Full Text of HR0990 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are pleased to congratulate Robert Dean on his | 4 | | retirement as Superintendent of the Laboratory Schools at | 5 | | Illinois State University in Normal; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, He has been Superintendent since 1994; as | 7 | | Superintendent, he oversees the operation of a PreK-12 school | 8 | | system serving 1,000 students; the students are enrolled at 2 | 9 | | school sites, Thomas Metcalf School, PreK-8, and University | 10 | | High School, 9-12; the schools serve as a regional center for | 11 | | serving students with low incidence disabilities; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, He received his Bachelor of Science degree from | 13 | | the University of Wisconsin; his Master of Science degree from | 14 | | the University of Minnesota; and his
Ph.D. from the University | 15 | | of Wisconsin; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, In addition to his career as a Superintendent, he | 17 | | was also Principal at the Thomas Metcalf Laboratory School from | 18 | | 1986 to 1994; Principal of Waterloo Elementary School from 1979 | 19 | | to 1986; and a teacher in the Whitehall Public School from 1973 | 20 | | to 1978; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, He is a member of Phi Delta Kappa, the National |
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| 1 | | Staff Development Council, the Illinois Association for | 2 | | Supervision and Curriculum Development, the
Illinois | 3 | | Association of School Administrators, the
National Association | 4 | | of Laboratory Schools, and the
Association for Supervision and | 5 | | Curriculum Development; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, He has published many articles on education during | 7 | | his career; made several presentations, at the local, State, | 8 | | and national levels; and has served and continues to serve on | 9 | | numerous educational boards, teams, and committees; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, He was selected as one of the 75 outstanding | 11 | | educators in Illinois in 1990 by the
Illinois Association for | 12 | | Supervision and Curriculum Development; he was honored twice | 13 | | (once as principal and once as superintendent) in the "Those | 14 | | Who Excel"
program, a Statewide competition designed to | 15 | | recognize excellence; he was an award recipient for his work, | 16 | | "Outstanding Contributions to Early Childhood Education", by | 17 | | the Illinois
Association for Supervision and Curriculum | 18 | | Development in 1994; and was the recipient of the Evelyn Cobb | 19 | | Service Award for meritorious service to the McLean County
| 20 | | Compact in 2011; therefore, be it
| 21 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 22 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 23 | | we congratulate Robert Dean on his retirement and wish him well |
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| 1 | | in his future endeavors; and be it further
| 2 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 3 | | presented to Robert Dean as a symbol of our respect and esteem.
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