GL TURN Conference Invitation May 2018Dear Great Lakes TURN Colleague,REDUCED REGISTRATION FEE!!!
$50 per person OR $100 for School or District Teams of 4 People!
Our next Great Lakes TURN conference “Ensuring Equity Through Excellence for All Students†is scheduled for May 10-11, 2018 at National Louis University-Lisle, 850 Warrenville Rd, Lisle, IL 60532. 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.
•Partners for Each and Every Child- The Opportunity Institute
•National Equity Project
•New Pedagogies for Deep Learning
•Building Assets-Reducing Risks (BARR)
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. We look forward to listening and learning together.
FEATURED TOPICS:
•Ensuring Equity Through Instructional Practices
•Ensuring Equity & Excellence Through Professional Learning Communities
•Leveraging Strengths to Serve All Students
•Focus on Instruction: Engaging Students in Deep Learning
•5 Pillars of Social, Emotional and Academic Development
•Ensuring Student Success Through SEL
•Implementing BARR in Schools & Classrooms
MEETING LOCATION: GL TURN will convene at National Louis University-Lisle located at 850 Warrenville Rd, Lisle, IL 60532.
HOTEL RESERVATIONS:
A block of rooms has been reserved at the Hyatt Regency-Lisle, 1400 Corporetum Drive, Lisle, IL 60532 for participants at a rate of $105, 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 April 30 by phoning 888-421-1442 and requesting rooms for “Great Lakes TURN†block.
CONFERENCE REGISTRATION: The registration deadline is May 7, 2018. There is a $50 registration fee per person or $100 for school or district teams of 4, 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 Or fax to: 217-546-3038 Attention: Laura Sestak.
For more information contact Laura Sestak at laura.sestak@cecweb.org or 217-546-8574.
We look forward to meeting with you in Lisle, IL!
Sincerely,
Mary McDonald, GL TURN Director, Mary.mcdonald@cecillinois.org
Kathy Buzad, Great Lakes TURN Associate Director, kcbuzad@gmail.com