Upcoming Sessions
NOTE: Membership in Chicago Principals & Administrators Association (CPAA) is NOT required to sign up for IAA sessions.
Walk-Throughs, Mini-Evaluations and Classroom Management (#882)
Tuesday, April 16, 2024
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
$175.00
This course will look at the difference between Walk-Throughs and Mini-Evaluations, and how they can be used to get a picture of what is going on in the classroom. A particular focus will be how to use the tools to look at the classroom management skills of teachers.
Building Capacity to Integrate Drug Prevention and Other Life Issues Into the K-12 Curriculum (#837) (REVISED 2022)
Friday, May 3, 2024
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
$115.00
With a focus on teaching rather than learning, Professional Learning Communities (PLC) have been utilized in schools to improve accountability, teacher satisfaction, and student achievement. In PLC’s, colleagues learn to collect and analyze appropriate data, to develop and share expertise, and rely on critical reflection with others to move forward. This course is for administrators who have an advanced understanding of PLC’s, and who recognize the power of collaborating with their peers to advance their PLC’s. After attending this course, participants will be able to apply the PLC process when working with adult learners. They will know how to assessment staff learning and differentiate professional development.
Gathering Evidence During Observations and Conferencing Using the Danielson Model (#1801)**
Wednesday, May 8, 2024
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
$175.00
This Academy will allow participants to learn effective skills and strategies for using Danielson’s Frameworks in a summative setting in order to more effectively:
Identify evidence at the component/element level during formal and informal observations.
Use evidence to effectively rate staff on the levels of performance for each domain.
Acquire strategies to support effective collaborative conferencing around formal and informal observations.
Learn techniques, strategies and protocols to use when conferencing with staff.
NEW SESSION
Distributed Leadership: Building Capacity of Staff to Analyze & Build Buy-In Around Data (#4019)
Tuesday, May 14, 2024
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
$175.00
Participants will self-assess their school's needs regarding data usage and integration across all systems and structures; critique key staff regarding the ownership of various aspects of data analysis; synthesize their strategic plans and staff leadership regarding data use; and analyze their staff in relationship to their skills and training to manipulate, analyze, and visualize data.
NEW SESSION
Building Effective Leadership Teams to Improve Learning
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
$175.00
A school leadership team, within a professional learning community, plays a pivotal role in shaping the overall direction, effectiveness, and success of the school. A team's collaborative efforts contribute to a thriving learning environment that supports the growth and achievement of students. Utilizing the elements of "Collaborative Teams That Transform Schools" by Robert Marzano, et. al., this academy builds on the concepts, strategies and skills presented in this work and adds research of others to create a vision and understanding of how leadership teams can foster a productive learning environment for all stakeholders. School leaders will use this knowledge to enhance their leadership skills in reflective conversations with team members and leave with a professional learning plan that incorporates effective team building as a strategy for improving the culture of learning.
Thursday, May 23, 2024
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Tuesday, June 18, 2024
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Principal/Teacher Evaluator Retraining: Student Growth (#3000)**
Tuesday, June 11, 2024
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
$175.00
Participants will learn how to:
Use assessments and measurement models identified by the Joint Committee in determining student growth attributable to individual principals/teachers and understand how different types of assessments are used for measuring growth.
Use data from the evaluation rubric, other evidence collected, and best practices relative to evaluating student growth to link principal/teacher and school-level professional development plans to evaluation results.
In collaboration with principal/teachers, create supportive, targeted professional development plans that consider past results, contribute to professional growth, and assist teachers and principals in aligning professional development and goal-setting to school improvement goals.
Communicate evaluation outcomes and findings in constructive and supportive ways that enable teachers/principals to set goals and improve practice.
Re-Envisioning Student Engagement in Mathematics Instruction (#3867)
Thursday, June 20, 2024
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
$175.00
Utilizing elements of "A Framework for Engagement with Mathematics " by Dr. Catherine Attard, this academy builds on her work and adds research of others to deepen a vision and understanding of the role of student engagement in the process of improving mathematics instruction. Participants will work collaboratively to provide a description of student engagement elements within the culture of a classroom's instructional program. This knowledge will be used to enhance leadership skills in providing teachers with meaningful feedback about their classroom culture, planning, practice and assessment of instruction that impacts student mathematics engagement and ultimately reduces math learning loss.
**Teacher Evaluator Retraining Courses — Completion of two academies is required to meet the retraining requirement -- one course that addresses Teacher Practice and, the other course addresses Student Growth. These two courses must be completed within the five-year renewal cycle and need not be completed within the same calendar year.