CAMP: A Field Guide for Hospitalized Students' Best Summer Yet
Overview

Schools may be out for the summer, but the learning does not have to stop! This interactive workshop will teach you how to transform your hospital’s education program into an eight week summer camp for inpatient students and families. Learn how to create a new theme for each week, foster relationships with outside community organizations, and collaborate with medical teams and other hospital staff to create in-classroom and bedside engaging summer fun for every child.

Speakers

CATHERINE VAUTIER, MED Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago

Katie Vautier, M. Ed, co-leads the hospital-wide School Services Program at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago. Katie has a Master’s Degree in education with an endorsement in Spanish. She taught kindergarten, third, fifth and sixth grades in the Chicago Public Schools before starting at the hospital. As a School Services Coordinator, Katie provides student instruction in all subject areas while working closely with families and schools to ensure students are staying on track academically while inpatient.

SCOTT ZAGALAK, MED Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago

Scott Zagalak, M. Ed, co-leads the hospital-wide School Services Program at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago. Scott has a Master’s degree in education with endorsements in math, social science, business and economics, and Spanish. His teaching license also includes a Learning Behavior Specialist I endorsement. Before Lurie Children’s, he taught as a Chicago Public Schools teacher for 10 years. He is a Golden Apple Teacher of Distinction and received the 2016 Griffin Award for Teacher of Excellence from the University of Chicago. As a life-long learner, he believes learning should be fun, engaging, and hands-on.

Materials/Handouts

CAMP

CAMP Field Guide

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To receive contact hours, end of session surveys must be completed by March 26, 2021. Contact hours will be calculated and certificates will be emailed during the month of April.