Transforming Education and Changing School Culture

An increasing number of schools and districts are building a common language of instruction and collaborative structures for instructional problem solving through the use of instructional rounds. Pioneered by Richard Elmore and colleagues at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, instructional rounds build on the model of medical rounds used in teaching hospitals and engage teachers and administrators in data collection and analysis around a school-wide problem of practice. This case study examines the experiences of the Simpson County Schools in Franklin, Kentucky, where one of the authors formerly served as a district administrator. In 2009, the district initiated a multi-school effort to implement instructional rounds. Many districts adopting instructional rounds initially involve only administrators, but the Simpson County Schools invited classroom teachers to participate and play key leadership roles in the process. The case study describes the instructional rounds process, the decisions made by district leaders to involve a wide array of stakeholders in their instructional rounds initiative, and the overall effects. Teachers in the district readily embraced the instructional rounds protocol, and administration and facilitation of the rounds process has now evolved into having classroom teachers serving as primary leaders. Implications for school culture and change leadership are discussed

Corn soil insects research, 1983: Insecticide evaluations

"10/83/300 ."Judy A. Grundler, Entomology Research Specialist, UMC; Armon J. Keaster, Professor of Entomology, UMC.Corn rootworm -- Cutworm -- Wireworm -- Appendix

Corn soil insects research, 1986: Insecticide evaluations

"11/86/400."Judy A. Grundler, Entomology Senior Research Specialist; Armon J. Keaster, Professor of Entomology. Department of Entomology, University of Missouri--Columbia.Corn rootworm -- Cutworm -- Wireworm -- Appendix

Corn soil insects research, 1982: Insecticide evaluations

Judy A. Grundler, Entomology Research Specialist, UMC; Armon J. Keaster, Professor of Entomology, UM

Soybean insects in Missouri

New 10/87/5M--Cover.Title from JPEG cover page (University of Missouri Digital Library, viewed Mar. 24, 2010)

Corn soil insects research, 1984: Insecticide evaluations

"10/84/350."Judy A. Grundler, Entomology Research Specialist, UMC; Armon J. Keaster, Professor of Entomology, UMC.Corn rootworm -- Cutworm -- Wireworm -- Appendix

Studies on the anatomy and physiology of the tongue

This paper contains a review of the human tongue as well as fish, amphibians, birds, and mammals, and includes numerous illustrations

Corn cutworm control

"This guide recommends management practices and insecticides for reduction of injury caused by the various cutworms attacking corn in Missouri. It also discusses the life cycles of the more common species which feed at and below ground and those species which are primarily above ground foliage feeders."--First page.Gene Munson, Armon J. Keaster, and Judy A. Grundler (Department of Entomology, College of Agriculture)Revised 2/86/4.5

Soil insect control in reduced tillage cropping systems

"Missouri row crop producers have rapidly accepted and adopted reduced, conservation or no-till practices. They planted 45 percent or 5,000,000 acres of the 1983 crop of soybeans, corn, small grains and grain sorghum in soil receiving some degree of reduced tillage. Although reduced tillage practices offer several advantages, one disadvantage is difficult insect control. Major insect problems occur more frequently and are often more damaging with reduced than with conventionally tilled crops."--First page.Gene Munson, Armon J. Keaster and Judy A. Grundler (Department of Entomology, College of Agriculture)Revised 2/84/6