Schedule

Best Practice intensives 2025

Sunday, June 22

3-5pm – Registration 

3:30-5pm – Living Curriculum Online Workshop

5-6:00pm – Welcome and Dinner

6-6:45pm – Cohort Introduction Session

7-8:00pm – Keynote, Worship, and Encouragement

8:00+ pm – Networking (Game Room Open)

Monday, June 23

7:00-8:15 am – Breakfast 

8:30 am – General Session 1 

9:00 am – 15-minute Break 

9:15 am – Cohort Session 1

10:45 am – 15-minute Break

11 pm – Cohort Session 2

12:30-1:15 pm – Lunch

1:30 pm – Cohort Session 3

3 pm – 15-minute Break

3:15 pm – Cohort Session 4

Ends at 4:45pm

5 pm-Optional tour of Wheaton Academy

6:30-8:30pm – Dinner (for overnight registrants)

7:30+ pm – Networking (Game room open)

Tuesday, June 24

7:00-8:15 am – Breakfast 

8:30 am – General Session 2

9 am – Cohort Session 5

10:30 am – Break: Check-out and Refreshment

11:00 am – Team Implementation Workshop

12:15-12:30 – Closing Session

12:45-1:30 pm – Lunch

Travel Notes

  • Fly to O’hare International Airport (ORD) or Midway International Aiport (MDW) 
  • The Q Center is located at 1405 N 5th Ave, Saint Charles, IL 60174 approximately 1 hour from the ORD airport and 1 hour 15 minutes from MDW
  • You will have an optional tour of Wheaton Academy on Monday evening to see our completed $30M renovation

Food and Housing

  • Six meals will be provided between Sunday dinner and Tuesday lunch.
  • This year we will be staying in the single occupancy stateroom-style rooms of the Q center right on campus! The rooms include a single bed with hypoallergenic linens, a private bathroom with shower, and workspace. We want to express our heartfelt thanks to our partner, the Herzog Foundation, for covering the cost of rooming for all conference attendees.

Hotels

You can use the link above to book a hotel at a reduced rate using the Wheaton College** travel portal. 

**This is not a function of Wheaton College

Your Hosts

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Phil Strzalka
Executive Director | Wheaton Academy Institute, West Chicago, IL
pstrzalka@wheatonacademy.org
630-806-6785

Dr. Gene Frost
Executive Director | Wheaton Academy Foundation, West Chicago, IL
gfrost@wheatonacademy.org
630-562-7516

For more information, contact:

Sally Strzalka
Event Planner | Wheaton Academy Institute, West Chicago, IL

sstrzalka@wheatonacademy.org

630-562-7526

Charity Moon
Marketing & Business Manager | Wheaton Academy Institute, West Chicago, IL
cmoon@wheatonacademy.org
630-562-7567

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