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Community Building
Community building is an important skill for school leaders who want to foster a positive school culture and climate. Community building instills a sense of belonging, a feeling that members matter to one another and to the group, and a shared faith that members’ needs will be met through their commitment to be together. A principal can build community by creating a shared vision and mission, promoting collaboration and communication, celebrating diversity and achievements, and providing support and feedback.
Community Building is a key competency of Social Intelligence under the School Leader Paradigm.
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Each Admin Academy is designed to develop and support learning leaders leading learning organizations.
On-Demand Academies
IPA's On-Demand Academies offer administrator academy credit in an on-demand format.
ELN Courses
Available to all public school educators at no cost, ELN courses provide high-quality, on-demand content on the ELN platform. Don’t have access? Go here.
Anti-Bias Education
(1 PD Hr.) Presenters Dr. Tim Dohrer and Dr. Tom Golebiewski define the characteristics and...
Anti-Bias Education
(1 PD Hr.) Presenters Dr. Tim Dohrer and Dr. Tom Golebiewski define the characteristics and behaviors of an anti-bias stance in an educational environment and outline the skills and steps to develop a strong, collaborative anti-bias education program.
Building a Community of Writers in Grades K-6 Classroom
(3 PD Hrs.) by Taylar Wenzel, Center for the Collaborative Classroom
In this course, the presenter...
Building a Community of Writers in Grades K-6 Classroom
(3 PD Hrs.) by Taylar Wenzel, Center for the Collaborative Classroom
In this course, the presenter shares the "Elements of Effective Instruction Tool" and an overview of the "Writing Workshop".
Building a Foundation for Leadership Success
(4 PD Hrs.) By Jim Burgett - This course outlines four fundamental attributes for successful...
Building a Foundation for Leadership Success
(4 PD Hrs.) By Jim Burgett - This course outlines four fundamental attributes for successful school leaders. They are: making ethical decisions; being visible at the building level; creating positive relationships; and invoking positive attitudes.
Building A+ Relationships for Leadership Success
(4 PD Hrs.) by Jim Burgett - Building positive workplace relationships and strong people skills is...
Building A+ Relationships for Leadership Success
(4 PD Hrs.) by Jim Burgett - Building positive workplace relationships and strong people skills is vital for success. This course will review four of the six chapters from Dale Carnegie, "How to Win Friends and Influence People.
Bullying and Harassment: Helping Students and Parents
(1 PD Hr.) Judy Brunner and Dennis Lewis will provide participants information related to the...
Bullying and Harassment: Helping Students and Parents
(1 PD Hr.) Judy Brunner and Dennis Lewis will provide participants information related to the ever-changing legal parameters as well as when and how school personnel may intervene.
Bullying and Harassment: Helping Students and Parents (2023 - 2024)
(1 PD Hr.) Judy Brunner and Dennis Lewis will provide participants information related to the...
Bullying and Harassment: Helping Students and Parents (2023 - 2024)
(1 PD Hr.) Judy Brunner and Dennis Lewis will provide participants information related to the ever-changing legal parameters as well as when and how school personnel may intervene.
Collaborating with Families During Remote Instruction
(3 PD Hrs.) Dr. Diana Zaleski, Illinois Education Association.
Collaborating with Families During Remote Instruction
(3 PD Hrs.) Dr. Diana Zaleski, Illinois Education Association. The purpose of this course is to discuss opportunities for educators to collaborate with and support students and their families during times of remote instruction.
Crisis and Emergency Management Planning
(3 PD Hrs.) Safety expert, Paul Timm, explains how to develop and implement a planning process for...
Crisis and Emergency Management Planning
(3 PD Hrs.) Safety expert, Paul Timm, explains how to develop and implement a planning process for a safe learning environment.
Embedding an Ethical Work Culture
(2 PD Hrs.) Embedding an Ethical Work Culture discusses three learning outcomes that help shape...
Embedding an Ethical Work Culture
(2 PD Hrs.) Embedding an Ethical Work Culture discusses three learning outcomes that help shape our understanding of ethics. The course will establish norms and expectations for ethical behavior, establish routines and processes for the ethical and respon
Empowering a Collaborative Leadership Culture
(4 PD Hrs.) Presenter, Chad Dumas, shares insights on what it means to build a collaborative...
Empowering a Collaborative Leadership Culture
(4 PD Hrs.) Presenter, Chad Dumas, shares insights on what it means to build a collaborative leadership culture.
Ensuring Curriculum Alignment
(2 PD Hrs.) In this course, participants will review structures and processes that ensure...
Ensuring Curriculum Alignment
(2 PD Hrs.) In this course, participants will review structures and processes that ensure congruency between curriculum and instruction and effective communication to all stakeholders of the curriculum alignment.
Leadership@Work Part II - Understanding Needs and Drives to Become a More Effective Leader
(3 PD Hrs.) By Karen Wagon. In this course, the participants will have an understanding and...
