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Biography of Ellen Sirleaf Johnson

Ellen, the Nobel Peace prize winner, is regarded as the Iron Lady of Africa.

This is because becoming President in a male dominated society is not what we come by every

day.

She's the first democratically elected female President in Africa.

Ellen Sirleaf Johnson is from a mixed family background with her father from Gola and Mother

having a mixed Kru and German ancestry, because of her education in America she is considered

America-Liberian but has said countless times that she does not see herself in that light.

Ellen's father wasn't born with the name Johnson but he adopted the name when he moved

to Monrovia because of his love for Liberia's first indigenous president, Hilary R.W. Johnson.

Johnson was raised by an America-Liberian family, the McCritty's.

Growing up he ventured into politics and later became the first Liberian from an indigenous

ethnic group to be elected into Liberia national legislature.

Her mother was born into poverty, but was adopted by a prominent America-Liberian family.

Ellen was born in 1938 in the city of Monrovia.

In 1948, she started her formal education at the College of West Africa, a preparatory

school and finished in 1955.

She fell in love with James Sirleaf and they got married when she was just 17.

Together they had four sons, and in 1961 they left for America where she obtained an associate

degree in Accounting at Madison Business College.

That same year, the couple divorced.

Shortly after their divorce she returned to school to finish her bachelor's degree.

In 1970, she got a BA from the Economics Institute of the University of Colorado Boulder and

studied economics and public policy at Harvard from 1969 to 1971.

Upon her return to Liberia she was appointed Assistant Minster of Finance in William Tolbert's

cabinet.

During her tenure, she initiated brilliant policies that helped the country's economy.

She resigned 1973 from Tolbert's administration after disagreeing with how the country's

money was been spent.

Years later, she was appointed as Minister of Finance from 1979 to April 1980.

Her boss was assassinated by Samuel Doe, who seized power in a military coup in 1980.

As Doe and his men took over, Sirleaf was made president of the Liberian Bank of Development

and Investment.

But their relationship did not last as she fled the country for criticizing Doe's government's

spending.

After moving to Washington, she worked for World Bank and in 1981, moved to Kenya to

serve as Vice President of the African Regional Office of Citibank.

In 1992, she was appointed Director of the United Nations Development Program.

Over the years, Sirleaf held countless positions in the international community- she was one

of the seven persons sent by Organization of African Unity now African Union to investigate

the 1994 Rwanda genocide.

Sirleaf was also the chairperson of the Open Society Initiative for West Africa and was

a visiting Professor at the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration.

Her interest in politics can be traced back to 1985 when she returned to Liberia to run

as Vice President with Jackson Doe under Liberian Action Party.

By August she was placed under house arrest, and afterwards sentenced to 10 years in prison

for sedition after found guilty of insulting members of the Samuel Doe government but she

was released following an outcry from the international community.

She was stopped from running for Vice Presidency and then opted for a Senate seat in Montserrado

County.

By 1989, Liberia Civil War started and Sirleaf raised money to support Taylor's opposition

against Doe.

She founded National Patriotic Front of Liberia with Taylor and Tom Woewiyu.

Because of the part she played in the war, Doe's government suggested that she be banned

from Liberia politics for 30 years.

Years later, she was against Taylor's handling of the war.

In 1996, ECOWAS intervened in the country's crisis and Sirleaf returned to contest in

the country's 1997 general election under the Unity Party and she came second in an

election marred by irregularities

She made known her displeasure about the result that favoured Taylor and was accused of treason,

she was sent on exile to Abidjan.

In 2005 after the end of the Second Liberian Civil War, she contested for presidency under

the same Unity Party- she was second to George Weah but in the runoff, she emerged winner.

Her inauguration had to be delayed because Weah rejected the results but after investigations,

she was inaugurated as the first female President in Liberia and Africa.

And in 2010, she ran for second tenure which sparked criticism from some quarters but by

16th of January 2012 she was sworn into office for second term.

Her net worth is about 1.7 million U.S.D

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The Gift of Education - Duration: 1:01.

Principal: Alright. Hey, Julie!

Julie: Good morning!

