http://www.netvouz.com/jgordon/tag/illinois?feed=rss jgordon's bookmarks tagged "illinois" on Netvouz http://www.d21.k12.il.us/curriclearning/curriculum/index.html The District 21 curriculum framework is aligned with the Illinois Learning Standards. The Framework is organized in a Concept-Based format. Each grade level uses conceptual lenses and a general theme to help focus instruction and learning for the year. Guiding questions help students discover the essential understandings or “big ideas”. The critical content and skills are also identified. Curriculum Development > Examples of Understandings/Big Ideas: Many with Curr. Dev. Examples jgordon Sat, 26 Apr 2008 19:21:59 GMT http://www.growyourownteachers.org/AboutUs/CoreConcepts.htm Grow Your Own Teachers is an initiative in the State of Illinois to identify, train, and employ 1000 or more fully qualified teachers who have previous ties to the low-income communities where they will work. Each program under this initiative is organized and run by a consortium of institutions, including at least a teacher preparation university or college, a community-based organization, and a school district. Administrators > Recruit and Retain Bilingual and ESL teachers jgordon Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:18:18 GMT http://futureofschooling.org/uploads/Young_Berry_Case_for_GYO.pdf Grow Your Own Illinois: An Innovative Approach to Providing High-Quality Teaching in Low-Income Communities By Victor C. Young and Jonathan Berry The Center for Collaboration and the Future of Schooling Administrators > Recruit and Retain Bilingual and ESL teachers jgordon Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:22:10 GMT http://www.isbe.state.il.us/ils/ This site is a must for IL educators. YOU MUST SEE the Performance Descriptors and Classroom Assessments in the side bar for classroom sample activities with rubrics and many student examples of meets or exceeds. Assessment > Standards jgordon Thu, 10 Jun 2004 15:59:08 GMT http://www.isbe.net/bilingual/ This is the Illinois State Bd. of Ed. site for all information pertaining to ESL students, Transitional Bilingual Ed. Programs (TBE) and Transitional Programs of Instruction (TPI) Bilingual Resourses jgordon Thu, 25 Aug 2005 16:29:43 GMT http://www.isbe.net/bilingual/ This is the Illinois State Bd. of Ed. site for all information pertaining to ESL students, Transitional Bilingual Ed. Programs (TBE) and Transitional Programs of Instruction (TPI) English as a New Language > Support Centers/ESL Organizations jgordon Thu, 25 Aug 2005 16:29:44 GMT http://www.isbe.net/bilingual/ Illinois State Bd. of Ed. site for English langauge learning (ESL and bilingual,info on state mandates, TBE and TPI programs, ACCESS assessment, IMAGE etc) jgordon Thu, 01 Dec 2005 20:32:23 GMT http://www.isbe.state.il.us/rules/archive/pdfs/228ARK.pdf This site contains the rules and regulations for TBE programs. Administrators > English Language Learners jgordon Wed, 30 Aug 2006 14:18:51 GMT http://www.icts.nesinc.com/ Assessment jgordon Thu, 03 Oct 2002 18:48:36 GMT http://iirc.niu.edu/ Administrators > ISBE jgordon Tue, 12 Jul 2005 14:30:14 GMT