Over the past few months, the IRC has asked members of our community to nominate Illinois teachers working with multicultural, multilingual students who are going above and beyond, and now, we’re celebrating them and highlighting their work. Keep an eye out for these features in the coming months – and if you’d like to nominate someone, email leanet@cntrmail.org. Next up is Alise Gaughan, an instructional coach at CCSD 15 in McHenry. Says Maureen Cassidy, who nominated her: “I am writing to enthusiastically nominate Alise Gaughan to be a featured educator by IRC. Alise possesses the unique combination of educational expertise, coaching prowess, and [...]

Over the past few months, the IRC has asked members of our community to nominate Illinois teachers working with multicultural, multilingual students who are going above and beyond, and now, we’re celebrating them and highlighting their work. Keep an eye out for these features in the coming months – and if you’d like to nominate someone, email leanet@cntrmail.org. Next up is Alma Ocampo-Nuñez, a bilingual lead teacher at Chicago Public Schools. Says Alyssa Silva-Rafi, who nominated her: “Alma is passionate about working with English learners and helping staff better serve the community of students and parents. She is a strong advocate for English learners.” In teaching [...]

Over the past few months, the IRC has asked members of our community to nominate Illinois teachers working with multicultural, multilingual students who are going above and beyond, and now, we’re celebrating them and highlighting their work. Keep an eye out for these features in the coming months – and if you’d like to nominate someone, email leanet@cntrmail.org. Next up is Nicole Lynch, an EL Resource Teacher in Diamond Lake School District 76.  Says Julie Pecoraro, who nominated her: “Nicole goes above and beyond with her students. She cares about each and every one of them. She strives to help them in all [...]

Over the past few months, the IRC has asked members of our community to nominate Illinois teachers working with multicultural, multilingual students who are going above and beyond, and now, we’re celebrating them and highlighting their work. Keep an eye out for these features in the coming months – and if you’d like to nominate someone, email leanet@cntrmail.org. Next up is Brenda Mendoza, a 2nd grade teacher at Greenman Elementary School in Aurora, who recently received the Latinx Educator Impact Award at the Latinx Educator Awards! When the Latinx Education Collaborative honored Brenda Mendoza with their Latinx Educator Impact Award last [...]

Throughout the year, the Illinois Resource Center offers informative, relevant and FREE workshops for educators across the state to receive free professional development credit hours. We'll be giving you a sneak peek at some of the workshops ahead, so stay tuned to find the workshop that's right for you! Here, IRC Specialist Carly Spina previews her next workshop on incorporating heritage languages when you are monolingual, taking place April 27th at 3:30 p.m.  As educators and leaders that serve multilingual learners, we know and understand that language is closely tied to our identities. Languages connect us to our families, our cultures, [...]