Volume 4, Issue 3. December 2008

Past Events




December 2008

December 12: ACI's Center for Success Deans Forum, Fifth Third Bank, 222 S. Riverside Plaza, 34th floor Board Room, Chicago, IL, 2:30 - 4 p.m.
December 12: Center for Success Partnership Meeting, Fifth Third Bank, 222 S. Riverside Plaza, 34th floor Illinois Room, Chicago, IL, 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. Keynote Speaker:  Denise Isom; Performing Ensemble: UNO Charter School Choir.  For more information contact Emma Aioanei.
December 12: SMLC Task Force Meeting, Fifth Third Bank, 222 S. Riverside Plaza, 34th floor Board Room, Chicago, IL, 9 - 10:30 a.m. To RSVP contact Akila Ruffin.


November 2008

November 21: Center for Success Partnership Meeting, Fifth Third Bank, 222 S. Riverside Plaza, 34th floor Illinois Room, Chicago, IL, 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. Keynote Speaker:  Dianne Gardner.  For more information contact Emma Aioanei.
November 21: Center Education Council Meeting, Fifth Third Bank, 222 S. Riverside Plaza, 34th floor Board Room, Chicago, IL, 8:30 - 10:30 a.m. To RSVP contact Akila Ruffin.
November 7: ACI's Teacher Induction Academy (Chicago Metro), Dominican University, 4 - 8:30 p.m. For more information please contact Charles Mininger.


October 2008

October 24: ACI's Center Leadership Forum: Collaborative Leadership, The Jennie Huizenga Memorial Library, Trinity Christian College, 8 a.m. - 3 p.m. For more information please contact Charles Mininger.
October 17: Center for Success Partnership Meeting, the Civic Opera Building, 20 N. Wacker Drive, sixth floor, conference room, Chicago, 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. For more information contact Emma Aioanei.
October 17: T-SPED (Transforming Curriculum in Special Education) Grants Administration Training, Civic Opera Building, 20 N. Wacker Drive, sixth floor conference room, Chicago, 2 - 4 p.m. For more information or to RSVP contact Akila Ruffin.


September 2008

September 30: Grants Administration 4th Quarter Closing Date
September 26: Arts and Sciences Colloquium, Lincolnshire Marriot Resort; 10 Marriott Drive; Lincolnshire, IL 60069., 8 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. Guest Speakers: Michael Gurian, New York Times bestselling author of “The Minds of Boys” and Gerald Graff, Ph.D., Professor of English and Education at UIC and president of the Modern Language Association.  For more information, contact Lidia Han.
September 26: Teacher Induction Academy (Chicago Metro), Dominican University, Priory Campus Auditorium, 7200 West Division St, River Forest, IL 60305, 5 - 8:30 p.m. Please RSVP to Emma Aioanei via email.

For questions contact Charles Mininger.
September 19: Center for Success Partnership Meeting, the Civic Opera Building, 20 N. Wacker Drive, sixth floor, conference room, Chicago, 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. For more information contact Emma Aioanei.
September 19: TSPED (Transforming Curriculum in Special Education) Meeting, Civic Opera Building, 20 N. Wacker Drive, Suite 1456, ACI Conferene Room, Chicago, 9 - 10:30 a.m. **Please note change in location.**

For more questions contact Jan Fitzsimmons.
To RSVP contact Akila Ruffin.
September 13: Diversity Conference, University of St. Francis, 500 Wilcox Street, Joliet, Illinois. For more information please contact the University of St. Francis.
September 5: ACI's Center for Success in High-Need Schools Mentor Training, Civic Opera Building, 20 N. Wacker Drive, Suite 1456, ACI's Conference Room, Chicago, 8 a.m. - 1 p.m. For more information contact Charles Mininger.


August 2008

August 20: Center for Success Partnership Meeting, the Civic Opera Building, 20 N. Wacker Drive, sixth floor, conference room, Chicago, 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. For more information please contact Emma Aioanei.
August 20: ACI's Center Education Council Meeting, the Civic Opera Building, 20 N. Wacker Drive, Suite 1456, ACI's conference room, 8:30 - 10:30 a.m. RSVP to Akila Ruffin.


