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Administrators who evaluate teachers must demonstrate a high rate of inter-rater reliability, and communicate evaluation outcomes in constructive and supportive ways. Administrators who evaluate teachers must also recognize and control for bias when conducting an evaluation and determining results. School districts in Illinois must provide professional development to administrators to strengthen these skills on a sustained basis. This course focuses on Domains 1 and 4, and is intended to move administrators who have passed the ISBE evaluator training, and who are very familiar with Charlotte Danielson's 2011/2013 Framework for Teaching, from compliance to competency. This course requires participants to pre-conference, record data according to the Professional Practice rubric, and participate in mock pre/post conferences as evaluator, teacher, or observer. Participants will also be expected to have a high degree of inter-rater reliability when they determine a final rating based on the evidence gathered for Domains 1 and 4. https://reg.abcsignup.com/reg/event_page.aspx?ek=0044-0016-f1622921dc5c40799b8942015049768f

This training, designed for support and clerical staff, will give you the tools you need to deal with all different types of people and situations. Learn de-escalation techniques, communication styles, and ways to polish up your customer service skills. https://reg.abcsignup.com/reg/event_page.aspx?ek=0044-0016-8fb9b96c7c3249f68b311fa5534c0ae5

Classroom management is something all teachers struggle with. This doesn't have to be true! Learn simple, effective, and logical strategies to deal with 80% of your pesky behaviors. You will learn techniques and strategies that work - and don't cause extra work for the teacher! It's never too late....you can begin to see results tomorrow. Learn strategies for: * Creating a safe learning environment for all * Eliminating repeated requests to follow directions * Dealing with disruptive parents * Working and communicating with parents * Establishing routines and procedures https://reg.abcsignup.com/reg/event_page.aspx?ek=0044-0016-43d8aa65cabf457cbda2adb3622e5153

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The new IL Social Science Standards require students to address both essential and supporting questions to scaffold inquiry and learning. Collaborate with colleagues as you discover and engage with resources to facilitate student engagement in questioning. Walk away with free resources that you can use to enhance your own practice. Explicit connections will be made to the Common Core State Standards, Social Emotional Learning and the Danielson Framework for Effective Teaching. Appropriate for grades K-12. https://reg.abcsignup.com/reg/event_page.aspx?ek=0044-0016-9a4b04a6b073491b844cc0c881a383ab

Unresolved conflicts in schools build barriers to learning, including low motivation, lack of focus, and disruptive behaviors that remove students from the classroom. With the passage of SB 100, Illinois school districts are seeking restorative interventions that build positive school relationships and model social skills. Data show mediation as highly effective in repairing relationships and boosting understanding across racial lines. The goal of mediation is to restore the respect so teachers can teach and students can learn. This workshop will share evidence-based restorative mediation techniques for use with teachers and students in Grades K-12. The workshop will show the process of starting a teacher-student mediation program, conducting successful mediations, and collecting and monitoring data to measure the effectiveness of the interventions. The workshop will also show how to use the technique to mediate conflicts between students to stop aggressive and bullying behaviors. https://reg.abcsignup.com/reg/event_page.aspx?ek=0044-0016-4d0395deebfd4ef58130771fd44a3a08

Presenter: Mrs. Beth Hogan We will discuss language learning myths and realities, strategies for building background and context, and techniques for providing comprehensible. This will be an interactive workshop and you will leave with easy-to-implement ideas. Registration begins at 8:00am with presentation beginning at 8:30am. https://reg.abcsignup.com/reg/event_page.aspx?ek=0044-0016-8f98539161c34acbbbdcc874f07f102c

Participants will learn best practices strategy to respond to student escalations, fights, armed assailants, fires, outside emergencies, event planning and other critical events through scenarios and exercises. This experiential learning course is intended to improve the decision making and actions steps taken by school staff to improve their operational excellence in the Illinois Performance Standards for School Leaders in the criteria areas of II. Leading and Managing Systems Change (A and B) and VI. Creating and Sustaining a Culture of High Expectations (C). Participants will learn how to improve their own response to critical events and strategies to train their staff. https://reg.abcsignup.com/reg/event_page.aspx?ek=0044-0016-427aa3acdb5c42efbaaf597c889fca9b

