Ready to Lead

APPLICATION DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 12, 2020

A Community of Practice (CoP) for recently hired early childhood administrators (1 day to 5 years experience)

Develop your Leadership Essentials. Delve into topics including: the power of self-awareness and reflection, understanding your leadership style, transitioning from peer to supervisor, and productivity and project management. Participate in interactive face-to-face learning as well as guided reflections, and the option for online learning content in Ready to Lead (RTL) is aligned with the Illinois Director Credential and Illinois Gateways to Opportunity.

Explore the following topics:

• From the Inside Out: The Power of Reflection and Self-Awareness
• Leadership in Action: How Effective Directors Get Things Done
• New Role, New Relationships: Learning to Lead
• Shifting from Struggling to Juggling: Prioritizing Pointers and Time Management Tips

Price

$125* and full participation gets you:

• Three, one-day institutes (see dates and locations below)
• A Community of Practice (CoP)
• Two Aim4Excellence online modules (available for college credit for an additional cost)
• Illinois Director Credential (IDC) credit
• Books, handouts, and materials

*Valued at over $3,000

Note: This price is only for Illinois residents. Out-of-state residents, please contact Barbara Volpe at barbara.volpe@nl.edu or 847-947-5132.

Locations and Dates

BLOOMINGTON | CoP#3
INCCRRA
1226 Towanda Ave., Bloomington, IL  61707

• Tuesday, March 17 | 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
• Tuesday, April 21 | 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
• Tuesday, May 12 | 9:00 am – 4:00 pm

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BELLEVILLE | CoP#4
Southwestern Illinois College
2500 Carlyle Ave., Belleville, IL  62221

• Thursday, March 19 | 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
• Thursday, April 23 | 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
• Thursday, May 14 | 9:00 am – 4:00 pm

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Deadline to apply

February 12, 2020

Questions?

Please contact Barbara Volpe.

Taking Charge of Change

Taking Charge of Change™ (TCC) is designed to support you in leading an organization to continuous quality improvement. These essential features contribute to the TCC learning experience:

Learn more about the proven outcomes from TCC.

Empower yourself and embrace the change process. Delve into topics that strengthen your leadership style, promote peak performance, implement a quality improvement plan, and build a strong organizational climate.

As a participant, you will:

• Explore individual differences, communication styles, systems thinking, and how to build team cohesiveness.
• Learn strategies for recruitment, inclusive leadership, meeting facilitation, organizational climate, peer learning communities, supervising staff, and more.
• Participate in interactive learning and guided reflections.
• Use the Program Administration Scale (PAS) and the Early Childhood Work Environment Survey (ECWES) to diagnose organizational problems and assess the need for change.
• Experience the impact of blending shared decision-making with data-based decision-making skills.
• Receive a $500 mini-grant to support improvements toward circles of quality in ExceleRate™ Illinois
• Receive one full-conference registration to attend Leadership Connections™ National Conference.

Price:

Valued at over $3,000 but priced at $800, there is no other leadership program as impactful and cost-effective as TCC.

Note: This price is only for Administrators of Illinois programs. Administrators of out-of-state programs, please contact Barbara Volpe at Barbara.Volpe@nl.edu or 847.947.5132.

Deadline to apply:

May 15, 2020

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If you would like to learn more, please download the Taking Charge of Change flyer:

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Links to research on TCC’s impact

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Taking the Lead

Learn strategies to grow and sustain your business with Taking the Lead (TTL). Work alongside other family child care providers to enhance your skills as an entrepreneur and educator.

As a participant, you will:

• Delve into leadership topics specific to family child care, including fiscal management, environments, recordkeeping, marketing, family partnerships, and advocacy.
• Gain an understanding of your role as a change agent—at the individual, business, and community levels.
• Become part of a community of practice for family child care providers and receive support as needed from TTL coaches.
• Gain increased access to professional resources that support the ExceleRate™ Illinois Quality and Rating Improvement System (QRIS).
• Develop and implement a quality improvement plan.
• Participate in interactive learning, online modules, and guided reflections.
• Receive one day registration to  Leadership Connections™ National Conference.
• Receive a $300 mini-grant to support improvements toward circles of quality in ExceleRate Illinois.

Work toward achieving professional certificates and improving your QRIS rating. Content in TTL is aligned with the Business Administration Scale for Family Child Care (BAS) and, for those in Illinois, ExceleRate Illinois and Illinois Gateways to Opportunity.

Price:

TTL is valued at almost $3,000 but costs you only $150.

Note: The price of $150 is only for Illinois residents. For out-of-state residents, the full value of the program will be charged. For more information, contact Barbara Volpe at barbara.volpe@nl.edu or 847-947-5132.

Location

Chicagoland Area, Venue TBD

Monthly Session Topics | FULL PARTICIPATION IS REQUIRED FOR ALL SESSIONS

All sessions are from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm

2020

Session 1 | October | It Starts with You

Session 2 | November | More Than a Nurturing Heart: Looking at Quality from a Business Administration Perspective | Creating Quality Improvement Plans

Session 3 | December | Making Dollars and Sense: Fiscal Management and Recordkeeping

Session 4 | January | Put it in Writing: Developing and Strengthening Contracts, Handbooks, and Risk Management Plans

Session 5 | February | FCCERS-R: Environments that Influence Social-Emotional Development

Session 6 | March | Marketing with a Message: Communicating the Value of Family Child Care | Advocacy and Engagement: Connecting with Families and the Community to Build Better Futures for Children

Session 7 | April | Implementing and Documenting Quality Improvement | Advocacy Communication Tools

Session 8 | April | One day at the Leadership Connections Conference

Session 9 | May | Quality Improvement Plan Presentations

Deadline to apply:

August 31, 2020

Registration:

Registration is currently closed.
If you would like to be contacted when registration is available, please provide us with your contact information by emailing Iris Corral at icorral@nl.edu.