Cafeteria cook: I just put it right on the meat and she said, 'it's a little skimpy'!

(laughter)

Teacher: Oh, I'm going to call you right back.

Teacher: I won't charge you for this!

Custodian: (laughter) Oh, thank you!

Students: (laughter)

Coach: Yeah, yeah!

Cafeteria cook: Good morning, sweetie!

Teacher: Hi!

Principal: Thank you. (over loudspeaker) Good morning, students!

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Education Matters - Duration: 4:11.

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Introduction World Education - Duration: 1:42.

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W.Va. Teachers Call For Statewide Strike Over Education Bill - Duration: 0:31.

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Education - Duration: 0:54.

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WVEA Pres. Dale Discusses the Status of the Massive Education Reform Bill - Duration: 5:00.

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Education Learning For Kids Helps Young People Enjoy The Great Outdoors - Duration: 2:17.

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Innovation Jam Session | Reinventing Education - Duration: 1:26.

The first Jam Session of 2019 was an inspiring hour of faculty and staff

brainstorming about what it means to reinvent business education. We spent

time looking at the schools that made "Poets and Quants" list of B-schools to

watch in 2019, and asked ourselves what should we be doing to get Lindner on the

list in 2020. As the session went, on five main themes emerged. First, culture is

integral to our success as a business school, and is ours to create.

Participants valued an open culture of excellence, engagement, and collaboration.

As part of that culture of collaboration, jammers felt that Lindner should be

embedded into the community and student life. We're not just a building, we're a

local, national, and global community that should be accessible from anywhere. To

make that global collaborative vision happen, let's leverage technology to

ensure that the entire community knows what's going on at Lindner and elsewhere,

and let's use that global network of alumni to inform and adapt our curricula,

to keep us current, and to best prepare our students for their future.

And speaking of preparing our students for the future, let's focus on mentoring

and engaging students at all levels and across all modalities, face-to-face and

online, to ensure their success. We're already doing great things at the

Lindner College of Business. Implementing these ideas might just be the cherry on

top that helps Lindner achieve school to watch status next year. Thank you to

all who attended.

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The Intersection of Athletics and Higher Education - (PROMO) - Duration: 1:18.

Student athletes bring in a vital part of the university and all of a sudden

we're saying not really football and basketball are the key you

guys are just we keep you out here because you know we could.

But we can't do that anymore.

We had a case few years back out at Northwestern were the

northwestern players the football players in particular said we're

employees of the University we're not students. Right? We should be treated as

employees and they documented how much control the University and the football

coach had over those players during the football season but not only just during

the football season also during the spring and summer we create a whole

major. We create all of these programs. We send tons of student athletes into them.

Okay? To get the appropriate grade without teachers, without kind of any

structure in the course and yet somebody over in Missouri writes 12 or some

papers for 12 students and they're on a three-year probation.

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Triad first grader takes online approach to education - Duration: 0:47.

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Education Matters - Duration: 1:35.

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Fair Go Friday - Amanda Rishworth, Early Childhood Education - Duration: 1:38.

it's fair go Friday and this fair go Friday I'm joined by Amanda Rishworth

Labor's Shadow Minister for early childhood education and Amanda's going

to talk to us how 3191 three and four year olds in the electorate of Perth are going

to benefit from Labor's groundbreaking investment in early childhood education

well thank you Patrick look labor has a excellent plan to

deliver preschool in the two years before school to children this is about

giving our youngest citizens the best start to life ensuring that they're able

to be prepared for school ready for school and importantly get the

psychological and social and cognitive benefits that comes with early education

of course what our plan will do will extend at preschool and Kindies and lock

that funding in permanently so that children for years to come will benefit

of course also we're going to extend the subsidy for children for three-year-olds

this is a really important policy it's been backed in by the experts it's been

backed in by centres has been backed in by families this was about giving children

the best start to life getting them prepared for school and giving them

every chance to succeed thanks Amanda early childhood education is one of the

best investments our government can make it's great for our economy it's great

for the development of young people that's great to build a fairer Australia

that's a really important part of Bill Shorten and Labor's plan to deliver a

fair go for all Australians

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Chaotic education funding - Duration: 5:05.

