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Initiatives
Initiatives
Adventure / Challenge Education
Trained facilitators provide student development activities that nurture positive social interactions and help create a cohesive and safe learning enviornment. Held at your school or at one of our team-building sites throughout the metropolitan Chicagoland area, activities include portable, low and high ropes courses, leadership camps, and empowering alteratives to in-school suspension.
The Chicago Teachers’ Center is one of the few organizations in the Midwest that provides a comprehensive approach to team-building, one which models for schools how intellectual activity can be an integral part of group-focused challenges. CTC is also in the forefront of introducing Motivational Interviewing, which can counter violence and other negative behavior while improving retention.
Research Base and Opportunities
The project methodology is based on reasearch from Harvard's Project Zero, Jeffrey Wilhelm, the National Educational Longitudinal Survey and the Office of Educational Research and Improvement.
Professional Development Partnerships
Adventure Stage Chicago, Art Intitute of Chicago, Berwyn Arts Council, Berwyn South District 100, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Chicago Public Schools Office of Arts Education, Beacon Street Gallery
Funding Sources
Arts at the Center has been funded by grants from the U.S. Department of Education, the Illinois Arts Council, Polk Bros Foundation, Searle Funds at the Chicago Community Trust, Terra Foundation of American Art, the Annenberg Foundation, and Kraft Foods, Inc.
Contact Information
Richard Rutschman, Ed.D.
(312) 563-7156
R-Rutschman@neiu.edu
David Stephens
(312) 563-7168
d-stephens@neiu.edu
Ellen Zipprich
(312) 563-7132
e-zipprich@neiu.edu