July 2008

July 27 - August 1: DATB Summer Academy: "Young Teachers Academy,", University of St. Francis, Joliet, IL       
July 15: ACI's Center for Success Partnership Meeting, 20 N. Wacker Drive, 6th floor, conference room, Chicago, 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. For more information and to RSVP contact Emma Aioanei.
July 7: Grants Administration 3rd Quarter Closing Date
July 6 - 11: DATB Summer Academy: "Images of Teaching and Learning in the Movies", Lake Forest College, Lake Forest, IL


June 2008

June 26: ACI's Center for Success in High-Need Schools Principals Forum, East Aurora High School, 779 Fifth Ave, Aurora, Illinois, 60505, 8 a.m. - 3 p.m. To RSVP contact Josephine Gomez.
For questions
email Kristine Servais or Raquel Y. Wilson.

June 19 - 20: ACI's Educators Summer Institute, The Parke Hotel and Conference Center, Bloomington, Illinois. Participants are responsible for their own hotel accommodations.  For more information, contact Josephine Gomez.
June 18: Center for Success Partnership Meeting, Illinois Wesleyan University, Memorial Center, 104 E. University Street, Bloomington, IL, 4 - 7 p.m. For more information contact Emma Aioanei.
June 18: Gurian Institute Training, The Parke Hotel and Conference Center, Bloomington, IL, 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. Registration and breakfast will begin at 8:00 a.m.  For more information, contact Jan Fitzsimmons or by phone at 312-516-2534.


May 2008

May 23: Deadline for Summer Research Proposals.  For more information, contact Lidia Han.
May 16: Center for Success "Center Celebration" Partnership Meeting, the Civic Opera, 20 N. Wacker Drive, sixth floor, conference room, Chicago, Illinois, 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. For more information please contact Emma Aioanei.
May 16: ACI's Deans Forum, ACI's Conference Room, 20 N. Wacker Drive, Suite 1456, Chicago, Illinois, 9 - 10:30 a.m. Contact Akila Ruffin for more information.
May 9: Becoming a Catalyst for Change -- Erin Gruwell, Aurora University, Crimi Auditorium, Institute for Collaboration,, 9 - 11 a.m. Check-in and registration from 8:15 a.m. to 8:45 a.m.; Presentation: 9:00 a.m.; Book signing and reception: 10:00 a.m.
May 4 - 8: International Reading Assocation (IRA), 53rd Annual Convention, Atlanta, GA
May 3: ACI's Teacher Induction Academy (Metro East), Our Lady of the Snows Conference Center, 442 South DeMazenod Drive, Belleville, IL 62223, 8:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.


April 2008

April 25: ACI's Teacher Induction Academy (Chicago Metro), North Park University, Magnuson Center, 3225 W. Foster Avenue, Chicago, 4 - 8:30 p.m. For more information contact Josephine Gomez.
April 17: ACI's Center for Success in High-Need Schools, Third Annual Symposium, From Classroom Success to Community Responsibility - The Compelling Case for Improving Teaching and Learning in High-Need Schools, Union League Club of Chicago, 65 W. Jackson Blvd., Chicago, 12:30 - 2:30 p.m.
April 17: ACI's 56th Annual Meeting, Teaching Civic Responsibility, Building Successful Communities, Union League Club of Chicago, 65 W. Jackson Blvd., Chicago, 4:30 - 5:30 p.m.
April 10: National Association of Professional Development Schools, Orlando, FL
April 7: Grants Administration 2nd Quarter Closing Date
April 4: Midwest ATE Spring 2008 Conference, Holiday Inn, Urbana, IL
April 3 - 5: NAAC Annual Conference, Crowne Plaza Ravinia, Atlanta, GA
April 1: ACI's Principals Forum, the Civic Opera House, 20 North Wacker Drive, sixth floor, conference room, Chicago, 8 a.m. - 3 p.m.
April 1: Deadline for OER Data Entry


March 2008

March 15: Deadline for Innovation Projects.  For more information, please contact Akila Ruffin.
March 15: Deadline for DATB Scholarship Proposals. For more information contact Charles Mininger.
March 15 - 17: ASCD Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA
March 14: ACI's Center Partnership Meeting, Conference Center UBS Tower, One North Wacker, 2nd floor, Erie Conference Room, Chicago, 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. To RSVP contact Emma Aioanei.


