Winter, 2013

Senator Kate SullivanTakes the Reins asEducation CommitteeChair

Senator Jeremy NordquistIntroduces LegislationAddressing RetirementFund Shortfall

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Senator Jeremy NordquistIntroduces LegislationAddressing RetirementFund Shortfall

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WINTER 2013 NCSA TODAY 1

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NCSA MissionThe mission of the Nebraska Council of School Administrators (NCSA) is to be an effec-tive leader for quality education and to enhance the professionalism of its members.

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NCSA EXECUTIVE BOARD2012-2013

Chair . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dave KaslonVice Chair . . . . . . . . . . .Greg BarnesPast Chair . . . . . . . . . . . Jack Moles

NASA RepresentativesPresident . . . . . . . . . . .Tim DeWaardPresident-elect . . . . . . .Mike TeahonPast President . . . . . . . .Greg Barnes

NASBO RepresentativesPresident . . . . . . . . . . . .Jill PauleyPresident-elect . . . . .Kelli AckermanPast President . . . . . . . Dave Kaslon

NAESP RepresentativesPresident . . . . . . . . . .Ann JablonskiPresident-elect . . . . . .Mike JanssenPast President . . . . . . . .David Kraus

NASES RepresentativesPresident . . . . . . . . . . .Jane MoodyPresident-elect . . . . . . .Brenda TracyPast President . . . . . . . .Stuart Clark

NSASSP RepresentativesPresident . . . . . . . . . .Chris StogdillPresident-elect . . . . . Brian TonnigesPast President . . .Mitch Bartholomew

NARSA RepresentativePresident . . . . . . . .Robert Bussmann

NCSA STAFF

Dr. Michael S. DulaneyExecutive Director/Lobbyist

Dr. Dan E. ErnstAssociate Executive Director/Lobbyist

Kelly Coash-JohnsonTraining and Development Director

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Angie CarmanExecutive Administrative Assistant

Carol YoungAdministrative Assistant

Elisabeth ReinkordtStaff Correspondent

The opinions expressed in NCSA Todayor by its authors do not necessarilyreflect the positions of the NebraskaCouncil of School Administrators.

Sen. Kate SullivanTakes the Reins asEducation Committee ChairBY ELISABETH REINKORDT

Sen. Jeremy Nordquist Introduces LB 553Addressing Retirement Fund ShortfallBY ELISABETH REINKORDT

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Building Relationships with Legislators Keeps NASESConversation CurrentBY JANE BYERS and ELLEN STOKEBRAND

Educating the Citizens ofTomorrowBY DR. CHRIS STOGDILL

The Principal’s OfficeBY ANN JABLONSKI

InsurerTaxAffects EHA RatesBY GREG LONG

Legislative Session Begins!!!BY DR. MIKE DULANEY and DR. DAN ERNST

NSASSPAnnounces Distinguished ServiceAward

NSASSPAnnouncesOutstanding New Principal of theYear

NSASSPAnnouncesAssistant Principal of theYearAward

Education and Poverty in Nebraska: What IncreasingPoverty Means in Nebraska ClassroomsBY TED STILWILL

NAESP National Distinguished Principal fromNebraska isAnnounced

NAESPAnnouncesOutstanding New Principal of theYear

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When SenatorKate Sulli-van looks

out on her family farm inValley County, she can seethe one-room schoolhouseshe attended as a child.“We’re considering what todo to preserve its future,and maybe move it to a lo-cation where we can betterdocument the history ofone-room country schools,”she said, “but that’s an-other story!” Sullivan waselected as chair of the Edu-cation Committee on Janu-ary 9th, and the ruralsenator is excited to take

on her new leadership role. As the Legislature’s 2013 ses-sion begins, Sullivan is optimistic that after a few yearsof tightening budgets in difficult economic times, thefuture is looking brighter. “I’m proud to say that Ne-braska is a state that values education,” she said.

Senator Sullivan is arural Nebraskan throughand through. After grad-uating from Ord HighSchool, Sullivan at-tended the University ofNebraska-Lincoln, whereshe earned both a bach-elor’s and master’s de-gree in Home Economics.She spent ten years onthe faculty at the Ne-braska Cooperative Ex-tension Service beforeshe and her husbandMike moved to MasonCity, in Custer County.Her husband is a banker,and from Mason City,

they moved to Cedar Rapids, where they have lived forthe past 30 years. Sullivan served 12 years on the localboard of education in Cedar Rapids, and both of herdaughters graduated from high school there. Her daugh-ter Mollie Morrow is now a teacher in the Elkhorn PublicSchools, and Sullivan herself has continually remainedinvolved in education in one way or another throughouther life. “It’s been pretty much ingrained in me to seethe importance of a quality education no matter wherea child lives,” she said, adding, “It’s a high quality edu-cation that leads to a child becoming a productive citi-zen.”

First elected to the Legislature in 2008, Sullivan im-mediately expressed her preference for serving on theEducation Committee, and she was pleased that her in-terest was recognized. She has served on the committeefor four years, and ready to step into the helm. “In somerespects, I think and hope that these last four years havebeen different than what I hope the future will be. We’vetaken some big hits in education—as our whole statebudget has—because of the nationwide economic reces-sion and because of the shortfalls we’ve had in our statebudget.” Looking to the future, Sullivan said that whileshe doesn’t think the Legislature will become “wild-eyedspenders,” at least finances are beginning to level off.“We’re not in crisis mode anymore.”

As a foundation of her educational philosophy, Sulli-van reflected on the fact that “there are a lot of socie-tal changes taking place that make a big impact oneducation, and there are challenges that the teacher inthe classroom faces, and those of us who have to decidean equitable form of funding to meet some of those chal-lenges,” will have their work cut out for them in termsof policy changes to meet those needs.

Of course, state aid to education is one of the lead-ing issues for the Legislature, and Sullivan anticipatedintroducing the updated State Aid bill on January 21st.In developing the legislation, Sullivan explained thatover the summer, the committee held public hearings re-lated to state aid across the state, and the main watch-words that emerged were “equity, predictability, andsustainability.” While there was little comment on the

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Sen. Kate SullivanTakes the Reins asEducation Committee ChairBY ELISABETH REINKORDT, Staff Correspondent

…“there are a lot ofsocietal changes takingplace that make a bigimpact on education, andthere are challenges thatthe teacher in theclassroom faces, andthose of us who have todecide an equitable formof funding to meet someof those challenges”…


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formula itself, she said,they heard many con-cerns on the burdenbeing placed on prop-erty owners because ofincreasing land values.She said she was“pleased to see thatthe Governor will con-tinue his support foreducation,” with a pro-posed five percent in-crease for two yearsand a five percent in-crease in special edu-cation funding. “Butultimately, what theEducation Committee isgoing to have to lookat is that current esti-mates show a ten per-cent increase, but werealistically know that that’s not realistic, nor is it sustainable.”However, she was quick to note, she would reserve any definiteopinions or predictions on changes to the formula, emphasizing,“the bill will be deliberated in committee, and that’s where thereal work will happen.”

