REGIONAL OFFICE OF EDUCATION 9

URBANA — What do robotics, public speaking, filmmaking and dancing with Beyoncé’s choreographer have in common? They’re all things students in the NAACP Afro-Academic, Cultural...

RANTOUL — One three-letter acronym (AT&T) will give way to another (RCS) on the front of a building on the former Chanute Air Force Base airport grounds. Construction is underw...

After graduating from Illinois State University, Champaign native Katie Lessaris traveled the world, teaching in International Baccalaureate schools in Sweden, the Netherlands and...

Dave Hinton CHAMPAIGN — Countless former Champaign schoolchildren know Carlyle Johnson as the instrumental music teacher from their formative years. An older generation has a...

Growing up, Nicola Grohler enjoyed helping her mother in her special-education class in Sullivan. After graduating from Sullivan High School, though, Grohler decided to go a diffe...

Growing up in a military family, Serra Nicolette moved constantly, spending time living in Alabama, Arizona, Texas and Illinois, along with six years in Germany. When she went to ...

(The Hill ) – Panic has turned to preparation for professors and teachers as they look ahead to a new school year dealing with artificial intelligence. Educators have had sever...

After attending the University of Illinois on a suggestion from her high school orchestra conductor, Jackie Martin thought she would become a music teacher. She quickly changed co...

The new online education licensure program will allow college graduates to earn a teaching license. The program can be completed in approximately 12 months for secondary educat...

On June 29, 2023, Governor Pritzker signed SB 2390 (now PA-103-0111 ) into law. It is effective immediately. The law provides an extension for the Short-Term substitute teacher ap...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WCIA) — A new law signed by Governor J.B. Pritzker earlier this month is trying to curb bullying at Illinois schools. One part of the law requires schools to...

CARBONDALE — Southern Illinois University Carbondale is launching a new online undergraduate program in elementary education this fall for working professionals, as part of its ef...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — Illinois lawmakers passed a plan this spring to create a statewide literacy plan to help young people become proficient readers. That proposal arrived o...

St. John Lutheran School and Little Lamb Preschool in Champaign are seeking a Middle School Math/Science Teacher, Classroom Aides, and After School Care Assistants for the 2023-2...

First grade teacher Katelyn Shamhart has spent 14 years at Bottenfield Elementary School in Champaign. Submitte Coming from her family, it’s no surprise that Kately...

Do you have a Substitute Authorization packet from the Champaign-Ford Regional Office of Education? If you have a license that expires on June 30, 2023, this is a reminder that yo...

Before you leave your classroom for the summer these tasks can help you to make sure your license is up to date to start a new school year in August. Log into your ELIS accou...

In her 17 years teaching alternative education, Margo McLane Elson has learned better than to focus solely on education. The educator at Paxton-Buckley-Loda’s Panther Academy, ...