Paul M. Healey
Position: Superintendent, Bermudian Springs School District, Pa.
Education: B.S. and M.Ed., Shippensburg University; Ph.D., Penn State University.
Career History and Highlights: More than 30 years in public education; superintendent, 2 years; assistant superintendent/ director of education, 5 years; elementary principal, 16 years; elementary teacher, 8 years. Adjunct professor for several local colleges/universities, 3 years. Workshop presenter at local, state, and national level on teacher supervision and evaluation, use of data to drive instruction, and early childhood issues. Volunteer and leadership roles with several local agencies.
ASCD and Affiliate Participation:ASCD member, 8 years; Pennsylvania ASCD member, 13 years. ASCD Board of Directors (2007–present); Board Finance Committee member (2008–present); Leadership Council member (2004–present); chair, Leadership Council Transition Team (2008); chair, Leadership, Access, and Development Committee (2008); Leadership Council Management Team member (2007–09); Leadership for Effective Advocacy and Practice (LEAP) Institute participant (2006–08); network cofacilitator on restructuring schools, 3 years; educator advocate. Pennsylvania ASCD past president and current board member; current Pennsylvania ASCD chair of supervision committee and past chair of conference committee and curriculum committee. Past secretary of Regional Pennsylvania ASCD Board of Directors.
What Is Your Vision for ASCD?"Learn. Teach. Lead." The new tagline for ASCD captures what the organization has been about for more than 65 years. Through our programs, products, services, and connected communities, the goal is to continue to provide relevant, timely, and high-quality resources to meet the demands of an ever-changing world.
The key drivers of our Strategic Plan are the roadmap for ASCD's future success, which will allow us to advance the Whole Child Initiative, grow and engage ASCD's diverse community, and expand our financial capacity to accomplish our goal of being the premier educational organization in the world.
My vision for ASCD is that we are recognized around the world as being a responsive organization for the benefit of all children. We can accomplish this vision by staying true to our core beliefs, by utilizing our legislative agenda to have our collective voice heard at all levels, and by constantly repositioning ourselves as an organization as new technologies and resources emerge that will keep us relevant for the members we serve. It would be an honor to serve as president-elect to continue working with my colleagues as we collectively Learn. Teach. Lead.
Donald S. Kachur
Position: Educational consultant; professor emeritus (retired), Illinois State University, Normal, Ill.
Education: B.S., M.S., and Ed.D., Indiana University-Bloomington; sabbatical, University of Illinois-Urbana.
Career History and Highlights:Professor of education, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Illinois State University, 25 years; overlapping director of research and grants, College of Education, Illinois State University, 16 years; supervisor of student teachers, Illinois State University, 5 years; acting director of elementary student teaching, Indiana University, 2 years; elementary teacher, School Town of Munster, Ind., 4 years; executive consultant for State Farm Insurance Company, 5 years; Illinois coordinator, Educational Policy Fellowship Program, 2 years; cofounder and first president of the Illinois Association for Educational Research and Evaluation (1985–86); president, Illinois Association of Teacher Education (1982–83).
ASCD and Affiliate Participation:ASCD member, 35 years; affiliate member since 1974. Member, ASCD Board of Directors (2007–2010); ASCD Finance and Investment Committee (2007–09); ASCD Constitutional Review Committee (2009); Leadership Council Management Team (2007–09); representative, Leadership Council (2001–08); ASCD Strategic Planning Committee (1992); ad hoc committee for development of the Affiliate Joint Dues Program (1989). Attendance at all Midwest Regional Affiliates Conferences and Affiliate Leadership Conferences; attendance at Leadership for Effective Advocacy and Practice (LEAP) Institute every year since its inception; attendance at ASCD Annual Conferences since 1983. Full-time Illinois ASCD executive director (2001–08); part-time Illinois ASCD executive secretary (1977–1997).
What Is Your Vision for ASCD?A vision is sometimes called a dream. For me, my vision for ASCD is more than that. It's a vision that includes the inspiration and framework for all ASCD hopes to achieve. The whole child is our inspiration; our framework is to deliver the ingenuity and state-of-the-art solutions through our programs, products, and services to our members. My ASCD vision would be evident by ASCD being acclaimed as the association that created the whole child transformation worldwide; recognized globally as the industry standard for professional associations; regarded as the primary association to join by educators of all ages and levels; viewed as the primary catalyst for influencing changes in policies and practices worldwide affecting children's education; perceived as the poster child of all associations in engaging and connecting diverse communities dedicated to the success of each learner; and heralded as the model for professional development services provided through an expansive venue of online technologies.
To reach these visionary outcomes, I will aggressively strive to create the direction, alignment, and commitment of our ASCD staff, Board of Directors, Leadership Council, affiliates, connected communities, networks, student chapters, and membership to achieve "significance" as the association for learning, teaching, and leading.