The second issue that has been prevalent in the EducationCommittee’s work is accountability, and Sullivan noted that nowthat the state test is in place and operational, it is time to lookahead. One of the leading questions in state education policy re-mains whether Nebraska will be adopting the Common Core, andSullivan was pleased that she and Dr. Breed were in agreementthat “as a state, we should tread slowly on this,” focusing on whatthe state is doing now before making any changes. “It’s not re-ally the Legislature’s decision,” she added, “but if the State Boardof Education decides to adopt, we need to have the framework inplace.” In looking at the state tests in place now, Sullivan noted,“We have a good base.”

Another topic that the Education Committee investigated inthe interim was early childhood education. “Early childhood seemsto be one of the hot-button topics right now,” she explained, and“the business community is starting to take note.” With theamount of entities involved in early childhood education, thecommittee decided to narrow its focus just on the public schools

currently involved in early childhood. “We heard that everythingseemed to be working really well, and we’ve given them some as-sistance through the lottery dollars,” she said. However, this fund-ing structure will need to be revisited, because the current usesof lottery dollars under the Education Innovation Act will be end-ing after this year. Sullivan’s committee will therefore be intro-ducing legislation calling for a study on the use of those dollarsand plans for the future.

Sullivan laughed that it remains to be seen “just how SenatorSullivan will operate as Chair of the Education Committee, be-cause I’m still trying to figure that out as well!” She added,though, that she considers herself to be very open-minded andflexible, and she values keeping the lines of communication open.“I welcome the opportunity for dialogue,” she said, “and we’vegot 249 school districts that are very, very different and we’vegot changing demographics in this state.” In closing, even thoughher passion as a rural senator is for encouraging young people toget a quality education and invest in rural communities, she takesvery seriously the state’s constitutional responsibility to educateall children. “It is one of our biggest challenges as a state to makesure that we live up to that responsibility,” she emphasized, “toeducate every child, whether they are in Arthur, Nebraska or inNorth Omaha.” �

Kate Sullivan, Education Committee Chair(continued from page 2)

Senator Sullivan confers with Tammy Barry, Committee Legal Counsel, and Kris Valentin, Research Analyst.


RETIREMENT LEGISLATION

As the 2013 Legislative session gets underway,Senator Jeremy Nordquist makes clear: stateaid to schools and pension liabilities for pub-

lic employees are both going to be big topics of discus-sion. “State Aid to Education and [Retirement] are thetwo biggest issues driving our budget shortfall right now,so we need to find a balance on both of them,” he saidin a January 11th interview, just as the session began.As Chair of the Retirement Committee, however,Nordquist is entering the session with confidence, thanksto the hard work and collaboration of NCSA, NSEA, and

NASB representa-tives in crafting apiece of legislationwith solutions forboth short-term andlong-term needs.“Members of ournew committee arevery committed tomaintaining our De-fined Benefit Planfor our school em-ployees and for allof our public ser-vants. It’s up to us

as policymakers to find ways to maintain that promisethat we have made for decades. It’s up to us to figure outhow to live up to our end of the bargain,” he said.

“We knew we had a big hole to climb out of after the2008-2009 market crash,” he said, setting the stage forthe changes underway. Indeed, in the years since thestart of the recession, the state’s pension fund has comeup short, and is currently facing $108 million actuarialshortfall. But, he noted, “We’re not going to be like otherstates that just ignore this issue.”

The bill, LB 553, was introduced by Nordquist’s Re-tirement Systems Committee on January 16th and hassince been referred to committee. Nordquist underscoredthe fact that “this legislation would help create someadditional sustainability in our pension plans for schoolemployees,” noting that “the state has long-term liabil-ities and we have short-term liabilities that we have tomeet, and this package would ultimately be an attemptto address both these long-term and short-term liabili-ties.”

So, what exactly is at stake for school employees?First, Nordquist praised school administrators and teach-ers for being willing to increase their contribution rateswhen the country’s financial woes began. “The contribu-tion that teachers are making—which is just at about10 percent—is, on top of Social Security, already a prettysubstantial proportion of their income,” Nordquist ex-plained, adding that “we have previously raised contri-bution rates on [school employees] to a point thatcertainly I—as well as NSEA, NCSA, and the schoolboards can all agree that the rate we’re at is probablyabout as high as we should reasonably go.” However, theRetirement Committee has suggested that the rate in-creases remain at the increased level rather than sun-setting. Again, Nordquist praised the leadership of thethree organizations, noting, “Teachers and administra-tors have come to the table and have agreed that they’llcontinue with this increased rate to their pension plans.I greatly appreciate that,” he added.

Additionally, Nordquist is proposing that the state in-creases its rate of contribution, too. “The state con-

Sen. Jeremy Nordquist Introduces LB 553Addressing Retirement Fund ShortfallBY ELISABETH REINKORDT, Staff Correspondent


…“we have previously raisedcontribution rates on [schoolemployees] to a point thatcertainly I—as well as NSEA,NCSA, and the school boardscan all agree that the ratewe’re at is probably about ashigh as we should reasonablygo.”


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tributes, right now, 1 percent of salary to the plan. We raisedthat, in 2009, from 0.7 percent to 1 percent, and now I’m goingto propose taking that to 2 percent in the legislation I intro-duce,” he said.

But keeping the contribution rates of current employees attheir current level is still not enough to address the shortfall, andeven with an increase in the state’s contribution, Nordquist ex-plained further that a change in the way the state handles itsamortization is also part of the plan. “We know the state can’tcome up with the whole $108 million shortfall, and we aren’tgoing to move the contribution rates on teachers and adminis-trators any higher. But what we can do is change our amortiza-tion methods,” he said. Instead of looking at the state’s liabilityand spreading it out over 30 years of equal payments, the statewould instead move to a “level percent of pay” method, whichassumes that as pay increases over time, the state’s contributiontoward the unfunded liability would increase over time, too.Laughing that he was sounding like a policy wonk, Nordquist ex-plained that this system—which is what is used in most otherstates—takes into account the “time value of money, becausethe value of a $500 payment 30 years from now is not going tobe the same as it is today.” Nordquist anticipates that there mightbe questions about the change in amortization rate, aboutwhether “we might be kicking the can down the road,” so tospeak, but he is confident it is a workable part of the solution forNebraska.

Finally, LB 263 also introduces another piece agreed upon byNCSA, NSEA, and NASB—a plan for new hires that addresses long-term challenges in benefit funding. Once again, Nordquist praisedthe collaborative efforts of the school associations. “We also havegreat agreement from the organizations to put together a newbenefit package for new hires,” he said, explaining that “that’s along term fix—we bring down benefits for new hires…and we’renot going to see those savings for many, many years.”

The plan for new hires makes two basic changes: one relatedto cost of living increases, the other to calculating a paymentrate based on highest salary. “The benefit package for new hiresis going to reduce their cost-of-living increase—right now it’s at2.5 percent, and we’ll take that down to 1 percent,” Nordquistexplained. And as far as a calculation of pay based on salary,Nordquist noted that while this is currently calculated using theemployee’s top three years of salary, the new plan will increasethat range to five years, thus bringing down the average slightlyand discouraging a last-minute run-up of salary before retirement.

