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Calendar / Conferences
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NOW TWO LOCATIONS:
“Bookin’ It Throughout the Year by Mary Pat Larocca
O’Fallon
– July 27, 2009 – Regency
Conf. Center
at Hilton Garden Inn
Oak Brook – July 29, 2009- DoubleTree Hotel
IL
ASCD will host a Pre Kindergarten-Kindergarten Drive-in Workshop
featuring Mary Pat Larocca, a practicing Kindergarten teacher and a
frequent presenter at the IL ASCD Annual Pre K- Kindergarten Conference will
offer tips on insuring that you will have independent writers THIS YEAR!
You will learn how to work one-on-one with students and use class
traveling books to keep your kindergartners writing all year long.
Further you will see how to use Microsoft's "Photostory 3"
program to make digital class books. Check out the special KINDER LEARN,
SHOP AND STAY PACKAGES . Click here for workshop registration!!
CLDN (CURRICULUM LEADERSHIP
DEVELOPMENT NETWORK) BEGINS JULY 20!
IL ASCD will
offer a third Cohort of the popular Curriculum Development
workshops. This six-part program
runs throughout a full year beginning iN July of 2009 and concluding in
June 2010. Participants will gain
exposure to “WHAT CURRICULUM LEADERS NEED TO KNOW”. Faculty for CLDN are experienced
Curriculum Leaders from around the state of Illinois. Strands to be covered: Curriculum, Facilitation,
Instruction, Assessment,
Organization, and Managerial.
Registration is limited to the first 50 applicants. Meetings will take place at the
Academy at HSD 218, Oak Lawn. Click
here for CLDN registration!
8th Annual IL ASCD/IASA
LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE “Leadership for Learning: Embracing the Future Together” August 2-4,
2009, Eagle Ridge Inn and Resort, Galena,
Illinois. Plan to attend
the Eighth Annual Leadership Institute sponsored by the Illinois Association for
Supervision and Curriculum Development (IL ASCD) and the Illinois Association of
School Administrators (IASA). You will experience 2 ½
days of dynamic professional discussion, learning and leadership knowledge
building from diverse perspectives for school leaders and leadership
teams.
Presenters include:
Don Kachur -
Helping New Leaders :"Transitioning Into a Leadership
Role: Planning for Success." Tips for new leaders and
for those leading new leaders.
Meg Ormiston - Technology for Learning
Leaders: "Leadership through Technology". Leadership and Web
2.0 Technology - Get ready to Ning, Tweet, Wiki, Blog,
Skype, Webinar, PodCast and more.
Marla Dewhirst - Leading RtI/PBIS "Providing
Leadership to Braid Academic and Behavioral Early Interventions (RtI) for
School Improvement.”
Click here for Leadership
Institute registration!
Global Education for the 21st Century
Join
Colleagues for this State-of-the-Art Conference for Pre-K – 12th
Grade Teachers, Administrators, Business and Community Leaders, June 11
& 12, 2009, at Rockford College, 5050 E. State
Street, Rockford, IL.
Keynote speakers are Marc Prensky on “New Approaches to Learning
Can Bring Engagement to Our Students” on Thursday. On Friday
Linda Tafel will speak on “Creating Schools Where All Children and
Adults Learn and Thrive.” The Conference is Co-Sponsored by
The Golden Apple Foundation, IL ASCD, PDK, Rockford Area Early Literacy,
Retired Teachers of Winnebago County, ADK, KIDS
(representing the Regional Offices of Education for Boone-Winnebago,
DeKalb and McHenry County) &
Rockford Chamber of Commerce. Still looking for break-out session
presenters. Contact dnailor@kidsroe.org.
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The
High School Challenge: A Push and Pull Journey - June 15 & 16, 2009
Sponsored by the Illinois Coalition of High Schools the Featured
Speakers include: Dr. Gloria Ladson- Billings, Dr. Robert Lynn Canady
and Dr. Bobb Darnell. Topics include: ACHIEVEMENT GAP,
SURVEY OF ENACTED CURRICULUM, GRADING AND
ASSESSMENT, CREDIT RECOVERY, COLLEGE AND
CAREER READINESS, ONLINE INSTRUCTION, MULTIPLE PATHWAYS TO GRADUATION,
DUAL CREDIT, INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES, COLLEGE SUCCESS REPORT. Site
will be the Doubletree Hotel in Bloomington.
