Arbor Academy will have a new team of staff next school year! This is exciting in that you will be a cohort who will have the opportunity to learn and grow together. Together we will establish our values and beliefs, aligned to TrueNorth’s mission and vision. We will create a strong community in which students and families are our focus. Creative thinking, innovation, and flexibility will be key factors for our success this coming school year.
Outcomes: Arbor Academy will have a new team of staff next school year! This is exciting in that you will be a cohort who will have the opportunity to learn and grow together. Together we will establish our values and beliefs, aligned to TrueNorth’s mission and vision. We will create a strong community in which students and families are our focus. Creative thinking, innovation, and flexibility will be key factors for our success this coming school year.
Outcomes:
- This learning opportunity will support new staff in their positions within the Arbor Academy and SLE program, and will prepare them with the skills and tools to instruct students with confidence and integrity.
How: The format is a learning community in which staff working in TrueNorth’s Arbor Academy and SLE classrooms learn together. Participants will receive content as well as means for application of new knowledge in order to best impact student outcomes.
Who Should Attend: New staff assigned to Arbor Academy and/or classrooms in our Supported Learning Environment (SLE) Classrooms.
Satisfactory completion requirements:
- Attendance is based on your signature in and out of the session. Failure to provide a signature in and out will result in no credit. Virtual attendance is taken via the Zoom Chat.
- Participants are expected to attend the entire session to earn credit.
- Participants are expected to attend all sessions in their entirety to earn credit.
- Participants must complete an electronic course evaluation within two weeks of the session date to be sent a certificate.
- Accommodations, questions and complaints can be directed to:
professionallearning@truenorth804.org
Cost Information: Participation fees are waived for TrueNorth employees, TrueNorth member district employees, and parents of students in our TrueNorth member districts. For individual participants who do not meet the above criteria, this course participation fee is $300.00. Participation
or material fees will be billed directly to the school district that employs the participant after the session is complete or the first session in a series is complete. Individuals are asked to not bring payment to the session.
Cancellation and Refund Information: There is no cancellation fee, though we ask for advance notice to open the spot for another person. TrueNorth reserves the right to cancel any session due to low enrollment. TrueNorth does not charge prior to the start of the offered session. If an individual attends the first day of a learning series but is unable to attend the remaining sessions, the school district that employs the participant is able to designate an alternate person. It is up to the
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Preparing for the New School Year: Practices and Programming at Arbor Academy/TrueNorth
individual no longer attending the program to give their replacement the information learned in the first session.
About the Presenters: Lisa Davies, BCBA; Sabrina Beaudry, Principal Arbor Academy
Financial Disclosure: Davies and Beaudry are employees of TrueNorth Educational Cooperative 804 and receives a salary.
Non-Financial Disclosure: Davies and Beaudry have no relevant non-financial relationships.
*Member Districts include:
Northbrook 27, Northbrook 28, Sunset Ridge 29, Glenview/Northbrook 30, West Northfield 31, Glenview 34, Glencoe 35, Winnetka 36, Kenilworth 38, Lake Bluff 65, Lake Forest 67, Bannockburn 106, Deerfield 109, North Shore 112, Township HS 113, Lake Forest 115, New Trier 203, Glenbrook 225.
Have a question? Check out the Professional Learning FAQs or contact
professionallearning@truenorth804.org.