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A PUBLICATION OF THE IOWA STATE EDUCATION ASSOCIATION – FEBRUARY 2018 – Vol. 55, No. 4
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Feeding more than minds
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By Mike Wiser, mwiser@isea.org
By Mike Wiser, mwiser@isea.org
Finding your tribe
New educators learn from some of the best
in the business.
Send home a weekly newsletter.
Keep students busy.
Document everything.
Join your association.
Be meticulous about maintaining student development notes.
Trust yourself.
You'll get a lot of advice during the first few years of your
teaching career, practically all of it given with the best of
intentions.
But sometimes it pays to seek out the tips, tricks and processes
to make the start of your career go smoothly from the best in the
business.
That idea is the kernel that started the Emerging Educators
Conference, held in January at Simpson College. The Iowa State
The line at the check-in counter of the
Davenport Food Pantry snakes out the
doors of the JB Young Center and into a
chilly December night.
There are teens with tattoos on their faces
and elderly people who need aluminum
walkers or scooters to get around. Some
people are still in their retail uniforms and
look like they just got off the job, others are
bundled in layers of clothes with matted
hair. It's a mishmash of races, genders, ages,
heights and sizes.
They have one thing in common; they need
a little help today to get food tonight.
The ISEA Community Outreach Grant program supports educators
who make a difference in their communities.
Hannah Cousins (left) pulls down a can of beans in chili sauce for a food pantry client while her father,
Davenport Education Association member and Social Studies teacher Aaron Cousins looks on. The
pantry is supported in part by the Davenport Education Association, which finds volunteers, and an Iowa
State Education Association Community Grant that helps underwrite costs. MIKE WISER/IOWA STATE
EDUCATION ASSOCIATION
see GRANTS on page 6
Jody Nielson (left) listens to Jillian Robbins make a point during
a workshop on classroom management during the 3rd Annual
Emerging Educators Conference at Simpson College. Nielson and
Robbins are both members of the West Des Moines Education
Association. MIKE WISER/IOWA STATE EDUCATION ASSOCIATION