and I call the member for Perth Thank You Deputy Speaker any parent shouldn't

be able to expect stable predictable funding for their school sadly there is

complete chaos when it comes to the coalition's approach to funding chaos

the complex field of mathematical study now known as chaos theory was founded on

the work of Edward Lorenz at MIT he wrote some 55 years ago

a passionate educator passionate sharer of knowledge a paper called

deterministic non periodic flow many in this house would know that better today

as the butterfly effect I raised this because chaos theory is the only way

that you can properly describe the coalition's approach to school funding

the fluttering wings in the Liberal Party have led to chaos when it comes to

school funding chaos that has caused Co AG cancellation the Prime Minister

promised on the 26th of August that he would he said we've got work to do but

we're restoring stability tell that to a state premier or a territory Chief

Minister yeah no stability in their program no stability of when they're

going to meet for COAG no stability at all deputy speaker this debate is

important to my community it's important to me as the son of two West Australian

teachers my father was a principal for many years he proudly led lanced halt

school which is now led by another Great West Australian educator one of my

former teachers Catherine Netherwood leading a school is a tough but

rewarding job you'd think at least that the government wouldn't make it any

harder that give you a little bit of certainty a little bit of stability to

let educators do what they do best I know that my father stressed about his

school budget the need to ensure the stability of the school's finances

because also schools aren't just providers of Education particularly

those in the independent and Catholic sector are direct employers when a

school doesn't have secured funding the teachers do not have secured work it's

just another way that when you don't provide that stability of funding when

you leave when you have a chaotic schools policy you are disrespecting

teachers you're disrespecting people like my mum and my dad teachers work in

chaotic environments but the chaos they're used to is handling a classroom

of 30 children or teenagers it requires strength of character but they shouldn't

have to also worry about whether their schools don't have enough money to

resource their school the following year I also want to acknowledge that it's not

just government's that fund schools parents citizens and parents and Friends

organizations do amazing work finding that extra thousand dollars here and

there to grow schools capacity to deliver for the students so for many of

those schools it might be the canteen is the financial powerhouse of that parents

and citizens or parents and Friends so I take the opportunity to give a shout out

today in this place to the staff and volunteers of school canteens across the

country providing stability more stability than we see in this place for

the funding of their schools and we talk about stability it's odd that we'd see

the king of chaos after known as the member for Warringah appointed a special

envoy for Indigenous Affairs one of the things that the special envoy has said

is that he wants to increase indigenous attendance at remote schools

he correctly advised that he did also say that he was gonna do that as Prime

Minister although to use that former Prime Minister's own words he was are

rudely interrupted the concern I have is that this is the same gentleman who said

that living in Aboriginal communities was a quote lifestyle choice not worthy

of taxpayer funding this is deeply concerning and has been point out in this

place already we've had three education ministers three prime ministers all sort

of contributing to this general sense of complete chaos but when it comes to

indigenous education there are some bright spots I'm pleased that labour has

taken the lead it's worth remembering as people have reminded that it was labour

that set the principle of a student resource standard an initiative

researched by David Gonski implemented by Prime Minister Julia Gillard to fund

schools and students according to need one of those was to place indigenous

students as a key funding driver because this is how we deliver on

our aspiration for indigenous Australians today I attended the launch

of a report of Labor's the report of Labor's First Nations women's Policy

Forum helping amplify the voice of First Nations women to the Labor Party into

the Parliament of Australia I want to commend the work that Senator sue Lyons

the deputy president of the Senate has done in this space and we're not

surprised anyone there one of the most important things that those women raised

was the need for certainty of funding for their schools to help kids achieve

all that they can and that's what I'm gonna I'm gonna support them 100% of the

way thank you

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Cool Schools: Mississippi Department of Education's #NextLevelUpChallenge - Duration: 2:13.

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It's A Major Thing - Health and Physical Education - Duration: 4:25.

Hey everybody, I'm Mikey Dantrassy and I'm a Health and Physical Education Major here

at West Liberty University and today I'm going to show you a little bit what it's like to

be in the program.

