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president’s post
▲ NDEA President Dakota Draper
‘You don’t want
to finish a race
believing that you
could have given
a little more; that
you could have
done a little more.
And I desire to do
just that…
finish strong!’
‘Finishing Strong’
The Three Biggest Things We
need To Do Before the End
My Presidency.
As any track and field coach will tell
you, it is very important to finish strong
in a race. You don’t want to finish a race
believing that you could have given a
little more; that you could have done a
little more. And I desire to do just that…
finish strong!
So with that in mind, I believe it might be
very helpful to let you, the members, know
what I’m thinking are the most important
things that need to be done before I end
my presidency next July. Normally, I don’t
believe in prioritizing such a list, but in this
case these items are in order of priority, as
you will see.
Job #1: Find and hire a
new Executive Director
for the Association
Our current Executive Director Greg
Burns is retiring at the end of this calendar
year. Greg has served not only this Association,
but the cause of public education
his entire career. He has been our executive
director for the past five years and we
will be forever grateful for his unceasing,
hard work on our behalf. He will be greatly
missed, but we wish him the best on his
well-earned retirement. Thank you Greg!
At this writing, the task of replacing Greg
is currently well under way. The NDEA Personnel
Committee and interview team has
been working very hard in an attempt to
find the right person to be our new executive
director. They should be commended
for their diligence in this undertaking. But, I
would be remiss if I didn’t report to you that
this work is proving to be much more difficult
than anyone might have envisioned
at first. We have been working on this for
the last couple of months.
Why so long?
After the President, the position of Executive
Director is the most important in
the Association. Thus, it is paramount that
we find the right person who best fits our
situation here in North Dakota. While the
Association governance bodies (President,
Board of Directors, and/or Representative
Assembly) provide the vision and direction
for the Association, it is the Executive Director
who is primarily tasked with enacting
and carrying out that vision and direction.
Executive directors, with their staff, are
the ones who get things done. We need
someone who is good at strategic planning
and execution, exercises solid judgment,
and has strong working business knowledge.
He or she needs to have fantastic
people skills in the areas of interpersonal
communications and self-management.
Our new Executive Director needs to be
able to work within an organization that
is member focused and member driven.
Our next director must have experience to
work with the Association’s current critical
issues, such as the possible merger with
NDPEA (see job #2), challenges and op-
portunities North Dakota finds itself in, and
with coalitions and/or individuals outside
the Association in an effort to leverage
more strength for the Association.
As you might suspect, this kind of person
is not readily available on any street
corner. That is why we are taking our time
and attempting to do it right.
Job # 2: Finish the Unity
(merger) Proposal and
possibly present it to the two
Associations for a vote
As you know, for the past two years, we
have been in Unity (merger) talks with the
North Dakota Public Employees Association
(NDPEA), an affiliate of the American
Federation of Teachers (AFT). These discussions
are leading to a proposal (hereafter
referred to as the “Unity Proposal”) to be
presented to the two respective associations
for a vote to create a new, merged
organization (NMO). You need to know
that we are very close to completing the
Unity Proposal.
When the Unity Proposal is completed,
the next step in the process will be to
present it to the respective Boards of Directors
for their approval. If either of the two
Boards votes ‘no’ to the Unity Proposal, it’s
over. The Unity Proposal will not move forward
and the status quo will remain.
But if both respective Board of Directors
vote ‘yes’ to the Unity Proposal, it will then
be brought to the respective memberships
of both Associations for a ratification vote.
It is hoped that we would have that vote
on February 2, 2013, if the two Boards give
their approval.
I cannot get into the details of the current
Unity Proposal, because we are at
an important point in the process and the
final details are yet to be worked out. But at
this writing, I can report that we are very
close to completion. It would not serve the
process very well to disclose some of those
details now, only to have that information
change in the near future.
Some members are asking why we are
doing this in the first place.
The first answer I usually like to give is
found in the agreement both Associations
entered into when we first started this
movement towards Unity – from Objective
#1 of that agreement: To create a new
union of professionals that is better than
either of its predecessor organizations.
For example, the NDEA and the NDPEA
along with their national organizations, the
National Education Association (NEA) and
the American Federation of Teachers (AFT)
are organizations that have much strength
in a variety of areas. One area that the
AFT excels at is in organizing. By organizing,
I refer to the ability of an organization
to marshal its membership and resources
into a strong collective action to achieve
a goal. Yes, the NEA does this to a certain
extent; but in many people’s opinion, the
AFT takes this to a higher level. I have witnessed
this type of organizing and it is very
impressive. Should the Unity Proposal be
ratified, the NDEA will immediately gain
five organizers in North Dakota ready to
start working with our members in terms
of organizing on the local and state level.
Now the NEA does a better job of servicing
membership. Should ratification take
place, NDPEA members will immediately
gain access to our six Uniserv directors
and system.
Here’s another example how such combining
of resources can produce greater
results for our respective members:
If you remember the NEA and the
American Federation of Teachers tried to
merge on the national level back in 1998,
but that effort fell a little short. So yes, the
AFT and the NEA are unions primarily after
the same membership: educators. As such,
like the NEA, the AFT provides professional
development to its members. Other NDEA
members and I have attended some of
these professional development conferences
as guests of the NDPEA and have
found them to be both of high quality and
of great value. If ratification were to take
place, NDEA members, as now members
of both National Associations, would be
able to take part in these opportunities. In
the same way, NDPEA members would be
able to take in NEA opportunities.
These are but a couple of the ways Unity
can help both Associations’ members. If
the Unity Proposal were to move forward to
the respective memberships for ratification,
there will be much more information and
discussion in the coming months.
This is the # 2 job on my list of things to
accomplish. I wish to see our members and
their members have the chance to decide
on this historic proposal during my watch
as NDEA President. I believe the times and
circumstances we find ourselves in are
compelling us to at least put this on the
table for you to decide as to whether or
not we make this bold step in the future.
I want you to have this chance, this opportunity.
Job # 3: not just survive the
coming north Dakota
legislative session,
but to thrive.
As you can see, I have little room left in
this column in which to get into the particulars
of what is lying ahead for us in the
2013 North Dakota Legislative Session. But
let me say this, while there will certainly
be great challenges to be overcome, there
will certainly be great opportunities as
well. Together, we need to stand up to the
challenges and take the leadership when
opportunity presents itself. It has been my
experience that these two usually come
together side by side.
Job # 3 is making the Legislative Session
a great one for North Dakota students and
educators. Depending on the elections
(Make sure you get out and vote!), I believe
we will be in a good place to move
things forward.
So, you and I are not done yet, time to
finish strong!
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perspectives
▲ NDEA Executive Director
Greg Burns
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‘unions and Bullies’
The teachers strike by the Chicago
Teachers Union (CTU) has once again
rekindled the debate about whether or not
teachers should have the right to strike.
Before I get into that debate a little labor
history might be in order.
Why have I always believed in unions?
I have always believed in unions because
unions fight bullies. Unions were not born
in the light of munificent and caring management.
In addition to being underpaid
the driving force behind unionization has
always been to stop employer bullying
tactics. Some of this bullying, in an earlier
and darker age, involved shooting people
who were trying to unionize. Employees
wanted dignity and respect in the workplace
and the only way to find that was
to organize unions. Before there were laws
governing how unions could organize and
before collective bargaining, the only way
that employees could express displeasure
when bullied by overbearing management,
was to stage a “wild cat” strike, or
a strike with no authorization. This was
the way that grievances were resolved,
dissatisfaction with pay and benefits
was resolved, and layoffs were resolved.
Walking off the job was the only vehicle
for unions to fight bullying tactics by their
employers. This resulted in a chaotic work
place which needed rules. Most of these
rules came in the form of the National
Labor Relations Act and case law known
as the Steelworkers Trilogy.
So employees in the private sector were
allowed to organize unions, negotiate contracts
and process grievances according to
certain rules. Several decades’ later public
employees and teachers in some states
were granted the same rights through the
adoption of state laws. Collective bargaining
has always been viewed as a way of
evening the playing field between employees
and employers so that workplace
disagreements could be addressed in an
organized fashion. Has it always worked
smoothly? No, but it works far more efficiently
than most other processes in our
country today.
Let’s look at strikes a little more closely.
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Why do people strike? We usually read
about wages and fringe benefits being
the primary source of the problem. But
in more instances than not, the problem
is one of respect. Strikes generally do not
happen overnight. It takes years, sometimes
over the course of the bargaining
of several contracts before a strike occurs.
The phrase most often heard when a strike
is announced is that “we’re sick and tired
of this treatment and we’re not going to
take it anymore.” The issue is really that the
employees feel like they are being bullied
by their employer, which forces them to
“People are fond of saying
that when teachers strike
they are putting their
interests before those
of the students, or that
the teachers are using
students as a scapegoat.
Nothing could be further
from the truth.”
strike, or to stand up to the bullying. Have
there been instances when the union has
played the role of the bully? Of course
there have been instances of that. Some
unions thought that they were “too big to
fail” and learned very painfully that such
was not the case. The right to collectively
withhold services from an employer for
workplace justice is a right cherished by all
but those who wish to return to the days of
indentured servitude.
So let’s get back to the strike in Chicago.
(It is not my purpose today to suggest
that North Dakota teachers seek the
right to strike. Chicago is a much different
place than North Dakota.) In no
sector of employment is the right to strike
more controversial than in the teaching
profession. People are fond of saying that
when teachers strike they are putting their
interests before those of the students, or
that the teachers are using students as a
scapegoat. Nothing could be further from
the truth. The teachers in Chicago were
on strike because they were sick of being
pushed around. Has anyone ever stopped
to consider that it is the Chicago School
Board and Rahm Emanuel that were using
the students as the pawn in this fight?
The school board does not have to make
the decision of whether or not to strike;
they just have to keep trying to shove
their perspective down the throats of the
Chicago teachers until the teachers make
the decision to strike. Then the blame, like
other materials that flow downhill, will fall
naturally on the acting party. The only
way for the Chicago teachers to stand up
to this bullying was to strike.
Michael Petrilli, a Vice President of the
Thomas B. Fordham Institute and one of the
nation’s most recognized education analysts,
recently wrote, “And what about the
idea of ‘respect’?” The idea that Rahmbo is
trying to steam roll the unions on his way
to becoming an ‘imperial’ mayor? This is
getting closer to the truth. As a Chicago
teacher told the local news before the
strike, “We didn’t start this fight. We’re only
defending ourselves.” At the very least, the
school board and the CTU share equally
in this mess, so it is unfair to single out the
teachers’ union. The strike was settled after
about a week with both sides claiming
victory. It has to be a clear victory for the
teachers, since they were forced to take the
action that resulted in a settlement.
Unions fight bullies. Teachers are
charged, now more than ever before, with
teaching students how to combat bullying.
It is disingenuous at least, and unprofessional
at worst, to teach young people
how to fight bullying while submitting to it
in the workplace.
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Merion Is
‘Unsung
Hero’
NDEA Mem ber Renee’
Merion, a language arts
teacher at Minot High School,
is the winner of the 2012 ING
Unsung Heroes grant from ING
Unsung Heroes Program.
Merion, who lives in Lansford,
is one of 100 winners
across the country who is
receiving a $2,000 award,
which Merion plans to use to
better incorporate technology
into teaching writing in the
classroom.
Her winning project is “Write
On!” It is a writing program that
focusses on interactive, online
journaling through the use of
laptops. Using different types
of software, students will write
and answer questions online.
Applications for the 2013
ING Unsung Heroes Award are
available at (www.unsungheroes.com).
This year’s winners
were chosen from among more
than 1,300 applications.
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▲ Clockwise from left to right: NDEA Director of Professional Development LeAnn Nelson works with Student NDEA President Janna Lynn Soberg of
United Tribes Technical College on the SNDEA Conference in Jamestown. Governor Jack Dalrymple presents the Teacher of the Year Award to Andrea
Noonan of West Fargo Cheney Middle School during a ceremony sponsored by the Department of Public Instruction this fall. NDEA Member Chris Hall
of Bismarck got her photo taken with Vice President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, at the NEA Representative Assembly in Washington, DC last summer.
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lowman
Wins Award
NDEA Member Joelean
Lowman, Medical Related
Careers teacher at the Career
Academy and Century High
Schools was named “New Educator
of the Year” by the North
Dakota Association of Career
and Technical Education,
which recognizes outstanding
new teachers with less than
five years of experience.
She was honored for teaching
in various modes, including
face-to-face, online, and
interactive television. Lowman
is the first instructor in the state
to design and teach medical
careers in a total online format.
The online class started with
13 students in 2010-11 and has
grown to 65 enrolled for this
year. She has also worked
closely with Rasmussen College
to provide medical terminology
classes online for
dual credit.
Lowman received a $500
stipend to attend the national
CTE conference, as well as
plaques and an awards shirt.
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jack Dalrymple
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▲Clockwise from left to right: Governor Jack Dalrymple proclaims May 8, 2012 National Teacher Day. Present with the Governor are North Dakota Teacher of the Year Brenda Werner and her class from
Bismarck High School (BHS) along with NDEA President Dakota Draper. Governor Dalrymple helps celebrate ‘Liberty Day’ with other state and local dignitaries from Bismarck. Dalrymple speaks to the
NDEA 2012 Representative Assembly in Bismarck. BHS students show Dalrymple a ‘Liberty Day’ pamphlet.
According to governor Dalrypmle the hiring
and retention of highly-competent and
well-qualified people to serve as teachers
is at the heart of a successful K-12 system
of education.
