Area Conferences:
1. Mc Henry Community College Early Childhood Conference
Ø Annually: A Saturday in mid November (7:30 AM – 1:00
PM)
Ø Keynote and 2 sectionals
Ø Economical- $40 per person
Ø Snacks
2.
ASCD Pre-K &
Kindergarten Conference
Ø Held at the Schaumburg Convention Center
Ø Held annually; March 7-9, 2018
Ø $125 - $265 depending on attendance an ASCD
membership; with two paid teacher registrations the school administrator goes
free!
Ø Excellent Speakers
Ø Lots of Vendors
Ø Registration fills up quickly (must be done by 2/15/18
unless already filled)
Ø https://www.illinoisascd.org/professional-learning-opportunities/pre-k-and-kindergarten-conference
Other Professional Development
Opportunities:
Online
classes through INCCRA:
Ø
Gateways
registration
Ø
DCFS Licensing
Required Training
Ø
CCAP Provider
Required Training
Ø
ExceleRate
Required Training
Ø
ECE Credential
Level 1 Training
Ø
& more
Summer Programming:
Ø
TLC (Trinity),
Huntley
o
3 weeks in the
summer in the mornings
o
New feature: “K Boot Camp”
with an academic focus to get students better prepared for the first day
of kindergarten
o
Well received and
will probably run again in the summer of 2018
Ø
Rockford Lutheran
o
11 weeks
o
Ages: 3 years
through 5th grade
o
Theme: Excelrate
o
Weekly Field
trips
o
Staffed by the
school’s teachers with 1 week commitments
o
@35 students per
day
o
In 2018- More academic focus; more format changes
o
Used “Invest in
Kids” funding
Ø
St. Peter,
Arlington Heights
o
8 weeks
o
Ages 2-14 years
o
@250+
students/!60 per day
o
20 years of
operation
o
Has helped
maintain and increase school enrollment
o
Weekly field
trips- sometimes 2 per week based on age levels
o
Weekly water
activities-preschool through grade 2 were onsite and grade 3-8 at a local park
district pool
o
Weekly walking
trips to area parks
o
Weekly special
events (picnics, assemblies, special recreational activities)
o
STEM, art
teachers & camp nurse
o
Features added in
2017: Parents Day Out (PDO) 2 & 3
year olds program and the Summer Food Program which offered free snack and
lunch for students.
o
Handouts: Camp Management Calendar & Summer Days
Camp 2017 brochure
o
Website
information (mostly 2017 materials) http://www.stpetermyschool.com/campuslife/summercamps/summerdayscamp/
Ø
Zion, Marengo
o
It offers an Open
Site for the Marengo area for the Summer Food Program which enabled them to
offer free breakfasts and lunches to community children 1-18 years old.
o
The program is
publicized in area public schools and through a variety of other community
agencies to families in the Marengo area.
Zion also publicizes it to its students and to the students in its After
School program, which primarily come from the public schools.
o
The program can
be used for breakfasts, lunches, dinners, and snacks. It can be an “Open Site” program like Zion,
where individuals just show up for the meals or as “Close Site programs, like
St. Peter, Arlington Heights, where it serves the children in the Summer Camp
program.
o
Some specific
rule and procedures must be followed. Training through the Federal Government
and its subcontractors is needed but in
general it is a relative easy program to
administer and run. Stipends to the
programs can be used to help with equipment and other related costs.
o
Zion was reimbursed
for @$2.00 per child per meal.
o
They employed
their own cook and offered hot meals to area residents. It got many area families into their building
on a regular basis.
o
In 2017, they
served @75 – 100 people per day
o
This was their 5th
year in this Federal food program.
