ISEA Communiqué • isea.org December 2014/January 2015
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MEMBERS AT WORK
Students from Iowa State University, the University of Iowa, Mount Mercy College, Des Moines Area Community College,
Hawkeye Community College and other schools pose for a group shot at the ISEA Student Conference in West Des Moines.
The two-day conference helps aspiring educators learn about starting their careers, organizing local chapters and political
advocacy. Students help a local school by undertaking work projects.
Northeast Iowa Education Unit UniServ Director Kevin McDermott speaks to a class of Grinell College students about issues in education and the education profession.
Fairfield High School Teacher Scott Slechta holds two
parts of a phone book he just ripped in half during
a presentation at Central College in Pella during the
Iowa Association of Colleges for Teacher Education
conference. The IACTE invited the Iowa State Education
Association to discuss the challenges new teachers
face in the classroom in an effort the better align their
curriculums with the needs of the classroom.
Iowa 2014 Teacher of the Year Jane Schmidt shows her
support for the Iowa State Education Association at the
"Excellence in Education" dinner which she keynoted.
Schmidt, a teacher from Maquoketa, gave her take on the
"Three Little Pigs" as it applies to the teaching profession.
Des Moines
Area Education
Association's Kathleen
Crouse hands an
iPad to Samuelson
Elementary School
Teacher Shawn
Purcell. Purcell won
a drawing open to
DMEA members
who recruited new
members.
