An Agency of the Regional Offices of Education for Will and Grundy - Kendall Counties
Phone: (815) 744-8334   Registration: (815) 744-8337   Fax: (815) 744-8396  
Thursday, September 02, 2010

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Developing Procedures for Effective Classroom Management

September 21, 2010 | 4:00pm - 6:00pm
A great after school workshop for first-year teachers. Discussion will take place on strategies for communicating with students in a supportive manner. You will explore effective methods for teaching social skill development in all students.

Using the RtI Framework to Determine Eligibility for Special Education

In this 1 hr. and 15 min. webinar, participants will receive the necessary information to meet the new Illinois requirements for using the RtI framework when determining eligibility for LD services.

What's New in Children's Literature and How to Use it in Your Classroom?

Saturday, September 25, 2010: Books, books, books. There are so many new titles published each year, what do you choose? This workshop will review the best of the books published in 2009-2010 for classrooms in grades 2 through 6.

Saturday Course

Best Practices in Middle School: Read It, Get It

Friday, September 17th, 2010 - Review the most current research on reading and understanding content and learn 10+ ways to help students remember what they read through active engagement.

Evening and weekend course. Graduate Credit Available.

New Learning Bytes Videos

Check out our new Learning Bytes videos! The NEW Learning Bytes videos are short 3-5 minute clips designed to give you a method or strategy you can use in your classroom.
Hot TopicsUpcoming WorkshopsLearning Bytes
Solving Multiplication Problems Using DuplationIn this Learning Byte, learn how to use a strategy known as Duplation to introduce students to solving multipl...
Make & Take - Reading Manipulative - Story SequencingLearn how to make a simple and inexpensive reading manipulative to use in your classroom.
Make & Take - Math Manipulative - Number SentencesLearn how to make a very inexpensive manipulative for math to help your students with their math sentences...
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Who We Are

We are an agency of the Regional Offices of Education of Will County and Grundy-Kendall Counties.

We provide onsite staff development, public workshops, graduate education courses and degree programs, consulting services, meeting facilitation, event educational planning services and technical assistance to schools and other agencies. 

The Professional Development Alliance is a one-stop source for all of your professional development needs. We will design, provide or arrange for any professional development programs, materials and/or services to help meet your goals.

We are looking to offer some online courses soon and we would like to know what time of the day would be the most convenient for you?
8am - 10am
10am - 12pm
12pm - 2pm
2pm - 4pm
4pm - 6pm
6pm or later
 
2705 McDonough St. | Joliet, IL 60436