So now we're going to head to my assessment in PE class with professor Kathleen Wack.

Today what we're going to do is the TGMD.

What does the TGMD stand for?

Test of Gross Motor Development.

So this is one of the...

The Health and Phys Ed program it's really interactive.

All of your teachers know you on basically a one to one basis so when it comes down to

testing, when it comes down to just knowledge, you really have a core base there as opposed

to if you had a bigger class.

Now we're going to head upstairs to the gym and administer a TGMD test.

So pick which one you're going to be in charge of administering and read over it quickly

and then you're going to be the one who tells Caroline what she needs to do.

Mikey, you go first.

What do you want to do?

Striking a stationary ball.

I knew I always wanted to be a teacher, I just didn't know exactly what subject but

as I went on I knew I wanted to be a Health and PE teacher because I think it's important

to teach the younger generation nutrition and the ways to be active and healthy.

You get the experience with real K through 12 students not only on campus here but also

going out into the classroom and getting that experience in a real classroom setting.

Now we're heading to my Mental Health Drug Use and Abuse class with professor Wack.

Alright, let's get started!

So last class we were talking about tobacco of course and e-cigarettes right and we added

on some group norms, some statistics, we talked about first generation, second generation,

third generation, and now we're thinking of the fourth generation kind of what's next

and what you might have to be manage in terms of prevention when you are finished with graduation.

We're being taught to differentiate instruction between people from all backgrounds from students

with different socioeconomic backgrounds to students that may have disabilities to be

able to teach all students in an equal manner

Now we're going to head to my Adaptive PE class

We are going to finish where we left off.

You should be able to define and identify and list all of those steps in the special

education process right?

In the Health and PE field, more people are hands on learners so taking those hands on

activities and putting them in the classroom it really helps you understand the knowledge

in a deeper way and not only does it help you learn the knowledge but it gives you ways

in the future to teach the knowledge to the kids in a Phys Ed or a Health classroom to

really get them interacting and get them engaged in the material.

Now we've got to match some Acronyms.

So what you're going to to do is you're going to get out all of the acronyms and we have

the definition on one card and what it stands for on another card.

Take a few minutes and self assess.

How many of these do you know?

I chose West Liberty because it's close to home and affordable and I had a few colleges

I was looking at but as soon as I came on campus for my visit, the people here just

made it feel like home and I knew in the next four years I'd be able to establish where

I wanted to be in the future and West Liberty had all the assets to be able to help me go

where I wanted to go.

Tonight w'ere going to check out Topper Idol in the Union.

Events put on by housing and residence life such as West Lib Idol allow students to get

out of their dorms and interact with each other.

You always have that opportunity to come out and get involved with each other and make

friends.

You never have to worry about not knowing anybody so you can come out to these events

and you meet many new people and you'll meet many new friends that you wouldn't normally

have met anywhere else.

Hopefully that gave you a look at what it's like to be in the Health and PE Major here

at West Liberty.

For more information on the program please visit our website.

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Del. Hamrick Talks his Support of the Massive Education Reform Bill - Duration: 5:16.

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The Progressive History of Public Education - Duration: 10:05.

Hide your golden calfs because I'm coming after a sacred cow today.

We're looking at the progressive history of public education.

Let's do it.

Thanks for watching No King But Christ.

I'm Adam Graham.

I have to admit that, until recently, I had never looked in depth into the history of

public education in America.

As with so many other institutions that we are familiar with and that have existed as

long as we can remember, we often take them for granted as having always been the way

they are.

But that's almost never actually the case and public education is no exception.

The state of publicly funded and run education has a long progressive tradition that extends

right to the founding era so let's take a look at how it's changed since then.

English and Early Colonial Public Education

Throughout many of the American colonies, education was the duty of the parent, as was

the English tradition.

The only public schools that existed, where they existed, were for the benefit of the

poor.

The major exception, as in many cases in American political history, was in New England.

In 1642, the Massachusetts Bay colony enacted a compulsory literacy law, breaking with the

English tradition.

It soon followed in 1647 with legislation requiring larger settlements to ordain the

hiring of teachers or founding of grammar schools.