Leadership@Work Part II - Understanding Needs and Drives to Become a More Effective Leader
(3 PD Hrs.) By Karen Wagon. In this course, the participants will have an understanding and distinguish the difference between ”internal needs" and "external drives" necessary to become a more effective leader.
McKinney-Vento Act for Homeless Students (2023-2024)
(1 PD Hrs.) Before schools can be certain they are complying with the legislation related to...
McKinney-Vento Act for Homeless Students (2023-2024)
(1 PD Hrs.) Before schools can be certain they are complying with the legislation related to education students experiencing homelessness, they must understand there are laws that protect the educational rights of homeless children.
Mental Health and School Violence
(0 PD hrs.) This Illinois Terrorism Task Force video discusses how various school districts in...
Mental Health and School Violence
(0 PD hrs.) This Illinois Terrorism Task Force video discusses how various school districts in Illinois are providing mental health services to students, and the role this plays in a school violence prevention plan.
Parent Communication
(2 PD Hrs.) Dr. Bill Bosher, Virginia Commonwealth University.
Parent Communication
(2 PD Hrs.) Dr. Bill Bosher, Virginia Commonwealth University. This course will cover four sections: 1. Academic Achievement 2. Positive Parental Engagement 3. Teacher Preparation 4.
Personalized Professional Development
(5 PD Hrs.) By Adam Geisen and Mike Wielgus, Triad CUSD #2.
Personalized Professional Development
(5 PD Hrs.) By Adam Geisen and Mike Wielgus, Triad CUSD #2. This course guides the participant in creating a personalized professional development planning model driven by an analysis of available data and the interests/needs of the professional staff.
Restorative Practices - Counseling Circles
(4 PD Hrs.) By Judy Brunner - This course shares the origin, procedures, benefits, and emphasis of...
Restorative Practices - Counseling Circles
(4 PD Hrs.) By Judy Brunner - This course shares the origin, procedures, benefits, and emphasis of restorative practices using counseling circles. Participants will be able to differentiate between traditional and restorative discipline practices.
Social Emotional Learning: What, Why, and How
(1 PD Hr.) In this course, participants will apply the definitions of Social and Emotional...
Social Emotional Learning: What, Why, and How
(1 PD Hr.) In this course, participants will apply the definitions of Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) and how the Illinois SEL Standards are arranged, articulating the importance of incorporating SEL in the classroom.
Traditions and Celebrations
(2 PD Hrs.) by Tiffany Barrett, IASP. Promoting and building a culture of tolerance in schools can...
Traditions and Celebrations
(2 PD Hrs.) by Tiffany Barrett, IASP. Promoting and building a culture of tolerance in schools can be a daunting task; however, it begins with the educational leader facilitating and modeling openness, respect, and freedom of thought.
ELN Webinars
Learn from educational experts from across the country about important issues of the day.
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The Partnership: Building Better Relationships Through Proactive and Intentional Actions
April 19, 2024
The Partnership: Building Better Relationships Through Proactive and Intentional Actions
Want to have better, stronger relationships with your stakeholders? Tired of getting/feeling ‘beat-up?’ Want to improve your public speaking and communication skills? Have people coming at you way too hard and not sure how to handle it and want some effective strategies? Feel like you are being too reactive instead of more proactive in your relationships? Come join Andrew Marotta and be part of the fun, interactive, and thought-provoking workshop The Partnership: Building better relationships through proactive and intentional actions.
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School to Prison Pipeline - Practical Research and Recommendations from Successful Situations
April 1, 2024
School to Prison Pipeline - Practical Research and Recommendations from Successful Situations
Racial discrimination in schools in the U.S. has resulted in a disproportionate number of Black students receiving exclusionary and punitive consequences, in which they are more likely to end up part of the School-to-Prison Pipeline and less likely to graduate. In many situations, school leaders have found ways to both reduce the number of suspensions for their Black students and also the disparity in consequences between students of different racial backgrounds. This presentation will share themes that emerged from interviews with these successful school leaders, to be used as recommendations and reflections for consideration in your own school context.
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March Madness: High Performance Under Pressure
March 12, 2024
March Madness: High Performance Under Pressure
Andrew Marotta is the leader of the Surviving & Thriving movement. Andrew is an energizing & impactful speaker, author, and school leader. He lives the words on his logo & strives to positively #IMPACT all he meets. A master storyteller, Andrew engages his audiences and fellow leaders with authentic and heartfelt stories, memorable props, and collaborative, fun, &, thought-provoking activities.
In High Performace Under Pressure, Andrew dives deep into powerful stories and experiences from his time as a Division One men’s college basketball official. He will take you through the ups and downs, successes and failures, and the journey of trying to be the best you can be under the spotlight and intense scrutiny.
Take-a-ways from the session are:
- How to be your best when it matters most.
- Next play--get the next one right.
- Empower: Be the mentor you wanted to have when you started.
- How to ‘make the right call’ in the toughest situations--and come out thriving.
- Our true job description: absorb chaos, create calm, and provide hope.