Governor Dalrymple believes all
instructors need the opportunity to
improve in their profession every year.
He says the promise upon which all
of this is based is that instructors receive
compensation that is competitive with
other occupations.
Governor Dalrymple believes in keeping
public dollars for public schools.
He feels North Dakota has a lot yet
to do in education and that we now
have the resources to do new things.
Dalrymple says we must continue
investing in education to make North
Dakota even better.
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HeIDI HeITkamp
FoR U.S. SEnATE
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▲U.S. Senate Candidate Heidi Heitkamp visits a Jamestown School during her travels throughout the state. (Photos by John Steiner of the Jamestown Sun.)
Candidate for the U.S. Senate Heidi Heitkamp
believes teachers make a huge difference in
the lives of everyone that steps through the
doors of north Dakota’s public schools.
Heitkamp says we need programs
that facilitate younger teachers
staying in the profession, as well as
those programs that encourage quali-
fied teachers to continue teaching in
rural and underserved districts should
be promoted and funded appropriately
to ensure the best and brightest are
retained in all of our public schools.
While the federal government
should leave a lot of the direct decision
making in the hands of state
and local governments, Heitkamp
believes there should be a baseline
requirement and a comprehensive
evaluation plan and system in place
and that both should be developed
in a collaborative manner between
educators and administrators.
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pam GUlleSON
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Pam Gulleson
www.ndea.org
Candidate for U.S. House of Representative Pam gulleson believes
that policy and funding decisions on the local, state and federal
levels should reflect the respect that teachers deserve.
Gulleson says North Dakota needs to recruit more new teachers. The state also needs to
retain the good teachers it has by providing them with the economic stability of fair salaries
and good benefits.
She believes class size and educators’ workloads need to be manageable.
According to Gulleson teachers know better than anyone, that education doesn’t stop once
they leave school or get a degree. She believes more needs to be done to continue professional
development and mentoring.
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laura goe to Highlight nDEA
Instructional Conference in Fargo
(One Graduate Credit is available frOm ndsu.)
Laura Goe, Ph.D., a Research Scientist
in the Performance Research Group
at Educational Testing Services in
Princeton, NJ, and Principal Investigator
for Research and Dissemination for
the National Comprehensive Center for
Teacher Quality, will be the General Session
speaker at the NDEA Instructional
Conference Oct. 18-19 in Fargo.
Goe completed her undergraduate
studies in Language and Learning
Theory in Social Context at UC San
Diego before going to the Mississippi
Delta with Teach for America, where she
taught 7th grade special education for
three years. She completed her M.S. in
Educational Policy and Leadership at
the University of Memphis while teaching
at-risk middle school students in an
urban Memphis school, and received
her doctorate from UC Berkeley’s Policy,
Organizations, Measurement, and
Evaluation program. She is currently a
Research Scientist in the Performance
Research Group at Educational Testing
Service in Princeton, NJ, and is Principal
Investigator for Research and Dissemination
for The National Comprehensive
Center for Teacher Quality.
In 2009, she completed a three-year
term as co-editor of the AERA journal
Educational Evaluation and Policy
Analysis. She has served as a visiting
scholar to the NEA and advisor on their
teacher evaluation work, advises the
AFT as a member of their expert panel
on teacher evaluation, and serves as a
consultant to the AFT’s Innovation Grant
sites in New York and Rhode Island as
they design innovative, comprehensive
teacher evaluation systems.
Dr. Goe’s current technical assistance
work for the National Comprehensive
Center for Teacher Quality is focused
on providing research-based support
for states and regional comprehensive
centers as they consider timely topics
such as evaluating teacher effectiveness,
understanding growth models,
and using multiple measures to assess
teachers’ contribution to student learning
growth, particularly in non-tested
subjects and grades.
Besides technical assistance work for
the National Comprehensive Center for
Teacher Quality, she has produced numerous
research syntheses and policy
guides focused on teacher quality and
effectiveness. Her research at Berkeley
and at ETS has focused on using both
quantitative and qualitative approaches
to examining school improvement,
the distribution of teachers, formative
assessment, and teacher evaluation.
She has observed hundreds of teachers
around the country for various projects,
designed and built quantitative
databases, and conducted statistical
analyses using national, state, district,
and school databases. Her research
interests include teacher qualifications,
measuring teacher quality, teacher
effectiveness, teacher compensation,
professional development, and the
▲ Clockwise from left to right: Laura Goe will speak at the NDEA General Session at 9:00 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 18 at Davies High School. Shari Haskins
will be the top presenter for Library Media. Ellen Schrageris the highlighter for FLAND. Chris Ziegler-Dendy will speak in the evening Wednesday, Oct.
17, 2012 at the Doublewood Inn on AD/HD. (See program for specific times and rooms.)
equitable distribution of teachers, as
well as school finance and school and
district resource use.
AD/HD — During the past forty years,
Chris Ziegler-Dendy has been an author
and speaker, classroom teacher, school
psychologist, mental health counselor,
local and state level mental health
administrator, lobbyist and executive
director of a statewide mental health
advocacy organization, and national
mental health consultant on children’s
issues. Perhaps, more importantly, she is
also the mother of two grown sons and
a daughter with ADHD. As a result of her
personal experiences, she co-founded
Gwinnett CHADD and served as their
clinical advisor for seven years. Dendy
served on the National CHADD Board
of Directors from 2000-2005, including
terms as secretary and treasurer. She
was also inducted into the CHADD Hall
of Fame for outstanding contributions
to the field.
Dendy will be speaking Wednesday
evening at Fargo’s Doublewood Inn
(TBA). Her first book, Teenagers with
ADD and ADHD, 2nd ed., 2006 (TWA),
has been extremely popular having
sold over 100,000 copies. Subsequently
a 350 page book packed with strategies
for ensuring school success was
released in 2000 as a companion guide
to TWA. Teaching Teenagers with ADD,
ADHD, and Executive Function Deficits
(2011), now in its second edition, deals
exclusively with educational issues
that challenge our children. The book,
A Bird’s-Eye View of Life with ADD and
ADHD, a survival guide written exclu-
sively for teens, preteens, and young
adults by other teenagers was released
in October 2003 and a second edition
in 2006.
FLAND’s top speaker is Ellen Shrager
who is the author of Teacher Dialogues -
A Survival Guide to Successful Dialogues
with Low-Performing Students, Indulged
Students, and Enabling Parents, The
World Language Daily Tech Guide and
the Involved Parent’s Guide series for
sixth, seventh and ninth grade.
With over 25 years’ experience in
the secondary classroom, Ellen uses
a blend of current research, personal
classroom anecdotes, and humor in her
presentations.
She has presented nationally for the
Association for Supervision and Curriculum
Development, the American
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School Counselor Association, National
Middle School Association, and for the
Association on the Council of Teachers
of Foreign Languages. Ellen has been
the keynote speaker at a dozen state
conferences, and is a popular speaker
for school in-services. She currently
teaches full-time in a public school
outside Philadelphia.
Library Media is bringing in Shari
Haskins who graduated from the University
of Wyoming with a BS in Physical Education
& Health with a minor in English
and a Middle School Endorsement. Shari
has lived in Wyoming for 34 years. She
taught Jr. High and Middle School Physical
Education and English for eleven
years and coached for 15 years.
After being hired by the Fremont
County Library System, Lander Wyoming,
as a Young Adult Librarian in
1999, she has led a rock star life working
with young people, being surrounded
by literature, establishing a Teen Department
and a Teen Summer Reading
Program. In 2007 and 2008 Shari
conducted workshops for the Montana
State Library and Utah State Library focusing
on teen services, Summer Reading
Programs and Advocacy. In 2009,
she presented for MPLA’s Kansas Spring
Conference; introducing the philosophy
of “gaming” as a daily service.
In 2010, she presented at the PLA Oregon
Spring Conference; “Reinventing
Your Teen Department”. Shari is thrilled
to sustain this career and these passions.
As Secretary of Education, Arne
Duncan has said, “the most awarding,
most invigorating jobs are those working
with young people. We need the
‘stars’ in these professions; status quo is
not good enough anymore, it needs to
be challenged.”
The NDEA General Session is set for
9:00 a.m. on Oct. 18th at Davies High
School. Exhibits and Sectionals will also
be held at the new Davies High School
in south Fargo. Other events will be held
at the Ramada Inn Plaza Suites, which is
the headquarters hotel. Overflow rooms
are at the Expressway Inn with state
rates available.
Debbie Schmidtt, one part of
the Schmidtt Sisters will be
performing during the NDEA
Celebration of Excellence at 4:00
p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 18, 2012 at
the Ramada Plaza Suites.
She and her sister, Lana, have
been donning their polyester
ensembles since 1988. Their characters
were inspired by Lana’s
Norwegian granny. In real life,
they aren’t related.
Debbie will take you on a roller
coaster of laughter with quick wit
and hilarious antics. Join us for
some fun before the Celebration
of Excellence begins.
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Karaoke
FoR All MEMBERS
october 18th at the Ramada Inn
from 6:00 to 9:00
Prizes given away every hour and include
$50 gift cards, $100 gifts cards
and a nooK!
Come and have fun with all your teaching friends.
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The NDEA in cooperation with local associations
around the state is proud to announce its 2012
Legislative Candidate Recommendations. (See list
below).
These individuals were recommended by members
who do what you do every day. They work in schools
just like you do and ensure that every child gets a great
public school education. Candidates were recommended
based either on their responses to an interview questionnaire,
or in the case of incumbents, on their past record of performance
on education issues. (See questionnaire and the 2011 vote record
at www.ndea.org/legislative).
As Professionals you play a vital role in shaping and influencing
policies affecting your practice and expertise. Every decision made
affecting classrooms and public schools is at some level a political decision.
That is why the Association works hard to ensure that members
are involved in visiting with candidates to get their views on education
related issues.
We encourage you to support these candidates
as they will best support Great Public
Schools for Every Child and your professional
and economic well-being.
Some candidates are performance recommended,
designated by the “P” after the Recommendation. These
candidates are incumbents whose record of support for
public education in the most recent term in office has surpassed
NDEA RA guidelines of a minimum 70 percent vote
record and the total vote score of 80 percent when considering their
leadership, accessibility, rationale for votes, and committee assignments.
(Go to www.ndea.org/legislative for further information on voting
records.)
To find out what district you live in go to www.ndea.org/legislative.
The NDEA also interviews statewide elected officials and for 2011
elections interviewed the Governor, Treasurer, Insurance Commissioner,
and Superintendent of Public Instruction. (see pages 6-7.)
2012 nDEA RECoMMEnDED lEgISlATIvE CAnDIDATES
HOUSE/ PERFORMANCE/
DISTRICT SENATE PARTY NAME CITY RECOMMENDED
2 S D Lynn Jacobson Alamo, ND R
2 H D Dorvan Solberg Ray, ND R
4 S D John Warner Ryder, ND P
4 H D Tom Conklin Douglas, ND P
4 H D Kenton Onstad Parshall, ND P
6 S D David O’Connell Lansford, ND P
6 H D Bob Hunskor Newburg, ND P
6 H R Dick Anderson Willow City, ND P
7 S D Warren Emmer Bismarck, ND R
7 H D Warren Larson Bismarck, ND R
8 S D Cole Uecker Bismarck, ND R
8 H D Casey Buchmann Washburn, ND R
8 H D Tanya Stebbins Coleharbor, ND R
10 S NO mEETiNg HELD
10 H R David monson Osnabrock, ND P
12 S D John grabinger Jamestown, ND R
12 H D Lyle Hanson Jamestown, ND P
12 H D Jessica Haak Jamestown, ND R
14 S R Jerry Klein Fessenden, ND R
14 H R Jon Nelson Rugby, ND P
16 S D Tyler Axness Fargo, ND R
16 H R Ben Koppelman West Fargo, ND R
16 H D John Lund West Fargo, ND R
18 S D Connie Triplett grand Forks, ND P
18 H D marie Strinden grand Forks, ND R
18 H D Eliot glassheim grand Forks, ND R
19 S NO mEETiNg HELD
19 H D Carol gierszewski grafton, ND R
20 S D Phil murphy Portland, ND P
20 H D Rick Holman mayville, ND P
20 H D gail mooney Cummings, ND R
22 S D Jessica Arneson Casselton, ND R
22 H D Allan Peterson Horace, ND R
HOUSE/ PERFORMANCE/
DISTRICT SENATE PARTY NAME CITY RECOMMENDED
24 S D Larry Robinson Valley City, ND P
24 H D Naomi muscha Enderlin, ND R
24 H D Sharon Buhr Valley City, ND R
26 S D Jim Dotzenrod Wyndmere, ND P
26 H D Jerry Kelsh Fullerton, ND P
26 H D Bill Amerman Forman, ND P
28 S D greg Brokaw Ashley, ND R
28 H R Bill Kretschmar Venturia, ND P
30 S D Nancy guy Bismarck, ND R
30 H D Daphne ghorbani Bismarck, ND R
30 H D Tom Decker Bismarck, ND R
32 S D Wanda Rose Bismarck, ND R
32 H D Jim Unkenholz Bismarck, ND R
32 H D Wade Schemmel Bismarck, ND R
34 S D Stacey Bendish mandan, ND R
34 H D Lori Furaus mandan, ND R
34 H D Sid Kadrmas mandan, ND R
36 S D Rich Brauhn Dickinson, ND R
36 H D Shirley meyer Dickinson, ND P
38 H D mike Rose minot, ND R
38 H D Robert Kibler Burlington, ND R
38 S D Clarice granzotto minot, ND R
40 S R Karen Krebsbach minot, ND P
40 H R Bob Frantsvog minot, ND P
40 H D Sue Olafson glenburn, ND R
42 S D mac Schneider grand Forks, ND P
42 H D Corey mock grand Forks, ND P
42 H D Kylie Oversen grand Forks, ND R
44 S R Tim Flakoll Fargo, ND P
44 H D Joshua Boschee Fargo, ND R
46 S D george Sinner Fargo, ND R
46 H R Kathy Hawken Fargo, ND P
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OCTOBER 2012
How Does the Association
Recommend Candidates?
