Dr. Jerry Valentine, a professor emeritus at the University of Missouri. Jerry brings a half century of knowledge and experience and is sharing the instructional practice inventory which involves an opportunity to collect data and communicate with educators about what is happening inside the classrooms to engage students.

For more information on this process, contact Dr. Jerry Valentine at ValentineJ@missouri.edu

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Sue Alexander and Dr. Sarah Jerome share ideas on being a creative thinker in order to develop consensus and build a vision in your schools and school district. These educators have decades of successful school leadership experience to share.

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Our guests, Sue Alexander and Dr. Sarah Jerome, share strategies, Isolate the Issue and Predict and Prevent, which efficiently and effectively address problems that arise for the school administrator. This episode will be helpful to new and experienced school administrators.

Sue Alexander served on administrative teams in three different public-school districts holding the positions of

• Superintendent
• High School Principal
• Assistant Principal
• Prior to education, worked 10 years in business finance and held the positions of Secretary of the Board of Directors of a no-load mutual fund and as Vice President of an Investment Advisory Company.

"In diversity lies stability."
Dr. Sarah Jerome has

• 46 years in education
• 23 of those years as a superintendent: 15 years in Kettle Moraine, WI and 8 years in Arlington Heights, IL
• Principal at Nicolet High School and Assistant Superintendent in Rockford Illinois.
• Served in 9 school districts in 5 states.
• Served as President of AASA-American Association of School Administrators.
• Currently working for HYA Consulting which does superintendent searches and strategic planning for school districts.

My mantra and motto: Public Education is the Backbone of Democracy!

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