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other areas may leave educators to learn about new standards or technology on their own. Attending a conference may require hours of driving time and a hotel room, which districts may be hesitant to pay for — in addition to the cost of a sub- stitute teacher. The Instructional Leadership Corps (ILC), a partnership of CTA, the Stan- ford C enter for Opportunity Policy in E d u c a t i o n , a n d t h e Na t i o n a l B o a r d Resource Center at Stanford University, was launched in 2014 so educators can take charge of their own professional development, based on teachers teach- i n g t e a c h e r s . S o f a r, I L C h a s s e r v e d close to 84,000 educators in more than 2,000 Cali forni a publi c sch o o l s in at least 465 districts. As part of the project's Phase 2 that is now under way, ILC is providing profes- sional development opportunities in rural and geographically isolated areas. Several of ILC 's Rural Cohort teams h av e o f f e re d t ra i n i n g t o c o l l e a g u e s already. When Calaveras Unified Edu- cators A sso ciation (C UE A) m emb ers attended a professional development day at San Andreas Elementary School re c e n tly, p re s e n t e r s i n c l u d e d S u s a n Wo l t e r s a n d J a d e L o n g , I L C R u r a l Cohort members from Calaveras Uni- fied School District. An d i n e a rly Ma r c h , t h e L a k e p o r t I LC t e a m pro v i d e d a ful l d ay of pro- f e ssi o n a l d e v e l o p m e n t f o r L a ke p o r t U n i f i e d S c h o o l D i s t r i c t e d u c a t o r s . E v e n t u a l l y, t h e s e t e a m s a n d o t h e r c o h o r t m e m b e r s w i l l p re s e n t w o rk- shops in other rural areas. " We are looking at different ways to provide professional de velopm ent in hard-to-reach areas and are consider- ing blended and online formats," says C TA P re si d ent Eric Heins. " We hop e t h a t b y a d d i n g t e a c h e r s f r o m r u r a l areas, we will develop their capacity to ILC member Phe Bach presents the Lakeport session on mindfulness. CUEA member Michelle Boitano talks about SIPPS, a program for struggling readers. 52 cta.org Teaching & Learning