November 2007          return to top

ACCESS for ELLs: Deadline for Waiver Approvals

Audience: Administrators
Presenter: John Kibler

To register contact: to come

Jean Smith,
Director of Professional Development
Illinois Principals Association
2940 Baker Drive
Springfield, Illinois 62703
217-525-1383

Audience: Junior High and High School social science teachers who teach sheltered classes or have ELLs in the mainstream social science classes. Note: this is an introductory session

Presenter: Jeanette Gordon, IRC

Audience: School teams including administrators, classroom teachers and bilingual/dual language/ESL teachers

Presenters: Margo Gottlieb, IRC and Diep Nguyen, Des Plaines SD#62

Registration: 8:30 – 9:00
Workshop: 9:00 – 3:00 p.m.
Cost: $120.00 per person 3 or more per team
$130.00 - individual teacher or
administrator

For more information:
The Illinois Resource Center
2626 Clearbrook Dr.
Arlington Heights, IL 60005-4626
224-366-8555

Audience: Administrators
Presenter: Barbara Marler

To register contact: to come

Jean Smith,
Director of Professional Development
Illinois Principals Association
2940 Baker Drive
Springfield, Illinois 62703
217-525-1383

Audience: K-12 educators teaching in a Spanish-English bilingual setting, ESL and mainstream teachers who coordinate with bilingual teachers, administrators responsible for evaluating bilingual educators, curriculum coordinators in districts with bilingual programs

Presenters: Karen Beeman and Cheryl Urow, IRC

Registration: 8:30 – 9:00
Workshop: 9:00 – 3:00 p.m.
Cost: $75.00

For more information:
The Illinois Resource Center
2626 Clearbrook Dr.
Arlington Heights, IL 60005-4626
224-366-8555

Audience: Administrators and teachers working in or considering the implementation of a dual language program

Presenter: Cheryl Urow, IRC

Registration: 4:00 – 4:30 p.m.
Workshop: 4:30 – 6:30 p.m.
Cost: $10.00

For more information:
The Illinois Resource Center
2626 Clearbrook Dr.
Arlington Heights, IL 60005-4626
224-366-8555

Audience: Administrators and teachers working in or considering the implementation of a dual language program.

Presenter: Cheryl Urow

Registration: 4:00 -4:30
Workshop: 4:30-6:30 p.m.
Cost: $10

For more information:
The Illinois Resource Center, 2626 Clearbrook Dr., Arlington Heights, IL 60005-4626
224-366-8555

Audience: Administrators
Presenter: Margo Gottlieb

To register contact: to come

Jean Smith,
Director of Professional Development
Illinois Principals Association
2940 Baker Drive
Springfield, Illinois 62703
217-525-1383

Audience: Instructional coaches/facilitators, building administrators (principals and assistant principals) and district/central office administrators (coordinators, directors and superintendents)

Presenters: Barbara Marler, Karen Tammy Marrah and Cheryl Urow, IRC

Registration: 8:30 – 9:00
Workshop: 9:00 – 12:00 p.m.
Cost: $25.00

For more information:
The Illinois Resource Center
2626 Clearbrook Dr.
Arlington Heights, IL 60005-4626
224-366-8555

LADDER FOR ELLs DATA RETREAT*** (Only districts that did not meet AMAOs will be required and invited by ISBE to Participate.)

Audience: Teams of one administrator, one general education teacher and one ESL/Bilingual teacher

Presenter: Jesse Markow & Dennis Terdy

ELL Data Retreat Agenda Prep Packet

Capacity: 45 (15 Teams of 3)

Northern Illinois University-Naperville
1120 E. Diehl Road, Rm. 101 A-B
Naperville, IL 60563
630-577-9101

Registration: 8:00 – 8:30

Retreat Times:

Day 1; 8:30 – 3:30
Day 2; 8:30 – 3:00

By Invitation

Registration Form

15-16

LADDER FOR ELLs DATA RETREAT*** (Only districts that did not meet AMAOs will be required and invited by ISBE to Participate.)

