Educators Rising Club - Du Quoin Chapter

09/16/2026

We want to give a huge THANK YOU to Indian Village Athletic Club! Your generous donation is greatly appreciated! Thank you for supporting our Future Educators! ❤️🖤

09/16/2026

Our Introduction to Teaching Class went to their first 4H Teen Teacher Program training, hosted at JALC. They learned how to teach three different lessons to bring back to their classrooms. There was also an Ages and Stages session where students learned about how to teach and adapt lessons for students of different ages.

We are excited to partner with 4H! Our students will attend two more trainings through out this school year and get to apply what they learn in their classrooms at the elementary and middle school.

09/05/2026

This Thursday, we had our own Back to School Bash! We set up several stations of challenges in the library. Students worked together to get through these challenges, and if they did, they got free ice-cream! 🍦

We had challenges such as “Guess the Teacher’s Desk”, “Could you Survive as a Teacher?”, Flip the Cup Tic-Tac-Toe, Cup and Roll, and a collaborative string drawing. Students had fun, ate ice-cream, and learned about our Educators Rising Club all at the same time!

05/23/2026

Mrs. Morris' Introduction to Teaching students had the assignment of taking a "Boring Lesson" and making it more engaging. They learned about different engagement strategies and applied them to their lessons. Students then had to teach their lessons to their peers in the class. They taught for the full 45 mintues and some students even had to finish their lessons up on the next day. They planned and executed every part of their lesson plan! Way to go!!

Du Quoin High School
Du Quoin CUSD 300

05/23/2026

🌟It was a Glow Day in Intro to Teaching! 🌟 Students completed their end of the year reflections and then played jeopardy over what they learned this year! Their futures are bright! 😎

05/23/2026

This week, our Introduction to Teaching students finished up their classroom observations. They've gotten the opportunity to work in many different classrooms at the elementary and middle school throughout the school year. During this semester they were in one classroom two days a week helping out, working with students, and getting hand-ons on experience. The goal was for them to work towards teaching a lesson to the class by the end of the year. We are happy to report that all of our Intro to Teaching students taught a lesson on their own and some of them even taught multiple times! These students not only helped in the classrom but they also got to assist on filed trips and other school activities. We are so proud of them and all of their hard work! Thank you Du Quoin Elementary School and DuQuoin Middle School for allowing our students to come in and learn from you!

Du Quoin High School
Du Quoin CUSD 300

05/20/2026

Way to go Kenzie!!!

05/18/2026

Check out this story from WSIU Radio covering our Future Educator Signing Day!

https://www.wsiu.org/education/2026-05-18/program-at-duquoin-high-school-helps-students-get-started-on-teaching-career

Du Quoin High School
Du Quoin CUSD 300

A program at DuQUoin High School is trying to help more students get a head start on a teaching degree. Something that can help continue the positive news towards reducing the teacher shortage.

05/14/2026

Today was our 2nd Annual Signing Day for our future educators! ❤️🍎 We are so proud of all of them and can't wait to see all that they accomplish!

Each future teacher was presented with a Golden Ticket, securing a guaranteed interview following graduation.

A big thank you to the families, students, teachers, administrators and community members who came and showed their support for our future educators!

Du Quoin CUSD 300
Du Quoin High School
John A. Logan College
SIU School of Education
Educators Rising Illinois

05/10/2026

pt. 2 - Thank you teachers!!