This academy will consist of pre/post work in addition to the course itself. Your facilitator will e-mail you any pre/post work needed along with a deadline to complete.

All new teacher evaluators in Illinois need to pass the two day Teacher Evaluator Initial Training. These trainings will provide participants with the knowledge to:
* identify and disseminate minimum state requirements, performance standards and best practices
* facilitate a common language and dialogue around performance and its impact on school improvement, professional practice, and student outcomes
*encourage collaboration, learning, and alignment among stake holders

The Administrator Academy that requires participants to populate an Excel spreadsheet with teacher evaluation data for each component in the Danielson Framework. This requirement must be completed before the training and counts for an hour.
Outcome:
^analyze teacher evaluation data for the purpose of identifying needs of all faculty;
^develop data driven professional development on three levels: school-wide, targeted groups, & individual teachers
^collaborate with faculty to align professional development with targeted school improvement goals;
^establish a comprehensive implementation plan for all levels of professional development. For the application/dissemination requirement participants must submit to the presenter an electronic version of professional development for all levels.
This AA will be held online.

This Administrator Academy is designed for school administrators seeking to leverage Artificial Intelligence (AI) to improve productivity & efficiency in school management.
Participants will explore various AI tools & techniques that can streamline administrative tasks, enhance decision-making, & foster a more effective learning environment. Through interactive sessions, hands-on activities, and collaborative discussions, you will gain practical skills to integrate AI into daily operations.
This course also addresses the potential downfalls of AI, including biases, ethical concerns, & misuses, ensuring that administrators are well-equipped to implement AI responsibly and effectively.

This AA will be held online with pre-work sent before the start date.

This seven hour Administrator Academy has five outcomes:
1. Assign components of the Danielson evaluation rubric in Domains 1 & 4 with a high degree of accuracy;
2. Provide constructive and supportive feedback to teachers based on evidence from Domains 1 & 4;
3. Learn to control for bias when evaluating teachers in Domains 1 & 4;
4. Conduct effective pre and post observation conferences using evidence from Domains 1 & 4;
5. Demonstrate inter-rater reliability in determining levels of proficiency in Domains 1 & 4.
After reading lesson plans & other artifacts, participants will score the components in Domains 1 & 4. This application & dissemination requirement will be turned in at the end of the session.

This AA will take place online w/a Zoom link to be sent approximately one week prior.

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 online with a Zoom link sent prior to the AA.

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

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

This academy will consist of pre/post work in addition to the course itself. Your facilitator will e-mail you any pre/post work needed along with a deadline to complete.

All new teacher evaluators in Illinois need to pass the two day Teacher Evaluator Initial Training. These trainings will provide participants with the knowledge to:
* identify and disseminate minimum state requirements, performance standards and best practices
* facilitate a common language and dialogue around performance and its impact on school improvement, professional practice, and student outcomes
*encourage collaboration, learning, and alignment among stake holders

This academy will consist of pre/post work in addition to the course itself. Your facilitator will e-mail you any pre/post work needed along with a deadline to complete.

All new teacher evaluators in Illinois need to pass the two day Teacher Evaluator Initial Training. These trainings will provide participants with the knowledge to:
* identify and disseminate minimum state requirements, performance standards and best practices
* facilitate a common language and dialogue around performance and its impact on school improvement, professional practice, and student outcomes
*encourage collaboration, learning, and alignment among stake holders