Audience: Teams of one administrator, one general education teacher and one ESL/Bilingual teacher

Presenter: Bob Kohl & Dennis Terdy

ELL Data Retreat Agenda Prep Packet

Capacity: 45 (15 Teams of 3)

Northern Illinois University-Naperville
1120 E. Diehl Road, Rm. 101 A-B
Naperville, IL 60563
630-577-9101

Registration: 8:00 – 8:30

Retreat Times:

Day 1; 8:30 – 3:30
Day 2; 8:30 – 3:00

By Invitation

Registration Form

Audience: K-12 Administrators and teachers

Presenter: Margo Gottlieb, IRC

Registration: 8:30 – 9:00
Workshop: 9:00 – 3:00 p.m.
Cost: $75.00

For more information:
The Illinois Resource Center
2626 Clearbrook Dr.
Arlington Heights, IL 60005-4626
224-366-8555

ACCESS for ELLs™ Workshop

Audience: Administrators & Teachers

Presenter: Dennis Terdy

Capacity: 100

Registered: 94

Registered Guest List (11/21/07)

University Center-Lake County
1200 University Center Drive
Grayslake, IL 60030
847-665-4000

Registration: 8:30 – 9:00
Workshop: 9:00 – 3:00 p.m

Download Registration

Audience: Administrators
Presenter: Barbara Marler

To register contact: to come

Jean Smith,
Director of Professional Development
Illinois Principals Association
2940 Baker Drive
Springfield, Illinois 62703
217-525-1383

ACCESS for ELLs™ Workshop

Audience: Administrators & Teachers

Presenter: Dennis Terdy

Capacity: 80

Registered Guest List (11/21/07)

Moraine Valley CC
Fogelson Theater, Building T
10900 S 88th Avenue
Palos Hills, IL 60465-0937
708-974-4300

Registration: 8:30 – 9:00
Workshop: 9:00 – 3:00 p.m

Download Registration

Audience: Administrators & Teachers

Presenter: Dennis Terdy

Capacity: 100

Registered Guest List (11/21/07)

Northern Illinois University-Naperville
1120 E. Diehl Roadm Room 101 A-B
Naperville, IL 60563
630-577-9101

Registration: 8:30 – 9:00
Workshop: 9:00 – 3:00 p.m

Audience: Administrators & Teachers

Presenter: Dennis Terdy

Capacity: 25

Registered Guest List (11/21/07)

Lincoln Land, Capitol City Center
130 Mason Street
Springfield, IL 62702
217-782-7436

Registration: 8:30 – 9:00
Workshop: 9:00 – 3:00 p.m

Download Registration

Presenter: Harriette Herrera

Audience: District educators responsible for State testing procedures.

An update of the state -testing program for ELLs will be covered, followed by a discussion with pointers and strategies districts/schools can use to make the administration of the ACCESS test run smoothly.

Audience: All educators
Cost: $15.00

December 2007          return to top

Practices and Strategies that work to get Latino parents involved with their high school aged children shared by practitioners who have designed and implemented successful programs in their schools

Presented by: Danita Fitch and Karen Le Blanc Glenbrook High Schools, District 225 and Jenny Neal, Evanston District 202

Time: 1:00 p.m.

Audience:
Cost: $15.00

To register go to the
North Cook ISC website

January 2008          return to top

8-11

Thirty-First Annual Statewide Conference for teachers of linguistically and Culturally Diverse Students

Oakbrook Hills Marriott Resort
Oakbrook, IL

Letter | Report Form

To register see http://www.west40.org

To register see http://www.west40.org

Districts transmitting outstanding obligations on the Completion Report must transmit a Final Expenditure Report (no obligations) when the obligations are liquidated but no later than 90 days after the project end date.

Contact:
ISBE
Funding and Disbursements
217-782-5256

LIPLEP(4909) and IEP (4905) 1st Quarter Cumulative Expenditure Reports Due Through 12/31/07

Districts transmitting outstanding obligations on the Completion Report must transmit a Final Expenditure Report (no obligations) when the obligations are liquidated but no later than 90 days after the project end date.

