Regions

What IACEA Region is for you?
The IACEA By-Laws says that the state shall be divided into 5 regions with each region having a Senior Director and a Junior Director.  The Junior Director is elected by members of each individual region and then moves into the Senior Director position the following year.
All Junior and Senior Directors are voting members.  All Junior Directors are members of the Marketing Committee and Senior Directors are members of the Membership Committee. Other duties include helping promote IACEA at the fall conferences by establishing a table to display membership and all other relevant information, conducting the 50/50 drawings and assisting with the IACEA conference session.  The Regional Directors make contact with IACEA members in their regions at least once a year.
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The regions and the counties in them are as follows:

• Region 1 includes Cook, DuPage, Lake and Will.

• Region 2 includes Boone, Bureau, Carroll, DeKalb, Grundy, Henry, Jo-Daviess, Kane, Kendall, LaSalle, Lee, McHenry, Marshall, Mercer, Ogle, Putnam, Rock-Island, Stark, Stephenson. Whiteside and Winnebago.

• Region 3 includes Adams, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Christian, Fayette, Fulton, Greene, Hancock, Henderson, Jersey, Knox, Logan, Macoupin, McDonough, Mason, Menard, Montgomery, Morgan, Peoria, Pike, Sangamon, Schuyler, Scott, Tazwell, and Warren.

• Region 4 includes Champaign, Clark, Coles, Cumberland, Dewitt, Douglas, Edgar, Ford, Iroquois, Kankakee, Livingston, Macon, McLean, Moultrie, Piatt, Shelby, Vermillion and Woodford.

• Region 5 includes Alexander, Clay, Clinton, Crawford, Edwards, Effingham, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin, Jackson, Jasper, Jefferson, Johnson, Lawrence, Madison, Marion, Massac, Monroe, Perry, Pope, Pulaski, Randolph, Richland, St. Clair, Saline, Union, Wabash, Washington, Wayne, White, and Williamson.

​Divisions

Which IACEA Division is for you?
In order to simplify and streamline the structure of IACEA, but still represent everyone, the decision was made to organize divisions around job function. The purpose of divisions is to promote and encourage the activities of groups having a common interest in one or more areas of adult education. New IACEA members select a division, one of four areas of specialization. Which division is meant for you?
Administration: This division includes educators whose primary concern is the operation of programs as opposed to working directly with students. This could include but is not limited to:

• Program Directors and Coordinators
• Administrative Support and Record Keeping Personnel​

Student Support Services: This division is made up of educators, who are involved with the needs of adult students that extend beyond the instructional setting, in a supportive rather than an instructional role, and typically are employed in such areas as:

• Counseling
• Transition services
• Office Support Staff
• Student Support Services
  • Career Goal Setting
  • Family Assistance
  • Childcare
  • Transportation
  • Financial Aid
  • Recruitment, Retention and Referral
  • Advocacy
  • Assessment

Instruction and Curriculum: ESL: This division is intended to provide a professional base for all instructors and curriculum developers who fall into the following category of English as a Second Language (ESL) instruction, including:

• Functional ESL
• Academic and Career
• ESL
• EL/Civics
• Citizenship

Instruction and Curriculum: Basic and Secondary: This division is intended to provide a professional base for all instructors and curriculum developers,who fall into the following categories of adult basic and secondary education instruction, including:

• Basic Literacy
• Adult Basic Education
• GED Preparation
• High School Completion
• Special Learning Needs