2013 INTC Conference: Archive
8th Annual INTC Induction and Mentoring Conference
"New Teacher Induction and the Performance Evaluation Reform Act (PERA)"
February 26-27, 2013
Hilton Springfield
This conference offered suggestions on how induction programs can prepare new teachers and their mentors for PERA evaluations as well as support new teachers using various frameworks of teacher development, including Danielson and the Illinois Continuum of Teacher Development. As usual, the conference featured time to network and dedicated work time for programs, keynote speakers, and breakout sessions that provide insight into the various aspects of induction and mentoring. Along with standard conference strands, this conference offered two special strands: one for districts that are starting new programs or are enhancing the current “buddy” mentoring process and another for small and rural districts.
Nearly 300 educators and policymakers from diverse contexts (urban, suburban, and rural) and all parts of the state attended the event.
More information about the 2013 conference is available here.
Archive of Conference Materials and Presentations
Conference Booklet including:| Activity | Description |
| Conference PowerPoint |
This was the PowerPoint used during the conference. |
| Team Work Session 1 (pending) | This was the PowerPoint used by Dr. Pam Rosa during Team Work Session 1. |
| Framework for Teaching Evaluation Instrument | The Framework for Teaching Evaluation Instrument is one of the documents Dr. Pam Rosa referred to during Team Work Session 1. |
| Framework for Teaching Components and Critical Attributes | The Framework for Teaching Components and Critical Attributes is one of the document Dr. Pam Rosa referred to during Team Work Session 1. |
| Keynote Feb. 26 (pending) | Access the PowerPoint presented by Dr. Pam Rosa, Consortium for Educational Change, in her keynote address. Session underwritten by the Illinois Principals Association. |
| Keynote Feb. 27 | Access the PowerPoint presented by Dr. Renee Clift, The University of Arizona, in her keynote address. Session underwritten by the Illinois Principals Association. |
| Team Work Sessions | Conference participants worked together in their induction program teams. Three separate sessions occurred during the Conference. Reference the work session documents for use in guiding future formative assessment work. |
| PERA Questions | These are the questions submitted by conference attendees to Pam Rosa. |
| Critical Issues Breakout Sessions | Conference participants had four sessions over two days they could attend based on interest. |
| Illinois Induction Program Continuum | A continuum of induction program developmental stages toward meeting and exceeding the Illinois Standards of Quality and Effectiveness for Beginning Teacher Induction Programs. |
| Illinois Induction Program Standards | The Illinois Standards of Quality and Effectiveness for Beginning Teacher Induction Programs
establish a clear framework to assist in the development of
research-based induction programs that meet local needs and are
responsive to local contexts. |
| Illinois Induction Start Up Guide | This guide is intended to help new induction and mentoring programs get started—whether the program is being run by a school district, a Regional Office of Education, a university, or another service provider. |
| Conference Report (pending) |
The information presented in this report was generated from the conference evaluation. |
| PERA Reception Questions | This document summarizes the questions posed by conference participants regarding the effects of PERA on their programs. |
| University of Illinois Press Release | This is the News Bureau press release for the conference. |
Special Thanks to Conference Sponsors
The Illinois New Teacher Collaborative would like to thank the College of Education at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the State Farm Companies Foundation. Their support was key in making the conference a reality.
Additional generous support of conference events comes from the Illinois Education Association, the Illinois Federation of Teachers, the Illinois Principals Association, the Illinois State Board of Education, the Consortium for Educational Change, Corwin Press, Just Ask Publications, Kappa Delta Pi, the Chicago New Teacher Center, Rethinking Schools, and Wiley (Josey Bass) Publishing.
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