For additional information contact Gineen O'Neil at: goneil@swcccas
e.org
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IL
ASCD has formed a partnership with other ASCD Affiliates to share information with our
members and interested Illinois Educators to let them know about
Professional Development opportunities offered by our neighboring
affiliates. In that spirit, check out this great learning opportunity sent by our
friends of Missouri ASCD.
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IL
ASCD is a participant in the Illinois Coalition of High Schools represented by a member of
our Board of Directors, Fulton Nolen. We support the efforts of
this organization as it works to offer leadership, staff development
and communication opportunities to improve our Illinois High
Schools. The
High School Challenge: A Push and Pull Journey June 15 &
16, 2009 Sponsored by the Illinois
Coalition of High Schools the Featured Speakers include:Dr. Gloria
Ladson-Billings, Dr. Robert Lynn Canady and Dr. Bobb Darnell.
Topics include: ACHIEVEMENT GAP, SURVEY OF
ENACTED CURRICULUM, GRADING AND
ASSESSMENT, CREDIT RECOVERY, COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS, ONLINE INSTRUCTION,
MULTIPLE PATHWAYS TO GRADUATION, DUAL CREDIT, INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES,
COLLEGE SUCCESS REPORT. Site will be the Doubletree Hotel in Bloomington.
For additional information contact Gineen ONeil at:goneil@swcccase.org
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Illinois
ASCD and North Central Association (NCA) Announce Professional
Development Partnership
Illinois ASCD
is pleased to announce a partnership has been formed with Illinois NCA to
offer IL ASCD members a five percent discount on all professional
development events offered by Illinois NCA throughout the school year. A
table of the complete line-up of scheduled events has been posted on our
website. Click Here
to access the table. To view all professional development event
descriptions, locations, and registration
details; go to www.nca.uillinois.edu/,
select the Professional Development tab. Upcoming
September workshops include: School Improvement Planning for SIP Teams;
PSAE Reading/Writing: From Planning to Practice; and Let’s
Have a T.E.A. Party: Teaching, Engaging, and Assessing! In order for
ASCD members to receive the 5% discount, access the Professional
Development tab from NCA’s website, and go to “Get all
the workshop details.” This is a hyperlink located immediately
after each workshop description. Click on the hyperlink and print the
Registration Form to complete your registration information. Under the Payment
Information Required section, specify the Discount Code as
“IL ASCD Member.” Fax your completed form to
the NCA state office at 217.244.1132. For questions or assistance,
please contact the Illinois
state office at 866.292.1781.
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Plan ahead to
become a participant in the 2009 Leadership for
Effective Advocacy and Practice Institute (LEAP Institute) in Arlington, Va., with
visits on Capitol Hill, September 13–15, 2009. (Additional information
will be available in spring 2009)
Connect
Your Classroom to the Capitol
In
September 2008, more than 160 education advocates gathered at the
ASCD LEAP Institute to bring the classroom to the Capitol. You
can bring the Capitol home to your school and community by
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Joining Educator
Advocates to receive updates and alerts informing you when your voice
can make a difference.
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Making your voice heard using the resources in the ASCD Advocacy Guide and ASCD
Action Center.
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Communicating effectively using the tools in the LEAP Communications Tool Kit (
1.6 MB) to advocate for education centered on the whole child.
Reflecting
on the messages of the 2008 institute's featured speakers, political
strategist and commentator Donna Brazile and political pollster and communicator
Frank Luntz.
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Future ASCD Annual Conferences
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LOCATION
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DATE
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2009
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Orlando, FL
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March 14-16, 2009
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2010
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San Antonio, TX
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March 6-8, 2010
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2011
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San Francisco, CA
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March 26-28, 2011
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2012
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Philadelphia, PA
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March 24-26, 2012
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2013
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Chicago, IL
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March 16-18, 2013
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