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Illinois Principals Association

Launching School Leader Network

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Lynne Woodrum

lynne@ilprincipals.org
217-241-0592

The goal of the IPA Launching School Leader Network (LSLN) is to provide administrators who are new (or new to their school) with the skills, resources, and community of peers necessary to cultivate culture, assess systems, and understand the leadership necessary for the unique context of their learning organization. For an additional fee, 20, 40 or 60 hours of mentoring is available to individual administrators. This network is designed to serve school leaders who are in their first or second year as a school leader.

Program Information

Learning Objectives

  1. Examine the School Leader Paradigm to understand the personal, social and systems intelligences needed to effectively lead a learning organization.
  2. Learn strategies for building relationships with all stakeholders.
  3. Understand how to assess local context and culture foundations.
  4. Explore personal and organizational management systems.
  5. Establish a professional learning network for growth and support.

Leading Objectives

  1. Impart their why, both verbally and nonverbally, through multiple communication channels.
  2. Apply questioning techniques and coaching strategies that lead to educator reflection on practice and impact.
  3. Identify their school’s most critical problems of practice within the School Leader Paradigm.
  4. Develop clear processes for time and task management.
  5. Identify and connect with their PLN thought leaders and accountability partners.

Network Team

NETWORK LEADER

Dr. Herschel Hannah

Retired

Dr. Hannah will present the activities during highly interactive sessions and provide new learning and application strategies through knowledge sharing, reflection and collegial discussion. Participants will receive a rich variety of resources and tools to support their leadership development. In addition, Team Leaders will be available to individually support network participants throughout the program.

Dr. Hannah was the Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources with Bloomington Public Schools District 87 until the 2019 school year when he retired. His 31 years as an educator began with teaching and coaching health, science, and physical education at Columbia Middle School in Peoria. He has held assignments as an Assistant High School Principal, Middle School Principal, and High School Principal before moving to district cabinet level assignments as Associate Superintendent in District 150 and his last assignment as Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources in District 87. Read more about Dr. Hanna here.

Details

Registration

IPA Member: $900
Non-IPA Member: $1,350
Special IPA member rate offered for participants in the network that have never been an IPA member before.
Network registration includes Annual Conference Sunday reception and Monday Annual Conference attendance. Tuesday of the Annual Conference can be added on for an extra $50
Register for Launching School Leader Network
and Apply for $500 Scholarship

Dates

August 2-3, 2022 (Tuesday and Wednesday)
Tuesday: 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Wednesday: 8:00 am – 4:00 pm
DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Bloomington

10 Brickyard Dr, Bloomington, IL 61701

October 16 & 17, 2022 (Sunday and Monday)
Sunday: 2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. (Network Session)
Sunday: 6:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. (IPA Annual Conference Reception)
President Abraham Lincoln Springfield DoubleTree

701 E. Adams Street, Springfield, IL 62701

Monday: 8:00 am – 4:15 pm (IPA Annual Conference Day 1)
BoS Center
1 Convention Center, Springfield, IL 62701

Discounted Day 2 (October 18th) available for $50

January 12, 2023 (Thursday)
8:00 am – 4:00 pm
DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Bloomington

10 Brickyard Dr, Bloomington, IL 61701

March 2, 2023 (Thursday)
8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Bloomington

10 Brickyard Dr, Bloomington, IL 61701

Virtual Supplemental Network Sessions

Scheduled based on group’s availability.

May 2 or 3, 2023 (Tuesday or Wednesday)
Full day; times to be determined
Tour of State Capitol, Discussion of the Legislative Process and Advocacy Work, Attendance at a House or Senate proceeding and/or legislative committee (depending on session schedule).
Illinois State Capitol
401 S. 2nd Street
Springfield, IL 62701

Mentoring

New principals, assistant and associate principals, and administrators face new tasks, responsibilities, and decisions on a regular basis and need an “expert” to not only coach but to mentor and provide instructional mentoring. As part of the comprehensive leadership development offered by the Illinois Principals Association, highly trained and experienced mentors are available to IPA professional development program participants and districts. All first-year principals starting in the 2022-2023 school year are eligible for free mentoring. Find out more here.

Program Sponsors

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