NDEA members choose candidates to recommend based on face-to-face
interviews. The following is a step-by step process in how NDEA makes
its recommendations.
north Dakota legislature Recommendations
1. A list of questions is developed based on the NDEA Legislative Agenda
adopted at the Delegate Assembly. The candidate appears before a local
interview team of members for an hour-long interview where the candidate
is asked a list of questions that were provided to the candidate in advance
of the interview.
2. In addition to the comments made during the interview, the interview
team discusses support evidence (relationship with association, past voting
records) before making a recommendation. The committee votes, and
submits its recommendations to the Government Relations Commission
(GRC).
3. The GRC discusses the recommendations and then votes to either concur
or not concur with the interview team’s action. If the GRC does not concur,
it is sent back to the local interview team for further consideration. If the
GRC does concur, the recommendations are sent to the NDEA Board of
Directors.
4. The Board of Directors discusses the recommendations and then votes to
either concur or not concur with GRC’s action. If the Board does not concur,
it is sent back to GRC for further consideration. If the Board does concur,
the recommendations are then made public.
north Dakota Statewide Recommendations
1. A list of questions is developed based on the NDEA Legislative Agenda
adopted at the Delegate Assembly. The candidate appears before an interview
team of members from the NDEA Board and GRC, and is balanced by
party and gender. During the hour-long interview the candidate is asked
a list of questions that were provided in advance of the interview.
2. In addition to the comments made during the interview, the interview
team discusses support evidence (relationship with association, past voting
records) before making a recommendation. The committee votes, and
submits its recommendations to the GRC.
3. The GRC discusses the recommendations and then votes to either concur
or not concur with the interview team’s action. If the GRC does not concur,
it is sent back to the local interview team for further consideration. If the
GRC does concur, the recommendations are sent to the NDEA Board of
Directors.
4. The Board of Directors discusses the recommendations and then votes to
either concur or not concur with GRC’s action. If the Board does not concur,
it is sent back to GRC for further consideration. If the Board does concur,
the recommendations are then made public.
Congressional Recommendations
1. A list of questions is developed by members based on federal issues adopted
by the NEA Delegate Assembly. The candidate appears before an interview
team of members from the NDEA Board and GRC, and is balanced by party
and gender. During the hour-long interview the candidate is asked a list
of questions that were provided in advance of the interview.
2. In addition to the comments made during the interview, the interview
team discusses support evidence (relationship with association, past voting
records) before making a recommendation. The committee votes, and
submits its recommendations to the GRC.
3. The GRC discusses the recommendations and then votes to either concur
or not concur with the interview team’s action. If the GRC does not concur,
it is sent back to the local interview team for further consideration. If the
GRC does concur, the recommendations are sent to the NDEA Board of
Directors.
4. The Board of Directors discusses the recommendations and then votes to
either concur or not concur with GRC’s action. If the Board does not concur,
it is sent back to GRC for further consideration.
5. After the NDEA Board accepts the recommendations, the recommendations
are forward to the NEA Fund’s Council for a vote.
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Here’S Some VaLuaBLe
inFormation to KeeP Voting eaSy.
Election Day is November 6, 2012. We encourage all members to get out
and vote. You can vote at the polls on Election Day or vote early and
avoid lines. In some counties you can even vote early in person.
Voting in North Dakota is easy. You just need to show up on Election Day
at your polling place with identification that has your home address and
you will be given a ballot to vote.
Don’t know where to vote? Go to our website: www.ndea.org/legislative.
Going to be gone on Election Day or don’t want to wait in line at the polls?
Go to our website: www.ndea.org/legislative.
SAMPLE
2013 NDEA LEGISLATIVE AGENDA
As adopted by the NDEA Board of Directors, March 13, 2012
QUALITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO
ENHANCE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT
The North Dakota Education Association advocates for quality public schools to
enhance student achievement. Therefore, NDEA supports legislation that will...
Ensure quality public education for students.
• Provide adequate and equitable funding for schools to offer a diverse
and challenging curriculum and the services that will prepare students
for global opportunities.
• Invest in public education as economic development.
• Oppose diverting public money for the support of non-public schools.
Improve and enhance student learning.
• Provide fully-prepared, licensed teachers for all students.
• Provide teacher support systems (mentoring and coaching programs)
for teachers that will heighten their expertise and confidence
throughout their careers.
• Provide time and resources for education employees to participate in quality
professional development designed to impact instruction and learning.
• Align student testing to state content standards and use the best testing
methods to improve the quality of education and instruction for students.
• Provide modern, safe buildings and facilities for all students so they can
concentrate on learning.
• Provide students and school employees with nutrition and wellness programs
that encourage healthful living and a healthful attitude for learning.
• Support programs or initiatives for school readiness.
Recruit and retain education employees.
• Maintain and enhance dedicated funding for significant salary increases
for all education employees.
• Maintain high standards for licensure and credentials.
• Fund teacher support systems (mentoring and coaching) for all levels of experience.
• Provide bargaining and employment rights for all education employees.
• Expand the bargaining rights for licensed education employees.
• Support compensation systems that are fair, equitable, and sustainable.
• Develop a fair and effective system of evaluation that is locally negotiated for
all education employees.
Preserve the defined benefit for current and future retirees.
• Avoid drastic benefit changes.
• Minimize member contribution increases.
• Maintain the current multiplier.
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2013ToY
candidates
There were four finalists for the 2013 North
Dakota Teacher of the Year Award: Phyllis
Kadrmas of Devils Lake; Linda Hope of Langdon;
Andrea Noonan of West Fargo; and Scott Johnson
of Bismarck. Each candidate submitted a
written application and then were judged by a
panel put together by the Department of Public
Instruction. LeAnn Nelson from the NDEA served
on the panel. The 2012 North Dakota Teacher
of the Year is Andrea Noonan from West Fargo
Cheney Middle School, but all four candidates
deserve recognition for their outstanding efforts
in educating the youth of tomorrow.
Phyllis Kadrmas, an English
teacher at Devils Lake High School,
remembers how hard it was to wait to
go to school. “My cousin and I played
school, but because she was four years
older, she always got to be the teacher,”
said Kadrmas. “So, since before I found
myself in school, I have never wanted to
be anything else but a teacher.”
Kadrmas said that she has been
lucky enough to teach in several schools
throughout her career, and she has always
found that kids are kids and treating
them with respect goes a long way.
“I still love coming to school and interacting
with my students,” she said. “Not
many people can say that they look
forward to each day, but I really can. It
is really the greatest job to have since
I have combined an income with my
passions, learning and teaching.”
According to Kadrmas she has extended
the classroom for her students
and herself by coaching speech and
directing plays. “The creativity and
growth of students in these areas are
some of my finest successes,” she said.
“I know it sounds corny,” said Kadrmas,
“but teaching gives me a sense of ‘teaching
the future’ which when one teaches,
this is truly humbling. I have taught long
enough to see many of the caterpillars
become butterflies, but more importantly,
good people and good parents. That
is really my greatest accomplishment.”
Kadrmas’ Principal Ryan Hanson
says, “Kadrmas is an outside-the-box
thinker who challengers her students to
do the same. She does not accept the
status quo, the popular decision or jump
in line because everyone else is doing
it. She is strict, but kids love her; she is
demanding, but students lover her; she
is opinionated and strong-willed; but
staff love her; and she tells it like it is;
but parents lover her. Kadrmas is one
of the few people who has the ability to
get the most out of people. She is gifted
in influencing and motivating others
while remaining a very considerate
and patient person. She never has what
I would consider a bad day and forces
those around her to have good days
as well.”
According to Kadrmas, the classroom
must relate to the student’s world in some
way and the students must relate their
world to the classroom. “That is how they
will take whatever learning they will get
from the classroom and help to shape
their world view,” she said.
“I really like the quotation, ‘…the best
is what they have to offer,’ she said.
“’This is probably one of the core beliefs
that I have as a classroom teacher. It is
my challenge to get them to offer their
best no matter what their abilities or
their background.”
Linda Hope, a science teacher at
Langdon High School, says that three
former teachers, a love for learning, and
a special bond and feeling for young
people influenced her to become a
teacher.
“I tingle with excitement when my
students’ faces light up and when they
begin to grasp and understand a new
concept, she said. “I feel that the students
trust me because I am honest with
them and they know I expect honesty
from them as well.”
Hope says that some of her greatest accomplishments
and contributions in education
are receiving her masters degree
in education, developing a new science
class at her school, coaching the Science
Olympiad team to Nationals, and being
a presenter at Purdue University.
She began teaching science eleven
years ago with home economics as a
major and a physical science minor;
so she knew she needed to strengthen
her knowledge base. After two summers
and additional courses during the
school year, Hope received her Master
of Education degree from NDSU.
“My belief to be a life-long learner is of
outmost importance to me,” said Hope. “I
must strive continually to acquire knowledge
to keep abreast of information in
my subject matter through educational
journals, textbooks, and membership in
professional organizations such as NSTA
and NEA.”
According to Hope, she has developed
a desire and love for learning
science in her high school. “I attempt to
instill in my students a love for learning
by showing them the desire, excitement
and enthusiasm I have for teaching,”
she said.
One way Hope has accomplished this
is by developing a new class offering,
Advanced Biology. This class, as well
as the other science elective classes that
Hope teaches, have increased in enrollment
every year. “Several students tell
me that their interest in science is due
to my classes,” she said.
Varying the methodologies of teaching
the subject matter enables me to
keep the classes more interesting and
helps ensure that students of all learning
styles can learn,” said Hope. “This
also enables me to show students that
science is fun and exciting.”
Hope says she strives constantly to
challenge the less motivated student. “I
find that by allowing he or she to present
to the class, often it may be only a
very short segment, will help them to feel
ownership and be willing to prepare to
present again,” she said. “I also praise
them often by telling them specifically
what they were successful doing; this
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OCTOBER 2012
shows them that they too are making
progress.”
Hope would like to tell the general
public that she has the greatest job in
the world, teaching the greatest students
in the world. “No one can ask for
more than a job where one loves to go
to work every day and spend the day
helping the future of the world learn
about themselves and their environment,”
she said.
Andrea Noonan, an English Language
Arts teacher at Cheney Middle
School in West Fargo, spent many hours
▲ Phyllis Kadrmas
playing “school” when she was young,
and she was always the teacher! “I loved
assigning work, correcting papers, answering
questions, and standing in front
of my neighborhood pupils with chalk
in hand,” Noonan said. “As I grew older
it was just a matter of deciding who I
would teach and which subject.” According
to Noonan, when she became
a secondary English teacher it was no
surprise to her family.
Noonan believes that every child
can and deserves to learn. “I believe
that students desire and are motivated
when they are given choices,” she says.
“I believe that students need to be ready
for a global competition and must be
able to contend in an academic and
corporate world that requires 21st Century
skills.”
For the last three years, Noonan has
been actively involved by working on
a Masters of Education in Instructional
Design and Technology at UND. The Masters
of Science program, where Noonan
maintained a 4.0 grade point average,
was designed with activities that include
theory as well as putting theory into practice
by creating lessons. “By participating
in the instructional design process,” she
said, “I analyze student performance,
compare current performance to desired
goals, create assessments and instruction
that meet goals and objectives, and
implement instruction using the most
suitable technology.”
Noonan has created an instructor-led
lesson called ‘Research: Choosing Reliable
Sources’ for Cheney Middle School
students. “I have shared ideas for new
technology as well as instructional strategies
with colleagues who have provided
feedback on how to improve instruction
and student learning,” she said.
According to Noonan, communication
with parents and community is vital
to our education system. “There was a
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time when all parties worked together,”
she said. “NEA admits that teachers find
parent communication to be one of the
most difficult parts of the education field.
Teachers need the tools to be able to effectively
communicate with parents in
the 21stCentury. It is my goal to bridge
the gap that has developed between
communities and their schools.”
“Parents and stakeholders want to
know what is happening in schools and
how teachers and students are performing,”
she said. Noonan has developed a
web site to help Cheney Middle School
▲ Linda Hope
deliver such information based on
AdvancED recommendations and standards.
Interested community members
can look to this web site to check on the
national accreditation process of their
nearby school (http://www.wix.com/
anoona8/advanced).
“Together we can brainstorm many
methods to help teachers and schools
be prepared to facilitate discussions on
education by choosing the avenue that
is most appropriate for specific levels,
departments, and communities,” she
said. “Communication: Let’s get the
conversation started!”
Scott Johnson, a Century High
School Science (Chemistry and Anatomy/Physiology)
teacher in Bismarck
wanted to be a doctor growing up.
Through multiple job shadowing experiences
in college, he changed his mind.
“I wanted to pursue medicine to help
people appreciate and comprehend
the mysteries of the natural world, “he
said. “In a flash, I realized that I wanted
to become a teacher.”
Johnson feels that teaching is the
single most influential vocation that has
ever existed. “Ask any person on the
street to recall his or her favorite teacher,”
he said, “and that person can instantly
recall the sights, sounds, and even smells
of that classroom regardless of how long
ago it was. I was fortunate to have had
several such influential teachers.”
