Past Issues

Summer 2010

• Greeting
• Credential Corner—Winnie Howell and Vicky Foster
• Lilian Katz: Reflections—Dispositions as Goals in the Early Years
• Practices, Programs, and Publications
  • Illinois Association for Early Childhood Teacher Educators (ILAECTE): Kathy Sheridan
  • Training Delivery Strategies and Techniques from the 2010 Summit

Spring 2010

• Greeting
• Credential Corner—Marie Chandel Spurgeon and Neidra Travis
• Lilian Katz: Reflections—Distinctions between a Child's Culture and a Child's Heritage
• Practices, Programs, and Publications
  • Baby TALK: Deb Widenhofer
  • An Interview with Sonia Soltero

Winter 2010

• Greeting
• Credential Corner—Tonnette Williams-Harrison and Patty Miller
• Lilian Katz: Reflections—Dilemmas in Teacher Education: The Coverage versus Mastery Dilemma
• Practices, Programs, and Publications
  • Statewide Training Calendar

Fall 2009

• Greeting
• Profiles in Leadership—Gayle Mindes, Cheryl Bulat, Johnna Darragh
• Lilian Katz: Reflections—Dilemmas in Teacher Education: Current Practices versus Innovative Practices
• Current Early Care and Education and School-Age and Youth Initiatives: Gateways to Opportunity Registry

Summer 2009

• Greeting
• Profiles in Leadership—Rob Derry, Ted Burke, and Susan Fowler
• Lilian Katz: Reflections—Making the Most of a Short Preschool Day
• Current Early Care and Education and School-Age and Youth Initiatives:
  • National Professional Development Center on Inclusion (NPDCI)

Spring 2009

• Greeting
• Profiles in Leadership—Mike Heathfield and Stacie Haley
• Lilian Katz: Reflections—Building a Foundation for Future Learning
• Current Early Care and Education and School-Age and Youth Initiatives:
  • The Evolution of School-Age and Youth within Gateways to Opportunity

Winter 2009

• Greeting
• Profiles in Leadership—Tim Walker and Penny Williams Wolford
• Lilian Katz: Reflections—Asking Children Questions
• Current Early Care and Education and School-Age and Youth Initiatives:
  • Illinois' Tool for Early Childhood Excellence and Educators (I-TEACHe)
  • Program Administration Scale (PAS)
  • Business Administration Scale (BAS)

Fall 2008

• Greeting
• Profiles in Leadership—Candace Lewis and Sue Moustakas
• Lilian Katz: Reflections—The Terms We Use!
• Current Early Care and Education and School-Age and Youth Initiatives:
  • Who's Caring for the Kids 2008 Report
  • Gateways to Opportunity Scholarship Program

Summer 2008

• Greeting
• Profiles in Leadership—Elva DeLuna and George Davis
• Lilian Katz: Reflections—Academic and Intellectual Goals: Addressing Both in Early Education
• Current Early Care and Education and School-Age and Youth Initiatives:
  • Teacher Preparation Assistance Grants from the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE)
  • Illinois Early Childhood Asset Map (IECAM)

Spring 2008

• Greeting
• Profiles in Leadership—Joyce Weiner and Renee DeBerry
• Lilian Katz: Reflections—Points for Early Childhood Professionals
• Current Early Care and Education and School-Age and Youth Initiatives:
  • Strengthening Families Illinois
  • Carole Robertson Center for Learning
  • Malone's Early Learning Center
  • Illinois School-Age and Youth (I-SAY) Credential

Winter 2008

• Greeting
• Profiles in Leadership—Holly Knicker and Anne Wharff
• Lilian Katz: Reflections—Does Teacher Training Matter?
• Current Early Care and Education and School-Age and Youth Initiatives:
  • Associate of Arts in Teaching (AAT) degree in Early Childhood Education (ECE)
  • Bilingual Early Childhood Certification Assistance Program (BECCA)

Fall 2007

• Greeting
• Profiles in Leadership—Cass Wolfe and Jeanne Anderson
• Lilian Katz: Reflections—Professional Responses in the Early Childhood Classroom
• Current Early Care and Education Initiatives:
  • Illinois Quality Counts: Quality Rating System (QRS)
  • Core Credential and Infant Toddler Credential

Summer 2007

• Greeting
• Head Start, Child Care, and PreK Collaborations in Illinois
  • Illinois Head Start Collaboration Office
  • City of Rockford Head Start
  • Champaign County Regional Planning Commission Head Start
  • Southern Seven Health Department Head Start
• Lilian Katz: Reflections—Developmental Curriculum Principles
• References and Resources

March 2007

• Greeting
• Specialized Mentoring Program Creates a Continuous Learning Culture
• Professional Learning Communities Help Teachers Reflect on Learning
• Building on Teachers' Strengths Through the use of Videotapes
• Lilian Katz: Reflections—Becoming a Student of Your Own Teaching
• References and Resources

November 2006

• Greeting
• Preschool For All
• Lilian Katz: Reflections—Standards of Experience

June 2006

• Greeting
• Innovative Practices in Higher Education
  • Greenville College, Greenville, Illinois
  • Kendall College, Chicago, Illinois
• Lilian Katz: Reflections—Respecting the Learner
• References and Resources

March 2006

• Greeting
• Professional Development Advisors
• Experience at Work
• Lilian Katz: Reflections—Professional Development Advisors

December 2005

• Greeting
• Level One Credential
• Lilian Katz: Reflections—Developmental Stages of Teachers
• The Developmental Stages of Teachers