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NEWS YOU CAN USE
Due to the IAPD/IPRA Annual Conference, the IPRA Office will be closed January 21-27. Staff will have limited access to emails/voicemails during this time. If you have an urgent, conference-related issue, you may contact Conference Headquarters beginning Wednesday, January 22 at 312-239-4818.
 
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Winter Directors Workshop - Building Positive Partnerships with Parents - 3/14/14
Bartlett Park District
9:30AM - 11:30AM

Event Registration Deadline Date: 3/12/14
Registration Fees: $25M/$35NM
CEUs: 0.2
 
Event Description: Allies, not Adversaries: Building Positive Partnerships with Parents. Parents can be seen at times as obstacles to teachers' ability to help children meet goals in the program. This workshop presents strategies that create positive partnerships between parents and teachers/program leaders that lead to increased success for children. Recognizing the importance of winning parents' trust and establishing good communication patterns starting at intake are key to this process.

 
CALENDAR/UPCOMING EVENTS
IPRA Open House - Networking After Hours & Association Update - 2/19/14
IPRA Headquarters - Banquet Room, 2nd Floor
5:30PM - 7:30PM

All Night Teen Ski Trip - 2/21/14-2/22/14

Chestnut Mountain Ski Resort

IPRA Networking Event: Young Professionals & Students - 2/27/14

Lucky Strike Lombard
3:00PM - 6:00PM
 
CONFERENCE
Registrations will not be accepted after January 17, 2014; registrations not postmarked or faxed by January 17, 2014 will be returned. However, onsite registration begins at 7:30 a.m. on January 23, 2014. Please contact CTE, our registration company, at either ilparks2014@cteusa.com or 847/759-4279 with any registration questions.
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JOB OPPORTUNITIES
Here are some of our latest job posts - to view the complete listing, click here!

  • Manager of Finance and Personnel, Worth Park District
  • Banquet Sales and Event Coordinator, Lockport Township Park District
  • Groundskeeper (Full-time), National University of Health Sciences
  • Executive Assistant, Glen Ellyn Park District
Have a job to post? It's easy and affordable with IPRA - click here!
 
NEWS ABOUT MEMBERS
The Des Plaines Park District welcomes Matt Hartnett, CPRP, as the new Aquatics and Youth Programs Manager, effective January 6. Hartnett will be responsible for managing Iroquois and Chippewa neighborhood pools and the Mystic Waters Family Aquatic Center during the summer, as well as Youth Programs including year-round Learn-to-Swim lessons, Fantastic Fridays, Middle School Drop-Ins, School Day-Off Programs, and youth trips.
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SECTION/COMMITTEE INFO
Recreation Section: Social Committee Meeting - 1/17/14
Downers Grove Park District
1:00PM - 3:00PM

Communications & Marketing Section Annual Meeting - 1/23/14
Hyatt Regency Chicago
5:15PM - 6:30PM

Therapeutic Recreation Section Annual Meeting & Awards - 1/23/14
Hyatt Regency Chicago
6:00PM - 7:30PM

IPRA Annual Meeting - 1/24/14

Hyatt Regency Chicago
5:00PM - 6:30PM

Diversity Section Scavenger Hunt - 1/24/14
Hyatt Regency Chicago
8:00PM - 9:00PM
 
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