The rationale undergirding these laws seems to have been a Puritan/Calvinist emphasis

on literacy for the proper reading of scripture and while to many Christians their motives

will seem pure and well meaning the implication throughout is also one of ensuring a Calvinist

perspective over others.

This bears itself out in some of the prevailing conditions wherein it was passed.

For instance, the Plymouth colony, an older and more religiously tolerant colony, did

not pass similar compulsory education laws.

As well, the Massachusetts Bay colony required attendance to a Congregational church and

only church members, of which membership was heavily restricted and regulated, could vote

in state elections.

This spirit and legislative tradition began to spread to Connecticut and other New England

states.

As religious diversity grew in New England, groups like the Quakers were discriminated

against and even forbidden from establishing schools.

Compulsory Education: Modern Slavery

In true Puritan fashion, Massachusetts once again led the charge in the furthering of

force in education.

In 1780, it granted legislative authority to enforce compulsory school attendance and

in 1789 that compulsion was enacted into law.

Connecticut also enacted similar legislation in 1842.

And throughout the 19th century, Massachusetts continued to up the ante against truancy,

to the extent of mandatory jailing of habitually truant children, and steadily extended educational

age and school year terms.

But though the Puritan underpinnings of public education began in New England, by 1850, all

states in the Union had a network of public schools.

The continuation of compulsory education also tracked behind New England but by 1900, almost

every state had some form of compulsory attendance.

It is my particular focus in this video to review the history of American public education

and not to disect too deeply the philosophical issues that undergird it.

But I can imagine that many will find the notion of compulsory education laws largely

unoffensive.

Suffice it to say that the notion that a child can be forced, and their parents along with

them, to pursue education that they do not desire at the subjective decision of another

is certainly not a liberal idea and a rather un-American one that was resisted elsewhere

in the Union until the end of the 19th century.

It is here that we see the influence of what is referred to as the "Prussian model".

Those familiar with many of the programs that mar American history in the early 20th century

will be familiar with the great influence which Prussian society had on the early progressives.

The Prussian model for education included compulsory attendance, permitted private schooling

only in the case that government school committee requirements were met, and established truant

schools to which truant children would be sent and possibly committed to by the courts.

The Educationist Movement

It may be noted that some well revered founding fathers like Thomas Jefferson supported some

form of publically funded education, at the very least for the poor.

Their reasoning was often that a literate and educated public was more likely to function

well within a republican form of government.

But from the very beginning of the Union, one can trace a line of succession of influential

figures who wished to use education not only to create good citizens but to inculcate their

preferred perspective on religion, authority, and the state.

One early and prescient example is that of Archibald Murphey, regarded as the founding

father of the North Carolina school system.

As early as 1816, his system envisioned that:

"all children will be taught in them...in these schools the precepts of morality and

religion should be inculcated, and habits of subordination and obedience be formed....

The state, in the warmth of her solicitude for their welfare, must take charge of those

children, and place them in school where their minds can be enlightened and their hearts

can be trained to virtue."

This mentality, previously noted as being particularly strong in New England, is an

early example of the way that progressivism has migrated and continues to migrate from

power centers to the other states, with large migrations of New Englanders emigrating to

the south and west starting in the 1820's.

This influence quickly gave rise to a group of influential education advocates known as

the Educationists.

Among their ranks were such well known names as Horace Mann, Calvin Stowe, Caleb Mills,

Samuel Lewis, and Henry Barnard.

Throughout the 19th century, their goals were to establish journals and publications meant

to influence education policy and teacher's schools and many of them successfully gained

political positions as heads of the public school boards in their states.

Their vision of the future of public education was firmly rooted in Communist ideals of forced

egalitarianism and the Prussian ideals of uniformity of language, compulsory attendance,

and anti-truant regulation.

This is also the origination of eventual removal of neutrality within the classroom in regards

to controversial material.

We are often told that because of the nature of public funding for public schools, educators

must not favor one viewpoint over another.

And as long as education was not compulsory, this neutrality was highly influential in

gaining voluntary attendance by otherwise wary parents.

