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Learn from Home - Teacher Resources
Professional Development
GEAR UP offers teachers several resources for developing and enhancing teaching skills. Most of these programs are offered free of charge to GEAR UP teachers.
Inquiry and Design Institute for Connected Learning
Plan, design, and do inquiry-based learning within a caring classroom community. Students “doing” inquiry are challenged to ask real questions, find relevant resources, construct meaning and report new understandings. What we teach and how we teach matters so learn more about this energizing approach to learning. For more information about the Inquiry & Design Institute click here.
YAL - Young Adult Literature Conference
Since 2000 the Young Adult Literature Conference (YAL) through Center for College Access and Success of Northeastern Illinois University has offered interactive workshops highlighting engaging books for adolescent readers and high quality literacy instruction. View the YAL 2019 Flyer.
YAL - Young Adult Literature Workshops
The Center for College Access and Success repeats the Saturday YAL Conference workshops individually throughout the semester. If you missed a workshop you wanted to attend or were unable to attend the conference, check the event calendar to sign up for one of these high interest workshops offering strategies you can use in the classroom. All workshops are free, but you must register in advance. There are currently no workshops scheduled.
Units for Books
Here’s a great opportunity for you and your students! Attend a GEAR UP professional development event and write a unit plan for your students using what you learned. We’ll give you a class set of books so you can implement your completed unit in your classroom. Contact us for more information and assistance.
Learn more about Units for Books - UfB
For more information about these programs, contact Susan Garr, Interim Professional Development Manager, at s-garr@neiu.edu
STEM Resources
Units for Materials
If you want to incorporate a novel science-teaching tool to your curriculum, but lack the materials to do so, then apply for a Units for Materials Mini-Grant! The Center for College Access and Success awards materials to teachers as a way to help teachers motivate students to develop a love of science. A successful application will combine instruction that is rigorous, relevant to students, rooted in trusting relationships, and promotes reflection for teachers and students.
(STEAM)² Conference
Thinking creatively and finding new approaches to teaching, learning, and communicating STEM! That’s what we hope to foster during our conferences. Participants will be immersed in rich, hands-on, thought-provoking activities that integrate the best of what we know about instructional strategies. Our purpose is to work with teachers to prepare our students for success in this global environment. So let your imagination fly, rekindle that sense of wonder. CPDUs offered. Note: Through 2017 the conferences were known as iMATHination. Find information and resources about past iMATHination Conferences. Note: The 2020 (STEAM)² Conference has been cancelled.
MathFLIX
Math Support Online
Check out the MathFLIX website for 24/7 math support-- free movies and companion worksheets available at http://mathflix.luc.edu/.
For more information about STEM, contact Syreeta Brown at s-brown55@neiu.edu
Support for Continuing Education
Tuition Reimbursement
GEAR UP provides partial tuition reimbursement for teachers taking graduate courses for endorsement, certification, or graduate degrees in target areas from GEAR UP partner universities.
School-Based PD with Classroom Support
Workshop Series - You choose the topic
Work with our team to design an on-site workshop series, combined with classroom support that meets your needs. Possible topics: reading and writing across the curriculum, vocabulary development, math, technology, essay writing, and much more. CPDUs offered. Contact us for more information.
Schedule a GEAR UP Mini-Conference for Your School
Schedule a GEAR UP Mini-Conference for your school on a staff development day. We will work with you to provide engaging workshop choices for your teachers, combined with follow-up sessions that work for their schedules. CPDUs offered. For more information, contact Susan Garr, Professional Development Manager, at s-garr@neiu.edu
Plan, design, and do inquiry-based learning within a caring classroom community. Students “doing” inquiry are challenged to ask real questions, find relevant resources, construct meaning and report new understandings. What we teach and how we teach matters so learn more about this energizing approach to learning. For more information about the Inquiry & Design Institute click here.
YAL - Young Adult Literature Conference
Since 2000 the Young Adult Literature Conference (YAL) through Center for College Access and Success of Northeastern Illinois University has offered interactive workshops highlighting engaging books for adolescent readers and high quality literacy instruction. View the YAL 2019 Flyer.
YAL - Young Adult Literature Workshops
The Center for College Access and Success repeats the Saturday YAL Conference workshops individually throughout the semester. If you missed a workshop you wanted to attend or were unable to attend the conference, check the event calendar to sign up for one of these high interest workshops offering strategies you can use in the classroom. All workshops are free, but you must register in advance. There are currently no workshops scheduled.
Units for Books
Here’s a great opportunity for you and your students! Attend a GEAR UP professional development event and write a unit plan for your students using what you learned. We’ll give you a class set of books so you can implement your completed unit in your classroom. Contact us for more information and assistance.
Learn more about Units for Books - UfB
For more information about these programs, contact Susan Garr, Interim Professional Development Manager, at s-garr@neiu.edu
STEM Resources
Units for Materials
If you want to incorporate a novel science-teaching tool to your curriculum, but lack the materials to do so, then apply for a Units for Materials Mini-Grant! The Center for College Access and Success awards materials to teachers as a way to help teachers motivate students to develop a love of science. A successful application will combine instruction that is rigorous, relevant to students, rooted in trusting relationships, and promotes reflection for teachers and students.
(STEAM)² Conference
Thinking creatively and finding new approaches to teaching, learning, and communicating STEM! That’s what we hope to foster during our conferences. Participants will be immersed in rich, hands-on, thought-provoking activities that integrate the best of what we know about instructional strategies. Our purpose is to work with teachers to prepare our students for success in this global environment. So let your imagination fly, rekindle that sense of wonder. CPDUs offered. Note: Through 2017 the conferences were known as iMATHination. Find information and resources about past iMATHination Conferences. Note: The 2020 (STEAM)² Conference has been cancelled.
MathFLIX
Math Support Online
Check out the MathFLIX website for 24/7 math support-- free movies and companion worksheets available at http://mathflix.luc.edu/.
For more information about STEM, contact Syreeta Brown at s-brown55@neiu.edu
Support for Continuing Education
Tuition Reimbursement
GEAR UP provides partial tuition reimbursement for teachers taking graduate courses for endorsement, certification, or graduate degrees in target areas from GEAR UP partner universities.
School-Based PD with Classroom Support
Workshop Series - You choose the topic
Work with our team to design an on-site workshop series, combined with classroom support that meets your needs. Possible topics: reading and writing across the curriculum, vocabulary development, math, technology, essay writing, and much more. CPDUs offered. Contact us for more information.
Schedule a GEAR UP Mini-Conference for Your School
Schedule a GEAR UP Mini-Conference for your school on a staff development day. We will work with you to provide engaging workshop choices for your teachers, combined with follow-up sessions that work for their schedules. CPDUs offered. For more information, contact Susan Garr, Professional Development Manager, at s-garr@neiu.edu