In discussing the rea-soning for thesechanges, Nordquistnoted that “This willhelp reassure policy-makers that we won’tsee as much spikingin the plans.” In sum-mary, he explainedthat this legislationwill address long-term needs by “pushing off some of the liabil-ity by changing the amortization method, and by bringing in newemployees at a lower benefit, which will help balance it all outover time.”

“We’re not just trying to get by today, but trying to make thisplan sustainable for decades to come,” he said, noting that an ad-ditional challenge has been a reduction in the state’s annual re-turn on investment rate from 8 percent to 7.75 percent, resultingin an additional annual $39 million shortfall. When asked how hethought his fellow senators would greet the legislation, Nordquistwas confident they knew what to expect. “When we talk about theshort-term liabilities, I think my colleagues will understand thatwe don’t have a whole lot of options.”

“It is extremely helpful that all three organizations are inagreement,” Nordquist emphasized, adding, “It would be easy foreveryone’s membership to dig in and say ‘We’re not going to giveground,’ but luckily the teachers, administrators and the boardshave been so willing to work together. It certainly makes my jobeasier as a Chair!”

Leaders from NCSA’s partner organizations agreed. “We arepleased to be working with our peer organizations to find a so-lution to this problem,” said NASB Executive Director John Spatz.Craig Christiansen, Executive Director of NSEA, was equally en-thusiastic, and agreed it was great to have all the organizationsworking together. Mike Dulaney, NCSA Executive Director, alsoagrees, stating: “This collaborative effort is a great testament tothe ability of our three organizations to address issues facing ed-ucation.” �

“We’re not just tryingto get by today, buttrying to make thisplan sustainable fordecades to come” …

Jeremy NordquistAddresses Retirement Fund Shortfall(continued from page 4)

There’s a saying that goes something like this…“If the mountain won’t come to Mohammed,then Mohammed must go to the mountain.”

Never is this saying more true when you have an impor-tant story to tell. When it comes to sharing informationwith the Nebraska Unicameral, the Nebraska Associationof Special Education Supervisors (NASES) decided thatwe had a story that must be heard. And, in order to beheard, we had to go to the mountain.

Each spring during Nebraska’s Unicameral’s legislativesession, NASES would invite the Senators to join themfor a terrific lunch or breakfast at the Cornhusker. Sched-ules were always tight and conversations were alwaysrushed. Substantial discussions about special educationin Nebraska, the provision of services to children withdisabilities, and funding those services were rare and in-complete. In 2006, term limits began to impact the leg-islative landscape in Nebraska. Historical knowledgeconcerning the funding of school districts and specialeducation began to disappear. It was time to go to themountain. That year, NASES hosted an informational ses-sion for state senators and their aides concerning specialeducation in Nebraska. Held at the Capitol for Senatorsand their aides, a small NASES delegation shared the his-tory of special education in Nebraska, the fundingprocess and the stories of success for students with dis-abilities and their families. The presentation was well re-ceived and a new relationship between NASES and thelegislature was created.

Despite the successful training, changes and reduc-tions to state aid formulas and funding in Nebraska be-came another tilting point for NASES in 2007. Districtswere experiencing increased pressure from the Governorand Legislature to reduce costs. Special education costswere rising and for the first time in several years, thelegislature did not match the allowable increase (?) ofprevious years’ funding levels. In July 2007, NASES senta small delegation to the CASE “Sustaining ExcellenceThrough Special Education Leadership” Seminar in Wash-ington DC. While at the seminar, the delegation spent aday on Capitol Hill visiting with Nebraska’s Congressionaldelegation and their aides. Though the meetings were

short, the conversation concerning issues in educationwere intense. Questions were asked and answered andrelationships were created.

The next January, that Capitol Hill experience wasrecreated in Lincoln, and NASES members went to ‘themountain.’ In kicking off the Legislative Conference, MikeDulaney continued the tradition of sharing a legislativeupdate with members, providing information on the hottopics regarding special education, state aid, and fund-ing. Talking points for the meetings were provided.NASES leadership shared tips in having that initial con-versation with their senators. Members were advised toset appointments with their state senators prior to theconference. However, if appointments weren’t set, mem-bers were still encouraged to head to the Capitol andtake the opportunity to have a 5-10 minute ‘rotundaconversation’ with their senator. Relationships wereformed and NASES members were able to educate theirsenators about the issues surrounding the provision ofspecial education and its funding.

An important component of the Capitol visits is the‘debriefing’ of the visits as an organization. Conversa-tions are shared and members are able to follow up withtheir senators and provide additional information. Com-ments regarding the process are discussed and ideas forthe next legislative conference begin to take shape. Eachyear, NASES has continued to refine its Legislative con-ference. Members began to schedule meetings withintheir regions to maximize their time and support eachother in the conversation. Because of geography, multi-ple meetings with area senators were held. Conversationscontinued in the Rotunda, just outside the legislativechamber. Senators began to recognize the expertise ofthe special education directors and coordinators in theirdistricts. And conversations were no longer short andlimited, but rather extended over the session andthroughout the year.

Again, in 2011, NASES experienced a tilting point.After a second year of a decreased percentage in statefunding, a one-page explanation and history of specialeducation funding beginning with the 2000-2001 school


ADVOCACY


Building Relationships with LegislatorsKeeps NASES Conversation CurrentBY JANE BYERS, Special Services Director, Papillion-La Vista Public Schools andELLEN STOKEBRAND, Special Education Director, ESU #4, NASES Legislative Representative

Stokebrand

Byers


ADVOCACY

year was created. Costs of special education continued to rise andstate funding continued a flat trajectory. For the first time, localdistricts shouldered more of the burden of the costs than state orfederal funds. Trend data regarding the percentages of studentswith significant disabilities as well as frequently asked questionswas also included. This one-page document was updated andshared during the 2012 legislative session. The document was alsoshared with Nebraska’s Congressional delegation during visits toCapitol Hill in July.

During the 2012 debriefing, NASES recognized that term lim-its would again become an issue as the legislature would be wel-coming 11 new senators during the 2013 Legislative session. Atthat time, members recommended that we continue to be proac-tive by sharing information concerning special education andfunding prior to the legislative session. Letters of congratulationswere sent to the new senators, welcoming them to the Legislatureand sharing with them the challenges and costs of providing spe-cial education during an economic recession. Emails welcoming re-turning senators back to the 2013 Legislative session were alsosent. In both communications, the dates of our upcoming leg-

islative conference were included, with an invitation to the sen-ators to participate in the continuing conversation regarding spe-cial education and funding in Nebraska. The updated fundingdocument is again being shared with senators prior to our actualvisits to the Capitol. It is our hope that providing this previewprior to our visits allows NASES to maintain and continue todeepen the level of communication with our representatives inthe legislature.