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Understanding Cultural Intelligence (CQ)
March 6, 2024
Understanding Cultural Intelligence (CQ)
As culture plays a role in the way we navigate the world, interact with one other and foster innovation on a larger scale. This webinar will be focused on understanding the 4 dimensions of cultural intelligence (metacognitive, cognitive, motivational and behavioral). Individuals will be able to assess and discover areas for improving levels of CQ. Educators and leaders will learn ways to employ culturally competent strategies in the classroom and school system.
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Exploring Effective Strategies for Parent Engagement
October 26, 2023
Exploring Effective Strategies for Parent Engagement
Looking to increase parent engagement at your school? Join Ed Leaders Network and Track it Forward for an informative webinar on ways to improve your parent engagement program and promote volunteerism among parents. This webinar will explore effective strategies to promote engagement using real-world examples and data.
In this webinar, you will learn:
- Top problems schools face when it comes to parent engagement
- Strategies to create a more engaging parent volunteer program
- How tools like Track it Forward can improve parent volunteer program efficiency
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Conflict Resolution: A crucial professional competency in education today
September 13, 2023
Conflict Resolution: A crucial professional competency in education today
Based on the work of mediation experts, experts in negotiation, and experts in conflict resolution, the techniques presented here are time-tested, simple, and familiar. Takeaways will include a teacher-friendly hand-out (easily printable for quick reference) in a table format. This table lists each clinically tested technique used by experts in the mediation field to de-escalate conflicts. In addition, alongside each technique are language samples to use as models when struggling to find the right words to use when emotions are running high combined with “do’s” vs.“don'ts” that can help or hurt the outcomes. Taken from 30 years of experience in education, high stakes decision making, IEP meetings, and policy discussions, Gwen draws from her background working with parents and educators to give relevant examples of the complex emotions we feel when stakes are high, perceptions and beliefs differ and difficult decisions must be made.
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The Synergy of Trust: Transforming School Culture
September 6, 2023
The Synergy of Trust: Transforming School Culture
In this one-hour presentation, participants will learn about the definitions of trust, and gain an understanding of why and how high levels of trust are a vital component of a healthy and positive school that supports the thriving and resilience of employees as well as student learning and achievement. Participants will also consider the damage done in low-trust environments, including the physiological implications of the stress related to working in this type of environment. Finally, participants will be able to identify and hopefully put into practice, in their buildings and/or district, the leadership behaviors that build and engender trust.
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Creating an Inclusive and Diverse Space with Classroom Media Content
July 12, 2023
Creating an Inclusive and Diverse Space with Classroom Media Content
The presentation begins with data showing the strong impact of visuals on children’s perceptions and behaviors. All visuals a child is exposed to send a message to the child so classroom visuals should be chosen with intentionality. Further, classroom visuals should be seen as an opportunity to build inclusion and identity with students. The presentation then reviews best practices for the types of visuals teachers should include in their classrooms taking into account differences in factors such as race, ethnicity, gender, religion, body type, and abilities. The presentation ends with resources for teachers to increase diverse representation in their classroom content, as well as a personal call to action to 1) continuously increase their exposure to different types of people, and 2) keep an open mind to recognize and address their own biases.
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Connecting with Community Partners
May 4, 2023
Connecting with Community Partners
Community partnerships are an integral part of the success of an out-of-school time (OST) program as they offer additional infrastructure as well as expertise in program implementation. School districts, now more than ever, have an opportunity to engage their communities in efforts to expand opportunities for youth in the OST space. This training will present (i) the benefits of utilizing partnerships to create sustainable opportunities in afterschool; (ii) how to identify the right type of partnership; (iii) a tutorial on how to build a strong, healthy community partnership; (iv) methods to increase the longevity of established partnerships; and (v) provide resources to encourage independent execution of this framework.
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Fostering a Systematic Approach for Family Engagement
April 18, 2023
Fostering a Systematic Approach for Family Engagement
Families play a crucial and unique role in a child’s academic, social-emotional, and behavioral development and the establishment of effective family engagement strategies ensures that families have the skills and resources necessary to support and advocate for their children. The evaluation of these family engagement strategies, programming, and efforts is necessary to continuously improve and expand upon these practices. During this training, we work to understand the varying types of family engagement data, collection methods, and the components of a successful family engagement system. Participants are provided with the opportunity to develop an ‘Action Plan’ that includes action items and potential methods of delivery for their respective organizations' family engagement system.
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Afterschool: A Key Strategy in Spending ESSER
April 5, 2023
Afterschool: A Key Strategy in Spending ESSER
Following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been an unprecedented amount of support for afterschool and out-of-school time (OST) presented by the federal government. This presentation was developed in an effort to inform LEAs and affected parties of the availability ESSER funding, as well as provide guidance on how to use funding sustainably, particularly through partnering with local community-based organizations. During this training, we will explore the benefits of OST programming for youth and caretakers, barriers to engaging in OST programming, and how to utilize ESSER dollars to develop solutions and mitigate barriers. Finally, participants will be provided with peer examples of successful program implementation and additional resources to guide efforts.
Resources
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