Welcome

Gateways to Opportunity is the single statewide professional development support system designed to provide guidance, encouragement, and recognition to individuals and programs serving children, youth, and families. Resources and services provided by Gateways to Opportunity include Credentials, Professional Development Advisors, Great START, Gateways to Opportunity Registry, the Illinois Trainers Network, and Gateways to Opportunity Scholarship Program. For more information about Gateways to Opportunity, please click here.

 

New Links Provide Easier Access to Gateways Programs and Services

Apply for Gateways to Opportunity programs and services through a simplified application process. Click here to access the Participant Application.

 

Keep Informed!

Great START waitlist for new applicants was implemented effective July 1, 2011. Please click here for more information.

 

Illinois Action for Children, Illinois After-school Partnership, Ounce of Prevention, and Voices for Illinois Children provide action alerts to help you stay abreast of state and federal policy and budget decisions that impact services for children, youth, and families. Join thousands of early childhood advocates and call your Senator—Take Action today!

 

The Illinois government has a Web site that allows you to track the progress of various bills and amendments now in progress through the legislature. Go directly to www.ilga.gov/legislation/default.asp.

 

Inside Gateways Newsletter

Read the Spring 2012 issue of the Inside Gateways Newsletter.

Subscribe for your quarterly e-mail issue today!

 

Gateways Registry

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News

 

“Separation Anxiety and Children with Special Needs” and “Transition at Age 3: Leaving the Early Intervention Program” are among the titles of the EI Notes published by the Early Intervention Clearinghouse.

 

To address the need for leaders in the field, in fall 2012 DePaul University’s College of Education will start offering a doctoral degree in education with a focus on early childhood education.

 

Search for—or post—a position in early care and education in Illinois at no cost on the Gateways to Opportunity Job Board.

 

 

 

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