Susan Kondrat

Exciting News! 🌟 Elmhurst CUSD 205 is looking for talented and passionate Educational Assistants to join our dedicated team! 📚🏫 This is a great opportunity for everyone including recent high school grads and/or local area residents. Join us at the job fair! #WeAreD205

For young children less can sometimes be more.

New research shows play-based learning can be more effective than direct instruction at improving outcomes for early learners—particularly in the development of mathematical and spatial skills. edutopia.org/article/young-…

After eagerly counting down the days, students at @MadisonD205 had the opportunity to meet their newly hatched chicks this week! #IgniteD205

Whether our schools are virtual, in-person, or hybrid our #supportstaff is the glue that holds our schools and communities together and we see you working tirelessly for our students when they need us the most! #Thankyouall #EducationalSupportProfessionalsDay

Kindergarten is designed for young children, who learn best by doing. Literacy and math are covered, but make-believe and mastering the playground are also critical elements. "Kindergarten matters a lot.” @lrmongeau ow.ly/FoRZ50CdanG

Geometry doesn’t have to be just reciting shape names. 4 Kids’ Books Packed with Geometry: earlymath.erikson.edu/4-kids-books-g… #kidsbooks #kids #books #parenting #parents

@HNoncek @MadisonD205 @ColleenCook82 Loved all the strategies they shared that they will try with their students! We have some amazing PSRPs in this district!!! #visuals #waittime #positiverelationships #regulate #relate #reason #IgniteD205 @MadisonD205 @KondratSusan

@E_Sheninger This is how early childhood works and what we are using for remote as well! Kids and families are engaged and learning!

Asynchronous Remote Learning Is The Most Humane Way To Teach This School Year buff.ly/3jNZWRt

Halloween & Animal Fun Exploring Big, Bigger, and Biggest. Two story books that have fun w/ measurement: earlymath.erikson.edu/halloween-and-… #halloween #kidsbooks

@MissLeiber So true! And look how engaged they are when they have hands in activities that are play based! Great job!!

If Congress doesn’t provide necessary relief for the child care industry, 4.5 million child care slots are at risk of disappearing, according to @NAEYC & @CAPEarlyEd data. @SenDuckworth vote for COVID relief with $50B to #SaveChildCare.

We get one life. It is only in genuine service to others that any of us ever approaches the best of humanity. Let's not just remember that, let's strive to live that more now than ever. #SaturdayMorning #satchat

A quick mindfulness activity with Miss Sarah our SW streaming in and our bodies felt much better!

@LilaFox1978 @patrickbaker13 @MadisonD205 Adult staff does their own self certification with temp check. Every adult visitor that doesn’t work in district is temperature screened by staff and every child is temperature screened in addition to parent verification by staff before entering our building.

@patrickbaker13 @MadisonD205 @KondratSusan Quick question: Is anyone ON STAFF checking the kids' and adults' temperatures before they enter the buildings? I'm hearing no. Just want to get my facts right and not hear gossip.

Early Childhood students arriving today @MadisonD205 - so exciting! Not even the rain could stop @KondratSusan and her team!

@GjatajMaster @D205Ss @JacksonD205 Me too! Seeing play happening is amazing!

@D205Ss @JacksonD205 Yes!!! This makes my heart so happy!

I made it to kinder to see some play-based centers in action today! #ignited205 @JacksonD205

We are happy to welcome back the first groups of students today, including students at @MadisonD205 Early Childhood Center!