In 2006, it became apparent that NASES needed to take a dif-ferent approach in telling the story of special education in Ne-braska. In taking our story to ‘the mountain,’ NASES began aprogression of events that have evolved into a proactive and pro-ductive relationship. While issues with funding and the provisionof appropriate services remain, legislators have information anddata prior to the discussions held in committee and on the floorof the legislature. When there are questions to address, the rela-tionship between the NASES membership and their senators allowsfor the conversation and a discussion of the answers. To be ef-fective in supporting our students, families and districts, weneeded to make a change. We couldn’t wait for the mountain tocome to NASES—so, NASES went to the mountain. �

35 Years (Joined in 1978)Michael Cunning, Hershey Public SchoolsRick Black, Papillion-LaVistaPatrick Osmond, Callaway Public Schools

30 Years (Joined in 1983)Dwaine Uttecht, Ravenna Public SchoolsLarry Harnisch, Sterling Public Schools

25 Years (Joined in 1988)Dan Hoesing, Alliance Public SchoolsRonald Wymore, Pleasanton Public SchoolsPatrick Nauroth, South Sioux City Community SchoolsLarry Weaver, Arapahoe Public Schools

20 Years (Joined in 1993)Stephen Sexton, Fremont Public SchoolsMichael Sieh, Stanton Community SchoolsHenry Eggert, Thedford Public Schools

15 Years (Joined in 1998)Casper Ningen, Hemingford Public SchoolsVernon Fisher, South Sioux City Community Schools

Kathryn Griesse, Crawford Public SchoolsJames Sutfin, Millard Public SchoolsKevin Chick, Millard Public SchoolsPeggy Rupprecht, Westside Community SchoolsSteve Sampy, Eustis-Farnam Public SchoolsAlan Garey, Medicine Valley Public SchoolsMatthew Fisher, Northwest Public SchoolsCynthia Huff, Wood River Rural SchoolJeffery Hoesing, Mullen Public SchoolsJay Bellar, Battle Creek Public SchoolsDonald Graff, Twin River Public SchoolsDaniel Fehringer, Winnebago Public SchoolsRex Pfeil, Blair Community SchoolsTangela Sylvester, Lewis & Clark Elementary School

2012-2013 NASA AwardsHonor AwardsRegion I – John Lopez, Presented Posthumous, Beatrice

Public SchoolsRegion II – Rick Black, Papillion-LaVista Public SchoolsRegion III – William McAllister, West Holt Public SchoolsRegion IV – John Grinde, Cozad Public SchoolsRegion V – Jamie Isom, Valentine Community Schools

NASA LongevityAwards(These individuals were recognized at the 2012 State Education Conference,November 14-16)

Building Relationships (continued from page 6)


AFFILIATE LEADERSHIP

Nothing is more important to this countrythan the transformation of children into ed-ucated, productive citizens. It is the study

of the history of education, which helps us understandthe needs for the future. It provides an understandingof change and how the “past causes the present, and sothe future.” The founding fathers of this country basedtheir education decisions in part on ideas that were usedto form the country. Many philosophies emerged overtime, but the underlying current was to provide an edu-cational experience that allowed students the equal op-portunity to learn.

From this early education philosophy evolved the ideaof common core values. The goal of a community was tohave core values and an organized system in which topass these values on to the young members of the samecommunity.

Although no provision was made for education in theConstitution, the institution was in the minds of thefounding fathers as they worked to form a new country.Who was to be educated? What did citizens need to beproductive? How best to teach these students who werecitizens of tomorrow? Thomas Jefferson believed in ed-ucational opportunity for all citizens and that no societyis safe without an educated population. His educationalphilosophy centered on the concept of literacy. He fur-ther believed that it was critical to the development ofa new country to provide a free education while lookingfor “new blood” for the development of a new societyand its ideals.

New innovations and social issues have made it nec-essary to rethink and adjust those philosophies withoutlosing the fundamental ideals. Technology has changedthe face of education. The evolution of the informationage has allowed material to be real-life experiences withcommentary and interpretations available the moment ittakes place.

Education is the vehicle that moves this processalong. We educate everyone and allow him or her to havethe opportunity to explore their interests and decidewhere they fit in society. As educators, we strive to cre-ate moments of authentic learning for our students.

Problem solving skills are vital for all students. Thecomprehension of material allows the student to apply itto solve a problem. A community needs a variety of peo-ple to help it function.

In the movie Dead Poets’ Society, Robin Williams por-trayed a high school English teacher who encourages stu-dents to become independent thinkers and challengeswhat they know. The greatest attribute to Williams’scharacter is the passion for knowledge and commitmentto the way he believes life should be lived. Dead Poets’Society is a movie that stirs emotions in your heart forthose of us that feel passion for our profession. The storyis more than the final outcome, but is the journey to getthere and conquering adversity along the way. It revealsa powerful message that we need to examine things in adifferent light; it is passion and striving for excellencethat matters most.

Education is not a cookie-cutter institution. We needto challenge and inspire our students to be the creativeand innovative thinkers of tomorrow. �

Educating the Citizens of TomorrowBY DR. CHRIS STOGDILL, President, NSASSP, Principal, Gerald Otte Blair Middle School

Stogdill


AFFILIATE LEADERSHIP

The Principal’s OfficeBY ANN JABLONSKI, President, NAESP, Principal, Kooser Elementary School, Lincoln

Several weeks ago an upset mother confronted mefor “humiliating” her child when I simply metwith him in my office. The situation was the re-

sult of her fourth grade son repeatedly not turning in hisassignments. This visit to the principal’s office resultedin a pleasant, productive conversation. Plans were madeto ensure that quality homework would be turned in ontime, and I acknowledged how capable he was as a stu-dent in fulfilling his school obligations. I wanted to askthis mother, “Hey, don’t you know I am a teacher and aninstructional leader who truly cares that all students aresuccessful and follows through to ensure students are onthe right path?” It wouldn’t have mattered; this studentwent to the office and the negative connotations of thiswere too much for the mother to handle.

Just this week as I was returning to my office, akindergartener, who had been dropped off by his teacher,was waiting to see me. Realizing that I was about toreteach a school-wide expectation, I invited him to joinme in my office. He did not budge and began to cry,pointing to my office and yelling that he did not want togo in there. When I asked why, he responded that hewould never get to leave. I wanted to tell him that thiswasn’t the Hotel California, but instead assured him thatI only wanted to help him make good choices and thathe would in fact be able to return to his classroom.

As I reflect on such incidents I realize that thereclearly is a perception problem with the principal’s officeand the work we actually do. We are all aware of the mostcommon perception: going to the office is synonymouswith being in trouble. While we see ourselves as in-structional leaders, others may still see us as the au-thoritarian who was put in an office to primarily enforcethe rules. In this age of accountability we all know thiscould not be further from the truth.

