202.746.5444 (C)
> www.nais.org <http://www.nais.org/>
>
> America's Independent Schools: Learning, Leading, Achieving
>
>
> ________________________________
>
> From: Margaret Bowles [mailto:margpjb@aol.com]
> Sent: Mon 3/31/2008 7:22 PM
> Subject: Re: Workshop for department heads
>
>
>
> I know of none other than ISM, but I also know that NCTE has a conference=
for English leadership at the conclusion of its fall (November) national m=
eeting.? You might look into that.?
>
> Best,
>
> Margaret Bowles
>
> Associate Head, Viewpoint School and a former English Dept. Head
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Dunaway <jim.dunaway@kinkaid.org>
> To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
> Sent: Mon, 31 Mar 2008 6:29 pm
> Subject: Workshop for department heads
>
>
>
> Does anyone know of a good summer workshop for new department heads other=
than the one offered by Independent School Management. I have an experienc=
ed upper school English teacher who may be our new department head next fal=
l, and we are looking for something for her. I am wondering, for example, i=
f any of the regional associations do this.?
> ?
> Feel free to reply off-line.?
> ?
> Thanks so much.?
> ?
> Jim?
> -- Jim Dunaway?
> Dean of Faculty?
> The Kinkaid School?
> 713-243-6555?
> jim.dunaway@kinkaid.org?
> ?
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--
Ari M. Betof
Ed.D. Candidate
Graduate School of Education
University of Pennsylvania
betof@gse.upenn.edu

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Re: Workshop for department heads

SLI is a wonderful program! I was a participant several years ago, and
I was incredibly impressed with the program NAIS and Triangle Associates
put together.

-Ari

Bassett, Patrick wrote:
> NAIS's School Leadership Institute (SLI) is for leaders at all levels, focusing on leadership skills and EQ (self-awareness) skills.
>
> Cheers.
>
> Patrick F. Bassett, President
> National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS)
> 1620 L St., NW
> Washington, DC 20036
> bassett@nais.org
> 202.973.9710 (O)
> 202.973.9790 (F)
> 202.746.5444 (C)
> www.nais.org <http://www.nais.org/>
>
> America's Independent Schools: Learning, Leading, Achieving
>
>
> ________________________________
>
> From: Margaret Bowles [mailto:margpjb@aol.com]
> Sent: Mon 3/31/2008 7:22 PM
> Subject: Re: Workshop for department heads
>
>
>
> I know of none other than ISM, but I also know that NCTE has a conference for English leadership at the conclusion of its fall (November) national meeting.? You might look into that.?
>
> Best,
>
> Margaret Bowles
>
> Associate Head, Viewpoint School and a former English Dept. Head
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Dunaway <jim.dunaway@kinkaid.org>
> To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
> Sent: Mon, 31 Mar 2008 6:29 pm
> Subject: Workshop for department heads
>
>
>
> Does anyone know of a good summer workshop for new department heads other than the one offered by Independent School Management. I have an experienced upper school English teacher who may be our new department head next fall, and we are looking for something for her. I am wondering, for example, if any of the regional associations do this.?
> ?
> Feel free to reply off-line.?
> ?
> Thanks so much.?
> ?
> Jim?
> -- Jim Dunaway?
> Dean of Faculty?
> The Kinkaid School?
> 713-243-6555?
> jim.dunaway@kinkaid.org?
> ?
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>

--
Ari M. Betof
Ed.D. Candidate
Graduate School of Education
University of Pennsylvania
betof@gse.upenn.edu

Re: Workshop for department heads

NAIS's School Leadership Institute (SLI) is for leaders at all levels, =
focusing on leadership skills and EQ (self-awareness) skills.=20
=20
Cheers.
=20
Patrick F. Bassett, President
National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS)
1620 L St., NW
Washington, DC 20036
bassett@nais.org
202.973.9710 (O)
202.973.9790 (F)
202.746.5444 (C)
www.nais.org <http://www.nais.org/>=20
=20
America's Independent Schools: Learning, Leading, Achieving
=20

________________________________

From: Margaret Bowles [mailto:margpjb@aol.com]
Sent: Mon 3/31/2008 7:22 PM
Subject: Re: Workshop for department heads

I know of none other than ISM, but I also know that NCTE has a =
conference for English leadership at the conclusion of its fall =
(November) national meeting.? You might look into that.?

Best,

Margaret Bowles

Associate Head, Viewpoint School and a former English Dept. Head

-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Dunaway <jim.dunaway@kinkaid.org>
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Sent: Mon, 31 Mar 2008 6:29 pm
Subject: Workshop for department heads

Does anyone know of a good summer workshop for new department heads =
other than the one offered by Independent School Management. I have an =
experienced upper school English teacher who may be our new department =
head next fall, and we are looking for something for her. I am =
wondering, for example, if any of the regional associations do this.?
?
Feel free to reply off-line.?
?
Thanks so much.?
?
Jim?
-- Jim Dunaway?
Dean of Faculty?
The Kinkaid School?
713-243-6555?
jim.dunaway@kinkaid.org?
?
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