Contact:
ISBE
Funding and Disbursements
217-782-5256

February 2008          return to top

6-8

NCLB Conference

Sheraton Chicago Hotel & Towers
Chicago, IL

To register see http://www.west40.org

March 2008          return to top

To register see http://www.west40.org

April 2008          return to top

ELL Parent Involvement That Works!

Hear from practitioners what kinds of activities get ELL parents comfortable and involved with their children’s educational programs and their children’s school. Also, a tool to assist in identifying the barriers stakeholders may present and possible solutions to break them down with be used by the participants. The tool can be used to begin the process of examining their own school practices with staff and parents.

Presenters: a discussion panel of successful educators from different school districts and grade levels and Harriette Herrera

Audience: All grade levels; Administrators, social workers, counselors and teaching staff

Audience: All educators
Cost: $15.00

To register go to the
North Cook ISC website

North Cook Intermediate Service Center
2340 Des Plaines River Road,
2nd Fl Conf Center
Des Plaines, Illinois 60018

Audience: Bilingual and ESl teachers who are interested in learning about the national board process, national board candidates who are interested in collaborating with others as they pursue certification; and teachers who currently hold national board or professional teaching standards certification and are seeking mentoring opportunities.

Presenter: Lore Levine, Community Consolidated School District 59

For more information:
The Illinois Resource Center, 2626 Clearbrook Dr.
Arlington Heights, IL
60005-4626
224-366-8555

To register see http://www.west40.org

Audience: Administrators and teachers working in or considering the implementation of a dual language program.

Presenter: Cheryl Urow

Registration: 4:00 -4:30
Workshop: 4:30-6:30 p.m.
Cost: $10

For more information:
The Illinois Resource Center, 2626 Clearbrook Dr., Arlington Heights, IL 60005-4626
224-366-8555

Districts transmitting outstanding obligations on the Completion Report must transmit a Final Expenditure Report (no obligations) when the obligations are liquidated but no later than 90 days after the project end date.

Contact:
ISBE
Funding and Disbursements
217-782-5256

Districts transmitting outstanding obligations on the Completion Report must transmit a Final Expenditure Report (no obligations) when the obligations are liquidated but no later than 90 days after the project end date.

Contact:
ISBE
Funding and Disbursements
217-782-5256

May 2008          return to top

Audience: Secondary Teachers who teach sheltered classes or mainstream classes with ELLs.

Presenter: Jeanette Gordon

Registration: 8:30 – 9:00
Workshop: 9:00 – 3:00 p.m
Cost: $75.00

For more information:
The Illinois Resource Center, 2626 Clearbrook Dr.,
Arlington Heights, IL 60005-4626
224-366-8555

Note: This workshop would be an appropriate follow up for the participants who have already attended workshops on sheltered instruction/teaching content to ELLs.

To register see http://www.west40.org

Oakbrook, Illinois

Audience: Parents of ELL Students

For more information:
The Illinois Resource Center

2626 Clearbrook Dr.,
Arlington Heights, IL 60005-4626
224-366-8555

June 2008          return to top

TBD

Illinois Migrant Educators Conference

ISBE DELL
312-814-3850

For more information see http://www.isbe.net/bilingual/ebroadcasts/2007-08/ebroadcast_2008-110.htm

The Program Delivery Report(PDR) is now under construction at IWAS.  For more information on the PDR call Data Analysis.

July 2008          return to top

Districts transmitting outstanding obligations on the Completion Report must transmit a Final Expenditure Report (no obligations) when the obligations are liquidated but no later than 90 days after the project end date.

Districts transmitting outstanding obligations on the Completion Report must transmit a Final Expenditure Report (no obligations) when the obligations are liquidated but no later than 90 days after the project end date.

Contact:
ISBE
Funding and Disbursements
217-782-5256

September 2008          return to top

Refugee and Immigrant Conference

Holiday Inn Chicago-Mart Plaza 350 N. Orleans, Chicago, IL

For more information, visit The Center

Districts transmitting outstanding obligations on the Completion Report must transmit a Final Expenditure Report (no obligations) when the obligations are liquidated but no later than 90 days after the project end date.

Contact:
ISBE
Funding and Disbursements
217-782-5256

October 2008          return to top

Bilingual Program Directors Meeting