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Bring High-Impact Leadership Learning Directly to Your District
Hosting an IPA Administrator Academy onsite allows you to deliver meaningful, high-quality professional learning—right where leadership happens. Designed for Illinois school leaders, these academies combine research-based practices with practical application to support leaders at every stage of their journey.
Onsite delivery saves money and creates a shared leadership experience, reduces barriers to participation, and ensures learning is immediately connected to district goals and daily practice.
Why Districts Choose Onsite Administrator Academies
- Aligned to district priorities and improvement goals
- Shared learning experience that strengthens leadership coherence and collective direction
- Reduced travel and lower costs, allowing more leaders to participate
- Practical, job-embedded strategies leaders can apply immediately
- ISBE-approved AA credit (or PD Hours) for administrators
- Experienced Illinois-focused facilitators who understand district realities
- Builds leadership capacity and retention through meaningful, high-quality support
Contact us to start the conversation and bring impactful leadership learning to your team. Learn more about what is required to host an Administrator Academy in your district here.
| AA# | Title | Presented By |
|---|---|---|
| 1231 | School Security: A Proactive and Holistic Approach | Paul Timm |
| 1444 | Manage Your Time or Time Will Manage You | Dr. PJ Caposey |
| 1554 | The Principal: Building a Staff, Establishing a Climate, Leading Achievement | Dr. Anthony McConnell, Jeff Zoul |
| 1566 | Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss Crucial Issues to Increase Performance | Donald Anderson |
| 1801 | Gathering Evidence During Observations and Conferencing Using the Danielson Model | Dr. Kay Dugan |
| 1804 | Five Key Practices for Every Teacher That Works with English Learners | Maggie Essig |
| 1814 | Three Levels of Support for ELL: Classroom, School, District | Maggie Essig |
| 1874 | Equity and Racial Literacy for School Leaders and Staff to Maximize Student Learning | Corrie Wallace |
| 1918 | Leading with Justice for All: Are You Prepared? LGBTQ Sensitivity, Bias & Response | Dr. Todd Pettit and Dr. Jodi Wood |
| 2001 | Illinois Performance Evaluation – Initial Teacher Evaluation Training | Dr. Melanie Brink |
| 3000 | Leadership for Growth-Focused Schools: Transforming Assessment and Evaluation for Learning | Dr. Kay Dugan |
| 3664 | More Than Mindfulness: A Schoolwide Approach to Building Emotional Literacy | Dr. Michael Allen |
| 3665 | Women in Leadership: Learning, Leading, Living! | n/a |
| 3668 | Student Athletic Programs & SEL: Best Practices for Winning on the Field and in Life (Course 1) | Darren Howard and John Woods |
| 3715 | School Leader Paradigm | Janice Schwarze |
| 3741 | Mastering Self-Leadership: Achieving Personal Excellence for School Excellence | n/a |
| 3821 | Tackling Chronic Absenteeism: Leveraging Data and Implementing Proven Strategies | Dr. Christopher Graves |
| 3824 | From Words to Action - Antiracism in Schools: Extending the Conversation | Lisa Epstein and Dr. Cheryl Watkins |
| 3852 | Coaching: Why YOU and Every Leader Deserve a Learning Partner | Dr. PJ Caposey and Dr. Tom Mahoney |
| 3914 | Social Intelligence: The Swiss Army Knife of Leadership Skills | Dr. Sheila Greenwood and Dr. Lindsey Hall |
| 3967 | School Leader Evaluation: A Growth-Focused Approach | Dr. Lynda Williams |
| 3985 | Cycle of Inquiry: Learning Leaders Leading Learning Organizations | Dr. Jill Engel and Janice Schwarze |
| 4050 | Evaluator Initial Training and Retraining for Principals and Assistant Principals | Janice Schwarze |
| 4072 | Hop on Board the Energy Bus for a Ride to a More Positive You! | Dr. Kelly Stewart |
| 4114 | Using Student Growth Data from Diverse Populations in Teacher Performance Evaluation | Dr. Melanie Brink |
| 4167 | Controversy, Crisis, and Change: How to Communicate During Tough Times | Karen Geddeis |
| 4169 | Mastering Tough Talks: Difficult Conversations Don't Have to be Difficult | Dr. Kelly Stewart |
| 4177 | Be the Thermostat, Not the Thermometer: Leadership, Belonging, and Results | Dr. Tron Young |
| 4216 | Understanding the Shift: Danielson Framework Changes from 2013 to 2022 | Dr. Kay Dugan |
| 4219 | Unsupervised and Unstoppable: What All Leaders Can Learn from Women in Leadership | Dr. Katelyn Koch and Dr. Courtney Orzel |
| 4229 | AI Vision & Strategy: A Leader's Guide to School-Wide Artificial Intelligence Implementation (Beyond Basics) | Ben Sondgeroth |
| 4247 | From Vacancy to Victory: A Paradigm-Aligned Approach to Hiring the Right School Leader | Dr. Dawn Bridges and Janice Schwarze |
| 4276 | Leading with Grace: Identity, Courage, & Sustainable Impact | n/a |
| 4277 | Using 5Essentials Data to Drive School Improvement | Dr. Susan Homes and Kathy Wellman |
| 4278 | From Surviving to Thriving in the Principalship | Dr. Tom Webb |
| 4283 | Cultivating Hope: The School Leader Paradigm in Action | Janice Schwarze |
| 4289 | Empowering Leadership: Leveraging the Illinois School Leader Evaluation Plan to Elevate Schools | Michele Bertola, Dr. Ben Collins, Janice Schwarze |
| 4296 | From Implementation to Impact: MTSS as a Framework for K-8 School Improvement | Joyce A. Debrah |