February 2008

February 27 - March 1: Learning Disabilities Association of America (LDA) 45th Annual International Conference, Chicago
February 22: SMLC Task Force Meeting, Conference Center UBS Tower, One North Wacker, 2nd floor (Erie Room), Chicago, 8:30 - 10:30 a.m. For more information, contact Akila Ruffin.
February 20: ACI's Teacher Induction Academy (Metro East), 3rd Year Teachers, St. Clair County Regional Office of Education (ROE), 4:30 - 6:30 p.m. To register for ACI's Teacher Induction Academy, please visit our website and click on the Teacher Induction Academy link.
February 19: ACI's Teacher Induction Academy (Metro East), 2nd Year Teachers, St. Clair County Regional Office of Education (ROE), 4:30 - 6 p.m. To register for ACI's Teacher Induction Academy, please visit our website and click the Teacher Induction Academy link.
February 15: Center Education Council Meeting, 20 N. Wacker Drive, sixth floor, conference, Chicago, 8:30 - 10:30 a.m. For more information, please contact Akila Ruffin.
February 15: Center for Success Partnership Meeting, 20 N. Wacker Drive, sixth floor, conference room, Chicago, 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. For more information contact Emma Aioanei.
February 8: ACI's Teacher Induction Academy (Chicago Metro), North Park University, Magnuson Center, 3225 W. Foster Avenue, chicago, 4 - 8:30 p.m. For more information contact Josephine Gomez.


January 2008

January 31: ACI's Principals Forum, 20 N. Wacker Drive, sixth floor, conference room, Chicago, 8 a.m. - 3 p.m.
January 18: Center for Success Partnership Meeting, One North Franklin, 3rd floor conference room, Chicago, 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. For more information contact Emma Aioanei.
January 17: ACI's Teacher Induction Academy (Metro East), 3rd Year Teachers, St. Clair County Regional Office of Education (ROE), 4:30 - 6:30 p.m. To register for ACI's Teacher Induction Academy, please visit our website and click on the Teacher Induction Academy link.
January 16: ACI's Teacher Induction Academy (Metro East), 3rd Year Teachers, St. Clair County Regional Office of Education (ROE), 4:30 - 6 p.m. To register for ACI's Teacher Induction Academy, please visit our website and click on the Teacher Induction Academy link.
January 14: Grants Administration 1st Quarter Closing Date
January 9: ACI's Teacher Induction Academy (Metro East), 2nd Year Teachers, St. Clair County Regional Office of Education (ROE), 4:30 - 6 p.m. To register for ACI's Teacher Induction Academy, please visit our website and click the Teacher Induction Academy link.


December 2007

December 17: Deadline for DATB Summer Academy Proposals. Contact Charles Mininger for more information.
December 15: ACI's Teacher Induction Academy (Metro East), Our Lady of Snows Conference Center, 442 South DeMazenod Drive, Belleville, IL 62223, 8:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. To register for ACI's Teacher Induction Academy, please visit our website and click the Teacher Induction Academy link.
December 15: SMLC Gurian Institute Training, Dominican Univerwsity (Main Campus); 7900 West Division Street, River Forest, IL 60305, 8 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. Please note that registration begins at 7:30 a.m. in Springer Suites, located just below the library and adjacent to the Cyber Cafe.  A warm breakfast will be served.
To RSVP, contact Emma Aioanei.
December 14: Center for Success Partnership Meeting, One North Franklin, 3rd floor conference room, Chicago., 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Lisa Dieker, The Challenge of Preparing Regular Education Teacher for Co-teaching and Collaborations.
  Contact Emma Aioanei.
December 14: ACI's Teacher Induction Academy, North Park University; Magnuson Center, 3225 W. Foster Ave., Chicago, 3:30 - 8:30 p.m.


November 2007

November 16: Center for Success Partnership Meeting, One North Franklin, 3rd floor conference room, Chicago., 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Keynote Speaker: Ruth Z. Sweetser, director, Professional Learning and Business Relations in the Graduate College/Vice President's Office, Illinois Institute of Technology.  Contact Emma Aioanei.
November 16: Center Education Council and SMLC Task Force Meetings, One North Franklin in Chicago, Illinois, 3rd floor conference room., 8:30 - 10:30 a.m. Contact Akila Ruffin.
November 15: Deadline for Innovation Projects. Contact Akila Ruffin
November 15: Deadline for DATB Internship Proposals.  For more information, please contact Charles Mininger.
November 9: ACI's Principals Forum, One North Franklin, third floor conference room, Chicago, 8 a.m. - 3 p.m. Please register online by clicking here. Then click the Principals Forum link on the right-hand side of the page.
November 8: Diversity at the Blackboard Teacher Ambassador Corps Information Session and Traininig, Hermes Elementary School, 1000 Jungels Avenue, Aurora, Illinois, 4 - 5 p.m. For more information or to RSVP, please contact Felicia Shakespeare.


