Upcoming Sessions
NOTE: Membership in Chicago Principals & Administrators Association (CPAA) is NOT required to sign up for IAA sessions.
Principal/Teacher Evaluator Retraining: Student Growth (#3000)**
Monday, October 20, 2025
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
$195.00
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.
Connecting Planning, Preparation and Professional Responsibilities in Teacher Evaluation (#1451)**
Wednesday, November 5, 2025
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
$195.00
Teacher Evaluator Competency Skill Building for Pre-Qualified Teacher Evaluators – Part 2 of 3. Administrators who evaluate teachers must demonstrate a high rate of inter-rater reliability and communicate evaluation outcomes in constructive and supportive ways. This Academy focuses on Domains 1 and 4 of Charlotte Danielson’s 2013 Framework for Teaching with a focus on the pre-conference, recording data according to the Professional Practice rubric, and meaningful, collaborative conversations.
ACE Instructional Leadership in the Age of Al: Advancing Observations, Evaluations, and Feedback
Wednesday, November 19, 2025
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
$195.00
In today's rapidly evolving educational environment, artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping instructional leadership practices.
This professional learning experience equips school and district administrators to strategically leverage AI while prioritizing safety, ethics, equity, and instructional excellence. Participants will learn critical frameworks to evaluate AI-generated content for bias, privacy, and developmental appropriateness. They will engage with research-based tools and resources to guide responsible decision-making and lead age-appropriate discussions with staff and students about AI integration. Through a hands-on instructional coaching simulation, participants will apply generative AI to support a hypothetical teacher across multiple Danielson Framework domains, gaining experience in designing AI-supported feedback, professional development, and supervision strategies. This academy strengthens leaders' capacity to critically analyze AI use in schools, accelerate instructional coaching cycles, and model ethical technology leadership - building the confidence needed to lead AI integration with both skill and discernment.
**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.