This two-day 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).
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 to bring a LAPTOP (cell phone not sufficient for required activities) to the training.

This course will increase awareness of the impact that an effective library program can have on the school's culture of learning and will provide a practical framework for identifying specific strategies for school library improvement to support a district's mission and vision. Participants will use "Linking for Learning: The Illinois School Library Standards, 4th Edition", to complete a self-assessment of their leadership role and develop an action plan to impact student learning through the school library.

STUDENT GROWTH ACADEMY - Required for both Teacher and Principal Evaluators. This is the REQUIRED student growth RETRAINING course for principal and teacher evaluators who are renewing their designations required to evaluate staff. Evaluators will be required to participate in a pre-session webinar that will review Part 50 Administrative Rules as they relate to student growth. Participants will learn how to:

• Use assessments and measurement models to determine student growth.
• Use data from the evaluation rubric, other evidence collected and best practices relative to student growth to link teacher/principal professional development plans to evaluation results.
• Create targeted professional development plans to school improvement goals.
• Communicate evaluation outcomes and findings that enable teachers/principals to set goals and improve practice.

NOTE: Participants will have one week following the Academy to complete their Application/Dissemination component and send to the presenter for review and comment.

THIS IS ONE OF THE COURSES THAT IS REQUIRED FOR ALL ADMINISTRATORS WHO EVALUATE PRINCIPALS.

All administrators who evaluate principals are required to take retraining within their 5 year renewal cycle in TWO specifically approved Administrators' Academies.

AA # 3000, 3001, 3002 - Principal/Teacher Evaluator Retraining: Student Growth
AND
AA # 1865 - Principal Evaluator Competency Skill Building

Academy Outcomes:
• Communicate Evaluation Findings
• Apply Illinois Standards for Principal Evaluation
• Demonstrate Inter-Rated Reliability
• Develop Data-Driven Improvement Plans

This administrator academy will focus awareness of the impact of trauma on student learning and include guidance on developing trauma-informed, school-wide practices that will benefit all students.

Participants will be provided resources that will engage and support understanding among staff, including modeling restorative practices and positive behavioral supports.

Time will be provided to develop a timeline for professional development and implementation plan.

Administrators' Academy credit but any educator may attend for professional development credit.

The focus of this administrator academy is on learning to use protocols to guide professional conversations, whether they occur at grade level meetings, department meetings, professional learning community (PLC) meetings or any type of interactions among a group meeting of educators. The structure of protocols includes steps to be followed in group conversations, the time allotted for each step, and the role different people in the group play (typically a facilitator, a presenter, and participants) in the conversations. In this session, participants will learn about the value and types of protocols and how to design various protocols for different types of professional learning conversations.

Administrators' Academy credit but any educator may attend for professional development credit.

This is one of the teacher evaluator practice academies that need to be taken for retraining of teacher evaluators.

The student growth academy is also required for both teacher and principal evaluators.

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 academy provides information for school administrators on standards for the conduct, ethics and rights of school personnel. The various standards an administrator needs to be aware of in the everyday course of doing their job will be discussed; including laws, regulations, and mandates for the management of school personnel.

ADMINISTRATORS' ACADEMY credit available; however, any educator may attend.