Welcome to Inside Gateways!

Inside Gateways is a quarterly e-newsletter highlighting important issues in early care and education, school-age and youth development in Illinois.

Past Issues of Inside Gateways

Summer 2010
- Front Page
- Credential Corner: Winnie Howell and Vicky Foster
- Lilian Katz: Reflections—Dispositions as Goals in the Early Years
- Practices, Programs, and Publications
  - Illinois Association for Early Childhood Teacher Educators (ILAECTE): Kathy Sheridan
  - Training Delivery Strategies and Techniques from the 2010 Summitt
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Spring 2010
- Front Page
- Credential Corner: Marie Chandel Spurgeon and Neidra Travis
- Lilian Katz: Reflections—Distinctions between a Child's Culture and a Child's Heritage
- Practices, Programs, and Publications
  - Baby TALK: Deb Widenhofer
  - An Interview with Sonia Soltero
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Winter 2010
- Front Page
- Credential Corner: Tonnette Williams-Harrison and Patty Miller
- Lilian Katz: Reflections—Dilemmas in Teacher Education: The Coverage versus Mastery Dilemma
- Practices, Programs, and Publications
  - Statewide Training Calendar
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Fall 2009
- Front Page
- Profiles in Leadership: Gayle Mindes, Cheryl Bulat, Johnna Darragh
- Lilian Katz: Reflections—Dilemmas in Teacher Education: Current Practices versus Innovative Practices
- Current Early Care and Education and School-Age and Youth Initiatives: Gateways to Opportunity Registry
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Summer 2009
- Front Page
- Profiles in Leadership: Rob Derry, Ted Burke, and Susan Fowler
- Lilian Katz: Reflections—Making the Most of a Short Preschool Day
- Current Early Care and Education and School-Age and Youth Initiatives:
  - National Professional Development Center on Inclusion (NPDCI)
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Spring 2009
- Front Page
- Profiles in Leadership: Mike Heathfield and Stacie Haley
- Lilian Katz: Reflections—Building a Foundation for Future Learning
- Current Early Care and Education and School-Age and Youth Initiatives:
  - The Evolution of School-Age and Youth within Gateways to Opportunity
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Winter 2009
- Front Page
- Profiles in Leadership: Tim Walker and Penny Williams Wolford
- Lilian Katz: Reflections—Asking Children Questions
- Current Early Care and Education and School-Age and Youth Initiatives:
  - Illinois' Tool for Early Childhood Excellence and Educators (I-TEACHe)
  - Program Administration Scale (PAS)
  - Business Administration Scale (BAS)
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Fall 2008
- Front Page
- Profiles in Leadership: Candace Lewis and Sue Moustakas
- Lilian Katz: Reflections—The Terms We Use!
- Current Early Care and Education and School-Age and Youth Initiatives:
  - Who's Caring for the Kids 2008 Report
  - Gateways to Opportunity Scholarship Program
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Summer 2008
- Front Page
- Profiles in Leadership: Elva DeLuna and George Davis
- Lilian Katz: Reflections—Academic and Intellectual Goals: Addressing Both in Early Education
- Current Early Care and Education School-Age and Youth Initiatives:
  - Teacher Preparation Assistance Grants from the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE)
  - Illinois Early Childhood Asset Map (IECAM)
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Spring 2008
- Front Page
- Profiles in Leadership: Joyce Weiner and Renee DeBerry
- Lilian Katz: Reflections—Points for Early Childhood Professionals
- Current Early Care and Education School-Age and Youth Initiatives:
  - Strengthening Families Illinois
  - Carole Robertson Center for Learning
  - Malone's Early Learning Center
  - Illinois School-Age and Youth (I-SAY) Credential
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Winter 2008
- Front Page
- Profiles in Leadership: Holly Knicker and Anne Wharff
- Lilian Katz: Reflections—Does Teacher Training Matter?
- Current Early Care and Education School-Age and Youth Initiatives:
  - Associate of Arts in Teaching (AAT) degree in Early Childhood Education (ECE)
  - Bilingual Early Childhood Certification Assistance Program (BECCA)
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Fall 2007
- Front Page
- Profiles in Leadership: Cass Wolfe and Jeanne Anderson
- Lilian Katz: Reflections—Professional Responses in the Early Childhood Classroom
- Current Early Care and Education Initiatives:
  - Illinois Quality Counts: Quality Rating System (QRS)
  - Core Credential and Infant Toddler Credential
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Summer 2007
- Front Page
- Head Start, Child Care, and PreK Collaborations in Illinois
  - Illinois Head Start Collaboration Office
  - City of Rockford Head Start
  - Champaign County Regional Planning Commission Head Start
  - Southern Seven Health Department Head Start
- Lilian Katz: Reflections—Developmental Curriculum Principles
- References and Resources
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March 2007
- Front Page
- Specialized Mentoring Program Creates a Continuous Learning Culture
- Professional Learning Communities Help Teachers Reflect on Learning
- Building on Teachers' Strengths Through the use of Videotapes
- Lilian Katz: Reflections—Becoming a Student of Your Own Teaching
- References and Resources
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November 2006
- Front Page
- Preschool For All
- Lilian Katz: Reflections—Standards of Experience
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June 2006
- Front Page
- Innovative Practices in Higher Education
  - Greenville College, Greenville, Illinois
  - Kendall College, Chicago, Illinois
- Lilian Katz: Reflections—Respecting the Learner
- References and Resources
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March 2006
- Front Page
- Professional Development Advisors
- Experience at Work
- Lilian Katz: Reflections—Professional Development Advisors
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December 2005
- Front Page
- Level One Credential
- Lilian Katz: Reflections—Developmental Stages of Teachers
- The Developmental Stages of Teachers
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