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As your partner in professional learning, the Kane County Regional Office of Education will keep you updated on the latest workshops, academies, and subscriptions available through our office.

This new course from the Illinois Online Academy is written for individuals, in any school leadership capacity, to learn and apply ethical leadership principles. It is also designed for teachers and administrators as they work to create and manage teams in schools.

This course will include the theories of teams and ethical leadership, provide knowledge and application for individuals to function as ethical leaders, and display tools for developing teams and operating within ethical leadership principles. Participants will also discuss how to create high-performing teams and what stages of progress those groups go through.

Cost: $200 I PD Credit: 45

A peek into the process behind Illinois Online Academy

At the ROE, we aim to provide professional learning experiences that can make a meaningful impact on classroom practices while empowering educators with strategies and ideas that allow them to guide their students to success. Our team has been entrenched in creating and delivering this type of content with input from our networking group members that represent the very districts we serve.

Like the new course above, much of this is offered through the Illinois Online Academy. Click below to see our team walk through the work that goes into shaping this near-decade-old platform, and how the districts we serve play a crucial role in the process.

As we enter the final months of the school year, we hope some offerings in this catalog or included in this newsletter will benefit your professional learning journey.

Microlearning activities through P.L.A.Y., professional learning subscription box plans through Inspire, and various book studies are always available to you.

Evaluator Academies begin this month

April ushers in not only the start of the educator licensure renewal period, but also our 2025 slate of Evaluator Academies! Whether online or in-person, initial training or retraining, we have 15 separate academies open for registration through September.

Find your best option to fulfill this evaluator designation requirement below.

(Click on the date to learn more and register.)

APRIL 22

JULY 30

SEPTEMBER 11

APRIL 22-23

JUNE 24-25

SEPTEMBER 9-10

APRIL 23-24

JUNE 24-25

JULY 23-24

SEPTEMBER 17-18

JUNE 12

JUNE 17

JULY 16

SEPTEMBER 23

Adaptive Schools Seminar coming in May

Designed with school and district staff members at all levels in mind, our annual Adaptive Schools Seminar can help you manage and work better with shared decision-making groups or faculty groups.

These four days will allow you to:

•Develop skills to become adaptive through successful, collaborative conversations with your teammates

•Extend your repertoire of facilitation strategies

•Organize meetings so that they are learning opportunities for all stakeholders

•Develop ways to value and use dissension, argument and conflict

•Obtain tools, concepts, and strategies to transfer from the workshops to the workplace

•Develop an increased capacity to initiate, develop and sustain high functioning groups

Cost: $125  I  PD Credit: 22

*Participants must attend all four sessions. Fee includes lunch and course materials.

New classroom strategies are at your disposal with our weekly series, Branching Out! Here are just a couple examples of these complimentary tips from our Professional Learning team.

Appreciate, Apology, or Aha

Fostering a strong community in your classroom is a crucial component of a positive learning environment.

Faye Licari has an inspiring teaching strategy for students to share their learning experience. This not can only strengthen their emotional intelligence, but also their bond with one another!

Success Analysis Protocol

Would you like to help students learn from their accomplishments? This strategy from Jordan Eggleson prompts them to present a success story to peers and answer resonating questions.

This activity provides students an opportunity to reflect on what led to that achievement and what it taught them about success.

New installments of Branching Out are released every Thursday across our social media platforms and website. You can also browse our full catalog below. With over 100 episodes and counting, there's a video for every educator looking to branch out!

Have a question?

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