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Welcome back to a new school year. As we transition into the new school year, I want to share with you some changes for AdvancED Iowa. I am pleased to introduce Dr. Tina Woolsey as the new Director for Iowa. Dr. Woolsey also manages our Missouri office and joined AdvancED in 2013. She received her Doctorate in Education from Saint Louis University in May, 2013 and also holds a Specialist Degree and Master’s Degree in Educational Administration from Missouri State University. Dr. Woolsey has served in public schools for 22 years as a classroom teacher, building principal, assistant superintendent of curriculum and instruction and superintendent of schools.
I have enjoyed working directly with schools in Iowa the past several years. I will continue in my position as the Midwest Region Vice President for AdvancED. In that capacity, I oversee a 13 state region for AdvancED, including Iowa. This transition provides me the opportunity to work more closely with the directors in the 13 states in the region to lead their efforts at the state level. I wish you all a great start to the school year, and I look forward to seeing you in the future.
Angie Koppang
Vice President, AdvancED Midwest Region
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Meet the AdvancED Iowa Staff
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Dr. Tina Woolsey serves as the director for the AdvancED Managing Office for Iowa and Missouri. Tina joined the AdvancED team as the Director for Missouri in July 2013 and assumed the management of Iowa in July 2013. Tina served as a team member on school system External Reviews, as the Lead Evaluator on school External Reviews and presented workshops for schools preparing for the internal and External Review during the past year. She is looking forward to working with school leaders in Iowa as they take the continuous school improvement journey through the accreditation process.
Tina Woolsey, Director
888.413.3669, ext. 5725
twoolsey@advanc-ed.org
Kathy McCall is the Administrative Assistant for the AdvancED Managing Office for Iowa and Missouri. She comes to AdvancED with a varied background of experience. She has degrees from William Jewell College in Sociology and from the University of Missouri – Kansas City in Elementary Education. She has worked in the public school system as a classroom teacher, school-age coordinator and YouthFriend volunteer.
Kathy McCall, Administrative Assistant
888.413.3669, ext. 5731
kmccall@advanc-ed.org
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Index of Education Quality Makes its Debut
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In response to a need for institutions to have a deeper understanding of their institutional effectiveness, AdvancED® introduced in the 2013-14 school year an innovative and state-of-the-art framework to measure institutional performance. The Index of Education Quality™ (IEQ™) provides institutions a holistic measure of their overall performance based on a comprehensive set of indicators and evaluative criteria. As a formative tool for improvement, it graphically pinpoints areas of success as well as areas in need of support and/or focus.
In the past, accreditation reviews resulted in a recommended accreditation status. Labels such as accredited, advised, warned or on probation were used to describe the status of an institution relative to a set of static standards. These labels, with the exception of accredited, were oftentimes perceived as punitive in nature and not as a formative measure by which a school or system could improve. Each institution's initial IEQ score is the starting point for improvement and provides a benchmark to assess and guide the institution. Using the IEQ, institutions have the opportunity to focus their attention, activities and actions resulting in positive impacts and measurable improvements designed to optimize learning for every student. As institutions document these changes and submit them for review, their IEQ scores are updated to reflect this progress and guide the next steps on their improvement journey.
Setting an IEQ score became part of AdvancED’s accreditation process in the fall of 2013. Moving forward, if you have completed an External Review during the 2013-2014, or if your institution belongs to a school system engaged in AdvancED School System Accreditation, you will be able to access your IEQ™ score from ASSIST via a dashboard. From the dashboard you can update your institution’s demographics, see the latest documents/reports for your institution and see your IEQ™ score.
As a reminder, institutions will continue to receive a comprehensive report of the team’s findings with recognition of Powerful Practices, Opportunities for Improvement and Required Actions through the External Review process. The addition of the AdvancED Index of Education Quality further enhances the accreditation process as a lever for continuous improvement and enhances an institution’s understanding of where it is situated on a continuum of performance and improvement. If you have questions about IEQ, please feel free to contact our office.
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