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What we’ve been up to... |
As promised, it has been an exciting couple of weeks for the Illinois P-20 Network! We’ve been near and far, working and learning with educators from early childhood through postsecondary settings!
Illinois Council of Instructional Coaches (ICIC) Conference – The Educational Coaching Network (ECN) team of Tim Dohrer, Alison Gordon, and Sharon Sheehan joined our friends and colleagues and coaches from across the state at NIU Naperville for the annual ICIC Conference. They presented on The Role of Instructional Coaching on Teacher Retention, including highlighting the takeaways and recommendations from the KEEP Illinois report, The Road to Retention.
Coalition for Transforming Higher Education Funding – We participated in conversations with other leaders around the ongoing work with SB3965, which proposes a new higher education funding formula for public universities designed to improve adequacy and equity. Learn more about the Coalition’s work.
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Temple Grandin: Great Minds Are Not All the Same – Free Event Open to the Public
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Please share with educators and your communities broadly!
On Tuesday, November 19, from 6.30 to 7.30 PM, Temple Grandin will be presenting Great Minds Are Not All the Same at the Holmes Student Center at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb. Dr. Grandin is the Distinguished Professor of Animal Science at Colorado State University and has presented broadly about autism and neurodiversity for decades.
Prior to Dr. Grandin’s presentation, educators, families, and community members are invited to attend the free Celebration of Neurodiversity: Activity and Resource Fair at the Holmes Student Center from 5 to 6.30 PM.
We look forward to having students of all ages, families, educators, and other community members join us on November 19, 2024, at NIU!
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ECN announces new Coaching and Wellness Workshop
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Instructional coaching and supporting the wellness of both educators and students alike are two keys to long-term retention of teachers.
On December 10, 2024, at NIU Naperville, the Educational Coaching Network will host its newest workshop – Coaching and Wellness: Creating a Mentally Healthy Classroom. This workshop supports both keys to educator retention mentioned above!
The workshop is timed perfectly to allow teachers, instructional coaches, support services professionals, and school administrators to engage in thinking about classroom practices that support mental and emotional well-being and provide a stronger foundation for academic learning.
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Dispatches from NACEP
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This past week, Rodrigo López was able to attend this year’s NACEP Conference alongside many other educators from across Illinois. NACEP is the National Association of Concurrent Enrollment Partnerships, and NACEP is the leading professional association for work around dual credit. NACEP includes practitioners from both postsecondary institutions and school districts, and NACEP articulates standards for high-quality dual and concurrent enrollment programming and seeks to help educators meet those standards.
To learn about what Rodrigo learned this week, check out this news post on the Illinois P-20 Network website.
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2024 ISBE Illinois Report Card Released |
With implications and information for educators across the full spectrum of P-20, the 2024 Illinois State Board of Education Illinois Report Card was released this week as required by law. The report card is available at: https://www.illinoisreportcard.com/
In addition to the report card itself, ISBE has provided a number of other supporting resources to districts to help with communication around the report card. These are available on the ISBE Data and Accountability Illinois Report Card web page under the Resources section. These resources include sample parent letters in multiple languages, guidance related to the Equity Journey Continuum and explaining the Summative Designation, and explanations of key metrics that can be used with educators and other stakeholders alike.
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P-20 Network Email Newsletter —
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