This two-day ONLINE academy is for educators who are seeking initial training to be legally qualified to conduct evaluations of licensed personnel. The training aligns to the Illinois School Code competencies defined by Administrative Code Part 50, Section 50.420 (a-b).

This is a 2-day online evaluator academy held 8:00 AM - 3:30 PM, 4/22/2021 & 4/23/2021. Both sessions are mandatory for credit. Please be advised you will not be admitted to the class if the "pre-work" assignment(s) is not completed.

Participants will need to have a Google account set up prior to the training. Each participant will need a laptop with web cam and microphone with stable (unshared) internet connection. Cell phone is not sufficient for required activities. Participants are required to be on video and audio the entire duration of class each day except during lunch break.

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: 04/15/2021

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/

This is one of the Teacher Evaluator Professional Practice academies that needs to be taken for Retraining of Teacher Evaluators. This AA must be paired with AA 3000 to fulfill the entire retraining requirements.

This academy will allow participants to learn effective skills and strategies for using Charlotte Danielson's Frameworks in a summative setting in order to more effectively;
1. Identify evidence at the component/element level during formal and informal observations
2. Use evidence to effectively rate staff on the levels of performance for each domain
3. Acquire strategies to support effective collaborative conferencing around formal and informal observations and
4. Learn techniques, strategies and protocols to use when conferencing with staff.

This is an ONLINE session. To participate in the virtual workshop, you must have stable Internet access, a web camera, a microphone, and a Google account. The training will be delivered via Zoom. Participants will be sent a link prior to date of class. Class begins promptly at time stated. You must attend the entire session to receive credit for this course.

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/