Ms. Virginia O. Anderson

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  Published on: 6/23/2008    Last Visited: 6/24/2008  

  Virginia Anderson will retire at the end of the month as associate director, ending a 14-year run with the MIAA.She recently was honored with an award named after Sherm Kinney, an executive for the organization from 1978 to 1998.
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  Ms. Anderson was listed as earning $57,355 from both the MIAA and the MSSAA, the former based on a 22-hour workweek.

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  Published on: 5/27/2008    Last Visited: 5/27/2008  

  During her 44 years in the teaching profession, the only time Virginia Anderson stepped away from her job came years ago, when she and her husband, Jim, were starting a family.
  
  Now, Anderson is stepping away for good, again, so the longtime educator and administrator can spend time with her family.
  
  Anderson, a former teacher and principal in the Greater Springfield area, will retire in July.She's currently the associate director for the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association (MIAA) and Massachusetts Secondary School Administrators' Association (MSSAA) - positions she has held since 1994.
  
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  "It's hard to make the decision to leave when you enjoy the work you're doing," said Anderson, of Uxbridge."But there's a time in life, for me in particular, when I'd like to spend more time with my husband and children and two very young grandchildren.This is as much a decision to go in another direction, but coming full circle to family again."
  
  Before Anderson retires, though, she will be recognized with one of the nation's biggest honors for educators involved in extracurricular activities: a National Federation of State High School Associations Citation, which is awarded to just a dozen people throughout the country every year.
  
  "It's a wonderful honor for doing a job I love doing," Anderson said.
  
  In March, the New Jersey native also received the Sherm Kinney Award, named in honor of Kinney, a former great high school athlete and coach in Massachusetts, as well as one of the early pioneers of the MIAA.
  
  "Sherm was the genesis for our sportsmanship program (at the MIAA)," said Anderson, who worked with Kinney for two years."When the association really started to flourish, it was Dick Neal, Bill Gaine and Sherm Kinney.They did everything in those days."
  
  Anderson started her teaching career at Holyoke High School, when it opened in 1964.
  
  "I think I was the only person not from Holyoke working there," Anderson said."They wanted a cheerleading coach, and someone with a gymnastics background.So it was a very good fit.Holyoke, was, and continues to be, very special."
  
  Anderson served as the district supervisor of physical education and athletics for the Springfield Public School System from 1976-83, and was a principal at Chestnut Street School and Wilbraham Middle School before taking her current positions at the MIAA and MSSAA.
  
  "Sometimes when you choose a profession, you don't know if it's right for you," said Anderson, who lived in Springfield for 30 years.

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  For more information please email Virginia O. Anderson or call the MIAA office at 508-541-7997

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  Mrs. Virginia Anderson Associate Director

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  Virginia O. Anderson President Massachusetts Secondary School Administrators' Assn

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  Better MCAS scores wanted - [Cached Version]
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  And with one year of testing under their collective belt , there's good reason to expect at least some gains , said Virginia Anderson , associate executive secretary of the Massachusetts Secondary School Administrators Association and a former middle school principal in Springfield and Wilbraham.
  
  Schools now have ``benchmark'' scores by which to measure improvement.Education officials have said they eventually want 75 percent of all students in the ``passing'' or ``advanced'' categories.

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  A 1999 survey by the Massachusetts Secondary School Administrators Association indicated that about one third of the high schools were using block scheduling and about 80 percent were experimenting with elements of it, said Virginia Anderson, associate executive secretary.
  
  "This is not the whim of the week," she said.
  
  Some parents wish it were.They worry not only about the continuity of the courses, but about their length, too."How can an adolescent sit there for 90 minutes all day long, when most adults can't do it?"
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  The traditional organization of the school day - with bells going off every 45 minutes or so and students dashing from place to place - may not create the optimal conditions for learning or teaching, Anderson said.Plus, there is new pressure on teachers to help students integrate knowledge of one subject into others, a challenge that is hard to meet in a short class, she added.
  
  But some of the motivation for block scheduling also is based on practicalities.
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  The traditional organization of the school day - with bells going off every 45 minutes or so and students dashing from place to place - may not create the optimal conditions for learning or teaching, Anderson said.Plus, there is new pressure on teachers to help students integrate knowledge of one subject into others, a challenge that is hard to meet in a short class, she added. But some of the motivation for block scheduling also is based on practicalities.

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  A 1999 survey by the Massachusetts Secondary School Administrators Association indicated that about one third of the high schools were using block scheduling and about 80 percent were experimenting with elements of it, said Virginia Anderson, associate executive secretary.
  
  ''This is not the whim of the week,'' she said.
  
  Some parents wish it were.They worry not only about the continuity of the courses, but about their length, too.
  
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  The traditional organization of the school day - with bells going off every 45 minutes or so and students dashing from place to place - may not create the optimal conditions for learning or teaching, Anderson said.Plus, there is new pressure on teachers to help students integrate knowledge of one subject into others, a challenge that is hard to meet in a short class, she added.
  
  But some of the motivation for block scheduling also is based on practicalities.

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  Published on: 6/7/2001    Last Visited: 6/7/2001  

  According to Virginia Anderson , associate executive secretary of the association , schools that have thrived on block schedules made the change to gain more than classroom minutes.
  
  ''Those who went into it to meet state time requirements had challenges , '' she said. ''Those who saw it as a way to teach students and connect to kids are feeling good.''.
  
  Educators at area high schools that switched remain mostly convinced of the block's benefits.They say success depends on teacher preparation - support for staff members in the early stages as they seek effective alternatives to marathon lectures.
  
  ''The key is to have the faculty reckon with the instructional issues , '' said Milford High School principal John Brucato. ''The real issue is instruction , not the schedule.''.

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  Published on: 6/10/2001    Last Visited: 6/10/2001  

  According to Virginia Anderson , associate executive secretary of the association , schools that have thrived on block schedules made the change to gain more than classroom minutes.
  
  ''Those who went into it to meet state time requirements had challenges , '' she said. ''Those who saw it as a way to teach students and connect to kids are feeling good.''.

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