The Academy focuses on a high rate of inter-rater reliability using the required performance evaluation ratings. Using case studies, the participants will collect evidence and use the Illinois Standards for Principal Evaluation to rate the principals. Participants will use data collected from the case studies and compare the data to best practices for evaluating principals […]

Session dates are the following: September 23 & 29. Participants must attend both days of the course and complete the required Application for Dissemination for each day to receive credit for AA #2000. This two day course will cover all aspects of principal evaluations, including professional practice and student growth data. This course will provide […]

Teacher and Administrator Evaluator Retraining: Student Growth (Academy #3000) This is the one required student growth retraining course for teacher and administrator evaluators who are renewing their designations required to evaluate educators. Participants will learn how to: 1. Use assessments and measurement models identified by the joint committee in determining the student growth attributable to […]

Gathering Evidence During Observations and Conferencing Using the Danielson Model (Academy #1801) This course will allow participants to learn effective skills and strategies for using Charlotte Danielson’s Instructional Framework in an evaluation setting in order to more effectively: 1. Identify evidence at the component level during formal and informal observations; 2. Use evidence, with minimal […]

Today's world is marked with uncertainty, challenges, & disruption. In the 1990's, the US Army War College developed the term VUCA to describe these situations as challenges to modern military operations. VUCA describes situations marked with Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, & Ambiguity. The acronym may have been developed for military situations but is undoubtedly applicable to […]

Administrators, In partnership with ISBE, the PEAC (Performance Evaluator Advisory Council) has released guidance for Qualified Evaluator Administrator Academies to be held online or face to face. This Academy will be held face to face. The Academy focuses on a high rate of inter-rater reliability using the required performance evaluation ratings. Using case studies, the […]

Session dates are the following: October 21, 2021 & October 27, 2021. Participants must attend both days of the course and complete the required Application for Dissemination for each day to receive credit for AA #2000. This two day course will cover all aspects of principal evaluations, including professional practice and student growth data. This […]

Teacher and Administrator Evaluator Retraining: Student Growth (Academy #3000) This is the one required student growth retraining course for teacher and administrator evaluators who are renewing their designations required to evaluate educators. Participants will learn how to: 1. Use assessments and measurement models identified by the joint committee in determining the student growth attributable to […]

Teacher Evaluator Competency Skill Building for Teacher Evaluators (Academy #1451) This course focuses on Domains 1 and 4 of the Danielson 2013 Framework and is intended for those administrators who have successfully completed Initial Teacher Evaluation required by ISBE. Administrators who evaluate teachers must demonstrate a high rate of inter-rater reliability and communicate evaluation outcomes […]

Gathering Evidence During Observations and Conferencing Using the Danielson Model (Academy #1801) This course will allow participants to learn effective skills and strategies for using Charlotte Danielson’s Instructional Framework in an evaluation setting in order to more effectively: 1. Identify evidence at the component level during formal and informal observations; 2. Use evidence, with minimal […]