LM Sept 2020

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US Secret ServiceThreat Assessment TeamTraining

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul, in a unique collaboration with the U.S. Secret Service and the Illinois School and Campus Safety Program, is inviting educators across the state to register for a free virtual event scheduled for 9 a.m. to noon on September 18. The National Threat Assessment Center training will guide participants through Enhancing School Safety Using a Threat Assessment Model , the eight-step operational guide it developed from real scenarios.

NTAC presenters will highlight specific cases to provide relevant and realistic context. The training includes the key findings from the study, Protecting America’s Schools, A U.S. Secret Service Analysis of Targeted School Violence. The report examined 41 school attacks that occurred between 2008-2017, in K-12 schools in the U.S. Click the image of the flyer at right for more details and information about how to register.

LaunchingYear 2of GoldenAppleAcceleratorsProgram

The pilot program of the first 30 Golden Apple Accelerators is underway, and the application is open for the next cohort of aspiring educators who want to transition to teaching in 22 different districts in 19 counties in southern, central and western Illinois and address Illinois’ teacher shortage.

The Accelerators program targeted and recruited career changers who hold bachelor’s degrees and college seniors not already in teacher preparation programs. Participants receive up to a $30,000 stipend to apply towards coursework or living expenses as they pursue their teaching license; coursework at a partner university; and will participate in a one-year residency and training program in a targeted partner school district in southern, central or western Illinois. Accelerators will earn their teaching license by the summer of 2022, and they will enter the

teaching profession in the 2022/2023 school year with a job placement in a partner school district. They also receive mentoring from a Golden Apple state-certified evaluator for the first two years of teaching. Accelerators commit to teaching in that partner school district for at least four years. Priority is given to schools in Tier 1 school districts; and, ideally, candidates who live in or near the community with which they will be teaching. If there are those in your community who meet the requirements, please ask them to visit https://www.goldenapple.org/accelerators. There they can both learn about the benefits of the program and apply. A virtual meeting will be held at 12:30 p.m. on Monday, September 14 for those interested in learning more about the program. To receive an invitation to join the meeting, email Alan Mather, president of the Golden Apple Foundation, at mather@goldenapple.org. 10 LM September 2020