REGIONAL OFFICE OF EDUCATION 9

After entering into education as an English teacher in 2020, William Villaflor had a realization during the pandemic. Students needed their social/emotional needs met, and he want...

As library/media specialist at Carrie Busey Elementary School in Savoy, Mandee Crow sees students evolve through the books they read. In her three years on the job, she has worked...

In her 31 years of teaching, Katy Bierman has never left the kindergarten room, and for the last 27 years, she’s taught in her hometown of Tolono at Unity West Elementary School. ...

Jeff Birdsley ’s career in education began as a teacher of college students — first as a grad student working on his Ph.D. at Michigan State, and then as an adjunct instructor at...

This quarter, International Prep Academy’s Staci Ward instituted a weekly initiative titled “Carreras before IPA,” in which the school’s staff members list their career history be...

Students in Jeanette Brosam’s class are rarely left without an engaging activity. Throughout the year, the 24-year teaching veteran and her students hatch chicks through the Cham...

In her first year at Kenwood Elementary School, third-grade teacher Esther Frisbie simply wanted to give back to a community that gave so much to her when she arrived from the Dem...

Growing up in Champaign, Alicia Liay von Bodman was told by multiple educators that she had what it took to become a teacher. Despite dismissing those suggestions at the time, she...

Mary Beth Early’s love for history began when her teachers at Springfield High School inspired her with their deep dives into interesting topics. It was only after she graduated f...

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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WCIA) — Two Champaign middle schools were recognized by the Illinois State Board of Education for their improvement last year. Both Edison and Jefferson Middle S...

Evidence of his students’ work is all over Michael McLoughlin’s classroom and in the hallways of St. Joseph Grade School and Middle School, where he teaches art. Origami creature...

THOMASBORO — It was a special night to honor one of Prairieview-Ogden’s own. Former 24-year superintendent and volleyball coach Vic White was celebrated for his remarkable achiev...

CHAMPAIGN — Before speaking about her vision as Champaign Central High School’s newly-named principal Monday night, Montia Gardner asked a special someone in the audience to stand...

Now 16 years into her tenure at Campus Cooperative Preschool in Urbana, Haruyo Gonzalez has a phrase that guides her when she teaches art, one of her main responsibilities as a le...

After 30 years in the Mahomet-Seymour School District, Lincoln Trail Elementary School fifth-grade teacher Sandy Prather will retire at the end of the school year. The Danville na...

CHAMPAIGN — Centennial High School senior Nailah Mansury will be heading to Washington, D.C., this summer. The trip won’t be for sight-seeing. She will receive a Congressional Aw...

In her five years teaching third grade at Rantoul’s Pleasant Acres Elementary School, Delores Lloyd has provided value to both her co-workers and students. Lloyd “works really ha...

Since 2021, WIU has partnered with over 180 schools across the state to add qualified teachers to the workforce. Our program provides an alternative pathway to the Professional Ed...

Two Centennial Chargers, a pair of Urbana Tigers and one Central Maroon will share the spotlight on April 11 at the I Hotel and Conference Center, when the Champaign Urbana School...