❄️❄️ Will County Regional Office of Education ❄️❄️

Dr. Lisa Caparelli-Ruff, Regional Superintendent

Education, Innovation, & Service Center

Heather Siegel-Hickman, Ed.D.

Director of Professional Development

hsiegel-hickman@willroe.org * 815.630.3103

February 11th from 9am - 12pm

This intermediate-level co-teaching course is designed for special educators and general educators with a prior understanding of the six models of co-teaching and their application. Participants will develop proficiency in teaching strategies that cater to the entire class while addressing the specific needs of students with learning disabilities through specially designed instruction.

February 11th from 10am - 12pm

This workshop introduces participants to the Full STEAM Ahead initiative—an innovative professional development program designed to build teacher confidence, enhance instructional skill sets, and close racial and economic equity gaps in STEAM. This session will offer practical strategies for implementing high-impact STEAM learning, especially in underserved K-5 settings.

Use performance evaluation data to plan professional learning targeted to your teachers' needs.

🎒Classroom Management and Trauma - Feb. 27 from 8:30am - 3:30pm

🏫 Creating a Student-Centered Classroom - Feb. 27 from 8:30am - 11:30am

🎭 Theatre Educators' PD - Feb. 27 from 8am - 1pm (at Lockport High School)

Initial Training

Retraining

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February Networks

📚Instructional Coaches Network: February 3, 2026 9:00-11:00 am (All Inst. Coaches)

🏫Student Services Network: Feb. 10, 2026 - 7:30 -10:00 am

🖥️Technology Network: Feb. 19 2026 9:30-11:00 am

✔️ISBE Attendance Network: February 19, 2026: 10:00-11:00 am

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Customized Professional Learning Solutions to Meet Your Needs

We offer:

Trained coaches to support schools and districts from planning through implementation of continuous improvement plans.
An extensive network of consultants and coaches to support the professional learning that administrators, teachers, and other school staff want and need.
Support for implementing the IL Comprehensive Literacy Plan.
Much more. Reach out and let us meet you where you are and take you where you want to go.

Illinois Mandated Trainings, visit https://www.isbe.net/Documents/Il-Mandated-Trainings.pdf

ISBE Teacher and Principal/Assistant Principal Performance Evaluation Qualifications, visit https://www.isbe.net/Documents/Pref-Eval-Qualifications.pdf

Will Mini-Grants are available again to support districts and schools with professional learning.

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Home Is Where the Bodies Are by Jeneva Rose is a thriller that pulls you in fast and refuses to let go. The fact that it’s set in one of my favorite vacation spots, Walworth County, Wisconsin, makes it even more exciting. There’s something extra unsettling about reading a dark, twisty story that unfolds in a place that feels familiar and real, and Rose absolutely nails that small-town Wisconsin vibe. From quiet roads and lake communities to the sense that everyone knows everyone else, the setting adds a constant undercurrent of tension. You can almost picture the locations as you read, which makes the secrets and revelations hit harder.

What really works is how the story reminds you that no town is as peaceful as it seems on the surface. Beneath the normal routines and friendly facades are long-buried secrets, complicated family dynamics, and truths that refuse to stay hidden. Rose does a great job blending suspense with emotional depth, so you’re not just racing through the pages for answers—you’re invested in the characters and their pasts.

If you’re from Wisconsin or know Walworth County at all, the local setting makes the book even more fun (and creepy). And if you’re not, it still works perfectly as a fast, addictive thriller that proves big drama can happen in small places. Twisty, engaging, and impossible to put down, Home Is Where the Bodies Are is a standout read that will have you side-eyeing quiet towns long after you finish.

An added highlight for me was the acknowledgement at the end of the book of one of my former students, Sarah Bonamino, a Lincoln-Way West High School graduate!

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"Education is our most important national investment. Every citizen has a vital, personal stake in this investment. Our ability to advance both economically and technologically, our country’s entire intellectual and cultural life depend on success of our great education enterprise."

