AA#4050 - Evaluator Initial Training and Retraining for Principals and Assistant Principals

Starting on July 1, 2024, this two-day, in-person academy (AA#4050) will serve as the official training for educators seeking initial training qualification or retraining to be legally qualified to conduct evaluations of principals and assistant principals. The previous principal evaluator trainings (#2000, #1865, and #3000) will be discontinued as of June 30, 2024.

Participants will synthesize the School Leader Paradigm to understand the personal intelligence's, knowledge, and skills necessary for school leaders to effectively lead a learning organization; evaluate the research base to communicate the impact that effective school leaders have on a learning organization; analyze the School Leader Evaluation Plan to discern how the process grows school leaders' personal intelligence's and leadership skills that actualize school improvement and student growth goals; and critique Professional Practice and Student Growth Cycles of Inquiry to assess the approaches of each to a school's Problems of Practice.

To be eligible to attend, each participant must complete ISBE-required pre-work at least 72 hours before the training. Registrants will receive handouts and detailed instructions for the pre-work at least one week prior to the workshop.

Refunds will be issued only to participants who call the ROE seven (7) business days before the start date of the program or if the program is canceled.