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ISBE has teamed up with Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum for an Art Contest. Submissions are due Feb. 12, 2021. Find more details here - https://www.isbe.net/Documents/2021-Art-Contest.pdf

If you have recently applied for a license and have a job pending, please let us know. We can work with your ROE #9 school district to place a RUSH request on your application.

Coronavirus response | Champaign, Urbana districts prepping for return to in-person learning https://tinyurl.com/y3majcp9

Big 10, kids edition: The thing I most look forward to once the pandemic's over https://tinyurl.com/y4czxcuo

Coronavirus response | Area schools learning to live with restrictions https://tinyurl.com/y5sjoavf

Job Opening: High School Science Teacher https://tinyurl.com/y2ds9835

Job Opening: English Second Language Teacher https://tinyurl.com/y65q2t5r

Job Opening: High School Auto Tech CTE Teacher Please click on the link below for more information. https://usd116.tedk12.com/hire/viewjob.aspx?jobid=1079

Job Opening: School Medication Nurse Please click on the link below for more informatoin. https://usd116.tedk12.com/hire/viewjob.aspx?jobid=1087

Champaign School District to return to in-person & distanced learning January 20 https://tinyurl.com/y27rk59u

Champaign superintendent reflects on career ahead of retirement https://tinyurl.com/y4onpe73

Coronavirus response | Rantoul City Schools to begin testing https://tinyurl.com/y5jm6zff

Coronavirus response | Mahomet-Seymour begins testing for students, staff https://tinyurl.com/y2ncl45y

Final additions at Central taking shape https://tinyurl.com/y7fl8yrl

For Class of 2021, uncertainty rules the day https://tinyurl.com/y73tn6xw

Former longtime Central principal set to retire from advisory post https://tinyurl.com/y8e862b7

2020-21 High School Confidential: Merry Christmas https://tinyurl.com/y7p22c9v

Our office will be closed Thursday, December 31, 2020, and Friday, January 1, 2021.

Here is information for parents on the different types of trainings coming up. In January, Colleen Kaplan, LTC's Remote Outreach Specialist, and Holly Kelly, LTC East Regional Ed. Tech. Coordinator, with be hosting workshops for parents/ guardians on Google Classroom, Seesaw, and ClassDojo. Over 100 parents participate in sessions back in November and will be offering this again to help support your districts and their families. You are welcome to copy and paste the below information to disseminate to your parents/guardians via social media or other communication platforms that your district may have. The links to register are included below, and all sessions are FREE. Happy Holidays! PARENT WORKSHOPS ON GOOGLE, SEESAW, AND CLASS DOJO! Calling all parents and guardians! In January, the Regional Ed. Tech Coordinator, Holly Kelly, and the Remote Outreach Specialist, Colleen Kaplan, with the Learning Technology Center of Illinois, will be hosting workshops for guardians and parents on Google Classroom, Seesaw, and ClassDoJo. The same workshop is offered three different times throughout each day to allow for flexibility with parent/guardians' schedules. Through demonstration, parents will learn how to help their student(s) navigate G.C., Seesaw, or ClassDoJo. THE WORKSHOP WILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PARENTS TO ASK QUESTIONS REGARDING EITHER PLATFORM AND HAVE A CHANCE TO BETTER HELP THEIR STUDENT. PARENTS/GUARDIANS CAN REGISTER AT HTTP://LTCILLINOIS.ORG/EVENTS/ OR DOWNLOAD THE FORM WHERE YOU CAN REGISTER STRAIGHT FROM THE LINKS ON THE FORM. WORKSHOP FORM

School district launches ‘Winter Holiday Meal Program’ https://www.wcia.com/news/school-district-launches-winter-holiday-meal-program/