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:
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.