But with the late nineteenth century adoption of compulsory attendance, this neutrality

no longer served a market purpose and was steadily shed, as many critics of public education

today can attest to.

Education: The Conservative Blind Spot

Among the many institutions of American civic life that progressive politics has left a

lasting impression on, education ranks near the top.

Many landmark changes in the traditional practices found in schools can be found in common refrains

from many conservatives who remember a farer time.

From the prohibition of corporal punishment, the removal of prayer, the Scopes Trial and

other similar cases of conflict regarding evolution and creationism as part of public

school curriculum, to the more current disagreements regarding sex education, standardized testing

and Common Core, many conservatives will easily find something not to like about the state

of public education today.

And yet, despite these various objections and intrusions into the preferences of so

many parents and educators, the proposed solutions are rarely ever the obvious: the drastic transition

out of publicly funded education.

A thriving marketplace full of educational options that span the gamut of consumer and

parental preferences would completely eliminate the incessant nationalization, standardization,

and politicalization of education in America.

And the increased range of choices would introduce completely new and competitive forces into

the educational landscape that would change the face of the education industry for the

better.

But education remains America's civic religion and the conflicts around public education

reveal the progressive streak in both political parties.

As strong a sentiment as the progressive desire may be for the universal removal of the teaching

of creationism from the science classroom, so strong is the similar desire for the universal

inclusion of such curriculum.

Partisans from both sides believe so strongly that their approach is necessary for future

generations that they cannot allow dissent from their desired policy, with the effective

outcome being that neither can ever truly realize their preference!

The Bottom Line As long as the state retains control of such

a fundamental aspect of society as the education of its youth, and so long as the direction

of that education is democratized, education will remain a source of conflict between communities,

to the benefit of politicians everywhere and to the detriment of students.

Be sure to like and share this video and let us know in the comments below what your education

was like or how you've decided to educate your children.

And don't forget to subscribe and follow No King But Christ to make sure you never

miss a video.

Now, if you'll excuse me, I think it's about time for my daughter's homeschool

reading lesson.

Thanks for watching.

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Darlington County Board of Education Meeting Update - Feb. 11, 2019 - Duration: 4:51.

Hi this is Audrey Childers, your public information officer for the Darlington

County School District, with a summary of the February 11th 2019 Board of

Education meeting. The meeting began with citizen comments. A Lamar property owner

explained that his property abuts the land for the new elementary school and

his driveway is on the school site. He asked the board to work with him to

provide him options. Next the board moved on to student recognitions. There was a

lot of students to recognize this month. the board recognized the 2018 South

Carolina Coaches Association of Women's Sports' 4A Tennis Player of the Year

and the 4A Golf Player of the Year, the South Carolina Football Coaches

Association Offensive Back of the Year and players chosen for the 2018 South

Carolina High School League's North-South Women's Tennis Team, the

South Carolina High School League's North-South Women's Golf Team, the South

Carolina High School League's Touchstone Energy Cooperative North-South Football

Team, and the 2018 South Carolina Football Coaches Association Class A

All-State Football Team. They also recognized the 2019 South Carolina Junior

Beta Club state champions in Living Literature and the Speech Competition.

Congratulations to all of our students! The board also recognized Ms. Bernadine

Reed, the bus driver who saved 40 children

from a fiery bus after it was hit by a car. For her calm attitude, quick thinking

and heroic efforts to get her students out of a dangerous situation and keep

them safe until help arrived, the board recognized and thanked Ms.

Reed. Ms. Reed also receives a letter from Senator Greg Hembree, the chairman

of the Senate Education Committee, praising her for her efforts. Moving

into the business portion of the meeting, the board announced a board work session

on Monday, February 25th at 6:00 p.m., reviewed the budget revenue and

expenditure statements, and approved next year's schedule of board meetings. During

the superintendent's update, Dr. Newman reminded board members that their

statement of economic interests was due to the state soon and that the South

Carolina School Boards Association conference was just around the corner. He

talked about education legislation at the State House

and assured the board he is monitoring it and providing input where possible. He

met with Speaker Jay Lucas, the state superintendent's group and his own

teacher cabinet to get input and share information. While the legislation in its

present form may not be perfect, Dr. Newman believes it opens doors for

discussions and hopefully actions that are needed.

