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Have you moved into a new position? Do you have colleagues new to your organization?
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Subscribing to the Illinois P-20 Network Newsletter is free, fast, and easy. Simply fill out a quick form to subscribe to the P-20 Network Newsletter.
Also, please pass this along to colleagues new to your organization, so they can also subscribe! Invitations to participate in P-20 Network committees and workgroups as well as to attend P-20 Network events are shared through the newsletter, which is released every other Friday.
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In June, KEEP Illinois (Keep Educators Engaged Professionally) held its first three meetings. With dozens of teachers and administrators from across Illinois, KEEP Illinois is determined to identify and promote the very best strategies and policies for the state’s communities to help teachers flourish throughout their careers. While efforts to increase and diversify the teacher pipeline are incredibly important to guarantee that all students have high-quality teachers, the teacher pipeline alone will not be able to resolve our collective needs without existing educators continuing to work in
schools.
Over the course of these initial KEEP Illinois meetings, the following areas have been identified for further research, engagement, and action:
- Coaching
- Compensation
- Educator Career Ladder
- Evaluation
- Job Satisfaction
- Managing Multiple Initiatives
- Mental and Physical Health
Support
- Professional Development
- Research
- Respect
- Restructuring Schools
- School and District Leadership
- School Culture
- Technology
- Time
- Working Conditions
Of these topics,
Coaching, Mental and Physical Health Support, Time, and the Educator Career Ladder will most likely be the first priorities that KEEP Illinois will tackle this fall. Meetings and additional discussions and work will continue after the start of the school year. In the meantime, we are building a research base in these areas to provide a foundation for that work.
If you would like to learn
more about KEEP Illinois and/or get involved, please contact Tim Dohrer at p20network@niu.edu.
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Career ConneCTEd Illinois Administrator Academy Workshops Open to All
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The NIU Illinois CTE Project team will be leading multiple workshops in the upcoming
weeks that offer both Professional Development Hours (PDHs) and Administrator Academy credit. It’s not too late to register, and if you are a school or district leader, it’s a great time to check off your Administrator Academy requirement early in the year! There is no cost to attend these professional learning opportunities – as they are all being sponsored by the CTE & Innovation Department at the Illinois State Board of Education.
- Social and
Emotional Learning Leads to College and Career Readiness – Online – July 18 – 9 AM to Noon - Register
- PaCE Framework – Online – July 25 – 9 AM to Noon - Register
- Illinois Career Pathways – Online – August 1 – 9 AM to Noon - Register
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Summer 2023
— ISBE CTE Professional Learning
Team-Based Challenges Writing Workshops
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These in-person workshops will lead educators through the process of creating a Team-Based Challenge as required for the College and Career Pathway Endorsement. Educators will learn how to incorporate strategies to collaborate with expert industry partners for their Challenge; incorporate selected technical competencies and essential skills; plan for student assessment; and develop action steps to implement the Challenge in the classroom.
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My Data Dashboard — Webinar
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ISBE has released updates to My Data Dashboard that illustrate a significant change in the way it provides access to data and supports data-driven programmatic decision-making.
The recently released screens focus on data from the following statewide assessments: Illinois Assessment for
Readiness (IAR), SAT, and Dynamic Learning Maps Alternate Assessment (DLM-AA).
Learn more about My Data Dashboard and these new visualizations at a webinar at 11 AM on July 18.
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Minority Teachers of Illinois (MTI) Scholarship Applications Still Being Accepted
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The Illinois Student Assistance Commission (ISAC) has announced that the 2023-2024 MTI Scholarship Program application continues to be accepted, even though the March 31, 2023 priority consideration date has passed. Complete applications – including the 2023-2024 FAFSA (or Alternative Application, if applicable) – received after this date will continue to be considered for the MTI Scholarship Program for as long as funding remains after all timely complete applicants have been awarded.
All minority students and qualified bilingual minority applicants
who meet the program's eligibility requirements should be encouraged to complete and submit their applications as soon as possible. Postsecondary institutions are encouraged to share this with their students, and high schools are encouraged to share this with their alumni.
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P-20 Network Email Newsletter —
Pass it along today!
P-20 Network Newsletters will typically come out every two weeks on Friday. The newsletters include updates on critical policy developments, professional development opportunities, success stories from the Network and much more.
You are
receiving this message because you have previously attended a P-20 Network Meeting and/or have been on previous P-20 Network emails. We encourage you to forward this email to others in your organization, such as principals, assistant principals, department chairs by using the Forward to a Friend link below. Others can subscribe by simply completing this very short form.
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