October 2007

October 19: Center for Success Partnership Meeting, One North Franklin, 3rd floor conference room, Chicago., 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. Keynote Speaker: Etta Hollins, professor and chair of teacher education at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles. Contact Emma Aioanei.
October 19: ACI's Deans Forum, One North Franklin, 3rd floor conference room, Chicago, Illinois, 9 - 10:30 a.m. Contact Akila Ruffin for more information.
October 11 - 12: IACTE Conference, Location TBA
October 10: ACI's Teacher Induction Academy (Metro East), 3rd Year Teachers, St. Clair County Regional Office of Education (ROE), 4:30 - 6:30 p.m. To register for ACI's Teacher Induction Academy, please visit our website and click on the Teacher Induction Academy link.
October 3: ACI's Teacher Induction Academy (Metro East), 2nd Year Teachers, St. Clair County Regional Office of Education (ROE), 4:30 - 7:30 p.m. To register for ACI's Teacher Induction Academy, please visit our website and click the Teacher Induction Academy link.


September 2007

September 29: ACI's Metro East Teacher Induction Academy, Our Lady of Snows Conference Center, 442 South De Mazenod Drive, Belleville, IL, 62223, 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. To register for ACI's Teacher Induction Academy, please visit our website and click the Teacher Induction Academy link.
September 28: Grants Administration Closing Date – Quarter 4
September 28: Arts and Sciences Colloquium, Grazie Banquets, 1050 East Oakton Street, Des Plaines, Illinois, 8 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. For more information, contact Lidia Han.
September 28: ACI's Teacher Induction Academy (Chicago Metro), Dominican University Priory Campus, 7900 W. Division Street, River Forest, Illinois, 60305, 3:30 - 8:30 p.m. To register for ACI's Teacher Induction Academy, please visit our website and click the Teacher Induction Academy link.
September 28: ACI's Teacher Induction Academy (Chicago Metro), Dominican University Priory Campus, 7900 W. Division Street, River Forest, Illinois, 60305, 3:30 - 6:30 p.m. To register for ACI's Teacher Induction Academy, please visit our website and click the Teacher Induction Academy link.
September 17: Deadline to register for Arts and Sciences Colloquium. Contact Lidia Han for more information.
September 14: Center for Success Partnership Meeting, One North Franklin, 3rd floor conference room., 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Keynote speaker: Gwen Pollock, Illinois State Board of Education.  Contact Emma Aioanei.


August 2007

August 15: Deadline for Innovation Projects. Contact Akila Ruffin.
August 15: Center for Success Partnership Meeting, Young Women's Leadership Charter School (YWLCS) at 2641 S. Calumet, Chicago, IL 60616, 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. Contact Emma Aioanei.
August 15: Center Education Council Meeting, Young Women's Leadership Charter School in 2641 S. Calumet, Chicago, IL 60616, 8:30 - 10:30 a.m. Contact Akila Ruffin.


July 2007

July 31: Deadline for submission of final 2007-2008 work plans and budgets for TQE-P and TQE-R
July 22 - 27: Diversity at the Blackboard's Summer Academy, University of Saint Francis, 500 Wilcox Street, Joliet, Illinois, 60435.   For more information, please contact Charles Mininger.
July 18: Center for Success Partnership Meeting, Trinity Christian College, 6601 West College Drive, Palos Heights, IL, 60463, 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. (Contact Emma Aioanei)
July 6: Grants Administration Closing Date - 3rd Quarter


June 2007

June 21: Center for Success Partnership Meeting, Springfield, IL., 3 - 6 p.m. Dinner Speaker:  Gloria Ladson-Billings (6:00 p.m.); opportunity to visit the Lincoln Museum (7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.). Contact Emma Aioanei.
June 20 - 22: Statewide Beginning Teacher Induction Academy / Principals Forum Summer Retreat, Springfield, IL, 4 - 3 p.m. For information, contact Josephine Gomez at 312-263-2391, ext. 47.
June 15: Deadline to Submit preliminary work plans and budgets to program officers
June 11: North Central College's High-Need School Internship Begins, 30 North Brainard Street, Naperville, IL 60540
June 11: Trinity Christian College's High-Need School Internship Begins
June 7 - 8: Focus on Illinois Education Research Symposium, Focus on Illinois Education Reserach Symposium; Comfort Inn & Conference Center, Orland Park, IL


