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READING RECOVERY CENTER FOR LITERACY

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Upcoming Conferences & Professional Development Opportunities

 

Summer Symposium 2019

The Will to Lead, The Skill to Teach: Transforming Schools at Every Level

 

Dr. Anthony Muhammad will lead and facilitate this interactive session addressing the importance of transformational leadership.  Participants will examine why kids should be put first, and the strategies that send that important message and get favorable results.  Dr. Muhammad will also address the four important areas of leadership; creating purpose, managing frustration, collaboration, and fair accountability.  Participants who attend this session will leave with an abundance of theoretical frameworks and practical strategies to improve their leadership effectiveness and transform their culture.    

Please bring your own copy of The Will to Lead, The Skill to Teach: Transforming Schools at Every Level  by Dr. Anthony Muhammad. This book will NOT be available to purchase at the event.

Date: Monday, August 5, 2019

Location: Northern Illinois University Conference Center, 1120 E. Diehl Rd., Naperville, IL 60563 

Fee: $175 if you register by June 28, 2019, $195 after June 28, 2019
Includes lunch. Space is limited.

For Information and to Register: Click here

Lodging Information: Click here

Illinois Administrator's Academy Credit facilitated by the Consortium for Educational Change will be available for this event. Additional fee applies. 

Professional Development Hours offered by the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) will be available for this event.

Please contact Rebecca Olsen at si@nl.edu if you have any questions.

  

 2020 Comprehensive Literacy and Reading Recovery Conference

The 2020 Comprehensive Literacy and Reading Recovery Conference will be held January 22-24, 2020 at the Chicago Marriott Magnificent Mile Hotel!  Registration will be open mid-August.

Highlights of the 29th Annual Comprehensive Literacy and Reading Recovery Conference include:

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Wednesday, Jan 22, 2020, Keynote 
Kim Yaris
Author
 
 
 
 
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Wednesday, Jan 22, 2020, Keynote
C.C. Bates
Reading Recovery Trainer
                          

 

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Thursday, Jan 23, 2020, Keynote 
Nancy Anderson
Reading Recovery Trainer
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Friday, Jan 24, 2020, Keynote 
Douglas Fisher
Author

 Plus Maryann McBride, Lindsey Moses, James Schnug, Lisa Pinkerton, Allsion Briceno and many other presenters!

Educational Leadership Strand

The Friday, January 24, 2020 general session keynote and the Educational Leadership Strand presenter will be Douglas Fisher. Author of Engagement by Design: Creating Learning Environments Where Students Teaching Literacy in the Visible Learning Classroom.  This strand is offered for school administrators and leaders including Reading Recovery Site Coordinators, Principals, Literacy Coaches, and others related to specialized role of leading school improvement process.

For more information click here.

 

Locations

  • CHICAGO DOWNTOWN CAMPUS

    NLU’s Chicago campus on South Michigan Avenue occupies five floors of the historic Peoples Gas Building. This landmark building, across the street from the Art Institute of Chicago and Grant Park, is easily accessible by train, bus and car and is surrounded by restaurants, parking lots/garages and shops.

    122 S. Michigan Avenue
    Chicago, IL 60603
    (888) 658.8632
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  • ELGIN

    Conveniently located in a fast-growing business district off I-90 and Route 31, NLU Elgin features 10 classrooms with high-tech media equipment; a computer lab with high-speed Internet access; two conference rooms; and comfortable student lounges. Parking is free at this recently remodeled and upgraded teaching site, which now includes wireless Internet access.

    620 Tollgate Road
    Elgin, IL 60123
    (888) 658.8632
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  • NORTH SHORE

    Opened in the summer of 2006, NLU North Shore at Skokie is a state-of-the-art modern campus located just off the Edens Expressway near the Old Orchard Shopping Center. The campus includes 44 wireless classrooms equipped with high-tech media equipment; four computer labs with high-speed Internet access, including a walk-in lab in the library; six conference rooms; a public café for beverages and snacks; a student welcome center; a library for research and study; and multiple, comfortable student lounge areas.

    5202 Old Orchard Road
    Skokie, IL 60077
    (888) 658.8632
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  • LISLE

    Located just minutes from the East-West Tollway (I-88), NLU Lisle features 42 wireless classrooms equipped with high-tech media equipment; four computer labs with high-speed Internet access, including a separate walk-in lab in the library; a café for beverages and snacks; a student welcome center; a library for research and study; conference rooms; and six comfortable student lounge areas with wireless access.

    850 Warrenville Road
    Lisle, IL 60532
    (888) 658.8632
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  • WHEELING

    Located in one of Chicago's major northwest suburbs, the newly renovated NLU Wheeling includes 20 classrooms with high-tech media equipment, four conference rooms, four computer labs with high-speed Internet access, large student lounge areas with wireless capabilities and interactive video capabilities, and an extensive research library. The site also houses the university library research collection.

    1000 Capitol Drive
    Wheeling, IL 60090
    (888) 658.8632
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  • FLORIDA (TAMPA)

    Established in 1988 and located in one of Tampa's major business districts, NLU's Florida Regional Center serves students in 13 counties in central Florida. In addition to its classrooms, the National Louis University Tampa Regional Center features a computer lab, student lounges, and conference room.

    5110 Sunforest Drive, Suite 102
    Tampa, FL 33634
    (800) 366.6581
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