For Johnson there are three traits
that stand out most among excellent
▲ Andrea Noonan
teachers: vast depth of knowledge in
the field and the ability to bridge it with
other disciplines; a powerful charismatic
approach that leaves one craving for
more; and a commitment to ensuring
that each student is considered a vital
asset to the class as a whole.
Johnson also believes that teachers
must be life-long learners. “Teachers
must stay informed of new applications,
new approaches, and the latest
developments in order to best serve the
students and prepare them for the 21st-
Century,” he said. “The skills we needed
and were trained to foster are certainly
not defunct, but they now serve as stepping
stones for more involved and richer
applications. I find that drives me to be
a constant learner, an active participant
in professional organizations that keep
teachers informed of current techniques,
and a dedicated listener to the demands
of the community.”
Along with the challenge of keeping
up with current application of knowledge,
Johnson believes teachers must
also display a level of charisma that
inspires each and every student to
become a vital part of the class. “Being
charismatic doesn’t mean that the
teacher must be each student’s friend,
but rather that each student is seen as
an individual of tremendous value to
the class.”
According to Johnson, the most influential
teachers exhibit two traits that
have a tremendous impact in the class-
▲ Scott Johnson
room: passion and a commitment to
service. “Passion is what is felt;” he says,
“teachers wake up on even the gloomiest
of mornings, shake off the remnants
of sleep, and begin to look forward to
the rich and numerous opportunities
and challenges the day holds. Service
is what is seen; excellent teachers are
consistently found as the leaders of
activities within the classroom, in department
and district meetings, in professional
organizations, and throughout
the community.”
“To me,” says Johnson, “the most effective
teachers are those who exemplify
passion each and every day and are
readily identified as being committed to
serve within the classroom, the district,
and throughout the community as a
whole. It is time to reaffirm our impact
on students’ lives and to live up to what
that influence requires.”
From left to right: DPI TOY Coordinator Pat Laubach, First Lady Betsy Dalrymple, Governor Jack Dalrymple, 2013 TOY Andrea Noonan, Superintendent
of Public Instruction Wayne Sanstead, TOY Candidate Phyllis Kadrmas, TOY Candidate Scott Johnson, and NDEA President Dakota Draper.
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‘Together We Hold the Future’
2013 INSTRUCTIONAL CONFERENCE PROGRAM CLOSE-UP
THURSDAY, oCToBER 18
2:00-2:50 pm Online Resources Special Programs Dan F213
TIME SESSIon CATEgoRY PRESEnTER RooM
for your Reading
Classroom from
Anderson
1:00-1:50 pm Common Core Common Core Lynn Mitzel A216
Prairie Public
Mathematical Standards
BS
Education Services
Practices: What do
we need to practice
Mathematics
2:00-2:50 pm Draft State Teacher
Evaluation
Teacher Effectiveness Sherri
Warner-
C216
1:00-1:50 pm Designing Instruction Common Core Dr. Christine C211
Guidelines
Seefeld
to Meet the CCSS for
Informational Test
Standards Reading McCoy
2:00-2:50 pm Emerging
Technology & Trends
Technology Special
Programs
Paul Jensen C215
1:00-1:50 pm Power Teacher and
the Common Core
Commone Core
Standards Technology
Jane Hovda B118
2:00-3:00 pm Building Relations
Through the
ESP Fern
Pokorny
101
1:00-1:50 pm ADHD Friendly Differentiation Jane C206
Community
& Carla
Teaching: Part I
Indergaard
Eisenzimmer
1:00-1:50 pm Scaling-up Multi-Tier Differentiation Brenda Oas C202
2:00-3:30 pm ADHD Friendly Differentiation Stephanie C207
Systems of Support
Teaching: Part II
Kautzman
1:00-1:50 pm Driving Safely in the Drivers Education Mike Argell A117
2:30-3:30 pm Exploring NEA NDEA Retired MaryGrace A220
Rural Areas-Gravel
Member Beneftis
Lee, NEA
Roads
3:00-3:50 pm CCSS State Resources Common Core Rob Bauer A219
1:00-1:50 pm What Makes a Music Music Dr. Sara B111
Standards
Teacher Great
Hagen
3:00-3:50 pm Common Core Common Core Lynn Mitzel A216
1:00-1:50 pm What is Happening NDEA Retired Shelly A220
State Standards for Standards
BS
with TFFR Retired
Schumacher
Mathematic. The Mathematics
1:00-1:50 pm Liquid Treasurer Reading Kim C212
End!
Trunk
Belgarde,
3:00-3:50 pm Power Teacher and Common Core Jane Hovda B118
David
the Common Core Standards Technology
Marquardt
3:00-3:50 pm Scaling-up Multi-Tier Differentiation Brenda Oas C202
1:00-1:50 pm Could It be Dyslexsia Ready Child Kari Bucholz B109
Systems of Support
& Jane
Conlin
3:00-3:50 pm Connecting with Kids Differentiation Luralynn
Hodges
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1:00-1:50 pm Membership Has Its
Privileges
Special Programs MaryGrace
Lee, NEA
A218
3:00-3:50 pm The 21st Century
Learner
Music Denese
Odegaard
B111
1:00-1:50 pm Online Resources
for your Reading
Classroom from
Prairie Public
Education Services
Special Programs Dan
Anderson
F213
3:00-3:50 pm
3:00-3:50 pm
Legacy Children's
Foundation
Integrading
Homework
Ready Child
Special Programs
Jeff Dehne
Shelly
Murphy
B109
A217
1:00-1:50 pm Using Student Teacher Effectiveness
Growth in Evaluation
Teachers in Tested
and Non-Test Subjects
and Grades
Keynoter,
Laura Goe,
ETS
Choir Rm 3:00-3:50 pm Online Resources
for your Reading
Classroom from
Prairie Public
Education Services
Special Programs Dan
Anderson
F213
1:00-2:00 pm R.Y.A.-Protect Yourself
Always
ESP Audrey
Haskell
101
3:00-3:50 pm What is Happening
with TFFR
Special Programs Shelly
Schumacher
A221
1:00-2:30 pm
1:00-3:00 pm
1:00-4:00 pm
11:00-11:50 am
12:00 pm
2:00 2:50 p.m,.
What is Universal
Design for Learning
SMARTBoard
Notebook II
World Language
Teachers
Member Benefits
Silent acution/swap
shop
Improving Student
Performance Through
Differentiation
Technology Special
Programs
FLAND
ESP
FLAND
Music
Ellen Dunn
& Alyce
Wiemken
Carissa
Swenson
Ellen
Shrager,
Keynoter
MaryGrace
Lee, NEA
Dr. Leigh
Walkefiled
C101
C121
A205/206
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A205/206
B112
3:00-3:50 pm What are Some ND
Schools Doing to
Develop an Effective
Teacher Evaluation
Process/Panel
3:00-3:50 pm Learning Forward
North Dakota LFND
3:00-3:50 pm Digital Citzenship
3:00-4:00 pm Using your Access
Card
4:00-5:30 pm NDEA/LM Business
Meeting
FRIDAY, oCToBER 19
Teacher Effectiveness
Teacher Effectiveness
Technology Special
Programs
ESP
Library Media
Tabitha
Lang MA
Paul Jensen
Carla
Eisenzimmer
Kathy Jo
Cline
C215
A218
C215
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Library
Imagination
TIME SESSIon CATEgoRY PRESEnTER RooM
2:00-2:50 pm CCSS State Resources Common Core
Standards
Rob Bauer A219
8:00 am Executive Board
meeting
FLAND A205/206
2:00-2:50 pm Teaching to the ELA
Common Core State
Standards
Common Core
Standards
Marlene
Srock
B118
8:00 am-
12:00 pm
Teen Literature to
Know and Not to Say
No To
Library Media Shari
Haskins,
Keynoter
Library
2:00-2:50 pm Enjoying Youth in
Positive Decision
Making
Drivers Education Lee Erickson A116
8:00-8:50 am Responding to
Bullying and
Protecting the
Ready Child Wendy
Troop
Gordon
B109
2:00-2:50 pm Clarifying the Reading Common Tina Pletan C214
Victims
Common Core Core Standards
8:30 am- I Can Do It Special Programs Alicia Bata Ramada
2:00-2:50 pm Writing Instruction Reading Common Tara C213
3:30 pm
& Karen
Aligned with Core Standards Hofmann
Christensen
Common Core K-5
8:30-9:20 am Making Musical Music Dr. Charlotte B112
2:00-2:50 pm Experience Dyslexia Ready Child Kari Bucholz B110
Connections
Moe
& Jane
Conlin
9:00 am FLAND Specialties FLAND A205/206
125 years long – 8,000 members strong

OCTOBER 2012
9:00-9:50 am Can My
Administrator Really
Do That?
9:00-9:50 am Di-Hydrogen
Mono0oxide's
Physical
Characteristics
9:00-9:50 am Education Standard
& Practices Board
(ESPB) Teacher
License Updates &
Changes to Initial &
Renewal Licenses
9:00-9:50 am Getting Ready for
School Begins at Birth
9:00-9:50 am National Board
Certification-
Information
9:00-9:50 am Online Resources
for your Reading
Classroom from
Prairie Public
Education Services
Special Programs Deanna
Paulson
Science Ila
LaChapelle
C215
C205
Special Programs Janet Welk B116
Ready Child Erica
Kindem
B109
Special Programs Kim Rensch A117
Special Programs Dan
Anderson
9:00-9:50 am Project WET Science Tina
Harding
9:00-9:50 am Reaching Beyond he
Classroom Walls
9:00-9:50 am Science Goes Up, Up
and Away
9:00-9:50 am What is Your True
Color
9:30-10:50 am Informance: The
Excelsior Trio
10:00-10:50 am Transforming the
Difficult Child
Special Programs Drue
Haarsager
& Mary
Eldredge-
Sandbo
Science Marissa
Saad &
Joshua Berk
Special Programs Jane
Rupprecht
Music Deb
Harris, Jay
Hershberger
& Russell
Peterson
Ready Child Tanya
Frazier
10:00-10:50 am H2O Olympics Science Kim
Belgarde,
David
Marquardt
10:00-10:50 am Di-Hydrogen
Mono0oxide's
Physical
Characteristics
n AAA
n Aitken Educational Specialties
n Animal Attach
n Barnes & Noble
n Blue Cross & Blue Shield
n Burdick Job Corps
n Business Challenge
n Classroom Connection
n College SAVE
n EDU Tech
n Elect Mark & Karen
n Frans Letter Crafts
n Haley’s Hope
n Healthy Steps
Science Ila
LaChapelle
F213
C121
C216
C204
B117
B111
B110
C134
C205
n Heart to Heart Consulting
n Horace Mann
n Houghton Mifflin
Harcourt/Holt McDougal
n Market Place for Kids
n McGraw-Hill Campanies
n NASA ND Space Grant
Consortium
n National Geographic
n ND Air National Guard
n ND Center for Distance
Education
n ND JumpStart
n ND National Guard Child
10:00-10:50 am Science Goes Up, Up
and Away
10:00-10:50 am Best Compensation
for New Teachers
10:00-10:50 am Membership Has Its
Privileges
10:00 am-noon What do I need to do
to become National
Board Certified?
10:00-10:50 am One-On-One
Turtoring with Tutor
ND
10:00-10:50 am Online Resources
for your Reading
Classroom from
Prairie Public
Education Services
10:00-10:50 am Teacher Support
Network
Science Marissa
Saad &
Joshua Berk
C204
Special Programs Fern
Pokorny
C217
Special Programs MaryGrace
Lee, NEA
A218
Special Programs Kim Rensch A117
Special Programs Steve
Axtman
Special Programs Dan
Anderson
Special Programs Laurie
Stenehjem
C203
F213
C211
10:00-10:50 am Title I, SIG, NCLB Special Programs Laruie
Matzke
A217
10:15 am Business Meeting FLAND A205/206
11:00-11:50 am How I Prepare a
Score
11:00-11:50 am Improve School
Success with At-
Home Games
Music Dr. JoAnn
Miller
Ready Child Amber
Goebel
11:15 am French FLAND A205/206
11:15 am German FLAND A205/206
11:15 a.m. Latin FLAND A205/206
11:15 a.m. Native Languages FLAND A205/206
11:15 a.m. Spanish FLAND A205/206
11:00-11:50 am Hands on
Science
206
Activities for the
Science Classroom
Cory Volk
11:15 am French FLAND 211
11:15 am German FLAND 212
11:15 am Latin FLAND 216
11:15 am Native Languages FLAND 217
11:15 am Spanish FLAND 218
2012 NDEA Instructional Conference Exhibitors
n ND Prevention Resource
and Media Center
n ND Project WET
n ND School Nurse Organization
n ND State Library
n NDCPD
n NDEA
n NDSU Forest Service
n NDSU Graduate School
n Nick & Kim for NDEA
n Northern State University
n Operation Military Kids
n Organo Gold
n Pam Gulleson for ND
B112
B109
n Pearson
n Prairie Public
n Prairie Waters Education
& Research Center
n SimplyFun
n State Historical Society of ND
n TFFR
n The Forum-Newspaper
n UND
n UND Library of Health Sciences
n UsBorne Books & Mre
n Valley City State University
n Woman’s Christain
Temperance Union
Bring this issue for your conference program!
