Middle School Conference Registration Deadlines This Week!
General Conference Registration Information
Teacher Assistants Needed!
Conference Facilitators need your help! In an effort to allow conference facilitators and team leaders to dedicate their time and attention to providing the best experience possible for members, we need additional assistance managing student logistics during the conferences.
Selected Teacher Assistants will be requested to supervise student programming each day in return for a free advisor registration. Advisors will sit in the conference room for sessions to coordinate role calls with team leaders ensuring students are in their correct groups, elevate any behavior issues to conference staff, elevate any mental health issues to conference counselor, elevate any health issues to the conference nurse, assist in corresponding with other advisors as necessary to assist with student issues, assist with capturing photos during the event, ensure students are not leaving designated conference facilities, and routinely walk conference facilities to ensure students are in session.
Please submit this form for each respective conference at which you may be interested in serving as a teacher assistant so that confirmations can be made with those selected well in advance of the events for PD planning purposes.
Returning Student Policy
Overall conference capacity has been increased, and the curriculum is once again being updated to allow returning students for Middle School Conferences. Students attending for the first time will be given priority, but returning students can be signed up under the waitlist line on registrations (no charge initially). If a conference does not completely fill to capacity, students will be accepted, and the chapter’s invoice will be updated to reflect the additional students attending.
New Processes for Discounts
There are no separate line items for discounted/free registrations (teacher assistants, etc.). All participants should initially register for full registration to best track the total conference capacity. To claim your relevant discount, please follow the instructions found on the General Conference Registration Information page regarding invoice updates (here).
Middle School Conferences
7th & 8th Grade Students
Date: April 13, 2026
Location: Sauk Valley Community College Dillon Mall
Cost: $60/student
Registration Deadline: March 30, 2026
Date: April 15, 2026
Location: Lake Land College
Cost: $75/student
Registration Deadline: April 1, 2026
Date: April 17, 2026
Location: Lincoln Land Community College Trutter Center
Cost: $65/student
Registration Deadline: April 3, 2026