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AA #2001 INITIAL TEACHER EVALUATOR Training (ROCKFORD or ONLINE via Face-to-Face is not Viable due to COVID)
The registration cost includes a one-year complimentary Aspiring Leader membership in the Illinois Principals Association. Your one-year Aspiring membership will be processed and begin following completion of the two-day academy. The Learning Outcomes for the academy may be found at https://ilprincipals.org/grow/teacher-evaluator-training/. IPA’s training team (Dr. Melanie Brink, Dr. Roger Chamberlain, Dr. Kay Dugan and Dr. Lynda Williams) includes veteran school administrators who […]
Find out more »AA #1061 Effective Presentations for 21st Century School Leaders
The focus will be on the process of creating and delivering effective presentations. Participants will learn a replicable process for taking complicated information and presenting to staff and key stakeholders in a relevant and memorable format. They will also develop the ability to identify the principles that underlie powerful presentations. The course will be divided […]
Find out more »AA #1815: Meeting Tips, Tricks, and Techniques to Achieve Results
Participants will learn skills and strategies to design and plan effective meetings including purpose, process, preparation and pacing. This course will help participants apply facilitation tools and techniques to actively engage all team members. They will examine and assess the various methods to identify, implement and monitor team decisions. As a result of this academy, […]
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Fostering Resilient Learners Book Study
This course takes an in-depth look at the book Fostering Resilient Learners by Kristin Souers with Pete Hall. The authors explore the urgent and growing issue of childhood trauma and its profound effect on learning and teaching. Participants will be able to cultivate a trauma-sensitive learning environment for students across all content areas, grade levels, […]
Find out more »AA2001: Initial Teacher Evaluator Qualification
AA2001: Initial Teacher Evaluator Qualification Participants will learn how to demonstrate a high rate of inter-rater reliability using the required performance evaluation ratings; observe instruction competently in multiple subject areas; communicate evaluation outcomes in constructive and supportive ways; and use data from the evaluation rubric, other evidence collected and best practices relative to evaluating […]
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