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WEDNESDAY
NDEA Instructional Conference
OCTOBER 18-19, 2012 • Fargo Davies High School
Together We Hold The Future
NDEA Instructional Conference Teachers and ESPs 2012
Registration is free for all NDEA Members. Register online at www.ndea.org. One graduate credit is available from NDSU
5:00 pm NDEA-R Retired Advisory Council
Meeting, Ramada Plaza Suites Restaurant,
Signature ii
6:00-9:30 pm
Doublewood inn
Surviving the Ride: Understanding the
Impact of Executive Function Deficits
in ADHD & Dyslexia. Chris Zeigler
Dendy. Helping students with Executive
Function Deficits plus ADHD and/or
Dyslexia succeed in school.
Chris Ziegler Dendy, m.S. is an author,
former educator, school psychologist
and children’s mental health professional
with over 40 years’ experience.
She presents nationally and internationally
on Executive Function and its
impact on ADHD and other coexisting
Learning Challenges.
8:00 pm ESP-Social, Ramada Plaza Suites
THURSDAY MAIN EVENTS
8:00 am-4:00 pm Registration & Exhibits (exhibits open
to the public). Davies High School,
gym i Please note this is the only
registration site for the Conference.
9:00 am GENERAL SESSION. Davies High
School, Theatre (Open to the public).
National Anthem: Samantha Raun
(Davies High School)
Invocation: Pastor Kevin (Hope Lutheran)
Welcome & Introductions: NDEA President,
Dakota Draper.
Remarks by North Dakota Governor
Jack Dalrymple
Remarks and 2013 Teacher of the
Year Recognition.
NDEA ESP of the Year Recognition.
Keynote Speaker: Laura goe, Ph.D. A
research Scientist in the Performance
Research group at Educational Testing
Services in Princeton, NJ.
Approaches to Evaluating Educator
Effectiveness. Recognizing that effective
teachers and principals are the
most important school-based factor in
student achievement, most states are
seeking ways to identify and acknowledge
excellent teachers and support
struggling teachers. multiple measures
such as observations, student surveys,
portfolios, and student learning growth
are being used in this effort. This presentation
will focus on the advantages,
challenges, and trade-offs involved in
building a valid system of educator
evaluation.
4:00-5:00 pm A Celebration of Excellence. Honoring
ND member Award Recipients and
Finalists, Ramada inn Suites, Crystal
Ballroom
5:00-6:00 pm NDEA Government Relations Social,
Ramada inn & Suites, Crystal Ballroom
6:00-8:00 pm Karaoke, Ramada inn & Suites, Crystal
Ballroom
6:00-8:30 pm SNDEA (Students) Representative
Assembly and Dinner Ramada inn &
Suites, Bach
FRIDAY MAIN EVENTS
8:30 am-noon Exhibits, gym, Davies High School
(Open to the public).
8:30 a.m-3:30 pm “I Can Do It”, Ramada inn Suites,
Etude
9:00-11:00 am ESP Advisory Committee Meeting,
Ramada inn & Suites, Sonata i
9:00-11:00 am SNDEA Board Meeting, Ramada inn
Suites, Sonata ii
Noon-5:00 pm NDEA Ambassador/Commission
Meetings, Ramada inn Suites, Brahms.
Breakouts: Brahms, Bach, mozart i & ii,
Sonata i & ii, Overture.
THURSDAY SPECIAL PROGRAMS
1:00-1:50 pm Reading: Online Resources for your
Reading Classroom from Prairie
Public Education Services. Daniel Anderson,
Prairie Public. Prairie Public is
your portal to thousands of free media
clips and accompanying standardsbased
teacher resources created by
PBS and its affiliates. Whether full
programs or chapters created specifically
for the classroom, public media
is becoming easier than ever to embed
into the curriculum. This presentation
will include examples of media and
teacher resources, ie: ND Studies, PBS
Learning media; that are available to
all teachers of reading and language
arts, demonstrations of how to quickly
search for specific topics of interest,
and an overview of additional low cost
resources available through Learn360.
Each attendee will receive a jump drive
containing a copy of the presentation,
selected lesson plans/activities and
various other resources available from
Prairie Public. [PrK-5] [Rm F213]
1:00-2:30 pm What is Universal Design
for Learning? Ellen Dunn & Alyce
Wiemken, Fargo. Universal Design
for Learning is a set of principles for
curriculum development that give all
individuals equal opportunities to learn.
UDL provides a blueprint for creating
instructional goals, methods, materials,
and assessments that work for
everyone—not a single, one-size-fits-all
solution but rather flexible approaches
that can be customized and adjusted
for individual needs. Why is UDL necessary?
individuals bring a hug variety of
skills, needs, and interests to learning.
“When educators design curriculum
and lessons UDL provides a framework
that allows more access for all students
from the beginning”. [Rm C101]
1:00-1:50 pm Membership Has Its Privileges.
marygrace-Lee, NEA member Benefits.
Discover the hidden value of
Registration-Exhibits-General Session:
Fargo Davies High School, 7150 25th St S, Fargo ND
Sectional Meetings: Fargo Davies High School, 7150
25th St S, Fargo ND
Headquarters Hotel: Ramada Inn Suites, Fargo
belonging to NDEA/NEA. NEA member
Benefits works hard to help enhance
the financial and professional lives of
NEA members with advocacy, service,
discounts, and consumer information.
in this session you will learn how
to maximize your hard earned dollars
using the member-exclusive products
and services provided by NEAmB. We
promise you will walk away from this
session saying: “i had no idea NEA
offered so many great products! i’m
going to check this out right away!” And
remember, your family is eligible for mB
products too! [Rm A218]
1:00-4:00 pm World Language Teachers. Ellen
Shrager, Teacher, Author, Consultant.
How to use basic technology to improve
classroom management and support
90% target language (TL) usage in the
Language 1 classroom. [K-12] [Rm
A205/206]
1:00-3:00 pm SMARTBoard Notebook ll: What’s
New? Carissa Swenson, EDUTech.
SmARTBoards are finding their way into
many classrooms. Teachers may have
become comfortable with the Notebook
10 software, but what about the latest
version? During this overview session,
we will show teachers what some of the
latest features and tools that are available
for Notebook 11. This is a good
refresher course for all SmARTBoard
users. [K-12] [Rm C121]
2:00-2:50 pm Science: Online Resources for your
Science Classroom from Prairie Public
Education Services. Daniel Anderson,
Prairie Public. Prairie Public is your
portal to thousands of free media clips
and accompanying standards-based
teacher resources created by PBS and
its affiliates. Whether full programs or
chapters created specifically for the
science classroom, public media is becoming
easier than ever to embed into
the curriculum. This presentation will
include examples of media and teacher
resources, ie: ND Studies, PBS Learning
media; that are available to all science
teachers, demonstrations of how to
quickly search for specific topics of
interest, and an overview of additional
low cost resources available through
Learn360. Each attendee will receive
a jump drive containing a copy of the
presentation, selected lesson plans/
activities and various other resources
available from Prairie Public. [PrK-5]
[Rm F213]
2:00-2:50 pm Emerging Technology & Trends. Paul
Jensen, EDUTech. Presentation includes
using a mash up of EduTech’s EduSocial
blogging services, videos, discussion,
exploring emerging technologies,
trends, and challenges that may impact
on teaching, learning, and creative
inquiry. Topics include social media,
e-books, electronics, robotics, gamebased
learning, flexible displays, what’s
emerging from the labs and technology
trends in K-12 for the next few years.
[K-12] [Rm C215]
125 years long – 8,000 members strong

OCTOBER 2012
3:00-3:50 pm Integrating Homework. Shelly murphy,
mayville/Portland. This AFT presentation
will include research based information
for effectively using homework in the
classroom. [1-12] [Rm A217]
3:00-3:50 pm Online Resources from Prairie Public
Education Services. Daniel Anderson,
Prairie Public. Prairie Public is your portal
to thousands of free media clips and
accompanying standards-based teacher
resources created by PBS and its affiliates.
Whether full programs or chapters
created specifically for the classroom,
public media is becoming easier than
ever to embed into the curriculum. This
presentation will include examples
of media and teacher resources, ie:
ND Studies, PBS Learning media;
that are available to all ND educators,
demonstrations of how to quickly
search for specific topics of interest,
and an overview of additional low cost
resources available through Learn360.
Each attendee will receive a jump drive
containing a copy of the presentation,
selected lesson plans/activities and
various other resources available from
Prairie Public. [PrK-5] [Rm F213]
3:00-3:50 pm What is Happening with TFFR? Shelly
Schumacher, ND Retirement & investment
Office. The presentation will include
a brief overview of the plan, some
statistics, and status of TFFR 2011
legislative changes approved. 2013
legislative proposals put in for study
and a couple of educational slides on
DB/DC/Hybrid plans. [Active members]
[Rm A221]
3:00-3:50 pm Digital Citizenship. Paul Jensen,
EDUTech. get the tour of an EduTech
blog that contains a multitude of free
resources to help teachers and technology
leaders to prepare their students to
understand appropriate technology usage
and become aware of the dangers
of the cyber world. EduTech suggests
that Digital Citizenship instruction be
placed in school’s curriculum at various
levels and reinforced in following years
so all students receive Digital Citizenship
instruction at some time in each
level. The instruction can be informal
and integrated into many curriculum
areas. [K-12] [Rm C215]
FRIDAY SPECIAL PROGRAMS
8:30 am-3:30 pm “I Can Do It” Classroom Management
Training. Alicia Bata, Cavalier and Karen
Christensen, Wishek. “i Can Do it,” is a
classroom management program for
new teachers (0-5 years). Beginning
a teaching career can be a daunting,
overwhelming experience. Depending
upon the school, a new teacher may
confront an overcrowded classroom,
no mentor, and little time to meet with
peers or plan courses. “i Can Do it”
provides new teachers with strategies
to help alleviate some stress associated
with these issues. Registration is
limited to 25 and is FREE to members,
so register today online at www.ndea.
org. [Ramada inn Suites, Etude]
9:00-9:50 am “Can my Administrator Really do
that?” “Is that legal?” Deanna
Paulson, UniServ Director. We’ll answer
these questions and others when we
explore how North Dakota law addresses
teacher evaluations, job security,
personnel files and much more. Bring
www.ndea.org
any questions you have and enjoy a discussion
with your colleagues to gain a
better understanding of your rights and
responsibilities as a classroom teacher.
[Rm C215]
9:00-9:50 am Education Standard and Practices
Board (ESPB) Teacher License Updates
and Changes to Initial and
Renewal Licenses. Janet Welk, ESPB
Executive Director. This session will provide
attendees with information about
changes and updates to ND teacher
licenses and the ESPB website.[Rm
B116]
9:00-9:50 am National Board Certification. Kim
Rensch, NBCT. This session will provide
attendees with an introduction to and
overview of the National Board/Take
One! process. National Board is a
nationally recognized professional development
opportunity. The fee is paid
by the state and national for the first 10
ND applicants. [Rm A117]
9:00-9:50 am Online Resources from Prairie Public
Education Services. Daniel Anderson,
Prairie Public. BA, mS, Ed Special. Prairie
Public is your portal to thousands
of free media clips and accompanying
standards-based teacher resources created
by PBS and its affiliates. Whether
full programs or chapters created specifically
for the classroom, public media
is becoming easier than ever to embed
into the curriculum. This presentation
will include examples of media and
teacher resources, ie: ND Studies, PBS
Learning media; that are available to all
ND educators, demonstrations of how
to quickly search for specific topics of
interest, and an overview of additional
low cost resources available through
Learn360. Each attendee will receive
a jump drive containing a copy of the
presentation, selected lesson plans/
activities and various other resources
available from Prairie Public. [6-12]
[Rm F213]
9:00-9:50 am What is Your True Color? Jane Rupprecht,
UniServ Director. This session will
provide an overview of the True Colors
personality inventory program and how
it can be used for team-building for
local associations or for school districts.
[Rm B117]
9:00-9:50 am Reaching Beyond the Classroom
Walls: Drue Haarsager, Cheney middle
School and mary Eldredge-Sandbo, DesLacs
Burlington. in this session, Drue
and mary will facilitate a discussion on
global competence in the classroom. As
participants in the Pearson Foundation
global Learning Fellowship program,
they traveled to China with a group of
teachers in hopes of understanding
how we can better interact, communicate
and work with others outside of
our environment. They will share their
impressions of China and ideas that
use knowledge of various cultures to
help teachers develop lesson plans that
address learning in the 21st Century.
[Rm C216]
10:00.-10:50 am Best Compensation for New Teachers.
Fern Pokorny, UniServ Director. All
districts are different. in this interactive
session teachers will review contracts
so they know what to look at and
consider before signing an individual
contract with a district. [Rm C217]
10:00 am-noon What Do I Need to do to Become
National Board Certified? Kim Rensch.
For any teacher who is at the beginning
of the National Board Certification journey
or is thinking of pursuing certification
in the near future, stop by and find
out more about how to get started. [Rm
A117]
10:00-10:50 am One-On-One Tutoring with Tutor ND.
Steve Axtman, North Dakota State
Library. Tutor ND provides live help from
professional tutors and is available to
all North Dakotans at no charge. it is
designed for K-12 students, college students,
and adults who are job seekers
or want supplemental academic help
to enhance their careers. Students work
one-on-one with professional tutors on
homework, projects, essay writing, test
prep and career skills. Subjects include
math, science, English and social studies.