I believe there are things we can do to effectivelycommunicate to our stakeholders the important role weplay as school leaders and dispel any misconceptionsaround our position and the principal’s office. Foremost,we must clearly articulate our vision, our beliefs, andwhat we stand for. This is done when our everyday ac-tions consistently match our principles as we demon-strate that we are here for students and that theirlearning is paramount. We cannot let our conversations

with stakeholders stray from what is most important:students and their learning. When working with studentswe must emphasize what we expect, the impact of themnot doing their work or how their behavior is getting inthe way of their learning, always coming back to our vi-sion for them. Too often we do the right thing, holdingothers accountable for quality work, good attendance,acceptable behavior, but fail to make the connection tothe bottom line: learning. When others see that our ac-tions are aligned with our strong beliefs they will betterunderstand us and come to appreciate the integrity withwhich we do our work.

Most perception problems with the principal’s posi-tion are unavoidable thanks to authors like Roald Dahl.But there is no better way to reinvent who we truly arethan by getting to know others and strengthening our re-lationships with them. We must recognize that everyface-to-face interaction is an opportunity to reach outand positively connect, be it parents or students. Wemust be genuine, show care, and demonstrate that wehave their best interests at heart in all situations. Whatmatters most to others is how you treat them and wemust make every encounter count. Know that you cannotbe of influence if you do not first have a positive con-nection.

As long as I am a principal I will expect to hear theline, “I told my kid that he better stay out of your of-fice.” I may go along with their attempt at humor, butinside I know they most likely mean it. Despite the mis-conceptions, I will continue to use the principal’s officeas my classroom and the place I can make a differenceone person at a time. �

Jablonski


HEALTHCARE

InsurerTaxAffects EHA RatesBY GREG LONG, EHA Field Representative

At the October 16th, 2012 Educators HealthAlliance (EHA) Board of Directors meeting,the EHA addressed with Blue Cross Blue

Shield of Nebraska the annual renewal of rates and ben-efits for the 2013-2014 school year. The challenges fac-ing the EHA in addressing the renewal were numerous, ashealth care has changed since the passing of the Af-fordable Care Act. This year’s rate increase has been af-fected by multiple factors including health carelegislation, inflation trends onhealth care premiums, and the EHAmembership health care claims ex-perience.

One regulation that will soonaffect health insurance cost is theInsurer Tax that begins in 2014,which imposes an aggregate an-nual tax apportioned among healthinsurers of “United States healthrisks” based on relative marketshare. “United States health risks”mean the health risk of any individual who is a U.S. cit-izen, a resident of the U.S. [IRC § 7701(b)(1)(A)], or lo-cated in the U.S. as to the period this individual islocated in the U.S. Insurers required to pay the tax arethose providing health insurance during the calendaryear in which the tax is due.

This new tax will be passed down from the health in-surers to the consumer through premium increases. TheOliver Wyman Group, an actuarial consulting firm, esti-mates a total increase in family health premiums in thelarge group market of approximately $7,200 over a ten-year period beginning in 2014 and lasting through 2024.The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB)estimates that the tax will increase the cost of familycoverage by nearly $5,000 by 2020.

Unfortunately, the EHA is not immune to the new taxand its effect on our rates. Nationally, the annual taxburden shared by health insurers will begin as an $8 bil-lion tax starting in 2014 and will grow to $14.3 billion,by 2018. As estimated by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Ne-braska, the Insurer Tax will require EHA premiums to in-crease by 1.9 percent in 2014 and grow to approximately

2.5 percent in subsequent years. Since only eight monthsof the 2013-14 EHA year is in 2014, the impact on ourrates for this period will be approximately 1.5 percent. Itis anticipated the EHA premiums will have the higher taxamount in years after 2014.

Currently, there are two bills in Congress that dealwith the Excise Tax and its repeal. The Senate’s bill, S.1880 was introduced by Senator John Barrasso ofWyoming, Senator Orrin Hatch of Utah, and Senator

Olympia Snowe of Maine. There are currently 25 cospon-sors, including Senator Mike Johanns of Nebraska. Sen-ator Johanns stated to the EHA, “Studies have shownthat this tax is likely to be handed down to consumersin the form of higher insurance premiums. That’s why Ijoined 25 of my colleagues during the last Congress tosponsor a bill to repeal the health insurance tax. Now isnot the time to further burden the American people withhigher taxes and skyrocketing premiums, and I will con-tinue to push for policies that put more money back inthe pockets of our families and small businesses.”

Representative Charles Boustany of Louisiana, in theUnited States House of Representatives, sponsored H.R.1370, which currently has 226 cosponsors and has beenreferred to the Subcommittee on Health. �

Long


January marked the opening of the 103rd NebraskaLegislature, First Session. The Nebraska Council ofSchool Administrators (NCSA) would like to welcomeand congratulate the eleven new members that were

sworn into office. In addition we wish to extend our ap-preciation to all senators for their dedication and will-ingness to participate in the hard work that is requiredto create sound and effective policy to govern our state.

One new member is actually a returning member. Sen-ator Ernie Chambers of Omaha returns after serving 38years in the Legislature and leaving as a result of termlimits. Other new members sworn in were Sens. Kate Bolzof Lincoln; Sue Crawford of Omaha; Al Davis of Hyannis;Sara Howard of Omaha; Jerry Johnson of Wahoo; BillKintner of Papillion; Rick Kolowski of Omaha; John Mu-rante of Gretna; Jim Scheer of Norfolk; and Dan Water-meier of Syracuse. We look forward to working with allnew senators throughout the session.

Senator Greg Adams of York, after serving successfullyas the chairperson of the Education Committee and earn-ing the support of his colleagues was uncontested to be-come the Speaker of the Legislature. NCSA has workedclosely with Senator Adams and believes he will prove tobe an outstanding leader for the legislative body. WithSenator Adams’ ascent to the position of Speaker of theLegislature, Senator Kate Sullivan of Cedar Rapids waselected to chair the Education Committee. It is our be-lief that Senator Sullivan, with her prior experience onthe Education Committee and a true commitment to ed-ucation and the students of Nebraska, will perform ad-mirably in her new role. Senator Sullivan is noted for herwillingness to listen and has been instrumental in craft-ing sound education policy in recent years. We look for-ward to her leadership.

We also wish to acknowledge our appreciation to Gov-ernor Dave Heineman for his commitment to educationas noted in his “State of the State” address. His budgetincludes a proposed increase in state aid to education(TEEOSA) in the amount of $895 million for the next fis-cal year and to $939 million for the following year of thebiennial budget. In addition, Governor Heineman is pro-posing a five percent increase in special education fund-ing in each of the next two years. We are certainlyunderstanding of the many requests and requirementsthat must be considered in the development of a budget

for the state and highly value the positive support foreducation.

We remind you of a great resource available to youat our “NCSA Legislative Information” website(http://legislative.ncsa.org). We take great pride in pro-viding accurate, useful and timely information to ourmembers on important legislative issues. In addition wewould also invite you to sign up to receive text alerts onbreaking legislative news. Text alerts are currently pro-vided via Alert Now.

