Educator Experiences
The Ed Leaders Network has been enormously helpful to our District during the COVID-19 closure, as we have utilized the platform to assign relevant coursework to our employees for completion at home. The selection of courses is varied with topics related to academic instruction, social-emotional learning, collaboration, interpersonal skills, management, health and safety. Beyond the closure, I will continue to use the courses for my teachers, staff and myself to provide meaningful professional development without the need for substitute coverage or a specific schedule.
Elise Schwartz
Principal
After conferencing with a teacher after an observation, we discussed resources to support implementing classroom management procedures. I was able to search ELN for content supporting classroom management and assign a course to the teacher. The teacher participated in the course during one session and shared that the content was engaging and left her wanting to learn more following each section. ELN provided her with instant quality professional development that imparts valuable knowledge and improved her classroom culture and teaching practice.
Todd Pettit
Principal
This site is AMAZING!! Especially for us teachers, where funding is low and subs are even lower. This allows me to professionally grow from the comfort of my home.
Beth Einhorn
Teacher
ELN is a tremendous resource for me as a principal. I get a timely response from questions or concerns I express about ELN and feel that I am able to utilize it for myself and my staff. This year I have assigned videos for staff to watch, discuss in small groups or with grade level partners, and respond with questions I’ve developed.
Victoria Norton
Principal
Ed Leaders Network provides immediate, quality professional development on current education topics by experts in the field. With current budget concerns, spending $200 on Ed Leaders Network, keeping professional development in-house, and providing professional development to all staff members just makes sense!
Dee Ann Schnautz
Director of Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment
I think it’s great! The website is very easy to use and informative. Edleaders Network encompasses much more than just mandated webinars for school safety. I have used some of the Common Core webinars and am planning on using more this year.
Julie Katzenberger
Principal
We are pleased and excited to be connected with ELN. We continue to take advantage of the online courses that are available to all of our staff in the district.
Dr. Sharon Desmoulin-Kherat
Superintendent
The authoring tool is intuitive and extremely easy to use. The instructional video explaining its use was also helpful. I simply made my slides in Power Point & scripted each one in the “Notes” pane. All I had to do was click the Record button & read the screen. MUCH easier than rehearsing timings in Power Point and publishing an MP4 video to upload to YouTube, etc.! Excellent quality with surprising simplicity – a great tool for busy administrators!
Matt Jacobsen
Galesburg CUSD 205
The Ed Leaders Network videos have been a godsend for our small rural school. South Wilmington Grade School has just under 100 students in K-8, so one-size fits all Professional Development is not always beneficial for our small staff. Now our professional development dollars can be spent on sending teachers to workshops and conferences that target their specific grade levels and needs, while knowing that our mandated requirements are being meet in a meaningful way.
Cynthia Christensen
Superintendent/Principal
Featured Courses
Leadership & ManagementLeading Teaching & Learning – Student Engagement
This course supports school leaders' development of stronger evaluation skills in recognizing intellectual student engagement in the classroom.
Teaching & LearningClassroom Control and Discipline
This course will cover six sections: 1) Rules 2) Procedures 3) Consequences 4) Room Arrangements 5) Building Relationships 6) Engaging Instruction.
Curriculum & InstructionTeaching Strategies and Practices
This course will cover four sections: 1) Engagement 2) Questioning 3) Learning Formats 4) Feedback and will provide educators with practical classroom instructional strategies, tools, and ideas.
Legal & LegislativeFERPA and ISSRA: Maintenance of Student Records
This course outlines school districts' obligations concerning the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act and the Illinois School Student Records Act which gives parents certain protections concerning their student's records.
Mandated TrainingBloodborne Pathogens
This training will cover the universal precautions for protecting yourself from exposure to bloodborne pathogens such as Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, HIV and AIDS.
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