School of the Month: St. Mark Preschool, St. Charles


NID East Region Early Childhood Meeting
St. Mark Lutheran Preschool, Julie Zimmerman
101 S. 6th Ave., St. Charles, IL | 630-584-4850
9/19/2018

Topic: Staff Development Opportunities
Upcoming Conferences:
·         NID Leadership Conference
o   Monday, September 24, 2018 from 8:30am – 12:30pm
o   Concordia University Chicago, KCC
o   Topic: LBGTQ Issues/responsibilities of mandated reporters
o   http://files.constantcontact.com/8b29e0e6001/05538225-ab7d-4620-8d0e-3ed98768a34a.pdf
·         Commitment to Quality Fall Conference
o   October 13, 2018
o   Oakton Community College, Des Plaines, IL
o   http://goaeyc.org/committment-to-quality-fall-conference
·         NID Teachers Conference (A collaborative, professional development event of the NID-LCMS Teachers Conference with Lutheran Education Association (LEA) and Concordia University Chicago
o    October 19, 2018 from 7:30am – 4pm
o   Concordia University Chicago
o   Theme: Thirst Quencher
o   Nearly 50 Sectional Presentations with Preschool through Elementary School threads
o   https://intre.org/?409

·         Pre-K & Kindergarten Conference
§  March 6-8, 2019
§  IL ASCD
§  Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center Hotel
§  https://www.illinoisascd.org/professional-learning-opportunities/pre-k-and-kindergarten-conference
·         Leadership Connections National Conference
o   May 9-11, 2019
o   Wheeling, IL
o   McCormick Center for Early Childhood Leadership at National Louis University
o   https://mccormickcenter.nl.edu/leadership-connections-national-conference/
·         Concordia University Chicago Early Childhood Conference
o   August 2, 2019
o   Concordia University Chicago
·         Elgin Partnership for Early Learning – inexpensive and free trainings
o   Sept. 25th: (ALICE Training) & Nov. 9th
·         Concordia University Chicago Early Childhood Conference – August 2, 2019
·         LEA Convocation
o   October 10-12, 2019
o   St. Louis, MO at the St. Louis Americas Center
o   Theme: Opening Eyes, Minds, Hearts
o   https://www.lea.org/Events/2019LEAConvocation.aspx
·         LEA Administrators Conference
o   February 17-19, 2019
o   Washington, D.C.
o   https://www.lea.org/Events/2019LEANationalAdministratorsConference.aspx

In-services that you can provide in-house:
·         Exchange Out of the Box Trainings
o   https://www.childcareexchange.com/catalog/out-of-the-box-training-kits/
·         Gateways ilearning
o   https://courses.inccrra.org/course/index.php?categoryid=26&lang=en_us

Discussion on other methods of staff development our centers are implementing:
·         Environmental Rating Scales: ITERS & ECERS
o   Go through the ERS with your staff
·         The Danielson Group – The Framework
·         Book Studies
·         We also talked about understanding how staff development needs are determined and who drives the staff development – teachers or administrators

Next Meeting: Thursday, October 24, 2018
Immanuel Lutheran School, Julia Heinz
310 E. Main Street, East Dundee, IL
847-428-1010 | jheinz@immanuel-ed.org
Topic: Working with Teacher Assistants

Topic Idea for 2019-2020
ALICE Training – invite trained speaker




           
                     


                                
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