What: Two days of exciting presentations and skill-building workshops that provide the tools and skills you’ll need to reach diverse students with varying learning styles in high-need schools. And it’s all free for teachers*, thanks, to ACI and the U.S. Department of Education’s Teacher Quality Enhancement Program. Don’t miss this extraordinary opportunity to network with dedicated professionals from across the state – in a relaxed setting that promotes collegial interaction.

Keynote addresses:

• Karen Miller, A Framework for Understanding Poverty
• Ernest Morrell, PhD Assistant Professor of Urban Schooling at UCLA

Special guest: Jacque Bolger, Illinois Teacher of the Year - 2006

Presentations:

• The Administrator-Teacher Relationship
  
• The Importance of the Arts in High-Need Schools
  
• Podcasting
  
• Service Learning
  
• Science Inquiry Workshop
  
• Social Justice
  
• National Board Certification
  
• Special Education

Where: The Chateau, 1601 Jumer Drive, Bloomington, Illinois, (309) 662-2020
Registrants for Reaching All Learners are provided with overnight accommodations and meals (dinner on June 22nd and breakfast and lunch on June 23rd) at this award-winning hotel. The Chateau offers elegant décor, with a full-service restaurant and lounge, indoor swimming pool with sauna and whirlpool, fitness room, and many other amenities.

Who should attend: Reaching All Learners is open to beginning teachers (years one through four in the classroom) from throughout Illinois, with a special emphasis on those teaching in high-need schools. Student teachers and pre-service students (junior and senior level) who plan to teach in a high-need school are also invited to attend. Space is limited and will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.
* Principals may attend for a nominal fee.

How to Register: Deadline: May 22, 2006
Print out the registration form and complete it. Fax back to Lidia Han, 312-263-3424 no later than 5:00 p.m. on May 22, 2006.

Questions? Call Lidia Han at 312-263-2391, ext. 38 or email to lhan@acifund.org

Want to continue learning?
ACI’s Teacher Induction Academy is designed for you!
Reaching All Learners kicks off the 2006-7 session of ACI’s Teacher Induction Academy/Metro Chicago. Free of charge to teachers in their first four years in high-need classrooms, ACI’s Teacher Induction Academy provides a network of support and professional development opportunities to help retain teachers in some of the neediest classrooms in Illinois. Teachers receive CPDU credits for attendance. Mark your calendars now for Metro Chicago sessions:

• September 22, 2006
  
• December 1, 2006
  
• February 2, 2007
  
• April 6, 2007

All sessions are scheduled on Fridays, beginning at 4:30 pm. The sessions will be held at Dominican University’s Priory Campus (7200 West Division; Chicago, IL 60305).

For more information, or to find out about Metro East St. Louis Teacher Induction Academy, contact Stan Burcham at 618-537-6463, or email to spburcham@mckendree.edu.