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Y2: Moving Beyond Survival

What:	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.
When:	June 30 and July 1, 2015
Where:	I Hotel and Conference Center 1900 South First Street Champaign, IL 61820
Why:	Beginning teachers face tough challenges in their first year. This was an opportunity for them to: Reflect on and share the past year’s teaching experience Contribute to the improvement of preservice teacher preparation and novice teacher induction Network with beginning teachers from around the state

Archive of Conference Materials and Presentations

Conference materials including:

• Agenda
• Conference Booklet

Activity	Presenters
A2. From Instruction to Assessment: Literacy Strategies that Work	Bill Behrends
A5. Forget the Rainforest. Save a Child!	Sharon Mindock
B3. Teacher's Toolbox and Taking a Look at ReadWriteThink.org	Sarah Livesay and Kathy Wickline
B5. New Danielson Framework Developments	Mary Ellen Leonard
C3. Embracing Quality Assessment	Jeri Callaway and Kevin Seymour
C5. New Danielson Framework Developments	Mary Ellen Leonard
D1. TeacherStrong: Understanding and Playing to your Strengths as an Educator	Gayle Spencer and Jeff Yacup
D4. Reflecting on the Affordances of Educational Technologies	Robert Wallon
D5. Forget the Rainforest. Save a Child!	Sharon Mindock

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 and the State Farm Companies Foundation. Their support was key in making the conference a reality.