It is important for NCSA members to have a positiveand productive relationship with your district’s state sen-ator. Please work to help them understand the many com-plexities of proposed legislation which in turn will assistthem in educating our states’ most precious resource—children. Your efforts are sincerely appreciated. �

NCSA REPORT

Legislative Session Begins!!!BY DR. MIKE DULANEY, Executive Director; and DR. DAN ERNST, Associate Executive Director

Dulaney

ErnstBolz Crawford Davis

Howard Johnson Kintner

Kolowski Murante

Scheer Watermeier


AFFILIATE AWARDS

The Nebraska State Association of SecondarySchool Principals is proud to recognize Dr. MikeWortman, Principal at Lincoln High School, as

the Distinguished Service Award winner for 2012.Dr. Mike Wortman has been selected as the Nebraska

State Association of Secondary School Principals recipi-ent of the Distinguished Service Award. Dr. Wortman re-ceived his education from the University of Nebraska atLincoln where he earned a Bachelor’s of Science in MathEducation ’70, a Masters of Science in Educational Ad-ministration ’74, and an Educational Doctorate in Ad-ministration, Curriculum, and Instruction ‘80. Dr.Wortman is currently in his 18th year as the Principal atLincoln High School. He previously served as the HighSchool Principal for Hutchinson (KS) High School from1980-1995, Principal for Valley (NE) Jr-Sr High Schoolfrom 1975-1980, Director of High School EquivalencyProgram in Lincoln, NE, and as a Teacher at Lexington(NE) St. Ann’s High School from 1970-1973.

Dr. Wortman has a long and distinguished list of con-tributions made to many state and national professionalorganizations and has held several community leader-ship positions. Most recently serving as the NSASSP StateCoordinator from 2004-2012. Dr. Wortman has served asState President for the Kansas Association of SecondarySchools Principals Association (1988), a NASSP NationalConvention Presenter (1981), KASSP State Coordinator(1990-1995), and as a member of the Nebraska delega-tion to visit Washington, DC (2004-2012). Dr. Wortmanhas served in his community as President of Rotary(2012-2013), as a Board member of the Lincoln PublicSchools Foundation and Nebraska Human Resources In-stitute.

Dr. Wortman has been selected as the KASSP: KansasPrincipal of the Year in 1989 and the NSASSP: NebraskaPrincipal of the Year in 2008.

Dr. Marilyn S. Moore, retired Lincoln Public SchoolsAssociate Superintendent, states: “You can read Dr. Wort-man’s résumé and see all the service he has provided toNSASSP, the profession, and the community. … What theresumé doesn’t show you is the zeal, the passion, thecommitment, and the energy that Dr. Wortman brings toeach task, each committee, each office, and each op-portunity.”

Patricia A. Koch Johns, retired teacher, Lincoln HighSchool, noted: “In my personal work with Dr. Wortman,I have experienced a person who leads with kindness andthat same loyalty he demonstrates in other facets of hiscareer. He is willing to allow others to use their personaltalents and makes every effort to positively support hisstudents, his parents, his teachers, and the staff heleads.”

Cheyanna Kempel, a senior at Lincoln High School,commented: “Dr. Wortman is highly respected by the stu-dents and staff of Lincoln High. …he does a quality jobof getting to know many of his students and their inter-ests. He genuinely cares about building relationshipswithin the school and furthering those relationships out-side of Lincoln High.” �

Wortman

Nebraska StateAssociation ofSecondary School PrincipalsAnnounces2012 Distinguished ServiceAward


AFFILIATE AWARDS

The Nebraska State Association of SecondarySchool Principals has selected Ross Ricenbawas the 2012 New Principal of the Year. This

award is presented annually to a Principal who hasdemonstrated outstanding leadership in their school,their region and at the state level. The winner will havedemonstrated their enthusiasm for the Principalship bysupport from students, parents, teachers and peers.

Ross Ricenbaw was selected as the NSASSP Outstand-ing New Principal for 2012. Mr. Ricenbaw has been thePrincipal at East Butler Public Schools since 2010. Dur-ing his tenure at East Butler, Mr. Ricenbaw initiated thedistrict in moving towards becoming accredited throughAdvancED, implemented a new teacher evaluation pol-icy, served as chair for the Nebraska Frameworks externalvisit to Blue Hill Public Schools, and is currently imple-menting the initial phase of a high school 1:1 computerinitiative.

Jim Koontz, Superintendent of East Butler PublicSchools, praised Mr. Ricenbaw, noting, “Mr. Ricenbaw’sleadership style includes being a consensus builder anda team player. He likes to utilize the strengths of othersby motivating them and giving them empowerment whenthat is appropriate. He has a vision for the future whilekeeping a close eye on the present.”

Marty Gilson, Counselor at East Butler Public Schools,states, “Mr. Ricenbaw possesses qualities that make himan effective and competent leader. Ross is intelligent,

articulate, and a person of integrity. His understandingof curriculum, assessment, and instruction allows him tonot only run a school efficiently and effectively but alsoimprove it.”

East Butler parent and School Foundation Board Pres-ident Darell P. Aerts writes, “Mr. Ricenbaw was instru-mental in doing the groundwork and providing guidanceto the Foundation when establishing a $5,000 teachergrant given to a staff member or members each year…hehas gone above and beyond as a Principal in our school.”

Ross Ricenbaw is a graduate of Grinnell College (Bach-elors of Arts in Mathematics Education ’02) and DoaneCollege (Masters Degree in Curriculum and Instruction‘05). Mr. Ricenbaw also graduated from Wayne State’sLeadership Program in 2010. Ross served as CADRE As-sociate for Ralston Public Schools in 2009-2010 after asuccessful tenure as a math teacher and coach from2003-2009. Mr. Ricenbaw is a member of the NebraskaState Association of Secondary School Principals, the Ne-braska Council of School Administrators, and the NationalAssociation of Secondary School Principals. �

Ricenbaw

Nebraska StateAssociation ofSecondary School PrincipalsAnnouncesNew Principal of theYear

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AFFILIATE AWARDS

Brian Daniell has been recognized by the Ne-braska State Secondary School Principals asthe 2013 Assistant Principal of the Year. He

has served as Assistant Principal at Waverly since 2010and also taught at Boys Town High School from 2001 to2010. Mr. Daniell is a graduate of Peru State College (BSin Secondary Special Education) and Doane College (MAin 7-12 Educational Leadership).

Mr. Daniell is a member of the Nebraska State Associ-ation of Secondary School Principals, the Nebraska Coun-cil of School Administrators, and the NationalAssociation of Secondary School Principals. Locally, Mr.Daniell has served as an adult Sunday school teacher,youth baseball and football coach, and reading mentor.Mr. Daniell was recognized as the 2012 NSASSP Region IAssistant Principal of the Year.

Mr. Ryan Ricenbaw, Principal at Waverly High Schoolstates: “Mr. Daniell is focused on making a difference.His focus on the ‘school experience’ allows him to play a

much bigger role than just an assistant principal. …Brian has implemented character seminars that allowstudents to have conversation with peers about charterissues students face everyday…they are focused, mean-ingful, and leave a lasting impact on our students.”

