Fall 2018 Great Lakes TURN Conference Registration

Dear Great Lakes TURN Colleague,

Our next Great Lakes TURN conference is scheduled for November 15-16, 2018 Northern Illinois University Naperville Conference Center, 1120 E. Diehl Rd, Naperville, IL 60563. We will examine policies, programs and practices that impact our efforts to ensure equity and excellence for all students. We continue to use Michael Fullan’s Coherence Framework as a guide to assist our teams in their efforts to establish shared goals and accountability as well as building capacity to deepen student learning through pedagogical practices. Our agenda will feature local, state and national examples of promising practices, emerging case studies, and policies that support all students.

Our GL TURN teams represent union & teacher leaders, school & district administrators, board members and community partners who are working jointly to address the academic, social and emotional learning needs of all children. We continue to encourage and support our GL TURN teams to jointly develop, implement and share their continuous improvement efforts. Our GL TURN locals are encouraged to invite representatives from their district and school administration, boards of education and community leaders to join their teams for this two-day conference. The conference will begin at 9:00 am on Thursday, November 15, with registration and breakfast beginning at 8:00 am, and will conclude by 12:30 pm on Friday, November 16. We look forward to listening and learning together.

CONFERENCE REGISTRATION: The registration deadline is November 9, 2018. There is a registration fee of $100 per person, which includes breakfast on both days and lunch on Thursday. Payment may be made via purchase order or check made payable to the Consortium for Educational Change and mailed to: Consortium for Educational Change, 2030 Timberbrooke, Suite A, Springfield, IL 62704 Attention: Laura Sestak.

HOTEL RESERVATIONS: A block of rooms has been reserved for participants at the Embassy Suites, 1823 Arbriter Court, Naperville, IL 60563 at a rate of $129, plus taxes & fees per room, per night based on single or double occupancy. To guarantee room accommodations at this rate, you must make your hotel reservations by October 15, 2018 by phoning 1-630-799-5900 and requesting rooms for “Great Lakes TURN” block

We look forward to meeting with you in Naperville, IL!

Sincerely,

Mary McDonald, GL TURN Director Mary.mcdonald@cecweb.org

Kathy Buzad, Great Lakes TURN Associate Director kcbuzad@gmail.com