Professional development events

  • August 12-14
    Summer Administrator's Conference
    Springfield Hilton
  • October 15-16
    Central Conference
  • November 12-14
    Southern Conference

Professional Development Planning

With professional development requirements in place, adult education program administrators must now pay special attention to collecting and monitoring professional development for their staff. Professional development should not be a burden, but a way to enhance the knowledge and skills of program staff. Below is a list of resources and tools available that may assist program administrators with the task of meeting requirements and leading the charge of professional development planning within their programs.

ABE/GED Professional Development Planning Guide (pdf)

Provided by the Illinois Service Center Network, administrators will find this planner helpful as a staff development tool that leads to identification of appropriate and available professional development activities, as a useful reporting mechanism for professional development outcomes, and as a component of staff evaluation.

ESL Professional Development Planning Guide (pdf)

Provided by the Illinois Service Center Network, administrators will find this planner helpful as a staff development tool that leads to identification of appropriate and available professional development activities, as a useful reporting mechanism for professional development outcomes, and as a component of staff evaluation.

So You Want Results for Those Professional Development Dollars? presentation (pdf)

These flip chart pages and notes were presented by Julie Hile, Hile Group, at the 28th Annual Statewide IACEA Conference in March 2007 in Springfield, IL.

So You Want Results for Those Professional Development Dollars? Booklet (pdf)

Workshop presented by Julie Hile, Hile Group, during the 2007 IACEA Conference

Wimba online training

Be sure to run the Setup Wizard, located on the Wimba Web site, several days prior to the session you wish to take. After running the Setup Wizard, you will need to log in using the following information:

Room ID: ICCB
User name: your name

To find an archived Wimba session, sign into the Wimba Web site. When the Lobby page appears, select the top tab named Archives. Then from that list, select the archived session you wish to review.

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