May 2007

May 18: Center for Success Partnership Meeting., Navy Pier, 401 E. Illinois, Chicago, 60611 (Mystic Blue Cruises). Contact Emma Aioanei, 312-263-2391, ext. 21
May 18: Deadline for Summer 2007 Action Research Projects. Contact Lidia Han.
May 11: Deadline to submit 1-2 page summary of next year's TQE-P/R work plans.
May 5: ACI's Metro East Teacher Induction Academy, Our Lady of the Snows Conference Center, 442 South De Mazenod Drive, Belleville Illinois 62223, 8:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
May 4: Metro East Principals Forum, Our Lady of Snows Conference Center, 442 South De Mazenod Drive, Belleville, IL 62223, 8:30 - 3:30 a.m.
May 1: Deadline to submit in-kind/match report TQE-P/R, 4 - 4 p.m.


April 2007

April 20: ACI's Teacher Induction Academy (Chicago Metro), Dominican University's Priory Campus, 7200 W. Division Street, River Forest, IL, 4 - 8:30 p.m.
April 20: ACI's Principals Forum, Dominican University's Priory Campus, 7200 W. Division Street, River Forest, IL, 4 - 8:30 p.m.
April 13: Grants Administration Closing Date – Quarter 2
April 12: Symposium at the Annual Meeting., Union League Club, 65 W. Jackson Blvd., Chicago, IL 60604 Keynote Speaker: Robert Jones and panelists Martha Lamkin, CEO of Lumina Foundation for Education; Gregory Prince, fellow of the Association of American Colleges and Universities; and Arthur Rothkopf, senior vice president of the United States Chamber of Commerce and leader of the Chamber's Institute for a Competitive Workforce


March 2007

March 16: Center for Success Partnership Meeting, One North Franklin, 3rd floor conference room Contact Emma Aioanei, 312-263-2391, ext. 21.
March 15: Deadline for Innovation Projects (Akila Ruffin, 312-263-2391, ext. 37)
March 10: Diversity at the Blackboard Teacher Ambassador Corps Training, ACI Conference Room, 20 N. Wacker, Suite 1456, 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. For more information or to RSVP, please contact Felicia Shakespeare at 312-263-2391, extension 49.


February 2007

February 24 - 27: AACTE Annual Meeting, Hilton New York, 1335 Avenue of the Americas
February 17 - 21: ATE Annual Meeting, Manchester Grand Hyatt, One Market Place, San Diego, CA
February 16: Center Partnership Meeting, One North Franklin, 3rd floor conference room Contact centerforsuccess@acifund.org. (Akila Ruffin, 312-263-2391, ext. 37)
February 16: Dean's Forum, One North Franklin, 3rd floor conference room, 9:30 - 11 a.m.
February 9 - 9: Grants Administration 2nd Quarter Closing Date
February 2: ACI's Teacher Induction Academy (Chicago Metro), Dominican University's Priory Campus, River Forest, IL, 4 - 8:30 p.m.
February 2: ACI's Principals Forum (Chicago Metro), Dominican University's Priory Campus, River Forest, IL, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.


January 2007

January 19: Center Partnership Meeting, Location TBD Contact centerforsuccess@acifund.org. (Akila Ruffin, 312-263-2391, ext. 37)


December 2006

December 15: ACI's Center for Success Partnership Meeting, One North Franklin, 3rd Floor. Contact centerforsuccess@acifund.org. (Akila Ruffin, 312-263-2391, ext. 37)
December 15: Grants Administration Closing Date – Quarter 1
December 1: Teacher Induction Academy, 4 - 8:30 a.m.


November 2006

November 17: ACI's Center for Success Partnership Meeting, 30 N. LaSalle, 32nd Floor. Contact centerforsuccess@acifund.org. (Akila Ruffin, 312-263-2391, ext. 37)
November 17: Center Education Council Partnership Meeting, 30 N. LaSalle, 32nd Floor. Contact centerforsuccess@acifund.org. (Akila Ruffin, 312-263-2391, ext. 37)
November 9: Principals Forum, Dominican University's Priory Campus, 8 - 11:30 a.m.

