Decatur Townhall on Teachers

Description

This second installment of our Continuing Ed. series in Decatur looks at how to attract and retain the best teachers possible for public schools in Decatur and throughout Illinois. Participants will first hear a short keynote about statewide teacher-training programs from Robert Lee (Teacher Education Pipeline Program at Illinois State University) – followed by more local perspective from Shannon Mittleman, the Education Coalition of Macon County’s assistant director for the Decatur Teacher Education Pipeline Program in partnership with Illinois State University.

Participants will then break up into small groups for a chance to delve into the subject more. Lee and Mittleman will travel around to each group, alongside Deloris Brown (principal of Stephen Decatur Middle School) and Chris DeSanto (math teacher and baseball coach at Eisenhower High School).

Finally, participants will gather for an assembly moderated by Teena Zindel-McWilliams (coordinator of curriculum and grants, Richland Community College) where everyone will have a chance to share their voice and hear what others thought – featuring a closing performance by Eisenhower high-school students.