Illinois New Teacher Collaborative Working Conference
Induction and Mentoring: Making It Work!
Agenda
8:30 - 9:30 / Check-in/Breakfast / Mezzanine Room
Prairie Room
9:30 – 9:40 / Welcome
Renee T. Clift, Acting Director
Illinois New Teacher Collaborative
Kathy Payne, Director
Education Leadership, State Farm Insurance
Kathi Griffin, President
Schaumburg Education Association / Capitol/Illinois Room
9:40 - 10:20 / The Importance of Supporting New Teachers
Reg Weaver, President
National Education Association / Capitol/Illinois Room
10:20 - 10:30 / Conference Information
Nancy Johnson, Project Manager
Lara Hebert, Online Community Coordinator
Illinois New Teacher Collaborative / Capitol/Illinois Room
10:30 - 11:15 / Conversations among similar districts
Urban
Suburban
Rural
* Sign-up for the Online Community Room in the
registration area at any time prior to 10:45 am on Wednesday / Breakout Rooms
Capitol/Illinois Room
Capitol/Illinois Room
Vista Rooms 4-5-6
On 29th Floor –
Don’t Use Elevator 6
11:15 - 12:15 / Supporting and Retaining the Next Generation of Teachers
Susan Moore Johnson, HarvardUniversity / Capitol/Illinois Room
12:15 - 12:30 / Team Action Step #1: Goal Setting / Capitol/Illinois Room
12:30 - 1:30 / Lunch / Prairie Room
Tuesday February 27, 2007 continued
1:30 - 2:30 / ISBE Beginning Teacher Pilot Induction Program Representatives
Linda Kolbusz-Kosan
Statewide Pilot Program Coordinator
Illinois New Teacher Collaborative
Patricia Sullivan-Viniard
Assistant Superintendent, Curriculum & Instruction
QuincySchool District #172,
Barbara Klaas,Mentor Program Implementer
Beginning Teacher Induction Program
RockfordSchool District #205
Patricia Tucker-Ladd, Project Coordinator
Beginning Teacher Induction Program
St. Clair Regional Office of Education
Lisa Vahey, Director
Chicago New TeacherCenter,ChicagoPublic Schools / Capitol/Illinois Room
*Online Guided Tour #1
ConferenceCenter 22:30 - 2:45 / Team Action Step #2: Learning from the Program Exhibits / Capitol/Illinois Room
2:45 - 3:30 / Visit the Exhibits
Participants may meet with Susan Moore Johnson in the Capitol/Illinois Room for additional conversation. / Rendezvous Room
*Online Guided Tour #2
ConferenceCenter 2
3:30 - 4:15 / Conversations among people occupying similar roles
Administrators
Mentors
New Teachers
Support Providers
Higher Education/Researchers / Breakout Rooms
Capitol/Illinois
Plaza I-II
Plaza III
ConferenceCenter 4
Vista I
On 29th Floor –
Don’t Use Elevator 6
4:15 - 5:00 / Team Action Step #3: Sharing from conversations in
role-alike groups / Capitol/Illinois Room
5:00 - 6:00 / Social (complimentary) and Exhibit Walk / Rendezvous Room
*Online Guided Tour #3
ConferenceCenter 2
6:00 - 7:00 / *Online-Community Room / *Online Guided Tour #4
ConferenceCenter 2
7:00 - 9:00 / *Online-Community Room “Walk-In” / ConferenceCenter 2
Dinner on Your Own
Wednesday February 28, 2007
7:00 - 8:00 / Check-in/Breakfast
*Online-Community Room open
Exhibits open / Mezzanine Room
Prairie Room
*ConferenceCenter 2 Rendezvous Room
8:00 – 8:05 / Welcome
Mary Kalantzis, Dean, College of Education
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
8:00 - 9:00 / Illinois Policy Panel
Chaired by John Luczak, Program Officer
Joyce Foundation
Cornelia Grumman, Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune
Dea Meyer, Vice President
Civic Committee of the Commercial Club of Chicago
Ginger Reynolds, Assistant Superintendent
Illinois State Board of Education
The Honorable David E. Miller, State Representative
29th District, Illinois General Assembly
The Honorable Roger L. Eddy, State Representative
109th District, Illinois General Assembly / Capitol/Illinois Room
9:00 - 9:45 / Showcase of RepresentativeState Induction/Mentoring Programs
Chaired by Renee T. Clift, Professor
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Lynn Smith, Professor and Department Chair
Teaching Fellow Program
Southern IllinoisUniversity at Carbondale
Karen Peterson, Professor and Director
Beginning Teacher Program
Alternative Certification Partnership
Governor’s StateUniversity
Jan Ryan, Induction Program Coordinator
JacksonvilleSchool District # 177
Adrianne Ostermeier, Teacher Instructional Leader
SpringfieldSchool District #186
Carol Sossong, Assistant Superintendent
JolietSchool District #86 / Capitol/Illinois Room
*Online Guided Tour #5
ConferenceCenter 2
9:45 - 10:15 / Teacher Induction in Illinois and Ohio: A Preliminary Examination
Daniel Humphrey
Center for Education Policy
SRI International / Capitol/Illinois Room
Wednesday February 28, 2007 continued
10:15 - 10:45 / Team Action Step #4
“Three Best Ideas” for Gallery Walk / Capitol/Illinois Room
10:45 - 11:30 / Gallery Walk / Capitol/Illinois Room
*Online Guided Tour #6
ConferenceCenter 2
11:30 - 12:00 / Team Action Step #5
Teams finalize plan and note 1-2 areas where help is needed most. / Capitol/Illinois Room
12:00 - 1:00 / Lunch and INTC Summary
Conference Evaluation
Door Prizes, must be present to win
Closing Remarks
Elizabeth Wilkins
Associate Professor, Northern IllinoisUniversity
Executive Board Chair, Illinois New Teacher Collaborative / Prairie Room
*The Online Community Room is located in ConferenceCenter 2
We are pleased to introduce you to our online resources and to work with you to develop online conferences that will serve your new teachers and mentors. This is YOUR community and we are building it for – and with – you. INTC Online Guided Tours will occur six times during the conference. Each team should select one person to attend one of the tour times:
Tuesday, February 27th: 1:30-2:30, 2:45-3:30, 5:00-6:00, and 6:00-7:00
Wednesday, February 28th: 9:00-9:45 and 10:45-11:30
Due to limited space, organizations that brought more than one team should only send 1 person per team. Guided Tour sign-up sheets will be available at the registration table throughout the conference. HOWEVER the INTC Online Community Room will be available for conference participants on a walk-in basis to explore the INTC Online resources and to sign up for INTC Online membership. Drop-in times are from 7-9 pm on Tuesday, the 27th, and from 7-8 am on Wednesday, the 28th. To encourage everyone to explore the site and join INTC online, we will have a drawing for “thank-you” prizes during lunch on Wednesday. Door prizes include copies of Finders and Keepers, by Susan Moore Johnson and an Apple iPod shuffle.