Administrator Academy Requirements for Administrators

Any licensee that holds a Professional Educator License (PEL) endorsed in an administrative field who is working in a position that requires this credential for 50% or more FTE is required to complete 1 Administrator Academy (AA) per fiscal year in addition to 100 hours of Professional Development (PD). If the AA has not been completed by June 30th, an additional AA will be required for that fiscal year.

For more information on specific courses needed for Evaluator Initial Training and Retraining, please refer to this document: Summary of Teacher and Principal Performance Evaluation Qualifications.​​

Upcoming Administrator Academies

IAA # 3000 – Teacher Evaluator Retraining – Student Growth

This is the required student growth retraining course for teacher and administrator evaluators who are renewing their designations required to evaluate educators. Participants will learn how to:

1. Use assessments and measurement models 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;

2. 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;

3. 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;

4. Communicate evaluation outcomes and findings in constructive and supportive ways that enable teachers/principals to set goals and improve practice.

Date: Thursday, August 22, 2024

Time: 8:30 am – 3:30 pm

Location: ROE 51 Staff Development Office - 2201 Toronto Road, Springfield

Fee: ROE 51 Administrators - $135.00

Other Regions - $150.00

Presenter: Patrick Durley

IAA #1801- Teacher Evaluator Competency Skill Building – Assessing

Danielson Domains 1 thru 4 - Professional Practice

This course will allow participants to learn effective skills and strategies for using Charlotte Danielson’s Frameworks in a summative setting in order to more effectively:

1. Identify evidence at the component/element level during formal and informal observations;

2. Use evidence to effectively rate staff on the levels of performance for each domain;

3. Acquire strategies to support effective collaborative conferencing around formal and informal observations; and

4. Learn techniques, strategies and protocols to use when conferencing with staff. This course fulfills the Professional Practice requirement of teacher evaluator retraining.

Date: Thursday, August 29, 2024

Time: 8:30 am – 3:30 pm

Location: ROE 51 Staff Development Office - 2201 Toronto Road, Springfield

Fee: ROE 51 Administrators - $135.00

Other Regions - $150.00

Presenter: Patrick Durley

Questions? Contact Bill Lamkey at ROE 51 Staff Development – 217-529-3390

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