NCRBC News
May 2013 Summer Chess Meet and Greets-Starved Rock Chess League
All Meet and Greets will be at Peru City Hall 1901 Fourth St. All events on Thursday June 6th, June 20th, July 18th, and August 1st. All time 1:00-3:00
Sponsored by Ford Farms, PDQ, S&J Electric, and NCRBC
March 2013 NCRBC Chess Meet and Greet! Our next event is Saturday April 13th 2013 at Peru City Hall Community Building. Students in grades 3-5 and 6-8 invited. Registration is at 9:00 and the intramural meet and greet runs 9:30 to 11:30. This is a predecessor to forming a regional interscholastic chess league in the fall. For more information contact DeAnna Carlson at dcarlson.usa@gmail.com.
November 2012- NCRBC today is introducing its newest service: Podcasts for Educational Excellence. With a multitude of challenges and opportunities in education, the goal of Podcasts for Educational Excellence is to focus in on key issues and improvement options in a long interview format. The debut guest is Debra Kasperski. Kasperski is the Director of the National Board Resource Center Center at Illinois State University. Their mission is to advance teacher quality through National Board Certification. In the interview, listeners will be able to learn how National Board Certified Teachers, through rigorous course work, are prepared to effectively communicate with students who may come to school with different degrees of obstacles. Additional Podcasts will be added to the site on an ongoing basis. If you would like to be notified when additional Podcasts become available please send an email to info@ncrbc.net. Many thanks to Invisual Technologies of Spring Valley, NCRBC Board Member Hugo Heredia and his wife Jennifer Heredia for making Podcasts for Educational Excellence possible.
Summer 2012 NCRBC teamed up Dr. Jerry Corcoran and Fran Brolley from Illinois Valley Community College to help get our shared message out about the importance of higher education in economic development. There is now abundant research showing that communities which place a high priority of education become better positioned to attract good quality high paying jobs. The IVCC presentation quoted editorials from the Chicago Tribune and Census data to drive home these points. NCRBC Board members facilitated several of the presentations at regional Rotary, Kiwanis, and Business Development meetings. If your group would be interested in hearing this presentation please contact us at jburt@ncrbc.net
November 2011
The North Central Regional Betterment Coalition congratulate the 40 Under 40 entrepreneurs and business people recently assembled by the Illinois Small Business Development Center at IVCC. The NCRBC has long believed that fostering the development and providing ongoing support to the younger professionals of LaSalle, Bureau, and Putnam county is one of the keys to economic revitalization.
We encourage you to read more about these key assets to our community here...
and here.
July 2011
The North Central Regional Betterment Coalition presents its 2011 Annual Report.
We encourage to like us on Facebook, and follow the Share The Change Blog. Click here to see the report...
June 2011
Teachers are the most important resource we have for producing better educated kids. Better educated kids are the key to economic prosperity in today's world. However, not all teachers are equal. Some teachers, in an effort to be the most effective teachers they can possibly be, undergo the rigor of what is called National Board Certification. The NCRBC believes these teachers are very special. They should be celebrated in the community and well paid by their employers.
See the list!
March 2011
Moving Forward, Sharing the Change Exchange Blog Established
Join the conversation at the Share the Change Exchange Blog. Read the latest and voice your opinion!
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March 2011
Moving Forward, Sharing the Change
The Illinois P-20 Council is a statewide coordinating body composed of a diverse group of leaders in education charged with the responsibility of making recommendations at all levels of education in Illinois.
Read about the IL P-20 Council here.
Learn how YOU can participate here.
January 2011
NCRBC Votes to Support the 3/50 Project
At its January meeting the Board of Directors of the North Central Regional Betterment Coalition unanimously voted to support the 3/50 Project, and to encourage everyone in LaSalle, Bureau, and Putnam County to do the same. The design of the 3/50 Project is to encourage everyone to spend at least $50 a month across the 3 most self determined important local stores in your community.
Read our Position Paper on this important subject here.
December 2010
The Educational Advocacy Committee of the NCRBC believes one of the keys to better educational outcomes includes a greater level of Parental Engagement.
Read our Position Paper on this important subject here.
To learn more about the Education Advocacy Committee, click here.