The tutors are carefully screened
experts who are professional teachers,
college professors, and graduate students
from accredited universities. They
are based in the U.S. and Canada. Tutor
ND is available from any computer with
an internet connection. The platform
is also supported on iOS and Android
mobile devices. Audience: Educators,
Administrators and Counselors. [Rm
C203]
10:00-10:50 am History: Online Resources for your
ND Studies Class from Prairie Public
Education Services. Daniel Anderson,
Prairie Public. Prairie Public is your portal
to thousands of free media clips and
accompanying standards-based teacher
resources created by PBS and its affiliates.
Whether full programs or chapters
created specifically for the classroom,
public media is becoming easier than
ever to embed into the curriculum. This
presentation will include examples
of media and teacher resources, ie:
ND Studies web site as well as PBS
Learning media that are available to
all teachers of reading and language
arts, demonstrations of how to quickly
search for specific topics of interest.
Each attendee will receive a jump drive
containing a copy of the presentation,
selected lesson plans/activities and
various other resources available from
Prairie Public. [PrK-12] [Rm F213]
10:00-10:50 am Teacher Support Network. Laurie
Stenehjem, North Dakota Support
System Coordinator. most successful
teachers are fortunate enough to have
someone who took them “under their
wing” during their first year of teaching
and helped them to survive and
thrive. Without this support, many new
teachers fail to become comfortable
and/or competent, and either leave the
profession or continue on without much
success. Come and learn how you can
help support your new colleagues! You’ll
also learn how the ND Teacher Support
System provides funding to help ensure
this support to happen. [Rm C211]
10:00-10:50 am Title I, SIG & NCLB Updates. Laurie
matzke, DPi Title i Director. This session
will provide attendees with update to
date information about Title i, Sig and
NCLB. it will also address the ESEA
Flexibility Waiver and what that means
for ND if the waiver the state submitted
on Sept. 6 is accepted. [Rm A217]
10:00-10:50 am Membership Has Its Privileges.
marygrace Lee, NEA member Ben-
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efits. Discover the hidden value of
belonging to NDEA/NEA. NEA member
Benefits works hard to help enhance
the financial and professional lives of
NEA members with advocacy, service,
discounts, and consumer information.
in this session you will learn how
to maximize your hard earned dollars
using the member-exclusive products
and services provided by NEAmB. We
promise you will walk away from this
session saying: “i had no idea NEA
offered so many great products! i’m
going to check this out right away!” And
remember, your family is eligible for mB
products too! [Rm A218 ]
SECTIONAL MEETINGS
WEDNESDAY DIFFERENTIATION
6:00-9:30 pm Surviving the Ride: Understanding the
Doublewood Impact of Executive Function Deficits
in ADHD & Dyslexia. Chris Zeigler
Dendy. Helping students with Executive
Function Deficits plus ADHD and/or
Dyslexia succeed in school.
Chris Ziegler Dendy, m.S. is an author,
former educator, school psychologist
and children’s mental health professional
with over 40 years’ experience.
She presents nationally and internationally
on Executive Function and its
impact on ADHD and other coexisting
Learning Challenges.
THURSDAY COMMON CORE STANDARDS
North Dakota recently announced its adoption of the
Common Core Standards. Educators in ND have been
busy reviewing, researching and aligning these standards
to current ND standards. Presenters will provide
participants with information about what the state has
been doing to prepare for the 2013 implementation of
the Common Core Standards.
1:00-1:50 pm Designing Instruction to Meet the
CCSS for Informational Test. Dr. Christine
mcCoy, Dickinson State University.
Participants will learn about informational
text requirements in the Common
Core State Standards. genre examples
will include persuasive, expository
informational and procedural. Attendees
will review the characteristics and
features of each genre and examine
various genre-sensitive strategies. in addition
they will have the opportunity to
examine Read/Write/Think lessons that
support each of the genres. [1-12] [Rm
C211]
1:00-1:50 pm Common Core Standards. What do
we need to practice? Lynn mitzel. The
outcome of this session is a deeper
understanding of the mathematical
practices and how they fit into the
class/courses that a teacher is teaching.
it will include the development of
“i can” statements and supplemental
resources to help teachers use the
mathematical practices to teach math
on a daily basis. [6-12] [A216]
1:00-1:50 pm PowerTeacher and the Common
Core. Jane Hovda, EDUTeach. Do you
have questions regarding the Common
Core or other school standards
and how they can be implemented
into PowerTeacher? What standards
or benchmarks have i covered within
a subject area? How do i determine
which students have met standards and
which require more help/intervention?
if you would like to find the answers to
those questions and view the Standards
Visualizer plan on attending this
session. The Standards Visualizer helps
teachers configure the views and filter
standards to see exactly where to focus
their efforts. Audience K-12 teachers
and administrators. [Rm B118]
2:00-2:50 pm CCSS State Resources. Rob Bauer,
DPi. CCSS is scheduled for implementation
statewide by July 2013. What are
the benefits of CCSS? What tools are
available for schools and teachers to
manage the transition to CCSS? What
changes will be made to the annual
state assessment? Will there need to
be instructional shifts for each grade
level and content area? Attendees will
receive guidance on these issues and
learn what the state is doing to support
this transition. [Rm A219]
2:00-2:50 pm Clarifying the Common Core. Tina
Pletan, Bismarck Public Schools. This
presentation will be an overview of the
setup of the ELA CCSS for grades K-5.
Attention will be drawn to the descriptor
words, specifying what the initials
mean in each standard. The sequential
development of the standards will be
highlighted showing the stages of development
across specific strands from
grade to grade. [l-5] [Rm C214]
2:00-2:50 pm Writing Instruction Aligned with Common
Core K-5. Tara Hofmann, Jamestown
Public School. This presentation
will focus on the writing standards in
CCSS in grades K-5. The three genres of
writing in CCSS are: opinion, informative/explanatory
and narrative. Attention
will be drawn to the expectations of
student writing. For each genre of writing,
presenter will provide lesson ideas
and how to adjust for different levels of
students. [K-5] [Rm C213]
2:00-2:50 pm Teaching to the ELA Common Core
State Standards. marlene Srock, minot.
We will look at the strategies and techniques
that research has shown to be
most effective in helping students meet
reading goals. This will help identify
changes teachers can make in their current
teaching practices to enable their
students be more successful in meeting
the Common Core State [K-4] [Rm
B118]
3:00-3:50 pm PowerTeacher and the Common Core.
Jane Hovda, EDUTeach. Do you have
questions regarding the Common Core
or other school standards and how they
can be implemented into PowerTeacher?
What standards or benchmarks
have i covered within a subject area?
How do i determine which students
have met standards and which require
more help/intervention? if you would
like to find the answers to those questions
and view the Standards Visualizer
plan on attending this session. The
Standards Visualizer helps teachers
configure the views and filter standards
to see exactly where to focus their
efforts. Audience: K-12 teachers and
administrators. [Rm B118]
3:00-3:50 pm Common Core State Standards for
Mathematics. The END! Lynn mitzel.
This session will look at the “the end”
(the assessments). The outcome of the
session is a better understanding of
what the assessment might look like
the different types of questions, how
selected response question will change,
the complexity of the questions, and
how they are matched to standards and
grade levels. [6-12] [Rm A216]
3:00-3:50 pm CCSS State Resources. Rob Bauer,
DPi. CCSS is scheduled for implementation
statewide by July 2013. What are
the benefits of CCSS? What tools are
available for schools and teachers to
manage the transition to CCSS? What
changes will be made to the annual
state assessment? Will there need to
be instructional shifts for each grade
level and content area? Attendees will
receive guidance on these issues and
learn what the state is doing to support
this transition. [Rm A219]
THURSDAY DIFFERENTIATION
1:00-1:50 pm Scaling-up Multi-Tier Systems of
Support: Who Does it and What do
They Do? Brenda Oas, DPi. A collaborative
made up of DPi, REAs, Districts,
Higher Education and Parent Organizations
will begin a formalized project to
scale up multi-Tier Systems of Support
mTSS for North Dakota schools in the
fall of 2012. The innovations included
with the multi-Tier System of Support
include Response to intervention (RTi)
and Positive Behavior interventions and
Supports (PBiS). With funding from the
US Department of Education grant, the
regionally focused project will begin
work in southeastern North Dakota.
The project will fund a combination of
mTSS training and coaching support for
schools, districts and regional education
agencies. The regional focus will
include development of a pilot district
project to work out the details of a
scaling-up process that best fits North
Dakota. Replication and refinement of
this scaling-up process will continue
with other districts in southeastern
North Dakota and will address what
scaling looks like in districts of different
sizes. A Regional implementation Team
will be formed to guide this process.
in 2012-13, the project will also kick
off a statewide focus on middle School
Preparation for mTSS training. Leadership
teams representing middle schools
from across the state will be invited to
go through structured planning steps to
get ready for mTSS training in 2013-14.
The long term goal is to increase capacity
for implementation of innovations in
all regions of the state. [Rm C202]
1:00-1:50 pm ADHD Friendly Teaching: Part I. Jane
indergaard, Concordia College. Provides
an overview of the latest scientifically
researched information about AD/HD,
the executive functions and other key
symptoms and how this impacts school
performance and behavior. Teachers will
be invited to rethink AD/HD from a cognitive
perspective and understand how
weak executive functions affect learning
for a student with AD/HD. Teacher will
come away with a current working
knowledge and understanding about
AD/HD and its challenges in the school
setting. [Preschool-12] [Rm C206]
1:00-2:30 pm What is Universal Design
for Learning? Ellen Dunn & Alyce
Wiemken, Fargo. Universal Design
for Learning is a set of principles for
curriculum development that give all
individuals equal opportunities to learn.
UDL provides a blueprint for creating
instructional goals, methods, materi-
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als, and assessments that work for
everyone—not a single, one-size-fits-all
solution but rather flexible approaches
that can be customized and adjusted
for individual needs. Why is UDL necessary?
individuals bring a hug variety of
skills, needs, and interests to learning.
“When educators design curriculum
and lessons UDL provides a framework
that allows more access for all students
from the beginning”. [Rm C101]
2:00-3:30 pm ADHD Friendly Teaching: Part 2.
Stephanine Kautzman. An interactive
training presentation of the most current
evidence based teaching techniques
and general strategies for helping
students with AD/HD succeed in the
school setting. We will cover 4 Foundational
Principles and 10 AD/HD Friendly
Teaching Techniques for teaching all
students. Of note-these strategies are
also effective for students with other low
to moderate learning challenges. [K-12]
[Rm C207]
3:00-3:50 pm Connecting with Kids. LuraLynn Hodges,
White Shield. This session will focus
on reclaiming youth at risk by building
positive connections using the Circle of
Courage philosophy. [K-12] [Rm 213]
3:00-3:50 pm Scaling-up Multi-Tier Systems of
Support: Who Does it and What do
They Do? Brenda Oas, DPi. A collaborative
made up of DPi, REAs, Districts,
Higher Education and Parent Organizations
will begin a formalized project to
scale up multi-Tier Systems of Support
mTSS for North Dakota schools in the
fall of 2012. The innovations included
with the multi-Tier System of Support
include Response to intervention (RTi)
and Positive Behavior interventions and
Supports (PBiS). With funding from the
US Department of Education grant, the
regionally focused project will begin
work in southeastern North Dakota.
The project will fund a combination of
mTSS training and coaching support for
schools, districts and regional education
agencies. The regional focus will
include development of a pilot district
project to work out the details of a
scaling-up process that best fits North
Dakota. Replication and refinement of
this scaling-up process will continue
with other districts in southeastern
North Dakota and will address what
scaling looks like in districts of different
sizes. A Regional implementation Team
will be formed to guide this process.
in 2012-13, the project will also kick
off a statewide focus on middle School
Preparation for mTSS training. Leadership
teams representing middle schools
from across the state will be invited to
go through structured planning steps to
get ready for mTSS training in 2013-14.
The long term goal is to increase capacity
for implementation of innovations in
all regions of the state. [Rm C202]
THURSDAY DRIVER EDUCATION
Contact Thomas Johnson
Home: 701-663-4800;
School: 701-663-7491,
Email: Thomas.johnson@d1.org
or by mail: 713 16th Ave NW, mandan,
ND 58554.
1:00-1:50 pm Driving Safely in the Rural Areas-
Gravel Roads. mike Argell, Cass
County Sheriff’s Dept. Traffic Safety and
concentrate on the rural gravel roads.
www.ndea.org
There will be a Q & A session. [All ] [Rm
A117]
2:00-2:50 pm Enjoying Youth in Positive Decision
Making. Lee Erickson, Northern Lights
SADD Coordinator. Peer-to-peer strategies
related to traffic safety issues. The
session will provide information on the
SADD Program and how teens across
the state are positively impacting their
peers. There will be Q & A session. [All]
[Rm A116]
THURSDAY ESP
11:00 11:50 am Member Benefits. marygrace Lee, NEA
member Benefits. [Rm 101]
1:00-2:00 pm P.Y.A.-Protect Yourself Always! Audrey
Haskell, grand Forks. [Rm 101]
2:00-3:00 pm Building Relations through the Community.
Fern Pokorny, UniServ Director
and Carla Eisenzimmer, Bottineau. As
educators we all know that the community
can be an essential partner to
help increase student achievement.
NEA’s “Building Relations through the
Community” is a resource that districts
can implement to begin to successfully
build those relationships. [Rm 101]
3:00-4:00 pm Using your Access Card. Carla Eisenzimmer,
Bottineau. [Rm 101]
THURSDAY FOREIGN LANGUAGE (FLAND)
12:00 pm Silent Auction, Swap Shop [Rm
A205/206]
1:00-4:00 pm World Language Teachers. Ellen
Shrager, Teacher, Author, Consultant.