Lisa J. Graham, Waverly High School English Teachernotes: “Mr. Daniell has made the school better by im-proving the climate and culture of learning. His supportof staff is evidenced by his seemingly ubiquitous pres-ence. He is sincerely and relentlessly positive.”

Kelly Verkamp, a parent of a Waverly High School jun-ior states: “Brian has an innate ability to generate pos-itivity in others—he does his best to get students andstaff to look at all situations for a perspective of growth.Because of this, students respect him because they trulyknow that he wants them to succeed despite their set-backs. … He fully believes in each of our students’ abil-ities to make a positive change in their behavior.” �

Daniell

Nebraska StateAssociation of SecondarySchool PrincipalsAnnounces 2013Assistant Principal of theYearAwardWinner

25 Years (Joined in 1988)Stanley Turner – Bennington Secondary SchoolGerald Reinsch – Schuyler Middle School

20 Years (Joined in 1993)Brent Williamson – Harvard Public SchoolsMichelle Rinas – Ponca Public SchoolsVictor Young – Wilcox-Hildreth Public SchoolsLinda Hix – Lincoln Public SchoolsJacquelyn Kelsay – Johnson-Brock Public SchoolsJames Rose – Fillmore Central High SchoolRandall Schlueter – Beatrice Middle SchoolDavid Bottrell – Palmyra Jr-Sr High School

15 Years (Joined in 1998)David Barrett – Adams Central Public SchoolsBruce Parish – Hyannis Area SchoolsThomas McGuire – South Sioux City Middle SchoolMatthew Brandl – Morton Middle SchoolMichael Tomjack – Elkhorn Middle SchoolJohn Jarosh – Beatrice High SchoolAngela Leifeld – Columbus High SchoolJerome Smith – McCook Senior High SchoolTod Meyer – Milford Elementary SchoolThomas Kiburz – Thayer Central Community SchoolsJames Larson – Papillion-LaVista South High School

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PROGRAM SPOTLIGHT

What’s the biggest challenge in the future forNebraska education? It’s not NCLB or Char-ter Schools. It’s poverty, particularly the

deep poverty that robs the very young of the quality careand nurturance that supports healthy cognitive and emo-tional development. The research is clearly telling us thatthis is a significant obstacle to academic success whenchildren enter school.

Data Speaks on PovertyWe’ve all heard the national debate about the wage

gap with the incomes of the now famous “1 percent”growing 134 percent while low wage earners barelysqueaked out a raise. Take a look at this snapshot andyou’ll see Nebraska is part of these changing demo-graphics.

Family poverty levels have gone up more than 30 per-cent in the last ten year to 12.7 percent, with more thanone in eight families living in poverty.

It’s even higher for Hispanic families—one in fourfamilies live in poverty.

Additionally, 30 percent of Nebraska’s five-year-oldsare now Hispanic. If we want state policy leaders andour constituents to understand the challenges of thesechanging demographics, we need to get comfortable with

the latest data and talk about it.

Nebraska Poverty 2000 to 2011• Free and reduced price lunch partic-

ipation is up 44 percent over thelast ten years. Eligible families haveincomes of $680 per week or less.

• Families in extreme poverty in-creased 31 percent. Those familieshave incomes of $367 per week orless, much less than the familiesqualifying for reduced price lunch.

*all figures 2011 Census Bureau

As education leaders, most of ushaven’t done enough to help state pol-

icy makers or even our own constituents come to gripswith exactly what these economic and demographicchanges mean for families and for education in Nebraska.

If we are going to advocate well for our kids, we needto explain that families living in extreme poverty, aregoing to have children in need of great support. Wemust prepare and plan, helping our policy makers andsupporters understand that we must act early or pay amuch higher price later on.

For these families, chronic unemployment, exposureto violence or abuse, and, of course, much less access toquality childcare, are common. And remember, the lackof quality childcare during the critical first and secondyear of a child’s life, takes a toll on a child’s elementarylearning ability.

Researchers know these mothers are often depressedand isolated. This hopelessness interferes with healthybrain development in newborns and infants.

See Harvard Center for the Developing Child website:http://developingchild.harvard.edu/topics/science_of_early_childhood/.

New Classroom DynamicsWhat does that mean for education? It means that

many Nebraska Kindergarten teachers have a very chal-lenging range of student experience and language abil-ity to accommodate. Some five-year-olds enterKindergarten able to read every book in the school li-brary and other five-year-olds can barely speak a three-word sentence. In these circumstances, it is unrealisticfor a single teacher, even with an associate, to person-alize an educational program that will help every stu-dent grow to his or her full potential.

Nationally, and in Nebraska, we have seen what hap-pens when students start school lagging behind theirpeers. Statistically, in spite of our best efforts, they tendto fall farther behind every year. That means increasedSpecial Education costs, more high school dropouts,fewer students qualifying for affordable community col-leges and a low-wage future. Research shows it also

Stilwill

Education and Poverty in Nebraska—

What Increasing Poverty Means inNebraska ClassroomsBY TED STILWILL, CEO, Learning Community of Douglas and Sarpy Counties

Family povertylevels have goneup more than 30percent in thelast ten year to12.7 percent, withmore than one ineight familiesliving in poverty.



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means a 70 percent chance of arrests for violent crime. The in-creased economic costs are staggering.

If the number of students in need of significant extra help isonly one or two, then perhaps a good teacher can give all thekids in a classroom what they need. Even the most talented, com-mitted teachers have limits in meeting the needs of all their kids.When the proportion of high poverty students becomes too great,classrooms hit a tipping point. In these schools, the traditionalK-6 model simply doesn’t work anymore.

What Now?We have been working very hard, but we have to recognize

that the game has changed in these schools. We must re-designour schools which have high degrees of deep poverty. We canlearn from the Educare programs that have operated in North andSouth Omaha for the last several years. With exactly the studentsand families that I have been describing, and family incomesunder the poverty line, Educare has shown tremendous positiveimpact. In just two years, working with children and their fami-lies, students followed from grades three to seven, are readingabove the state average score for NeSA Reading.

Lessons from Educare and the research suggest several av-enues:

1. Quality early childhood care and education is the single bestway to improve student success in elementary school. The re-search is clear that waiting until age five to help these kids isno longer a tenable education position. Certainly we will needeven more classes for three- and four-year-olds, but some dis-tricts have also found ways to reach out to link with privateand in-home childcare providers. School districts need to ac-tively engage in supporting new policies for healthier birthoutcomes and better childcare standards.

2. Expand Family Support. Schools, particularly elementaryschools need to develop strong, genuinely collaborative rela-tionships with expert community organizations helping thesesame families. In high poverty schools, if schools are not in-telligently engaging community resources, schools become partof the problem. It requires a team effort with a jointly craftedplan, coordinated services and monitoring to make sure theplan is effective for the student and family. A broader schoolrole is a big change but may not be as unwieldy as adminis-trators might fear. It often takes one dedicated staff person toeffectively manage those relationships and free teachers toteach.

3. Partner with Parents.We need to find waysto engage and partnerwith parents in moresubstantial ways. Ed-ucare Centers learnedhow and now parentsare truly a part of theirchild’s education.

