ILMEA District 5 Fall Professional Development Workshop 2026

South Side School (Effingham, IL)

Oct 09, 2026

Come join ILMEA District 5’s Fall Professional Development Workshop: 


Date
Friday, October 9th (8:30am-11:45 pm)

Location
South Side School
211 W. Douglas Ave
Effingham, IL

Schedule
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM:     Registration / Breakfast
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM:   Professional Development Sessions (session info below)
10:30 AM - 10:45 AM:  Break
10:45 AM - 11:45 AM:   Teacher Share-Out
11:45 AM: End

PD Session Info
Choose from one of these sessions:

A) "Culture Building in Marching Band" - F. Mack Wood (Associate Director of Bands/Director of the Big Red Marching Machine, Illinois State University)

B) "Finding Twang for Contemporary Musical Theatre Voice" - Lara Brooks (Clinical Assistant Professor of Voice & Lyric Theatre, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)

C) "Song-Games, Strategies and SongWorks Teaching Principles for EGM and Choir" - Katie Herzberg (St. John's Lutheran School- Mattoon)

Cost
$35 for current ILMEA members
$60 for nonmembers

2.5 hours of PD provided. Light breakfast option included with registration. 

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