Koalaty Kid Conference
Several Pekin School District 108 faculty and administrators attended the National Koalaty Kid Conference held April 20-23 in Schaumburg, Illinois. The conference provided opportunities for educators across the United States and from Sweden, the Netherlands, India, and South Africa to share ideas on how to help students improve their learning. The Koalaty Kid program is under sponsorship of the American Society for Quality and embraces the Baldridge improvement process.

The conference provided opportunities to visit classrooms in Chicago North West Suburban districts as well as to hear strategies that are producing excellent results from across the country.

District 108 was represented during the presentations by Pam Rosa and Mary Lange. Rosa and Lange provided a session for participants to learn quality tools and techniques for developing and sustaining shared leadership at all levels- classroom, school, and district. Superintendent Perry Soldwedel was recently appointed to the National Board of Directors of the Koalaty Kid Alliance and represented the District at a panel discussion on leadership and sustainability of quality initiatives.