ICSS ELECTIONS 2008
CANDIDATE FOR ICSS PRESIDENT:


Nancy Peterson
Gilbert Community Schools
 Nancy has been teaching at Gilbert Community school since the fall of 1984.  She is a graduate of Northwest Missouri State University. She has taught 7th grade Geography, 8th grade American History, and is presently teaching high school World History, American Government, Geography, and Economics. She is the curriculum writer for a national lesson plan on the rule of law sponsored by the American Judicature Society and she facilitates summer workshops with a number of AEA around the state. During the summer of 2008 she will be teaching a workshop on the rule of law and instructions on how to write curriculum to Pennsylvania teachers at Susquehanna University. In 1996 she was named Iowa Social Studies Teacher of the Year. She has been ICSS Treasurer, Vice President, and is now running for her second term as President.


CANDIDATE FOR ICSS TREASURER



Catherine Mein
Ballard High School

Catherine has been teaching social studies since the fall of 1997.  She started teaching U.S. history and Texas history at Aldine Middle School in Houston.  She then taught all the high school social studies classes at Villisca High School in southwest Iowa.  Since the fall of 2003, she has been teaching world history at Ballard High School, where she is also the social studies department chair.  Catherine graduated from Mount Holyoke College with a degree in history and geography, and she completed her teacher education program at the University of Iowa.  In 2004, she traveled to China as part of Fulbright-Hays study tour, and in 2006, she traveled to Turkey to attend and present at a conference for the Turkish Student Internship Program run jointly by Iowa State University and Bilkent University in Ankara.  Catherine is running for her third term as ICSS treasurer.


CANDIDATE FOR ICSS SECRETARY


(While Louise does not have a current digital photograph, she does have a sense of humor.  )
 Louise is a retired Social Studies Consultant and former teacher.  Before her retirement, she was the Social Studies Consultant for Keystone Area Education Agency in Northeast Iowa for 16 years.  Prior to that, she taught upper elementary and Middle School at Central Community School in Elkader, for 15 years.
 
Since her retirement, she has remained active in the field of education as an independent educational consultant in the area of social studies.  She is currently a member of the Iowa Core Curriculum writing team, the Geography Alliance of Iowa Steering Committee, and the Iowa Civic Initiative.  She also serves on the State Historical Society Board of Trustees, and works with Service Learning on state level projects.   Louise is running for her second term as ICSS secretary.

CANDIDATE FOR ICSS MEMBER AT-LARGE


Elaine VonBon
Davis County Middle School
 Elaine received a BA in history from Cornell College along with a secondary teaching certification.   She taught at  Maquoketa Junior High prior to accepting her current teaching position at Davis County Middle School in Bloomfield, IA. Her social studies teaching experience spans fifth-grade through eighth.  Her teaching has been focused on the history of the Eastern Hemisphere and American History.  She also coaches middle school girls' track.  For the past seven years she has been involved with ICSS and has attended state, regional and national social studies conferences. When not busy with school activites, she enjoys traveling, reading and community activities.

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