– President Jimmy Carter

Check out upcoming sessions offered in Will County and other area ROEs and ISCs to support SEL and Trauma-Informed Instruction and Leadership.

Core Services

Exchange Club Center
Foster Care
Groundwork Domestic Violence Program
Partner Abuse Intervention Program
Sexual Assault Service Center
Suzy's Caring Place

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Elyssa’s Mission is a nonprofit organization dedicated to preventing youth suicide by providing schools with evidence-based programming, expert training, and ongoing support. At the core of our efforts is the SOS Signs of Suicide Program—an evidence-based, nationally recognized curriculum that is shown to reduce suicide attempts by as much as 64%. The program teaches students how to identify concerning behaviors in themselves or peers and take action using the ACT message: Acknowledge, Care, Tell.

Elyssa’s Mission fully funds and implements SOS in middle and high schools, providing hands-on support with planning, training, program implementation and data analysis to ensure program success. We are excited to offer schools across the state of Illinois the opportunity to implement the program, offering comprehensive guidance as you introduce this life-saving curriculum to your students. Visit our website and/or contact Nichelle Campbell-Miller at nichellecampbell-miller@elyssasmission.org to learn more.

Workshops are tailored for all educators: school leaders, coaches and facilitators, K-12 classroom teachers, ESL teachers and specialists, and professional learning communities.

And MANY MORE!

Sessions presented by the IL Science Steering Committee

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Professional Development Updates

Education, Innovation, & Service Center

❄️❄️ Will County Regional Office of Education ❄️❄️

February 11th from 9am - 12pm

February 11th from 10am - 12pm

Initial Training

Retraining

February Networks

Customized Professional Learning Solutions to Meet Your Needs

Will ROE Request for PD Services (updated Feb. 2025)

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Core Services

Everything You’ve Ever Wanted to Know: WIDA ACCESS 2025-2026

Sessions presented by the IL Science Steering Committee

January 30, 2026 January 30, 2026

❄️❄️ Will County Regional Office of Education ❄️❄️

February PD Focus: Instruction February PD Focus: Instruction

Co-Teaching Strategies: Implementing Specially Designed Instruction Co-Teaching Strategies: Implementing Specially Designed Instruction

February 11th from 9am - 12pm

Full STEAM Ahead: STEAM Instruction for Equity Full STEAM Ahead: STEAM Instruction for Equity

February 11th from 10am - 12pm

February 27, 2026 February 27, 2026

Institute Day Opportunities Institute Day Opportunities

Evaluator Training and Retraining Options Evaluator Training and Retraining Options

Offered Monthly! Offered Monthly!

Initial Training

Retraining

Got Teachers Who Want to Be Principals? Got Teachers Who Want to Be Principals?

Scholarships are Available Scholarships are Available

Are Your Partnerships Productive? Are Your Partnerships Productive?

Professional Learning and Collaboration Professional Learning and Collaboration

Free at the ROE Free at the ROE

February Networks

Learning Partner. Thought Partner. Change Partner. Learning Partner. Thought Partner. Change Partner.

Inspire Teachers to Inspire Students Inspire Teachers to Inspire Students

Customized Professional Learning Solutions to Meet Your Needs

Let us help you get better at getting better! Let us help you get better at getting better!

School Improvement and Excellence School Improvement and Excellence

Home is Where the Bodies Are (Jeneva Rose) Home is Where the Bodies Are (Jeneva Rose)

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Education: Our Lives Depend on It! Education: Our Lives Depend on It!

Area 1 SEL Hub Area 1 SEL Hub

Guardian Angel Community Services Guardian Angel Community Services

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Elyssa's Mission - Suicide Prevention Elyssa's Mission - Suicide Prevention

WIDA and ACCESS Testing WIDA and ACCESS Testing

On-Demand Workshops from WIDA On-Demand Workshops from WIDA

Sessions presented by the IL Science Steering Committee

Parent and Caregiver Resources for Students with SLD (click here) Parent and Caregiver Resources for Students with SLD (click here)

Virtual Learning Sessions for Educators and Leaders Virtual Learning Sessions for Educators and Leaders