This is the one required student growth retraining course for principal and teacher evaluators who are renewing their designations required to evaluate staff. Evaluators will be required to participate in a pre-session webinar that will review Part 50 Administrative Rules as they relate to student growth. Participants will learn how to: Use assessments and measurement model 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; 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; 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 Communicate evaluation outcomes and findings in constructive and supportive ways that enable teachers/principals to set goals and improve practice. NOTE: Participants will have one week following the Academy to complete their A/D component and send their coimpleted E-Template to the presenter for review and comment. Registration begins at 8:00am with presentation beginning at 8:30am. https://reg.abcsignup.com/reg/event_page.aspx?ek=0044-0016-58b64244997f44ad846512fb0bc05015

Instructional coaches from across the region will host brief roundtable presentations and discussions, focusing on best instructional practices and coaching programs. https://reg.abcsignup.com/reg/event_page.aspx?ek=0044-0016-5907e3d552f948ac92e8d3b2269305dd

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In this hands-on professional development workshop, teachers will learn how to use CS First, Google's free ready-to-teach introductory computer science (CS) curriculum. As part of their CS First initiative, Google has created an entire curriculum along with all the necessary lesson plan resources to help teachers teach these skills to students in grades 4-8.

Days 1-4 include the Planning Conversation Map and the Reflecting Conversation Map as well as the tools of Cognitive Coaching. February 27 & 28 - Days 1 and 2 May 1 & 2 - Days 3 and 4 https://reg.abcsignup.com/reg/event_page.aspx?ek=0044-0016-2d438e49acbd4bcb98b21b2c62e19a03

This course will increase awareness of the impact that an effective library program can have on the school's culture of learning and will provide a practical framework for identifying specific strategies for school library improvement to support a district's mission and vision. Participants will use Linking for Learning: The Illinois School Library Standards, 4th edition, to complete a self-assessment of their leadership role and develop an action plan to impact student learning through the school library. This application component aligns with Illinois Professional School Leader Standard 1: Facilitating a Vision of Learning. https://reg.abcsignup.com/reg/event_page.aspx?ek=0044-0016-bc04c1e1c0f847d8a200793d0dd7e6df

This is the one required student growth retraining course for principal and teacher evaluators who are renewing their designations required to evaluate staff. Evaluators will be required to participate in a pre-session webinar that will review Part 50 Administrative Rules as they relate to student growth. Participants will learn how to: Use assessments and measurement model 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; 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; 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 Communicate evaluation outcomes and findings in constructive and supportive ways that enable teachers/principals to set goals and improve practice. NOTE: Participants will have one week following the Academy to complete their A/D component and send their coimpleted E-Template to the presenter for review and comment. Registration begins at 8:00am with presentation beginning at 8:30am. https://reg.abcsignup.com/reg/event_page.aspx?ek=0044-0016-12d21bce3af840b4a58855a14bb05811

The administrative academy seeks to improve interrater reliability in the assignment of performance evaluation ratings for principals. Using case studies, participants will collect evidence and use the Illinois Standards for Principal Evaluation to evaluate and rate principal performance. Participants will use data collected from the case studies and compare the data to best practices for evaluating principals and assistant principals. This data will also be analyzed to prepare administrative and school-level professional development plans. In a collaborative and supportive way, participants will prepare a targeted professional development plan that considers past results and contributes to professional and personal growth. This plan will be aligned to the school improvement plan. The instructional environment indicators will be analyzed. The purpose of the professional development plan is to communicate the outcomes and findings in such a manner that the principals and assistant principals set goals for improvement. Participants will analyze their personal biases while making these decisions. https://reg.abcsignup.com/reg/event_page.aspx?ek=0044-0016-c4cc729c946540ab946da691e6b0ce44