 

Approved for ISBE credit for the Administrative Leadership Academy. Goals of this session:

* To identify transformational leadership strategies that will increase leadership capacity and collaboration to improve student success in diverse school communities

* To develop a network of principal communication and support

* To share applications from The Courage to Lead workbook including portfolio artifacts and leadership self assessment

For additional information, see attached agenda.

To register for ACI’s Principals Forum – Metro Chicago, please visit our website at http://www.successinhighneedschools.org and click on the Principals Forum link. For more information, contact Kristine Servais at kservais@noctrl.edu or 630-637-5746.

To learn about ACI’s Principals Forum – Metro East St. Louis, contact Stan Burcham at spburcham@mckendree.edu or 618-537-6463.



October 2006

October 20: ACI's Center for Success Partnership Meeting, One North Franklin, 3rd Floor. Contact centerforsuccess@acifund.org. (Akila Ruffin, 312-263-2391, ext. 37)


September 2006

September 30: Teacher Ambassador Corps Training Session, 6th Floor Conference Room, Civic Opera Building.

For more information or to register, contact Felicia Shakespeare at felicia.shakespeare@acifund.org or 312-263-2391, ext. 49.

 

September 29: Grants Administration Closing Date – Quarter 4
September 29: Center Arts and Sciences Colloquium, Fountainblue, Des Plaines, IL.
September 22: ACI's Teacher Induction Academy (Chicago Metro), Dominican University's Priory Campus, River Forest, IL, 4 - 8:30 p.m.

For information, contact Lidia Han at 312-263-2391, ext. 38.

September 22: ACI's Principals' Forum, Dominican University's Priory Campus, River Forest, IL, 3:30 - 8:30 p.m.
September 15: ACI's Center for Success Partnership Meeting, "A Look at Center-X-UCLA", 6th floor Conference Room, Civic Opera Building Contact centerforsuccess@acifund.org. Akila Ruffin, 312-263-2391, ext. 37)
September 15: Center Education Council Meeting, 6th floor Conference Room, Civic Opera Building Contact centerforsuccess@acifund.org. (Akila Ruffin, 312-263-2391, ext. 37)
September 11: Deadline for submission of finalized 2006-7 work plans and budgets for TQE and TQE-R and 2005-6 member project narrative evaluations.
September 9: Chicago Public Schools Student-Teaching Professional Development Summit, Illinois Institute of Technology, 3241 S. Federal St., Chicago


August 2006

August 16: ACI's Center for Success Partnership Meeting, Mystic Blue Cruises, Navy Pier
August 15: Deadline to submit articles for Issue 4 of Success in High-Need Schools. Issue 4 theme: “Innovative, Collaborative Projects that Make a Difference in High-Need Schools” (Summer – August 2006). Send submissions to journalforsuccess@acifund.org.
August 15: Innovation Project proposals due. Contact centerforsuccess@acifund.org. (Akila Ruffin, 312-263-2391, ext. 37)
August 1: Teacher Ambassador Corps Information Session, Location TBA

For more information or to register contact Felicia Shakespeare (felicia.shakespeare@acifund.org).



July 2006

July 27: Harry Wong, Chicago Symphony Center, 220 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago

Contact Cleo Aquino for information (mcaquino@cps.k12.il.us).

July 19: ACI's Center for Success Partnership Meeting (hosted by North Central College), Naperville, IL, 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.
July 7: Grants Administration Closing Date - Quarter 3


June 2006

June 30: Grants Administration Closing Date – Quarter 3
June 22 - 23: ACI's Teacher Induction Academy Summer Retreat, Bloomington, IL 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. Regsitration Deadline: May 22, 2006. (more)
June 22 - 23: ACI's Principals' Forum Summer Retreat, Bloomington, IL For more information or to register contact David Williams (david.williams@acifund.org).
June 14: Center Partnership Meeting, CPS National Board Resource Room, Talcott Fine Art & Museum, 1840 W. Ohio, Room 214, 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.
June 7: ACI's Center for Success Partnership Meeting, Location TBA


May 2006

May 19: ACI's Center for Success Partnership Meeting, Location TBA, 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.
May 19: Deadline for Summer 2006 Action Research Projects Contact Lidia Han (lhan@acifund.org).
May 3: Transition to Teaching Recruitment Fairs, University Center, 525 S. State Street, Chicago, IL, 5 - 8 p.m. Earn While You Learn! Teach Where You’re Really Needed! (more)


