Teacher Collaborators

To provide sustained support for Chancellor’s Academy participants as they implement and re-explore new teaching strategies during the academic year, the Center created the Teacher Collaborator Project. The goal of the Teacher Collaborator project is to refocus professional development from the occasional workshop to contextualized, classroom focused, ongoing learning based on reflection, collaboration, and joint action. Haeny Yoon, Teacher Collaborator for grades K-5 and Phil Wilder, Teacher Collaborator for grades 6-12 are the Center's first two teacher collaborators.

Haeny Yoon joins the Center after teaching seven years in Unit 4 as both a fourth grade and second grade classroom teacher. During her tenure in Champaign, Haeny led several staff development activities related to literacy including teaching board-credit courses district-wide, mentoring teachers, and modeling lessons for both teachers and administrators. She is particularly interested in children's writing development. As the Elementary Teacher Collaborator, Haeny's portfolio will include working with teachers to further sustainable, comprehensive, and effective literacy instruction in grades K-5.

After ten years of teaching high school students at Joliet West High School and Champaign's Central High School, Phillip Wilder joins the Center as the Secondary Teacher Collaborator. Phillip specializes in content area literacy, meta-cognitive strategies, and multiliteracies. In his role as Teacher Collaborator, Phillip will work with teachers to promote a deepened understanding of secondary literacy learners and effective literacy practices across the content areas.

Haeny Yoon ’s School Visit Schedule

Cycle 2: November-January

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Prairie Elementary School	Stratton Elementary School	Staff Day	Thomas Paine Elementary School	Flossie Wiley Elementary School

Cycle 3: February- March

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Canaan Academy	Canaan Academy	Staff Day	Leal Elementary School	Leal Elementary School

Cycle 4: April-May

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Prairie Elementary School	Stratton Elementary School	Staff Day	Thomas Paine Elementary School	Flossie Wiley Elementary School

Phil Wilder’s School Visit Schedule

Cycle 1: September/October

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Urbana High School	Urbana High School	Staff Day	Champaign Central	Champaign Central

Cycle 2: November

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Jefferson Middle School	Jefferson Middle School	Staff Day	Jefferson Middle School	Jefferson Middle School

Cycle 2: December

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Centennial High School	Centennial High School	Staff Day	Centennial High School	Centennial High School

Cycle 3: January

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Urbana High School	Urbana High School	Staff Day	Urbana High School	Urbana High School

Cycle 3: February

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Central High School	Central High School	Staff Day	Central High School	Central High School

Cycle 4: March

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Franklin Middle School	Franklin Middle School	Staff Day	Franklin Middle School	Franklin Middle School

Cycle 4: April

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Centennial High School	Centennial High School	Staff Day	Centennial High School	Centennial High School