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Welcome to the Teaching, Learning & Innovation Webpage. Here you will find links to information regarding the curriculum that is taught in CCSD93 and the instruction that goes on in CCSD93. Curriculum refers to what is taught to students.
CCSD 93 has the following areas of study:
- English Language Arts
- Mathematics
- Music (general and instrumental)
- Physical Education
- Related Arts (6-8)
- Science
- Social Science
- Visual Arts
- World Languages
Instruction refers to how the curriculum is taught. Teachers use best practices in their content areas to address a wide range of learning styles in their classrooms. Differentiation and other instructional strategies ensure each student has the potential to grow to mastery.
Personalized Learning in District 93
Educators use interactive texts, videos, animations, and other features in digital instructional programs to provide more dynamic, personalized lessons with assessment tools that determine in real-time each student’s level of performance to help teachers quickly identify academic strengths and weaknesses.
The Teaching, Learning & Innovation Department is committed to providing all stakeholders with important information and helpful resources to ensure the success of our students. You will find under the content section of the page:
- Assessment information
- Standards
- ELL/Bilingual Program information
- Parent Links
- Professional Development (staff must be logged in to view this page)
- Standards Based Reporting
Teaching, Learning & Innovation Staff
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CCSD93's Teaching, Learning, & Innovation Office can be reached at 630-539-3145.
Or contact individual department staff members using the email addresses below.
Assistant Superintendent for Teaching, Learning, & Innovation
Jonathan Zimmermann
zimmerj@ccsd93.comDirector for Teaching & Learning
Susan Grady
gradys@ccsd93.comDirector for Innovation & Technology
Andrew Fekete
feketea@ccsd93.comDirector for English Language Services
Mireya Sanchez
sanchem@ccsd93.comCoordinator for English Language Services
Magdalena Silva
silvam@ccsd93.comCoordinator for Elementary School Curriculum
Amber Reedy, Ed.D.
reedya@ccsd93.comCoordinator for Middle School Curriculum
Katie Girardot
girardk@ccsd93.comNetwork Administrator
Tim Musa
musat@ccsd93.comSystems Engineer
Brian Alcock
alcockb@ccsd93.comStudent Database Specialist
Cathy Drobysh
drobysc@ccsd93.comAdmin Assistant for Teaching, Learning, & Innovation
Liz Gutierrez
gutierl@ccsd93.comAdmin Assistant for Teaching, Learning, & Innovation
Carol Boyle
cboyle@ccsd93.comAdmin Assistant for Teaching, Learning, & Innovation
Getsemani Valdez
valdezg@ccsd93.com
Heritage Lakes Hatchings: Learning About Chicks in 1st Grade
In 1st grade, a key learning standard that students explore is lifecycles, and a terrific example is that of a chicken. During the springtime, many CCSD93 1st graders examine these birds’ development firsthand by hosting and observing eggs from incubation to hatched chicks in their classrooms. Find out more about what Heritage Lakes students learned from the experience!
Kids Heart Challenge in CCSD93!
For more than 20 years, CCSD93 elementary schools have proudly participated in the American Heart Association’s Kids Heart Challenge, raising funds for lifesaving heart research while promoting physical activity and emotional wellbeing. Through fun kickoff events and celebrations featuring a wide range of PE play stations, students learn the importance of staying active and healthy.
D93 Kids Foundation Keeps Students Warm With Coats for Kids
The D93 Kids Foundation is CCSD93’s nonprofit arm, which seeks to support the district's students to maximize their potential by providing warm winter apparel, school supplies and additional necessary resources to those experiencing need.
Western Trails Students See the Potential!
For American Education Week, Western Trails hosted themed days highlighting the efforts of the school and its students all week. Today, they capped it all off with “See the Potential Day," where students were encouraged to think and talk about what they want to be when they’re older, including future aspirations for jobs, higher education or careers. They were invited to represent the day by wearing a shirt of their favorite school or university.
Jay Stream Students Explore Potential Professions at Career Day!
Jay Stream Middle School hosted Career Day in partnership with Junior Achievement. All students visited their choice of three out of nearly 30 professionals who were on hand representing a wide variety of potential careers, including lawyers, an electrician, an engineer, police officers, researchers, realtors, a video producer, several medical specialists, firefighters and many more.
CCSD93 Summer STEAM Camp 2024!
Over 300 students from CCSD93 took part in Summer STEAM Camp. They collaborated on hands-on projects with peers from across the district, focusing on a different aspect of science, technology, engineering, arts, and math each morning!
Carol Stream 5th Graders Leave Legacy Behind Through Published Works!
Before moving on from Carol Stream Elementary, the school’s 5th graders created works to leave their mark on the school. Collaborating in small groups, they storyboarded, wrote, animated and published fictional narratives where characters employ the “3 P’s”--perseverance, productive struggle and problem solving--to find success. Each group’s Legacy Book was bound into a physical copy and gifted to a younger grade’s class, where it will live on in the classroom library to teach others how to overcome obstacles for years to come! Watch this video to find out more!
Heritage Lakes School Friday Live Announcements
Every Friday at Heritage Lakes, the entire school tunes in to important updates being broadcast in real time from the school’s Innovation Center, produced by the dedicated members of the Live Announcements Club.
A Day In The Life Of A CCSD93 Kindergartener!
Come join us for an exclusive look into a day in the life of the youngest elementary students in CCSD93! Discover the diverse learning experiences and exciting opportunities awaiting our young learners in the video here!
Roy DeShane Students Master Chess Moves
At Roy DeShane, students have been meeting regularly before school this year for Chess Club, learning its rules and strategy and facing off against one another. It started out for 4th and 5th graders, and now 3rd graders are learning the game of kings, while the older students are invited to return as expert coaches! Check out this video for more!
Egg Wars at Jay Stream: Yolk Love It
For decades, Jay Stream 7th graders have participated in Egg Wars! Students start out by designing a device meant to protect an egg, and as they learn concepts of physics throughout the trimester, they continuously tweak its design applying what they've learned to best protect their egg.
Dual Language 4th Graders Take on Cross-District Project
4th grade students in CCSD93’s Dual Language program recently wrote imaginative stories, recorded themselves reading them aloud and posted them to FlipGrid, an educational video sharing app. They then worked together across the District by watching the videos of their peers at Cloverdale, Elsie Johnson and Heritage Lakes. It was a terrific opportunity for the students to practice their oracy and collaborate with classmates from different schools!
Elsie Johnson Students Identify What Makes Their School Special
Recently, Elsie Johnson 1st graders completed a social studies unit on special locations by identifying what makes their school special to them. Each made a patch of their unique perspective, and the patches have been combined into a grade-wide quilt that celebrates the school!
CCSD93 Middle School Wellness Rooms: Proactively Meeting Students' Social and Emotional Needs
Each CCSD93 middle school is introducing a Wellness Room as a new facet of SEL in CCSD93. District behavior data indicates that a significant need among many students is the ability to self-regulate their emotions, and Wellness Rooms are calming spaces intentionally designed and operated to meet this very need.