This was Bus Driver Appreciation Week and Dr. Newman thanked all our

hard-working and dedicated drivers. Dr. Newman told the board that one model

classroom in Hartsville, Lamar and Darlington is being set up with sample

furniture for the new schools. Once set up the teachers will have a chance to

visit the rooms and provide their feedback. And finally he reminded

everyone that we're bringing back Principal for a Day Program on March 5th.

Next the board members went around and offered their input. All the board

members and Dr. Newman congratulated our student winners. Jamie Morphis said he

continued to be impressed by the state recognition earned by our Darlington County

School District students in both academics and athletics, Mr. Connell

Delaine thanked Dr. Newman for bringing his boundless energy and positive

attitude to our district and our schools. He also spoke about his recent

trip to Washington, D.C., for a school board's conference. Apparently there was

a great deal of discussion about funding, and he'll share more information at the

upcoming board work session. Ms. Wanda Hassler recapped all the great events

that happened in our district over the past month, including our groundbreakings,

telehealth ribbon cutting, interactive career fair, college fair, and much more.

She said it all points to just how many positive things are happening in our

district and the teamwork and strong support from board, principals and our

parents. Leigh Anne Kelly congratulated Darlington High School's varsity

basketball coach Tony Heilbronn for being chosen as the Region 6-4A

Basketball Coach of the Year. Dr. Thelma Dawson suggested that all board members

ride the bus with our students one time so they can experience what our students

and our bus drivers experience. Mr. Warren Jeffords thanked the Office of

Communications for the two, first-class groundbreaking ceremonies and said it

was exciting to see work progressing on all three sites. The board then approved

the monthly personnel actions and moved into executive session to discuss

personnel matters. They came out of the executive session and took no further

actions. Then they adjourned the meeting. And that's the Darlington County Board of

Education meeting for February 11th, 2019. Have a great day!

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The Language of Distance Education - Duration: 3:30.

Welcome to an introduction video about distance education.

In this video we will define a common language of definitions and terms.

Here is the federal definition of distance education, but today I want to only point

out three things in the definition.

A student is classified as a distance learner if the majority of the student's hours earned

in the program year are derived by his or her participation in distance learning activities.

Distance education doesn't have to be only through online instruction.

It can also be through books, audio and video, t.v., mobile apps, etc.

Teachers support distance learners through communication via mail, telephone, e-mail,

or other web-based technologies or software.

There are four types of distance education models.

Pure distance education, blended, hybrid, and supplemental.

The first model is Pure Distance Education.

This describes educational programming that is nearly entirely delivered at a distance.

The second model is Blended.

In a Blended Model there is a tight integration between the curriculum and the instruction.

Instructors consider both in-class and online instruction as part of a collective whole,

making adjustments to their face-to-face teaching based on what they see as they monitor student

work online and altering online assignments based on what they observe in class.

The third model is Hybrid.

Hybrid models employ both an online curriculum product and in-class teaching, but even though

the teacher is checking it, the assigned work that students completes online may not be directly

aligned to what happens in the classroom.

Blended and hybrid models may appear alike.

However, in a hybrid model, online activities are not coordinated with the face-to-face instruction.

The fourth model is Supplemental.

Supplemental models make use of online curricula in and outside of regular class time, are

not required, and may not even be checked by the instructor.

This is additional work that is somewhat aligned to the goals of a course, but it does not

require any extra effort on the part of the instructor.

Assigned homework and supplemental activities would not be considered distance education

proxy contact hours.

To hear more about distance education models, watch this short video on YouTube.

The link is also on the professional development page of our website.

I also wanted to point out that you can find the current list of curriculum on the distance

education page on the Virginia Adult Learning and Resource Center website.

There you can also find the form that program managers can use to submit a new distance

ed. curricula, and can download the distance education policy which includes all of the

definitions and criteria for counting a student as a distance education learner in the NRS.

For questions, feel free to contact us.

Thank you.