About Chana Education Center

Our mission:  Empowering Students to Pursue Academic and Life Success

Chana Education Center

School Hours:  7:30 am - 3:30 pm                               204 N. Main Street                               Phone:  815-234-2722

Student Hours: 8:00 am - 2:30 pm                                  P.O. Box 91                                        Fax:      815-234-6598

                                                                                           Chana, IL 61015

Program Overview

Chana Education Center (CEC) supports the academic, emotional, and behavioral needs of students within Ogle and Lee Counties.  Two programs are housed at CEC. 

• Program for Students with Emotional Disabilities:  This program provides services to K-12 students with special education needs who struggle with emotional regulation in the general education environment.  Program goals include helping students develop the needed skills to eventually self-regulate within a variety of settings and situations, as well as academic skills growth.  Students may be placed in this program through an Individualized Education Plan (IEP) Multi-disciplinary Team decision. 

• Regional Safe Schools Program (RSSP):  This program offers an alternative general education setting for students in grades 6th through 12th that meet one or more of the following state grant requirements:

  • • • Suspended at least twice for a period of 4 - 10 days for  gross misconduct.

      • Eligible for disciplinary reassignment pursuant to violation of school district policies (expelled or expulsion eligible).

      • Involved in misconduct that can be demonstrated as serious, repetitive and/or cumulative, and has been previously remediated at least once by the district.

      • Youth returning from juvenile correction facilities.

      • Member District Student Referral Application for RSSP/Challenge Program:  Click Here

Core Values

Chana Education Center recognizes the value of a whole child approach to education.  Whole child education is defined by policies, practices, and relationships that ensures a child is healthy, safe, engaged, supported, and challenged.  This includes focusing on academic, social, emotional, and physical health factors. Empowerment Skills is our foundational program where students are taught skills related to positive social-emotional learning.  Opportunities for learning and real life skill application are also blended into daily academic instruction for students. Competencies emphasized align with the Illinois Social-Emotional Learning Standards of self-awareness, self-management, social-awareness, relationship skills, and responsible decision making.

The staff of Chana Education Center implement trauma-informed practices and strategies to support students.  This involves understanding, recognizing, and responding to the effects of all types of trauma. Guiding principles of trauma-informed education include: safety, choice, collaboration, trustworthiness, and empowerment.  Zones of Regulation is our universal language of regulation.  Our students and staff use Zones to communicate how to notice the signals in their bodies that indicate an emotional level, and to identify and use effective coping tools to either stay in or move between zones. 

Supports & Interventions

Chana Education Center recognizes the unique needs that each student may have.  Staff utilize a variety of supports and interventions to provide individualized programming plans for students.  These may include: 

Sensory Integration Leadership Team

Calming/Regulation Supports Adult & Peer Mentoring

Community Partnerships Therapy Dogs

Sinnissippi Counseling                 Service-Learning/Volunteerism

College & Career Prep Assistance Problem Solving & Teamwork Challenges

Secondary Transitional Experience Training (STEP)

Positive Behavioral Support Interventions (PBIS)

Trauma Informed Education