The Illinois P-20 Network – New Opportunities for Action
The Illinois P-20 Network hosted its Fall 2022 Meeting at NIU Naperville on Thursday, October 27, 2022. Approximately 100 educational leaders from across Illinois were in attendance representing school districts, postsecondary institutions, state agencies, and other professional and advocacy organizations.
The Illinois P-20 Network
leadership team has been analyzing data from the exit survey and is eager to share its plan to move forward, working towards our fundamental goals of equity and opportunity as well as effectively using research and meaningful data. Our efforts will continue to focus on Career and College Readiness broadly, as one of the key transition points in our system is when learners move from high school to whatever is next in their educational and career journeys. One of the ways we'll continue this work is through our NIU Illinois CTE Project Team and its collaboration directly with ISBE to support school districts across Illinois with ongoing improvements to Career and Technical Education (CTE) and increased accessibility of CTE for all students in all schools.
Looking ahead, the Illinois P-20 Network will be undertaking new opportunities for action in each of the above areas. Additionally, as discussed at the Fall Meeting, we are developing plans based on feedback from attendees for how we can minimize or eliminate the educator shortage by improving educator retention at all levels across Illinois. The leadership team of the P-20 Network understands that increased attention and effort must be dedicated to the retention of educators, and we look forward to sharing specific plans for how we can do this
soon.
REGISTRATION IS OPEN!
Join the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) for a day of networking and collaboration between Illinois CTE educators and state administrators before attending the annual IACTE conference.
Morning sessions will provide timely information and support for specific groups outlined on the event page. Following the morning sessions, everyone is invited and encouraged to attend a specialized networking lunch and afternoon breakout sessions related to various CTE topics.
In addition, the ISBE Career Connections Conference is hosting an evening keynote event to help kick-off the IACTE Conference. Dr. Amanda Bastoni, whose background is as a CTE teacher and administrator, will bring her energetic and highly informative presentation style to provide significant insights into what schools of all sizes and in all settings across Illinois can do with and through CTE to improve learning and increase student success.
Opportunities for Success: Professional Learning for CTE Teachers and Leaders
Have you registered for events included as part of the 2022-2023 ISBE CTE Professional Learning calendar? Have you been sharing the ISBE CTE Professional Learning calendar with teachers?
All sessions are open and free of charge to all Illinois educators, including teachers, clinicians, counselors, and administrators, from early childhood through grade 12 settings as well as postsecondary educators. For example, Administrator Academy workshops are not only open to school administrators, but to all educators. Participants who complete workshops will earn Illinois professional
development hours or, when applicable, Administrator Academy credit, based on the workshop and one’s position.
I-WIN Health Sciences Career Exploration Event Showcase – November 17, 2022
Join the I-WIN community on Thursday, November 17, 3:30–4:30 p.m., to learn from three Illinois communities that piloted a multigenerational Health Sciences Career Exploration event this past year: Greater Joliet Area YMCA, Rush Education and Career Hub (REACH), and Barnes-Jewish Hospital. These events were designed to provide information on education and career opportunities for both
students and families. Partners who collaborated on the event included representatives from secondary, postsecondary, and hospitals. Communities will share their learnings, best practices, and resources.
The 2023 conference of the Illinois Education and Career Success Network, themed Accelerating Equitable Success, will deliver an array of high-quality content and interactive, hands-on opportunities centered on advancing equitable postsecondary attainment. The conference will be held on Wednesday, March 8, 2023, in person at Moraine Valley Community College in Palos Hills, Illinois. The
Network will be celebrating its tenth anniversary, honoring the work that Leadership Communities have accomplished this past decade and looking toward a shared vision for the future.
P-20 Network Email Newsletter — Pass 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.
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