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Illinois Park and Recreation
NEWS YOU CAN USE
Dr Pepper Snapple Group and KaBOOM! are excited to offer $15,000 Let's Play Playground Construction Grants to qualifying organizations using the KaBOOM! community-build model. Grantees will plan their project and share best practices and challenges through the KaBOOM! website.
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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Event Date: Sept. 22, 10 AM - 12 PM
Location: online
Contact: Heather Weishaar
630-376-1911
Speaker: Sarah Gadola-Gallagher, Deputy Public Access Counselor, Illinois Attorney General's Office
Participants will learn about the changes to FOIA, and will learn about their responsibilities under the act as public bodies.
Registration deadline: 9-15.
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Date: Oct. 4, - 10 AM - 1:30 PM
Location: Glenview Park District (specific facility TBD)
Contact: Sheila Mulvey-Tatoris
Contact Phone: 630-376-1911
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We will discuss our increasingly complex operating environment and the need to build bridges of understanding between recreation professionals and internal business partners. Attendees will explore the benefits of building a personal brand philosophy and identity as a way to improve organizational efficiency, cooperation and your own professional image.
Who Should Attend? Any professionals involved in the delivery of recreational programs (such as recreation superintendents, directors, supervisors, facility managers and assistant managers) as well as business office staff including accounting, marketing, human resources, safety and technology.
Presented by:
- Chuck Balling, Executive Director, Glenview Park District. Chuck holds a B.S. in parks and recreation administration from Eastern Illinois University and an M.A. from DePaul University, School for New Learning. He is an active practitioner and leader in the field of parks, recreation and conservation and has more than 30 years of experience at the Naperville, Homewood-Flossmoor, Elmhurst and Gurnee Park districts. Since March 2006, he has served as executive director of the Glenview Park District.
- Barb Cremin, Superintendent of Administrative Operations, Glenview Park District. Barb has a B.S. in psychology from Loyola University. She has had a professional certification in human resources (PHR) and extensive experience in both the public and private sectors in managing customer service and other operational areas.
- Laila Bashia, Human Resource Manager, Glenview Park District. Laila completed her undergraduate degree at Marquette University and earned her master’s human resource management (with distinction) from the Keller Graduate School of Management. She holds professional certification in human resources (PHR) and is an active member of the Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM).
Date: Oct. 5, 9 AM
Location: Bartlett Park District, 696 W. Stearns Road, Bartlett
Contact: Sue Leninger
Contact Phone: 630-540-4812
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Many of these changes were made to reduce the cost of workers’ compensation claims and will also put safeguards into place to prevent abuses. You will learn all the details about the reform act from two attorneys specializing in workers’ compensation law.
Presented by: Mike Rusin, JD/Firm President and Managing Partner of the Workers’ Compensation Department, Rusin Maciorowski, JD-Northwestern University School of Law and Jeff Powell, JD/Associate-Valparaiso University School of Law
Learning Outcomes: • Participants will learn how the changes affect the cost of workers’ compensation claims. • Participants will learn how employees will be affected if they have a workers’ compensation claim.
Date: Oct. 7, 9 AM
Location: The Glen Club, 2901 West Lake Ave., Glenview, IL 60026
Contact: Sheila Mulvey-Tatoris
Contact Phone: 630-376-1911
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We will discuss the increasingly complex expectations of parents who push for higher levels of coaching, better facilities and resources while fun and sportsmanship is diminished as the emphasis of winning and higher levels of competition increases. The forum will be a great opportunity for athletic directors, superintendents, executive directors and even commissioners to learn about important research showing the many benefits of emphasizing fun, good sportsmanship, teamwork and lifelong participation versus trying to produce the next star athlete.
Who Should Attend? Athletic Directors, Superintendents, Executive Directors and Community Leaders
Presented By:
- Dr. Skye Arthur-Banning, Community Sport Management, Clemson University. Dr. Arthur-Banning has worked on various programming and sportsmanship initiatives, teaches about outcome-based programming in community recreation programs, offers seminars for parents and coaches on ethical behavior in sport and focuses on reducing obesity through increased sport participation as well as having provided several key note addresses to recreation agencies and state and national organizations around the US and Canada. In addition, Dr. Arthur-Banning officiates professional and NCAA Soccer and brings those program experiences to the presentation.
- Dr. Mary Sara Wells, Community Recreation and Youth Development, University of Utah. Dr. Wells has been researching sportsmanship issues in youth sport for the past nine years. She has presented at many national and regional conferences about the benefits of recreation programming, sportsmanship and obesity. She continues to work with various county recreation programs across the country to evaluate program effectiveness and participation. Her expertise in research and evaluation has been sought out by community programs all around the country.
Sponsored by: Glenview Park District, Illinois Park and Recreation Association & Character Counts! in Glenview
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CONFERENCE
Click here for the Preliminary Program. Hard copies will be available in the September/October issue of Illinois Parks & Recreation magazine.
Conference registration will be open in the next few weeks.
NEWS ABOUT MEMBERS
The IPRA Today eNewsletter now features a "News About Members" section. This is a place to highlight promotions, moves, new employees, etc. We can only report what is reported to us, so please help IPRA help you stay connected to your colleagues. Please email Heather Weishaar with news that you’d like to share!
Roback is a Des Plaines resident and graduate of the District 62 and District 207 school system. She has a B.S. in education from Loyola University in Chicago, and more than 14 years of teaching experience. She spent eight years at the Northwest Suburban Special Education Organization, based in Arlington Heights, an Illinois public school special education cooperative, working with students with disabilities. For the past several years, Roback was director of elementary education for the Academic Tutoring Center in Park Ridge.
A mother of four, Roback is passionate about instilling a love of learning in children. "We are dedicated to providing a happy and nurturing atmosphere where your children can develop a positive self-image and build the foundation for their future educational endeavors," said Roback. "Kelly is a perfect fit with our early education team," said Karyn Roth, recreation supervisor. "Her teaching experiences will help promote the social, emotional, and cognitive development of our pre-school children."
For more information about early education classes, call Karyn Roth at 847-391-5700. Registration is still open for Parent/Tot classes as well as classes for children ages 2 1/2 - 5. A complete listing of classes is available in the Fall Spectrum or on line at http://www.dpparks.org/
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RESOURCES/SURVEYS
Do you have a question you'd like us to ask our members? Do you need insight on an issue or policy question? IPRA will conduct monthly surveys and will share the results with you. Please email Jan Arnold with your question.
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