“Seed of Grace” at Grace Northbrook-
https://www.gracenorthbrook.org/seeds-of-grace
o
Second year for
this child care center with its first Summer program held during the summer of
2017
o
Themed: Best Children of God Super Heroes
o
10 weeks
o
For rising 1st
graders through 5th grade
o
Weekly water play
o
In House visitors
o
Local Field Trips
o
Facilities: Large fellowship hall divided up into center:
motor, manipulatives, reading, dramatic play, etc.
o
8 AM – 4 PM with
extend care beginning at 6:30 AM at ending at 6:30 PM, Monday through Friday
o
Costs: (includes 3 snacks, lunch & all
fieldtrips)
2 days per week $180
3
days per week $240
5
days per week $310
o
Challenges: Finding affordable busing for field trips,
etc.
o
Childcare 6
weeks+ also offered in a year-round format
St Paul, Mt. Prospect
o
Summer
activities; early childhood themed weeks, fine arts camps sports camps &
VBS
o
For Perks and
Kindergarten themed camp
o
2017 Theme: “Our Town” This theme changes every summer on a
rotational basis
o
4 weeks of half
day early childhood level camp activities- 2 week sessions
o
Extended care
available; separate entity from the camps
o
Up to 20 students
at a time
o
Staffing: teachers from the school
o
Offered only to
school families; not to the community
o
Some of the
school teachers lead, run & manage the camp as a separate entity of the
church & school
o
20% given back to
the church
Shepherds Flock at the Lutheran Home in
Arlington Heights
o
Intergenerational
Child Care in a senior living facilities on a year-round schedule
o
6 weeks – 6 years (5 levels of classrooms)
o
Licensed and uses
the “Excelrate” system
o
Has its own
“Noah’s Ark” bus, which they use for regular Wednesday Field Trips
o
Brings in
speakers and assemblies into the building for both the students and the senior
citizens
o
Challenges: Working with DCFS guidelines yet meeting the
needs of special needs students and their families
St. Andrews Lutheran, Park Ridge
http://www.standrewsparkridge.org/
o
Program is
offered only to school families
o
Half day programs
for part of the summer
o
Run by teachers
from the school
o
Uses walking
trips to various areas in the neighborhoods around the church & school.
Cross Lutheran, Yorkville
http://www.hiscross.org
o
Preschool through
5th grade
o
Educational
component with technology integration
o
Offered on
Wednesdays from 9:30 – 12:00 noon
o
$15 per week/$120
per 8 weeks
o
Run as a separate
entity from the church & school
Ideas for Field Trips:
1.
Bison’s Bluff in
Schaumburg
2.
Offering both
Medieval Times (somewhat expensive) and the Brookfield Zoo (free) to be able
average field trip costs and offer a variety of field trips
Ideas for In-House Speakers/Assemblies:
3.
Leonardo Musical groups www.gigsalad.com 1-888-826-6004
Stretch N Grow
North Inc, 1737 N Paulina St, Chicago, IL 60622
Federal
Summer Food Program
o
Breakfasts, snacks and lunches delivered daily for children 1-18 years old
o
Free SUMMER program for centers/schools/ community sites
residing within a certain distance or
less from certain low income zip codes.
o
Contact person for
more information
Kathy Tentler regional manager
FSP/Ceres Food Group, Inc.
Schools of the Month: Zion Lutheran, Marengo IL., and Seeds of Grace at Grace Lutheran, Northbrook
Zion Lutheran:
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This
large poster was one of many pieces of child friendly artwork and murals that
were posted and drawn on walls around the early childhood wing of the Zion
Lutheran School building. Their message
of Jesus love was very prevalent in their building.
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Director: Sandee Dunker
Teachers
& Staff: Mary Hildebrandt, Karen
Bransky, Judy Dailey, Melodie Bailey, Catie Hill, Judy Dailey, Abby Lee, Winnie
Wiegel
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Zion’s
Preschool Staff post the Illinois State Early Learning standards in various
parts of the classroom that they relate to as a reminder of what is being
accomplished in these areas. They post @
5-10 of them each month and then rotate them.
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Some
of the preschool classes at Zion made their own Advent wreaths for use in their
classroom. The base of them were filled with oranges with cloves which created
a very nice aroma around them.
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Science
Project in Zion’s Two Year Old room:
A
Compost Garden complete with lots of worms & plants
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A
road design was posted on top of the low shelves near the block corner when the
transportation vehicles were found.
Seeds of Grace Lutheran:
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| Director Lori Schneider and Infant/Toddler Specialist Paige Kecseg |
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