Difficult conversations are unpleasant, but they don’t have to be unproductive. Veteran administrator Don Anderson gives techniques on how to make sure difficult conversations yield positive results for everyone involved.

ONLINE version of this academy (Zoom) is interactive and requires registrants to use their web cameras and microphones during the workshop.

This academy is offered in partnership with Illinois Principals Association. Register at: https://ilprincipals.org/event/difficult-conversations-how-to-discuss-crucial-issues-to-increase-performance-11/

Course presents a cooperative and comprehensive approach to school safety and security.

It focuses on five areas of school security: management (policies and procedures), building security, staff training, violence prevention and intervention and crisis management.

Participants will learn how to personally implement specific strategies, identify and involve stakeholders and access helpful security resources.

Laptop, desktop, or Chromebook with stable (unshared) internet connection is required. Cell phone is not sufficient for this training.

Participants should sign in early to test video and audio components. Attendees must remain on video throughout the entire presentation (excluding breaks) and actively participate (chats, hand raises, etc) if requested by the presenter.

Zoom link will be provided the day prior to training.

School leadership matters. We know this. But, school leaders must lead themselves well first in order to lead others effectively. This is why the IPA created the School Leader Paradigm – a comprehensive school leadership framework that not only accounts for the work school leaders do but also the critical competencies and attributes school leaders must possess and demonstrate to be successful. If you are interested in learning about these critical competencies and attributes and how school leaders must be in a constant state of “becoming” to learn and grow, join the IPA’s Dr. Jason Leahy for this Academy filled with thoughtful reflection, engaging dialogue, and plenty of connections for how school leaders can turn a constant state of “becoming” into “doing” the work of school leadership successfully.

This academy is offered in partnership with Illinois Principals Association. Register at https://ilprincipals.org/event/the-school-leader-paradigm-becoming-while-doing/

Learning to lead your school community during a pandemic requires a process that assesses the adaptability of your organization. Model what it means to be a life-long learner as you move from colorblindness to color consciousness in preparing students for a global 21st century world that is far from race neutral as evidenced by COVID-19. Begin building an equitable learning environment by examining how your personal experiences and attitudes impact your professional practices. Use your sphere of influence to create a space for loving accountability that addresses the individual intersecting social identities of students, cultivates their cultural capital, empowers them intellectually and emotionally, while sustaining professional learning for adults around educational equity and racial literacy.

This academy is offered in partnership with Illinois Principals Association. Register at: ilprincipals.org/event/equity-racial-literacy-for-school-leaders-staff-to-maximize-student-learning-7/

Leadership coaching involves the development of collegial partnerships in which the coach and educational leader are focused on jointly working together to raise and improve both professional performance as well as student outcomes. Participants will understand how to engage school leaders in collegial, trusting relationships to address and analyze leadership issues or initiatives, communicate collaboratively in outcome-based conversations, provide evidence-based communicative feedback, resources, and support development of goals and a plan of action to improve performance. Participants will also explore how to help leaders focus their reflection as well as apply directive approaches in situationally-appropriate ways. Completion of this administrator’s academy fulfills the training qualification for individuals who wish to apply to serve as IPA mentors and coaches.

This academy is offered in partnership with Illinois Principals Association. Register at: https://ilprincipals.org/event/collaborative-leadership-coaching-6/