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Education alum Rosa Weaver among honorees named in Outstanding Women awards |
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The Outstanding Women award honors Northern Kentucky leaders and recognizes them for their personal integrity, perseverance and leadership, according to the Kentucky Post. In addition to Dr. Weaver, winners of the Outstanding Women Awards were Sister Mary Luann Bender, Helen Marie Carroll, Betty Timon, and Diane Ewing Whalen. According to the Kentucky Post article by Peggy Kreimer, Dr. Weaver’s focus is always on children. That value guided her through service as principal of Hinsdale Elementary School and continues to lead as she exhorts teachers studying to be educational leaders in the NKU Educational Leadership Program she helped established. “The most important thing is to be instruction leaders,” she said. “As principal, you have to provide teachers with everything they need to help the student be successful.” Weaver said she draws energy from her students’ successes, listing teachers who have gone on to be superintendents and principals and leaders across the region. One of the letters the judging panel received in support of Weaver’s nomination was from a former elementary school student who recalled an early run-in with her as a principal. The boy was big for his age, cocky and had a temper. He punched two fellow students and was sent to Weaver’s office. “I thought I might get banned from the bus and have my recess privileges taken away,” he wrote. “Instead, Rosa … made me write a report on anger and how to control it. She wanted me to use my brain to control my brawn, and it worked. Now I am known for having an even temper and for not over-reacting to things I can’t control… I never forgot the lesson, even though sometimes I feel like punching or yelling at some of the folks that I see on the campaign trail or work with here in Frankfort.” The letter is signed Trey Grayson, Secretary of State.
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