Don’t miss the IAMME 2010 Spring Event!

(Download a registration form above.)

Thursday, May 13, 2010, 6:30 PM

WHAT COMES AFTER NCLB?
The Reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA/NCLB):
Considerations for English Language Learners

A Discussion with José A. Rico about the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans

Where:
Fountain Blue Banquets and Conference Center
2300 Mannheim Road
Des Plaines, Illinois 60018
(just north of Touhy Ave on Mannheim Rd)
Free Parking Available

When:
Onsite Registration & Check-in 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 13, 2010
Presentation 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

José Rico is the deputy director of the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans. Named to his post on Feb. 1, 2010, Rico helps carry out President Obama’s efforts to improve the academic achievement of Hispanic students. He came to the US Department of Education as a senior adviser in the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education on April 2009.

Rico is a graduate of the Chicago Public Schools. He has served as a science teacher at Latino Youth Alternative High School in Chicago. He also worked at the University of Illinois–Chicago’s Small Schools Workshop to help develop small, innovative learning communities in public schools. More recently, after participating in the New Leaders for New Schools program, at National Louis University, Rico became the first principal at the Multicultural Arts High School which opened in 2005. Rico served as the founding principal of the school when he joined USDE last year.

Registration Deadline is Monday, May 10, 2010

Complimentary hors d’oeuvres and soft drinks, Cash Bar Current IAMME Members:
$5.00 Non-IAMME members/renewals: $40.00 (includes 1 year IAMME membership)

For further information, please call (224) 366-8530 or send an email to iamme@iamme.org.
Mail in registration form with payment (credit cards or checks).
Onsite registration available.

Directions: The Fountain Blue Banquets and Conference Center is conveniently located near O’Hare Airport and is accessible to several highways. From I-294 North and South, as well as I-90 East and West, follow signs toward O’Hare Airport. Exit at Mannheim North. Proceed North for 3 lights. Fountain Blue is just North of Touhy Avenue on Mannheim Road just past the Radisson Hotel where several IAMME events have been held in the past.

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For more information on upcoming events, please visit the Illinois Resource Center (IRC).