Task Force Meetings

The Partnership and Task Force groups offer ongoing opportunities to address critical issues in education, distribute information, and recommend policy.  Upcoming Partnership and Task Force meetings are September 18th. Bring your lunch and join us for a presentation on the new Illinois Numeracy Plan adopted in June 2026. Kirsten Parr and members of the Illinois Numeracy Task Force will share an overview of the Numeracy Plan and answer questions you might have about the Numeracy Plan and its impact on PK-12 education and Teacher Preparation. To register for this program click this link:   https://center4success.eventsmart.com/?p=1774

On September 18th, the Center’s Tasks Forces meet.  Click the links to register for any or all of them.

Project LEAD 8:15 a.m.
 
Literacy 9:30 a.m.
 
Technolgy and Teacher Preparation 10:30 a.m.
 
Teacher Leadership. 1:00 p.m.
 
Special Education Task Force Research Project 2:00 p.m.
 

For more information on joining a Task Force, please contact Jan Fitzsimmons at jan@center4success.com

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Center Partnership and Task Forces

Participate in online monthly Center Partnership and Task Force meetings which convene more than 40 deans, chairs, directors, and education faculty, as well as PK-12 administrators and teachers and leading educators to explore key issues in preparation, practice, teaching, learning, and leadership. Our current work includes advocating for equity and diversity, implementing culturally responsive practices, growing teacher leadership, and effecting rigorous recruitment, clinical preparation and retention policies and practices.

The Center’s Task Forces are working groups that convene leading
PK-20 educators to advance critical education initiatives by bringing the best known research forward and collaborating on evidence-based practices and policies to implement in education preparation and practice programs. The Center’s working task force teams include:

  • Literacy
  • Teacher Leader
  • Diverse Pipeline:  Project LEAD (Leaders in Education Advocating for Diversity)
  • Culturally Responsive Teaching and Leading Standards
  • Professional Learning
  • Mathematics
  • Special Education

Center Partners are encouraged to join one or more task
force groups.