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 world situations challenging leaders today. All leaders of any organization live & lead in a VUCA world today. This academy will focus on how practical communication, coaching skills, & reflection can be a guide to navigating a VUCA world.

Participants need a fully charged laptop in order to complete your Application/Dissemination activity.

Coffee Service/Lunch Provided

Participant choose between online OR in person.

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 individual teachers/principals and understand how different types of assessments are used for measuring growth;
2. Use data from the evaluation rubric, other evidence collected, and best practices relative to evaluating student growth to link teacher/principal and school-level professional
development plans to evaluation results;
3. Create, in collaboration with teachers/principals, supportive, targeted professional development plans that consider past results, contribute to professional growth, and assist teachers/principals in aligning professional development and goal setting to school improvement goals; and
4. Communicate evaluation outcomes and findings in constructive and supportive ways that enable teachers/principals to set goals and improve practice.

NOTE: Participants will have to complete their A/D Component and send their completed E-Template, if used, to the presenter during the Academy for review and comment.

This Academy will be held in person.
Coffee service & Lunch will be served.

Laptops required for all participants in order to complete your Application/Dissemination activity.

Application/Dissemination must be completed to receive full contact hours.
PD Credit only= 6.30 hours

The hit streaming comedy, Ted Lasso, offers remarkable insight into what it means to lead a team effectively while prioritizing the mental health of both the team and the leaders. In this Administrator Academy, participants will work through CASEL's Adult SEL Competencies through the lens of 'the Lasso Way' and the show's top leadership lessons. They will also assess and reflect on their own situations, creating an SEL-informed leadership mindset and a draft for moving their school or district forward with SEL-related programming.

Presenters: Matt Weld & Ryan Wamser.
(Sponsored by the Grundy-Kendall SEL Hub Grant)

Coffee service & Lunch provided.


Participant will need a laptop to complete the Application-Dissemination Activity.

Application-Dissemination must be completed to receive full contact hours.
PD Credit Only= 5.45 contact hours