How to use basic technology to improve
classroom management and support
90% target language (TL) usage in
the Language 1 classroom. [All] [Rm
A205/206]
4:00-5:00 pm Travelogue Panama, Charlene Nemec.
Bring a flash drive if you want a copy of
presentation.
5:00 pm Social
FRIDAY FOREIGN LANGUAGE (FLAND)
8:00 am Executive Board Meeting
[Rm A205/206]
9:00 am FLAND SPECIALTIES [Rm A205/206]
10:00 am Break, Swap Shop, Silent Auction [Rm
A205-206]
10:15 am Business Meeting [Rm A205-206]
11:15 am AAT Sectionals:
French [Rm A205-206]
german [Rm A205-206]
Latin [Rm A205-206]
Native Languages [Rm A205/206]
Spanish [Rm A205/206]
THURSDAY MATHEMATICS
1:00-1:50 pm Common Core Standards. What do
we need to practice? Lynn mitzel, The
outcome of this session is a deeper understanding
of the mathematical practices
and how they fit into the class/
courses that a teacher is teaching. it
will include the development of “i can”
statements and supplemental resources
to help teachers use the mathematical
practices to teach math on a daily
basis. [6-12] [Rm A216]
3:00-3:50 pm Common Core State Standards for
Mathematics. The END! Lynn mitzel.
This session will look at the “the end”
(the assessments). The outcome of the
session is a better understanding of
what the assessment might look like
the different types of questions, how
selected response question will change,
the complexity of the questions, and
how they are matched to standards and
grade levels. [6-12] [Rm A216]
THURSDAY LIBRARY MEDIA
4:00-5:30 pm NDEA/LMA Business Meeting, Kathy
Jo Cline. Annual meeting of the Library
media Association members. [K-12]
[Library]
FRIDAY LIBRARY MEDIA
8:00-12:00 “Teen Literature to Know and Not to
Say No to.” Shari Haskins. This presentation
will be an overview with recommendations
of fiction and non-fiction
for teens in school. Series and stand
alones will be featured along with the
issues that these titles may generate.
There is an important place in school
libraries for current and past cutting
edge teen literature and you can be
that advocate. 60% of books chosen
by librarians never get checked out.
[Library]
THURSDAY MUSIC
1:00-1:50 pm What Makes a Music Teacher Great?
Dr. Sara Hagen, Valley City State University.
This session will focus on recent
research on current understandings of
what effective teachers actually do in
the classroom. Participants will learn
techniques that work for exemplars in
the field and consider how content and
preparing to teach interact with motivation
and methodology. [Rm B111]
2:00-2:50 pm Improving Student Performance
Through Imagination: Learning to
Go Beyond the Black and White by
Reading Between the Lines. Dr. Leigh
Wakefiled, Concordia College. Do your
students ever seem to miss the point
or the emotion of a piece of music?
Do you ever wish you could take them
outside the box so they could feel what
you feel? Dr. Wakefiled is a master at
telling stories and using imagery to help
students go far beyond the ink. [Rm
B112]
3:00-3:50 pm The 21st Century Learner. Denese
Odegaard, Fargo Public Schools. Explore
ways to keep students engaged and
accountable for their own learning. gain
the tools you need to approach learning
in new ways for your students, addressing
21 Century Skills, differentiation
and getting kids up and moving in all
areas of music education. [Rm B111]
FRIDAY MUSIC
8:30-9:20 am Making Musical Connections: Achieving
Advocacy. Dr. Charlotte moe, North
Dakota State University. music is not
“Just a Pleasant Sound!” How do we
connect music’s value to parents, administrators
and students? This session
will create a compilation of “Tried and
True” performance and class scenarios
which achieved the goal of understanding
the beauty and value of music-making.
Practical musical experiences which
created community and encouraged a
life-long appreciation for music will be
shared. [Rm B112]
9:30-10:50 am Informance: The Excelsior Trio. Deb
Harris, Jay Hershberger and Rus-
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sell Peterson, Concordia College. The
Excelsior! Trio was formed in 2009 and
is unique in a number of ways, not least
of which is the group’s instrumentation.
The trio consists of flute, saxophone,
and piano and has performed far and
wide, including a recent European tour
in the summer of 2012. The ensemble
will amaze you with its musicianship
and technique, and will let you in on
how you can use their experience and
expertise to help your students reach
greater heights. [Rm B111]
11:00-11:50 am How I Prepare a Score. Dr. JoAnn
miller, North Dakota State University. Dr.
miller is one of the most versatile musical
leaders in the region. in addition to
leading the exemplary choral program
at North Dakota State University, she
regularly works with orchestral musicians,
wind players, keyboardists, and
percussionists and more. She’ll share
her secrets for understanding the score,
keeping things in perspective and producing
outstanding performances. [Rm
B112]
THURSDAY NDEA RETIRED
1:00-1:50 pm What is Happening with TFFR? Shelly
Schumacher, ND Retirement & investment
Office. The presentation will include
a brief overview of the plan, some
statistics, status of TFFR 2011 legislative
changes approved, 2013 legislative
proposals put in for study, and a couple
of educational slides on DB/DC/Hybrid
plans. [Rm A220]
2:30-3:30 pm Exploring NEA Member Benefits.
marygrace Lee, NEA member Benefits.
in this session we will explore the
added value member Benefits products
and services bring to NDEA membership.
Discover how to use mB programs
to enhance the value of your membership.
Whether its insurance, a mortgage,
or discounts on everyday items, we
are there to help. You’ll be surprised
to learn about all we have to offer, not
only for you, NDEA member, but for your
family members as well. many members
enjoy the return of their dues dollars
and more buying shopping at their “Association
Store”. NEA member Benefits:
www.neamb.com. [Rm A220].
THURSDAY READING
1:00-1:50 pm Liquid Treasurer Trunk. Kim Belgarde
and David marquardt, Fargo. Explore the
history of water with poetry and journaling.
make and takes and give-a-ways.
[K-8] [Rm C212]
1:00-1:50 pm Designing Instruction to Meet the
CCSS for Informational Test. Dr. Christine
mcCoy, Dickinson State University.
Participants will learn about informational
text requirements in the Common
Core State Standards. genre examples
will include persuasive, expository
informational and procedural. Attendees
will review the characteristics and
features of each genre and examine
various genre-sensitive strategies. in addition
they will have the opportunity to
examine Read/Write/Think lessons that
support each of the genres. [1-12] [Rm
C211]
2:00-2:50 pm Clarifying the Common Core. Tina
Pletan, Bismarck Public Schools. This
presentation will be an overview of the
setup of the ELA CCSS for grades K-5.
Attention will be drawn to the descriptor
words, specifying what the initials
mean in each standard. The sequential
development of the standards will be
highlighted showing the stages of development
across specific strands from
grade to grade. [l-5] [Rm C214]
2:00-2:50 pm Writing Instruction Aligned with Common
Core K-5. Tara Hofmann, Jamestown
Public School. This presentation
will focus on the writing standards in
CCSS in grades K-5. The three genres of
writing in CCSS are: opinion, informative/explanatory
and narrative. Attention
will be drawn to the expectations of
student writing. For each genre of writing,
presenter will provide lesson ideas
and how to adjust for different levels of
students. [K-5] [Rm C213]
2:00-2:50 pm Teaching to the ELA Common Core
State Standards. marlene Srock, minot.
We will look at the strategies and techniques
that research has shown to be
most effective in helping students meet
reading goals. This will help identify
changes teachers can make in their current
teaching practices to enable their
students be more successful in meeting
the Common Core State [K-4] [Rm
B118]
THURSDAY READY CHILD
1:00-1:50 pm Could It be Dyslexia. Kari Bucholz
and Jane Conlin. Did you know that
approximately one in five students is
dyslexic? in a class of twenty there are
probably four who experience dyslexia
in some form. Hear about the researchbased
definition of dyslexia and review
the list of warning signs, from preschool
through adulthood. [Rm B109]
2:00-2:50 pm Experience Dyslexia. Kari Bucholz and
Jane Conlin. Experience a simulation
that gives a true understanding of what
it FEELS like to be dyslexic. This emotional,
intense experience is something
you will new forget. [Rm B110]
3:00-3:50 pm Legacy Children’s Foundation: No
Child Left Behind! Jeff Dehne. Written
and developed by teenagers, meaningful
opportunities are matched with
healthy expectations to breathe life
back into discouraged teens. missing
links that affect school performance are
filled through community connections
and resources. Every child is given a
chance to develop and succeed through
his/her individual set of gifts and
talents! [Rm B109]
FRIDAY READY CHILD
8:00-8:50 am Responding to Bullying and Protecting
the Victims: What Educators and
Parents Need to Know. Wendy Troop
gordon. As public recognition of the
harm caused by bullying increases,
there is growing pressure on school
personnel to identify and address bullying
among children and adolescents.
in this session, we will talk about what
differentiates bullying from other forms
of aggression, how it affects victims,
and how adults can best work with
those students who commit the bullying
and those who are bullied. We will also
discuss the importance of parental
education in combating bullying and
protecting victims. [Rm B109]
9:00-9:50 am Getting Ready for School Begins at
Birth. Erica Kindem. As teachers we can
tell when kids have had quality early
care and education. High-quality early
care and education helps children get
ready for success in kindergarten and
beyond. Yet early care and education
quality varies considerably around
North Dakota. Learn about a new
program being launched in Cass County
to ensure that kids will be ready and
able to succeed when they begin school
and enter your classroom doors. Hear
how this program can be a blueprint for
the state to take its early learning and
development efforts to the next level.
[Rm B109]
10:00-10:50 am Transforming the Difficult Child: “The
Nurtured Heart Approach”. Tanya
Fraizer. Educators often find themselves
struggling with the intensity of challenging
children, with whom typical
responses and protocol regularly make
the situations worse. This workshop will
introduce an approach through which
children use their intensity successfully
& attendees will leave with a powerful
understanding of the Nurtured Heart
Approach & firs steps towards a new
skill set to help all children flourish. [Rm
B110]
11:00-11:50 am Improve School Success with At-Home
Games. Amber goebel. School readiness
isn’t just about reading at home.
When parents play games with their
kids, especially the right games, those
children come to school with improved
literacy, numeracy, and socialization
skills. Educators can easily encourage
game playing and other learning
activities. Bring laptops and/or tablets
if you’ve got them! [5-12] [Rm B109]
FRIDAY SCIENCE
9:00-9:50 am “Science Goes Up, Up and Away.”
marissa Saad and Joshua Berk,
Department of Space Studies at UND.
The NASA North Dakota Space grant
Consortium sponsors a high altitude
ballooning competition each year for
students in grades 6-12. Learn how
your students can participate in this exciting
science project where classroom
payloads are launched to an altitude
of about 90,000 feet and then recover.
Learn how to put together a payload.
Learn what competition categories there
are Learn about the prizes for the winners.
[6-12] [Rm C204]
9:00-9:50 am Di-Hydrogen Mono-Oxides Physical
Characteristics. ila LaChapelle. This
session will be on water and its physical
characteristics. One of the activities will
be constructing a cubic foot model to
be used to demonstrate what cfs stands
for and how it is calculated. There will
be handouts that are classroom ready
as well as the make and take. Knowing
the power of water is essential to
determine the effects water in motion
can have on the environment. Water is
a large factor in environmental change.
[5-12] [Rm C205]
9:00-9:50 am “Project WET goes online.” Tina
Harding, ND State Water Commission.
Project WET USA has launched
DiscoverWater.org. DiscoverWater.org
combines student friendly illustration
and animation with online interactive,
science based lessons about the
important roles that clean water plays
in our lives. The online experience is
another tool that brings water lessons
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to life in a way that makes learning fun
and encourages today’s youth to take
action towards becoming tomorrow’s
responsible stewards of North Dakota’s
water resources. [Rm C121]
10:00-10:50 am H2O Olympics. Kim Belgarde and David
marquardt, Fargo. Fun science activities
to do with your students they will
love and learn from. Prizes!! [3-6] [Rm
C134]
10:00-10:50 am Di-Hydrogen Mono-Oxides Physical
Characteristics. ila LaChapelle. This
session will be on water and its physical
characteristics. One of the activities will
be constructing a cubic foot model to
be used to demonstrate what cfs stands
for and how it is calculated. There will
be handouts that are classroom ready
as well as the make and take. Knowing
the power of water is essential to
determine the effects water in motion
can have on the environment. Water is
a large factor in environmental change.
[5-12] [Rm C205]
10:00-10:50 am “Science Goes Up, Up and Away”
marissa Saad and Joshua Berk,
Department of Space Studies at UND.
The NASA North Dakota Space grant
Consortium sponsors a high altitude
ballooning competition each year for
students in grades 6-12. Learn how
your students can participate in this exciting
science project where classroom
payloads are launched to an altitude
of about 90,000 feet and then recover.
Learn how to put together a payload.
Learn what competition categories there
are Learn about the prizes for the winners.
[6-12] [Rm C204]
THURSDAY TECHNOLOGY
1:00-3:00 pm SMARTBoard Notebook11: What’s
New? Carissa Swenson, EDUTech.
SmARTBoards are finding their way into
many classrooms. Teachers may have
become comfortable with the Notebook
10 software, but what about the latest
version? During this overview session,
we will show teachers what some of the
latest features and tools that are available
for Notebook 11. This is a good
refresher course for all SmARTBoard
users. [K-12] [Rm C121]
1:00-1:50 pm PowerTeacher and the Common Core.
Jane Hovda, EDUTeach. Do you have
questions regarding the Common Core
or other school standards and how they
can be implemented into PowerTeacher?
