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Developing Leaders: Impacting Learners
ITED is pleased to sponsor a special conference, Developing Leaders: Impacting Learners, centered on improving instruction and teacher leadership. Sessions will address instructional coaching, mentoring, new teacher induction, and teacher leadership. The Conference will be held Thursday, October 22 through Friday, October 23 at the Holiday Inn Express in Bourbonnais, Illinois. ITED invites school administrators, P-12 general and special educators, teacher educators, and school support personnel.
"Developing Leaders: Impacting Learners"
Highlights
- Keynote Presentations: Dr. Jim Knight, researcher and teacher educator at the University of Kansas Center for Research on Learning. Dr. Knight has been involved with researching and developing effective coaching programs for more than a decade. He is the author of Instructional Coaching: A Partnership Approach.
- Break Out and Poster Sessions: Topics will focus on mentoring, coaching, new teacher induction, reflective practice, and teacher leadership
- Update from the Illinois State Board of Education
- The 2009 Conference begins with breakout sessions on Thursday afternoon October 22, followed by a keynote address and social networking opportunities in the evening. The conference will conclude after lunch on Friday with a “state of the State” address by ISBE.
Dr. Jim Knight
Call for Proposals
In an effort to further address current trends and issues, the following topics have been identified as those for which presentations are being sought: Mentoring and Induction, Coaching, Teacher Leadership, Effective Professional Development, Reflective Practice, Action Research, National Board Certification
Please consider sharing your knowledge and expertise with practitioners, higher education professionals, and administrators from across Illinois by submitting a proposal by July 1, 2009. Click here for details.
Tentative Agenda
| THURSDAY OCTOBER 22, 2009 | |
|---|---|
| 1:00pm | Registration |
| 2:00 | Welcome-ITED Executive Board Members |
| Break out sessions, ending at 5:00 pm Topics TBA | |
| 5:00-6:30 | Social hour and hors d’oeuvres |
| 6:30-8:00 | Opening session presentation by Dr. Jim Knight centers on improvement of educational practices through the use of instructional coaching, with a focus on the research base. |
| FRIDAY OCTOBER 23, 2009 | |
| 7:30-9:00am | Registration, continental breakfast, and poster session |
| 9:00-12:30 | Morning session--Dr. Jim Knight presents on implementing and supporting the use of evidence-based strategies through instructional coaching |
| 12:30-1:15 | Lunch provided on site |
| 1:15-2:15 | Afternoon Session—Illinois State Board of Education leadership with an update on the state of the State |
Registration Information
Conference registration:
- $125 registration
- $50 full-time graduate student registration
Registration fee includes refreshments and hors d’oeuvres during the Thursday evening social hour; Friday breakfast and lunch.
Hotel Information
Institute participants are responsible for securing their own hotel accommodations. Holiday Inn Express guest room reservations can be made by calling 815-932-4411 and will be available at the special rate of $72.00!!
| Holiday Inn Express Hotel and Suites 62 Ken Hayes Drive Bourbonnais, Illinois 60914 815-932-4411 |
For additional hotel information including amenities & driving directions: http://www.hiexpress.com enter “Bourbonnais” under “Find a Hotel” |
Please register by October 1 by providing the information requested below via postal mail. Checks only (No credit cards accepted) should be made payable to “ITED” and mailed to:
Rebecca Cook
Eastern Illinois University
600 Lincoln Avenue
Department of Special Education
Charleston, IL 61920
E-mail: rjcook@eiu.edu
Name:
Name of Institution/School District:
Mailing Address:
E-mail: Daytime phone number:
Any special accommodations needed? Please describe . . .
QUESTIONS?? call Becky Cook at 217-581-5315