April 2006

April 30 - May 4: IRA Conference, Chicago, IL
April 29: Transition to Teaching Recruitment Fairs, Concordia University, Koehenke Community Center, 7400 Augusta Street, River Forest, IL, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. Earn While You Learn! Teach Where You’re Really Needed! (more)
April 28: Teaching Latina/o Students, K-College Diversity Colloquium, 8 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
April 27: Annual Center for Success Symposium, Union League, Chicago, IL, 2 - 4 p.m. Future Vision: Prerequisites for Progress in High-Need Schools, Keynote Address: Daniel Fallon, Chair, Education Division, The Carnegie Corporation. Attendance by invitation only. Contact lidia.han@acifund.org.
April 27: ACI's Annual Meeting, Union League, Chicago, IL, 4 - 7:30 p.m. The Road to College Success. Attendance by invitation only. Contact samarah.greeves@acifund.org.
April 26: ACI's Center for Success Education Council Meeting, Location TBA
April 14: Deadline to submit articles for Issue 3 of Success in High-Need Schools Issue 3 theme: “Recruitment and Retention of Teachers for High-Need Schools” (Spring – May 2006). Send submissions to journalforsuccess@acifund.org.
April 7: ACI's Teacher Induction Academy: The Amazing Profession: Journeys in Teaching, Lewis University, Oak Brook Campus, 3:30 - 8:30 p.m. For more information or to register, contact Lidia Han at (312) 263-2391, ext. 38, or lidia.han@acifund.org.
April 7: Grants Administration Closing Date - Quarter 2
April 7: Principals' Forum, Chicago Metro
April 7 - 11: American Educational Research Association (AERA), San Francisco, CA
April 5 - 8: Council for Exceptional Children (CEC), Salt Lake City, UT
April 2: ACI's Center for Success Partnership Meeting, Location TBA, 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.
April 1: Chicago Public Schools Student Teaching Summit, Saint Xavier University
April 1 - 3: The Association for Supervision and Curriculum (ASCD) 2006 Conference, Chicago, IL


March 2006

March 27 - 28: National Association for Alternative Certification (NAAC) Conference, Chicago, IL Contact jan.fitzsimmons@acifund.org.
March 22: Grant Partner Data Entry Deadline for USDOE Performance Report. Contact suerasher@oerassociates.com or 847-251-1578.
March 22: Teacher Induction Academy, Metro East
March 19: Center Partnership Meeting,, One North Franklin, 3rd Floor Conference Room, 11 am - 3 pm
March 17: ACI's Center for Success Partnership Meeting, One North Franklin, 3rd Floor Conference Room, 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. Technology and Teacher Preparation
March 15: Deadline for Innovation projects Contact centerforsuccess@acifund.org.


February 2006

February 24: Deadline for application forms to initiate DATB campus program Contact tony.bell@acifund.org.
February 22 - 24: Transition to Teaching Project Director's Conference, Arlington, VA
February 18 - 22: Association of Teacher Educators (ATE), Atlanta, GA
February 17: ACI's Center for Success Partnership Meeting, Location TBA, 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.
February 13: Deadline for partner profile questionnaires for web site. Contact leslie.millenson@acifund.org.
February 13: Deadline for NSF grant questionnaires. Contact leslie.millenson@acifund.org.
February 3: ACI's Teacher Induction Academy: The Amazing Profession: Journeys in Teaching, Lewis University, Oak Brook Campus, 3:30 - 8:30 p.m. For more information or to register, contact Lidia Han at (312) 263-2391, ext. 38, or lidia.han@acifund.org.
February 2: , Dominican University's Priory Campus, River Forest, IL, 9 - 4 a.m.


January 2006

January 25: ACI's Center for Success Education Council Meeting, One N. Franklin, 3rd floor conference room, Chicago, 12 - 2 p.m.
January 20: ACI's Center for Success Partnership Meeting, Location TBA ISBE’s Paths to Teaching; Guest Speaker, Marti Woelfe
January 6: Deadline to submit articles for Issue 2 of Success in High-Need Schools Issue 2 theme: “Alternative and Accelerated Certification Programs.” (Winter – February 2006)


December 2005

December 16: ACI's Center for Success Partnership Meeting, One N. Franklin, 3rd floor conference room, Chicago, 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.