4. Share Student Data.We can better advo-cate for student needswith policy makerswhen we openly shareour success or failure.Evidence-based strate-gies take calculatedtrial and error. Weneed to track what’sworking and what’snot. And we need datato help policy makerssee trend lines and progress.

Data can move us towards the collaboration that will help usdeliver the greatest student benefit. We can celebrate our suc-cesses and together evaluate strategies when they don’t producethe student gains we hoped for.

We are all learning more about the challenges that real povertybrings to education, but collectively we can accelerate our suc-cess. Why not find new ways to share our best strategies to meetthe urgent educational needs of these children and our commu-nities?

To research poverty data in your school district: If the com-munity served by your district is large enough for the Census Bu-reau to draw a sample, then you can find out US Census estimatesfor poverty in your district. View the link below. You can increasethe accuracy by averaging three years of data. �

http://www.census.gov/did/www/saipe/data/interactive/#view=SchoolDistricts

What Increasing Poverty Means in Nebraska Classrooms(continued from page 16)

We are all learningmore about thechallenges that realpoverty brings toeducation, butcollectively we canaccelerate oursuccess.Why not findnew ways to shareour best strategiesto meet the urgenteducational needs ofthese children andour communities?


AFFILIATE AWARDS

The Nebraska Association of Elementary SchoolPrincipals is pleased to announce Lisa Wood,Principal at LaVista West Elementary School in

the Papillion-La Vista School District has been namedthe 2012 National Distinguished Principal from Nebraska.Lisa has been Principal at La Vista West for the previouseight years, having assumed that position after servingin the same capacity at St. Paul Elementary School foreight years.

During her time as Principal at La Vista West, Lisa hascreated a climate within her school community that en-sures a focus on their mission of high achievement for allstudents. Her efforts have extended beyond the schoolwalls, seeking legitimate input and active involvementfrom parents in the educational process. Success hasbeen achieved as evidenced by the 97 percent atten-dance at Parent/Teacher Conferences. In addition, Lisahas been a driving force behind a successful summerschool for children throughout the District. This summerschool served over 300 students from 14 buildings thispast summer, providing added opportunity for children toimprove their reading skills.

According to a parent in the district, “Mrs. Woodworks to build relationships with the families andteaches her staff ways to do the same. … I am gratefulevery day to have her in the lives of my children and my-self.”

A teacher in her building states: “Mrs. Wood has theunique ability to bring material resources and human re-sources together to do what is best for students. WhenI think of someone who exhibits leadership skills andknowledge, I think of Mrs. Wood.”

Dr. Rick Black, Superintendent at Papillion-La VistaSchools, writes: “She has molded a diverse communityinto a cohesive, supportive team focused upon what isbest for students. Lisa not only welcomes parent and

community involvement, she seeks it out. She readilyunderstands the importance of stakeholders being in-volved for their sake; AND she recognizes the potentialgains for students when they see other adults involvedin school life.

Lisa’s leadership has been evident during her tenureas a Principal. She has performed the role of mentor tonew and aspiring administrators and teachers in the Dis-trict and is a long-time member of NAESP and NCSA. Sheis also locally active in her community through involve-ment with the Optimist Club and Reach for Success Men-tor Program.

Mrs. Wood will be officially recognized at a celebra-tion in La Vista on a date yet to be determined. She’llrepresent Nebraska in Washington, DC in the Fall of 2013.

NAESP is extremely proud to have Lisa represent ourorganization as NDP for 2012. She is very deserving ofthis recognition and will serve our profession well dur-ing her year of tenure as the reigning NDP from Nebraska.Congratulations, Lisa! �

Wood

NAESP National Distinguished Principalfrom Nebraska isAnnounced


AFFILIATE AWARDS

Jeff Ellsworth, Principal of Chapman School in theGrand Island Northwest School District, has beennamed the Nebraska Association of ElementarySchool Principals Outstanding New Principal for2012-2013.

Ellsworth is described as dedicated to his studentsand a true difference maker in the lives of students,staff, and parents. He has worked hard to improve aca-demic success for all through implementation of noonhour study halls, an after-school homework program andacquisition/integration of technology in the classrooms.His skills include being a leader, a listener, a supporter,and a team player. Jeff is also known for his fun-lovingpersonality, positive attitude, and work ethic, all ofwhich makes working in his building a rewarding expe-rience.

A fifth-grade teacher at Chapman School, states: “Ihave found Mr. Ellsworth to be a good listener, a prob-

lem solver, and very approachable for students, parents,and teachers. He is supportive of his staff and alwayshas students’ best interests in mind.”

Mr. Ellsworth is an active member of the Nebraska As-sociation of Elementary School Principals. He is currentlythe NAESP Federal Relations Representative and travelsto Washington, DC regularly, carrying to the Nationallevel our message about what works best for students.Mr. Ellsworth is also a member of the Association for Su-pervision and Curriculum Development and the NebraskaCouncil of School Administrators. He was recognized inearly December at the Joint Principal’s Conference inKearney. Congratulations, Jeff! �

Ellsworth

NAESP OutstandingNew Principal of theYear

25 Years (Joined in 1988)Harold Jochem – Kearney Public SchoolElizabeth Replogle – Paddock Lane SchoolScott Dodson – Woodland Park Elementary SchoolWesley Reed – Springfield Elementary School

20 Years (Joined in 1993)Sarah Williams – Ainsworth Elementary SchoolMary Yilk – Doniphan Elementary SchoolJeffery Bartels – Lost Creek Elementary School

15 Years (Joined in 1998)Midge Mougey – North Platte Public SchoolsJill Clevenger – Kenwood Elementary SchoolAlberta Nelson – Edison Elementary School

15 Years (Joined in 1998, continued)Bradley Sullivan – Bryan Elementary SchoolSondra Irish – Loveland Elementary SchoolMaureen Oman – Engleman Elementary SchoolWendy Bonaiuto – Randolph Elementary SchoolVicki Schulenberg – Rudolph Fredstrom ElementaryMary Derby – Eisenhower Elementary SchoolTim Kwapnioski – Bel Air Elementary SchoolRonald Oltman – Birchcrest Elementary SchoolTroy Juracek – Rumsey Station ElementaryKirk Kuxhausen – Mitchell Elementary SchoolCharlotte Browning – Westmoor ElementaryMichael Janssen – Blair Arbor Park Middle SchoolSusan Anglemyer – Upchurch Elementary SchoolAnn Jablonski – Kooser Elementary School

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15 NASES Region II 8:30 am ESU #3 La Vista

19 NAESP Region V 9:00 am WNCC Sidney

19 NSASSP Region V 9:00 am WNCC Sidney

21-22 NASES Spring Conference 8:30 am Younes Conference Center Kearney

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9 NAESP Executive Board 9:00 am NCSA Offices Lincoln

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17 NSASSP Region IV 2:30 pm ESU #10 Kearney

19 NASES Region II 8:30 am Plattsmouth Public Schools Plattsmouth

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