Gov. Branstad, Lt. Gov. Reynolds to hold education roundtables today

July 13, 2011 - PRLog -- (DES MOINES) – Gov. Terry Branstad and Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds will hold three hour-long roundtable discussions tomorrow, Wednesday, July 13, 2011, to gain a deeper understanding of changes needed to create world-class schools across the state. The conversations will be live-streamed and videos will be posted afterward. The governor and lieutenant governor also will host seven town hall meetings around Iowa to listen to Iowans’ ideas for improving education before the Iowa Education Summit July 25-26.
Individuals who are interested in watching the discussions live may watch here:

https://educateiowa.eduvision.tv/

The following events are open to the media:

Wednesday, July 13, 2011
10 a.m.          Gov. Branstad and Lt. Gov. Reynolds hold business leaders roundtable.

Leaders will talk about the qualities, skills and knowledge they need in a globally competitive workforce.

Governor’s Office-Large Conference Room
State Capitol
Des Moines, IA

Panelists are:

•         John C.  Bloomhall, President and Chief Executive Officer of Diamond V Mills, Inc.
•         Clayton M. Jones, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Rockwell Collins, Inc.
•         Mary A. O’Keefe, Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer for the Principal Financial Group
•         Paul E. Schickler, President of Pioneer Hi-Bred
•         Suku Radia, CEO and President of Bankers Trust

1 p.m. Gov. Branstad and Lt. Gov. Reynolds hold college and university presidents and K-12 educators  roundtable.

Leaders will discuss how to better prepare more students for college and post-secondary training.

Governor’s Office-Large Conference Room
State Capitol
Des Moines, IA

Panelists are:

•         Katie Mulholland, Linn-Mar Superintendent and Iowa Board of Regents Member
•         Deb Derr, North Iowa Area Community College President
•         Jon L. Erickson, ACT Interim President of the Education Division
•         Greg L. Geoffroy, Iowa State University President
•         Paul R. Gausman, Sioux City Superintendent
•         Kent Henning, Grand View  University President

3 p.m.            Gov. Branstad and Lt. Gov. Reynolds hold teachers roundtable.

Teachers will discuss what they need to help students achieve more.

Governor’s Office-Large Conference Room
State Capitol
Des Moines, IA

Panelists are:

•         Nick Bradley, Denison High School English Teacher
•         Jessica Gogerty, School Improvement Leader at North High School in Des Moines, where she previously taught science
•         Philip Moss, North Tama Junior High and High School Social Studies Teacher in the North Tama Community School District
•         April Pforts, Mount Pleasant Middle School Mathematics Teacher
•         Amy Prime, Berg Elementary School Second-Grade Teacher  in Newton
•         Jerry Serrano, Wood Intermediate School  Sixth-Grade Social Studies Teacher in Davenport

Linda Fandel, special assistant for education in the Office of the Governor, and Iowa Department of Education Director Jason Glass will moderate the conversations.

JDL Horizons, using its flagship Internet streaming solution EduVision, will produce and stream the roundtable events in cooperation with the governor’s office. eSchool Media will accept the stream and deliver the roundtable events to a national audience of nearly 1 million K-12 educators throughout North America and around the world. The embed code for the stream will be provided to media outlets following the roundtables.

To learn more about roundtable participants and the town hall meetings, please go to: http://iowaeducation.iowa.gov/education-summit.  


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