What standards or benchmarks
have i covered within a subject area?
How do i determine which students
have met standards and which require
more help/intervention? if you would
like to find the answers to those ques-
“I Can Do It!” offered at IC
‘I Can Do It,’ a Classroom Management workshop for new teachers (0 to 5 years),
is scheduled for Oct 19th, 2012 from 8:30 to 4:00 at Fargo’s Ramada Inn Suites.
Beginning a teaching career can be a daunting and overwhelming experience.
Depending upon the school, a new teacher may confront an overcrowded
classroom, no mentor, and little time to meet with peers or plan courses.
‘I Can Do It’ provides new teachers with strategies to help alleviate some stress
associated with these issues. Registration is limited to 25. It is FREE to members
and is $50 for nonmembers. Lunch is provided. Credit is available from NDSU.
For more information contact LeAnn Nelson at leann.nelson@ndea.org or call
1-800-369-6332.
Register at www.ndea.org/events
www.ndea.org
tions and view the Standards Visualizer
plan on attending this session. The
Standards Visualizer helps teachers
configure the views and filter standards
to see exactly where to focus their
efforts. Audience: K-12 teachers and
administrators. [Rm B118]
2:00-2:50 pm Emerging Technology & Trends. Paul
Jensen, EDUTech. Presentation includes
using a mash up of EduTech’s
EduSocial blogging services, videos,
discussion, exploring emerging technologies,
trends, and challenges that
may impact on teaching, learning, and
creative inquiry. Topics include social
media. e-books, electronics, robotics,
game-based learning, flexible displays,
electronics, what’s emerging from the
labs and technology trends in K-12 for
the next few years. [K-12] [Rm C215]
3:00-3:50 pm Digital Citizenship. Paul Jensen,
EDUTech. get the tour of an EduTech
blog that contains a multitude of free
resources to help teachers and technology
leaders to prepare their students to
understand appropriate technology usage
and become aware of the dangers
of the cyber world. EduTech suggests
that Digital Citizenship instruction be
placed in school’s curriculum at various
levels and reinforced in following years
so all students receive Digital Citizenship
instruction at some time in each
level. The instruction can be informal
and integrated into many curriculum
areas. [K-12] [Rm C215]
3:00-3:50 pm PowerTeacher and the Common Core.
Jane Hovda, EDUTeach. Do you have
questions regarding the Common Core
or other school standards and how they
can be implemented into PowerTeacher?
What standards or benchmarks
have i covered within a subject area?
How do i determine which students
have met standards and which require
more help/intervention? if you would
like to find the answers to those questions
and view the Standards Visualizer
plan on attending this session. The
Standards Visualizer helps teachers
configure the views and filter standards
to see exactly where to focus their
efforts. Audience: K-12 teachers and
administrators. [Rm B118]
THURSDAY TEACHER EFFECTIVENESS,
EVALUATION & SUPPORT
The focus on effective teacher evaluation systems is
at the forefront of the national education reform. Over
30 states have submitted and been approved to waive
some of the requirements of NCLB. However, in order
to receive the waiver states and/or districts have to
develop a teacher evaluation system that determines
teacher effectiveness. These evaluation systems must
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also outline a support process for struggling teachers.
ND recently submitted for a waiver. These sessions
focus on teacher evaluation and how to determine
effectiveness based on multiple measures for student
and professional growth.
1:00-1:50 pm Using Student Growth in Evaluation
Teachers in Tested and Non-Tested
Subjects and Grades. Laura goe, Ph.D.
A research Scientist in the Performance
Research group at Educational Testing
Services in Princeton, NJ. Federal
education priorities have focused on
including evidence of teachers’ contributions
to student learning growth as
a significant part of teacher evaluation.
Race to the Top, School improvements
grants and ESEA Waiver requests all
require the use of student achievement
growth. States are taking a variety
of approaches to measuring student
learning growth, including value-added
models and student growth percentiles
for tested subject, and student learning
objectives and alternative measures
for non-tested subjects and grades.
These approaches will be introduced at
the general session and discussed in
greater detail in this interactive session.
[Choir Rm]
2:00-2:50 pm Draft State Teacher Evaluation Guidelines-Sherry
Warner-Seefeld, Fargo. ND
recently submitted a waiver for flexibility
with NCLB. Part of the application dealt
with teacher evaluation and support.
in this session, participants will review
the guidelines drafted for the waiver to
address teacher evaluation in ND. [Rm
C216]
3:00-3:50 pm What are Some North Dakota Schools
Doing to Develop an Effective Teacher
Evaluation Process/PANEL. [Rm C215
3:00-3:50 pm Learning Forward North Dakota-
LFND. Tabitha Lang, EDUTech. Learning
Forward North Dakota-LFND is a newly
formed state affiliate which falls under
the National Learning Forward Organization.
The focus of our work is to support
professional learning that increases
educator effectiveness and results
for all students. Also to enable teachers
to be able to deliver high quality
professional development through the
introduction, analysis and implementation
of the Learning Forward Standards
and to offer professional learning
opportunities through an annual state
conference. Come and find more about
getting involved as LFND is in its infancy
and we welcome new members with
open arms. Check out the blog we have
established: http://blogs.edutech.
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nDEA
2013
Elections
off and
Running
As North Dakota Education
News went to press,
the Association had received
petitions for those seeking the
positions of President and Vice
President of NDEA.
Running together for President
and Vice President are:
Nick Archuleta of Bismarck
and Kim Belgarde of Fargo
along with Mark Berntson of
West Fargo and Karen Christensen
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‘Sue Sad’ continued from page 24
“I had two years of sleepless nights to
get to this point,” she said. “I used a lot of
Mike’s tissues, and he was always there
for me when I had any doubts about
what was happening and why. Now it
was time to prove I was innocent.”
“As the trial began and the jury was
picked,” said Sue, “Mike told each juror
that this case was about a fifth-grade,
autistic boy and a paraprofessional.
He’d ask each juror, ‘Do you believe a
paraprofessional has the right to defend
herself against a special needs student?’
Each juror’s answer was, ‘yes.’”
“In a criminal case the prosecution
has to prove beyond a reasonable
doubt that the defendant is guilty,” said
Geiermann. If the City cannot prove its
case, the Court can take the case away
from the jury and dismiss the charge
under Rule 29. The prosecution called
the two educators who were present at
the original incident, and the mother
of the child. With some prodding, each
educator testified once again that Sue
was just defending herself. When the
prosecution rested its case, I made a
Rule 29 Motion and the judge granted
it. I leaned over and whispered to Sue,
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‘You just won!’ Sue looked at me like a
deer in headlights, so I told her the judge
was going to release the jury and the
case would be over. I still don’t think she
believed me.”
So, at that point, the judge brought
the jury back into the room. “He told
the jury the prosecution had not proven
“i couldn’t afford to go through
and pay for two trials, and i’m
sure neither could any of you.
my dues i paid to the Association
saved me from being
in debt for life.”
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of the work week either by phone
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There might have been times in
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‘disorderly conduct’ in this case,” said
Geiermann. “He discharged the jury,
and he granted the Rule 29 motion.” “I
think Sue’s new favorite number is now
‘29,’” Geiermann joked.
“After all the jurors left,” said Sue, “I
finally realized that the case was over. “I
was not being charged with ‘disorderly
conduct’ by the City of Jamestown. My
tears were now tears of joy.”
But Sue didn’t want the case to stop
with the verdict. “I want to tell all ESPs
and teachers that they should be members
of the NDEA,” she said. “I couldn’t
afford to go through and pay for two
trials, and I’m sure neither could any of
you. My dues I paid to the Association
saved me from being in debt for life.”
Geiermann praises Sue for not taking
the plea agreement. “Thank goodness
she was strong enough to go forward
with the trial,” he said. “The ‘Sue Sad
Case’ now sets precedence, and none
of the ESPs or teachers of North Dakota
should ever be fired or charged with
a crime for defending themselves in a
situation like Sue’s.”
“I want all my colleagues to know
my story,” said Sue. “None of you can
afford NOT to be members of your Association.”

24 noRTH DAKoTA educationnews
nDEA Member Sue Sad says,
‘You need the nDEA’
n NDEA Communications specialist linda Harsche
NDEA Member Sue Sad, who worked
as a paraprofessional for the Jamestown
School District for 18 years, has
‘weathered two storms’ in the last two
years and wants to tell both education
support professionals (ESPs) and teachers
across the state that she couldn’t
have done it without her Association’s
support. “I want everyone to know what
happened to me, and why it is so important
to be a member of the NDEA,”
said Sue. “I’d stand in front of schools
all over the state, and yell out my story
if I could.”
In October of 2010, Sue was a paraprofessional
at Roosevelt Elementary
School in Jamestown when an incident
happened that would change her life—
not necessarily for the better. But her
courageous battle through two court
cases helped establish a right into law
for all ESP’s and teachers throughout
North Dakota.
Sue’s story begins on Oct. 22, 2012
while she was walking a fifth-grade,
autistic student from the resource room
to the gymnasium at Roosevelt Elementary
School. “My student had been very
agitated the whole day and he had
been crying out,” said Sue. “On various
occasions of any school day, he would
simply decide that he did not want to
participate in any type of activity and
would evidence his displeasure by
simply sitting down and not moving.
I would simply wait him out. He had a
tendency to always pull hair and at my
clothes, too.”
“This day, however, my student became
uncooperative and combative,”
she said. “Once we got to the gymnasium,
the student grabbed my hair
with both hands and would not let go.
I’d always been able to get my student
to release my hair before by giving a
command or by pressing down on his
hands like I had been taught from the
Roosevelt School manual. However,
none of the therapeutic interventions
worked, and this incident was incredibly
painful. Having never experienced
hair pulling like this in past, I reacted
and reached up and very quickly
pulled the hair on the nape of his neck.
He immediately released his hands
thereby releasing my hair.”
According to Sue, there were two
other educators who witnessed the
incident, and both wrote narratives to
the school administration concerning
the incident and later testified that Sue
was simply defending herself from the
hair pulling incident.
School administrators also investigated
the incident. Both educators
were asked to give their versions of the
story and approximately a week later,
Sue was confronted with the allegations
that she had pulled the student’s
hair. She admitted that she had in fact
pulled the student’s hair in an effort to
defend herself against the attack. As
a result of the incident the principal at
Association Attorney Mike Geiermann and Sue Sad
“i’d stand in front of schools
all over the state, and yell out
my story if i could.”
Roosevelt School made the decision to
reassign Sue to other students so that
she would no longer have any contact
with her attacker. Both the principal
and Sue thought the matter had been
resolved.
A short time after being transferred
and reassigned to a different position,
the parents of the student approached
the school district and demanded not
only that Sue not work with their child
but that she not work in the school district
at all. This demand was coupled
with a veiled threat to the school district
to bring a lawsuit against Sue and the
school district.
In response to the threat of a lawsuit,
the school district terminated Sue on
November 22, 2010 with a letter from
the superintendent which indicated the
only reason for the termination was the
hair pulling incident.
Sue called her NDEA UniServ Director
Deanna Paulson of Fargo. “Thank goodness
for Paulson,” she said. “I felt so alone
until she came to help me.”
“The worst part of the
whole situation was that i loved
this student,” she said.
“Now all of a sudden i was going
to court and being charged with
‘disorderly conduct.’ i was being
slapped in the face. Why was
this happening to me?”
Paulson observed the situation and
knew something legally should be
done to help Sue, so she contacted
the Association and its Attorney Mike
Geiermann. “Eighteen years of great
evaluations got thrown out the door,”
said NDEA Attorney Mike Geiermann.
“They didn’t even look at them when
they fired her. After researching all the
evidence, NDEA didn’t believe it was
proper to terminate a school district
employee for defending herself from an
attack, so we sued the school district for
back wages.”
“Fourteen months later when the student’s
parents got wind of the lawsuit,”
said Geiermann, “they filed a disorderly
conduct complaint against Sue through
the City of Jamestown. “Sue is the only
member of NDEA I’ve been involved
with since I started in 1987, who has
ever dealt with two different lawsuits
which originated from the same action
of defending herself.”
The civil case against the Jamestown
School Board was settled in 2012. Sue received
the difference between her pay
at the time of her dismissal and what
she was presently making for Wal-Mart.
“It was a pretty good settlement,” said
Sue, “considering all the years I’d been
teaching at Roosevelt.”
The Criminal Case brought by the
City of Jamestown went to trial on September
7, 2012 in Jamestown with Sue
being charged with ‘disorderly conduct’
because she had pulled the student’s
hair. They offered a plea agreement,
and Sue would not take it. “I’m not
guilty,” she said. “I did not do anything
wrong.”
Sue said that at certain times the
student had made eye contact with
her, and he had even hugged her, and
before the incident the parents wanted
to make sure that she would move on
to middle school with him. “His mother
wasn’t even bringing him to school
anymore,” said Sue. “His dad brought
him each day, because he was getting
too big for his mother to handle.”
Sue would wait for him each morning
at the front door, take him into the
building, and spend the whole morning
with him one-on-one. “I was responsible
for getting him to gym, so he could get
some stimulation. He hated going anywhere,
so it was always a challenge. He
much preferred just being at his desk
with his head down. I wanted to help
this student.”
According to Sue, she had great expectations
of getting him out of his shell
and getting him to say a few words.
“The worst part of the whole situation
was that I loved this student,” she said.
“Now all of a sudden I was going to
court and being charged with ‘disorderly
conduct.’ I was being slapped
in the face. Why was this happening
to me?”
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