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Professional Learning (PL) EVENTS & REGISTRATION
Register for a North Cook Professional Learning (PL) event. Be sure to REGISTER EARLY! Events may be cancelled a week before the start date if minimum enrollment is not reached. Thank you for choosing North Cook for your Professional Learning needs!
Click the category below to view event options, dates and times, credit offered, and register for events.
Types of PL
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Administrator Academies
A learning experience in which Illinois school/district administrators participate to meet legislated requirements for continuous, high-quality, professional development (PD) to maintain PEL certification.
- One AA course must be completed within each fiscal year that the administrator is working, totaling at least 6 hours.
CREDIT EARNED: 1 AA or 6 PDHs
- One AA course must be completed within each fiscal year that the administrator is working, totaling at least 6 hours.
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Educator Workshops
A learning experience/continued training, in which Illinois educators participate to meet legislated requirements for continuous, high-quality, professional development (PD) to maintain PEL certification.
Click here to view the ISBE Professional Development Hours (PDHs) Requirements
CREDIT EARNED: PDHs (aligned to the number of hours engaged in learning; lunch excluded) -
Informational Meetings
Brief meetings centered around a specific topic of interest.
CREDIT EARNED: none -
Micro-Credentials
A job-embedded, asynchronous, online learning experience in which educators develop skills to support COVID-related challenges including learning loss, student well-being, and equity. We have partnered with BloomBoard to offer NCISC educators a 15% discount.
- University of St. Francis graduate-level credit offered to educators who successfully complete the program. Each micro-credential is worth one graduate credit. Three micro-credentials make up one micro-endorsement.
CREDIT EARNED: 1 Graduate credit per Micro-credential -
NCISC Collaborative Series
North Cook school and district leaders in like positions/roles meet regularly to share strategies, ideas, navigate issues, learn together, and collaborate to problem solve and collaborate.
A North Cook ISC representative facilitates these NCISC Collaborative Series meetings. Guest speakers will be in attendance on occasion.
CREDIT EARNED: none -
Online Course or Online Book Study
Learning occurs on the learner’s schedule within the required timeframe (see course description). Open enrollment allows for many participants to join a course at any given time. The instructor may post various instructional tasks for learners to engage in, such as: self-guided lesson modules, video content, reading articles, reviewing posted presentations, completing projects/assignments on the Canvas platform (similar to Schoology, Blackboard, and D2L).
CREDIT EARNED: PDHs (aligned to the number of hours engaged in learning: lunch excluded)
Delivery Methods of PL
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IN-PERSON
Face-to-face sessions delivered onsite with an instructor facilitating the PL.
Location: at NCISC in Des Plaines
ZOOM SESSION
A synchronous (live) session delivered via Zoom in real-time with an instructor facilitating the PL.
*Phone or Internet required
Location: online via ZOOM
HYFLEX SESSION
(Also sometimes called "concurrent" sessions.) A hyflex session is a hybrid or blended model of learning/collaborating where some participants attend the sessions in-person while other participants are simultaneously remote, streaming "live" into the session.
ONLINE COURSE or ONLINE BOOK STUDY
An asynchronous, self-directed, online course
*Internet required
Learning occurs on the learner’s schedule within the required timeframe (see course description). Open enrollment allows for many participants to join a course at any given time. The instructor may post various instructional tasks for learners to engage in, such as: self-guided lesson modules, video content, reading articles, reviewing posted presentations, completing projects/assignments on the Canvas platform (similar to Schoology, Blackboard, and D2L).
Location: online via Canvas
BLENDED LEARNING
A combination of online or virtual learning with a face-to-face experience facilitated by an instructor
*Phone or internet required
Location: at NCISC and online via Zoom and/or Canvas
