Y2: Moving Beyond Survival
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What:
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A two-day conference for teachers who just completed their first year of teaching in Illinois. Conference activities included speakers, breakout sessions, networking opportunities and more. |
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When:
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June 26 and June 27, 2012 |
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Where:
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I Hotel and Conference Center 1900 South First Street Champaign, IL 61820 |
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Why:
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Beginning teachers face tough challenges in their first year. This was an opportunity for them to:
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Archive of Conference Materials and Presentations
Conference materials including:| Activity | Description |
| Sharing Successful Strategies | Y2 participants shared examples of practices and strategies that they found to be useful during their first year in the classroom. View their successful strategies, strategies contributed by other Illinois educators, and share some of your own. |
| Hot Topic: My Kids Can't Read This | This .pdf resource is the presentation by Cara Gutzmer and Jennifer White titled "My Kids Can't Read This: A Teacher's Collaboration to Make Content Area Texts More Accessible." |
| Hot Topic: Standards Based Grading -- Transitioning | This .pdf resource is the presentation by Kimberly Norton titled "Standards-Based Grading -- How to Transition: From an Overall Grade to Standards-Specific Feedback." |
| Hot Topic: How to Grade for Learning -- A Standards-Based Grading Approach | This .pdf resource is the presentation by Chris Schultz titled "How to Grade for Learning -- A Standards-Based Grading Approach." |
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Hot Topic: Where is this in the Manual? |
This .pdf resource is the presentation by Dr. David Rosch titled "Where is THIS in the Manual? K-12 Effective Skills for New Teachers Serving on Administrative and Teaching Teams." |
Conference Sponsors
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, the State Farm Companies Foundation, and the Illinois State
Board of Education. Their support was key in making the conference a reality.
Additional support for this conference has been generously provided by Harry K. Wong Publications, Inc.
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