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COVID-19For Educators IASA Partners with University of Chicago, IEA onWebinar Series

There are many questions about COVID-19 and its effects on students and schools. To help school districts with these concerns, the Illinois Association of School Administrators accepted an invite from the Illinois Education Association to participate in a new webinar series led by ECHO Chicago, part of The University of Chicago. The webinar series is a chance for school districts to hear from medical experts, based in Illinois, about public health concerns related to reopening school. The first webinar provides an overview of COVID-19, including symptoms for children and adults, and why advice

sometimes changes or is updated. The webinar is divided into two sessions, grades preK–5 and grades 6–12. The second webinar is titled, “An ideal approach for schools.” It is also divided into sessions based on grade levels. Each 75-minute session includes a brief didactic lecture by Dr. Daniel Johnson, Director of ECHO-Chicago and Pediatric Infectious Disease Specialist at the University of Chicago Medicine. The didactic will be followed by Q&A with the expert panel. IASA Executive Director Dr. Brent Clark and Audrey Soglin, executive director of the IEA, are also presenters on the webinars.

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