A Co-Teaching Playbook As February approaches, numerous football teams are striving to obtain their goal pushing for a spot in the upcoming Super Bowl. Co-teaching teams are similarly striving to obtain their goal pushing for a successful second [...]
All School Advisory: Giving ALL students a voice! At the December Network Institute, educators across the state shared their knowledge during a meaningful day of professional development at National Louis University. Presenters varied from classroom teachers to those [...]
Creating Your PD Playlist I may be showing my age here but who remembers the art of the mix tape? Perfectly crafting the right order of songs to convey your message, bringing your party to a whole new [...]
How-To: Present at AIMS Events Teachers are the experts, so at every AIMS professional development event our goal is to feature the voices and ideas of the people in the classroom and those directly involved with educating young adolescents. [...]
National Board Certification: Meaningful Professional Development In the past 16 years I have spent a lot of time in professional development workshops and in-service trainings. Many times the focus of these training sessions dealt with student literacy [...]
A talented lineup of presenters, sessions designed to inform and inspire middle school educators, and plenty of opportunities for networking - the AIMS Summer Splash is a can’t miss summer professional development event! Keynote speaker and middle school teacher Josie [...]
What Teachers are Saying This conference was fantastic! It was great to see passionate teachers talking about what they do in their classrooms and how attainable goals can be. Thank you for a great conference! It is so [...]
The Association of Illinois Middle Grade-Schools (AIMS) will again present the AIMS Network Institute on December 6, 2018 at National Louis University, Lisle campus. AIMS is excited to feature an extensive lineup of talented Illinois educators speaking on timely topics [...]
